[Senate Report 118-61]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 131
118th Congress } { Report
SENATE
1st Session } { 118-61
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FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2024
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July 13, 2023.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Van Hollen, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the
following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 2309]
The Committee on Appropriations reports an original bill
(S. 2309) making appropriations for financial services and
general government for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2024, and for other purposes, reports favorably thereon without
amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
Amounts of new budget (obligational) authority for fiscal year 2024
Total of bill as reported to the Senate................. $39,111,000,000
Amount of 2023 appropriations........................... 50,548,001,000
Amount of 2024 budget estimate.......................... 54,155,084,000
Bill as recommended to Senate compared to--
2023 appropriations................................. -11,437,001,000
2024 budget estimate................................ -15,044,084,000
CONTENTS
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Overview and Summary of the Bill................................. 5
Program, Project, and Activity................................... 5
Reprogramming Guidelines......................................... 5
Quarterly Obligation Reports..................................... 6
Relationship With Budget Offices................................. 6
Congressional Budget Justifications.............................. 7
Agency Reports................................................... 7
Antideficiency Act Violations.................................... 8
Title I: Department of the Treasury:
Departmental Offices..................................... 9
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States Fund 11
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence........... 12
Cybersecurity Enhancement Account........................ 13
Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs. 13
Office of Inspector General.............................. 14
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration........ 15
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network......................... 16
Bureau of the Fiscal Service................................. 18
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau..................... 19
United States Mint........................................... 20
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund............ 20
Bureau of Engraving and Printing............................. 22
Internal Revenue Service..................................... 23
Taxpayer Services........................................ 24
Enforcement.............................................. 27
Operations Support....................................... 27
Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury........ 28
Title II: Executive Office of the President and Funds
Appropriated to the President:
The White House.............................................. 31
Executive Residence at the White House....................... 31
White House Repair and Restoration........................... 32
Council of Economic Advisers................................. 32
National Security Council and Homeland Security Council...... 32
Office of Administration..................................... 33
Office of Management and Budget.............................. 33
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator................ 36
Office of the National Cyber Director........................ 37
Office of National Drug Control Policy....................... 37
Federal Drug Control Programs:
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program............ 39
Other Federal Drug Control Programs...................... 40
Unanticipated Needs.......................................... 42
Information Technology Oversight and Reform.................. 42
Special Assistance to the President.......................... 42
Official Residence of the Vice President..................... 43
Administrative Provisions--Executive Office of the President
and Funds Appropriated to the President.................... 43
Title III: The Judiciary:
Supreme Court of the United States........................... 44
Care of the Building and Grounds......................... 45
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit....... 45
United States Court of International Trade................... 46
Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial
Services................................................... 46
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund................... 47
Defender Services........................................ 47
Fees of Jurors and Commissioners......................... 48
Court Security........................................... 48
Administrative Office of the United States Courts............ 49
Federal Judicial Center...................................... 50
United States Sentencing Commission.......................... 51
Administrative Provisions--The Judiciary..................... 51
Title IV--District of Columbia:
Federal Payments:
Federal Funds............................................ 52
Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support............. 52
Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs
in the District of Columbia............................ 53
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts....... 53
Federal Payment for Defender Services in District of
Columbia Courts........................................ 53
Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia........ 54
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public
Defender Service....................................... 54
Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating
Council................................................ 55
Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions................. 55
Federal Payment for School Improvement................... 56
Federal Payment for the District of Columbia National
Guard.................................................. 56
Federal Payment for Testing and Treatment of HIV/AIDS.... 57
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Water and
Sewer Authority........................................ 57
Title V--Independent Agencies:
Administrative Conference of the United States............... 58
Consumer Product Safety Commission........................... 59
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency 60
Election Assistance Commission............................... 61
Federal Communications Commission............................ 62
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Office of the
Inspector General.......................................... 65
Federal Election Commission.................................. 66
Federal Labor Relations Authority............................ 66
Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council.............. 67
Federal Trade Commission..................................... 67
General Services Administration.............................. 69
Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation........................ 81
Merit Systems Protection Board............................... 81
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation.............. 82
National Archives and Records Administration................. 83
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Grants Program............................................. 85
National Credit Union Administration......................... 89
Office of Government Ethics.................................. 89
Office of Personnel Management............................... 90
Office of Special Counsel.................................... 93
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.................. 94
Public Buildings Reform Board................................ 94
Securities and Exchange Commission........................... 95
Selective Service System..................................... 98
Small Business Administration................................ 98
United States Postal Service................................. 114
United States Tax Court...................................... 115
Statement Concerning General Provisions.......................... 116
Title VI--General Provisions--This Act........................... 117
Title VII--General Provisions--Government-Wide................... 120
Title VIII--General Provisions--District of Columbia............. 124
Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of
the
Senate......................................................... 126
Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules
of the Senate.................................................. 127
Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 128
Budgetary Impact of Bill......................................... 133
Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items............ 134
Comparative Statement of New Budget Authority.................... 144
OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF THE BILL
The Financial Services and General Government
appropriations bill provides funding for the Department of the
Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service; the Executive
Office of the President; the Judiciary; the District of
Columbia; and more than two dozen independent Federal agencies.
The Committee recommends $16,950,000,000 in gross
discretionary appropriations, including $143,000,000 for the
Small Business Administration Disaster Loans Program Account
designated by Congress as disaster relief pursuant to Public
Law 112-25.
PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
During fiscal year 2024, for the purposes of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law
99-177), as amended, with respect to appropriations contained
in the accompanying bill, the terms ``program, project, and
activity'' [PPA] shall mean any item for which a dollar amount
is contained in appropriations acts (including joint
resolutions providing continuing appropriations) or
accompanying reports of the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations, or accompanying conference reports and joint
explanatory statements of the committee of conference.
REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES
The Committee includes a provision (section 608)
establishing the authority of agencies to reprogram funds and
the limitation on that authority. The provision specifically
requires the advance approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations of any proposal to reprogram funds
that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program,
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any
PPA for which funds have been denied or restricted by the
Congress; (4) proposes to redirect funds that were directed in
such reports for a specific activity to a different purpose;
(5) augments an existing PPA in excess of $5,000,000 or 10
percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces an existing PPA by
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates,
reorganizes, or restructures offices differently than the
congressional budget justifications or the table at the end of
the Committee report, whichever is more detailed.
The Committee retains the requirement that each agency
submit an operating plan to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations not later than 60 days after enactment of this
act to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming
and transfer authorities provided in this act. Specifically,
each agency should provide a table for each appropriation with
columns displaying the budget request; adjustments made by
Congress; adjustments for rescissions, if appropriate; and the
fiscal year enacted level. The table shall delineate the
appropriation both by object class and by PPA. The report must
also identify items of special congressional interest.
The Committee expects the agencies and bureaus to submit
reprogramming requests in a timely manner and to provide a
thorough explanation of the proposed reallocations, including a
detailed justification of increases and reductions and the
specific impact the proposed changes will have on the budget
request for the following fiscal year. Except in emergency
situations, reprogramming requests should be submitted no later
than June 30.
The Committee expects each agency to manage the
expenditures of its programs and activities to remain within
the amounts appropriated by Congress. The Committee reminds
agencies that reprogramming requests should be submitted only
in the case of an unforeseeable emergency or a situation that
could not have been anticipated when formulating the budget
request for the current fiscal year. Further, the Committee
notes that when a department or agency submits a reprogramming
or transfer request to the Committees on Appropriations and
does not receive identical responses from the House and the
Senate, it is the responsibility of the department or agency to
reconcile the House and the Senate differences before
proceeding, and if reconciliation is not possible, to consider
the request to reprogram funds unapproved.
QUARTERLY OBLIGATION REPORTS
Section 633 of the bill directs that no later than 45 days
after the last day of each quarter, each agency funded in this
act shall submit a report to the Committee that includes total
obligations of the Agency for that quarter for each
appropriation. That table should also include total budget
authority for each appropriation and cumulative outlays to
date. The table should also include obligation data for funds
received by each agency in the American Rescue Plan, the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the Inflation
Reduction Act
RELATIONSHIP WITH BUDGET OFFICES
Through the years, the Committee has channeled most of its
inquiries and requests for information and assistance through
the budget offices of the various departments, agencies,
offices, and commissions. The Committee has often pointed to
the natural affinity and relationship between the budget
offices and the Committee which makes such a relationship
workable. The Committee reiterates its longstanding position
that while the Committee reserves the right to call upon any
office or officer in the departments, agencies, and
commissions, the primary conjunction between the Committee and
these entities must be through the budget offices. To help
ensure the Committee's ability to perform its responsibilities,
the Committee insists on having direct, unobstructed, and
timely access to the budget offices and expects to be able to
receive forthright and complete responses from those offices
and their employees.
The Committee expects timely agency compliance with
mandated reporting requirements. The Committee directs all
agencies from which reports are required to allow sufficient
time to secure any necessary internal and external clearances
of reports in order to satisfy congressional deadlines. The
Committee strongly urges agencies to alert the Committee as far
as possible in advance of any expected slippage in meeting a
report delivery due date.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS
Budget justifications are prepared not for the use of the
agency, but instead are the primary tool used by the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations to evaluate the resource
requirements and fiscal needs of agencies. The Committee is
aware that the format and presentation of budget materials is
largely left to the agency within presentation objectives set
forth by the Office of Management and Budget. However, the
Committee expects agencies to consult with the Committees on
Appropriations in advance regarding any plans to modify the
format of agency budget documents to ensure that the data
needed to make appropriate and meaningful funding decisions is
provided.
The Committee directs that justifications submitted with
the fiscal year 2025 budget requests by agencies funded under
this act must contain the customary level of detailed data and
explanatory statements to support the appropriations requests
at the level of detail contained in the funding table included
at the end of the report. Among other items, agencies shall
provide a detailed discussion of proposed new initiatives,
proposed changes in the agency's financial plan from prior year
enactment, and detailed data on all programs and comprehensive
information on any office or agency restructurings. At a
minimum, each agency must also provide adequate justification
for funding and staffing changes for each individual office.
Explanatory materials should compare programs, projects, and
activities that are proposed for fiscal year 2025 to the fiscal
year 2024 enacted level.
The Committee is aware that the analytical materials
required for review by the Committee are unique to each agency
in this act. Therefore, the Committee expects that each agency
will coordinate with the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations in advance regarding the planned presentation
for its budget justification materials in support of the fiscal
year 2025 budget request.
AGENCY REPORTS
As a measure to reduce costs and conserve paper, the
Committee reminds agencies funded by this act that currently
provide separate copies of periodic reports (such as
Performance and Accountability Reports) and correspondence to
the chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
and Subcommittees on Financial Services and General Government,
and also to the ranking members of the committees and
subcommittees, to use a single cover letter jointly addressed
to the chairs and ranking members of the Committee and
subcommittee of both the House and the Senate. To the greatest
extent feasible, agencies should include in the cover letter a
reference or hyperlink to facilitate electronic access to the
report and provide the documents by electronic mail delivery.
Consolidating addressees and remitting a copy of the letter and
attachments to each recipient should expedite agency
processing. This should also help ensure that consistent
information is conveyed concurrently to the majority and
minority committee offices of both chambers of Congress.
ANTIDEFICIENCY ACT VIOLATIONS
The Antideficiency Act is a cornerstone of Federal fiscal
law. It forbids agencies from exceeding an appropriation,
apportionment, or allotment; from obligating funds before
Congress has appropriated them; and from accepting voluntary
services or employing personal services exceeding those
authorized by law. These prohibitions ensure that agencies
operate within amounts that Congress has appropriated and,
therefore, that agency activities are carried out in accordance
with the will of the people as expressed through Congress.
The Antideficiency Act requires agencies to immediately
report violations of the act to Congress and to the President
and to transmit a copy of each report to the Comptroller
General. These reports must include all relevant facts
pertaining to the violation and a Statement of action taken.
These reports provide information essential to the Committee as
it performs oversight and as it considers agency funding
levels. Therefore, the Committee directs any agency funded by
this act to concurrently transmit to the Subcommittee on
Financial Services and General Government a copy of any
Antideficiency Act violation report submitted pursuant to 31
U.S.C. 1351 or 31 U.S.C. 1517(b).
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $273,882,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 332,199,000
Committee recommendation................................ 273,882,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Secretary of the Treasury has the primary role in
formulating and managing the domestic and international tax and
financial policies of the Federal Government. The Secretary's
responsibilities funded by the Departmental Offices [DO]
Salaries and Expenses appropriation include: recommending and
implementing U.S. domestic and international economic and tax
policy; formulating fiscal policy; governing the fiscal
operations of the Government; managing the public debt;
managing international development policy; representing the
United States on international monetary, trade, and investment
issues; overseeing Department of the Treasury overseas
operations; and directing the administrative operations of the
Department of the Treasury. The majority of the Salaries and
Expenses appropriation provides resources for policy
formulation and implementation in the areas of domestic and
international finance, tax, economic, trade, financial
operations and general fiscal policy. This appropriation also
provides resources to support the Secretary, policy components,
and departmental administrative policies in financial and
personnel management, procurement operations, and information
systems and telecommunications.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $273,882,000 for the Departmental
Offices account of the Department of the Treasury for fiscal
year 2024, which is the same as fiscal year 2023 enacted level
and $58,317,000 less than the budget request.
Financial Inclusion.--The Committee commends the Department
for its work to respond to the directive that it develop a
strategy to improve financial inclusion, which was included in
the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the Financial
Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023. The
Department presented to the Committee a detailed strategic
framework to improve financial inclusion and facilitate broader
access to safe and useful financial products and services among
underserved communities. The Committee encourages the
Department to continue its efforts to establish national
objectives for financial inclusion, set benchmarks for
measuring progress, and offer recommendations for advancing
financial inclusion to ensure that all Americans are able to
access the financial products and services they need to achieve
their financial goals.
Access to Voting.--The Committee directs the IRS to brief
the Committee, no later than 180 days after enactment of this
act, on the ``strategic plan'' that the agency has produced
pursuant to section 3 of Executive Order 14019, entitled
``Executive Order on promoting Access to Voting''.
Levinson Act.--The Department of the Treasury, in
cooperation with the Department of State, is directed to fully
enact provisions under the Robert A. Levinson Hostage Recovery
and Hostage Taking Accountability Act (part of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2021, Public Law 116-260), including to
sanction foreign actors that wrongfully detain or take U.S.
nationals hostage.
Financial Fraud.--The Committee is aware that there has
been an increase in financial fraud related activity. According
to the Federal Trade Commission, consumer complaints involving
imposter scams where criminals impersonate business
enterprises, government agencies, or other well-known entities
or individuals to defraud Americans were the most reported
subset of fraud reports to the Federal agencies in 2022. The
Committee is concerned that as the American economy has become
more fast, more digital and interconnected, fraudsters and
scammers have become more adept at using financial and
government systems to harm Americans, quite often employing
sophisticated techniques and methods across many sectors.
Accordingly, the Committee urges the Treasury Department to
facilitate a public-private partnership to enhance Americans'
financial security and prevent the proliferation of financial
fraud and scam schemes. This multisectoral, whole-of-society
effort should include the relevant Federal and State financial
regulators, consumer protection agencies, law enforcement,
financial institutions, trade associations, consumer and
privacy advocates, and other stakeholders. This public-private
partnership should encourage information sharing among
participants, develop best practices for relevant stakeholders,
including the larger public, develop educational materials to
enhance awareness of financial fraud schemes across sectors,
share leading practices and tools, and encourage innovations in
counter-fraud technologies, data-analytics, and approaches. The
Treasury Department should report to the Committee no later
than 1 year after enactment of this act on its progress,
including within that report any appropriation or statutory
recommendations necessary for achieving this directive.
Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.--The Department is
directed to brief the Committee no later than 180 days after
enactment of this act on how the Department plans to implement
its duties and responsibilities under the U.S. National
Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
Harriet Tubman.--The Committee expects the Secretary of the
Treasury to continue the process that is underway to place the
likeness of Harriet Tubman prominently on the $20 bill. The
Committee directs the Secretary to provide periodic updates to
the Committee on implementation of this change, which was made
in response to a grassroots campaign and significant input from
the public.
Coordination with the Federal Communications Commission.--
No less than 60 days after enactment of this act, Treasury
shall submit a report to the Committee detailing the progress
it is has made to date to coordinate with the Federal
Communications Commission and carry out its responsibilities to
populate the Deployment Locations Map pursuant to section 60105
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including
responsibilities not yet fulfilled.
E-mail Compromise Fraud.--The Committee continues to be
concerned about e-mail fraud schemes in real estate in which
the email accounts of victims are compromised to send
fraudulent wire transfer instructions to financial institutions
in order to misappropriate funds or to assist in financial
fraud. The Committee directs the Department to submit a report
no later than 90 days after enactment of this act, describing
its ongoing activities to both combat and raise awareness of
wire fraud in real estate transactions and email compromise
scams. Additionally, the report should detail any joint
activities to counter such fraud that the Department conducts
with relevant Federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Department of Justice.
Impact of Telework.--The Committee looks forward to
receiving the telework evaluation required by the fiscal year
2023 conference report.
Treasury Forfeiture Fund.--The Department is directed to
submit to the Committee a detailed table every month reporting
the interest earned, forfeiture revenue collected, unobligated
balances, recoveries, expenses to date, and expenses estimated
for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Hydrogen Tax Credit.--The Committee is concerned that the
Department of the Treasury is considering imposing additional
limitations or restrictions that are not authorized by section
45V of the Internal Revenue Code in order to qualify for the
clean hydrogen production tax credit.
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $21,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 21,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 21,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of
2018 [FIRRMA] (Public Law 115-232) greatly expanded the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the
United States [CFIUS] to address growing national security
concerns over foreign utilization of certain investment
structures that had fallen outside of the jurisdiction of
CFIUS. FIRRMA also established the CFIUS Fund, to be
administered by the Secretary of the Treasury, to accept
appropriated funds for these expanded functions and
responsibilities and to collect filing fees.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,000,000 to
address responsibilities facing the Department and other CFIUS
agencies pursuant to FIRRMA. This appropriation will be offset
by filing fees collected upon finalization of forthcoming
regulation. The Department is expected to keep the Committee
fully apprised of the Department's development of regulations
to fully implement FIRRMA as well as any additional information
technology infrastructure requirements.
Spending Plan.--The Committee directs the Department to
provide a detailed accounting of planned expenditures of the
Department and member agencies prior to obligating or
transferring amounts available in the CFIUS fund.
Genomic Data.--The Committee is concerned about the ongoing
national security threat posed by foreign entities with ties to
the Chinese government in a position to access Americans'
genomic data, including instances where this threat could occur
due to lack of preventable awareness or appropriate
coordination among Federal agencies. To increase cross-agency
awareness of transactions of concern, the Committee encourages
the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to
continue to consult the Department of Health and Human Services
on any review of a covered transaction involving a United
States business that maintains or collects information about
genetic tests of United States citizens, including any such
information related to genomic sequencing.
OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $216,059,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 244,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 221,059,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Economic and trade sanctions issued and enforced by the
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence's [TFI] Office
of Foreign Assets Control safeguard financial systems against
illicit use and combat rogue nations, terrorist facilitators,
money launderers, proliferators of weapons of mass destruction,
and other national security threats. In addition, TFI produces
vital analysis with regard to foreign intelligence and
counterintelligence across all elements of the National
security community.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $221,059,000,
which is $5,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and $22,941,000 less than the budget request. The
Committee strongly supports TFI's mission to strengthen
national security by using targeted financial measures to
combat threats and protect the integrity of the financial
system.
Otto Warmbier BRINK Act Implementation.--The Committee is
concerned by continued reports from the UN Panel of Experts of
evasion of the North Korea sanctions regime and directs the
Department to produce a report, with classified annex as
necessary, on identification of individuals and entities for
sanction under the BRINK Act and efforts by North Korea to
evade these sanctions, no later than 90 days after enactment of
this act. If no entities are listed for sanction under the
BRINK Act, the Department shall provide a justification for the
lack of targets.
Economic Sanctions.--The Committee recommendation includes
resources for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence programs.
With these funds, the Department will continue to issue and
enforce economic and trade sanctions consistent with national
security and foreign policy goals. These sanctions are a key
tool for asserting U.S. policy toward countries and entities
under sanction. The Committee directs the Department to fully
implement all sanctions and divestment measures, particularly
those applicable to the Russia, China, North Korea, Iran,
Syria, Venezuela, Burma (Myanmar), Belarus, designated rebel
groups operating in and around the Democratic Republic of
Congo, and those designated for sanction under the Global
Magnitsky Act, and directs the Department to promptly notify
the Committee of any resource constraints, as well as the use
of cryptocurrencies by sanctioned nations or entities, that
adversely impact the implementation of any sanctions program.
CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $100,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 215,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 100,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Cybersecurity Enhancement Account is a dedicated
account designed to bolster the Department's cybersecurity
posture and mitigate cybersecurity threats to the U.S.
financial infrastructure.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $100,000,000,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$115,000,000 less than the budget request.
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $11,118,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 30,881,000
Committee recommendation................................ 11,118,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Department-wide Systems and Capital Investments Program
[DSCIP] account provides a mechanism for Treasury to fund
capital investments and projects that span several fiscal
years. Through this account, the Department has been able to
fund the continual repair and restoration of the Main Treasury
Building, which is the oldest departmental building and the
third oldest federally occupied building in Washington,
preceded only by the Capitol and the White House.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $11,118,000,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$19,763,000 less than the budget request. The Committee notes
that the DSCIP account has been utilized to fund a wide variety
of multiyear information technology initiatives and renovation
projects. Given the complexity of these initiatives, the bill
includes an administrative provision directing the Department
of the Treasury to submit an annual Capital Investment Plan to
the Committees on Appropriations no later than 30 days after
the President's budget submission.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $48,878,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 49,180,000
Committee recommendation................................ 48,878,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
As a result of the 1988 amendments to the Inspector General
Act, the Secretary of the Treasury established the Office of
Inspector General [OIG] in 1989.
The OIG conducts and supervises audits, evaluations, and
investigations designed to: (1) promote economy, efficiency,
and effectiveness and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in
departmental programs and operations; and (2) keep the
Secretary and Congress fully and currently informed of problems
and deficiencies in the administration of departmental programs
and operations. The audit function provides program audit,
contract audit, and financial statement audit services.
Contract audits provide professional advice to agency
contracting officials on accounting and financial matters
relative to negotiation, award, administration, repricing, and
settlement of contracts. Program audits review and audit all
facets of agency operations. Financial statement audits assess
whether financial statements fairly present the agency's
financial condition and results of operations, the adequacy of
accounting controls, and compliance with laws and regulations.
These audits contribute significantly to improved financial
management by helping Treasury managers identify improvements
needed in their accounting and internal control systems. The
evaluations function reviews program performance and issues
critical to the mission of the Department. The investigative
function provides for the detection and investigation of
improper and illegal activities involving programs, personnel,
and operations.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $48,878,000 for salaries and
expenses of the Office of Inspector General. This amount is the
same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $302,000 less
than the budget request.
The Committee remains concerned about cyber-based threats
as Treasury's information systems are critical to the core
functions of government and the Nation's financial
infrastructure. The Committee encourages the Inspector General
to conduct oversight work on the potential vulnerability of
Treasury's networks and systems including its physical
security, continuous monitoring, and strong authentication.
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $174,250,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 187,368,000
Committee recommendation................................ 174,250,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
[TIGTA] was established by the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act
of 1998 (Public Law 105-206). TIGTA was created to provide
independent audit and investigative services necessary to
improve the quality and credibility of oversight of the
Internal Revenue Service [IRS] and ensure that the IRS is held
to a high level of accountability.
TIGTA conducts audits, investigations, and inspections and
evaluations to assess the operations and programs of the IRS
and related entities, the IRS Oversight Board, and the Office
of Chief Counsel to: (1) promote the economic, efficient, and
effective administration of the Nation's tax laws and to detect
and deter fraud and abuse in IRS programs and operations; and
(2) recommend actions to resolve fraud and other serious
problems, abuses, and deficiencies in these programs and
operations, and keep the Secretary and Congress fully and
currently informed of these issues and the progress made in
resolving them.
The audit function provides program audit, limited contract
audit, and financial audit services. Program audits review and
audit all facets of the IRS and related entities in an effort
to improve IRS systems and operations while ensuring fair and
equitable treatment of taxpayers. Contract audits focus on
invoices/vouchers submitted to the IRS to determine whether
charges are valid and to identify erroneous and improper
payments. The investigative function provides for the detection
and investigation of improper and illegal activities involving
IRS programs and operations and protects the IRS and related
entities against external attempts to corrupt or threaten the
administration of the tax laws.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $174,250,000
for TIGTA, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and $13,118,000 less than the budget request. The
Committee appreciates TIGTA's efforts to promote the security
of taxpayer data, to improve implementation of tax law changes,
to combat identity theft and impersonation fraud, to ensure
efficient and economical investments in information technology
modernization, and to address all of the management and
performance challenges confronting the IRS.
Data Loss Prevention.--TIGTA is directed to provide a
report to the Committee no later than 240 days after enactment
of this act on the IRS's controls to prevent the unauthorized
transfer of sensitive taxpayer data. The report shall also
include an assessment of controls pertaining to portable
storage media and both encrypted and unencrypted e-mail.
Refund Products.--The Committee recognizes that most tax
professionals provide honest, high-quality service. The
Committee further recognizes the importance of simplifying and
reducing the cost of filing taxes, and directs the Treasury
Inspector General for Tax Administration to analyze usage of
refund advance and refund transfer products, as well as the
costs and benefits of the products to taxpayers and provide a
report to the Committee no later than 180 days after enactment
of this act. The report should include an assessment of
customer facing disclosures about the fees, risks and benefits
of refund advance and refund transfer products, and include
executive and legislative recommendations for actions to
improve public understanding of these products.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $190,193,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 228,908,000
Committee recommendation................................ 190,193,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network [FinCEN], is a
bureau within the Treasury Department's Office of Terrorism and
Financial Intelligence, whose mission is to safeguard the
financial system from the abuses of financial crime, including
terrorist financing, money laundering, and other illicit
activity. FinCEN accomplishes its mission by administering the
Bank Secrecy Act, a collection of statutes that form the
Nation's anti-money laundering/counterterrorist financing
regulatory regime. As the delegated administrator of the Bank
Secrecy Act, FinCEN is responsible for the development and
implementation of regulations, rules, and guidance issued under
the Bank Secrecy Act. FinCEN also oversees the work of eight
Federal agencies with delegated responsibility to examine
various sectors of the financial industry for compliance with
the Bank Secrecy Act's requirements. FinCEN is responsible for
collecting, maintaining, and disseminating the information
reported by financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act
through a Governmentwide access service. FinCEN is the United
States' Financial Intelligence Unit [FIU] and a founding member
of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units. As the
United States' FIU, FinCEN routinely shares information and
cooperates with other FIUs around the world to address the
global problems of terrorist financing, money laundering, and
other illicit activity.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $190,193,000 for FinCEN, which is
the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $38,715,000
less than the budget request.
Beneficial Ownership Database.--The Committee recommends
that FinCEN ensure that the new beneficial ownership registry
created by the Corporate Transparency Act validates the
accuracy and completeness of information submitted. Federal
agencies should cooperate with and provide information
requested by FinCEN for the purpose of validating the accuracy
and completeness of this information, including by developing
tools that can streamline validation. Further, the Committee
urges FinCEN to revise its proposed rule on ``Beneficial
Ownership Information Access and Safeguards, and Use of FinCEN
Identifiers for Entities'' to ensure that the final rule: (1)
allows State, local, and Tribal law enforcement, when seeking
information from the registry, to obtain court authorizations,
not court orders, to make those requests, and to submit
certifications rather than copies of those court authorizations
to the registry; (2) establishes an automated system for
handing registry information requests from financial
institutions, and enables financial institutions to access the
registry to assist in their compliance with all anti-money
laundering, sanctions, and anti-corruption requirements; and
(3) gives GAO unfettered access to registry data to carry out
congressionally-mandated audits, studies, and investigations
related to the beneficial ownership registry.
Investment Adviser Reporting Requirements.--The Committee
notes that illicit actors, including Russian oligarchs and
other kleptocrats as well as drug traffickers and other
criminals, have used investment advisers such as private
equity, venture capital, and hedge fund managers to clean their
ill-gotten gains. In 2015, Treasury's Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network [FinCEN] proposed regulations to subject
certain investment advisers to Federal Bank Secrecy Act rules.
In the fiscal year 2023 Omnibus Appropriation bill, the
Committee encouraged FinCEN to update and finalize its 2015
investment adviser rule as soon as possible and to brief the
Committees on its progress no later than 90 days after the
enactment of that act. The Committee has not received that
briefing and directs FinCEN to brief the Committee on its
progress on finalizing the rule no later than 30 days after the
enactment of this act.
Anti-Money Laundering Rule for the Real Estate Market.--The
Committee urges FinCEN to finalize a rule for new recordkeeping
and reporting requirements for non-financed residential real
estate transactions within 18 months of enactment of this act
and to apply these requirements nationwide. FinCEN shall
provide a briefing to the Committee within 90 days of enactment
of this act on the current status of any commercial real estate
rulemaking process (or new recordkeeping and reporting
requirements for commercial real estate transactions) to
address illicit finance risks, while taking into account the
burdens on small business.
Geographic Targeting Orders [GTOs].--The Committee is
encouraged by the Department's ongoing efforts to expand the
use and scope of GTOs, an important tool that enables the
collection of shell corporations' beneficial ownership
information to prevent illegal money from terrorism, sex
trafficking, money laundering and other illegal activities from
being hidden in real estate transactions. The Committee
understands that FinCEN now has the authority to address this
issue permanently and directs FinCEN to keep the Committee
updated on its progress.
Countering the Financing of Online Child Sexual
Exploitation.--The Committee is concerned with increased online
child sexual exploitation being monetized through the U.S.
financial sector. The Committee encourages FinCEN to ensure the
U.S. financial sector is adequately complying with existing
regulatory requirements mandated through the ``Anti-Money
Laundering Program Requirement'' of the USA PATRIOT Act to
prevent the facilitation of online child exploitation and sex
trafficking through the U.S. financial sector. Such efforts are
consistent with FinCEN's priorities through the Anti-Money
Laundering Act of 2020 in which Congress required FinCEN to
identify and publish its highest priorities for combating money
laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. FinCEN
published its top eight priorities in June 2021 after
consultations with law enforcement, the intelligence community,
national security agencies, and Federal and State financial
regulators. In addition to prioritizing its efforts to combat
cybercrime, proliferation and terrorist financing, and
transnational criminal organizations, FinCEN has identified
combating human trafficking and smuggling as one of its highest
priorities, consistent with the Treasury Department's National
Money Laundering Strategy.
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $372,485,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 399,263,000
Committee recommendation................................ 386,485,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The mission of the Fiscal Service is to promote the
financial integrity and operational efficiency of the U.S.
Government through accounting, borrowing, collections,
payments, and shared services. The Fiscal Service provides
central payment services to Federal agencies and operates the
Federal Government's collections and deposit systems in
addition to providing governmentwide accounting and reporting
services, managing the collection of delinquent debt owed to
the Federal Government, borrowing on behalf of the Federal
Government, and providing support services for other Federal
agencies on a reimbursable basis.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $386,485,000
for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which is a $14,000,000
increase over the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$12,778,000 less than the budget request.
Savings Bonds.--Mature, unredeemed debt represents about
$29,000,000,000 out of $28,000,000,000,000 in public debt. The
Committee recommendation includes $15,000,000 to continue the
Matured Unredeemed Debt [MUD] initiative, an initiative to
digitize savings bond records and conduct outreach to assist
American citizens with locating their MUD bonds. These
resources will enable the Department to implement SECURE 2.0
Act of 2022 requirements and improve the redemption processes
to enhance Treasury's ability to reunite American citizens with
their savings bonds.
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is directed to provide a
briefing no later than 90 days after enactment on its progress
regarding the digitization of mature unredeemed debt which
entails digitizing approximately 2 billion images and its
timeline for completion.
Federal Facilities.--The Committee recognizes the value
that Federal facilities across the country have on the
successful operation of the Federal Government, including all
current facilities operated by the Bureau of the Fiscal
Service, as well as the communities in which they are located.
The Committee recognizes the unique challenges faced by Federal
agencies in reopening and returning to pre-pandemic operations
at these facilities as a result of the coronavirus. At the same
time, the Bureau has a responsibility to maintain continuity of
operations and minimize uncertainty among its employees and the
communities in which it operates, including the Bureau's
facilities in Parkersburg, West Virginia. The Committee
encourages the Bureau of the Fiscal Service to continue
exploring ways to implement policies that simultaneously
benefit both the employees and the communities in which these
facilities operate. To this end, the Committee encourages the
Bureau of the Fiscal Service to work with State and local
leaders and their employees to reaffirm their presence at its
current locations.
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $148,863,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 155,604,000
Committee recommendation................................ 153,863,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau [TTB] is
charged with collecting revenue and protecting the public and
is responsible for enforcement of certain Federal laws and
regulations relating to alcohol and tobacco. TTB works directly
and in cooperation with others to maintain a sound revenue
management and collection system that continues to reduce the
regulatory burden, improve service, collect the revenue due,
and prevent tax evasion and other criminal conduct. TTB is also
responsible for preventing consumer deception, ensuring that
regulated products comply with Federal commodity, safety, and
distribution requirements, and providing customer service.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $153,863,000
for TTB, which is an increase of $5,000,000 more than the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $1,741,000 less than the
budget request. The Committee recommendation includes
$5,000,000 for TTB's enforcement efforts for industry trade
practice violations. Enforcement of trade practices functions,
as required under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act
(Public Law 74-401), is critical to ensuring a competitive,
fair, and safe marketplace. The Committee will continue to
monitor enforcement efforts for industry trade practice
violations and the process for securing basic label and formula
approvals under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
Craft Beverage Act.--In December 2020, the tax code was
changed to make not only the temporary provisions of Craft
Beverage Modernization Act permanent, but also moved the
administration of these provisions from the U.S. Customs and
Border Protection [CBP] to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau [TTB]; both effective January 1, 2023. Additional
fiscal year 2024 funding allows the TTB to continue
administering these new responsibilities.
United States Mint
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The United States Mint manufactures coins, sells numismatic
and investment products, and provides for security and asset
protection. Public Law 104-52 established the U.S. Mint Public
Enterprise Fund [the Fund]. The Fund encompasses the previous
Salaries and Expenses, Coinage Profit Fund, Coinage Metal Fund,
and the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund. The Mint submits
annual audited business-type financial statements to the
Secretary of the Treasury and to Congress in support of the
operations of the revolving fund.
The operations of the Mint are divided into two major
activities: manufacturing and sales (including circulating
coinage and numismatic and investment products); and
protection. The Mint is credited with receipts from its
circulating coinage operations, equal to the full cost of
producing and distributing coins that are put into circulation,
including depreciation of the Mint's plant and equipment on the
basis of current replacement value. Those receipts pay for the
costs of the Mint's operations, which include the costs of
production and distribution.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a spending level of $50,000,000
for circulating coinage and protective service capital
investments for the Mint for fiscal year 2024.
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $324,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 341,478,000
Committee recommendation................................ 334,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund makes
investments in the form of grants, loans, equity investments,
deposits, and technical assistance grants to new and existing
community development financial institutions [CDFIs] through
the CDFI program. CDFIs include community development banks,
credit unions, venture capital funds, revolving loan funds, and
microloan funds, among others. Recipient institutions engage in
lending and investment for affordable housing, small business,
and community development within underserved communities. The
CDFI Fund administers the Bank Enterprise Award Program, which
provides a financial incentive to insured depository
institutions that undertake community development financing
activities.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $334,000,000 for the CDFI Fund,
which is $10,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and $7,478,000 less than the budget request. Of the
amounts provided, $191,000,000 is for financial and technical
assistance grants, of which up to $10,000,000 may be used to
provide technical and financial assistance to CDFIs that fund
projects to help individuals with disabilities; $25,000,000 is
for Native American initiatives; $40,000,000 is for the Bank
Enterprise Award program; $24,000,000 is for the Healthy Food
Financing Initiative; $9,000,000 is for the Small Dollar Loan
Program; $35,000,000 is for the administrative expenses for all
programs and $10,000,000 is for the Bond Guarantee Program.
The Committee directs the Secretary to report to the House
and Senate Appropriations Committees no later than 90 days
after enactment of this act on the impact the most recent CDFI
Fund Awardees are having in the communities they serve; the
overall risk to which the Fund's portfolio is exposed and a
description of awardees that are at risk of noncompliance.
Economic Mobility Corps.--The Committee is providing up to
$2,000,000 for the Economic Mobility Corps Program to continue
the interagency agreement with the Corporation for National and
Community Service to place national service members at
certified CDFIs. The program strengthens the capacity of CDFIs
to perform their activities relating to community and economic
development, including but not limited to the following:
financial literacy, financial planning, budgeting, saving, and
other financial counseling activities. The expectation of the
Committee is that the initiative will be funded at the level
necessary to satisfy demand from CDFIs seeking to host
AmeriCorps Members.
Bond Guarantee Program.--The Committee includes a provision
enabling the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee up to 500
million in bonds until December 31, 2024, an amount equal to
the request level. The bonds are intended to support CDFI
lending and investment activities in underserved communities by
providing a source of long-term capital, and the funds raised
through the bonds will be used to capitalize new loans or
refinance existing loans.
Persistent Poverty.--Building upon the existing investment
requirement in persistent poverty counties that has been
included in previous appropriations Acts, the Committee
supports increasing targeted investments in high-poverty areas,
defined as any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20
percent as measured by the 2016-2020 5-year data series
available from the American Community Survey of the Census
Bureau. The Committee directs the CDFI Fund to develop and
implement measures to increase the share of investments in
high-poverty census tracts with a poverty rate of at least 20
percent as measured by the 2017-2021 5-year data series
available from the American Community Survey of the Census
Bureau, and any other impoverished areas the CDFI Fund
determines to be appropriate areas to target. The Committee
directs the CDFI Fund to submit a report to the Committee that
includes the amount of funds that were targeted to such areas;
the percent change from fiscal year 2023 in the amount of funds
that were targeted toward such areas; and, to the extent
practicable, an assessment of the economic impact of the
program on the areas, including data on the categories of
individuals impacted by the targeting of funds to such areas
under the program, disaggregated by household income, race,
gender, age, national origin, disability status, and whether
the individuals live in an urban area, suburban area, or rural
area.
Further the Committee directs the CDFI Fund to place a
priority on making additional funds available to CDFI's that
have provided no less than 15 percent of their total lending to
recipients in persistent poverty counties, as measured by a 3-
year average of their activity in fiscal years 2021, 2022, and
2023. The Committee also appreciates the CDFI Fund's efforts to
increase the overall dollar amount invested by awardees in
high-poverty areas.
Non-Metropolitan and Rural Areas.--The Committee directs
Treasury to take into consideration the unique conditions,
challenges, and scale of non-metropolitan and rural areas when
designing and administering programs to address economic
revitalization and community development and when making CDFI
award decisions. The Committee notes that the CDFI Fund is
required by 12 U.S.C. 4706(b) to seek to fund a geographically
diverse group of award recipients, including those from non-
metropolitan and rural areas. In addition, the Committee
directs funding to be used in each program for projects that
serve populations living in persistent poverty counties in
accordance with this act. The Committee directs the Secretary
to report to the Committee within 90 days of enactment of this
act detailing how the fiscal year 2023 CDFI Program recipients
intend to serve non-metropolitan and rural areas.
Community Impact.--The Secretary is directed to report to
the Committee no later than 90 days after enactment of this act
on the impact the most recent CDFI Fund Awardees are having in
the communities they serve; the overall risk to which the
Fund's portfolio is exposed; and a description of awardees that
are at risk of noncompliance.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing [BEP] has been the
sole manufacturer of U.S. paper currency for almost 150 years.
The origin of the BEP is traced to an act of Congress passed on
February 25, 1862, 12 Stat. 345, authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to issue a new currency-United States notes. While
this law was the cornerstone authority for the operations of
the engraving and printing division of the Treasury for many
years, it was not until an act of June 20, 1874, 18 Stat. 100,
that the Congress first referred to this division as the
``Bureau of Engraving and Printing.'' The Bureau's status as a
distinct bureau within the Department of the Treasury was
solidified by section 1 of the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat.
18, which placed all of the business of the BEP under the
immediate control of a director, subject to the direction of
the Secretary of the Treasury. The 1897 law is now codified in
31 U.S.C. 303.
The BEP designs, manufactures, and supplies Federal Reserve
notes and other security documents issued by the Federal
Government. The operations of the BEP are currently financed by
means of a revolving fund, which requires the BEP to be
reimbursed by customer agencies for all costs of manufacturing
products and services performed. The BEP is also authorized to
assess amounts to acquire capital equipment and provide for
working capital needs.
Internal Revenue Service
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Internal Revenue Service [IRS] collects the revenue
that funds the Government and administers the Nation's tax
laws. During 2022, the IRS processed 260 million tax forms and
collected $4,900,000,000,000 in taxes (gross receipts before
tax refunds), totaling 96 percent of Federal Government
receipts. The IRS taxpayer service program assists millions of
taxpayers in understanding and meeting their tax obligations.
The IRS tax enforcement and compliance program deters taxpayers
inclined to evade their responsibilities while pursuing those
who violate tax laws.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a total of $12,319,054,000 for the
Internal Revenue Service for fiscal year 2024.
The Committee directs the IRS to prioritize audits of high-
income individuals and large corporations that may have
neglected to pay their full tax obligation and not to increase
audit rates, relative to historic levels, for small businesses
and households with actual incomes below $400,000. To ensure
that audits are being conducted transparently, and in a manner
consistent with congressional intent, the Committee directs the
IRS to publicly report the total number of audits conducted on
households of less than $400,000, the percentage of individual
income tax audits accounted for by audits of households of less
than $400,000, and the percentage of these audits that result
in adjustments to tax liability. The Committee further directs
the IRS to provide the Committee with periodic briefings on its
findings regarding disparities in audit rates or outcomes based
on factors such as age, gender, geography, race and ethnicity.
Hiring Authorities.--The Committee has included limited
direct hire authority for the IRS. The Committee recognizes
that the direct hiring authority provided to the IRS in fiscal
year 2023 was used successfully to quickly bring on new
employees to address the backlog of paper returns and address
customer service issues. However, the Committee encourages the
agency to continue to improve its use of competitive hiring and
other existing hiring authorities and ensure adherence to the
merit system when filling vacancies and to not use the direct
hire authority provided in this bill as the agency's main
method of hiring. The Committee directs the IRS to submit
quarterly reports on its usage of direct hire authority,
specifically the positions filled by IRS office, state, and
salary grade. In addition, the Committee directs the agency to
ensure existing employees are provided notice of vacant
positions and opportunities to apply.
User Fees.--The IRS is authorized to charge user fees to
recover the cost of providing certain services to the public
that confer a special benefit to the recipient. In its
congressional budget justification, IRS estimates it will
collect $374,000,000 in user fees in fiscal year 2024. The
Committee directs the IRS to submit a user fee spend plan, no
later than 60 days after enactment of this act, detailing
planned spending on its four appropriations accounts-Taxpayer
Services, Enforcement, Operations Support, and Business
Modernization Systems. Specifically, the Committee would like
to see how programs, investments, and initiatives funded
through each appropriations account are supported by user fees.
Employee Retention Credits.--The Committee is concerned
about continuing IRS inventory backlogs and the delay in
processing Employee Retention Tax Credits [ERTC] owed to
businesses. The Service is directed to take appropriate action
to address the ERTC backlogs.
Contractor Tax Check System.--Since fiscal year 2015, this
bill has included a government-wide provision prohibiting
Federal agencies from using appropriated funds to enter into
contracts with entities that have qualifying Federal tax debts
unless certain circumstances are met. This provision
effectuates the straightforward proposition that contractors
that ignore their Federal tax liabilities should not be allowed
to enrich themselves with taxpayer dollars. Since 2019, the
Committee appropriated significant funding to the IRS for the
development of a Federal Contracting Tax Check System [FCTCS],
a system whereby IRS can provide tax certificates to vendors.
Vendors can then provide a copy of the certificate to contract
officers to certify that they are not delinquent in payment of
Federal taxes. The Committee understands that the IRS has made
significant progress toward implementing the FCTCS in
conjunction with the its plans to deliver secure online digital
services to business taxpayers. The IRS is directed to provide
the Committee with quarterly briefings on the status of the
FCTCS including the causes of any delays. The Committee expects
that the IRS will begin to provide these certificates to
vendors in fiscal year 2024.
Security of Taxpayer Information.--In an effort to ensure
that the IRS is addressing known security deficiencies and that
taxpayer data is appropriately protected, the IRS is directed
to provide a report to the Committee, no later than 120 days
after enactment, detailing what steps the IRS has taken to
address outstanding GAO and TIGTA recommendations regarding
security flaws and what steps have been taken to come into
compliance with FISMA and other security requirements. In
addition, the report shall include future steps the IRS will
take to further protect taxpayer data and a proposed timeline
of implementation of such steps.
TAXPAYER SERVICES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $2,780,606,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 3,422,449,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,780,606,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Taxpayer Services appropriation provides for taxpayer
services, including forms and publications; processing tax
returns and related documents; filing and account services;
taxpayer advocacy services; and assisting taxpayers to
understand their tax obligations, correctly file their returns,
and pay taxes due in a timely manner.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $2,780,606,000 for Taxpayer
Services, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and $641,843,000 less than the budget request. Bill
language is included providing not less than $12,000,000 for
the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, not less than
$26,000,000 for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, not less
than $41,000,000, to be available for 2 years, for the
Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance [VITA] Matching
Grants Program for tax return preparation assistance and other
services, and not less than $254,000,000 for the Taxpayer
Advocate Service.
Backlog of Returns and Correspondence.--The IRS is directed
to brief the Committees no later than 120 days after enactment
of this act on the status of the returns and correspondence
backlog, focusing on a timeframe for addressing and strategies
to reduce the backlog. Millions of taxpayers have been
inconvenienced by the historical filing return and
correspondence backlog and struggle to reach an IRS customer
service representative. To address this issue, the agreement
increases funding for Taxpayer Services, and provides direct-
hire authority for additional staff to address the backlog.
Rural Service Delivery Issues.--The IRS has been plagued by
significant wait times and deteriorating rate of response for
assistance provided through the National toll-free line. It is
more imperative than ever that the IRS offers personal and
local assistance to American taxpayers. The Committee notes
with concern that both the overall number of Taxpayer
Assistance Center [TACs] has declined and the number of TACs
currently staffed with only one employee has increased in
recent years, often resulting in the effective closures of the
sites. While the IRS has created virtual customer service sites
in some locations, the technical and financial requirements of
these sites have not been made widely available. The Committee
is concerned that the actions taken by the IRS and the proposed
``Future State'' of service leave rural taxpayers reliant on
paid preparers or unable to obtain timely and accurate
assistance with pre- and post-filing questions. The Committee
continues to believe that the IRS must do more to address the
needs of rural taxpayers by ensuring that they have the ability
to reach local taxpayer assistance services.
IRS Customer Service.--The Committee continues to support
efforts to improve customer experience in accordance with
Executive Order 13571, ``Streamlining Service Delivery and
Improving Customer Service''. Long delays in being able to
contact a customer service representative of the Internal
Revenue Services has led to frustrations by taxpayers. The
Committee is aware of an emerging class of technology called
Natural-Language Processors, a form of Artificial Intelligence
[AI] that could improve customer service by enabling self-
service, streamlining automated responses, facilitating
transcription and subsequent analysis of voice calls, detecting
recurring issues, and assessing customer sentiment. The use of
this technology offers a potential opportunity to make
communications more efficient for taxpayers. Thus, the
Committee encourages the Department to study the use of
artificial intelligence software, like the use of AI chat bot
technology, in providing entry level support for taxpayer
services. The Committee requests the IRS to brief the Committee
no later than 180 days after the enactment of this act on the
preliminary feasibility of utilizing NLP and/or chat bot
solutions for furthering customer service access to taxpayers.
Taxpayer Services in Alaska and Hawaii.--The Committee is
concerned with a growing number of taxpayer assistance center
closures and a decline in the number of taxpayers served. The
Committee is also concerned about the lack of taxpayer
assistance centers in remote States, such as Alaska and Hawaii.
Due to Alaska and Hawaii's remote distance from the U.S.
mainland, the unique geographic challenges that make it
burdensome to travel to the State's TAC, and the difficulty
experienced by Alaska and Hawaii taxpayers in receiving needed
tax assistance by the National toll-free line, it is imperative
that the IRS improve taxpayer services in these States. The
Committee directs the IRS to include Hawaii and Alaska in any
ongoing or future studies of taxpayer needs and services. The
Committee continues to recommend that the IRS open at least one
additional TAC or to establish co-location agreements to
increase access to taxpayer services in both Hawaii and Alaska.
The Committee further encourages the IRS to take all measures
to ensure adequate staffing of TACs in both States to meet the
needs of taxpayers.
IP PIN Expansion.--In 2021, there were more than 1.4
million reports of identity theft across the country and tax-
related identity theft is most common during tax filing season,
according to the Federal Trade Commission. Tax-related identity
theft reports have increased in recent years. Taxpayers who
have their refunds hijacked by fraudsters often have to wait
years to get the refunds to which they are legally entitled. In
preparation for the 2019 Filing Season, the IRS issued 3.6
million IP PINs to taxpayers, up from 770,000 in 2013.
According to the IRS, as of February 28, 2019, it had rejected
approximately 3,741 fraudulent tax returns and prevented the
issuance of $16,700,000 in fraudulent tax refunds related to
identity theft. The Committee recognizes that the IP PIN pilot
program has been an important tool in saving taxpayer money and
commends the IRS for expanding the pilot program to include all
50 States.
Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics.--The Committee appreciates
that the IRS has funded Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics in States
that previously lacked a clinic and encourages the IRS to
continue to conduct outreach in those States where there are no
successful grantees.
ENFORCEMENT
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $5,437,622,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 5,904,441,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,437,622,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Enforcement appropriation provides for the examination
of tax returns, both domestic and international; the
administrative and judicial settlement of taxpayer appeals of
examination findings; technical rulings; monitoring employee
pension plans; determining qualifications of organizations
seeking tax-exempt status; examining tax returns of exempt
organizations; enforcing statutes relating to detection and
investigation of criminal violations of the 31 internal revenue
laws; identifying underreporting of tax obligations; securing
unfiled tax returns; and collecting unpaid accounts.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $5,437,622,000 for enforcement
activities for fiscal year 2024, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $466,819,000 less than the
budget request.
Preventing Misclassification of Contractors.--The Committee
believes that the IRS SS-8 Program, the Questionable Employment
Tax Practices Program, criminal investigations, and
examinations initiated based on tax filings that are indicative
of potential misclassification are all critical to ensuring
that workers are classified correctly. The Committee emphasizes
the importance of enforcement of worker classification law to
combat the underreporting of employment taxes that contributes
significantly to the tax gap, and believes it is crucial that
the IRS maintain sufficient staffing at all SS-8 processing
locations. The Committee directs the IRS to notify the
Committee prior to making any staffing reductions or
reallocations within the SS-8 processing program.
Criminal Investigation Division.--The Committee recognizes
that tax crimes serve as predicate offenses to money laundering
given that tax and money laundering violations are closely
related. As such, the Committee urges the IRS to increase the
number of special agents in the Criminal Investigations unit
responsible for investigating money laundering, violations of
the Bank Secrecy Act, and criminal violations of the tax code,
to bolster the work of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
and the Department of Justice to combat money laundering and
ensure that offenders are prosecuted to the fullest extent.
OPERATIONS SUPPORT
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $4,100,826,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 4,520,076,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,100,826,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Operations Support appropriation provides resources for
overall planning, direction, operations, and critical
infrastructure activities for the IRS. These activities include
IT and cybersecurity that keep tax systems running and protect
taxpayer data, the financial management activities that ensure
effective stewardship of the Nation's revenues, and the
physical infrastructure and security that help IRS employees
serve customers in office, campus, and Taxpayer Assistance
Center sites. Telecommunications, human resource, and
communications infrastructure are also critical components of
this appropriation and are vital to maintaining adequate levels
of customer service and the post-filing processes necessary for
the tax system to function.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $4,100,826,000 for Operations
Support for fiscal year 2024, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2023 enacted level and $419,250,000 less than the budget
request.
Information Technology Reports.--The Committee directs the
IRS to submit quarterly reports on particular major project
activities to the Committees on Appropriations and the GAO, no
later than 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter
in fiscal year 2024. The Committee expects the reports to
include detailed, plain English explanations of the cumulative
expenditures and schedule performance to date, specified by
fiscal year; the costs and schedules for the previous 3 months;
the anticipated costs and schedules for the upcoming 3 months;
and the total expected costs to complete the major information
technology project activities. In addition, the quarterly
report should clearly explain when the project was started; the
expected date of completion; the percentage of work completed
as compared to planned work; the current and expected state of
functionality; any changes in schedule; and current risks
unrelated to funding amounts and mitigation strategies. The
Committee directs the Department of the Treasury to conduct a
semi-annual review of the IRS's IT investments to ensure the
cost, schedule, and scope goals of the projects are
transparent. The Committee further directs GAO to review and
provide an annual report to the Committees evaluating the cost
and schedule of all major IRS information technology projects
for the year, with particular focus on those projects regarding
which the IRS is submitting quarterly reports to the Committee.
Administrative Provisions--Internal Revenue Service
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Section 101 continues a provision allowing the IRS to
transfer certain percentages of appropriations made available
to the agency in fiscal year 2024 to any other IRS
appropriation, upon the advance approval of the Committees on
Appropriations.
Section 102 continues a provision maintaining a training
program in taxpayers' rights and cross-cultural relations.
Section 103 continues a provision requiring the IRS to
institute and enforce policies and procedures, which will
safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and
protect taxpayers against identity theft.
Section 104 continues a provision directing that funds
shall be available for improved facilities and increased
staffing to support sufficient and effective 1-800 help line
services for taxpayers including enhanced response time to
taxpayer communications, particularly for victims of tax-
related crimes.
Section 105 continues a provision requiring the IRS to
issue notices to employers of any address change request and to
give special consideration to offers in compromise for
taxpayers who have been victims of payroll tax preparer fraud.
Section 106 continues a provision that prohibits the use of
funds by the IRS to target United States citizens for
exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to
the Constitution.
Section 107 continues a provision that prohibits the use of
funds by the IRS to target groups for regulatory scrutiny based
on their ideological beliefs.
Section 108 continues a provision that requires the IRS to
comply with procedures on conference spending as recommended by
the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
Section 109 continues a provision that prohibits the use of
funds to give bonuses or hire former employees without
consideration of conduct and compliance with Federal tax laws.
Section 110 continues a provision that prohibits the use of
funds to violate the confidentiality of tax returns.
Section 111 continues a provision that provides direct
hiring authorities for certain IRS positions to address backlog
issues.
Section 112 continues a provision that extends the current
home to work transportation for the IRS Commissioner for fiscal
year 2024.
Section 113 includes a new provision that provides the IRS
with certain enhanced pay authorities.
Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Section 114 authorizes certain basic services within the
Treasury Department in fiscal year 2024, including purchase of
uniforms; maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
countries; and contracting with the Department of State for
health and medical services to employees and their dependents
serving in foreign countries.
Section 115 allows for the transfer of up to 2 percent of
funds among various Treasury bureaus and offices.
Section 116 authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between
the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Inspector General
for Tax Administration under certain circumstances.
Section 117 prohibits the Department prohibits the
Department of the Treasury and the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing from redesigning the $1 Federal Reserve Note.
Section 118 authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to
transfer funds from Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of the Fiscal
Service, to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the
costs of debt collection. Such amounts shall be reimbursed to
the Salaries and Expenses account from debt collections
received in the Debt Collection Fund.
Section 119 requires prior approval for the construction
and operation of a museum by the United States Mint.
Section 120 prohibits the merger of the United States Mint
and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without prior approval
of the committees of jurisdiction.
Section 121 authorizes the Department's intelligence
activities.
Section 122 permits the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to
use not to exceed $5,000 from the Industrial Revolving Fund for
reception and representation expenses.
Section 123 requires the Secretary of the Treasury to
develop an annual Capital Investment Plan.
Section 124 prohibits the Department from finalizing any
regulation related to the standards used to determine the tax-
exempt status of a 501(c)(4) organization.
Section 125 continues a provision that requires a report on
the Department's Franchise Fund.
Section 126 continues a provision that requires quarterly
reports of the Office of Financial Research.
Section 127 continues and a provision that provides funding
for the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Relief.
Section 128 includes a new provision that authorizes the
transfer of funds to the Department's Working Capital Fund.
Section 129 is a new provision that authorizes certain
transfers to SIGTARP or SIGPR subject to the approval of the
Committee.
TITLE II
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
The White House
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $77,681,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 81,058,000
Committee recommendation................................ 78,681,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Salaries and Expenses account of the White House
provides staff assistance and administrative services for the
direct support of the President. The White House also serves as
the President's representative before the media. In accordance
with 3 U.S.C. 105, the White House office also supports and
assists the activities of the spouse of the President.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $78,861,000
for The White House, Salaries and Expenses, which is $1,000,000
more than the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $2,377,000
less than the budget request.
American Grown Flowers.--The Committee encourages the White
House to adopt an American-grown policy for cut flowers and
greens displayed at the White House to support American
farmers, retailers, wholesalers, florists, and their employees
who rely on the American-grown cut flower industry.
Office of Pandemic Preparedness.--Funds are included for
the establishment of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and
Response Policy as authorized by section 2104 of the fiscal
year 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act.
Executive Residence at the White House
OPERATING EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $15,609,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 16,088,000
Committee recommendation................................ 15,609,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
These funds provide for the care, maintenance, and
operating expenses of the Executive Residence at the White
House and the official and ceremonial functions of the
President. The Executive Residence includes the White House and
grounds, used as the home of the President and the President's
family.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $15,609,000
for the Executive Residence at the White House, which is the
same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $479,000 less
than the budget request. The bill also continues certain
restrictions on reimbursable expenses for use of the Executive
Residence.
White House Repair and Restoration
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $2,500,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 2,500,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,500,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This account funds the repair, alteration, and improvement
of the Executive Residence at the White House, including
resolution of health and safety issues, required maintenance,
and continued preventative maintenance.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,500,000 for
White House Repair and Restoration, equal to the fiscal year
2023 enacted level and the budget request.
Council of Economic Advisers
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $4,903,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 5,056,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,903,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Council of Economic Advisers analyzes the National
economy and its various segments, advises the President on
economic developments, recommends policies for economic growth
and stability, appraises economic programs and policies of the
Federal Government, and assists in the preparation of the
annual Economic Report of the President to Congress.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,903,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$153,000 less than the budget request.
National Security Council and Homeland Security Council
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $17,901,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 18,441,000
Committee recommendation................................ 17,901,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The National Security Council advises the President in
integrating domestic, foreign, and military policies related to
national security, and the Homeland Security Council advises
the President in coordinating homeland security-related
policies across the Government.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $17,901,000
for the salaries and expenses of the National Security Council
and the Homeland Security Council, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $540,000 less than the
budget request.
Office of Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $115,463,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 118,546,000
Committee recommendation................................ 115,463,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Office of Administration provides administrative
services to the Executive Office of the President [EOP]. These
services, defined by Executive Order 12028 of 1977, include
financial, personnel, library and records services, information
management systems support, and general office services.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $115,463,000
for the Office of Administration for fiscal year 2024, which is
the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $3,083,000
less than the budget request. Of the amount provided under this
heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be available to provide
payments (such as stipends, subsistence allowances, cost
reimbursements, or awards) to students, recent graduates, and
veterans recently discharged from active duty.
Office of Management and Budget
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $128,035,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 137,489,000
Committee recommendation................................ 128,035,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Office of Management and Budget [OMB] assists the
President in the discharge of his budgetary, management, and
other executive responsibilities.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $128,035,000
for OMB, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and $9,454,000 less than the budget request. The
Committee expects OMB to utilize its resources to respond in a
timely and complete manner to requests from the Committee.
Apportionment.--The Committee understands that funds
appropriated by Congress may not be obligated by individual
agencies until those agencies receive a signed apportionment
from OMB. When Congress appropriates funds, it expects OMB to
make those funds available for obligation subject to reasonable
restrictions on timing. Therefore, the Committee, in fiscal
year 2023, made permanent a government-wide general provision
directing OMB to make all signed apportionments available for
review on the agency's publicly available website within 24
hours of approval. In addition, OMB shall notify the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations when any program specific
restrictions are included in an apportionments or when a signed
apportionment is significantly delayed.
Government-Wide Provisions.--The bill includes a variety of
general provisions that apply to all Federal agencies that are
funded through the appropriations process. These provisions
address a number of issues, including workplace policies on
illegal drug use, limitations on use of funds for office
renovations or the purchase of passenger motor vehicles,
improper Internet use, and limitations on funding for
conferences. The Committee agrees that the responsibility to
enforce these provisions lies primarily with the individual
agencies. However, the Committee believes that OMB should be
responsible for ensuring that all agencies are aware of these
government-wide provisions, as well as any bill-wide provisions
that may be applicable, and that agencies have the necessary
policies and procedures in place to comply with these
requirements. The bill includes an administration provision
that addresses awareness of and compliance with these
provisions.
Service Contracts.--The Committee is concerned that many
Federal agencies are failing to comply with requirements
enacted in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 to
report information on the use of service contracts, including
how much is spent on service contracts and the number of
contractors employed through those contracts. OMB is directed
to ensure that agencies comply with these provisions and brief
the Committee on the result of their efforts.
Made in America Office [MIAO].--The Committee recognizes
that MIAO, located within OMB and authorized under section
70923 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, plays an
important role in sustaining a domestic supply base to meet
Federal procurement requirements. The health of our
manufacturing sector and the efficient completion of Federal
procurements and federally assisted infrastructure projects
depends on the timely ability of the MIAO to review proposed
waivers of domestic preference statutes. The Committee urges
OMB to provide this office with the funds needed to execute its
statutory duties.
Federal Resiliency Standards.--The Committee continues to
believe that a nationwide effort is necessary to ensure that
federally-supported infrastructure projects are constructed to
meet or exceed adequate resiliency and sustainability
standards. OMB is directed to brief the Committee, no later
than 90 days after enactment of this act, on progress it has
made toward the establishment of uniform minimum Federal
resiliency and sustainability standards for federally-supported
capital projects and the adoption of processes are in place to
guarantee compliance, as encouraged by the directive under this
heading contained in House Report 117-79 and adopted by Public
Law 117-103.
Contracting for Information Technology.--The Committee
recognizes that growing information technology needs are
driving much of the increase in Federal contracting. No later
than 120 days after the enactment of this act, the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy shall, in coordination with the
General Services Administration, submit a report to the
Committee that discusses cost-saving, efficient, and innovative
procurement methods that will allow for diverse small-vendors
participation, and makes recommendations for next steps.
Skills-Based Hiring Practices for Federal Contractors.--The
Committee applauds this Administration's commitment to an
inclusive, skills-based workforce, moving away from outdated
hiring practices that focus on educational attainment rather
than the necessary skills to solve our Nation's toughest
challenges. Executive Order [EO] 13932: ``Modernizing and
Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job
Candidates,'' directs important, merit-based reforms that will
increase the use of valid, competency-based assessments as an
alternative to the reliance on education credentials in
determining qualifications for Federal jobs. While the
Committee is encouraged by these steps, it notes that they only
apply with respect to Federal hiring practices and not those of
Federal contractors that provide services, including employees
that often work alongside Federal workers. The Committee
encourages OMB to move forward with similar policies with
respect to Federal contracting in order to align hiring
practices across the Federal Government.
Clarification of BABAA Treatment of Aggregates.--The
Committee notes that Congress included carefully crafted Build
America, Buy America Act [BABAA] provisions in the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act [IIJA], Public Law No.
117-58, including Section 70917(c), and that the Office of
Management and Budget [OMB] is developing guidance on
implementing these provisions. The Committee further notes some
stakeholders have expressed concern that OMB requested public
comment related to materials excluded from the BABAA
construction materials requirements (under Section 70917(c)),
and whether, when combined with other raw materials, they could
be defined as a manufactured product which would require the
cost of components to meet the 55 percent domestic content
standard. The Committee notes that certain Section 70917(c)
materials (such as stone, sand and gravel) may be used to
produce a manufactured product such as the case with precast
concrete. These section 70917(c) materials should not be
considered manufactured products when used at or combined
proximate to the jobsite and intended to form a permanent
feature of the infrastructure. The Committee notes the
stakeholder input on this matter, and expects OMB will
thoroughly review and consider all comments received prior to
issuing final standards related to Section 70917(c) materials.
Further, the Committee encourages OMB to comply with Section
70917(c) of the IIJA in a manner that is consistent with
congressional intent.
Digital Infrastructure Service Center [DISC].--The
Committee notes the 2022 Information Technology [IT] Operating
Plan developed by the Federal Chief Information Officer [FCIO],
OMB, and GSA outlines four key priorities: cybersecurity, IT
modernization, digital-first customer experience, and data as a
strategic asset. As the Federal government develops new models
to carry out IT transformation, strategically align
investments, and modernize government, agencies should consider
utilizing existing expertise. For example, the USDA's DISC is a
federally owned, 24/7, data center and cloud services provider
that offers Federal agencies with enterprise class
infrastructure. Agencies should consider interagency
collaboration in implementing these goals.
Accountability in Federal Acquisitions and Contracting.--
The Committee recognizes the need to obtain information on
Federal contractors who work on sensitive issues with the U.S.
government while also conducting business with foreign
adversaries and their affiliates. The GAO shall submit to
Congress a report on the extent to which Federal contractors,
their first-tier subcontractors, or any related entity, have
contracts or other relevant commercial ties with covered
entities. The term ``covered entity'' means the Government of
the People's Republic of China [PRC]; the Chinese Communist
Party [CCP]; the Chinese military; and any entity owned,
directed, controlled, financed, or influenced directly or
indirectly by the Government of the PRC, the CCP, or the
Chinese military. ``Covered entity'' also includes any entity
for which the Government of the PRC, the CCP, or the Chinese
military has the ability, through ownership of a majority or a
dominant minority of the total outstanding voting interest in
an entity, board representation, proxy voting, a special share,
contractual arrangements, formal or informal arrangements to
act in concert, or other means, to determine, direct, or decide
for an entity an important matter; any parent, subsidiary, or
affiliate of an entity that makes up the definition of
``covered entity''; and any entity substantively involved in
PRC economic and industrial policies or military-civil fusion,
including by accepting funding, performing services, or
receiving subsidies, or with responsibilities for overseeing
economic development projects, including Made in China 2025 and
the Belt and Road Initiative.
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $1,902,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 1,960,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,902,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement
Coordinator [IPEC] is focused on promoting and protecting the
Nation's innovative economy. The Office coordinates and
develops the United States' overall intellectual property
policy and strategy, to promote innovation and creativity, and
to ensure effective intellectual property protection and
enforcement domestically and abroad.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $1,902,000 for IPEC, which is the
same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $58,000 less
than the budget request. The Committee continues to strongly
support the IPEC, including its important work promoting
private sector efforts to reduce online copyright infringement.
Office of the National Cyber Director
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $21,926,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 22,586,000
Committee recommendation................................ 21,926,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Office of the National Cyber Director [ONCD] was
created in the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 116-283) to
advise the President on cybersecurity and related emerging
technology issues and to coordinate cybersecurity strategy and
policy, including Executive Branch development of an integrated
national cybersecurity.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $21,926,000 for the ONCD, the same
as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $660,000 less than
the budget request.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $21,500,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 22,380,000
Committee recommendation................................ 35,045,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Office of National Drug Control Policy [ONDCP],
established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, and
reauthorized by Public Law 115-271, is charged with developing
policies, objectives, and priorities for the National Drug
Control Program. In addition, ONDCP administers the High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, the Drug-Free
Communities Support Program, and several other related
initiatives.
This account provides funding for personnel compensation,
travel, and other basic operations of the Office, and for
general policy research to support the formulation of the
National Drug Control Strategy.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $35,045,000
for ONDCP's salaries and expenses, which is $13,545,000 more
than the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $12,665,000 more
than the budget request. Within this amount, the Committee
provides funds for initiatives related to drug prevention to be
awarded as follows:
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Recommended
State Account Project Name Recipient ($) Requestor(s)
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AR........................... Office of Arkansas Youth University of 5,000,000 Boozman
National Drug Drug Use Arkansas--Litt
Control Policy Reduction le Rock.
(ONDCP). Program.
VT........................... Office of Children and KidSafe 130,000 Sanders
National Drug Recovering Collaborative.
Control Policy Mothers Team
(ONDCP). (CHARM).
MS........................... Office of College Mississippi 350,000 Hyde-Smith
National Drug Community State
Control Policy Support. University.
(ONDCP).
WV........................... Office of Drug Free WV The Martinsburg 35,000 Capito
National Drug Youth Initiative,
Control Policy Coalitions. Inc..
(ONDCP).
VA........................... Office of eLearning Drug Partnership for 150,000 Kaine, Warner
National Drug Prevention Community
Control Policy Suite. Wellness.
(ONDCP).
NM........................... Office of Girls. Inc Peer Girls. Inc..... 175,000 Heinrich
National Drug Pressure
Control Policy Resistance
(ONDCP). Program.
NM........................... Office of Luna County County of Luna/ 200,000 Heinrich
National Drug Youth Substance Luna County
Control Policy Use Prevention DWI Program.
(ONDCP). Program.
MS........................... Office of Mississippi Hinds Community 230,000 Hyde-Smith
National Drug Substance Abuse College.
Control Policy Prevention
(ONDCP). Program.
RI........................... Office of Project SUCCESS: Coastline EAP 2,170,000 Reed
National Drug Substance Abuse d.b.a. Rhode
Control Policy Prevention. Island Student
(ONDCP). Assistance
Services.
MS........................... Office of Southern Region University of 4,400,000 Hyde-Smith
National Drug Drug-Use Mississippi.
Control Policy Reduction
(ONDCP). Program.
VT........................... Office of Supportive Turning Point 205,000 Sanders
National Drug Outreach After Recovery
Control Policy Overdose Center of
(ONDCP). Program. Springfield.
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Non-Fatal Overdose Data.--Given the urgency of the drug
overdose epidemic, ONDCP shall lead a review on ways to improve
the timeliness, accuracy, and accessibility of fatal and non-
fatal overdose data from law enforcement, emergency medical
services, and public health sources.
Crop Estimates.--Annual profits of $68,000,000,000
associated with illicit coca and poppy crops used to produce
cocaine and heroin enable drug trafficking organizations to
expand their criminal enterprises, which resulted in nearly
34,000 cocaine and heroin-related overdose deaths in the United
States in 2021.
To obtain reliable estimates of the amounts of cocaine and
heroin that are destined for the United States, ONDCP works
with intelligence agencies and national drug control program
agencies to conduct illicit crop imagery. This imagery helps
inform and assess the effectiveness of drug control policies
that are contained in ONDCP's statutorily required National
Drug Control Strategy and related Performance and Measurement
Summary. The Committee is disappointed that ONDCP failed to
notify Congress immediately that efforts to collect illicit
coca and poppy crop imagery have ceased. This lack of
information will result in critical intelligence gaps, and
render ONDCP unable to demonstrate that it has met the goals of
reducing the potential production of cocaine and heroin by 10
percent and 30 percent, respectively, by 2025, as laid out in
its Performance Review System Report.
ONDCP is directed to work with the National Security
Council and national drug control program agencies to
immediately reinstate the illicit crop imagery program, and to
update the Committee on such efforts no later than 90 days
after enactment of this act.
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $302,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 290,200,000
Committee recommendation................................ 301,600,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The HIDTA program was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse
Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-690) to provide assistance to
Federal, State, and local law enforcement entities operating in
those areas most adversely affected by drug trafficking.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $301,600,000
for the HIDTA program, which is $400,000 less than the fiscal
year 2023 enacted level and $11,400,000 more than the budget
request. The Committee directs that funding shall be provided
for the existing HIDTAs at no less than the fiscal year 2023
level.
ONDCP is directed to consult with the HIDTAs in advance of
deciding programmatic spending allocations for discretionary
(supplemental) funding, taking particular note of areas with
the highest rates of overdose deaths.
The Committee recommendation specifies that up to
$4,000,000 may be used for auditing services and associated
activities and $2,000,000 is for the grants management system.
Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program.--The
Committee recognizes the effectiveness of the Overdose
Detection Mapping Application Program [ODMAP] in facilitating
information sharing and supporting efforts by public health and
safety officials to mobilize rapid response to a suspected
overdose event. The Committee encourages ONDCP, in consultation
with the HIDTA Directors, to prioritize discretionary funds
towards programs that promote public health and public safety
collaboration, including ODMAP.
New Counties.--Many of the areas that are hit hardest by
this crisis, such as the Appalachian region, lack
administrative resources to compete adequately for scarce
Federal funds intended to assist these areas. To ensure
communities are equipped with the necessary resources to
coordinate law enforcement strategies adequately, ONDCP is
directed to prioritize States with the highest overdose death
rates per capita when deciding new designations. In addition,
ONDCP should give additional consideration to HIDTAs that had
no new counties added in the previous funding cycle. Further,
ONDCP is directed to provide enhanced technical assistance to
any applicants that have applied that did not receive a
designation at any time during the past several award cycles.
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $137,120,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 148,950,000
Committee recommendation................................ 142,520,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This account is for other drug control activities
authorized by the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Reauthorization Act of 1998, as amended through Public Law 115-
271. The funds appropriated to the program support high-
priority drug control programs and may be transferred to drug
control agencies.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $142,520,000
for Other Federal Drug Control Programs, which is $5,400,000
more than the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $6,430,000
less than the budget request. Within this amount, the Committee
provides the following funding levels:
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Amount
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Drug-Free Communities Support Program................. $109,000
National Community Anti-Drug Coalition training....... 2,500
Drug court training and technical assistance.......... 3,000
Anti-doping activities................................ 14,000
World Anti-Doping Agency Membership Dues.............. 3,700
Model Acts program.................................... 1,250
Community-based coalition enhancement (CARA) grants... 5,200
Evolving and Emerging Drug Threats.................... 6,370
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Drug-Free Communities Support Program.--The Drug-Free
Communities [DFC] Support Program provides dollar-for-dollar
matching grants of up to $125,000 to local coalitions that
mobilize their communities to prevent youth alcohol, tobacco,
illicit drug, and inhalant abuse. Such grants support
coalitions of youth; parents; media; law enforcement; school
officials; faith-based organizations; fraternal organizations;
State, local, and Tribal government agencies; healthcare
professionals; and other community representatives. The DFC
Support Program enables these coalitions to strengthen their
coordination and prevention efforts, encourage citizen
participation in substance abuse reduction efforts, and
disseminate information about effective programs. The Committee
provides $109,000,000 for the continuation of the DFC Support
Program. Of that amount, $2,500,000 shall be for training and
related purposes as authorized by section 4 of Public Law 107-
82, as amended by section 8204 of Public Law 115-271.
Fentanyl-Related Substances.--The Committee recognizes that
the overdose mortality rate among U.S. adolescents 14 to 18
years old rose by 94 percent between 2019 and 2020, according
to the findings of an analysis published in the Journal of the
American Medical Association. The lethality of the illicit drug
supply, including fentanyl-related substances, likely
contributed to the exponential rise in the overdose death rate
among children and young adults. ONDCP is directed to report to
the Committee no later than 120 days after enactment of this
act on any targeted prevention efforts and on efforts to
encourage community-led coalitions to raise awareness on the
rise of fentanyl contamination of illegal drugs.
World Anti-Doping Agency [WADA] Governance.--The Committee
is pleased that the U.S. was elected president of the American
Sports Council (Consejo Americano del Deporte or CADE) in April
2023 and is now serving on WADA's Executive Committee for a 2-
year period, with the possibility of a second 2-year term. The
Committee continues to expect that WADA be independent,
represent the voice of athletes, and work toward having the
U.S. maintain a regular seat on the Executive Committee. ONDCP
should continue to work toward those important goals. The
Committee urges ONDCP to encourage full implementation of all
governance reforms at WADA and to ensure that WADA takes a
continuous improvement approach to every aspect of its
important work to promote clean sports worldwide. ONDCP is
directed to submit a report and to brief the Committees no
later than 180 days after enactment of this act on the status
of implementation of governance reforms and other related WADA
matters which impact the U.S. Government's capacity to promote
clean sport proactively. The Committee includes language
allowing ONDCP to provide up to the level requested for WADA
dues and directs that no less than 30 days prior to obligating
funds to WADA, ONDCP shall submit a spending plan and
explanation of the proposed uses of these funds to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Evolving and Emerging Drug Threats.--Funding is provided to
implement evolving and emerging drug threat response plans, as
authorized by section 709 of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1988, such as the use of
xylazine, an adulterant of fentanyl.
Unanticipated Needs
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $1,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
These funds enable the President to meet unanticipated
exigencies in support of the National interest, security, or
defense.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $1,000,000, which is the same as
the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and the budget request.
Information Technology Oversight and Reform
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $13,700,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 14,166,000
Committee recommendation................................ 13,700,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The goal of the Information Technology Oversight and Reform
[ITOR] program is to drive value in Federal IT investments by
making smarter investment decisions and reducing waste,
duplication, and inefficient uses of IT through data-driven
investment management, deliver digital services to 25 Federal
agencies, and protect IT assets and information by improving
oversight of Federal cybersecurity practices.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $13,700,000 for the ITOR program,
which is the same as the enacted level and $466,000 less than
budget request.
Special Assistance to the President
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $6,076,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 6,255,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,076,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This appropriation provides for staff and expenses to
enable the Vice President to provide assistance to the
President in connection with the performance of executive
duties and responsibilities. These funds also support the
official activities of the spouse of the Vice President. The
Vice President also has a staff funded by the Senate to assist
him in the performance of his legislative duties.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,076,000 for
special assistance to the President, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $179,000 less than the
budget request.
Official Residence of the Vice President
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $321,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 329,000
Committee recommendation................................ 321,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This account supports the care and operation of the Vice
President's residence on the grounds of the Naval Observatory.
These funds specifically support equipment, furnishings, dining
facilities, and services required to perform and discharge the
Vice President's official duties, functions, and obligations.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $321,000 for
the official residence of the Vice President, which is the same
as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $8,000 less than the
request.
Administrative Provisions--Executive Office of the President and Funds
Appropriated to the President
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Section 201 continues a provision that provides flexibility
in the use of funds in accounts under the EOP.
Section 202 continues a provision that requires the
Director of the OMB to include a Statement of budgetary impact
with any Executive order issued during fiscal year 2024.
Section 203 continues a provision that requires the
Director of the OMB to issue a memorandum relating to
compliance with title VII of this act.
TITLE III
THE JUDICIARY
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Established under Article III of the Constitution, the
judicial branch of the Federal Government is a separate but
equal branch. The Federal judiciary consists of the Supreme
Court, United States Courts of Appeals, District Courts,
Bankruptcy Courts, Court of International Trade, Court of
Federal Claims, and several other entities and programs. The
organization of the judiciary, the district and circuit
boundaries, the places of holding court, and the number of
Federal judges are legislated by the Congress and signed into
law by the President.
The Committee's recommended funding levels support the
Federal judiciary's role of providing equal justice under the
law and include sufficient funds to support this critical
mission. The recommended funding level includes the salaries of
judges and support staff and the operation and security of our
Nation's courts.
The judicial branch is subject to the same funding
constraints facing the executive and legislative branches. It
is imperative that the Federal judiciary devote its resources
primarily to the retention of staff. Further, it is also
important that the judiciary contain controllable costs such as
travel, construction, and other expenses.
Supreme Court of the United States
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $109,551,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 127,063,000
Committee recommendation................................ 119,389,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The United States Supreme Court consists of nine justices
appointed under Article III of the Constitution of the United
States, one of whom is appointed as Chief Justice of the United
States. The Supreme Court acts as the final arbiter in the
Federal court system.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $119,389,000
for the salaries and expenses of personnel, and the costs of
operating the Supreme Court, excluding the care of the building
and grounds. The recommendation is $9,838,000 more than the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $7,674,000 less than the
budget request. The Committee includes an amount of $9,838,000
for security, specifically for personal protection, protective
intelligence, and annualization of costs associated with Public
Law 117-167.
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $29,246,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 20,688,000
Committee recommendation................................ 20,688,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Care of the Building and Grounds, for expenditure by the
Architect of the Capitol, provides for the structural and
mechanical care of the United States Supreme Court Building and
Grounds, including maintenance and operation of mechanical,
electrical, and electronic equipment.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $20,688,000
for personnel and other services related to the Supreme Court
building and grounds, which is supervised by the Architect of
the Capitol. The recommendation is $8,558,000 less than the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and the same as the budget
request.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $36,735,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 39,682,000
Committee recommendation................................ 36,735,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
was established on October 1, 1982, under Article III of the
Constitution. The court was formed by the merger of the United
States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the appellate
division of the United States Court of Claims. The court
consists of 12 judges who are appointed by the President, with
the advice and consent of the Senate. Judges are appointed to
the court under Article III of the Constitution of the United
States.
The Federal Circuit has nationwide jurisdiction in a
variety of subjects, including international trade, Government
contracts, patents, certain claims for money from the United
States Government, Federal personnel, and veterans' benefits.
Appeals to the court come from all Federal district courts, the
United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court
of International Trade, and the United States Court of Veterans
Appeals. The court also takes appeals of certain administrative
agencies' decisions, including the Merit Systems Protection
Board, the Board of Contract Appeals, the Board of Patent
Appeals and Interferences, and the Trademark Trial and Appeals
Board. Decisions of the United States International Trade
Commission, the Office of Compliance of the United States
Congress, and the Government Accountability Office Personnel
Appeals Board are also reviewable by the court.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $36,735,000,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$2,947,000 less than the budget request.
United States Court of International Trade
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $21,260,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 22,404,000
Committee recommendation................................ 21,260,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The United States Court of International Trade, located in
New York City, consists of nine Article III judges. The Court
has exclusive nationwide jurisdiction over civil actions
brought against the United States, its agencies and officers,
and certain civil actions brought by the United States, arising
out of import transactions and the administration and
enforcement of the Federal customs and international trade
laws.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,260,000,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$1,144,000 less than the budget request.
Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $5,905,055,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 6,370,391,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,010,055,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Salaries and Expenses is one of four accounts that provide
total funding for the Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and
Other Judicial Services. In addition to funding the salaries of
judges and support staff, this account also funds the operating
costs of appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts, the Court
of Federal Claims, and probation and pretrial services offices.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,010,055,000
for salaries and expenses, which is $105,000,000 more than the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $360,336,000 less than the
budget request.
Cybersecurity and IT Modernization.--The Committee
recognizes the importance of the need to improve cybersecurity
and IT Modernization. Funding in the amount of $60,000,000 is
provided for this purpose.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION TRUST FUND
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $9,975,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 10,869,000
Committee recommendation................................ 9,975,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Enacted by the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of
1986 (Public Law 99-660), the Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program is a Federal no-fault program designed to resolve a
perceived crisis in vaccine tort liability claims that
threatened the continued availability of childhood vaccines
nationwide. The statute's primary intention is the creation of
a more efficient adjudicatory mechanism that ensures a no-fault
compensation result for those allegedly injured or killed by
certain covered vaccines. This program protects the
availability of vaccines in the United States by diverting a
substantial number of claims from the tort arena.
Not only did this act create a special fund to pay
judgments awarded under the act, but it also created the Office
of Special Masters within the United States Court of Federal
Claims to hear vaccine injury cases. The act stipulates that up
to eight special masters may be appointed for this purpose. The
special masters' expenditures are reimbursed to the judiciary
for vaccine injury cases from a special fund set up under the
act.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,975,000,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$894,000 less than the budget request.
DEFENDER SERVICES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $1,382,680,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 1,533,015,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,382,680,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Defender Services program ensures the right to counsel
guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the
Criminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)), and other
congressional mandates for those who cannot afford to retain
counsel and other necessary defense services. The Criminal
Justice Act provides that courts appoint counsel from Federal
public and community defender organizations or from a panel of
private attorneys established by the court. The Defender
Services program helps to maintain public confidence in the
Nation's commitment to equal justice under the law and ensures
the successful operation of the constitutionally based
adversary system of justice by which Federal criminal laws and
federally guaranteed rights are enforced.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$1,382,680,000, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023
enacted level and $150,335,000 less than the budget request.
McGirt v. Oklahoma.--No later than 120 days after enactment
of this act, the Administrative Office [AO] of the U.S. Courts
is directed to update the report previously submitted to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the impact of
McGirt v. Oklahoma workload on Criminal Justice Act
representations to reflect for 2023 actuals and 2024 estimates.
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $58,239,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 59,902,000
Committee recommendation................................ 58,239,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This account provides for the statutory fees and allowances
of grand and petit jurors and for the compensation of jury and
land commissioners. Budgetary requirements depend primarily
upon the volume and the length of jury trials demanded by
parties to both civil and criminal actions and the number of
grand juries being convened by the courts at the request of the
United States Attorneys.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $58,239,000,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$1,663,000 less than the budget request.
COURT SECURITY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $750,163,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 783,465,000
Committee recommendation................................ 750,163,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Court Security appropriation was established in 1983
and funds the necessary expenses incident to the provision of
protective guard services, and the procurement, installation,
and maintenance of security systems and equipment for United
States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court
operations, including building access control, inspection of
mail and packages, directed security patrols, perimeter
security provided by the Federal Protective Service, and other
similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of the
Judicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-
702).
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $750,163,000,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$33,302,000 less than the budget request.
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $102,673,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 112,974,000
Committee recommendation................................ 102,673,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Administrative Office [AO] of the United States Courts
was created in 1939 by Public Law 76-299. It serves the Federal
judiciary in carrying out its constitutional mission to provide
equal justice under the law. Beyond providing numerous services
to the Federal courts, the AO provides support and staff
counsel to the Judicial Conference of the United States and its
committees, and implements Judicial Conference policies as well
as applicable Federal statutes and regulations. The AO is the
focal point for communication and coordination within the
Federal judiciary and with Congress, the executive branch, and
the public on behalf of the judiciary.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $102,673,000,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$10,301,000 less than the budget request.
Improving IT Management.--The AO is directed to submit a
report to the Committee on the status of recommendations made
in GAO report 22-105068 no later than 120 days after enactment
of this act. The report shall include actions both taken and
planned, and their associated costs.
Workplace Misconduct.--The Judiciary should continue
collaborating with GAO and other stakeholders on various
workplace studies. The Committee expects the AO and the Federal
Judicial Center to be responsive to requests for information
from GAO and the National Academy of Public Administration and
to provide access to necessary data requested in order for
their reviews to be completed in a timely manner.
Workplace Survey.--The AO Director shall provide to the
authorizing and appropriations committees reports issued by the
Working Group on results from the January 2023 workplace
conduct survey (appropriately anonymized) no later than 30 days
after completion.
Judicial Conduct and Disability [JC&D] Act Orders.--The AO
is directed to continue to report to the House and Senate
authorizing and appropriations committees on Judicial Conduct
and Disability [JC&D] Act orders that result in a finding of
misconduct for any judge no later than 30 days after an order
of the relevant judicial council becomes final or, for those
orders where review by the Judicial Conference's Committee on
Judicial Conduct and Disability [JC&D Committee] has been
requested, no later than 30 days after the JC&D Committee's
review has been completed. The Committee notes that a single,
centralized webpage on JC&D orders is located on uscourts.gov.
Office of Judicial Integrity.--The AO's Office of Judicial
Integrity shall continue to include in the Judiciary's annual
congressional budget justification the challenges remaining to
help ensure an exemplary workplace for every judge and every
court employee.
Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act.--As of spring 2023,
just over half of judges' 2021 financial disclosure reports had
been published in the database as required by the Courthouse
Ethics and Transparency Act (Public Law 117-125). The AO is
urged to ensure that sufficient resources are provided for
Committee on Financial Disclosure staff so that financial
disclosure reports can be reviewed and certified, as well as
posted online, in a timely manner, and update the Committee on
its progress. The Judiciary's fiscal year 2024 financial plan
required by section 608 of this bill shall indicate the
staffing resource level dedicated to this effort.
Judicial Vacancy Recommendations.--The Committee is
concerned that the Judiciary's method of providing
recommendations for filling or leaving open potential judicial
vacancies can discriminate against courts located in more
rural, geographically vast areas. The Committee notes the
importance of having adequate district judges in our Federal
court system, and recognizes the inherent problems that could
arise from fewer judges on the bench, including judges being
required to drive further to different courthouses to hear
cases. The Committee encourages the Judiciary to continue
considering other factors--such as geography, demographics, and
other mitigating factors--when making recommendations on not
filling judgeships, such as future vacancies in the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Federal Judicial Center
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $34,261,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 35,082,000
Committee recommendation................................ 34,261,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Federal Judicial Center, located in Washington, DC,
improves the management of Federal judicial dockets and court
administration through education for judges and staff, and
research, evaluation, and planning assistance for the courts
and the Judicial Conference. The Center's responsibilities
include educating judges and other judicial branch personnel
about legal developments, efficient litigation management, and
court administration. Additionally, the Center analyzes the
efficacy of case and court management procedures and ensures
the Federal judiciary is aware of the methods of best practice.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $34,261,000,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$821,000 less than the budget request.
United States Sentencing Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $21,641,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 23,150,000
Committee recommendation................................ 21,641,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The United States Sentencing Commission establishes,
reviews, and revises sentencing guidelines, policies, and
practices for the Federal criminal justice system. The
Commission is also required to monitor the operation of the
guidelines and to identify and report necessary changes to the
Congress.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,641,000,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$1,509,000 less than the budget request.
Administrative Provisions--The Judiciary
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends the following administrative
provisions for the judiciary:
Section 301 allows the judiciary to expend funds for the
employment of experts and consultative services.
Section 302 allows the judiciary, subject to the
Committee's reprogramming procedures, to transfer up to 5
percent between appropriations, but limits to 10 percent the
amount that may be transferred into any one appropriation.
Section 303 limits official reception and representation
expenses incurred by the Judicial Conference of the United
States to no more than $11,000.
Section 304 grants the judicial branch the same tenant
alteration authorities as the executive branch.
Section 305 provides continued authority for a court
security pilot program.
Section 306 extends for 1 year the authorization of a
temporary judgeship in Kansas, Missouri, Alabama, Arizona,
Florida, New Mexico, Texas, California, North Carolina, and
Hawaii.
Section 307 is a technical change to allow payments to
private ``panel'' attorneys in the defender services program to
be made to the attorney's law firm.
TITLE IV
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FEDERAL FUNDS
The Appropriations Committees have a special relationship
with the District of Columbia that is unlike any other city in
the country. Under the National Capital Revitalization and
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33),
the Federal Government is required to fund the court operations
of the District of Columbia, offender and defendant
supervision, and defendant representation. Title IV of this act
provides Federal payments to meet these statutory obligations.
Title IV also includes other Federal payments to fund
initiatives in areas including education and security.
Death with Dignity.--Congress has expressly forbidden the
use of Federal funding for purposes related to assisted suicide
under the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997
(Public Law 105-12). As such, the Chief Financial Officer for
the District of Columbia shall submit an annual report to the
Committee to certify that no Federal funds are used to
implement D.C. Law 21-182 in the District of Columbia in
contravention of existing law.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $40,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 40,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 40,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Resident Tuition Support program was created by the
District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (Public Law
106-98). The program provides grants annually for undergraduate
District students to attend eligible public 2-year and 4-year
colleges and universities nationwide. The grants are applied
toward the cost of the difference between in-State and out-of-
State tuition. Grants are also provided for students to attend
private institutions in the D.C. metropolitan area and private
historically Black colleges and universities nationwide.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $40,000,000
for the resident tuition support program, the same as the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and the budget request.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $30,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 48,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 30,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This Federal payment provides funds for emergency planning
and security costs related to the presence of the Federal
Government in the District of Columbia and surrounding
jurisdictions.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $30,000,000
for emergency planning and security costs, which is the same as
the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $18,000,000 less than
the budget request.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $291,068,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 315,563,000
Committee recommendation................................ 291,068,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Pursuant to the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33, title
XI), the Federal Government provides funding for the District
of Columbia Courts, the judicial branch of the District of
Columbia government. This Federal payment to the District of
Columbia Courts funds the operations of the District of
Columbia Court of Appeals, Superior Court, the Court System,
and the Capital Improvement Program. By law, the annual budget
includes estimates of the expenditures for the operations of
the Courts prepared by the Joint Committee on Judicial
Administration, the Court's policy-making body, as well as the
President's recommendation for funding the Courts' operations.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a Federal payment to the District
of Columbia Courts of $291,068,000. This amount includes
$15,055,000 for the Court of Appeals, $140,973,000 for the
Superior Court, $88,290,000 for the Court System, and
$46,750,000 for capital improvements to courthouse facilities.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $46,005,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 46,005,000
Committee recommendation................................ 46,005,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The District of Columbia Courts appoint and compensate
attorneys to represent persons who are financially unable to
obtain such representation. The Defender Services programs
provide counsel for indigent persons who are charged with
criminal offenses, for family proceedings involving child
abuse, neglect, and termination of parental rights, and for
guardianship proceedings for protection of mentally
incapacitated individuals and minors whose parents are
deceased.
In addition to legal representation, these programs provide
indigent persons with services such as transcripts of court
proceedings, expert witness testimony, foreign and sign
language interpretation, and investigations and genetic
testing.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $46,005,000
for Defender Services in the District of Columbia Courts, which
is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and the
budget request.
The Committee also recommends a rescission of $25,000,000
in prior year unobligated balances.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $285,016,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 296,878,000
Committee recommendation................................ 285,016,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency [CSOSA]
for the District of Columbia is an independent Federal agency
created by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33, title
XI). CSOSA acquired the operational responsibilities for the
former District agencies in charge of probation and parole, and
houses the Pretrial Services Agency within its framework. The
mission of CSOSA is to increase public safety, prevent crime,
reduce recidivism, and support the fair administration of
justice in close collaboration with the community.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $285,016,000
for CSOSA, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and $11,862,000 less than the budget request. Of the
amounts provided, $204,579,000 is for Community Supervision and
Sex Offender Registration and $80,437,000 is for pretrial
services.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $53,629,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 59,551,000
Committee recommendation................................ 53,629,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia,
an independent organization established by a District of
Columbia statute (16 D.C. Code 2-1601-1608), has a distinct
mission to provide and promote quality legal representation
services within the District of Columbia justice system. PDS
provides legal representation to indigent adults and children
facing loss of liberty and provides support in the form of
training, consultation, and legal reference services to members
of the local bar appointed as counsel in criminal, juvenile,
and mental health cases involving indigent individuals.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $53,629,000
for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$5,922,000 less than the budget request.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $2,450,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 2,450,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,450,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council [CJCC] provides a
forum for District of Columbia and Federal law enforcement to
identify criminal justice issues and solutions, and improve the
coordination of their efforts. In addition, the CJCC developed
and maintains the Justice Information System [JUSTIS], which
provides for the sharing of information with Federal and local
law enforcement.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $2,450,000 to
CJCC, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level
and the budget request.
The Committee acknowledges the importance of coordinating
criminal justice policy and information among Federal and local
partners operating within the District of Columbia. The
Committee recognizes the importance of JUSTIS to facilitate the
sharing of critical information with neighboring jurisdictions
and regional partners by utilizing a consolidated data exchange
system to provide real time information to multi-jurisdictional
public safety and law enforcement agencies. The Committee
recognizes that integrated technology is an indispensable tool
employed by law enforcement, judicial, correctional, and
supervising agencies and therefore supports increased funding
for JUSTIS.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $630,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 898,000
Committee recommendation................................ 630,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Judicial Nomination Commission [JNC] recommends a panel
of three candidates to the President for each judicial vacancy
in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and Superior
Court. From the panel selected by the JNC, the President
nominates a person for each vacancy and submits his or her name
for confirmation to the Senate. The Commission on Judicial
Disabilities and Tenure [CJDT] has jurisdiction over all judges
of the Court of Appeals and Superior Court and makes
determinations as to whether a judge's conduct warrants
disciplinary action and whether involuntary retirement of a
judge for health reasons is warranted. In addition, the CJDT
conducts evaluations of judges seeking reappointment and judges
who retire and wish to continue service as a senior judge.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $630,000 as a Federal payment for
the judicial commissions, of which $300,000 is designated for
the Judicial Nomination Commission and $330,000 is designated
for the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure. This
amount is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$268,000 less than the budget request. Funds shall remain
available until September 30, 2025.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $52,500,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 52,500,000
Committee recommendation................................ 52,500,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
As authorized by Scholarships for Opportunity and Results
Act and as part of a three-part comprehensive funding strategy,
the District of Columbia receives funds for District of
Columbia Public Schools [DCPS], public charter schools, and
Opportunity Scholarships. The intent of this comprehensive
funding approach was to ensure progress and improvement of DCPS
and public charter schools, while ensuring continued funding to
support the Opportunity Scholarship Program for students to
attend private schools.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $52,500,000
for school improvement which is the same as the fiscal year
2023 enacted level and the budget request. These funds are
allocated as follows: $17,500,000 for District of Columbia
Public Schools, $17,500,000 for Public Charter Schools, and
$17,500,000 for Opportunity Scholarships. The Committee notes
the importance of a rigorous evaluation of the SOAR program.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $600,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 600,000
Committee recommendation................................ 600,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of
Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Program
provides tuition assistance for nonresident District of
Columbia National Guard members.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $600,000 for
the D.C. National Guard designated for the Major General David
F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention
and College Access Program. This amount is the same as the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and the budget request.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $4,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 5,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
There are approximately 15,000 people living with HIV in
the District of Columbia. This appropriation supports the
District's efforts to end the HIV epidemic.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommendation includes a Federal payment of
$4,000,000 to support testing and treatment of HIV/AIDS, the
same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $1,000,000 less
than the budget request.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $8,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 8,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 8,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Approximately one-third of the District of Columbia is
served by a combined sewer system, constructed by the Federal
Government in 1890, in which both sanitary waste and stormwater
flow through the same pipes. When the collection system or the
Blue Plains treatment plant reach capacity, typically during
periods of heavy rainfall, the system is designed to overflow
the excess water. This mixture of sewage and stormwater runoff
is discharged to the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers, Rock Creek,
and tributary waters between 60 and 75 times each year. The
Clean Rivers Project includes deep underground storage tunnels,
side tunnels to reduce flooding, pump station rehabilitation,
and the elimination of over a dozen CSO outfalls along the
Potomac and Anacostia Rivers and Rock Creek. When completed in
2025, this project is expected to vastly improve water quality
and significantly reduce contaminated discharges into and
debris in our Nation's capital waterways as well as improve the
health of the Chesapeake Bay.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $8,000,000,
the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and the budget
request.
TITLE V
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Administrative Conference of the United States
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $3,465,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 3,523,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,465,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Administrative Conference of the United States [ACUS]
is an independent agency and advisory committee created to
study administrative processes in order to recommend
improvements to Congress and agencies.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $3,465,000 for ACUS for fiscal
year 2024, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and $58,000 less than the budget request.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $365,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 411,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 365,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC] was
established as an independent agency by the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 1389; 7 U.S.C. 4a).
The Commission administers the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C.
section 1, et seq.
The CFTC oversees our Nation's futures, options, and swaps
markets. The Commission's mission is to foster transparent,
open, competitive and financially sound derivatives markets.
Effective oversight by the CFTC protects market participants
from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices, and protects
the public and our economy from systemic risk related to
derivatives.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $365,000,000
for operating expenses of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and $46,000,000 less than the budget request for these
activities. The Committee recommendation includes $4,218,000
for the Office of the Inspector General.
Customer Outreach and Education.--The Committee encourages
the CFTC to partner with the United States Department of
Agriculture [USDA] to develop customer education initiatives
designed to help producers protect themselves against fraud or
other violations of the Commodity Exchange Act or CFTC
Regulations. Where appropriate, the CFTC and USDA should
collaborate and engage with partner entities who have a
demonstrated ability to work directly with producers. Within 1
year of enactment of this act, the Commission is directed to
report to the Committee on their engagement and work with the
USDA on these initiatives.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $152,500,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 212,600,000
Committee recommendation................................ 152,500,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Consumer Product Safety Commission [CPSC] is an
independent Federal regulatory agency, created in 1972, and is
responsible for protecting the public against unreasonable
risks of injury from consumer products; assisting consumers to
evaluate the comparative safety of consumer products;
developing uniform safety standards for consumer products and
minimizing conflicting State and local regulations; and
promoting research and investigation into the causes and
prevention of product-related deaths, illnesses, and injuries.
In carrying out its mandate, the CPSC establishes mandatory
product safety standards, where appropriate, to reduce the
unreasonable risk of injury to consumers from consumer
products; helps industry develop voluntary safety standards;
bans unsafe products if it finds that a safety standard is not
feasible; monitors recalls of defective products; informs and
educates consumers about product hazards; conducts research and
develops test methods; collects and publishes injury and hazard
data; and promotes uniform product regulations by governmental
units.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $152,500,000 for the Consumer
Product Safety Commission [CPSC], which is the same as the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $60,100,000 less than the
budget request. Due to funding constraints, the bill does not
require funding for the Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention
grant program and instead makes the program an allowable
expense. The Committee expresses support for the program and
encourages funding in future budget requests.
The Committee is aware that there has been confusion on the
topic of gas stoves. The Committee notes that CPSC has affirmed
that there is no CPSC effort to ban gas stoves, no work being
undertaken by the agency to advance towards a ban on gas
stoves, and no planning to create work products or take actions
to ban gas stoves. The Committee supports recalls of all
harmful products, including recent recalls of defective gas
stoves and ranges. No later than 1 year after enactment of this
act, the Government Accountability Office shall report to the
Committee an analysis of industry and Federal efforts to
improve the safety of gas stoves and ranges during the past 25
years.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Section 501 continues a prohibition of funds to finalize,
implement, or enforce the proposed rule on recreational off-
highway vehicles until a study is completed by the National
Academy of Sciences.
Section 502 is a new provision preventing CPSC from
promulgating, implementing, administering, or enforcing any
CPSC regulation to ban gas stoves as a class of products.
COUNCIL OF THE INSPECTORS GENERAL ON INTEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $850,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 5,400,000
Committee recommendation................................ 8,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and
Efficiency [CIGIE] is an independent entity established within
the executive branch to address integrity, economy and
effectiveness issues that transcend individual Government
agencies and aid in the establishment of a professional, well-
trained and highly skilled workforce in the Offices of
Inspectors General.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $8,000,000 for CIGIE for fiscal
year 2024, which is $7,150,000 more than the fiscal year 2023
enacted level and $2,600,000 more than the budget request.
Pandemic Analytics Center of Excellence.--In 2021, Congress
appropriated funds that allowed the Pandemic Response
Accountability Committee [PRAC] to build the Pandemic Analytics
Center of Excellence [PACE]. In standing up the PACE, the
PRAC's goal was to build an affordable, flexible, and scalable
analytics platform that can support the oversight and law
enforcement communities during their pandemic-related work and
beyond. Funds appropriated to CIGIE will support transitioning
the PACE into the CIGIE environment establishing a viable and
enduring long-term IG community data analytics capability to
support a broader capacity to detect fraud, waste, and abuse
across all Government programs.
Election Assistance Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $28,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 33,807,000
Committee recommendation................................ 28,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Election Assistance Commission [EAC] was created by the
Help America Vote Act of 2002 [HAVA] (Public Law 107-252) and
is charged with implementing provisions of that act relating to
the reform of Federal election administration. The EAC assists
State and local election officials by testing and certifying
election equipment, sharing best practices to improve the
administration of Federal elections, and providing them with
information about the voting system standards established by
HAVA.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $28,000,000 for EAC's salaries and
expenses, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and $5,807,000 less than the budget request. The bill
provides for $1,250,000 of these funds to be made available to
the National Institute for Standards and Technology [NIST] to
support the Technical Guidelines Development Committee in
developing a comprehensive set of testing guidelines for voting
system hardware and software. In addition, the EAC is
responsible for distributing and auditing the use of election
reform grant funding, in accordance with the requirements of
the HAVA.
Within 30 days after funds are made available, the Director
of NIST (or designee) shall provide to the Executive Director
(or Acting) of the EAC and the Committee an expenditure plan
for the funds that includes: (1) the number and position title
and office of each staff person doing work and amount of time
each staff person spends on that work; (2) the specific tasks
accomplished including length of time needed to accomplish the
task; (3) an explanation of expenditures, including contracts
and grants, and use of the EAC funding transferred to NIST
(including enumeration of funds); and (4) an explanation of how
the work accomplished relates to mandated activities under
HAVA. Finally, the Executive Director (or Acting) of the EAC
and Director of NIST (or designee) shall work together to set
priorities for the work outlined in order to meet timelines.
Local Election Administration Support.--The Committee notes
that it could be helpful for the Election Assistance Commission
[EAC] to understand better how States allocate resources to the
local level and recommends that EAC request that grantees
report their outreach efforts to local entities as well as how
their reported and planned grant spending reflects the needs of
local communities.
Barriers to Election Worker Recruitment.--The Committee
recommends that EAC review existing questions on the Election
Administration and Voting Survey [EAVS] Comprehensive Report
regarding election worker recruitment to identify barriers to
election worker recruitment, such as threats or perceived
threats to election workers.
Language Resources.--The Committee commends the work that
EAC has done to promote non-English language resources and
encourages any additional efforts in this regard, including
efforts to promote such resources to local election
administrators.
ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $75,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 300,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 75,000,000
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $75,000,000 for Election Security
Grants, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level
and $225,000,000 less than the budget request.
Federal Communications Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $390,192,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 410,743,000
Committee recommendation................................ 410,743,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Federal Communications Commission [FCC] is charged with
regulating interstate and international communications by
radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. The FCC is also
charged with promoting the safety of life and property through
wire and radio communications. The mandate of the FCC under the
Communications Act is to make available to all people of the
United States a rapid, efficient, nationwide, and worldwide
wire and radio communication service. The FCC performs five
major functions to fulfill this charge: (1) spectrum
allocation; (2) creating rules to promote fair competition and
protect consumers where required by market conditions; (3)
authorization of service; (4) enhancing public safety and
homeland security; and (5) enforcement.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $410,743,000
for the salaries and expenses of the FCC for fiscal year 2024,
which is $20,551,000 more than the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and the same as the budget request, and which will be
derived from offsetting collections. The Committee also
recommends that up to $136,167,000 be retained from spectrum
auction activities to fund the administrative expenses of
conducting such auctions.
FCC Broadband Maps.--The FCC has begun releasing versions
of a new locations-based National Broadband Map and requested
consumers, State, local and Tribal government entities, and
other stakeholders to help verify the accuracy of the data in
order to identify unserved and underserved locations in
communities, which are most in need of funding for high-speed
broadband Internet infrastructure investments. Pursuant to the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration will use a
version of the National Broadband Map--as modified by the FCC
to address accuracy issues identified by stakeholders--to
distribute approximately $42,000,000,000 provided by Congress
to States and Territories to build broadband infrastructure in
unserved and underserved eligible areas. States and Territories
are then directed to use the National Broadband Map as the
basis, with limited updates from a challenge process to ensure
accuracy, to award funds for broadband deployments projects.
The Commission is directed to brief the Committee no later than
90 days after the date of enactment of this act, regarding the
FCC's approach to resolving filed challenges to the National
Broadband Map, any ongoing accuracy issues with the National
Broadband Map, and plans for ensuring future accuracy of the
National Broadband Map.
National Broadband Map User Interface.--The Committee notes
that the FCC National Broadband Map will serve as a key
resource for other agencies to determine eligible areas for
broadband deployment subsidies and grants. The Committee
encourages the FCC to improve its User Interface and develop
alternate layers that help visualize the specific eligible
parameters of other Federal programs. The Committee further
encourages the FCC to consider the feasibility of allowing the
general public to perform and submit a speed test within the
map application when submitting a fixed broadband location or
coverage challenge, and to incorporate this data into its
crowdsourcing process to verify and supplement the broadband
coverage data.
Tribal Broadband Mapping.--The Committee urges the FCC as
part of its National Broadband Map to: (1) provide the number
of locations associated with individual Tribal areas and; (2)
offer an aggregated rollup of the number of Tribal locations
and Tribal broadband availability nationwide.
Spectrum.--The Committee recognizes the need to make
available more high-, mid-, and low-band spectrum for the
expansion of broadband and 5G technology and encourages the
Commission to continue their work to hold auctions of licensed
spectrum and make available unlicensed spectrum that allows
small and large providers the ability to expand broadband and
5G technology throughout the United States.
Universal Service Fund Reform.--In recognition of the
rapidly changing communications industry landscape, the
Committee urges the FCC to: (1) seek public comment this fiscal
year on any reform proposals that have been submitted to the
commission or otherwise previously considered that would
promote the sustainability and viability of the universal
service fund and resolve inequities in the current contribution
structure (the ``Reform Objectives''); and (2) act as soon as
possible following review of that record to adopt reforms to
achieve the Reform Objectives. The FCC should also provide
specific recommendations to Congress regarding additional
authority it believes it may need to enact any reforms that are
found to be prudent, advisable, or necessary.
Pirate Radio Operators.--The Committee commends the FCC for
implementing the PIRATE Act and taking decisive action this
year against violators of this important law. The FCC is
encouraged to continue prioritizing pirate radio enforcement
and is directed to update the Committee on additional
enforcement actions taken during the fiscal year.
Contraband Cell Phones.--The Committee remains concerned
regarding the exploitation of contraband cell phones in prisons
and jails nationwide but commends the FCC for moving ahead with
the process outlined in its July 13, 2021 Second Report & Order
(GN Docket No. 13-11) to accept and seek comment on Contraband
Interdiction System [CIS] certification applications. This
represents a key step toward completion of the first phase of
the two-phase certification process. In the second phase, CIS
applicants must perform on-site testing of approved CISs at
individual correctional facilities and file self-certifications
with the Wireless Bureau confirming that the testing at a
specific correctional facility is complete and was successful.
After both phases are complete, Designated Correctional
Facility Officials [DCFOs] will be authorized to submit
qualifying requests to wireless providers to disable contraband
devices located at a CIS approved/tested correctional facility.
The Commission also processed requests from two States, South
Carolina and Oklahoma, to designate DCFOs who will be able to
submit qualifying requests to disable devices at the listed
facilities once a certified CIS has been tested and the self-
certification for the facility has been approved by the Bureau.
The Commission is encouraged to continue its work to prevent
contraband cell phone use in prisons and is further directed to
provide routine progress reports to the Committee concerning
these ongoing interdiction enablement processes.
Impact of Telework.--The FCC is directed to evaluate how
increased telework impacts recruitment, retention, and
organizational performance and report to the Committee no later
than 180 days after enactment of this act.
Universal Service Reform.--The Committee remains concerned
that far too many Americans living in rural areas lack access
to broadband at speeds necessary to fully participate in the
Internet age. The Committee urges the FCC to prioritize
unserved and underserved areas in all USF programs
Satellite Industry.--The Committee recognizes the
Commission for supporting, through both licensing and
regulatory oversight, the growing U.S. satellite industry,
which includes low Earth orbit broadband communications
networks, earth observation and imaging satellites, and other
commercial satellite constellations. Given the growing
industry, the Committee supports additional resources for the
International Bureau to ensure it can undertake timely review
of license applications and related work of U.S. satellite
systems.
Digital Divide.--Whether it is obtaining telehealth
services, applying for jobs and services or educational access,
Internet in the home is essential in today's world. The
Committee directs the Commission to report back to the
Committee no later than 180 days after enactment of this act on
its recent efforts to address the digital divide.
Robocalls.--The Committee continues to be concerned that
scammers are increasingly using robocalls to target Americans,
especially Older Americans, seeking to swindle them out of
their hard-earned life savings. The Committee commends the FCC
for demanding that the telecommunications industry adopt and
implement a robust call authentication system to combat illegal
robocalling and caller ID spoofing. The Committee directs the
FCC to brief the Committee on the progress that has been made
by industry to adopt authentication systems
E-Rate Cybersecurity.--The Committee is concerned about the
increasing number of ransomware and other cyberattacks on
schools and libraries around the country. The FCC's E-Rate
program funds broadband connectivity for those institutions but
the program's cybersecurity provisions continue to be updated.
The FCC has initiated a proceeding seeking public comment on
potential changes to the E-Rate program's support for
cybersecurity products and services. No later than 90 days
after enactment of this act, the FCC is directed to brief the
Committee on efforts to ensure that schools and libraries have
additional flexibility under the E-Rate program to purchase
cybersecurity products and services that will help protect
their networks and confidential student and employee data from
cyberattacks.
Agency Coordination.--The Committee recognizes the FCC's
vital role in preserving and advancing universal communications
services. The Committee encourages the FCC to coordinate
efforts with the Rural Utility Service to optimize the use of
limited resources and promote broadband deployment in rural
America.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Section 510 continues a provision relating to the Anti-
deficiency Act but extends the provision to cover 2 years.
Section 511 continues a provision prohibiting the FCC from
changing rules governing the USF regarding single connection or
primary line restrictions.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $47,500,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 49,839,000
Committee recommendation................................ 47,500,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [FDIC] Office of
the Inspector General [OIG] conducts audits, investigations,
and other reviews to assist and augment the FDIC's contribution
to the stability of, and public confidence in, the Nation's
financial system. A separate appropriation more effectively
ensures the OIG's independence consistent with the Inspector
General Act of 1978 and other legislation.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $47,500,000 for the FDIC OIG, the
same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $2,339,000 less
than the budget request. Funds are to be derived from the
Deposit Insurance Fund and the Federal Savings and Loan
Insurance Corporation Resolution Fund.
Federal Election Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $81,674,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 93,483,000
Committee recommendation................................ 81,674,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Federal Election Commission [FEC] was created through
the 1974 Amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (Public Law 93-443). Consistent with its duty of executing
our Nation's Federal campaign finance laws, and in pursuit of
its mission of maintaining public faith in the integrity of the
Federal campaign finance system, the FEC conducts three major
regulatory programs: (1) providing public disclosure of funds
raised and spent to influence Federal elections; (2) enforcing
compliance with restrictions on contributions and expenditures
made to influence Federal elections; and (3) administering
public financing of Presidential campaigns.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $81,674,000 for the Federal
Election Commission, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023
enacted level and $11,809,000 less than the budget request.
Federal Labor Relations Authority
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $29,400,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 33,737,000
Committee recommendation................................ 29,400,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Federal Labor Relations Authority [FLRA] is an
independent administrative Federal agency created by title VII
of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-454)
with a mission to carry out five statutory responsibilities in
relation to the Federal workforce: (1) determining the
appropriateness of units for labor organization representation;
(2) resolving complaints of unfair labor practices; (3)
adjudicating exceptions to arbitrator's awards; (4)
adjudicating legal issues relating to the duty to bargain; and
(5) resolving impasses during negotiations.
The FLRA's authority is divided by law and by delegation
among a three-member authority and an Office of General
Counsel, appointed by the President and subject to Senate
confirmation; and the Federal Service Impasses Panel, which
consists of seven part-time members appointed by the President.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $29,400,000
for the Federal Labor Relations Authority, which is the same as
the fiscal year 2023 enacted level, and $4,337,000 less than
the budget request.
Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND
Appropriations, 2023....................................................
Budget estimate, 2024................................... $10,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This appropriation supports the authorized activities of
the Environmental Review Improvement Fund and the Federal
Permitting Improvement Steering Council. The Council will lead
on-going government-wide efforts to modernize the Federal
permitting and review process for major infrastructure projects
and work with Federal agency partners to implement and oversee
adherence to the statutory requirements set forth in the Fixing
America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee provides no funding for the Federal
Permitting Improvement Steering Council's [FPISC] Environmental
Review Improvement Fund. The Committee notes that Public Law
117-169 provided FPISC's Environmental Review Fund with
$350,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 2031. In
addition, Public Law 117-58 provided $650,000 for fiscal year
2024. FPISC's budget justification should include an accounting
of activities accomplished in fiscal year 2023 and planned for
fiscal year 2024 with funding from Public Law 117-169 and
Public Law 117-58.
Federal Trade Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $430,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 590,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 450,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Federal Trade Commission [FTC] administers a variety of
Federal antitrust and consumer protection laws. Activities in
the antitrust area include detection and elimination of illegal
collusion, anticompetitive mergers, unlawful single-firm
conduct, and injurious vertical agreements. The FTC enforces
consumer protection laws involving advertising, marketing, and
financial practices; fights consumer fraud; and addresses
privacy and identity protection concerns.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommendation provides $450,000,000 for the
salaries and expenses of the FTC for fiscal year 2024, which is
$20,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and
$140,000,000 less than the budget request.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates $278,000,000 of
collections from Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger filing fees and
$14,000,000 of collections from Do-Not-Call fees will partially
offset the appropriation requirement for this account. The
total amount of direct appropriations for this account is
therefore estimated at $158,000,000.
Artificial Intelligence.--Artificial intelligence [A.I.]
promises to have a profound impact on many aspects of our
society, with vast implications for how people live, work and
communicate. The benefits of A.I., though, are accompanied by a
dark side; A.I. risks violating consumers' privacy, automating
critical decisionmaking, and turbocharging imposter schemes and
other types of scams. And, the rapid development and deployment
of A.I. risks further locking in the market dominance of large
incumbent technology firms. The Committee recognizes the
resource-intensive nature of protecting consumers and promoting
competition in an area of rapidly evolving technology and
supports the FTC's dedication to vigorously use the full range
of its authorities to protect consumers from deceptive and
unfair conduct and maintain open, fair and competitive markets.
Subscription Based Services.--The Committee commends the
Commission on its proposed ``click to cancel'' rule to combat
unfair or deceptive practices related to subscriptions,
memberships, and other recurring-payment programs, making it as
easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to
first enroll. While negative option billing can be legitimate
and beneficial with proper disclosure and consent, many
consumers fall victim to deceptive tactics when marketers fail
to be transparent or make cancellation difficult.
Refunds for Consumers.--The Supreme Court's 2021 decision
in AMG Capital Management, LLC, et al., v. Federal Trade
Commission that prevents the FTC from seeking monetary redress
under section 13(b) of the FTC Act has severely limited the
Commission's ability to provide refunds to consumers injured by
violations of laws it enforces. The FTC is encouraged to work
with Congress to address this critical issue.
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Study.--The FTC is encouraged to
expeditiously execute its 6(b) study of pharmacy benefits
managers' business practices. The study should identify acts
and practices that may be either unlawful today or contrary to
the public interest in obtaining safe and affordable medicines,
and provide recommendations to Congress and the Administration.
Interstate License Portability.--The Committee believes
that temporary licensure flexibilities enacted during the
COVID-19 pandemic offer a unique opportunity to continue past
FTC research into the effect of occupational licensure on
healthcare competition. The Commission is directed to brief the
Committee on interstate license portability and healthcare
competition. The Committee encourages the Commission to review
information from multiple States on changes in healthcare
access and patient safety.
Adoption Intermediaries.--The Committee is concerned by the
proliferation of unlicensed adoption intermediaries
increasingly engaging in fraudulent or deceptive practices
concerning domestic private adoption. The Committee is aware of
the growing practice of entities operating on a for-profit
basis and charging exorbitant fees (e.g., ``finder's fee'' or
``matching fee'') to hopeful adoptive parents in exchange for
matching and/or facilitating interstate adoption services. In
many cases, these brokers engage in illegal or deceptive
advertising practices potentially in violation of consumer
protection laws. The Committee encourages the FTC to
investigate and enforce laws against unfair or deceptive
business practices in this area. The FTC shall provide a
briefing to the Committee no later than 180 days after
enactment of this act on this issue.
Contact Lenses.--The Committee recognizes the important
role regulation of the contact lens industry plays in patient
safety. The Committee applauds the Commission's recent
enforcement actions against violations of the Contact Lens Rule
by new market entrants and supports its efforts to administer
ongoing oversight and enforcement of the Rule.
Made in USA.--The Committee believes that companies that
brazenly violate the FTC Act's prohibition on deception by
falsely labeling wholly imported products as ``Made in USA''
should be held accountable for their actions. The Committee
applauds the FTC for utilizing its powers under both section 5
of the FTC Act and the Made in USA Labeling Rule to seek
aggressive remedies against ``Made in USA'' violators. The
Committee strongly encourages the FTC to continue protecting
the integrity of Made in America labels and ensuring that those
who misuse it face civil penalties or other monetary relief on
top of injunctions.
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act.--The Committee
supports continued implementation of the Horseracing Integrity
and Safety Act (Public Law 116-260) to promote fairness and
increase safety in the horseracing industry.
Imported Shrimp.--The FTC is strongly encouraged to
continue to enforce its section 5 reviews of deceptive
practices tied to country-of-origin labeling for imported
shrimp. Imported shrimp account for more than 90 percent of the
shrimp consumed in the United States, yet there is widespread
use of illegal veterinary drugs and overuse of antibiotics by
foreign bad actors. The FTC is urged to coordinate its
enforcement and proper origin requirements for the benefit of
U.S. consumers with Customs and Border Protection, the
Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Drug Administration
to close any country-of-origin labeling gaps and prevent
deceptive practices for imported shrimp.
Impact of Telework.--The FTC is directed to evaluate how
increased telework impacts recruitment, retention, and
organizational performance and report to the Committees no
later than 180 days after enactment of this act.
General Services Administration
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The General Services Administration [GSA] was established
by the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
(Public Law 81-152) when Congress mandated the consolidation of
the Federal Government's real property and administrative
services. GSA is organized into the Public Buildings Service,
the Federal Acquisition Service, the Office of Government-wide
Policy, and the Office of Citizen Services.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
Five-Year Plan.--GSA is reminded that the Committee expects
to receive an updated Five-Year Plan submitted annually with
the GSA congressional budget justification, per statute.
Dirksen Courthouse.--The Committee commends GSA for efforts
to involve stakeholders in discussion to address the vacant
federally-owned State Street properties that are in disrepair
and pose security risks to the adjacent Dirksen Courthouse in
Chicago. GSA is expected to continue to provide advance notice
to and consult with the Committee before taking any actions
with respect to these properties.
Hartford Courthouse.--GSA is expected to continue to
collaborate with the City of Hartford on the site, design, and
construction of a new Federal courthouse to ensure consistency
with the City of Hartford's city plan and broader economic
development goals.
The National Archives at Seattle.--The Committee recognizes
that the Federal Archives and Records Center at NARA's Sand
Point facility, which is in disrepair, houses invaluable and
significant Territorial, Native American, archival and Federal
records for Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and
outlying areas. The Federal records stored at the Sand Point
facility hold significant value to individuals and
organizations, including Indian Tribes and Alaska Native
organizations, State agencies, higher education institutions,
researchers, scientists, students, and individuals. GSA is
directed to continue to provide advance notice to and consult
with the Committee before taking any actions with respect to
the Sand Point facility and movement of records. Further, the
Committee directs GSA, in consultation with NARA, to continue
consultation with impacted State and Tribal governments on the
analysis and design of a future construction project for a
long-term records storage facility in the Seattle, Washington
region.
Implementation of Funds from Public Law 117-169.--GSA is
directed to provide detailed reports on the use of funds from
Public Law 117-169 to the Committee no later than 180 days
after enactment of this act, and every 180 days thereafter
until the funds are fully obligated and expended. The report
shall provide information on the amounts obligated or expended
on particular categories of construction materials and products
procured (e.g., concrete, steel, etc.), and identify projects
on which such funds were used. Each such report shall also
discuss the characteristics of low-carbon construction
materials and products being procured including availability,
any challenges in procurement, and identify the list of, and
priorities for, materials and products eligible for funding.
The reports shall include the expected schedule of future
obligations or expenditures.
Leasing.--The Administration has committed time and
resources to develop lease procedures to reduce utility
consumption, optimize building performance, and save taxpayer
funds by leasing efficient facilities, in light of its
statutory obligation to provide for implementation of cost-
effective energy and water efficiency measures throughout
federally-leased properties. GSA is expected to follow
statutory requirements and implement its policies for leases,
including compliance with the ENERGY STAR label and third-party
green building certifications, and sustainable product
standards. GSA is encouraged to: (1) evaluate the benefits of
developing a pilot program entering into mutual aid agreements
with private sector lessors of buildings where GSA has a
leasehold interest; and (2) make available technical
assistance, if resources permit, to support lessors in making
the building more energy efficient, support the installation of
electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and conduct related
work.
Executive Order 14057.--The Committee expects GSA to
implement its responsibilities under Executive Order 14057 with
respect to GSA-owned and managed buildings with an efficiency
first approach. The Committee notes that GSA is taking
seriously and aggressively the mandates to significantly
increase its rate of Energy Savings Performance Contracts
[ESPCs] and that GSA has increased calls for ESPC rounds
annually from bi-annually, and is strategically planning use of
IRA through new and existing performance contracts. The
Committee recognizes that GSA has a leadership role within
Federal agencies and expects GSA to be a top performer in
increasing efficiency and reducing emissions, and to share with
other agencies its best practices for collecting, managing, and
applying building data to these goals.
Improving Building Resiliency.--The Committee remains
concerned by the impact that increasingly destructive natural
catastrophes have on Federal infrastructure and believe that
the Federal Government could save hundreds of millions in
future disaster recovery spending by requiring that federally-
owned, constructed, or altered buildings consider baseline and
anticipated environmental conditions and incorporate such into
project risk management requirements and processes. Consistent
with the directive under this heading in the explanatory
statement accompanying Public Law 117-328, GSA is directed to
continue to promulgate criteria to manage extreme weather risks
for public buildings and issue any additional guidance
necessary for every public building constructed, acquired, or
altered by GSA to conform to such criteria. GSA is further
directed to update, no later than 60 days after enactment of
this act, the report required by House Report 117-393 regarding
progress it has made in this effort.
Executive Order 14057.--GSA is encouraged to prioritize
achieving immediate carbon reductions using existing energy
infrastructure and factoring in cost alternatives in its
efforts to decarbonize the mission critical and iconic Federal
facilities and operations, in accordance with Executive Order
14057, including incorporating certified natural gas, renewable
natural gas, hydrogen, geothermal, energy efficiency upgrades
and appliances including combined heat and power, and carbon
capture. In addition, GSA is encouraged to incorporate
considerations of energy security, cybersecurity, reliability,
and resiliency, in its decision-making processes related to EO
14057.
System for Award Management [SAM].--No later than 180 days
after enactment of this act, GSA shall report to the Committee
on the steps being taken to resolve issues involving SAM,
including challenges faced by new registrants attempting to
register; existing registrants losing access to their accounts;
inadequate assistance from the help desk; a failure to restore
fraud screening processes; and cost overruns experienced in
this program. This report shall also include a strategic plan
for SAM's future. This report shall include a comparison of the
initial cost estimates for the changes to the SAM registration
process and the actual costs realized to date. It shall also
include the baseline costs of any contracts let for the
implementation of this program compared to the amounts spent
since award of these contracts, and any other contracts related
to improving SAM. The report shall include a delineation of the
steps GSA is taking to repair the problems that have been
identified, and a timeline for completing these repairs.
Finally, this report shall lay out GSA's strategic plan for the
future of SAM, including plans to ensure competition in the
acquisition of support services, and plans to perform fraud
screening.
Federal Fleet.--The Committee is aware of benefits
associated with the use of zero-emission vehicles [ZEVs] and
the potential advantages of integrating ZEVs into the Federal
fleet. The Committee encourages GSA to work with the Department
of Energy to develop and/or adopt a Total Cost of Ownership
[TCO] model that accounts for vehicle full lifecycle costs
including acquisition, use, disposal and sale proceeds to
estimate the cost of vehicles for fleet conversion to ZEVs. The
Committee encourages executive agencies to use this TCO model
when leasing or purchasing vehicles from GSA or from a
commercial entity.
Ground Source Heat Pumps at Federal Facilities.--The
Committee encourages GSA to consider the full lifecycle cost
and emissions reduction benefits of ground source heat pumps in
its decision-making processes related to EO 14057. GSA is
directed to report to the Committee no later than 120 days
after enactment of this act on the current status of GSA's
technology acceleration program for GSA facilities, created as
directed by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
The report should include an update on GSA's review of cost-
effective lighting and ground source heat pumps, as directed by
the act, and the inclusion of these technologies in GSA's
efforts to comply with EO 14057.
Covered Telecommunications Equipment and Services.--The
Federal Acquisition Service is encouraged to take action to
ensure that no products from Lorex, Dahua, or Huawei Technology
are included on GSA Advantage.
Rental Caps.--The Committee notes that the primary
exception to using the Prospectus Rate Levelization Report for
the calculation of estimated maximum rental rates for
prospectuses is the use of Program Rates within the National
Capital Region. These Program Rates have not been updated since
fiscal year 2012. The Committee understands that GSA began its
most recent review of the rates at the beginning of 2023. The
Committee encourages this effort and notes the disparity of
rates among the District of Columbia, suburban Maryland, and
northern Virginia. While conducting the review, GSA, in
conjunction with OMB, is encouraged to seek a more equitable
solution to the disparity.
FBI Headquarters.--The Committee notes that in the GSA and
FBI's 2018 ``FBI Headquarters Revised Nationally-Focused
Consolidation Plan'', the agencies estimated that the
operations and maintenance costs of the current FBI
headquarters and leased spaces were $142,000,000 annually for
leases, $42,000,000 annually for maintenance of the J. Edgar
Hoover Building, and $160,000,000 for ``potential emergency
repairs that put FBI Operations at Risk, Probability Increasing
Exponentially Each Year of Delay.'' GSA, in conjunction with
the FBI, shall update this estimate given inflationary changes
since 2018 and report on the ongoing operations and maintenance
costs of the J. Edgar Hoover Building and leased spaces planned
for consolidation into the new headquarters no later than 60
days after enactment of this act.
Feasibility Study for Odell Horton Federal Building.--GSA
is directed to conduct a feasibility study on options for space
in the Memphis area for the current occupants of the Odell
Horton Federal Building in the City of Memphis. The study
should consider the cost of repairs and alterations, as well as
other alternatives such as new construction or the acquisition
of new space by lease, purchase, or exchange. GSA is further
directed to examine the highest and best use of the Odell
Horton Federal Building and to assess its fair market value as
a potential candidate for disposal from the Federal inventory.
Statutory Price Limit.--Section 702 has been modified
regarding the purchase of passenger motor vehicles. GSA is
expected to keep the Committee apprised of the methodology of
the analysis used to establish limits for vehicle types.
Future of Federal Office Space.--Increased use of telework
and the demand for Federal office space are interrelated. It is
incumbent on GSA and OMB to develop a plan to address this
issue and work with stakeholders, including employees,
agencies, Federal unions, and local communities to develop a
comprehensive plan on the path forward. GSA, in consultation
with OMB, is directed to report to the Committee its progress
on such a plan no later than 150 days after enactment of this
Act. As part of the report, GSA shall include current and
projected vacancy statistics for GSA federally-owned office
space as well as the estimated savings in rent for leased
space, building operations, and utilities within the Federal
Buildings Fund each year over the next 5 years due to agencies
use of hybrid work environments.
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND--LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Limitation on availability, 2023........................ $10,013,150,000
Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2024....... 10,902,187,000
Committee recommendation................................ 9,786,366,000
The Federal Buildings Fund [FBF] finances the activities of
the Public Buildings Service, which provides space and services
for Federal agencies in a relationship similar to that of
landlord and tenant. The FBF, established in 1975, replaces
direct appropriations by using income derived from rent
assessments, which approximate commercial rates for comparable
space and services. The Committee makes funds available through
a process of placing limitations on obligations from the FBF as
a way of allocating funds for various FBF activities.
CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION
Limitation on availability, 2023........................ $807,809,000
Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2024....... 239,235,000
Committee recommendation................................ 406,402,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The construction and acquisition fund finances the site,
design, construction, management, and inspection costs of new
Federal facilities.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a limitation of $406,402,000 for
construction and acquisition projects.
Cost Methodology.--The Committee notes that the cost to
purchase a new site is reflected in GSA's cost calculations.
However, if a site is already owned by the Federal Government,
it is unclear how the opportunity cost of using that site,
which is a cost to the taxpayer and which otherwise could be
used for another purpose or sold, factors in to cost
calculations. GSA is directed to use opportunity costs in its
cost calculations.
CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION
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State Description Amount
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MD............................. Baltimore 1,500,000
Courthouse.
NCR............................ Federal Bureau of 375,000,000
Investigation
headquarters
consolidation.
TN............................. Chattanooga U.S. 20,902,000
Courthouse.
WA............................. Seattle Design of 9,000,000
Replacement
Facility.
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Innovative Wood Products.--The Committee supports ongoing
efforts by GSA to address procurement of low embodied energy
and carbon materials in Federal procurement processes. GSA
should evaluate the use of innovative wood products as a green
building material and potential aid in carbon storage, which
can deliver a cost-effective and sustainable path to reduce
excessive hazardous fuels loads and foster long-term forest
resilience by expanding markets for low-grade and low-value
wood, providing economic diversity for forest communities and
reducing wildfire risk in the process. GSA is encouraged to
continue to partner with industry to identify opportunities to
expand utilization of these materials in Federal construction
projects in the future.
REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS
Limitation on availability, 2023........................ $662,280,000
Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2024....... 1,865,268,000
Committee recommendation................................ 582,280,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Under this activity, GSA executes its responsibility for
repairs and alterations of both Government-owned and -leased
facilities under the control of GSA.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a limitation of $582,280,000 for
repairs and alterations. The Committee notes the GSA budget
request for the existing NARA facility in Seattle requiring not
less than $3,000,000 for necessary Basic repairs to the
existing building. The Committee assumes that this project will
be completed within the funding provided.
REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS
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State Description Amount
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PA...................... James A. Byrne U.S. $39,233,000
Courthouse.
VA...................... Walter E. Hoffman Courthouse 11,393,000
WA...................... Tacoma Union Station........ 79,256,000
WV...................... IRS Enterprise Computing 23,098,000
Center.
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RENTAL OF SPACE
Limitation on availability, 2023........................ $5,561,680,000
Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2024....... 5,724,298,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,724,298,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The rental of space program funds the leasing of privately-
owned buildings when federally-owned space is not available,
including space occupied by Federal agencies, including in U.S.
Postal Service facilities.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a limitation of $5,724,298,000 for
rental of space, which is $162,618,000 more than the fiscal
year 2023 enacted level and the same as the budget request.
BUILDING OPERATIONS
Limitation on availability, 2023........................ $2,981,381,000
Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2024....... 3,073,386,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,073,386,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This activity provides for the operation of all Government-
owned facilities under the jurisdiction of GSA and building
services in GSA-leased space where the terms of the lease do
not require the lessor to furnish such services. Services
included in building operations are cleaning, protection,
maintenance, payments for utilities and fuel, grounds
maintenance, and elevator operations.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a limitation of $3,073,386,000 for
building operations, which is $92,005,000 more than the fiscal
year 2023 enacted level and the same as the budget request.
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $71,186,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 74,389,000
Committee recommendation................................ 71,186,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Office of Government-wide Policy [OGP], working
cooperatively with other agencies, provides the leadership
needed to develop and evaluate policies associated with high-
performance green buildings and real property, acquisition
policy, personal property, travel and transportation
management, vehicles and aircraft, committee and regulations
management, and management of Federal spending data. OGP
collaborates with partner agencies and other stakeholders to
improve public access to policy information and support data,
and improve transparency in Government.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $71,186,000
for the Office of Government-wide Policy, which is the same as
the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $3,203,000 less than the
budget request.
Green Building Certification.--The Committee recognizes the
importance of incorporating energy and water efficiency in
constructing, modernizing, and operating Federal facilities to
save taxpayer money and meet Federal goals. GSA is encouraged
to build on its successful track record of using green building
certification on construction projects by utilizing
certification and recertification of existing buildings to
ensure continued focus on excellence in performance operations.
GSA is further encouraged to engage its staff and contractors
through competitions and awards as appropriate.
OPERATING EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $54,478,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 58,733,000
Committee recommendation................................ 54,748,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Operating Expenses supports a variety of operational
activities which are not feasible or appropriate for a user fee
arrangement. Major programs include the personal property
utilization and donation activities of the Federal Acquisition
Service; the real property utilization and disposal activities
of the Public Buildings Service; and the Management and
Administration activities, including support of Government-wide
emergency response and recovery activities, and top-level
agency-wide management, administration, and communications
activities.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $54,748,000
for Operating Expenses, which is the same as the fiscal year
2023 enacted level and $4,255,000 less than the budget request.
CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $10,352,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 10,597,000
Committee recommendation................................ 10,352,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals is responsible for
resolving contract disputes between government contractors and
Federal agencies.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,352,000
for the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, which is the same
as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $245,000 less than
the budget request.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $74,583,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 78,618,000
Committee recommendation................................ 74,583,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This appropriation provides agency-wide audit and
investigative functions to identify and correct management and
administrative deficiencies within GSA, which create conditions
for existing or potential instances of fraud, waste, and
mismanagement. The audit function provides internal audit and
contract audit services. Contract audits provide professional
advice to GSA contracting officials on accounting and financial
matters relative to the negotiation, award, administration,
repricing, and settlement of contracts. Internal audits review
and evaluate all facets of GSA operations and programs, test
internal control systems, and develop information to improve
operating efficiencies and enhance customer services. The
investigative function provides for the detection and
investigation of improper and illegal activities involving GSA
programs, personnel, and operations.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $74,583,000
for the Office of Inspector General, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $4,035,000 less than the
budget request.
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $5,200,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 5,500,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,200,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This appropriation currently provides pensions, office
staffs, and related expenses for former Presidents Jimmy
Carter, William Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and
Donald Trump.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $5,200,000 for allowances and
office staff for former Presidents, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $300,000 less than the
budget request.
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $90,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 90,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 90,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Federal Citizen Services Fund provides for the salaries
and expenses of the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative
Technologies [OCSIT]. OCSIT provides the means for citizens,
businesses, other governments, and the media to obtain
information and services easily from the Government via the
Web, email, printed media, and telephone. OCSIT leads several
interagency groups to share best practices and develop
strategies for improving the way Government provides services
to the American public.
The Federal Citizen Services [FCS] Fund is financed from
annual appropriations to pay for the salaries and expenses of
OCSIT staff and Citizens Services programs. Reimbursements from
Federal agencies pay for the direct costs of information
services OCSIT provides on their behalf. The FCS Fund also
receives funding from user fees for publications ordered by the
public, payments from private entities for services rendered,
and gifts from the public. All income is available without
regard to fiscal year limitations, but is subject to an annual
aggregate expenditure limit as set forth in appropriation acts.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $90,000,000 for the Federal
Citizen Services Fund, which is the same as both the fiscal
year 2023 enacted level and the budget request.
PRE-ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
Appropriation, 2023.....................................................
Budget Estimates, 2024.................................. $10,413,000
Committee recommendation................................ 10,413,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
In accordance with the Presidential Transition Act of 1963,
as amended, the Pre-Election Presidential Transition
appropriation will enable GSA to provide suitable office space
for Pre-Election transition activities, acquire communication
services and information technology equipment, and for printing
and supplies associated with the potential transition. New
appropriations are generally requested only the year before a
Presidential election year.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $10,413,000 for Pre-Election
Presidential Transition, which is $10,413,000 more than the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and the same as the budget
request.
TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND
Appropriation, 2023..................................... $50,000,000
Budget estimates, 2024.................................. 200,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................
The Technology Modernization Fund [TMF] is designed to be a
full cost recovery fund that finances the transition of Federal
agencies from antiquated legacy IT systems to modern IT
platforms. The Fund is administered by GSA in accordance with
recommendations made by an inter-agency TMF Board established
by the Modernizing Government Technology Act. The Fund was
established to provide upfront funding for modernization
investments, which agencies are required to repay over a period
of up to 5 years.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee includes no funding for the Technology
Modernization Fund [TMF], which is $50,000,000 less than the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $200,000,000 less than the
budget request. The Committee notes that the TMF received
$1,000,000,000 in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public
Law 117-2).
The Committee supports the goals of the TMF, but believes
the Fund should require full reimbursement over time from
funded agencies as envisioned in the Modernizing Government
Technology Act of 2017 [MGT] Act so that the fund can be self-
sustaining. GSA is directed to report to the Committee no later
than 60 days after enactment of this act on the reimbursement
level required for each investment that has been funded to
date.
ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND
Appropriation, 2023.....................................................
Budget estimates, 2024.................................. $16,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................
This account provides appropriations for the purposes of
carrying out actions pursuant to the recommendations of the
Public Buildings Reform Board focusing on civilian real
property.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee includes no funding for the Asset Proceeds
and Space Management Fund, which is the same as the fiscal year
2023 enacted level and $16,000,000 less than the budget
request.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $5,900,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 11,300,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,900,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Working Capital Fund is a revolving fund that finances
GSA's administrative services. These include, but are not
limited to IT management, budget and financial management,
legal services, human resources, equal employment opportunity
services, procurement and contracting oversight, emergency
planning and response, and facilities management of GSA-
occupied space.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $5,900,000 for the Working Capital
Fund, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level
and $5,400,000 less than the budget request.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023....................................................
Budget estimate, 2024................................... $50,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This appropriation provides funding to support electrifying
the Federal fleet by providing the mechanism for GSA to procure
zero emission and electric vehicles and the associated charging
infrastructure on behalf of Federal agencies.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
While the Committee recognizes the importance of the
procurement of zero-emission and electric passenger motor
vehicles, and associated charging infrastructure, the Committee
notes that Federal agencies have not prioritized this
initiative in their respective budget requests, and due to
budgetary constraints, the Committee has not provided funding
for this purpose.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Section 520 authorizes GSA to use funds for the hire of
passenger motor vehicles.
Section 521 authorizes GSA to transfer funds within the
Federal buildings fund to meet program requirements.
Section 522 requires that the fiscal year 2025 budget
request and courthouse projects meet certain standards.
Section 523 provides that no funds may be used to increase
the amount of occupiable square feet, provide cleaning
services, security enhancements, or any other service usually
provided, to any agency which does not pay the requested rate.
Section 524 permits GSA to pay small claims less than
$250,000 made against the Government.
Section 525 provides that certain lease agreements must
conform to an approved prospectus.
Section 526 requires a GSA spending plan for each E-Gov
project funded through the Federal Citizen Services Fund.
Section 527 is a new provision clarifying the reimburseable
authority of GSA's Office of Evaluation Sciences.
Section 528 prohibits the use of any previously
appropriated funds for a new FBI headquarters that does not
comply with certain requirements.
Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $3,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 3,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation is an independent
agency established by Congress in 1975 (Public Law 93-642) to
encourage exceptional college students to pursue careers in
public service through the Truman Scholarship program. The
Truman Scholarship is a merit-based award available to college
juniors who plan to pursue careers in government or elsewhere
in public service.
The Foundation Trust Fund was established with a
$30,000,000 appropriation in 1976. The authorizing legislation
directed that this endowment be invested solely in U.S.
Treasury securities, the interest from which has funded the
Foundation's operating budget. With the decline in interest
rates, the annual yield from the trust fund has declined by
nearly 80 percent since 2002.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,000,000 for
the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation, which is the same as
the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and the same as the budget
request.
Merit Systems Protection Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $52,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 61,533,000
Committee recommendation................................ 52,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Merit Systems Protection Board [MSPB] was established
by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. MSPB is an independent
quasi-judicial agency manifested to protect Federal merit
systems against partisan political and other prohibited
personnel practices and to ensure adequate protection for
employees against abuses by agency management.
MSPB assists Federal agencies in running a merit-based
civil service system. This is accomplished on a case-by-case
basis through hearing and deciding employee appeals and on a
systemic basis by reviewing significant actions and regulations
of the Office of Personnel Management [OPM] and conducting
studies of the civil service and other merit systems. The
intended results of MSPB's efforts are to assure that personnel
actions taken against employees are processed within the law
and that actions taken by OPM and other agencies support and
enhance Federal merit principles.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $52,000,000
for the MSPB, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and $9,533,000 less than the budget request. In addition,
the recommendation includes not more than $2,345,000 for
adjudicating retirement appeals through an appropriation from
the trust fund consistent with past practice.
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $1,800,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 2,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,800,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund
supports the activities of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L.
Udall Foundation. The Foundation awards scholarships,
fellowships, and grants, and funds activities of the Udall
Center.
The Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation also
supports training programs for professionals in healthcare
policy and public policy, such as the Native Nations Institute
[NNI]. NNI, based at the University of Arizona, provides Native
Americans with leadership and management training, and analyzes
policies relevant to Tribes.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,800,000 for
the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Foundation, the same as the
fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $200,000 less than the
budget request.
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $3,943,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 4,044,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,943,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution is
a Federal program established by Public Law 105-156 to assist
parties in resolving environmental, natural resource, and
public lands conflicts. The Institute is part of the Morris K.
Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation and serves as an
impartial, nonpartisan institution providing professional
expertise, services, and resources to all parties involved in
such disputes. The Institute helps parties determine whether
collaborative problem solving is appropriate for specific
environmental conflicts, how and when to bring all the parties
together for discussion, and whether a third-party facilitator
or mediator might be helpful in assisting the parties in their
efforts to reach consensus or to resolve the conflict. In
addition, the Institute maintains a roster of qualified
facilitators and mediators with substantial experience in
environmental conflict resolution and can help parties in
selecting an appropriate neutral professional.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,943,000 for
the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund, which is the same as
the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $101,000 less than the
budget request.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration [NARA] is
the National record keeper, managing the Government's archives
and records, and operating the Presidential libraries. NARA is
an independent agency created by statute in 1934 and tasked
with the unique mission to identify, access, protect, preserve,
and make available for use the important documents and records
of all three branches of the Federal Government. NARA
administers the Information Security Oversight Office and is
the publisher of the Federal Register. In addition, NARA is
charged with additional responsibilities including mediating
Freedom of Information Act disputes and coordinating controlled
unclassified information.
OPERATING EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $427,520,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 443,213,000
Committee recommendation................................ 430,520,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This account provides for basic operations dealing with
management of the Federal Government's archives and records,
operation of Presidential libraries, review for
declassification of classified security information, and other
duties.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $430,520,000 for operating
expenses of the National Archives and Records Administration
for fiscal year 2024, which is $3,000,000 more than the fiscal
year 2023 enacted level and $12,693,000 less than the request.
NARA facilitates its mission of public access to Federal
records through both physical and digital means. This past
year, NARA had over 41 million visitors access their digital
platforms, representing more than a 12x exposure to NARA's
digital records versus their physical, on-site records. By
fiscal year 2026, NARA plans to have digitized and made
available online over 500 million pages of records. By 2025
NARA will no longer accept transfers of Federal records in
analog formats and will accept records only in digital format
with the appropriate metadata. This will drive exponential
growth of NARA's digital holdings over the next 5 years and
beyond.
The Committee's recommendation supports initiatives to
strengthen NARA's record management leadership role; address
archival storage needs; continue to develop, build, and expand
the IT infrastructure to conduct the business of the National
Declassification Center established in Executive Order 13526;
operate and maintain the Electronic Records Archive; and
improve research room holdings protection.
The Committee recommendation includes $2,000,000 for NARA
to make publicly available records related to missing Armed
Forces and civilian personnel.
The National Archives at Seattle.--The Committee
appreciates NARA's efforts to work with GSA and consult with
impacted State and Tribal governments to ensure Federal records
at the Sand Point facility are stored at a future long-term
records storage facility in the Seattle, Washington region. The
Committee directs NARA to provide advance notice to and consult
with the Committee before taking any action with respect to the
permanent relocation of archival records from the Sand Point
facility.
Alaskan Records.--NARA is commended for keeping its
commitment to digitize the Territorial and Federal records
generated in Alaska that are currently stored at the Sand Point
facility in Washington; to post such records online on an easy-
to-find, navigable, and searchable platform; and to consult
with Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal organizations, Alaska
historical societies, the State of Alaska, university libraries
and archives, and other stakeholders concerning the most
effective methods of maintaining meaningful access to those
records. The Committee expects that all Sand Point records are
not only digitized, but that the digitized records are fully
described, indexed, and posted online in an easily accessible
and searchable format, both in the NARA Catalog and on the
Alaska Digitization Project website, including those previously
digitized by Family Search. No later than 180 days after
enactment of this act, NARA is directed to submit a report to
the Committee that summarizes the consultations that have
occurred, the result of those consultations, a list of records
that have been digitized and posted online to date, and a
timeline for completing the digitization within 1 year or if
complete digitization exceeds 1 year, then documentation for
the reasons for the additional time.
National Personnel Records Center.--The Committee
recognizes the importance of NPRC being properly resourced and
capable of meeting veteran military service records requests in
a timely manner. The Committee expects NARA to prioritize
efforts necessary to better serve American veterans and directs
NARA to provide quarterly reports on the status of the backlog,
estimates of when it will be cleared, and planned and year-to-
date expenditures to address the backlog.
Museums and Libraries.--The Committee encourages NARA to
work with the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the
purposes of enhancing presidential museums and libraries for
presidents that served before the enactment of the Presidential
Libraries Act of 1955.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $5,980,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 6,400,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,980,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The mission of the Office of Inspector General is to ensure
that NARA safeguards and preserves the records of our
Government while providing the American people with access to
the essential documentation of their rights and the actions of
their Government. The OIG accomplishes this by combating fraud,
waste, and abuse through high-quality objective audits and
investigations covering all aspects of agency operations at
facilities nationwide. The OIG also serves as an independent,
internal advocate for the economy, efficiency, and
effectiveness of NARA and its operations.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $5,980,000 for the OIG, which is
the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $420,000
less than the request. The Committee supports a distinct
account for the OIG in order to clearly identify the resources
necessary to staff and operate the expanding mission-critical
oversight and accountability functions performed by the OIG to
ensure responsible NARA stewardship over public records.
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $22,224,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 8,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 25,500,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This account provides for the repair, alteration, and
improvement of Archives facilities and Presidential libraries
nationwide, and provides adequate storage for holdings. Funding
made available will better enable NARA to maintain its
facilities in proper condition for public visitors,
researchers, and NARA employees, and also maintain the
structural integrity of the buildings.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $25,500,000 for the repairs and
restoration account, which is $3,276,000 more than the fiscal
year 2023 enacted level and $17,500,000 more than the budget
request.
Funds are included for repairs and restoration at
Presidential Libraries, including no less than $17,500,000 for
modernization of the Eisenhower Presidential Library in
Abilene, Kansas.
National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants Program
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $12,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 10,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 10,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission
[NHPRC] program provides for grants to preserve and publish
records that document American history.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,000,000
for NHPRC grants in fiscal year 2024, which is $2,000,000 less
than the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and the same as the
budget request.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Section 530 is a provision providing funds for initiatives
related to the preserving and publishing of historical records,
including the construction of exhibits, to be awarded as
follows:
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Recommended
State Account Project Name Recipient ($) Requestor(s)
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HI........................... National 'Olelo's 'Olelo 600,000 Schatz
Archives and Accelerating Community
Records Archive Access Media.
Administration Hawaii.
(NARA).
MD........................... National African American African 162,000 Van Hollen
Archives and Heritage Center. American
Records Resources-
Administration Cultural and
(NARA). Heritage
Society Inc..
AK........................... National Alaska Federal University of 3,000,000 Murkowski
Archives and Lands History Alaska
Records Project. Anchorage.
Administration
(NARA).
AK........................... National Alaska Leaders Alaska Leaders 10,000,000 Murkowski
Archives and Archive. Archive, Inc..
Records
Administration
(NARA).
GA........................... National Archival John and 595,000 Ossoff, Warnock
Archives and Curation and Lillian Miles
Records Digitization of Lewis
Administration John Lewis Foundation,
(NARA). Records Inc..
Supporting
Georgia
Education and
Historical
Preservation.
WV........................... National Archival West Virginia 2,226,000 Capito, Manchin
Archives and Facilities Department of
Records Renovation Arts, Culture
Administration Project. and History.
(NARA).
MS........................... National Archive University of 2,796,000 Hyde-Smith
Archives and Digitization Mississippi
Records and Publication Medical Center.
Administration Project.
(NARA).
OR........................... National Archives for the Oregon 488,000 Merkley, Wyden
Archives and Public. Historical
Records Society.
Administration
(NARA).
WV........................... National Brooke County Brooke County 200,000 Manchin
Archives and Library Library
Records Foundation Foundation.
Administration Digitization
(NARA). and
Preservation of
the Defenders
of Bataan and
Corregidor
Special
Collection.
GA........................... National Community Georgia 168,000 Ossoff
Archives and Archives Historical
Records Initiatives. Society.
Administration
(NARA).
OR........................... National Community Lane County 30,000 Merkley, Wyden
Archives and Reading Room. History Museum.
Records
Administration
(NARA).
MD........................... National Crownsville Anne Arundel 500,000 Cardin,
Archives and Hospital County. Van Hollen
Records Historic
Administration Documentation
(NARA). and
Storytelling.
WV........................... National Digital Archives West Virginia 1,500,000 Capito, Manchin
Archives and Portal: University.
Records Congressional
Administration Archives for
(NARA). Education.
MS........................... National Digital University of 2,000,000 Hyde-Smith,
Archives and Humanities Hub Southern Wicker
Records in Mississippi. Mississippi.
Administration
(NARA).
IL........................... National Digitization and Naperville 800,000 Durbin
Archives and preservation Heritage
Records initiative. Society.
Administration
(NARA).
MS........................... National Digitization of Tougaloo 1,900,000 Hyde-Smith
Archives and Tougaloo College.
Records College Civil
Administration Rights
(NARA). Collection.
NY........................... National Digitization, Long Island 920,000 Gillibrand,
Archives and cataloging, and University, Schumer
Records transcription Theodore
Administration of American Roosevelt
(NARA). Presidential Institute the
Family Roosevelt
Descendants School.
oral histories.
NM........................... National Farmington Farmington 175,000 Heinrich
Archives and Museum Museum.
Records Digitization
Administration Project.
(NARA).
MA........................... National Methuen Digital City of Methuen 222,000 Markey, Warren
Archives and History Center.
Records
Administration
(NARA).
DE........................... National Mobile Community Delaware 395,000 Carper, Coons
Archives and Historical Historical
Records Digitization Society.
Administration and
(NARA). Preservation
Lab.
NM........................... National Museum of Indian Museum of 500,000 Heinrich, Lujan
Archives and Arts and Indian Arts
Records Culture and Culture, a
Administration Digitization Division of
(NARA). Project. New Mexico
Department of
Cultural
Affairs.
PA........................... National Museum of the Museum of the 500,000 Casey
Archives and American American
Records Revolution Revolution.
Administration Archive
(NARA). Activation
Project.
MD........................... National Museum of the National 301,000 Cardin,
Archives and Blind People's Federation of Van Hollen
Records Movement. the Blind.
Administration
(NARA).
NM........................... National New Mexico New Mexico 116,000 Heinrich, Lujan
Archives and Museum of Space Museum of
Records History Space History,
Administration Digitization a Division of
(NARA). Project. the New Mexico
Department of
Cultural
Affairs.
NM........................... National NMSU Borderlands Borderlands and 170,000 Heinrich
Archives and Online Ethnic Studies
Records Resources. Department-
Administration NMSU.
(NARA).
IL........................... National Photographic McLean County 550,000 Durbin
Archives and digitization Historical
Records initiative. Society.
Administration
(NARA).
MI........................... National Preservation and Michigan State 1,000,000 Peters,
Archives and Digitization of University. Stabenow
Records Early Michigan
Administration Public
(NARA). Television.
AK........................... National Preserving University of 1,500,000 Murkowski
Archives and Alaska Native Alaska System.
Records Culture,
Administration Knowledge, and
(NARA). History.
NY........................... National Public Digital Project Witness 960,000 Schumer
Archives and Archive of
Records American Jewish
Administration Life from 1910
(NARA). to 1950s.
VA........................... National Roots Run Deep Shenandoah 72,000 Kaine, Warner
Archives and African Valley Black
Records American Heritage
Administration History Driving Project.
(NARA). Tours of the
Shenandoah
Valley of
Virginia.
NM........................... National Roswell Museum Roswell Museum. 250,000 Heinrich
Archives and Digital
Records Archiving
Administration Project.
(NARA).
CO........................... National Sand Creek Sand Creek 200,000 Bennet,
Archives and Massacre Massacre Hickenlooper
Records Records Foundation.
Administration Preservation
(NARA). Project.
WV........................... National Shepherd Robert C. Byrd 250,000 Manchin
Archives and University Center for
Records Robert C. Byrd Congressional
Administration Center for History and
(NARA). Congressional Education.
History and
Education
Archives
Management
Initiatives.
SC........................... National Sumter County Sumter County 1,800,000 Graham
Archives and Records Government.
Records Preservation.
Administration
(NARA).
MS........................... National The Hinds County Hinds Community 353,000 Wicker
Archives and Community College.
Records College Utica
Administration Institute
(NARA). Archives
Digitization.
NH........................... National The James Wright James W. Foley 350,000 Shaheen
Archives and Foley Archives Legacy
Records Collection. Foundation.
Administration
(NARA).
NM........................... National University of University of 200,000 Heinrich
Archives and New Mexico Art New Mexico Art
Records Museum Online Museum.
Administration Museum Project.
(NARA).
VT........................... National Vermont Youth Vermont 665,000 Sanders
Archives and Community Folklife
Records Action Corps. Center.
Administration
(NARA).
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National Credit Union Administration
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $3,500,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 4,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,500,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Community Development Revolving Loan Fund [CDRLF] was
established in 1979 to assist officially designated low-income
credit unions in providing basic financial services to low-
income communities. Earnings generated from the CDRLF are
available to fund technical assistance grants in addition to
funds provided for in appropriations acts. Grants are available
for improving operations as well as addressing safety and
soundness issues.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,500,000 for
the CDRLF in fiscal year 2024, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2023 enacted level and $500,000 less than the budget
request.
Office of Government Ethics
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $24,500,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 23,037,000
Committee recommendation................................ 23,037,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Office of Government Ethics [OGE], a separate agency
within the executive branch, was established by the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-521). The OGE is charged
by law to provide overall direction of executive branch
policies designed to prevent conflicts of interest and ensure
high ethical standards for executive branch employers. The OGE
carries out these responsibilities by promulgating and
maintaining enforceable standards of ethical conduct for nearly
2.7 million civilian employees in more than 130 executive
branch agencies and the White House; overseeing a financial
disclosure system that reaches 26,000 public and over 380,000
confidential financial disclosure report filers; ensuring that
executive branch ethics programs are in compliance with
applicable ethics laws and regulations; providing direct
education and training products to more than 4,500 ethics
officials executive branch-wide; conducting outreach to the
general public, the private sector, and civil society; and
providing technical assistance to, State, local, and foreign
governments, and international organizations.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $23,037,000
for salaries and expenses of the OGE in fiscal year 2024, which
is $1,463,000 less than fiscal year 2023 and the same as the
budget request.
Office of Personnel Management
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $190,784,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 260,188,000
Committee recommendation................................ 225,784,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Office of Personnel Management [OPM] was established by
Public Law 95-454, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978,
enacted in 1978. OPM is responsible for management of Federal
human resources policy and oversight of the merit civil service
system. Although individual agencies are largely responsible
for personnel operations, OPM provides a Government-wide
framework for human resources policy, advises and assists
agencies (often on a reimbursable basis) with workforce
planning and personnel matters, and ensures that agency
operations are consistent with requirements of law on issues
such as veterans' preference and merit system compliance. OPM
oversees examination of applicants for employment in the
competitive service; issues regulations and policies on
recruitment, hiring, classification and pay, training, and
other aspects of personnel management. OPM is also responsible
for administering the retirement, health benefits, and life
insurance programs affecting most Federal employees, retired
Federal employees, and their families and survivors.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a general fund appropriation of
$225,784,000 for the salaries and expenses of OPM. The
recommendation is $35,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2023
enacted level and $34,401,000 less than the budget request. The
Committee includes funding in the amount of $35,000,000 for
OPM's highest priorities, i.e., the new Postal Service Health
Benefits program, improvements to Retirement Services, and IT
modernization improvements.
IT Modernization.--The Committee expects IT Modernization
to be a high priority and expects continual progress. The
Committee continues a prior directive for OPM to provide
quarterly briefings to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate on its IT progress.
Retirement Services.--While OPM is making improvements with
the funding Congress has provided, the Committee remains
concerned with the lengthy delays to process retirement and
survivor claims and update health insurance benefits, as well
as other critical changes that impact retirement benefits.
These delays cause hardships for Federal annuitants and their
families. OPM shall continue to brief the Committee quarterly
on OPM's efforts and progress to reduce these delays. OPM shall
also continue to post on its website monthly reports indicating
the length of time it takes to process initial retirement
claims, applications for survivor benefits, annuitant health
benefit adjustments, and other FEHB and FEGLI adjustments.
Additionally, OPM is expected to keep the Committee informed on
the measures OPM is taking to decrease the processing delays
and improve customer service levels, including the average time
it takes a caller to reach an OPM operator and the number and
percentage of unanswered calls.
Retirement Processing.--The Committee expects to continue
to receive monthly reports on the pace of retirement
processing.
Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] Police.--The
Committee notes that the GAO study required in Public Law 117-
180 is occurring in fiscal year 2023 and looks forward to
receiving that report.
Federal Hiring Process.--The Committee is concerned with
the length of time it often takes the Federal Government to
hire qualified employees and directs OPM to continue to find
ways to reduce barriers to Federal employment and reduce delays
in the hiring process. Rigid rules and long delays in the
hiring and interview process discourage top candidates from
applying for or accepting Federal positions. Specifically, the
Committee encourages OPM to seek input from hiring managers on
the type of challenges they face, improvements that could be
made to make the Federal hiring process more efficient and
effective, and which hiring authorities they find most
beneficial.
USA Hire Platform.--The Committee notes that the USA Hire
program has been shown to improve time-to-hire and other
Federal hiring outcomes, and also makes the application process
easier for individuals seeking employment with the Federal
Government. OPM should continue to incorporate guidance on
assessments, including USA Hire, in its strategic human capital
planning guidance provided to Federal departments and agencies.
OPM is directed to brief the Committee no later than 120 days
after enactment of this act on its plans to assist agencies
with using assessments, including USA Hire.
FBI Police Cost Estimate.--The Committee recognizes the
difficulty of designating the members of the FBI police as law
enforcement officers, but is appreciative of the work of the
Bureau in recent years to find a solution to this issue. OPM is
directed to coordinate with the Director of the FBI to develop
cost estimates associated with making the rates of pay, salary
schedule, pay provisions and other retirement benefits to
members of the FBI Police, equivalent to the rates of basic
pay, salary schedule, pay provisions, and other retirement
benefits applicable to other Federal law enforcement divisions
that perform similar duties and have similar scope of work as
the FBI Police.
In-Person Work.--The Committee notes OMB Memorandum M-23-15
of April 2023, directing agencies to increase meaningful in-
person work and prioritize agency performance when setting
telework policy. The OMB memo requires agencies to create
``work environment plans,'' establish routines for assessing
organizational health, and identify a set of related
performance indicators for current and future work
environments. The Committee directs OPM and OMB, in conjunction
with other Federal agencies, to examine how policies for in-
person work, telework, and remote work impact agency
productivity and performance as well as how effectively and
efficiently agencies are able to carry out their missions and
serve the public.
Personnel Flexibilities for Veterinarians.--The Committee
notes that the struggle to recruit and retain veterinarians at
the US Department of Agriculture's [USDA] Food Safety and
Inspection Service [FSIS] and Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service [APHIS] is a grave food security, public
health, and national security concern. The Committee directs
OPM to work with USDA to analyze options for hiring and
personnel flexibilities for Federal veterinarians, including
the potential use for special pay rates, and encourages the
agencies to work together, and with other agencies as
appropriate, to improve the recruitment and retention of
Federal veterinarians.
LIMITATION
(TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
Limitation, 2023........................................ $194,924,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 201,576,000
Committee recommendation................................ 194,924,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
These funds will be transferred from the appropriate trust
funds of the Office of Personnel Management to cover
administrative expenses for the retirement and insurance
programs.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a limitation of $194,924,000 for
administrative expenses, which is the same as the fiscal year
2023 enacted level and $6,652,000 less than the budget request.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $6,908,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 7,066,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,908,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Office of Inspector General is charged with
establishing policies for conducting and coordinating efforts
which promote economy, efficiency, and integrity in the Office
of Personnel Management's activities which prevent and detect
fraud, waste, and mismanagement in the agency's programs.
Contract audits provide professional advice to agency
contracting officials on accounting and financial matters
regarding the negotiation, award, administration, repricing,
and settlement of contracts. Internal agency audits review and
evaluate all facets of agency operations, including financial
statements. Evaluation and inspection services provide detailed
technical evaluations of agency operations. Insurance audits
review the operations of health and life insurance carriers,
healthcare providers, and insurance subscribers. The
investigative function provides for the detection and
investigation of improper and illegal activities involving
programs, personnel, and operations. Administrative sanctions
debar from participation in the health insurance program those
healthcare providers whose conduct may pose a threat to the
financial integrity of the program itself or to the well-being
of insurance program enrollees.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,908,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General. The
recommendation is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and $158,000 less than the budget request.
(LIMITATION ON TRANSFER FROM TRUST FUNDS)
Limitation, 2023........................................ $29,487,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 38,718,000
Committee recommendation................................ 29,487,000
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a limitation on transfers from the
trust funds in support of the OIG activities totaling
$29,487,000. The recommendation is the same as the fiscal year
2023 enacted level and $9,231,000 less than the budget request.
Office of Special Counsel
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $31,904,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 33,759,000
Committee recommendation................................ 31,904,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel [OSC] provides a safe
channel for Federal employees to report waste, fraud, abuse,
and threats to public health and safety.
The OSC was first established on January 1, 1979. From 1979
until 1989, it operated as an autonomous investigative and
prosecutorial arm of the Merit Systems Protection Board. In
1989, Congress enacted the Whistleblower Protection Act (Public
Law 101-12), which made OSC an independent agency within the
executive branch. In 1994, the Uniformed Services Employment
and Reemployment Rights Act (Public Law 103-353) became law. It
defined employment-related rights of persons in connection with
military service, prohibited discrimination against them
because of that service, and gave OSC new authority to pursue
remedies for violations by Federal agencies.
Enactment of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act
(Public Law 112-199) in November 2012 significantly expanded
the jurisdiction of the OSC and the types of cases the OSC is
required by law to investigate.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $31,904,000
for OSC, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and $1,855,000 less than the budget request.
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $10,600,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 14,385,000
Committee recommendation................................ 11,700,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board [PCLOB] is
an independent agency within the executive branch established
by the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act
of 2007 (Public Law 110-53). The Board is the successor to the
Board created within the Executive Office of the President
under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of
2004 (Public Law 108-458) as recommended in the July 22, 2004
report of the National Commission on Terrorist Acts Upon the
United States (the 9/11 Commission).
The Board's purpose is to review and analyze actions the
executive branch takes to protect the Nation from terrorism,
ensuring the need for such actions is balanced with the need to
protect privacy and civil liberties; and to ensure that liberty
concerns are appropriately considered in the development and
implementation of laws, regulations, and policies related to
efforts to protect the Nation against terrorism.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $11,700,000
for the PCLOB, which is $1,100,000 more than the fiscal year
2023 enacted level and $2,685,000 less than the budget request.
Public Buildings Reform Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $4,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 4,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Public Buildings Reform Board was created under the
Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to identify
opportunities for the Government to significantly reduce its
inventory of civilian real property and reduce cost to the
Government.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $4,000,000 for the Public
Buildings Reform Board, which is the same as the fiscal year
2023 enacted level and the same as the budget request.
The PBRB is directed to refrain from moving forward with a
sale of the Sand Point facility until all of its records are
digitized and available online or relocated to another facility
in the Seattle area.
Securities and Exchange Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $2,209,770,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 2,475,488,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,403,558,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] is an
independent agency responsible for administering many of the
Nation's laws regulating the areas of securities and finance.
The mission of the SEC is to administer and enforce Federal
securities laws in order to protect investors, maintain fair,
orderly, and efficient markets, and promote capital formation.
This includes ensuring full disclosure of appropriate financial
information, regulating the Nation's securities markets, and
preventing and policing fraud and malpractice in the securities
and financial markets.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a total budget (obligational)
authority of $2,403,558,000 for the salaries and expenses of
the SEC, to be fully derived from fee collections. This
recommendation is $193,788,000 more than the fiscal year 2023
enacted level and $71,930,000 less than the budget request. Of
this amount, the Committee allocates $2,363,900,000 to
operating expenses and $39,658,000 to potential move,
replication, and related costs for the Commission's office
facilities.
Fee Offset Nature of Account.--Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank
Act, transaction fees receipts are treated as offsetting
collections equal to the amount of the appropriation.
Reserve Fund Notifications.--The Committee appreciates the
SEC's adherence to its obligation to notify Congress of the
date, amount, and purpose of any obligation from the Fund
within 10 days of such obligation. The Committee directs the
SEC, in its written notifications to Congress required by 15
U.S.C. 78d(i)(3) regarding amounts obligated from the SEC
Reserve Fund, to specify: (1) the balance in the fund remaining
available after the obligation is deducted; (2) the estimated
total cost of the project for which amounts are being deducted;
(3) the total amount for all projects that have withdrawn
funding from the Reserve Fund since fiscal year 2012; and (4)
the estimated amount, per project, that will be required to
complete all ongoing projects which use funding derived from
the Reserve Fund.
Impact of Telework.--The SEC is directed to evaluate how
increased telework impacts recruitment, retention, and
organizational performance and report to the Committee no later
than 180 days after enactment of this act.
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses.--The Committee is concerned
about proposals that would remove shareholder rights, and make
companies less accountable to investors. The Committee
appreciates the Commission's longstanding position that
mandatory arbitration clauses violate the anti-waiver
provisions of securities laws. By denying investors their right
to sue in the courts, mandatory arbitration would remove a
critical remedy for harmed investors and significantly reduce
the accountability of wrongdoers who break the law. Therefore,
the Committee encourages the Commission to maintain the
Commission's longstanding position that mandatory arbitration
clauses violate the antiwaiver provisions of the securities
laws.
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies.--Special Purpose
Acquisition Companies [SPACs] raise investor funds through an
initial public offering with the goal of acquiring and merging
with a private company within a 2-year window. SPACs are
becoming more popular but the risks that come with these
companies are not always clear to everyday investors. The
Committee continues to encourage the SEC to use their authority
to provide retail-friendly disclosures for SPACs.
Holding Foreign Companies Accountable [HFCA] Act.--HFCA
requires certain issuers of securities to establish that they
are not owned or controlled by a foreign government. The
Committee encourages the SEC to implement the disclosure and
submission requirements of the HFCA Act. The Committee requests
a briefing from the SEC no later than 90 days after enactment
on the status of implementing the legislation.
Investor Advisory Committee.--The Committee recognizes the
SEC has the challenging responsibility of maintaining the
integrity of our capital markets, fostering capital formation,
and ensuring that America's investors are protected. Investors
are a critical pillar of our capital markets, especially retail
investors who often invest for the long-term with a view
towards financing a child's education, purchasing a home, or
preparing for retirement. Congress created the Investor
Advocate and the Investor Advisory Committee to provide the
Commission with a direct and representative investor
perspective. The Commission should make every effort to hear
from all investors, especially retail investors, and the
Investor Advisory Committee should be selected in a fair manner
with a robust process to ensure this broad perspective.
Therefore, the Committee encourages the Chairman of the
Commission to establish a transparent process for selecting
members of the Investor Advisory Committee, such as a staff-led
process for identifying candidates that: (1) incorporates the
perspectives of each member of the Commission; (2) ensures that
a wide array of market and investor perspectives are
represented; and (3) reflects the Commission's commitment to
expanding diversity, inclusion, and opportunity for all
Americans in our capital markets.
Data Security and the Consolidated Audit Trail.--The SEC
continues to collect an increasing amount of market-sensitive
data and customer information including through the
Consolidated Audit Trail [CAT]. The Committee encourages the
SEC to ensure the CAT has adequate breach notification policies
in place so affected participants are promptly notified of
critical security events. The Committee directs the SEC to
provide a briefing data security enhancements to the CAT
National Market System [NMS] Plan.
Conflict Minerals.--The Committee notes that section 1502
of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act (Public Law 111-203) relating to conflict minerals and
requiring supply chain due diligence has furthered important
U.S. policy goals in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC],
had important positive effects on the security of the people of
Eastern Congo, and gained the support and confidence of
investors in companies using minerals from the region.
Recognizing that in April 2014, a U.S. court of appeals
invalidated parts of the rule relating to ``DRC conflict free''
or ``DRC conflict undeterminable'' labeling and reporting
requirements, the Committee notes that the law and the SEC rule
otherwise broadly remain in place and in effect; thus, the
inquiry and due diligence reporting measures for companies
listed with the SEC on source and chain of custody are separate
and distinct, and they must each be enforced as required by
law.
Stakeholder Input on Rulemaking.--The Committee understands
the importance of public input as the SEC considers new
rulemaking. The Committee supports the public's longstanding
role in the rulemaking process in order to shape and inform
policy prior to a final rulemaking, and believes it is
imperative for agencies to provide adequate time for meaningful
stakeholder input. The SEC is also encouraged to continue to
incorporate robust cost-benefit economic analysis into the
rulemaking process consistent with longstanding practice.
International Financial Reporting.--The Committee notes
that investors have expressed the need for more material
information about the international financial operations of
public companies in order to assess risk and inform investment
decisions, and encourages the SEC to consider promulgating
requirements for public companies to disclose basic financial
information on a country-by-country basis.
SEC Rulemaking Process.--The Committee commends the SEC
Office of Inspector General for planning and undertaking an
audit of the SEC's rulemaking process. That audit should
address the SEC's processes and practices for giving interested
persons an opportunity to participate in rulemaking, including
the length of periods for public comment; assessing the
impact(s) of proposed rules on competition, efficiency, and
capital formation; and ensuring that the staff involved in
formulating, assessing, and reviewing proposed rules have
sufficient skills, experience, expertise, and appropriate
workloads to perform their work.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority [FINRA].--The
Committee understands that FINRA has failed to undertake steps
to address unpaid arbitration awards by its members. The
Commission shall continue to engage with FINRA to identify ways
to reduce and eliminate the occurrence of unpaid awards.
Recent Rulemakings and the People's Republic of China.--The
Committee is concerned by the Commission's inattention to the
special circumstances presented by issuers based in the
People's Republic of China and issuers with significant
business activity in the People's Republic of China with
respect to rulemaking concerning climate risk, human capital,
and board diversity. The Committee encourages the Commission to
take into account the gross human rights abuses and lack of
environmental protection in the People's Republic of China in
the consideration of such current and future rulemakings.
Critical Supply Chains.--The Committee encourages the
Commission to include factors related to domestic capital
investment, the job quality of nonsupervisory workers in the
United States, and the re-shoring to the United States of
critical supply chains in any current or future rules regarding
increased disclosure.
PRC Auditor Independence.--The Committee is concerned about
Beijing's direction for state-owned firms to drop more
independent, ``big four'' auditors, as well as the reported
blocking of economic databases required to access financial
data about Chinese and Hong Kong-based companies.
Selective Service System
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $31,700,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 31,300,000
Committee recommendation................................ 31,300,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Selective Service System is an independent Federal
agency, operating with permanent authorization under the
Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.).
The agency is not part of the Department of Defense, but its
basic mission is to be prepared to supply manpower to the Armed
Forces adequate to ensure the security of the United States
during a time of national emergency. Since 1973, the Armed
Forces have relied on volunteers to fill military manpower
requirements. However, the Selective Service System remains the
primary vehicle by which personnel will be brought into the
military if Congress and the President should authorize a
return to the draft.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $31,300,000
for the Selective Service System, which is $400,000 less than
the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and the same as the budget
request.
Small Business Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $326,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 394,277,000
Committee recommendation................................ 381,246,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Salaries and Expenses appropriation provides for the
overall operating expenses of the Small Business Administration
[SBA], including compensation and benefits for staff located at
headquarters, regional, and district offices, rent and other
agency-wide costs, and operating costs for program offices,
including the Office of Capital Access, Office of Credit Risk
Management, Office of Entrepreneurial Development, Office of
Investments and Innovation, Office of Government Contracting
and Business Development, Office of International Trade, Office
of Management and Administration, and for other program and
supporting offices.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommendation provides $381,246,000 for
salaries and expenses of the SBA, which is $55,246,000 more
than the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $13,031,000 less
than the budget request.
The Committee recommends at least $12,000,000 for the SBA's
Office of Credit Risk Management [OCRM] for lender oversight
and risk-based reviews. Funding for the Office of General
Counsel has been provided separately from this total. In
support of its mission to analyze and manage the risk of the
SBA's loan portfolio, OCRM performs performance analytics to
identify and understand lender performance trends and assess
the quality of the overall loan portfolio. The Committee finds
that OCRM must play a key role in eliminating waste, fraud, and
abuse in the SBA lending programs and protecting taxpayer
losses on loans by ensuring lenders comply with procedures that
mitigate the risk of loss under the SBA's loan programs.
Veteran Small Business Certification Program [VetCert].--
The recommendation includes $20,500,000 to support VetCert.
VetCert verifies veteran eligibility of firms owned by veteran-
owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small
businesses. The Committee will continue to work with SBA to
ensure the agency has the resources necessary to sustain this
program.
Small Business Investment Company Concentration.--The
Committee is concerned about the geographic concentration of
Small Business Investment Companies [SBICs]. Seventy-two
percent of all SBICs are located in 10 States, and 17 States do
not have a single SBIC. Regardless of the geographic spread of
investments being made in small businesses by SBICs, there is
great economic value for firms receiving SBIC financing to have
increased proximity to their investors, as well as economic
value for regions that contain SBICs. Public Law 115-333 gives
priority to SBIC applicants from under-licensed and under-
financed States, allows exemptions from full capital
requirements for applicants in under-licensed States, and
directs the Administrator to include additional information on
small business investment activities in the SBA's annual report
to Congress. The Committee supports the inclusion of additional
reporting requirements on small business investment activities
and further encourages the SBA to conduct Investment Committee
interviews on-site or as close to the applicant's physical
location as possible.
SBIC Collaboration.--The SBA is directed to continue its
collaborative effort with the SEC to ensure effective oversight
of SBICs and the protection of SBIC investors.
2017 Hurricane Recommendations.--In March 2020, the
Government Accountability Office [GAO] released a report
entitled, ``Disaster Loan Processing Was Timelier, but Planning
Improvements and Pilot Program Evaluation Needed.'' This report
examined the agency's planning for and response to the 2017
hurricanes (Harvey, Irma, and Maria), disaster loan application
and review process, and the implementation of the Express
Bridge Loan Pilot Program. The Committee is pleased that SBA
has implemented two recommendations for Executive Action made
by GAO in this report and looks forward to monitoring the
implementation of the remaining recommendations.
Disaster Loan Assistance Portal.--The Committee is aware of
issues raised by SBA resource partners and disaster survivors
related to difficulties navigating the current Disaster Loan
Assistance Portal. The Committee commends SBA on the effort
currently underway for unified lending on MySBA. In updating
the portal to be more user-friendly, accessible, and intuitive,
the Committee recommends SBA consider enhancing its systems to
accommodate larger megapixel documents. In addition, the
Committee also recommends SBA consider developing a Disaster
Loan Mobile Application, in consultation with appropriate
individuals and entities from the public and private sectors.
This application would be available for use by applicants to:
discover what disaster loan assistance is available; enable the
user to submit all information related to their loan
application, including documentation and photos related to
losses; check the status of their application and loan; provide
information on disaster preparation; and other features as SBA
determines appropriate.
Nonprofit Child Care Support.--The Committee recognizes the
critical role of child care providers in supporting the economy
and workforce, and encourages the Administrator to consider
allowing qualified nonprofit child care providers access to all
SBA loan programs that for-profit child care providers may
utilize. A qualified nonprofit provider must be in compliance
with State licensing requirements, operate as a 501(c)3
organization, primarily engage in providing child care for
children from birth through school age including preschool or
prekindergarten or care for school-age children outside of
school hours or schedule, and comply with background checks for
each employee and regular volunteer.
Information Technology Modernization.--The Committee
recognizes the importance of IT systems modernization and
performance to fulfilling SBA's mission. The Committee notes
SBA's authority to utilize a working capital fund to help SBA
implement IT modernization projects that comply with the intent
of Congress in the Federal Information Technology Acquisition
Act to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal IT
enterprise programs.
District Office Staffing Levels.--The Committee recognizes
that operational resources and adequate staffing at district
offices is essential to SBA's mission, particularly in rural
areas where small businesses may lack connectivity to the
Internet. District offices offer a critical line of
communication and source of advice for small businesses. SBA is
encouraged to ensure each state has no fewer than seven full-
time equivalent staffers across its district offices, and shall
speedily fill vacant positions below that level.
Employee Ownership.--The Committee recognizes that
employee-owned businesses are uniquely structured and provide
wide-ranging benefits for businesses, workers, and the local
economy. The Committee strongly supports the Small Business
Investment Company [SBIC] program and its decades-long track
record of success driving private investment in small
businesses, and notes that the SBIC program provides a good
model for developing a program to increase private-sector
financing to expand employee ownership.
Women-Owned Small Business [WOSB] Certification Delays.--
The Committee is concerned with the existing WOSB program
certification and recertification process, which has led to
unacceptable delays for WOSBs to become certified or
recertified. No later than 90 days after enactment of this act,
SBA shall brief the Committee on its plan to address the
backlog of WOSB applications.
Small Business Broadband Assistance.--The Committee
recognizes the importance of high-speed Internet and new
technologies to the growth and success of small businesses and
believes many small businesses could benefit from additional
advice in adopting and utilizing these technologies.
Place of Business Requirement.--The Committee notes that
Native and other minority-owned businesses have concerns about
the effect and practicality of implementing the rule
promulgated by the Administrator for the SBA 8(a) Business
Development Program that proposes to clarify the place of
business requirement in 13 CFR 124.501(k). The Committee
expects SBA to work closely with its authorizers on this issue.
Native Hawaiian Organizations.--The Committee is concerned
that Native Hawaiian Organizations [NHOs] are not treated as
8(a) eligible entities by all Federal agencies, and expects SBA
to work closely with Congress to provide equal opportunities to
NHOs.
Eligibility for SBA Assistance.--SBA provides capital and
assistance to American small businesses using taxpayer funds.
Under SBA's authorizing statute, only businesses principally
located and domiciled in the United States are eligible for SBA
assistance. Section 2(i) of the Small Business Act specifically
prohibits the use of funds for individuals not lawfully in the
US. Small businesses must have majority ownership by American
citizens or legal permanent residents. Agency regulations at 13
CFR 120.100 set forth the primary eligibility requirements for
all small business applicants. No later than 270 days after
enactment of this act, GAO is directed to provide a report to
the Committee on the number of small businesses that receive
aid, counsel, or assistance from the Small Business
Administration and are: (1) organized under the laws of,
headquartered in, or have their principal place of business, in
the People's Republic of China; (2) have more than 25 percent
voting stock owned by affiliates that are citizens of the
People's Republic of China; (3) owned, directed, controlled,
financed, or influenced directly or indirectly by an entity
that is organized under the laws of, headquartered in, or have
their principal place of business, in the People's Republic of
China; or (4) owned, directed, controlled, financed, or
influenced directly or indirectly by the Government of the
People's Republic of China, the Chinese Communist Party [CCP],
or the Chinese military, including any entity for which the
Government of the People's Republic of China, the CCP, or the
Chinese military has the ability, through ownership of a
majority or a dominant minority of the total outstanding voting
interest in an entity, board representation, proxy voting, a
special share, contractual arrangements, formal or informal
arrangements to act in concert, or other means, to determine,
direct, or decide for an entity an important matter; and (5) an
entity substantively involved in People's Republic of China
economic and industrial policies or military-civil fusion,
including by accepting funding, performing services, or
receiving subsidies, or with responsibilities for overseeing
economic development projects, including Made in China 2025 and
the Belt and Road Initiative.
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $320,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 334,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 320,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The SBA's Entrepreneurial Development Programs support non-
credit business assistance to entrepreneurs. The appropriation
includes funding for a vast network of resource partners
located throughout the Nation, including Small Business
Development Centers, Women's Business Centers, SCORE
(previously Service Corps of Retired Executives) chapters, and
Veterans Business Outreach Centers. This resource network and
several other SBA programs provide training, counseling, and
technical assistance to entrepreneurs.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommendation provides $320,000,000 for the
SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs, which is the same as
the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and $14,000,000 less than
the budget request. The Committee recommendations are displayed
in the following table:
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
recommendation
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7(j) Technical Assistance Program (Contracting 4,000
Assistance).........................................
Cybersecurity for Small Business Pilot Program....... 3,000
Entrepreneurship Education........................... 3,000
Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership 10,000
Program.............................................
Growth Accelerators.................................. 10,000
HUBZone Program...................................... 4,000
Microloan Technical Assistance....................... 41,000
National Women's Business Council.................... 1,500
Native American Outreach............................. 4,000
PRIME Technical Assistance........................... 8,000
Regional Innovation Clusters......................... 10,000
SCORE................................................ 17,000
Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)............ 140,000
State Trade Expansion Program (STEP)................. 20,000
Veterans Outreach.................................... 17,500
Women's Business Centers (WBC)....................... 27,000
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Total, Entrepreneurial Development Programs.... 320,000
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The Committee directs that the amounts provided for SBA's
Entrepreneurial Development Programs, as specified in the table
above, shall be administered in the same manner as previous
years and shall not be reduced, reallocated, or reprogrammed to
provide additional funds for other programs, initiatives, or
activities without advance approval from the Committee.
The Committee is concerned by the OIG's findings of
systemic issues with SBA's financial and performance oversight
across its multiple grant programs (Report Number 19-02). The
Committee urges the SBA to conduct comprehensive credit risk
management through its loan and lender monitoring system and
focused reviews of SBA lending partners to identify both
performance and compliance risk behaviors. The Committee
stresses the importance of improving its oversight and controls
of grants for entrepreneurial development and directs the SBA
to provide a report within 30 days of enactment on the
implementation of a new grants management system and the
timeline for completion.
Small Business Development Centers.--The Committee
recommends $140,000,000 for the Small Business Development
Center [SBDC] Program for fiscal year 2024. SBDCs play an
integral role in the SBA resource partner network that supports
1.2 million small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs
each year. Through more than 900 service centers, SBDCs provide
management and technical assistance in key areas to small
business clients throughout the Nation. The SBDC program is the
largest grant program in the SBA's portfolio.
SBDC Minimum Funding Awards.--SBA should assess the minimum
funding levels awarded to States and U.S. territories through
the SBDC Program to ensure adequate resources are provided to
meet the demand of each State.
SCORE.--The Committee recommends $17,000,000 for the SCORE
Program (formerly known as the Service Corps of Retired
Executives). The Committee is encouraged by improvements the
SCORE program has made to address issues identified in the SBA
Inspector General's audit of SCORE's fiscal year 2017 award and
supports the program's efforts to improve operational
accountability and service.
Cybersecurity for Small Businesses.--The Committee
recommends $3,000,000 for a Cybersecurity Assistance Pilot
Program that will competitively award up to three grants to
States to provide new small businesses with access to
cybersecurity tools during their formative and most vulnerable
years.
Women's Business Centers.--The Committee recommends
$27,000,000 for Women's Business Centers [WBCs]. The WBC
program funds more than 100 nonprofit organizations that
provide quality advising and training services to women
entrepreneurs in socially or economically disadvantaged
communities in an effort to help women start their own
businesses. Participating organizations must match the Federal
funding with one non-Federal dollar for every two Federal
dollars during the first 2 years and on a one-to-one basis
thereafter. The Committee recommends that the SBA refine and
share its quarterly dashboard of performance goals with all
WBCs for transparency and coordinate services with other
business assistance programs to avoid duplication.
Veterans Outreach Programs.--The Committee supports funding
for veterans programs and provides $17,500,000 for veterans
outreach, which includes funding for Veterans Business Outreach
Centers, Boots to Business, Veteran-Women Igniting the Spirit
of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans
with Disabilities, and Boots to Business Reboot.
Growth Accelerators.--The Committee recommends $10,000,000
for growth accelerators-organizations that help entrepreneurs
start and scale their business. The Committee recognizes the
success of Growth Accelerators in spreading the growth of
start-ups in areas of the country where funding from private
capital is scarce.
Federal and State Technology Partnership Program.--The
Committee recommends $10,000,000 for the Federal and State
Technology [FAST] Partnership Program in fiscal year 2024. The
Committee supports the FAST program's efforts to reach
innovative, technology-driven small businesses and to leverage
the Small Business Innovation Research [SBIR] and Small
Business Technology Transfer [STTR] program to stimulate
economic development. The FAST program is particularly
important in States that are seeking to build high technology
industries but are underrepresented in the SBIR/STTR programs.
The Committee directs SBA to consider prioritizing awards to
States that receive below the National median average of SBIRs/
STTRs. The Committee recognizes that Small Business and
Technology Development Centers [SBTDCs] serve small businesses
in these fields and are accredited to provide intellectual
property and technology commercialization assistance to
businesses in high technology industries. Of the amount
provided, $1,500,000 shall be for FAST awards to SBTDCs fully
accredited for technology designation as of December 31, 2023.
Native American Outreach.--The SBA's Office of Native
American Affairs works to ensure that American Indians, Alaska
Natives, and Native Hawaiians seeking to create, develop, and
expand small businesses have full access to SBA's
entrepreneurial development, lending, and procurement programs.
The Committee recommends $4,000,000 for SBA's Native American
Outreach program. The recommendation is the same as the fiscal
year 2023 enacted level and the budget request. The Committee
directs the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Native
American Affairs [ONAA] to continue to manage Native American
Outreach activities. The Assistant Administrator is responsible
for organizing multi-agency workshops and Native supplier
initiative events around the country, and facilitating Native
contractors' participation in SBA's 8(a) Business Development
Program, HUB Zone, Women's Business Centers, Veteran and
Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business programs, and
other small business contracting programs.
HUBZone.--The Historically Underutilized Business Zones
[HUBZone] program helps small businesses in urban and rural
communities gain preferential access to Federal procurement
opportunities. The Committee recommends $4,000,000 for the
HUBZone program. The Committee is concerned by the SBA
Inspector General's findings that the SBA Program Office's
oversight did not ensure that it certified only eligible firms
into the HUBZone program due to weakness in the certification
process. The Committee encourages the SBA to update and
implement HUBZone guidance, as well as implement a plan to
mitigate information technology issues affecting the HUBZone
certification process.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $32,020,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 47,704,000
Committee recommendation................................ 47,020,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The SBA Office of Inspector General conducts audits to
identify wasteful expenditures and program mismanagement,
investigates fraud and other wrongdoing, and takes other
actions to deter and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and
inefficiencies in SBA programs and operations.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommendation provides $47,020,000 for the
OIG, which is $15,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2023
enacted level and $684,000 less than the budget request. The
Committee encourages the OIG to continue routine analysis and
reporting on the SBA's oversight of the 7(a) loan program;
effective management of counseling and training services
offered by partner organizations; and the SBA's management of
the Disaster Assistance Program.
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $10,211,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 10,600,000
Committee recommendation................................ 10,211,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Office of Advocacy, an independent office within the
SBA, solicits and represents the views, concerns, and interests
of small businesses before Congress, the White House, Federal
agencies, Federal courts, and State policymakers.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommendation provides $10,211,000 for the
Office of Advocacy, which is the same as the fiscal year 2023
enacted level and $389,000 less than the budget request.
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $171,300,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 168,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 168,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The SBA administers a variety of loan programs to expand
entrepreneurs' access to capital to start and grow small
businesses. The 7(a) loan program is the Federal Government's
primary business loan program to assist small businesses in
obtaining financing when they do not qualify for traditional
credit. Under 7(a), the SBA guarantees a portion (typically 75
to 90 percent) of loans made by private lenders. Under the 504
program, the SBA supports loans to small businesses for
financing major fixed assets such as real estate and major
equipment. The 504 program combines SBA guaranteed loans made
by nonprofit Certified Development Companies with loans from
private lenders to provide financing for small businesses.
Under the SBIC program, the SBA partners with
professionally managed investment funds, called SBICs. The
SBICs combine their own capital with funds borrowed with an SBA
guarantee to make investments in small businesses.
Under the Microloan program, the SBA provides funds to
specialized nonprofit, community-based intermediary lenders
which provide small loans for working capital, inventory, and
other operating expenses.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommendation provides $168,000,000 for the
Business Loans Program Account for fiscal year 2024, which is
$3,300,000 less than the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and the
same as the budget request.
The recommendation provides $162,000,000 for administrative
expenses, which may be transferred to and merged with SBA
salaries and expenses to cover the common overhead expenses
associated with the business loans programs.
The recommendation also provides $6,000,000 for the
Microloan direct loan program. An additional amount of
$41,000,000 is recommended under the heading ``Entrepreneurial
Development Programs'' for technical assistance grants to
Microlending intermediaries.
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $179,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 175,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 175,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The SBA provides low-interest, long-term loans to
businesses of all sizes, homeowners, renters, and nonprofit
organizations affected by disasters. The SBA disaster loans are
the primary form of Federal assistance for the repair and
rebuilding of non-farm, private sector disaster losses. The SBA
makes two types of disaster loans. Physical disaster loans are
for permanent rebuilding and replacement of uninsured or
underinsured disaster-damaged privately owned real and/or
personal property and are available to businesses of all sizes,
nonprofit organizations, homeowners, and renters. Economic
Injury Disaster Loans provide necessary working capital for
small businesses and nonprofit organizations until normal
operations resume after a disaster.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $175,000,000 for the
administrative costs of the Disaster Loans program, which is
$4,000,000 less than the fiscal year 2023 enacted level and the
same as the budget request. Of the total recommendation,
$143,000,000 is designated by the Congress as disaster relief
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985.
SBA Disaster Loan Duplication of Assistance.--The Committee
remains concerned that some disaster victims have been
penalized with disaster benefit reductions from other Federal
agencies if they applied for an SBA Disaster Loan, but did not
take the SBA Disaster Loan. The Committee urges SBA to
collaborate with FEMA and HUD to issue guidance for disaster
victims who apply for a SBA Disaster Loan, but do not take the
loan, and how that impacts the consideration of applications
for other forms of Federal disaster assistance.
Business Recovery Centers.--The Committee encourages SBA to
continue its close collaboration with the Federal Emergency
Management Agency [FEMA] during disaster recovery and consider
additional co-location of Business Recovery Centers and
Disaster Recovery Centers where economically practicable.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Section 540 continues a provision concerning transfer
authority and availability of funds.
Section 541 continues a provision concerning the SBA
Information Technology System Modernization and Working Capital
Fund.
Section 542 includes a new provision providing funds for
initiatives related to small business development and
entrepreneurship, including programmatic and construction
activities, to be awarded as follows:
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Recommended
State Account Project Name Recipient ($) Requestor(s)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CO........................... Small Business AAPI Small Asian Chamber 750,000 Bennet
Administration Business of Commerce
(SBA). Initiative. Colorado.
RI........................... Small Business Accelerating Bi- Rhode Island 550,000 Reed
Administration Lateral Trade. Commerce
(SBA). Corporation.
HI........................... Small Business Accelerating Maui Economic 1,750,000 Hirono, Schatz
Administration Small Business Development
(SBA). in the Space Board, Inc..
Economy.
DE........................... Small Business Accelerator for Delaware Black 150,000 Carper, Coons
Administration Disadvantaged Chamber of
(SBA). Businesses. Commerce.
MN........................... Small Business ACER African Career 775,000 Klobuchar,
Administration Cooperative, Education & Smith
(SBA). Business Resource, Inc..
Development and
Community
Wealth Building
Project.
MI........................... Small Business Advanced Michigan 250,000 Peters,
Administration Materials and Technological Stabenow
(SBA). Critical University.
Minerals
Business
Acceleration
Program.
WI........................... Small Business ADVOCAP- Child ADVOCAP........ 600,000 Baldwin
Administration Care Incubator.
(SBA).
AK........................... Small Business Alaska University of 2,000,000 Murkowski
Administration Healthcare Alaska System.
(SBA). Innovation.
AK........................... Small Business Alaska Native Alaska Native 295,000 Murkowski
Administration Artist Arts
(SBA). Directory. Foundation
(ANAF).
AK........................... Small Business Alaska Native University of 1,000,000 Murkowski
Administration Entrepreneurshi Alaska System.
(SBA). p Program.
NM........................... Small Business Asian American Albuquerque 1,000,000 Lujan
Administration Cultural Center. Community
(SBA). Foundation.
NM........................... Small Business Asian Business Asian Business 100,000 Heinrich
Administration Collaborative. Collaborative.
(SBA).
WA........................... Small Business Ballard Ballard Chamber 600,000 Murray
Administration Neighborhood of Commerce
(SBA). Small Business (dba Ballard
Incubator Alliance).
Expansion.
MD........................... Small Business Baltimore Baltimore 500,000 Cardin,
Administration Community Community Van Hollen
(SBA). Lending Lending.
Business
Development and
Resource Center.
MD........................... Small Business Baltimore Baltimore 1,000,000 Cardin,
Administration Community Community Van Hollen
(SBA). Lending Lending.
Business
Development and
Resource Center
Site
Development.
NJ........................... Small Business BCC Business Bergen 75,000 Booker
Administration Accelerator and Community
(SBA). LatinxCEO College.
Projects.
PA........................... Small Business Bedford County Bedford County 350,000 Casey
Administration Small Business Development
(SBA). Development Association.
Project.
WI........................... Small Business Black Business Urban League of 500,000 Baldwin
Administration Hub Accelerator Greater
(SBA). Program. Madison.
OR........................... Small Business Boardman City of 1,500,000 Merkley, Wyden
Administration Business Boardman.
(SBA). Opportunity
Incubator.
MI........................... Small Business Building Mid- Central 579,000 Peters,
Administration Michigan Michigan Stabenow
(SBA). Economic University,.
Resilience and
Innovation.
PA........................... Small Business Built by Us..... ASSETS 368,000 Fetterman
Administration Lancaster.
(SBA).
DE........................... Small Business Business Growth True Access 178,000 Carper, Coons
Administration in Communities Capital.
(SBA). of Color.
OH........................... Small Business Business Hub.... East Liverpool. 650,000 Brown
Administration
(SBA).
RI........................... Small Business Business Support Social 360,000 Reed,
Administration Services for Enterprise Whitehouse
(SBA). RI's Hispanic Greenhouse.
Community.
CA........................... Small Business California California 1,000,000 Feinstein
Administration Indian Indian Museum
(SBA). Traditional and Cultural
Food Incubator. Center.
MI........................... Small Business Capac Catalyst.. Village of 271,000 Peters
Administration Capac.
(SBA).
MN........................... Small Business CAPI USA CAPI USA....... 1,000,000 Klobuchar,
Administration Opportunity Smith
(SBA). Incubator.
NH........................... Small Business Catalyzing a Hannah Grimes 528,000 Shaheen
Administration Rural Biotech Center.
(SBA). Entrepreneur
Ecosystem.
MI........................... Small Business Center for City of Alma... 2,000,000 Peters
Administration Business
(SBA). Innovation,
Incubation, and
Development
(BIID): A Mid-
Michigan
Support
Ecosystem for
Small
Businesses.
PA........................... Small Business Center for Chatham 157,000 Casey
Administration Women's University.
(SBA). Entrepreneurshi
p.
NM........................... Small Business Center of The Center of 160,000 Heinrich
Administration Southwest Southwest
(SBA). Culture Culture, Inc..
Community
Development
Center.
IL........................... Small Business Childcare Women's 500,000 Duckworth
Administration Business Business
(SBA). Program Development
Expansion. Center.
CA........................... Small Business City of City of 156,000 Feinstein
Administration Bellflower Bellflower.
(SBA). Entrepreneurial
Training
Program.
CA........................... Small Business City of Tulare City of Tulare. 2,500,000 Feinstein,
Administration Regional Padilla
(SBA). Business
Accelerator.
IL........................... Small Business Clean technology Evergreen 475,000 Durbin
Administration initiative. Climate
(SBA). Innovations.
CO........................... Small Business Clear Creek City of Wheat 200,000 Bennet,
Administration Makerspace Ridge. Hickenlooper
(SBA). Program
Development -
Phase II.
CT........................... Small Business ClimateHaven for ClimateHaven 500,000 Blumenthal,
Administration Buildout of Inc.. Murphy
(SBA). Climatetech
Prototyping Lab.
AK........................... Small Business Community Action Rural Alaska 1,512,000 Murkowski
Administration Resource Center Community
(SBA). (CARC). Action Program.
WA........................... Small Business Community and Refugee Artisan 500,000 Murray
Administration Microbusiness Initiative.
(SBA). Development
Program.
MI........................... Small Business Community First, Communities 1,000,000 Stabenow
Administration Inc. Building First, Inc..
(SBA). Community
through Small
Business
Supports.
CT........................... Small Business ConnCORP for ConnCORP....... 4,000,000 Blumenthal,
Administration Economic Impact Murphy
(SBA). Lab.
NM........................... Small Business Creation of DreamSpring.... 307,000 Heinrich
Administration Entrepreneurs'
(SBA). Resource
Library.
RI........................... Small Business DESIGNxRI's DESIGNxRI...... 69,000 Whitehouse
Administration Design Catalyst
(SBA). Workforce
Development
Program.
PA........................... Small Business DRIVE Business DRIVE.......... 499,000 Casey
Administration Hub Incubator.
(SBA).
DE........................... Small Business DTP@STAR Delaware 600,000 Carper, Coons
Administration Incubator Technology
(SBA). Laboratory. Park.
ME........................... Small Business Economic and Island 1,477,000 Collins, King
Administration Business Institute.
(SBA). Development
Training for
Lobstering
Communities.
VT........................... Small Business Energy and Vermont 260,000 Welch
Administration Climate Sustainable
(SBA). Business Jobs Fund.
Accelerator
Program.
NY........................... Small Business Ensuring Supply CenterState 2,000,000 Gillibrand,
Administration Chain Capacity Corporation Schumer
(SBA). to Maximize the for Economic
Micron Impact. Opportunity
(CenterState
CEO).
NJ........................... Small Business Entrepreneurship Hope 100,000 Menendez
Administration Accelerator Foundation,
(SBA). Incubation Morris County
Program. Hispanic-
American
Chamber of
Commerce.
NY........................... Small Business Equity in FuzeHub, Inc... 322,000 Gillibrand,
Administration Manufacturing Schumer
(SBA). Innovation.
NM........................... Small Business Expanding Women's 173,000 Heinrich
Administration Capacity of the Economic Self-
(SBA). WESST Incubator. Sufficiency
Team Corp dba
WESST.
AK........................... Small Business Expanding KIC's Ketchikan 350,000 Murkowski
Administration State Small Indian
(SBA). Business Credit Community.
Initiative
(SSBCI) Program
Capacity.
MD........................... Small Business Exploring, The 3rd........ 500,000 Cardin,
Administration Transitioning Van Hollen
(SBA). and Building
with The 3rd.
MD........................... Small Business Federal Lab Maryland 1,150,000 Cardin,
Administration Leveraging Technology Van Hollen
(SBA). Innovation to Development
Products Corporation
(FLLIP) Pilot (TEDCO).
Program.
DE........................... Small Business Food Incubator Cornerstone 1,050,000 Carper, Coons
Administration Project. West CDC.
(SBA).
VA........................... Small Business Fostering YWCA South 1,428,000 Kaine, Warner
Administration Futures: Hampton Roads.
(SBA). Building Women
Owned
Businesses in
Virginia.
PA........................... Small Business Generator of Philadelphia 882,000 Fetterman
Administration Workforce Youth
(SBA). Development and Basketball,
Economic Inc., in
Opportunity. partnership
with Pursuing
Transformation
Inc..
VA........................... Small Business George Mason George Mason 1,000,000 Kaine, Warner
Administration University University.
(SBA). Center for AI
Innovation for
Economic
Competitiveness.
MD........................... Small Business Government Morgan State 700,000 Cardin,
Administration Certifications University Van Hollen
(SBA). Contracting & Foundation
Match Making Inc..
Solutions
Center.
WV........................... Small Business Greenbrier Greenbrier 819,000 Capito, Manchin
Administration Valley EDC County
(SBA). Commercializati Economic
on Center. Development
Corporation.
MD........................... Small Business Growing Maryland Family 632,000 Cardin,
Administration Opportunities Network. Van Hollen
(SBA). for Family
Child Care
(GOFCC).
VT........................... Small Business Growing Vermont Housing 740,000 Welch
Administration Vermont's Farm Conservation
(SBA). and Forest Board.
Economy.
NY........................... Small Business Harlem Arts Harlem Arts 350,000 Gillibrand,
Administration Alliance Alliance. Schumer
(SBA). Support for
Local Artists
and Creative
Businesses.
NJ........................... Small Business Hispanic Essex County 250,000 Menendez
Administration Entrepreneurshi Latin America
(SBA). p Assistance Chamber of
Program. Commerce.
CT........................... Small Business Hispanic Hispanic 1,000,000 Blumenthal,
Administration Federation for Federation. Murphy
(SBA). Small Business
Support
Initiative--Cre
ar y Crecer su
Negocio.
HI........................... Small Business Hoomana Micro Native Hawaiian 435,000 Schatz
Administration and Small Chamber of
(SBA). Business Commerce.
Program.
RI........................... Small Business Hope & Main Hope & Main.... 1,455,000 Reed
Administration Culinary
(SBA). Incubator.
NJ........................... Small Business Hudson County Hudson County 150,000 Menendez
Administration Latin American Latin American
(SBA). Chamber of Chamber of
Commerce--Educa Commerce--HCLA
tional & CC.
Training
Programs.
HI........................... Small Business iLab at Manoa University of 1,500,000 Hirono, Schatz
Administration Innovation Hawaii System.
(SBA). Center.
NJ........................... Small Business ILSE Institute for 500,000 Menendez
Administration Entrepreneur Life Science
(SBA). Training Entrepreneursh
Program. ip (at Kean
University).
MD........................... Small Business Increasing State of 740,000 Cardin,
Administration Diversity in Maryland. Van Hollen
(SBA). State
Contracting.
MN........................... Small Business Indigenous Food North American 1,000,000 Klobuchar,
Administration Enterprise Traditional Smith
(SBA). Incubator and Indigenous
Food Hub. Food Systems
(NATIFS).
CA........................... Small Business Infant & Toddler City of 850,000 Padilla
Administration Care Expansion Sacramento.
(SBA). and Capacity
Building.
WI........................... Small Business Jackson County- Jackson County 1,038,000 Baldwin
Administration Child Care Child Care
(SBA). Recharge. Network.
NM........................... Small Business Keshet Idea and Keshet Dance 225,000 Heinrich
Administration Innovation Company.
(SBA). Community.
CO........................... Small Business Kitchen Network West Community 261,000 Hickenlooper
Administration Westwood. Economic
(SBA). Development
Corporation
(DBA BuCu
West).
NJ........................... Small Business LAEDA Food Latin American 500,000 Booker
Administration Business Economic
(SBA). Development Development
Center. Association,
Inc..
MA........................... Small Business Latino Economic Partners for 550,000 Markey, Warren
Administration Development Community
(SBA). Corporation (Latino
Micro-Small Economic
Business Development
Support. Corporation.
NY........................... Small Business Long Island Manufacturing 750,000 Schumer
Administration Manufacturing Consortium of
(SBA). Support Center. Long Island.
MN........................... Small Business Mainstreet Minnesota State 775,000 Klobuchar,
Administration Businesses University, Smith
(SBA). Focused on Food Mankato's
& Agriculture Strategic
(MBFFA): Partnership
Expansion Center.
across
Minnesota's
First District.
NM........................... Small Business Making a Living Women's 139,000 Heinrich
Administration Through Economic Self-
(SBA). Entrepreneurshi Sufficiency
p. Team Corp dba
WESST.
HI........................... Small Business Manaolana Kauai Chamber 818,000 Schatz
Administration Business of Commerce.
(SBA). Incubation
Acceleration
Hub.
RI........................... Small Business Manufacturing Rhode Island 400,000 Reed
Administration Succession. Commerce
(SBA). Corporation.
IL........................... Small Business Manufacturing mHUB........... 675,000 Durbin
Administration supply chain
(SBA). initiative.
OH........................... Small Business Marion Tech..... Marion 1,500,000 Brown
Administration Technical
(SBA). College.
GA........................... Small Business Minority Small Atlanta Black 619,000 Warnock
Administration Business Chambers, Inc..
(SBA). Certification
Technical
Assistance.
MS........................... Small Business Mississippi Mississippi 2,400,000 Hyde-Smith
Administration Business State
(SBA). Intelligence. University.
PA........................... Small Business Mom Your Mom Your 130,000 Casey
Administration Business Business.
(SBA). Community HUB.
WV........................... Small Business National Guard West Virginia 595,000 Capito
Administration Small Business National Guard.
(SBA). Center.
OR........................... Small Business Native American Elderberry 500,000 Merkley, Wyden
Administration Agricultural Wisdom Farm.
(SBA). Business
Accelerator.
OH........................... Small Business NEOHCED Northeast Ohio 750,000 Brown
Administration CentroVilla25. Hispanic
(SBA). Center for
Economic
Development
(HBC).
NV........................... Small Business Nevada Secretary Nevada 4,000,000 Cortez Masto,
Administration of State's Secretary of Rosen
(SBA). Office--State State.
Business
License Online
Portal.
WV........................... Small Business New River Gorge New River Gorge 750,000 Capito, Manchin
Administration Regional Regional
(SBA). Working Group. Development
Authority.
MA........................... Small Business Next Gen Small Next Gen Small 625,000 Markey, Warren
Administration Business Social Business
(SBA). Innovation Social
Incubator. Innovation
Incubator.
NJ........................... Small Business NJThrives Rutgers, The 300,000 Booker
Administration Virtual State
(SBA). Entrepreneurshi University
p Ecosystem (for NJSBDC at
Initiative. Rutgers-Newark/
RBS).
NM........................... Small Business NM MBDA New Mexico 200,000 Heinrich, Lujan
Administration Technical Minority
(SBA). Assistance Business
Project. Development
Agency
Business
Center.
NM........................... Small Business NMSBDC Online New Mexico 338,000 Heinrich
Administration Resource Small Business
(SBA). Expansion. Development
Center.
NM........................... Small Business NMVBA Business New Mexico 50,000 Heinrich
Administration Expo. Veterans
(SBA). Business
Advocates
(NMVBA).
MI........................... Small Business Northern Northern 1,145,000 Peters,
Administration Michigan Michigan Stabenow
(SBA). University University.
Security
Operations
Center (SOC).
VA........................... Small Business ODU ``Double- Old Dominion 500,000 Kaine, Warner
Administration TAP'' veteran University.
(SBA). entrepreneurshi
p accelerator.
MD........................... Small Business Pathways to Capital Region 300,000 Cardin,
Administration Emerging Minority Van Hollen
(SBA). Markets for Supplier
Socially and Development
Economically Council.
Disadvantaged
Entrepreneurs.
WA........................... Small Business Pierce County Pierce County.. 1,000,000 Cantwell
Administration Business
(SBA). Accelerator
Program.
MA........................... Small Business PowerUp--Amplify The Latina 1,000,000 Markey, Warren
Administration Latinx Small Circle, Inc.
(SBA). Business (DBA Amplify
Program Latinx).
Expansion.
NM........................... Small Business Quality Child Partnership for 250,000 Heinrich
Administration Care Matters Community
(SBA). Program. Action.
MD........................... Small Business Raymond V. Greater 850,000 Cardin,
Administration Haysbert Center Baltimore Van Hollen
(SBA). for Urban League.
Entrepreneurshi
p.
MS........................... Small Business Regional Innovate 944,000 Hyde-Smith
Administration Innovation Mississippi.
(SBA). Partnerships.
OR........................... Small Business Regional Rural Regional Rural 1,500,000 Merkley, Wyden
Administration Revitalization Revitalization.
(SBA). (R3).
RI........................... Small Business RI Hispanic RI Hispanic 300,000 Whitehouse
Administration Chamber of Chamber of
(SBA). Commerce Commerce.
Business
Support
Services.
MD........................... Small Business RIDE (Returning Morgan State 1,500,000 Cardin,
Administration Citizens University. Van Hollen
(SBA). Inspired to
Develop
Entrepreneurial
Ventures)
Entrepreneurshi
p Resource
Center.
NM........................... Small Business Rural Co-working County of Taos. 852,000 Heinrich, Lujan
Administration Network.
(SBA).
OR........................... Small Business Small Business City of 500,000 Merkley, Wyden
Administration Digital Portland.
(SBA). Navigator
Training
Program.
WA........................... Small Business Small Business Tacoma Arts 2,129,000 Murray
Administration Incubator Live.
(SBA). Expansion and
Capital
Improvements.
MD........................... Small Business Small Business Latino Economic 250,000 Cardin,
Administration Legal and Development Van Hollen
(SBA). Technical Corporation.
Assistance
Program for
Maryland Legacy
Businesses.
OH........................... Small Business Small Business JumpStart Inc.. 350,000 Brown
Administration Support for
(SBA). Northeast Ohio.
AZ........................... Small Business Small Business Local First 1,000,000 Sinema
Administration Support Program. Arizona
(SBA). Foundation.
RI........................... Small Business Small Business Rhode Island 650,000 Reed,
Administration Technical Black Business Whitehouse
(SBA). Assistance. Association
(RIBBA).
NY........................... Small Business South Side Syracuse 1,000,000 Schumer
Administration Innovation University.
(SBA). Center:
Entrepreneurs
for the 21st
Century
Workforce.
MD........................... Small Business Southern Southern 270,000 Cardin,
Administration Maryland Maryland Van Hollen
(SBA). Minority Minority
Chamber of Chamber of
Commerce. Commerce.
CO........................... Small Business Space ISAC Watch Space 590,000 Hickenlooper
Administration Center & Cyber Information
(SBA). Space Data Sharing and
Fusion Cell. Analysis
Center.
WV........................... Small Business Stackable Bridge Valley 167,000 Capito, Manchin
Administration Business Community and
(SBA). Credentials at Technical
BridgeValley College.
CTC.
PA........................... Small Business StartUp Milton The Improved 210,000 Casey
Administration Business Milton
(SBA). Incubator. Experience.
DE........................... Small Business Startup Studio-- Delaware 1,425,000 Carper, Coons
Administration Science Innovation
(SBA). Entrepeneurship Space.
Fellowship.
ME........................... Small Business Sunrise County Sunrise County 541,000 Collins, King
Administration Economic Economic
(SBA). Council Small Council.
Business
Training.
NM........................... Small Business Targeted DreamSpring.... 200,000 Heinrich
Administration Education for
(SBA). Rural
Entrepreneurs.
DE........................... Small Business Tech2Market..... Delaware 250,000 Coons
Administration Sustainable
(SBA). Chemistry
Alliance.
MA........................... Small Business Technical Cambridge Local 150,000 Markey, Warren
Administration Assistance and First.
(SBA). Local
Procurement
Support for
Local and Small
Businesses.
NJ........................... Small Business Technology Statewide 124,000 Booker
Administration Upgrades for Hispanic
(SBA). SHCCNJ's Chamber of
Development Commerce of
Training Center. New Jersey.
GA........................... Small Business The Wheelhouse.. Madison Village 368,000 Warnock
Administration for Advanced
(SBA). Entrepreneursh
ip, Inc..
NM........................... Small Business Three Sisters Three Sisters 300,000 Heinrich
Administration Kitchen Kitchen.
(SBA). Business
Training
Program in
Spanish.
WA........................... Small Business Trades District Chelan Douglas 4,000,000 Murray
Administration Phase II. Regional Port
(SBA). Authority.
GA........................... Small Business UGA Small University of 250,000 Ossoff
Administration Business Georgia.
(SBA). Development
Center.
ME........................... Small Business UMaine Kelp University of 2,000,000 Collins, King
Administration Nursery and Maine System.
(SBA). Aquaculture
Demonstration
Farm.
ME........................... Small Business UMaine Maine University of 2,400,000 Collins, King
Administration Enterprise Maine System.
(SBA). Campus and
Corridor.
OH........................... Small Business United Black United Black 500,000 Brown
Administration Fund. Fund.
(SBA).
PA........................... Small Business University City University City 400,000 Casey
Administration Science Center Science Center.
(SBA). for Equitable
Life Sciences
Innovation in
Greater
Philadelphia.
LA........................... Small Business University of University of 2,000,000 Cassidy
Administration Louisiana at Louisiana at
(SBA). Lafayette Lafayette.
Biomedical
Innovation
Center.
LA........................... Small Business University of Biomedical 1,875,000 Cassidy
Administration Louisiana at Research and
(SBA). Monroe Innovation
BioMedical Park.
Innovation Lab.
MI........................... Small Business Van Buren The Charter 60,000 Peters
Administration Township Small Township of
(SBA). Businesses Get Van Buren.
on the MAP
(Master,
Advance and
Prosper)
Program.
OH........................... Small Business Veterans Economic and 300,000 Brown
Administration Business Center. Community
(SBA). Development
Institute.
PA........................... Small Business Wayne County Wayne County 750,000 Casey
Administration Small Farm Commissioners.
(SBA). Innovation
Project.
WV........................... Small Business Wellsburg Town Wellsburg Urban 750,000 Capito, Manchin
Administration Square Small Renewal
(SBA). Business Authority, WV.
Revitalization.
DE........................... Small Business Wilmington Wilmington 328,000 Carper, Coons
Administration Business Alliance.
(SBA). Incubators.
NV........................... Small Business Winnemucca Winnemucca 1,338,000 Cortez Masto,
Administration Indian Colony-- Indian Colony. Rosen
(SBA). Small Business
Incubator.
WI........................... Small Business Wisconsin Latino Wisconsin 5,000,000 Baldwin
Administration Chamber of Latino Chamber
(SBA). Commerce- of Commerce.
Latino Economic
Gateway.
WV........................... Small Business WV Department of West Virginia 460,000 Manchin
Administration Agriculture Department of
(SBA). 'West Virginia Agriculture.
Grown' Program
Expansion.
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United States Postal Service
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $50,253,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 75,528,000
Committee recommendation................................ 50,253,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The United States Postal Service does not depend upon
taxpayer subsidies through discretionary appropriations for its
operations but generates nearly all of its annual gross
operating revenue by charging users of the mail for the costs
of postage, products, and services. Funds provided to the
Postal Service in the Payment to the Postal Service Fund
include appropriations for revenue forgone including providing
free mail for the blind, and for overseas absentee voting.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends appropriations totaling
$50,253,000 for payment to the Postal Service Fund to
compensate for revenue forgone on free mail for the blind and
for overseas voters. This amount is the same as the fiscal year
2023 enacted level and $25,275,000 less than the budget
request.
Rural Post Offices.--The Committee includes provisions in
the bill to ensure that mail for overseas voting and mail for
the blind shall continue to be free; and that none of the funds
provided be used to consolidate or close small rural and other
small post offices in fiscal year 2024.
Zip Codes.--The Committee directs the United States Postal
Service [USPS] to conduct an internal review of why there are
numerous instances, nationwide, where assigned zip codes
overlap municipal jurisdictions resulting in multiple city
listings or incorrect listings. Given that the USPS recognizes
the importance of last-line city designations, the Committee
would direct the USPS to provide a detailed report of their
findings, including what solutions could be utilized to ensure
proper designations in the future.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $271,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 290,579,000
Committee recommendation................................ 271,000,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The United States Postal Service Office of Inspector
General is an independent organization established in 1996 and
charged with reporting to Congress on the overall efficiency,
effectiveness, and economy of Postal Service programs and
operations.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation, out of the
Postal Fund, of $271,000,000, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2023 enacted level and $19,579,000 less than the budget
request.
Access to the Postal Service Asset Forfeiture Fund.--The
Committee recognizes that, since 2005, the USPS OIG has been a
valuable law enforcement partner and active participant in the
Postal Service's asset forfeiture program, which is managed by
the U.S. Postal Inspection Service [USPIS]. Notably, over the
past 15 years, the OIG has contributed over $35,000,000 in
forfeited funds to the Postal Service Fund, either from cases
where it was the lead investigating agency or as a participant
in joint law enforcement investigations. However, the Committee
is concerned that the OIG no longer has access to proceeds in
the Fund, as it has had since 2005. The Committee further notes
its strong support for the OIG's ongoing efforts to investigate
narcotics trafficking and healthcare fraud involving the Postal
Service.
Mail Security.--The Office of the Inspector General [OIG]
is encouraged to make recommendations to the Postal Service as
it looks to make significant improvements in the security of
the mail. OIG recommendations should take into consideration
its findings in recent Field Operations Review Team [FORT]
audits and other relevant work.
United States Tax Court
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2023.................................... $57,300,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 65,700,000
Committee recommendation................................ 57,300,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The U.S. Tax Court is an independent judicial body
reconstituted in 1969 under Article I of the Constitution of
the United States. The Court was created to provide a national
forum for the resolution of disputes between taxpayers and the
Internal Revenue Service, to ensure the uniform interpretation
of the Internal Revenue Code, and to provide times and places
of trial with a view to giving reasonable opportunity for
taxpayers to appear before the Court with as little
inconvenience and expense as is practicable. The Court's
mission is to resolve cases expeditiously while giving careful
consideration to the merits of each matter.
The Tax Court is one of the courts in which taxpayers can
bring suit to contest IRS determinations, and it is the primary
court in which taxpayers can do so without prepaying any
portion of the disputed taxes. The matters over which the Court
has jurisdiction are set forth in various sections of title 26
of the United States Code.
The Court is composed of 19 judges, one of whom the judges
elect as chief judge. Tax Court judges are appointed to 15-year
terms by the President with the advice and consent of the
Senate. In their judicial duties, the judges are assisted by
senior judges, who participate in the adjudication of regular
cases, and by special trial judges, who hear small tax cases
and certain regular cases assigned to them by the chief judge.
The Court is headquartered in Washington, DC, and conducts
trial sessions relating to 74 designated cities throughout the
United States, including Hawaii and Alaska. Decisions by the
Court are reviewable by the U.S. courts of appeals and, if
certiorari is granted, by the Supreme Court.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $57,300,000
for the U.S. Tax Court, which is the same as the fiscal year
2023 enacted level and $8,400,000 less than the budget request.
STATEMENT CONCERNING GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Financial Services and General Government
appropriations bill includes general provisions which govern
both the activities of the agencies covered by the bill, and,
in some cases, activities of agencies, programs, and general
government activities that are not specifically covered by the
bill.
General provisions that address activities or directives
affecting agencies covered in this bill are contained in title
VI. General provisions that are Government-wide in scope are
specified in title VII of this bill. General provisions
applicable to the District of Columbia are set forth in title
VIII of this bill.
TITLE VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)
Section 601 continues the provision prohibiting pay and
other expenses of non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory
or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this act.
Section 602 continues the language prohibiting obligations
beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly provided and
modifies the language prohibiting transfers of funds unless
expressly provided.
Section 603 continues the provision limiting expenditures
for any consulting service through procurement contracts where
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available
for public inspection.
Section 604 continues the provision prohibiting funds in
this act from being transferred without express authority.
Section 605 continues the provision prohibiting the use of
funds to engage in activities that would prohibit the
enforcement of section 307 of the 1930 Tariff Act (46 Stat.
590).
Section 606 continues the provision prohibiting the use of
funds unless the recipient agrees to comply with the Buy
American Act.
Section 607 continues the provision prohibiting funding for
any person or entity convicted of violating the Buy American
Act.
Section 608 continues the provision authorizing the
reprogramming of funds and specifies the reprogramming
procedures for agencies funded by this act.
Section 609 continues the provision ensuring that 50
percent of unobligated balances may remain available for
certain purposes.
Section 610 continues the provision restricting the use of
funds for the Executive Office of the President to request
official background reports from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation without the written consent of the individual who
is the subject of the report.
Section 611 continues the provision ensuring that the cost
accounting standards shall not apply with respect to a contract
under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Section 612 continues the provision allowing use of certain
funds relating to nonforeign area cost of living allowances.
Section 613 continues the provision prohibiting the
expenditure of funds for abortions under the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program.
Section 614 continues the provision providing an exemption
from section 613 if the life of the mother is in danger or the
pregnancy is a result of an act of rape or incest.
Section 615 continues the provision waiving restrictions on
the purchase of nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies
in the case of acquisition by the Federal Government of
information technology.
Section 616 continues a provision on the acceptance by
agencies or commissions funded by this act, or by their
officers or employees, of payment or reimbursement for travel,
subsistence, or related expenses from any person or entity (or
their representative) that engages in activities regulated by
such agencies or commissions.
Section 617 continues the provision requiring agencies
covered by this act with independent leasing authority to
consult with the General Services Administration before seeking
new office space or making alterations to existing office
space.
Section 618 provides for several appropriated mandatory
accounts, where authorizing language requires the payment of
funds for Compensation of the President, the Judicial
Retirement Funds (Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, Judicial
Survivors' Annuities Fund, and the United States Court of
Federal Claims Judges' Retirement Fund), the Government Payment
for Annuitants for Employee Health Benefits and Employee Life
Insurance, and the Payment to the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund. In addition, language is included for certain
retirement, healthcare and survivor benefits required by 3
U.S.C. 102 note.
Section 619 continues a provision prohibiting funds for the
Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft report on food
marketed to children.
Section 620 continues the provision providing authority for
Chief Information Officers over information technology
spending.
Section 621 continues the provision prohibiting funds from
being used in contravention of the Federal Records Act.
Section 622 continues the provision related to electronic
communications.
Section 623 continues the provision relating to inspectors
general.
Section 624 continues a provision relating to Universal
Service Fund payments for wireless providers.
Section 625 continues the provision relating to pornography
and computer networks.
Section 626 continues the provision to prohibit funds to
pay for award or incentive fees for contractors with below
satisfactory performance.
Section 627 continues the provision relating to conference
expenditures.
Section 628 continues the provision relating to Federal
travel.
Section 629 continues the provision relating to contracts
for public relations services.
Section 630 continue a provision relating to advertising
and educational programming.
Section 631 continues a provision relating to statements
regarding projects or programs funded by this act.
Section 632 continues a provision prohibiting the SEC from
finalizing, issuing, or implementing a rule, regulation, or
order requiring the disclosure of political contributions,
contributions to tax-exempt organizations, or dues paid to
trade associations in SEC filings.
Section 633 continues a provision that requires agencies
funded in this act to provide periodic reports of obligations.
Section 634 rescinds $150,000,000 from the Treasury
Forfeiture Fund.
Section 635 rescinds $80,000,000 from the American Rescue
Plan from the Information Technology Oversight and Reform Fund.
Section 636 rescinds $290,000,000 from the American Rescue
Plan from the Technology Modernization Fund.
Section 637 rescinds $10,000,000,000 from the Inflation
Reduction Act from the IRS.
Section 638 is a new provision that amends the National
Archives and Records Administration's [NARA] authorities to
take custody of and dispose of records and requires the
Archivist of the United States to establish regulations
directing the transition to electronic recordkeeping.
Section 639 rescinds $10,000,000 from the Fiscal Year 2020
Consolidated Appropriations Act from the GSA Federal Buildings
Fund.
TITLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS--GOVERNMENT-WIDE
Departments, Agencies, and Corporations
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Section 701 continues the provision requiring agencies to
administer a policy designed to ensure that all of its
workplaces are free from the illegal use of controlled
substances.
Section 702 modifies the provision setting specific limits
on the cost of passenger vehicles purchased by the Federal
Government with exceptions for police, heavy-duty, electric
hybrid, and clean fuels vehicles with an exception for
commercial vehicles that operate on emerging motor vehicle
technology.
Section 703 continues the provision allowing funds made
available to agencies for travel to also be used for quarterly
allowances and cost-of-living allowances.
Section 704 continues the provision prohibiting the
Government, with certain specified exceptions, from employing
non-U.S. citizens whose posts of duty would be in the
continental United States.
Section 705 continues the provision ensuring that agencies
will have authority to pay the General Services Administration
for space renovation and other services.
Section 706 continues the provision allowing agencies to
use receipts from the sale of materials for acquisition, waste
reduction and prevention, environmental management programs,
and other Federal employee programs.
Section 707 continues the provision providing that funds
for administrative expenses may be used to pay rent and other
service costs in the District of Columbia.
Section 708 continues the provision precluding interagency
financing of groups absent prior statutory approval.
Section 709 continues the provision prohibiting the use of
appropriated funds for enforcing regulations disapproved in
accordance with the applicable law of the United States.
Section 710 continues the provision limiting the amount
that can be used for redecoration of offices under certain
circumstances.
Section 711 continues the provision that permits
interagency funding of national security and emergency
preparedness telecommunications initiatives, which benefit
multiple Federal departments, agencies, and entities.
Section 712 continues the provision requiring agencies to
certify that a schedule C appointment was not created solely or
primarily to detail the employee to the White House.
Section 713 continues the provision prohibiting the use of
funds to prevent Federal employees from communicating with
Congress or to take disciplinary or personnel actions against
employees for such communication.
Section 714 continues the provision prohibiting Federal
training not directly related to the performance of official
duties.
Section 715 continues the provision prohibiting the use of
appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda designed to
support or defeat legislation pending before Congress.
Section 716 continues the provision prohibiting the use of
appropriated funds by an agency to provide home addresses of
Federal employees to labor organizations, absent employee
authorization, or court order.
Section 717 continues the provision prohibiting the use of
appropriated funds to provide nonpublic information such as
mailing or telephone lists to any person or organization
outside of the Government without approval of the Committees on
Appropriations.
Section 718 continues the provision prohibiting the use of
appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda purposes within
the United States not authorized by Congress.
Section 719 continues the provision directing agencies'
employees to use official time in an honest effort to perform
official duties.
Section 720 continues the provision authorizing the use of
current fiscal year funds to finance an appropriate share of
the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board administrative
costs.
Section 721 modifies a provision authorizing the transfer
of funds to the General Services Administration to finance an
appropriate share of various Governmentwide boards and councils
under certain conditions.
Section 722 continues the provision authorizing
breastfeeding at any location in a Federal building or on
Federal property.
Section 723 continues the provision permitting interagency
funding of the National Science and Technology Council, and
requiring an OMB report on the budget and resources of the
Council.
Section 724 continues the provision requiring
identification of the Federal agencies providing Federal funds
and the amount provided for all proposals, solicitations, grant
applications, forms, notifications, press releases, or other
publications related to the distribution of funding to a State.
Section 725 continues the provision prohibiting the use of
funds to monitor personal information relating to the use of
Federal Internet sites.
Section 726 continues the provision regarding contraceptive
coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan.
Section 727 continues the provision recognizing that the
United States is committed to ensuring the health of the
Olympic, Pan American and Paralympic athletes, and supports the
strict adherence to antidoping in sport activities.
Section 728 continues the provision allowing departments
and agencies to use official travel funds to participate in the
fractional aircraft ownership pilot programs.
Section 729 continues the provision prohibiting funds for
implementation of OPM regulations limiting detailees to the
legislative branch and placing certain limitations on the Coast
Guard Congressional Fellowship program.
Section 730 continues the provision prohibiting the
expenditure of funds for the acquisition of certain additional
Federal law enforcement training facilities.
Section 731 continues a provision that prohibits executive
branch agencies from creating or funding prepackaged news
stories that are broadcast or distributed in the United States
unless specific notification conditions are met.
Section 732 continues a provision prohibiting funds used in
contravention of the Privacy Act, section 552a of title 5,
United States Code or section 522.224 of title 48 of the Code
of Federal Regulations.
Section 733 continues a provision prohibiting funds in this
or any other act from being used for Federal contracts with
inverted domestic corporations or other corporations using
similar inverted structures, unless the contract preceded this
act or the Secretary grants a waiver in the interest of
national security.
Section 734 continues a provision requiring agencies to
remit to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an
amount equal to the Office of Personnel Management's average
unit cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding
fiscal year to be available to the Office of Personnel
Management for the cost of processing retirements of employees
who separate under Voluntary Early Retirement Authority or who
receive Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments.
Section 735 continues a provision prohibiting funds to
require any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract
to disclose political contributions.
Section 736 continues a provision prohibiting funds for the
painting of a portrait of an employee of the Federal Government
including the President, the Vice President, a Member of
Congress, the head of an executive branch agency, of the head
of an office of the legislative branch.
Section 737 continues a provision limiting the pay
increases of certain prevailing rate employees.
Section 738 continues a provision requiring reports to
Inspectors General concerning expenditures for agency
conferences.
Section 739 continues a provision prohibiting the use of
funds to increase, eliminate, or reduce a program or project
unless such change is made pursuant to reprogramming or
transfer provisions.
Section 740 continues a provision prohibiting the Office of
Personnel Management or any other agency from using funds to
implement regulations changing the competitive areas under
reductions-in-force for Federal employees.
Section 741 continues a provision that prohibits the use of
funds to begin or announce a study or a public-private
competition regarding the conversion to contractor performance
of any function performed by civilian Federal employees
pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or
any other administrative regulation, directive, or policy.
Section 742 continues a provision that ensures that
contractors are not prevented from reporting waste, fraud, or
abuse by signing confidentiality agreements that would prohibit
such disclosure.
Section 743 continues a provision prohibiting the
expenditure of funds for the implementation of agreements in
certain nondisclosure policies unless certain provisions are
included in the policies.
Section 744 continues a provision prohibiting funds to any
corporation with certain unpaid Federal tax liabilities unless
an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the
corporation and made a determination that this further action
is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.
Section 745 continues a provision prohibiting funds to any
corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation
within the preceding 24 months unless an agency has considered
suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a
determination that this further action is not necessary to
protect the interests of the Government.
Section 746 continues a provision relating to the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau. Given the need for transparency
and accountability in the Federal budgeting process, the
Committee directs the Bureau to provide a briefing at least
annually before the relevant Appropriations subcommittee on the
Bureau's finances and expenditures.
Section 747 continues a provision regarding pay levels for
the Vice President, political appointees paid under the
executive schedule, ambassadors who are not career members of
the Foreign Service, politically appointed (noncareer) Senior
Executive Service employees, and other senior political
appointee paid at or above level IV of the executive schedule.
Section 748 continues a provision related to the
impoundment of resources.
Section 749 continues a provision that requires Federal
agencies to notify the Committee if an apportionment request is
not approved in a timely manner.
Section 750 continues a provision that requires certain
recordkeeping requirement for certain recipients of Federal
funds.
Section 751 continues a provision relating to funding of
Federal research programs in DOD and NIH.
Section 752 modifies a provision authorizing the transfer
of funds to GSA to finance an appropriate share of various
information technology projects among Government-wide boards
and councils under certain conditions.
Section 753 is a new provision addressing possible
technical scorekeeping differences between the Office of
Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office for
fiscal year 2024.
Section 754 is a new provision allowing agencies receiving
funds in Public Law 117-58 to transfer funds to the Fish and
Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service for the
costs of carrying out their responsibilities related to 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Section 755 continues a provision declaring the
inapplicability of these general provisions to title IV and
title VIII.
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Section 801 allows the use of local funds for making
refunds or paying judgments against the District of Columbia
government.
Section 802 prohibits the use of Federal funds for
publicity or propaganda designed to support or defeat
legislation before Congress or any State legislature.
Section 803 establishes reprogramming procedures for
Federal funds.
Section 804 prohibits the use of Federal funds for the
salaries and expenses of a shadow U.S. Senator or U.S.
Representative.
Section 805 places restrictions on the use of District of
Columbia government vehicles.
Section 806 prohibits the use of Federal funds for a
petition or civil action that seeks to require voting rights
for the District of Columbia in Congress.
Section 807 prohibits the use of Federal funds in this act
to distribute, for the purpose of preventing the spread of
blood borne pathogens, sterile needles or syringes in any
location that has been determined by local public health
officials or local law enforcement authorities to be
inappropriate for such distribution.
Section 808 concerns a ``conscience clause'' on legislation
that pertains to contraceptive coverage by health insurance
plans.
Section 809 prohibits Federal funds to enact or carry out
any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or reduce penalties
associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any
schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act or any
tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. In addition, section 809
prohibits Federal and local funds to enact any law, rule, or
regulation to legalize or reduce penalties associated with the
possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance
under the Controlled Substances Act or any
tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational purposes.
Section 810 prohibits the use of funds for abortion except
in the cases of rape or incest or if necessary, to save the
life of the mother.
Section 811 requires the CFO to submit a revised operating
budget no later than 30 calendar days after the enactment of
this act for agencies the CFO certifies as requiring a
reallocation to address unanticipated program needs.
Section 812 requires the CFO to submit a revised operating
budget for the District of Columbia Public Schools, no later
than 30 calendar days after the enactment of this act, which
aligns schools' budgets to actual enrollment.
Section 813 allows for transfers of local funds between
operating funds and capital and enterprise funds.
Section 814 prohibits the obligation of Federal funds
beyond the current fiscal year and transfers of funds unless
expressly provided herein.
Section 815 provides that not to exceed 50 percent of
unobligated balances from Federal appropriations for salaries
and expenses may remain available for certain purposes. This
provision applies to the District of Columbia Courts, the Court
Services and Offender Supervision Agency, and the District of
Columbia Public Defender Service.
Section 816 appropriates local funds during fiscal year
2024 if there is an absence of a continuing resolution or
regular appropriation for the District of Columbia. Funds are
provided under the same authorities and conditions and in the
same manner and extent as provided for in fiscal year 2023.
Section 817 provides the District of Columbia authority to
transfer, receive, and acquire lands and funding it deems
necessary for the construction and operation of interstate
bridges over navigable waters, including related
infrastructure, for a project to expand commuter and regional
passenger rail service and provide bike and pedestrian access
crossings.
Section 818 requires each Federal and District government
agency appropriated Federal funding in this act to submit to
the Committees quarterly budget reports on obligations.
Section 819 is new a provision that provides for an
increase of the maximum grant award under the DC Tuition
Assistance Grant Program.
Section 820 specifies that references to ``this act'' in
this title or title IV are treated as referring only to the
provisions of this title and title IV.
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports on
general appropriations bills identify each Committee amendment
to the House bill ``which proposes an item of appropriation
which is 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.''
Items providing funding for fiscal year 2024 which lack
authorization are as follows:
Department of the Treasury
Departmental Offices
Department-wide Systems and Capital Investments
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
Cybersecurity Enhancement Account
Office of the Inspector General
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Fiscal Service
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Internal Revenue Service
Executive Office of the President
District of Columbia
Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support
Federal Payment for the District of Columbia Water and
Sewer Authority
Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions
Federal Payment for School Improvement
Federal Payment for the D.C. National Guard
Independent Agencies
Administrative Conference of the United States
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Election Assistance Commission
Federal Election Commission
Federal Trade Commission
General Services Administration:
Merit Systems Protection Board
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation,
Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
Office of Government Ethics
Securities and Exchange Commission
Small Business Administration
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(c), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on July 13, 2023,
the Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill (S.
2309) making appropriations for financial services and general
government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, 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 29-0, a quorum being present. The vote was as follows:
Yeas Nays
Chair Murray
Mrs. Feinstein
Mr. Durbin
Mr. Reed
Mr. Tester
Mrs. Shaheen
Mr. Merkley
Mr. Coons
Mr. Schatz
Ms. Baldwin
Mr. Murphy
Mr. Manchin
Mr. Van Hollen
Mr. Heinrich
Mr. Peters
Ms. Collins
Mr. McConnell
Ms. Murkowski
Mr. Graham
Mr. Moran
Mr. Hoeven
Mr. Boozman
Mrs. Capito
Mr. Kennedy
Mrs. Hyde-Smith
Mr. Hagerty
Mrs. Britt
Mr. Rubio
Mrs. Fischer
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 12 of 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.
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 201--General Provisions
Sec. 3006A. Adequate representation of defendants
(a) Choice of Plan.--* * *
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(d) Payment for Representation.--
(1) Hourly rate.--Any attorney appointed pursuant
to this section or the attorney's law firm or a bar
association or legal aid agency or community defender
organization which has provided the appointed attorney
shall, at the conclusion of the representation or any
segment thereof, be compensated at a rate not exceeding
$60 per hour for time expended in court or before a
United States magistrate judge and $40 per hour for
time reasonably expended out of court, unless the
Judicial Conference determines that a higher rate of
not in excess of $75 per hour is justified for a
circuit or for particular districts within a circuit,
for time expended in court or before a United States
magistrate judge and for time expended out of court. *
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TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
Chapter 21--National Archives and Records Administration
Sec. 2107. Acceptance of records for historical preservation
(a) In General.--* * *
* * * * * * *
(2) direct and effect the transfer of records of a
Federal agency determined by the Archivist to have
sufficient historical or other value to warrant their
continued preservation by the United States Government
to the National Archives of the United States, as soon
as practicable, and at a time mutually agreed upon by
the Archivist and the head of that Federal agency not
later than thirty years after such records were created
or received by that agency, unless [the head of such
agency has certified in writing to the Archivist] the
Archivist determines, after consulting with the head of
such agency, that such records must be retained in the
custody of such agency for use in the conduct of the
regular business of the agency;
* * * * * * *
Chapter 29--Records Management by the Archivist of the United States
and by the Administrator of General Services
Sec. 2904. General responsibilities for records management
(d) The Archivist shall promulgate regulations requiring
all Federal agencies to transfer all [digital or electronic]
records to the National Archives of the United States in
digital or electronic form to the greatest extent possible.
* * * * * * *
Sec. 3308. Disposal of similar records where prior disposal was
authorized
When it appears to the Archivist that an agency has in its
custody, or is accumulating, records of the same form or
character as those of the same agency previously authorized to
be disposed of, he may [empower] direct the head of the agency
to dispose of the records, after they have been in existence a
specified period of time, in accordance with regulations
promulgated under section 3302 of this title and without
listing or scheduling them.
* * * * * * *
Chapter 33--Disposal of Records
Sec. 3303a. Examination by Archivist of lists and schedules of records
lacking preservation value; disposal of records
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JUDICIAL IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1990,
PUBLIC LAW 101-650
SEC. 203. APPOINTMENT AND NUMBER OF DISTRICT JUDGES.
(a) In General.--* * *
* * * * * * *
(c) Temporary Judgeships.--The President shall appoint, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate--
(1) 1 additional district judge for the eastern
district of California;
* * * * * * *
(12) 1 additional district judge for the eastern
district of Virginia.
Except with respect to the district of Kansas, the western
district of Michigan, the eastern district of Pennsylvania, the
district of Hawaii, and the northern district of Ohio, the
first vacancy in the office of district judge in each of the
judicial districts named in this subsection, occurring 10 years
or more after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill
the temporary judgeship created by this subsection, shall not
be filled. The first vacancy in the office of district judge in
the district of Kansas occurring [32 years and 6 months] 33
years and 6 months or more after the confirmation date of the
judge named to fill the temporary judgeship created for such
district under this subsection, shall not be filled. The first
vacancy in the office of district judge in the western district
of Michigan, occurring after December 1, 1995, shall not be
filled. The first vacancy in the office of district judge in
the eastern district of Pennsylvania, occurring 5 years or more
after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the
temporary judgeship created for such district under this
subsection, shall not be filled. The first vacancy in the
office of district judge in the northern district of Ohio
occurring 19 years or more after the confirmation date of the
judge named to fill the temporary judgeship created under this
subsection shall not be filled. The first vacancy in the office
of the district judge in the district of Hawaii occurring [29
years and 6 months] 30 years and 6 months or more after the
confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary
judgeship created under this subsection shall not be filled.
For districts named in this subsection for which multiple
judgeships are created by this Act, the last of those
judgeships filled shall be the judgeships created under this
section.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS ACT OF 1999,
PUBLIC LAW 106-98
SEC. 3. PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM.
(a) Grants.--
(1) In general.--* * *
(2) Maximum student amounts.--An eligible student
shall have paid on the student's behalf under this
section--
(A) not more than [$10,000] $15,000 for any
1 award year (as defined in section 481 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088));
and
a total of not more than [$50,000]
$75,000.
(3) Proration.--The Mayor shall prorate payments
under this section for students who attend an eligible
institution on less than a full-time basis.
(b) Reduction for Insufficient Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--If the funds appropriated pursuant
to subsection (i) for any fiscal year are insufficient
to award a grant in the amount determined under
subsection (a) on behalf of each eligible student
enrolled in an eligible institution, then the Mayor
shall--
(A) first, ratably reduce the amount of the
tuition and fee payment made on behalf of each
eligible student who has not received funds
under this section for a preceding year; [and]
(B) after making reductions under
subparagraph (A), ratably reduce the amount of
the tuition and fee payment of each eligible
student who receives more than $10,000 for the
award year; and
[(B)] (C) after making reductions under
[subparagraph (A)] subparagraphs (A) and (B),
ratably reduce the amount of the tuition and
fee payments made on behalf of all other
eligible students.
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21ST CENTURY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZATON ACT,
PUBLIC LAW 107-273
SEC. 312. ADDITIONAL FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS.
(a) Permanent District Judges for the District Courts.--
* * * * * * *
(c) Temporary Judgeships.--
(1) In general.* * *
* * * * * * *
(2) Vacancies not filled.--The first vacancy in the
office of district judge in each of the offices of
district judge authorized by this subsection, except in
the case of the central district of California and the
western district of North Carolina, occurring [21
years] 22 years or more after the confirmation date of
the judge named to fill the temporary district
judgeship created in the applicable district by this
subsection, shall not be filled. The first vacancy in
the office of district judge in the central district of
California occurring [20 years and 6 months] 21 years
and 6 months or more after the confirmation date of the
judge named to fill the temporary district judgeship
created in that district by this subsection, shall not
be filled. The first vacancy in the office of district
judge in the western district of North Carolina
occurring [19 years] 20 years or more after the
confirmation date of the judge named to fill the
temporary district judgeship created in that district
by this subsection, shall not be filled.
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UNIVERSAL SERVICE ANTIDEFICIENCY TEMPORARY SUSPENSION ACT, PUBLIC LAW
108-494
TITLE III--UNIVERSAL SERVICE
SEC. 302. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN TITLE 31 PROVISIONS TO UNIVERSAL
SERVICE FUND.
(a) In General.--During the period beginning on the date of
enactment of this Act and ending on [December 31, 2023]
December 31, 2024, section 1341 and subchapter II of chapter 15
of title 31, United States Code, do not apply--
* * * * * * *
(b) Post-2005 Fulfillment of Protected Obligations.--
Section 1341 and subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31,
United States Code, do not apply after [December 31, 2023]
December 31, 2024, to an expenditure or obligation described in
subsection (a)(2) made or authorized during the period
described in subsection (a).
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TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE JUDICIARY,
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2006, PUBLIC LAW 109-115
TITLE IV
THE JUDICIARY
Administrative Provisions--The Judiciary
Sec. 406. The existing judgeship for the eastern district
of Missouri authorized by section 203(c) of the Judicial
Improvements Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-650, 104 Stat. 5089)
as amended by Public Law 105-53, as of the effective date of
this Act, shall be extended. The first vacancy in the office of
district judge in this district occurring [30 years and 6
months] 31 years and 6 months or more after the confirmation
date of the judge named to fill the temporary judgeship created
by section 203(c) shall not be filled.
BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 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 2024: Subcommittee on Financial Services
and General Government:
Mandatory........................................... 22,334 22,334 22,326 \1\22,326
Discretionary....................................... 16,807 16,950 32,920 \1\33,018
Defense......................................... 43 43 ............ 41
Non-defense..................................... 16,764 16,907 ............ 32,977
Projection of outlays associated with the
recommendation:
2024................................................ ............ ............ ............ \2\43,125
2025................................................ ............ ............ ............ 3,975
2026................................................ ............ ............ ............ (182)
2027................................................ ............ ............ ............ (870)
2028 and future years............................... ............ ............ ............ (7,305)
Financial assistance to State and local governments for NA 728 NA \2\149
2024...................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\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 for disaster relief and in accordance with section
251(b)(2)(D) of BBEDCA, the Committee anticipates that the Budget Committee will revise the 302(a) allocation
for the Committee on Appropriations to reflect an upward adjustment of $143,000,000 in budget authority and
the associated outlays.
DISCLOSURE OF CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS
The Constitution vests in the Congress the power of the
purse. The Committee believes strongly that Congress should
make the decisions on how to allocate the people's money. As
defined in Rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the
term ``congressionally directed spending item'' means a
provision or report language included primarily at the request
of a Senator, providing, authorizing, or recommending a
specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit
authority, or other spending authority for a contract, loan,
loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure
with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality
or congressional district, other than through a statutory or
administrative, formula-driven, or competitive award process.
For each item, a Member is required to provide a
certification that neither the Member nor the Member's
immediate family has a pecuniary interest in such
congressionally directed spending item. Such certifications are
available to the public on the website of the Senate Committee
on Appropriations (https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/
congressionally-directed-spending-requests).
Following is a list of congressionally directed spending
items included in the Senate recommendation discussed in this
explanatory statement, along with the name of each Senator who
submitted a request to the Committee of jurisdiction for each
item so identified. Neither the Committee recommendation nor
this report contains any limited tax benefits or limited tariff
benefits as defined in rule XLIV.
CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recommended
State Account Project Name Recipient ($) Requestor(s)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HI........................... National 'Olelo's 'Olelo 600,000 Schatz
Archives and Accelerating Community
Records Archive Access Media.
Administration Hawaii.
(NARA).
CO........................... Small Business AAPI Small Asian Chamber 750,000 Bennet
Administration Business of Commerce
(SBA). Initiative. Colorado.
RI........................... Small Business Accelerating Bi- Rhode Island 550,000 Reed
Administration Lateral Trade. Commerce
(SBA). Corporation.
HI........................... Small Business Accelerating Maui Economic 1,750,000 Hirono, Schatz
Administration Small Business Development
(SBA). in the Space Board, Inc..
Economy.
DE........................... Small Business Accelerator for Delaware Black 150,000 Carper, Coons
Administration Disadvantaged Chamber of
(SBA). Businesses. Commerce.
MN........................... Small Business ACER African Career 775,000 Klobuchar,
Administration Cooperative, Education & Smith
(SBA). Business Resource, Inc..
Development and
Community
Wealth Building
Project.
MI........................... Small Business Advanced Michigan 250,000 Peters,
Administration Materials and Technological Stabenow
(SBA). Critical University.
Minerals
Business
Acceleration
Program.
WI........................... Small Business ADVOCAP- Child ADVOCAP........ 600,000 Baldwin
Administration Care Incubator.
(SBA).
MD........................... National African American African 162,000 Van Hollen
Archives and Heritage Center. American
Records Resources-
Administration Cultural and
(NARA). Heritage
Society Inc..
AK........................... National Alaska Federal University of 3,000,000 Murkowski
Archives and Lands History Alaska
Records Project. Anchorage.
Administration
(NARA).
AK........................... Small Business Alaska University of 2,000,000 Murkowski
Administration Healthcare Alaska System.
(SBA). Innovation.
AK........................... National Alaska Leaders Alaska Leaders 10,000,000 Murkowski
Archives and Archive. Archive, Inc..
Records
Administration
(NARA).
AK........................... Small Business Alaska Native Alaska Native 295,000 Murkowski
Administration Artist Arts
(SBA). Directory. Foundation
(ANAF).
AK........................... Small Business Alaska Native University of 1,000,000 Murkowski
Administration Entrepreneurshi Alaska System.
(SBA). p Program.
GA........................... National Archival John and 595,000 Ossoff, Warnock
Archives and Curation and Lillian Miles
Records Digitization of Lewis
Administration John Lewis Foundation,
(NARA). Records Inc..
Supporting
Georgia
Education and
Historical
Preservation.
WV........................... National Archival West Virginia 2,226,000 Capito, Manchin
Archives and Facilities Department of
Records Renovation Arts, Culture
Administration Project. and History.
(NARA).
MS........................... National Archive University of 2,796,000 Hyde-Smith
Archives and Digitization Mississippi
Records and Publication Medical Center.
Administration Project.
(NARA).
OR........................... National Archives for the Oregon 488,000 Merkley, Wyden
Archives and Public. Historical
Records Society.
Administration
(NARA).
AR........................... Office of Arkansas Youth University of 5,000,000 Boozman
National Drug Drug Use Arkansas--Litt
Control Policy Reduction le Rock.
(ONDCP). Program.
NM........................... Small Business Asian American Albuquerque 1,000,000 Lujan
Administration Cultural Center. Community
(SBA). Foundation.
NM........................... Small Business Asian Business Asian Business 100,000 Heinrich
Administration Collaborative. Collaborative.
(SBA).
WA........................... Small Business Ballard Ballard Chamber 600,000 Murray
Administration Neighborhood of Commerce
(SBA). Small Business (dba Ballard
Incubator Alliance).
Expansion.
MD........................... Small Business Baltimore Baltimore 500,000 Cardin,
Administration Community Community Van Hollen
(SBA). Lending Lending.
Business
Development and
Resource Center.
MD........................... Small Business Baltimore Baltimore 1,000,000 Cardin,
Administration Community Community Van Hollen
(SBA). Lending Lending.
Business
Development and
Resource Center
Site
Development.
MD........................... General Services Baltimore, General 1,500,000 Cardin,
Administration Edward A. Services Van Hollen
(GSA). Garmatz U.S. Administration.
Courthouse.
NJ........................... Small Business BCC Business Bergen 75,000 Booker
Administration Accelerator and Community
(SBA). LatinxCEO College.
Projects.
PA........................... Small Business Bedford County Bedford County 350,000 Casey
Administration Small Business Development
(SBA). Development Association.
Project.
WI........................... Small Business Black Business Urban League of 500,000 Baldwin
Administration Hub Accelerator Greater
(SBA). Program. Madison.
OR........................... Small Business Boardman City of 1,500,000 Merkley, Wyden
Administration Business Boardman.
(SBA). Opportunity
Incubator.
WV........................... National Brooke County Brooke County 200,000 Manchin
Archives and Library Library
Records Foundation Foundation.
Administration Digitization
(NARA). and
Preservation of
the Defenders
of Bataan and
Corregidor
Special
Collection.
MI........................... Small Business Building Mid- Central 579,000 Peters,
Administration Michigan Michigan Stabenow
(SBA). Economic University,.
Resilience and
Innovation.
PA........................... Small Business Built by Us..... ASSETS 368,000 Fetterman
Administration Lancaster.
(SBA).
DE........................... Small Business Business Growth True Access 178,000 Carper, Coons
Administration in Communities Capital.
(SBA). of Color.
OH........................... Small Business Business Hub.... East Liverpool. 650,000 Brown
Administration
(SBA).
RI........................... Small Business Business Support Social 360,000 Reed,
Administration Services for Enterprise Whitehouse
(SBA). RI's Hispanic Greenhouse.
Community.
CA........................... Small Business California California 1,000,000 Feinstein
Administration Indian Indian Museum
(SBA). Traditional and Cultural
Food Incubator. Center.
MI........................... Small Business Capac Catalyst.. Village of 271,000 Peters
Administration Capac.
(SBA).
MN........................... Small Business CAPI USA CAPI USA....... 1,000,000 Klobuchar,
Administration Opportunity Smith
(SBA). Incubator.
NH........................... Small Business Catalyzing a Hannah Grimes 528,000 Shaheen
Administration Rural Biotech Center.
(SBA). Entrepreneur
Ecosystem.
MI........................... Small Business Center for City of Alma... 2,000,000 Peters
Administration Business
(SBA). Innovation,
Incubation, and
Development
(BIID): A Mid-
Michigan
Support
Ecosystem for
Small
Businesses.
PA........................... Small Business Center for Chatham 157,000 Casey
Administration Women's University.
(SBA). Entrepreneurshi
p.
NM........................... Small Business Center of The Center of 160,000 Heinrich
Administration Southwest Southwest
(SBA). Culture Culture, Inc..
Community
Development
Center.
IL........................... Small Business Childcare Women's 500,000 Duckworth
Administration Business Business
(SBA). Program Development
Expansion. Center.
VT........................... Office of Children and KidSafe 130,000 Sanders
National Drug Recovering Collaborative.
Control Policy Mothers Team
(ONDCP). (CHARM).
CA........................... Small Business City of City of 156,000 Feinstein
Administration Bellflower Bellflower.
(SBA). Entrepreneurial
Training
Program.
CA........................... Small Business City of Tulare City of Tulare. 2,500,000 Feinstein,
Administration Regional Padilla
(SBA). Business
Accelerator.
IL........................... Small Business Clean technology Evergreen 475,000 Durbin
Administration initiative. Climate
(SBA). Innovations.
CO........................... Small Business Clear Creek City of Wheat 200,000 Bennet,
Administration Makerspace Ridge. Hickenlooper
(SBA). Program
Development -
Phase II.
CT........................... Small Business ClimateHaven for ClimateHaven 500,000 Blumenthal,
Administration Buildout of Inc.. Murphy
(SBA). Climatetech
Prototyping Lab.
MS........................... Office of College Mississippi 350,000 Hyde-Smith
National Drug Community State
Control Policy Support. University.
(ONDCP).
AK........................... Small Business Community Action Rural Alaska 1,512,000 Murkowski
Administration Resource Center Community
(SBA). (CARC). Action Program.
WA........................... Small Business Community and Refugee Artisan 500,000 Murray
Administration Microbusiness Initiative.
(SBA). Development
Program.
GA........................... National Community Georgia 168,000 Ossoff
Archives and Archives Historical
Records Initiatives. Society.
Administration
(NARA).
MI........................... Small Business Community First, Communities 1,000,000 Stabenow
Administration Inc. Building First, Inc..
(SBA). Community
through Small
Business
Supports.
OR........................... National Community Lane County 30,000 Merkley, Wyden
Archives and Reading Room. History Museum.
Records
Administration
(NARA).
CT........................... Small Business ConnCORP for ConnCORP....... 4,000,000 Blumenthal,
Administration Economic Impact Murphy
(SBA). Lab.
NM........................... Small Business Creation of DreamSpring.... 307,000 Heinrich
Administration Entrepreneurs'
(SBA). Resource
Library.
MD........................... National Crownsville Anne Arundel 500,000 Cardin,
Archives and Hospital County. Van Hollen
Records Historic
Administration Documentation
(NARA). and
Storytelling.
RI........................... Small Business DESIGNxRI's DESIGNxRI...... 69,000 Whitehouse
Administration Design Catalyst
(SBA). Workforce
Development
Program.
WV........................... National Digital Archives West Virginia 1,500,000 Capito, Manchin
Archives and Portal: University.
Records Congressional
Administration Archives for
(NARA). Education.
MS........................... National Digital University of 2,000,000 Hyde-Smith,
Archives and Humanities Hub Southern Wicker
Records in Mississippi. Mississippi.
Administration
(NARA).
IL........................... National Digitization and Naperville 800,000 Durbin
Archives and preservation Heritage
Records initiative. Society.
Administration
(NARA).
MS........................... National Digitization of Tougaloo 1,900,000 Hyde-Smith
Archives and Tougaloo College.
Records College Civil
Administration Rights
(NARA). Collection.
NY........................... National Digitization, Long Island 920,000 Gillibrand,
Archives and cataloging, and University, Schumer
Records transcription Theodore
Administration of American Roosevelt
(NARA). Presidential Institute the
Family Roosevelt
Descendants School.
oral histories.
PA........................... Small Business DRIVE Business DRIVE.......... 499,000 Casey
Administration Hub Incubator.
(SBA).
WV........................... Office of Drug Free WV The Martinsburg 35,000 Capito
National Drug Youth Initiative,
Control Policy Coalitions. Inc..
(ONDCP).
DE........................... Small Business DTP@STAR Delaware 600,000 Carper, Coons
Administration Incubator Technology
(SBA). Laboratory. Park.
ME........................... Small Business Economic and Island 1,477,000 Collins, King
Administration Business Institute.
(SBA). Development
Training for
Lobstering
Communities.
KS........................... National Eisenhower Eisenhower 17,500,000 Moran
Archives and Presidential Presidential
Records Library & Library &
Administration Museum Campus Museum.
(NARA). Improvements.
VA........................... Office of eLearning Drug Partnership for 150,000 Kaine, Warner
National Drug Prevention Community
Control Policy Suite. Wellness.
(ONDCP).
VT........................... Small Business Energy and Vermont 260,000 Welch
Administration Climate Sustainable
(SBA). Business Jobs Fund.
Accelerator
Program.
NY........................... Small Business Ensuring Supply CenterState 2,000,000 Gillibrand,
Administration Chain Capacity Corporation Schumer
(SBA). to Maximize the for Economic
Micron Impact. Opportunity
(CenterState
CEO).
NJ........................... Small Business Entrepreneurship Hope 100,000 Menendez
Administration Accelerator Foundation,
(SBA). Incubation Morris County
Program. Hispanic-
American
Chamber of
Commerce.
NY........................... Small Business Equity in FuzeHub, Inc... 322,000 Gillibrand,
Administration Manufacturing Schumer
(SBA). Innovation.
NM........................... Small Business Expanding Women's 173,000 Heinrich
Administration Capacity of the Economic Self-
(SBA). WESST Incubator. Sufficiency
Team Corp dba
WESST.
AK........................... Small Business Expanding KIC's Ketchikan 350,000 Murkowski
Administration State Small Indian
(SBA). Business Credit Community.
Initiative
(SSBCI) Program
Capacity.
MD........................... Small Business Exploring, The 3rd........ 500,000 Cardin,
Administration Transitioning Van Hollen
(SBA). and Building
with The 3rd.
NM........................... National Farmington Farmington 175,000 Heinrich
Archives and Museum Museum.
Records Digitization
Administration Project.
(NARA).
MD........................... Small Business Federal Lab Maryland 1,150,000 Cardin,
Administration Leveraging Technology Van Hollen
(SBA). Innovation to Development
Products Corporation
(FLLIP) Pilot (TEDCO).
Program.
DE........................... Small Business Food Incubator Cornerstone 1,050,000 Carper, Coons
Administration Project. West CDC.
(SBA).
VA........................... Small Business Fostering YWCA South 1,428,000 Kaine, Warner
Administration Futures: Hampton Roads.
(SBA). Building Women
Owned
Businesses in
Virginia.
PA........................... Small Business Generator of Philadelphia 882,000 Fetterman
Administration Workforce Youth
(SBA). Development and Basketball,
Economic Inc., in
Opportunity. partnership
with Pursuing
Transformation
Inc..
VA........................... Small Business George Mason George Mason 1,000,000 Kaine, Warner
Administration University University.
(SBA). Center for AI
Innovation for
Economic
Competitiveness.
NM........................... Office of Girls. Inc Peer Girls. Inc..... 175,000 Heinrich
National Drug Pressure
Control Policy Resistance
(ONDCP). Program.
MD........................... Small Business Government Morgan State 700,000 Cardin,
Administration Certifications University Van Hollen
(SBA). Contracting & Foundation
Match Making Inc..
Solutions
Center.
WV........................... Small Business Greenbrier Greenbrier 819,000 Capito, Manchin
Administration Valley EDC County
(SBA). Commercializati Economic
on Center. Development
Corporation.
MD........................... Small Business Growing Maryland Family 632,000 Cardin,
Administration Opportunities Network. Van Hollen
(SBA). for Family
Child Care
(GOFCC).
VT........................... Small Business Growing Vermont Housing 740,000 Welch
Administration Vermont's Farm Conservation
(SBA). and Forest Board.
Economy.
NY........................... Small Business Harlem Arts Harlem Arts 350,000 Gillibrand,
Administration Alliance Alliance. Schumer
(SBA). Support for
Local Artists
and Creative
Businesses.
NJ........................... Small Business Hispanic Essex County 250,000 Menendez
Administration Entrepreneurshi Latin America
(SBA). p Assistance Chamber of
Program. Commerce.
CT........................... Small Business Hispanic Hispanic 1,000,000 Blumenthal,
Administration Federation for Federation. Murphy
(SBA). Small Business
Support
Initiative--Cre
ar y Crecer su
Negocio.
HI........................... Small Business Hoomana Micro Native Hawaiian 435,000 Schatz
Administration and Small Chamber of
(SBA). Business Commerce.
Program.
RI........................... Small Business Hope & Main Hope & Main.... 1,455,000 Reed
Administration Culinary
(SBA). Incubator.
NJ........................... Small Business Hudson County Hudson County 150,000 Menendez
Administration Latin American Latin American
(SBA). Chamber of Chamber of
Commerce--Educa Commerce--HCLA
tional & CC.
Training
Programs.
HI........................... Small Business iLab at Manoa University of 1,500,000 Hirono, Schatz
Administration Innovation Hawaii System.
(SBA). Center.
NJ........................... Small Business ILSE Institute for 500,000 Menendez
Administration Entrepreneur Life Science
(SBA). Training Entrepreneursh
Program. ip (at Kean
University).
MD........................... Small Business Increasing State of 740,000 Cardin,
Administration Diversity in Maryland. Van Hollen
(SBA). State
Contracting.
MN........................... Small Business Indigenous Food North American 1,000,000 Klobuchar,
Administration Enterprise Traditional Smith
(SBA). Incubator and Indigenous
Food Hub. Food Systems
(NATIFS).
CA........................... Small Business Infant & Toddler City of 850,000 Padilla
Administration Care Expansion Sacramento.
(SBA). and Capacity
Building.
WI........................... Small Business Jackson County- Jackson County 1,038,000 Baldwin
Administration Child Care Child Care
(SBA). Recharge. Network.
NM........................... Small Business Keshet Idea and Keshet Dance 225,000 Heinrich
Administration Innovation Company.
(SBA). Community.
CO........................... Small Business Kitchen Network West Community 261,000 Hickenlooper
Administration Westwood. Economic
(SBA). Development
Corporation
(DBA BuCu
West).
NJ........................... Small Business LAEDA Food Latin American 500,000 Booker
Administration Business Economic
(SBA). Development Development
Center. Association,
Inc..
MA........................... Small Business Latino Economic Partners for 550,000 Markey, Warren
Administration Development Community
(SBA). Corporation (Latino
Micro-Small Economic
Business Development
Support. Corporation.
NY........................... Small Business Long Island Manufacturing 750,000 Schumer
Administration Manufacturing Consortium of
(SBA). Support Center. Long Island.
NM........................... Office of Luna County County of Luna/ 200,000 Heinrich
National Drug Youth Substance Luna County
Control Policy Use Prevention DWI Program.
(ONDCP). Program.
MN........................... Small Business Mainstreet Minnesota State 775,000 Klobuchar,
Administration Businesses University, Smith
(SBA). Focused on Food Mankato's
& Agriculture Strategic
(MBFFA): Partnership
Expansion Center.
across
Minnesota's
First District.
NM........................... Small Business Making a Living Women's 139,000 Heinrich
Administration Through Economic Self-
(SBA). Entrepreneurshi Sufficiency
p. Team Corp dba
WESST.
HI........................... Small Business Manaolana Kauai Chamber 818,000 Schatz
Administration Business of Commerce.
(SBA). Incubation
Acceleration
Hub.
RI........................... Small Business Manufacturing Rhode Island 400,000 Reed
Administration Succession. Commerce
(SBA). Corporation.
IL........................... Small Business Manufacturing mHUB........... 675,000 Durbin
Administration supply chain
(SBA). initiative.
OH........................... Small Business Marion Tech..... Marion 1,500,000 Brown
Administration Technical
(SBA). College.
MA........................... National Methuen Digital City of Methuen 222,000 Markey, Warren
Archives and History Center.
Records
Administration
(NARA).
GA........................... Small Business Minority Small Atlanta Black 619,000 Warnock
Administration Business Chambers, Inc..
(SBA). Certification
Technical
Assistance.
MS........................... Small Business Mississippi Mississippi 2,400,000 Hyde-Smith
Administration Business State
(SBA). Intelligence. University.
MS........................... Office of Mississippi Hinds Community 230,000 Hyde-Smith
National Drug Substance Abuse College.
Control Policy Prevention
(ONDCP). Program.
DE........................... National Mobile Community Delaware 395,000 Carper, Coons
Archives and Historical Historical
Records Digitization Society.
Administration and
(NARA). Preservation
Lab.
PA........................... Small Business Mom Your Mom Your 130,000 Casey
Administration Business Business.
(SBA). Community HUB.
NM........................... National Museum of Indian Museum of 500,000 Heinrich, Lujan
Archives and Arts and Indian Arts
Records Culture and Culture, a
Administration Digitization Division of
(NARA). Project. New Mexico
Department of
Cultural
Affairs.
PA........................... National Museum of the Museum of the 500,000 Casey
Archives and American American
Records Revolution Revolution.
Administration Archive
(NARA). Activation
Project.
MD........................... National Museum of the National 301,000 Cardin,
Archives and Blind People's Federation of Van Hollen
Records Movement. the Blind.
Administration
(NARA).
WV........................... Small Business National Guard West Virginia 595,000 Capito
Administration Small Business National Guard.
(SBA). Center.
OR........................... Small Business Native American Elderberry 500,000 Merkley, Wyden
Administration Agricultural Wisdom Farm.
(SBA). Business
Accelerator.
OH........................... Small Business NEOHCED Northeast Ohio 750,000 Brown
Administration CentroVilla25. Hispanic
(SBA). Center for
Economic
Development
(HBC).
NV........................... Small Business Nevada Secretary Nevada 4,000,000 Cortez Masto,
Administration of State's Secretary of Rosen
(SBA). Office--State State.
Business
License Online
Portal.
NM........................... National New Mexico New Mexico 116,000 Heinrich, Lujan
Archives and Museum of Space Museum of
Records History Space History,
Administration Digitization a Division of
(NARA). Project. the New Mexico
Department of
Cultural
Affairs.
WV........................... Small Business New River Gorge New River Gorge 750,000 Capito, Manchin
Administration Regional Regional
(SBA). Working Group. Development
Authority.
MA........................... Small Business Next Gen Small Next Gen Small 625,000 Markey, Warren
Administration Business Social Business
(SBA). Innovation Social
Incubator. Innovation
Incubator.
NJ........................... Small Business NJThrives Rutgers, The 300,000 Booker
Administration Virtual State
(SBA). Entrepreneurshi University
p Ecosystem (for NJSBDC at
Initiative. Rutgers-Newark/
RBS).
NM........................... Small Business NM MBDA New Mexico 200,000 Heinrich, Lujan
Administration Technical Minority
(SBA). Assistance Business
Project. Development
Agency
Business
Center.
NM........................... Small Business NMSBDC Online New Mexico 338,000 Heinrich
Administration Resource Small Business
(SBA). Expansion. Development
Center.
NM........................... National NMSU Borderlands Borderlands and 170,000 Heinrich
Archives and Online Ethnic Studies
Records Resources. Department-
Administration NMSU.
(NARA).
NM........................... Small Business NMVBA Business New Mexico 50,000 Heinrich
Administration Expo. Veterans
(SBA). Business
Advocates
(NMVBA).
MI........................... Small Business Northern Northern 1,145,000 Peters,
Administration Michigan Michigan Stabenow
(SBA). University University.
Security
Operations
Center (SOC).
VA........................... Small Business ODU ``Double- Old Dominion 500,000 Kaine, Warner
Administration TAP'' veteran University.
(SBA). entrepreneurshi
p accelerator.
MD........................... Small Business Pathways to Capital Region 300,000 Cardin,
Administration Emerging Minority Van Hollen
(SBA). Markets for Supplier
Socially and Development
Economically Council.
Disadvantaged
Entrepreneurs.
IL........................... National Photographic McLean County 550,000 Durbin
Archives and digitization Historical
Records initiative. Society.
Administration
(NARA).
WA........................... Small Business Pierce County Pierce County.. 1,000,000 Cantwell
Administration Business
(SBA). Accelerator
Program.
MA........................... Small Business PowerUp--Amplify The Latina 1,000,000 Markey, Warren
Administration Latinx Small Circle, Inc.
(SBA). Business (DBA Amplify
Program Latinx).
Expansion.
MI........................... National Preservation and Michigan State 1,000,000 Peters,
Archives and Digitization of University. Stabenow
Records Early Michigan
Administration Public
(NARA). Television.
AK........................... National Preserving University of 1,500,000 Murkowski
Archives and Alaska Native Alaska System.
Records Culture,
Administration Knowledge, and
(NARA). History.
RI........................... Office of Project SUCCESS: Coastline EAP 2,170,000 Reed
National Drug Substance Abuse d.b.a. Rhode
Control Policy Prevention. Island Student
(ONDCP). Assistance
Services.
NY........................... National Public Digital Project Witness 960,000 Schumer
Archives and Archive of
Records American Jewish
Administration Life from 1910
(NARA). to 1950s.
NM........................... Small Business Quality Child Partnership for 250,000 Heinrich
Administration Care Matters Community
(SBA). Program. Action.
MD........................... Small Business Raymond V. Greater 850,000 Cardin,
Administration Haysbert Center Baltimore Van Hollen
(SBA). for Urban League.
Entrepreneurshi
p.
MS........................... Small Business Regional Innovate 944,000 Hyde-Smith
Administration Innovation Mississippi.
(SBA). Partnerships.
OR........................... Small Business Regional Rural Regional Rural 1,500,000 Merkley, Wyden
Administration Revitalization Revitalization.
(SBA). (R3).
RI........................... Small Business RI Hispanic RI Hispanic 300,000 Whitehouse
Administration Chamber of Chamber of
(SBA). Commerce Commerce.
Business
Support
Services.
MD........................... Small Business RIDE (Returning Morgan State 1,500,000 Cardin,
Administration Citizens University. Van Hollen
(SBA). Inspired to
Develop
Entrepreneurial
Ventures)
Entrepreneurshi
p Resource
Center.
VA........................... National Roots Run Deep Shenandoah 72,000 Kaine, Warner
Archives and African Valley Black
Records American Heritage
Administration History Driving Project.
(NARA). Tours of the
Shenandoah
Valley of
Virginia.
NM........................... National Roswell Museum Roswell Museum. 250,000 Heinrich
Archives and Digital
Records Archiving
Administration Project.
(NARA).
NM........................... Small Business Rural Co-working County of Taos. 852,000 Heinrich, Lujan
Administration Network.
(SBA).
CO........................... National Sand Creek Sand Creek 200,000 Bennet,
Archives and Massacre Massacre Hickenlooper
Records Records Foundation.
Administration Preservation
(NARA). Project.
WV........................... National Shepherd Robert C. Byrd 250,000 Manchin
Archives and University Center for
Records Robert C. Byrd Congressional
Administration Center for History and
(NARA). Congressional Education.
History and
Education
Archives
Management
Initiatives.
OR........................... Small Business Small Business City of 500,000 Merkley, Wyden
Administration Digital Portland.
(SBA). Navigator
Training
Program.
WA........................... Small Business Small Business Tacoma Arts 2,129,000 Murray
Administration Incubator Live.
(SBA). Expansion and
Capital
Improvements.
MD........................... Small Business Small Business Latino Economic 250,000 Cardin,
Administration Legal and Development Van Hollen
(SBA). Technical Corporation.
Assistance
Program for
Maryland Legacy
Businesses.
OH........................... Small Business Small Business JumpStart Inc.. 350,000 Brown
Administration Support for
(SBA). Northeast Ohio.
AZ........................... Small Business Small Business Local First 1,000,000 Sinema
Administration Support Program. Arizona
(SBA). Foundation.
RI........................... Small Business Small Business Rhode Island 650,000 Reed,
Administration Technical Black Business Whitehouse
(SBA). Assistance. Association
(RIBBA).
NY........................... Small Business South Side Syracuse 1,000,000 Schumer
Administration Innovation University.
(SBA). Center:
Entrepreneurs
for the 21st
Century
Workforce.
MD........................... Small Business Southern Southern 270,000 Cardin,
Administration Maryland Maryland Van Hollen
(SBA). Minority Minority
Chamber of Chamber of
Commerce. Commerce.
MS........................... Office of Southern Region University of 4,400,000 Hyde-Smith
National Drug Drug-Use Mississippi.
Control Policy Reduction
(ONDCP). Program.
CO........................... Small Business Space ISAC Watch Space 590,000 Hickenlooper
Administration Center & Cyber Information
(SBA). Space Data Sharing and
Fusion Cell. Analysis
Center.
WV........................... Small Business Stackable Bridge Valley 167,000 Capito, Manchin
Administration Business Community and
(SBA). Credentials at Technical
BridgeValley College.
CTC.
PA........................... Small Business StartUp Milton The Improved 210,000 Casey
Administration Business Milton
(SBA). Incubator. Experience.
DE........................... Small Business Startup Studio-- Delaware 1,425,000 Carper, Coons
Administration Science Innovation
(SBA). Entrepeneurship Space.
Fellowship.
SC........................... National Sumter County Sumter County 1,800,000 Graham
Archives and Records Government.
Records Preservation.
Administration
(NARA).
ME........................... Small Business Sunrise County Sunrise County 541,000 Collins, King
Administration Economic Economic
(SBA). Council Small Council.
Business
Training.
VT........................... Office of Supportive Turning Point 205,000 Sanders
National Drug Outreach After Recovery
Control Policy Overdose Center of
(ONDCP). Program. Springfield.
NM........................... Small Business Targeted DreamSpring.... 200,000 Heinrich
Administration Education for
(SBA). Rural
Entrepreneurs.
DE........................... Small Business Tech2Market..... Delaware 250,000 Coons
Administration Sustainable
(SBA). Chemistry
Alliance.
MA........................... Small Business Technical Cambridge Local 150,000 Markey, Warren
Administration Assistance and First.
(SBA). Local
Procurement
Support for
Local and Small
Businesses.
NJ........................... Small Business Technology Statewide 124,000 Booker
Administration Upgrades for Hispanic
(SBA). SHCCNJ's Chamber of
Development Commerce of
Training Center. New Jersey.
MS........................... National The Hinds County Hinds Community 353,000 Wicker
Archives and Community College.
Records College Utica
Administration Institute
(NARA). Archives
Digitization.
NH........................... National The James Wright James W. Foley 350,000 Shaheen
Archives and Foley Archives Legacy
Records Collection. Foundation.
Administration
(NARA).
GA........................... Small Business The Wheelhouse.. Madison Village 368,000 Warnock
Administration for Advanced
(SBA). Entrepreneursh
ip, Inc..
NM........................... Small Business Three Sisters Three Sisters 300,000 Heinrich
Administration Kitchen Kitchen.
(SBA). Business
Training
Program in
Spanish.
WA........................... Small Business Trades District Chelan Douglas 4,000,000 Murray
Administration Phase II. Regional Port
(SBA). Authority.
GA........................... Small Business UGA Small University of 250,000 Ossoff
Administration Business Georgia.
(SBA). Development
Center.
ME........................... Small Business UMaine Kelp University of 2,000,000 Collins, King
Administration Nursery and Maine System.
(SBA). Aquaculture
Demonstration
Farm.
ME........................... Small Business UMaine Maine University of 2,400,000 Collins, King
Administration Enterprise Maine System.
(SBA). Campus and
Corridor.
OH........................... Small Business United Black United Black 500,000 Brown
Administration Fund. Fund.
(SBA).
PA........................... Small Business University City University City 400,000 Casey
Administration Science Center Science Center.
(SBA). for Equitable
Life Sciences
Innovation in
Greater
Philadelphia.
LA........................... Small Business University of University of 2,000,000 Cassidy
Administration Louisiana at Louisiana at
(SBA). Lafayette Lafayette.
Biomedical
Innovation
Center.
LA........................... Small Business University of Biomedical 1,875,000 Cassidy
Administration Louisiana at Research and
(SBA). Monroe Innovation
BioMedical Park.
Innovation Lab.
NM........................... National University of University of 200,000 Heinrich
Archives and New Mexico Art New Mexico Art
Records Museum Online Museum.
Administration Museum Project.
(NARA).
MI........................... Small Business Van Buren The Charter 60,000 Peters
Administration Township Small Township of
(SBA). Businesses Get Van Buren.
on the MAP
(Master,
Advance and
Prosper)
Program.
VT........................... National Vermont Youth Vermont 665,000 Sanders
Archives and Community Folklife
Records Action Corps. Center.
Administration
(NARA).
OH........................... Small Business Veterans Economic and 300,000 Brown
Administration Business Center. Community
(SBA). Development
Institute.
PA........................... Small Business Wayne County Wayne County 750,000 Casey
Administration Small Farm Commissioners.
(SBA). Innovation
Project.
WV........................... Small Business Wellsburg Town Wellsburg Urban 750,000 Capito, Manchin
Administration Square Small Renewal
(SBA). Business Authority, WV.
Revitalization.
DE........................... Small Business Wilmington Wilmington 328,000 Carper, Coons
Administration Business Alliance.
(SBA). Incubators.
NV........................... Small Business Winnemucca Winnemucca 1,338,000 Cortez Masto,
Administration Indian Colony-- Indian Colony. Rosen
(SBA). Small Business
Incubator.
WI........................... Small Business Wisconsin Latino Wisconsin 5,000,000 Baldwin
Administration Chamber of Latino Chamber
(SBA). Commerce- of Commerce.
Latino Economic
Gateway.
WV........................... Small Business WV Department of West Virginia 460,000 Manchin
Administration Agriculture Department of
(SBA). 'West Virginia Agriculture.
Grown' Program
Expansion.
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2024
[In thousands of dollars]
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Senate Committee recommendation
compared with (+ or -)
Item 2023 Budget estimate Committee -----------------------------------
appropriation recommendation 2023
appropriation Budget estimate
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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 273,882 332,199 273,882 ................ -58,317
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States Fund..... 21,000 21,000 21,000 ................ ................
CFIUS Offsetting user fees................................ -21,000 -21,000 -21,000 ................ ................
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence................ 216,059 244,000 221,059 +5,000 -22,941
Cybersecurity Enhancement Account............................. 100,000 215,000 100,000 ................ -115,000
Department-wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs...... 11,118 30,881 11,118 ................ -19,763
Office of Inspector General................................... 48,878 49,180 48,878 ................ -302
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration............. 174,250 187,368 174,250 ................ -13,118
Special Inspector General for TARP............................ 9,000 ................ ................ -9,000 ................
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Total, Departmental Offices............................... 833,187 1,058,628 829,187 -4,000 -229,441
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.......................... 190,193 228,908 190,193 ................ -38,715
Bureau of the Fiscal Service.................................. 372,485 399,263 386,485 +14,000 -12,778
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau...................... 148,863 155,604 153,863 +5,000 -1,741
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program 324,000 341,478 334,000 +10,000 -7,478
Account......................................................
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Total, Department of the Treasury, non-IRS................ 1,868,728 2,183,881 1,893,728 +25,000 -290,153
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Internal Revenue Service
Taxpayer Services............................................. 2,780,606 3,422,449 2,780,606 ................ -641,843
Enforcement................................................... 5,437,622 5,904,441 5,437,622 ................ -466,819
Operations Support............................................ 4,100,826 4,520,076 4,100,826 ................ -419,250
Business Systems Modernization................................ ................ 289,619 ................ ................ -289,619
Administrative Provisions--Internal Revenue Service
Total, Internal Revenue Service........................... 12,319,054 14,136,585 12,319,054 ................ -1,817,531
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Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury
Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery............... 12,000 16,000 12,000 ................ -4,000
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Total, title I, Department of the Treasury................ 14,199,782 16,336,466 14,224,782 +25,000 -2,111,684
=========================================================================================
Appropriations........................................ (14,220,782) (16,357,466) (14,245,782) (+25,000) (-2,111,684)
Offsetting collections................................ (-21,000) (-21,000) (-21,000) ................ ................
TITLE II--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS
APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
The White House
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 77,681 81,058 78,681 +1,000 -2,377
Executive Residence at the White House:
Operating Expenses........................................ 15,609 16,088 15,609 ................ -479
White House Repair and Restoration........................ 2,500 2,500 2,500 ................ ................
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Subtotal.............................................. 18,109 18,588 18,109 ................ -479
Council of Economic Advisers.................................. 4,903 5,056 4,903 ................ -153
National Security Council and Homeland Security Council....... 17,901 18,441 17,901 ................ -540
Office of Administration...................................... 115,463 118,546 115,463 ................ -3,083
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Total, The White House.................................... 234,057 241,689 235,057 +1,000 -6,632
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Office of Management and Budget............................... 128,035 137,489 128,035 ................ -9,454
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator................. 1,902 1,960 1,902 ................ -58
Office of the National Cyber Director......................... 21,926 22,586 21,926 ................ -660
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 21,500 22,380 35,045 +13,545 +12,665
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program................. 302,000 290,200 301,600 -400 +11,400
Other Federal Drug Control Programs........................... 137,120 148,950 142,520 +5,400 -6,430
Administrative Provision
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 10,482 ................ ................ -10,482 ................
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Total, Office of National Drug Control Policy............. 471,102 461,530 479,165 +8,063 +17,635
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Unanticipated Needs........................................... 1,000 1,000 1,000 ................ ................
Information Technology Oversight and Reform................... 13,700 14,166 13,700 ................ -466
Special Assistance to the President and Official Residence of
the Vice President:
Salaries and Expenses..................................... 6,076 6,255 6,076 ................ -179
Operating Expenses........................................ 321 329 321 ................ -8
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subtotal.............................................. 6,397 6,584 6,397 ................ -187
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Total, title II, Executive Office of the President and 878,119 887,004 887,182 +9,063 +178
Funds Appropriated to the President......................
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TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY
Supreme Court of the United States
Salaries and Expenses:
Salaries of Justices...................................... 2,896 3,000 3,000 +104 ................
Other salaries and expenses............................... 109,551 127,063 119,389 +9,838 -7,674
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Subtotal.............................................. 112,447 130,063 122,389 +9,942 -7,674
Care of the Building and Grounds.............................. 29,246 20,688 20,688 -8,558 ................
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Total, Supreme Court of the United States................. 141,693 150,751 143,077 +1,384 -7,674
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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Salaries and Expenses:
Salaries of judges........................................ 3,356 3,000 3,000 -356 ................
Other salaries and expenses............................... 36,735 39,682 36,735 ................ -2,947
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Total, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal 40,091 42,682 39,735 -356 -2,947
Circuit..............................................
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United States Court of International Trade
Salaries and Expenses:
Salaries of judges........................................ 2,311 2,000 2,000 -311 ................
Other salaries and expenses............................... 21,260 22,404 21,260 ................ -1,144
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Total, US Court of International Trade................ 23,571 24,404 23,260 -311 -1,144
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Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial
Services
Salaries and Expenses:
Salaries of judges and bankruptcy judges.................. 412,000 491,000 491,000 +79,000 ................
Other salaries and expenses............................... 5,905,055 6,370,391 6,010,055 +105,000 -360,336
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Subtotal.............................................. 6,317,055 6,861,391 6,501,055 +184,000 -360,336
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund........................ 9,975 10,869 9,975 ................ -894
Defender Services............................................. 1,382,680 1,533,015 1,382,680 ................ -150,335
Fees of Jurors and Commissioners.............................. 58,239 59,902 58,239 ................ -1,663
Court Security................................................ 750,163 783,465 750,163 ................ -33,302
CR funding (Public Law 117-180) (emergency)............... 112,500 ................ ................ -112,500 ................
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Subtotal.............................................. 862,663 783,465 750,163 -112,500 -33,302
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 8,630,612 9,248,642 8,702,112 +71,500 -546,530
Judicial Services........................................
=========================================================================================
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 102,673 112,974 102,673 ................ -10,301
Federal Judicial Center
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 34,261 35,082 34,261 ................ -821
United States Sentencing Commission
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 21,641 23,150 21,641 ................ -1,509
Administrative Provision
Judicial Security (Sec 307)................................... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
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Total, title III, the Judiciary........................... 8,994,542 9,637,685 9,066,759 +72,217 -570,926
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(Mandatory)........................................... (420,563) (499,000) (499,000) (+78,437) ................
(Discretionary)....................................... (8,573,979) (9,138,685) (8,567,759) (-6,220) (-570,926)
TITLE IV--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support.................. 40,000 40,000 40,000 ................ ................
Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in 30,000 48,000 30,000 ................ -18,000
the District of Columbia.....................................
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts............ 291,068 315,563 291,068 ................ -24,495
Federal Payment for Defender Services in District of Columbia 46,005 46,005 46,005 ................ ................
Courts.......................................................
Rescission................................................ -22,000 -25,000 -25,000 -3,000 ................
Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision 285,016 296,878 285,016 ................ -11,862
Agency for the District of Columbia..........................
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Defender 53,629 59,551 53,629 ................ -5,922
Service......................................................
Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.. 2,450 2,450 2,450 ................ ................
Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions...................... 630 898 630 ................ -268
Federal Payment for School Improvement........................ 52,500 52,500 52,500 ................ ................
Federal Payment for the DC National Guard..................... 600 600 600 ................ ................
Federal Payment for Testing and Treatment of HIV/AIDS......... 4,000 5,000 4,000 ................ -1,000
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer 8,000 8,000 8,000 ................ ................
Authority....................................................
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Total, title IV, District of Columbia..................... 791,898 850,445 788,898 -3,000 -61,547
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TITLE V--OTHER INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Administrative Conference of the United States................ 3,465 3,523 3,465 ................ -58
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 2,000 ................ ................ -2,000 ................
Foundation...................................................
Commodity Futures Trading Commission\1\....................... 365,000 411,000 365,000 ................ -46,000
CFTC Fee Spending (legislative proposal)\1\............... ................ -116,000 ................ ................ +116,000
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Total, Commodity Futures Trading Commission........... 365,000 295,000 365,000 ................ +70,000
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Consumer Product Safety Commission............................ 152,500 212,600 152,500 ................ -60,100
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. 850 5,400 8,000 +7,150 +2,600
Election Assistance Commission
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 28,000 33,807 28,000 ................ -5,807
Election Security Grants...................................... 75,000 300,000 75,000 ................ -225,000
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Total, Election Assistance Commission..................... 103,000 333,807 103,000 ................ -230,807
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Federal Communications Commission
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 390,192 410,743 410,743 +20,551 ................
Offsetting fee collections.................................... -390,192 -410,743 -410,743 -20,551 ................
Direct appropriation...................................... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Office of Inspector General (by transfer)..................... (47,500) (49,839) (47,500) ................ (-2,339)
Deposit Insurance Fund (transfer)............................. (-47,500) (-49,839) (-47,500) ................ (+2,339)
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Total, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.............. ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
=========================================================================================
Federal Election Commission................................... 81,674 93,483 81,674 ................ -11,809
Federal Labor Relations Authority............................. 29,400 33,737 29,400 ................ -4,337
Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council............... ................ 10,000 ................ ................ -10,000
Federal Trade Commission
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 430,000 590,000 450,000 +20,000 -140,000
Offsetting fee collections (mergers).......................... -190,000 -278,000 -278,000 -88,000 ................
Offsetting fee collections (telephone)........................ -20,000 -14,000 -14,000 +6,000 ................
Direct appropriation...................................... 220,000 298,000 158,000 -62,000 -140,000
General Services Administration
Federal Buildings Fund
Limitations on Availability of Revenue:
Construction and acquisition of facilities................ 807,809 239,235 406,402 -401,407 +167,167
Repairs and alterations:
Major repairs and alterations......................... 244,783 1,187,290 152,980 -91,803 -1,034,310
Basic repairs and alterations......................... 398,797 480,978 425,000 +26,203 -55,978
Special emphasis programs............................. 18,700 197,000 4,300 -14,400 -192,700
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Subtotal.......................................... 662,280 1,865,268 582,280 -80,000 -1,282,988
Installment Acquisition Payments.......................... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Rental of space........................................... 5,561,680 5,724,298 5,724,298 +162,618 ................
Building operations....................................... 2,981,381 3,073,386 3,073,386 +92,005 ................
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Subtotal, Limitations on Availability of Revenue...... 10,013,150 10,902,187 9,786,366 -226,784 -1,115,821
Rental income to fund......................................... -10,488,857 -10,728,410 -10,728,410 -239,553 ................
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total, Federal Buildings Fund............................. -475,707 173,777 -942,044 -466,337 -1,115,821
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Government-wide Policy........................................ 71,186 74,389 71,186 ................ -3,203
Operating Expenses............................................ 54,478 58,733 54,478 ................ -4,255
Civilian Board of Contract Appeals............................ 10,352 10,597 10,352 ................ -245
Office of Inspector General................................... 74,583 78,618 74,583 ................ -4,035
Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents............. 5,200 5,500 5,200 ................ -300
Federal Citizen Services Fund................................. 90,000 90,000 90,000 ................ ................
Pre-Election Presidential Transition.......................... ................ 10,413 10,413 +10,413 ................
Technology Modernization Fund................................. 50,000 200,000 ................ -50,000 -200,000
Asset Proceeds and Space Management Fund...................... ................ 16,000 ................ ................ -16,000
Working Capital Fund.......................................... 5,900 11,300 5,900 ................ -5,400
Electric Vehicles Fund........................................ ................ 50,000 ................ ................ -50,000
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Total, General Services Administration.................... -114,008 779,327 -619,932 -505,924 -1,399,259
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Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation......................... 3,000 3,000 3,000 ................ ................
Merit Systems Protection Board
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 49,655 59,188 49,655 ................ -9,533
Limitation on administrative expenses......................... 2,345 2,345 2,345 ................ ................
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Total, Merit Systems Protection Board..................... 52,000 61,533 52,000 ................ -9,533
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Morris K Udall and Stewart L Udall Foundation
Morris K Udall and Stewart L Udall Trust Fund................. 1,800 2,000 1,800 ................ -200
Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund......................... 3,943 4,044 3,943 ................ -101
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Total, Morris K Udall and Stewart L Udall Foundation...... 5,743 6,044 5,743 ................ -301
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National Archives and Records Administration
Operating Expenses............................................ 427,520 443,213 430,520 +3,000 -12,693
Office of Inspector General................................... 5,980 6,400 5,980 ................ -420
Repairs and Restoration....................................... 22,224 8,000 25,500 +3,276 +17,500
National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants 12,000 10,000 10,000 -2,000 ................
Program......................................................
Administrative Provisions
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 22,573 ................ 38,414 +15,841 +38,414
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Total, National Archives and Records Administration....... 490,297 467,613 510,414 +20,117 +42,801
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NCUA Community Development Revolving Loan Fund................ 3,500 4,000 3,500 ................ -500
Office of Government Ethics................................... 24,500 23,037 23,037 -1,463 ................
Office of Personnel Management
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 190,784 260,188 225,784 +35,000 -34,404
Limitation on administrative expenses..................... 194,924 201,576 194,924 ................ -6,652
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Subtotal, Salaries and Expenses....................... 385,708 461,764 420,708 +35,000 -41,056
Office of Inspector General................................... 6,908 7,066 6,908 ................ -158
Limitation on administrative expenses..................... 29,487 38,718 29,487 ................ -9,231
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Subtotal, Office of Inspector General................. 36,395 45,784 36,395 ................ -9,389
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Total, Office of Personnel Management................. 422,103 507,548 457,103 +35,000 -50,445
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Office of Special Counsel..................................... 31,904 33,759 31,904 ................ -1,855
Postal Regulatory Commission.................................. ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board................... 10,600 14,385 11,700 +1,100 -2,685
Public Buildings Reform Board................................. 4,000 4,000 4,000 ................ ................
Securities and Exchange Commission
Salaries and Expenses......................................... 2,149,000 2,435,830 2,363,900 +214,900 -71,930
SEC Headquarters.......................................... 57,405 25,243 25,243 -32,162 ................
SEC Atlanta Regional Office............................... ................ 14,415 14,415 +14,415 ................
SEC San Francisco Regional Office......................... 3,365 ................ ................ -3,365 ................
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Subtotal, Securities and Exchange Commission.......... 2,209,770 2,475,488 2,403,558 +193,788 -71,930
SEC fees...................................................... -2,209,770 -2,475,488 -2,403,558 -193,788 +71,930
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Total, Securities and Exchange Commission................. ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
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Selective Service System...................................... 31,700 31,300 31,300 -400 ................
Small Business Administration
Salaries and expenses......................................... 326,000 394,277 381,246 +55,246 -13,031
Entrepreneurial Development Programs.......................... 320,000 334,000 320,000 ................ -14,000
Office of Inspector General................................... 32,020 47,704 47,020 +15,000 -684
Office of Advocacy............................................ 10,211 10,600 10,211 ................ -389
Business Loans Program Account:
Direct loans subsidy...................................... 6,000 6,000 6,000 ................ ................
Administrative expenses................................... 165,300 162,000 162,000 -3,300 ................
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Total, Business loans program account................. 171,300 168,000 168,000 -3,300 ................
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Disaster Loans Program Account:
Administrative expenses................................... 36,000 32,000 32,000 -4,000 ................
Disaster relief category.............................. 143,000 143,000 143,000 ................ ................
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Total, Disaster loans program account............. 179,000 175,000 175,000 -4,000 ................
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Subtotal, Small Business Administration............... 1,038,531 1,129,581 1,101,477 +62,946 -28,104
Administrative Provisions
Salaries and expenses (Sec 542)............................... 179,710 ................ 117,541 -62,169 +117,541
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Total, Small Business Administration...................... 1,218,241 1,129,581 1,219,018 +777 +89,437
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Total, excluding Disaster Relief Category................. 1,075,241 986,581 1,076,018 +777 +89,437
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United States Postal Service
Payment to the Postal Service Fund............................ 50,253 75,528 50,253 ................ -25,275
Office of Inspector General................................... 271,000 290,579 271,000 ................ -19,579
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Total, United States Postal Service....................... 321,253 366,107 321,253 ................ -44,854
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United States Tax Court....................................... 57,300 65,700 57,300 ................ -8,400
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Total, title V, Independent Agencies...................... 3,520,022 4,782,484 3,012,379 -507,643 -1,770,105
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Appropriations........................................ (16,675,841) (18,662,125) (16,704,090) (+28,249) (-1,958,035)
Disaster relief category.............................. (143,000) (143,000) (143,000) ................ ................
Offsetting Collections................................ (-13,298,819) (-14,022,641) (-13,834,711) (-535,892) (+187,930)
(by transfer)............................................. (47,500) (49,839) (47,500) ................ (-2,339)
(transfer out)............................................ (-47,500) (-49,839) (-47,500) ................ (+2,339)
TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS THIS ACT
Mandatory appropriations (Sec 618)............................ 21,419,000 21,662,000 21,662,000 +243,000 ................
PCA Oversight Board scholarships.............................. 2,000 2,000 2,000 ................ ................
Offsetting collections.................................... -2,000 -2,000 -2,000 ................ ................
Treasury Forfeiture Fund (rescission) (Sec 634)............... -150,000 ................ -150,000 ................ -150,000
US Digital Services (rescission) (Sec 635).................... ................ ................ -80,000 -80,000 -80,000
TMF Management Funds (rescission) (Sec 636)................... ................ ................ -290,000 -290,000 -290,000
IRS (rescission) (Sec 637).................................... ................ ................ -10,000,000 -10,000,000 -10,000,000
GSA, FBF (rescission) (Sec 639)............................... ................ ................ -10,000 -10,000 -10,000
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Total, title VI, General Provisions....................... 21,269,850 21,662,000 11,132,000 -10,137,850 -10,530,000
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TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNMENT-WIDE
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Funds (Sec 734)....... -2,000 -1,000 -1,000 +1,000 ................
IIJA Transfer Authority (USFWS & NMFS)........................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
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Total, title VII, General Provisions...................... -2,000 -1,000 -1,000 +1,000 ................
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OTHER APPROPRIATIONS
THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT
(Public Law 117-58)
DIVISION J--APPROPRIATIONS
Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
Environmental Review Improvement Fund......................... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Appropriations available from prior year advances 650 650 650 ................ ................
(emergency)..............................................
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Total, Environmental Review Improvement Fund.......... 650 650 650 ................ ................
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General Services Administration
Federal Buildings Fund........................................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
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Total, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act............. 650 650 650 ................ ................
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less prior year appropriations (emergency).................... -650 -650 -650 ................ ................
ADDITIONAL UKRAINE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
(Public Law 117-328)
DIVISION M
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO
THE PRESIDENT
National Security Council
Salaries and Expenses (emergency)............................. 1,000 ................ ................ -1,000 ................
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Total, Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1,000 ................ ................ -1,000 ................
2023.....................................................
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DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
(Public Law 117-328)
DIVISION N
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Real Property Activities
Federal Buildings Fund:
Repairs and Alterations (emergency)....................... 36,788 ................ ................ -36,788 ................
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Disaster Loans Program Account (emergency).................... 858,000 ................ ................ -858,000 ................
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Total, Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 894,788 ................ ................ -894,788 ................
2023.....................................................
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Total, Other Appropriations............................... 895,788 ................ ................ -895,788 ................
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Grand total................................................... 50,548,001 54,155,084 39,111,000 -11,437,001 -15,044,084
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Appropriations............................................ (62,890,532) (68,082,725) (63,380,711) (+490,179) (-4,702,014)
Rescissions............................................... (-172,000) (-25,000) (-10,555,000) (-10,383,000) (-10,530,000)
Emergency appropriations.................................. (1,008,288) ................ ................ (-1,008,288) ................
Emergency advance appropriations.......................... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Rescissions of emergency funding.......................... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Offsetting collections.................................... (-13,321,819) (-14,045,641) (-13,857,711) (-535,892) (+187,930)
Disaster relief category.................................. (143,000) (143,000) (143,000) ................ ................
(by transfer)................................................. (47,500) (49,839) (47,500) ................ (-2,339)
(transfer out)................................................ (-47,500) (-49,839) (-47,500) ................ (+2,339)
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Grand total without Other Appropriations...................... 49,652,213 54,155,084 39,111,000 -10,541,213 -15,044,084
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