H.R. 7668 — Bill making appropriations for Financial Services and General Government (July 17, 2020)
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H.R. 7668 is a bill making appropriations for Financial Services and General Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. On July 17, 2020, Mr. Quigley, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the bill, which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Title I, Department of the Treasury, begins with Departmental Offices, Salaries and Expenses.
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Union Calendar No. 367
116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7668
[Report No. 116–456]
Making appropriations for Financial Services and General Government for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 2020
Mr. QUIGLEY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for Financial Services and General
Government for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2021, and for other purposes.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other pur-
6 poses, namely:
7 TITLE I
8 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
9 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
11 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices
12 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury
13 Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas-
14 senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve-
15 ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies
16 for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec-
17 essary for the performance of official business; executive
18 direction program activities; international affairs and eco-
19 nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac-
20 tivities, including technical assistance to State, local, and
21 territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management poli-
22 cies and programs activities, $231,861,000: Provided,
23 That of the amount appropriated under this heading—
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24 (1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep-
25 tion and representation expenses;
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1 (2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen
2 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated
3 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of
4 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the
5 Secretary’s certificate; and
6 (3) not to exceed $24,000,000 shall remain
7 available until September 30, 2022, for—
8 (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement
9 Audit and Internal Control Program;
10 (B) information technology modernization
11 requirements;
12 (C) the audit, oversight, and administra-
13 tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund;
14 (D) the development and implementation
15 of programs within the Office of Cybersecurity
16 and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including
17 entering into cooperative agreements;
18 (E) operations and maintenance of facili-
19 ties; and
20 (F) international operations.
21 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED
22 STATES FUND
23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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24 For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign
25 Investment in the United States, $20,000,000, to remain
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1 available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson
2 of the Committee may transfer such amounts to any de-
3 partment or agency represented on the Committee (includ-
4 ing the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance
5 notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the
6 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
7 ther, That amounts so transferred shall remain available
8 until expended for expenses of implementing section 721
9 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50
10 U.S.C. 4565), and shall be available in addition to any
11 other funds available to any department or agency: Pro-
12 vided further, That fees authorized by section 721(p) of
13 such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as offset-
14 ting collections: Provided further, That the total amount
15 appropriated under this heading from the general fund
16 shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received
17 during fiscal year 2021, so as to result in a total appro-
18 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than
19 $0.
20 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE
21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
22 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism
23 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-
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24 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-
25 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction
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1 proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers,
2 drug kingpins, and other national security threats,
3 $172,751,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be
4 available for addressing human rights violations and cor-
5 ruption, including activities authorized by the Global
6 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C.
7 2656 note): Provided, That of the amounts appropriated
8 under this heading, up to $10,000,000 shall remain avail-
9 able until September 30, 2022.
10 CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT
11 For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity
12 for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury,
13 $18,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
14 2023: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not
15 supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas-
16 ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur-
17 ther, That of the total amount made available under this
18 heading $1,000,000 shall be available for administrative
19 expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to
20 provide oversight of the investments made under this
21 heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple-
22 ment and not supplant any other amounts made available
23 to the Treasury Chief Information Officer.
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1 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL
2 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 For development and acquisition of automatic data
5 processing equipment, software, and services and for re-
6 pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart-
7 ment of the Treasury, $6,000,000, to remain available
8 until September 30, 2023: Provided, That these funds
9 shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-
10 essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-
11 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further,
12 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any
13 other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-
14 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-
15 ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev-
16 enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue
17 Service, Business Systems Modernization’’.
18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
22 General Act of 1978, $41,044,000, including hire of pas-
23 senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000
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24 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-
25 fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the
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1 direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of
2 which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep-
3 tember 30, 2022, shall be for audits and investigations
4 conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and
5 Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-
6 vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33
7 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000
8 shall be available for official reception and representation
9 expenses.
10 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX
11 ADMINISTRATION
12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
13 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector
14 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
15 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
16 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
17 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at
18 such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General
19 for Tax Administration; $171,350,000, of which
20 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
21 2022; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available
22 for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed
23 $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of
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24 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
25 the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
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1 tion; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available
2 for official reception and representation expenses.
3 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED
4 ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM
5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special
7 Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the
8 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public
9 Law 110–343), $19,000,000.
10 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
12 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
13 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
14 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and
15 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and
16 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-
17 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
18 tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed
19 $12,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
20 and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies,
21 with or without reimbursement, $126,963,000, of which
22 not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available until
23 September 30, 2023.
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1 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau
4 of the Fiscal Service, $341,069,000; of which not to ex-
5 ceed $7,733,000, to remain available until September 30,
6 2023, is for information systems modernization initiatives;
7 and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception
8 and representation expenses.
9 In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil
10 Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative
11 and personnel expenses for financial management of the
12 Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–
13 380.
14 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU
15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
16 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111
17 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of
18 passenger motor vehicles, $121,804,000; of which not to
19 exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and
20 representation expenses; and of which not to exceed
21 $50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and de-
22 velopment programs for laboratory services; and provision
23 of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with
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24 or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount
25 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for
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1 the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and
2 label applications: Provided further, That of the amount
3 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain
4 available until September 30, 2022, shall be for the costs
5 associated with enforcement of and education regarding
6 the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Ad-
7 ministration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).
8 UNITED STATES MINT
9 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND
10 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States
11 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through
12 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs
13 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
14 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
15 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That
16 the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-
17 curred during fiscal year 2021 under such section 5136
18 for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-
19 vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed
20 $50,000,000.
21 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
22 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
23 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and
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24 Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title
25 I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized
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1 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates
2 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent
3 to the rate for EX–III, $273,500,000. Of the amount ap-
4 propriated under this heading—
5 (1) not less than $171,000,000, notwith-
6 standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12
7 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg-
8 ing Community Development Financial Institutions
9 Assistance awards, is available until September 30,
10 2022, for financial assistance and technical assist-
11 ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
12 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12
13 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to
14 $1,600,000 may be available for training and out-
15 reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12
16 U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $2,375,000 may be
17 used for the cost of direct loans, and of which up
18 to $6,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of
19 section 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707
20 (d)), may be available to provide financial assistance,
21 technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-
22 munity development financial institutions to expand
23 investments that benefit individuals with disabilities:
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24 Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed
25 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans,
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1 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
2 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
3 these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga-
4 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to
5 exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That of the
6 funds provided under this paragraph, excluding
7 those made to community development financial in-
8 stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ-
9 uals with disabilities and those made to community
10 development financial institutions that serve popu-
11 lations living in persistent poverty counties, the
12 CDFI Fund shall prioritize Financial Assistance
13 awards to organizations that invest and lend in high-
14 poverty areas: Provided further, That for purposes of
15 this section, the term ‘‘high-poverty area’’ means
16 any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20
17 percent as measured by the 2011–2015 5-year data
18 series available from the American Community Sur-
19 vey of the Bureau of the Census for all States and
20 Puerto Rico or with a poverty rate of at least 20
21 percent as measured by the 2010 Island areas De-
22 cennial Census data for any territory or possession
23 of the United States;
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24 (2) Not less than $16,000,000, notwithstanding
25 section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C.
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1 4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2022, for
2 financial assistance, technical assistance, training,
3 and outreach programs designed to benefit Native
4 American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com-
5 munities and provided primarily through qualified
6 community development lender organizations with
7 experience and expertise in community development
8 banking and lending in Indian country, Native
9 American organizations, tribes and tribal organiza-
10 tions, and other suitable providers;
11 (3) not less than $25,000,000 is available until
12 September 30, 2022, for the Bank Enterprise Award
13 program;
14 (4) not less than $22,000,000, notwithstanding
15 subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law
16 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available
17 until September 30, 2022, for a Healthy Food Fi-
18 nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance,
19 technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-
20 munity development financial institutions for the
21 purpose of offering affordable financing and tech-
22 nical assistance to expand the availability of healthy
23 food options in distressed communities;
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24 (5) not less than $10,000,000 is available until
25 September 30, 2022, to provide grants for loan loss
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1 reserve funds and to provide technical assistance for
2 small dollar loan programs under section 122 of
3 Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): Provided,
4 That sections 108(d) and 122(b)(2) of such Public
5 Law shall not apply to the provision of such grants
6 and technical assistance;
7 (6) up to $29,500,000 is available until Sep-
8 tember 30, 2021, for administrative expenses, in-
9 cluding administration of CDFI Fund programs and
10 the New Markets Tax Credit Program, of which not
11 less than $1,000,000 is for development of tools to
12 better assess and inform CDFI investment perform-
13 ance, and up to $300,000 is for administrative ex-
14 penses to carry out the direct loan program; and
15 (7) during fiscal year 2021, none of the funds
16 available under this heading are available for the
17 cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
18 Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee
19 bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle
20 Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
21 ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided,
22 That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes
23 under such section 114A shall not exceed
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24 $500,000,000: Provided further, That such section
25 114A shall remain in effect until December 31,
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1 2021: Provided further, That of the funds awarded
2 under this heading, not less than 10 percent shall be
3 used for awards that support investments that serve
4 populations living in persistent poverty counties:
5 Provided further, That for the purposes of this para-
6 graph and paragraph (1), the term ‘‘persistent pov-
7 erty counties’’ means any county, including county
8 equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that has had 20
9 percent or more of its population living in poverty
10 over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990
11 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2011–2015 5-
12 year data series available from the American Com-
13 munity Survey of the Bureau of the Census or any
14 other territory or possession of the United States
15 that has had 20 percent or more of its population
16 living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured
17 by the 1990, 2000, and 2010 Island Areas Decen-
18 nial Censuses, or equivalent data, of the Bureau of
19 the Census.
20 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
21 TAXPAYER SERVICES
22 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
23 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-
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24 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer
25 advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5
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1 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
2 Commissioner, $2,602,554,000, of which not less than
3 $11,000,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the El-
4 derly Program, of which not less than $13,000,000 shall
5 be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, of which
6 not less than $28,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
7 tember 30, 2022, shall be available for the Community
8 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grants Pro-
9 gram for tax return preparation assistance, and of which
10 not less than $211,000,000 shall be available for operating
11 expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided,
12 That of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Ad-
13 vocate Service, not less than $5,500,000 shall be for iden-
14 tity theft and refund fraud casework.
15 ENFORCEMENT
16 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities
17 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect
18 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-
19 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes
20 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-
21 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-
22 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services
23 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be
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24 determined by the Commissioner, $5,206,246,000, of
25 which not to exceed $250,000,000 shall remain available
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1 until September 30, 2022, and of which not less than
2 $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug
3 Enforcement program.
4 OPERATIONS SUPPORT
5 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
6 ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro-
7 grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print-
8 ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other
9 IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics
10 of income; telecommunications; information technology de-
11 velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se-
12 curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
13 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service
14 Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 5
15 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
16 Commissioner; $4,057,691,000, of which not to exceed
17 $250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
18 2022; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain
19 available until expended for acquisition of equipment and
20 construction, repair and renovation of facilities; of which
21 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
22 tember 30, 2023, for research; of which not to exceed
23 $20,000 shall be for official reception and representation
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24 expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the
25 end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall
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1 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of
2 the House of Representatives and the Senate and the
3 Comptroller General detailing the cost and schedule per-
4 formance for its major information technology invest-
5 ments, including the purpose and life-cycle stages of the
6 investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule
7 variances; the risks of such investments and strategies the
8 Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate such risks;
9 and the expected developmental milestones to be achieved
10 and costs to be incurred in the next quarter: Provided fur-
11 ther, That the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in
12 its budget justification for fiscal year 2022, a summary
13 of cost and schedule performance information for its major
14 information technology systems.
15 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
16 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
17 ice’s business systems modernization program,
18 $250,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
19 2023, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
20 nology systems, including management and related con-
21 tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter-
22 nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as-
23 sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109:
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24 Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of
25 each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit
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1 a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
2 House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp-
3 troller General detailing the cost and schedule perform-
4 ance for major information technology investments, in-
5 cluding the purposes and life-cycle stages of the invest-
6 ments; the reason for any cost and schedule variances; the
7 risks of such investments and the strategies the Internal
8 Revenue Service is using to mitigate such risks; and the
9 expected developmental milestones to be achieved and
10 costs to be incurred in the next quarter.
11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
12 SERVICE
13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
14 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 4 percent of the appropria-
15 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
16 Service under the ‘‘Enforcement’’ heading, and not to ex-
17 ceed 5 percent of any other appropriation made available
18 in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service, may be trans-
19 ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropria-
20 tion upon the advance approval of the Committees on Ap-
21 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
22 ate.
23 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
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24 tain an employee training program, which shall include the
25 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously
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1 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im-
2 partial application of tax law.
3 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
4 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
5 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro-
6 tect taxpayers against identity theft.
7 SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other
8 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for
9 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-
10 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers.
11 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements
12 to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service
13 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the
14 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly
15 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes.
16 SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue
17 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating
18 to an employer making employment tax payments, and
19 such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former
20 and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal
21 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an
22 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic-
23 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer.
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24 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available under
25 this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to
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1 target citizens of the United States for exercising any
2 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con-
3 stitution of the United States.
4 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this
5 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target
6 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological
7 beliefs.
8 SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act
9 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-
10 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce-
11 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements,
12 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human
13 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re-
14 sult of the recommendations in the report published on
15 May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax
16 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small
17 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana-
18 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037).
19 SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this
20 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or
21 expended—
22 (1) to make a payment to any employee under
23 a bonus, award, or recognition program; or
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25 process with respect to re-hiring a former employee;
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1 unless such program or process takes into account the
2 conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or
3 former employee.
4 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this
5 Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the
6 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality
7 and disclosure of returns and return information).
8 SEC. 111. There is hereby established in the Treasury
9 of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Internal
10 Revenue Service Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’: Provided,
11 That unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds
12 appropriated in this or any succeeding fiscal year from the
13 General Fund of the Treasury to the Internal Revenue
14 Service by this or any other Act may be transferred (not
15 later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last
16 fiscal year for which such funds are available for the pur-
17 poses for which appropriated) into the Internal Revenue
18 Service Nonrecurring Expenses Fund: Provided further,
19 That amounts deposited in the Fund pursuant to this sec-
20 tion shall remain available for obligation for three fiscal
21 years after the fiscal year of such transfer, and in addition
22 to such other funds as may be available for such purposes,
23 for facilities and information technology expenses: Pro-
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25 shall be in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
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1 vided in this Act: Provided further, That amounts in the
2 Fund may be obligated only after the Committees on Ap-
3 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
4 ate are notified at least 15 days in advance of the planned
5 use of funds: Provided further, That the Internal Revenue
6 Service shall include in the annual operating plan required
7 under section 608 of this Act a report on the unobligated
8 balances of the Internal Revenue Service Nonrecurring
9 Expenses Fund and a plan for the use of such funds.
10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
11 TREASURY
12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
13 SEC. 112. Appropriations to the Department of the
14 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
15 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
16 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
17 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
18 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
19 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
20 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
21 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
22 of health and medical services to employees and their de-
23 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
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1 SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
2 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-
3 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of
4 Terrorism and Financial Intelligence’’ , ‘‘Financial Crimes
5 Enforcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’,
6 and ‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may
7 be transferred between such appropriations upon the ad-
8 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
9 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided,
10 That no transfer under this section may increase or de-
11 crease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
12 SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
13 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
14 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
15 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
16 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
17 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided,
18 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-
19 priation by more than 2 percent.
20 SEC. 115. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
21 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury
22 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used
23 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
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24 SEC. 116. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
25 fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Sala-
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1 ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec-
2 essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That
3 such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and ex-
4 penses account from debt collections received in the Debt
5 Collection Fund.
6 SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated or other-
7 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
8 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
9 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on
10 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
11 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and
12 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
13 Affairs.
14 SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or other-
15 wise made available by this or any other Act or source
16 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-
17 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually
18 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-
19 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the
20 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the
21 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
22 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the
23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
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1 SEC. 119. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
2 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
3 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
4 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by
5 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National
6 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year
7 2021 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization
8 Act for Fiscal Year 2021.
9 SEC. 120. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail-
10 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus-
11 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and
12 representation expenses.
13 SEC. 121. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit
14 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-
15 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
16 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-
17 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That
18 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-
19 ment spending from all accounts within the Department
20 of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart-
21 ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac-
22 count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas-
23 ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such
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1 ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment
2 project that has not been fully completed.
3 SEC. 122. Within 45 days after the date of enactment
4 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit
5 an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations
6 of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
7 amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-
8 chise Fund including the amount charged for each service
9 provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed
10 description of the services, a detailed explanation of how
11 each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip-
12 tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran-
13 chise Fund.
14 SEC. 123. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end
15 of each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the
16 Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their
17 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the
18 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee
19 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives,
20 and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and
21 Urban Affairs.
22 (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall
23 include—
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24 (1) the obligations made during the previous
25 quarter by object class, office, and activity;
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1 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder
2 of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;
3 (3) the number of full-time equivalents within
4 each office during the previous quarter;
5 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva-
6 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-
7 cal year; and
8 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-
9 tives, and performance measures of each office.
10 (c) At the request of any such Committees specified
11 in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the
12 Office of Financial Research shall make officials available
13 to testify on the contents of the reports required under
14 subsection (a).
15 SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of
16 law, none of the funds available in the Department of the
17 Treasury Forfeiture Fund established by section 9705 of
18 title 31, United States Code, may be obligated, expended,
19 or used to plan, design, construct, or carry out a project
20 to construct a wall, barrier, fence, or road along the south-
21 ern border of the United States, or a road to provide ac-
22 cess to a wall, barrier, or fence constructed along the
23 southern border of the United States.
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24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the
25 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2021’’.
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1 TITLE II
2 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND
3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
4 THE WHITE HOUSE
5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
6 For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
7 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for
8 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105;
9 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which
10 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that
11 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not
12 to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as
13 provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for
14 official reception and representation expenses, to be avail-
15 able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi-
16 dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy
17 Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
18 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000.
19 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
20 OPERATING EXPENSES
21 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence
22 at the White House, $13,641,000, to be expended and ac-
23 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and
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1 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
2 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
3 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
4 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses
5 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance
6 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,
7 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such
8 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the
9 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
10 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
11 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
12 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
13 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
14 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments
15 shall be credited to this account and remain available until
16 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
17 shall require the national committee of the political party
18 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be
19 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
20 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such
21 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That
22 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice
23 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense
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24 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing
25 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
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1 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days
2 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That
3 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess
4 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is
5 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with
6 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
7 standing debt on a United States Government claim under
8 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount
9 that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and
10 charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
11 neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
12 dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-
13 propriations, not later than 90 days after the end of the
14 fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the
15 reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Resi-
16 dence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total
17 amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that
18 consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the
19 amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political
20 events, and the portion of each such amount that has been
21 reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further,
22 That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for
23 the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events
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24 within the Executive Residence that includes a standard
25 for the classification of any such expense as political or
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1 nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this
2 paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-
3 idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-
4 chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States
5 Code.
6 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
7 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
8 Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3
9 U.S.C. 105(d), $1,625,000, to remain available until ex-
10 pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and
11 health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.
12 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
14 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic
15 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
16 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,000,000.
17 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND
18 SECURITY COUNCIL
19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
20 For necessary expenses of the National Security
21 Council and the Homeland Security Council, including
22 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,500,000, of
23 which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official
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1 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
4 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
5 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
6 $96,000,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall re-
7 main available until expended for continued modernization
8 of information resources within the Executive Office of the
9 President.
10 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
13 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles
14 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out
15 the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States
16 Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United
17 States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of
18 title 31, United States Code, $107,245,000, of which not
19 to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-
20 tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
21 priated in this Act for the Office of Management and
22 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-
23 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations
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24 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-
25 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further,
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1 That none of the funds made available for the Office of
2 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for
3 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-
4 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of
5 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap-
6 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further,
7 That none of the funds made available for the Office of
8 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for
9 the altering of the annual work plan developed by the
10 Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on
11 Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds
12 provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or
13 indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for
14 evaluating or determining if water resource project or
15 study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting
16 through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with
17 all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant
18 to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro-
19 vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget
20 shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform
21 budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on
22 which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur-
23 ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and
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24 Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap-
25 propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi-
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1 ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have
2 not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and
3 appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of
4 the Office of Management and Budget review period based
5 on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as-
6 sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with
7 the report and act accordingly.
8 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT
9 COORDINATOR
10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellec-
11 tual Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by
12 title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for
13 Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403),
14 including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
15 $1,300,000.
16 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
18 For necessary expenses of the Office of National
19 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to
20 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
21 tion Act of 1998; not to exceed $10,000 for official recep-
22 tion and representation expenses; and for participation in
23 joint projects or in the provision of services on matters
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1 $18,400,000: Provided, That the Office is authorized to
2 accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and
3 personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation,
4 for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the
5 Office.
6 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
7 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
9 For necessary expenses of the Office of National
10 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking
11 Areas Program, $290,000,000, to remain available until
12 September 30, 2022, for drug control activities consistent
13 with the approved strategy for each of the designated
14 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of
15 which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to
16 State and local entities for drug control activities and shall
17 be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of
18 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans-
19 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts
20 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug
21 Control Policy, of which up to $2,700,000 may be used
22 for auditing services and associated activities: Provided
23 further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior to fis-
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1 ments: Provided further, That each HIDTA designated as
2 of September 30, 2020, shall be funded at not less than
3 the fiscal year 2020 base level, unless the Director submits
4 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
5 resentatives and the Senate justification for changes to
6 those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and pub-
7 lished Office of National Drug Control Policy performance
8 measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That the Di-
9 rector shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of
10 the initial allocation of fiscal year 2021 funding among
11 HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this
12 Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of
13 discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta-
14 tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days
15 after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon
16 a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred
17 from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes
18 provided herein and upon notification to the Committees
19 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
20 Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap-
21 propriation.
22 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
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25 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the Office of National
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1 Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998,
2 $123,965,000, to remain available until expended, which
3 shall be available as follows: $102,000,000 for the Drug-
4 Free Communities Program, of which $2,500,000 shall be
5 made available as directed by section 4 of Public Law
6 107–82, as amended by section 8204 of Public Law 115–
7 271; $3,000,000 for drug court training and technical as-
8 sistance; $10,000,000 for anti-doping activities; up to
9 $2,715,000 for the United States membership dues to the
10 World Anti-Doping Agency; $1,250,000 for the Model
11 Acts Program; and $5,000,000 for activities authorized by
12 section 103 of Public Law 114–198: Provided, That
13 amounts made available under this heading may be trans-
14 ferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry
15 out such activities.
16 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
17 For expenses necessary to enable the President to
18 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national
19 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or
20 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by
21 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
22 tember 30, 2022.
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1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM
2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
3 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-
4 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information
5 technology in the Federal Government, $11,491,000, to
6 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc-
7 tor of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer
8 these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out
9 projects to meet these purposes.
10 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT
11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
12 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President
13 to provide assistance to the President in connection with
14 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5
15 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
16 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
17 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and
18 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,698,000.
19 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
20 OPERATING EXPENSES
21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
22 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,
23 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and
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1 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3
2 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $302,000: Provided, That advances, re-
3 payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be
4 made to any department or agency for expenses of car-
5 rying out such activities.
6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF
7 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO
8 THE PRESIDENT
9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
10 SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act
11 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-
12 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and
13 Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National
14 Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of-
15 fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
16 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the
17 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or
18 such other officer as the President may designate in writ-
19 ing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on
20 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
21 Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap-
22 propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged
23 with and available for the same time and for the same
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25 vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be
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1 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro-
2 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from
3 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi-
4 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the
5 Vice President.
6 SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2021, any Executive
7 order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by
8 the President shall be accompanied by a written statement
9 from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
10 et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and
11 revenues, of such order or memorandum.
12 (b) Any such statement shall include—
13 (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-
14 pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal
15 Government;
16 (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary
17 obligations and outlays as the result of such order
18 or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each
19 year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal
20 year 2021; and
21 (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-
22 ernment as the result of such order or memorandum
23 over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year
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1 (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo-
2 randum is issued during fiscal year 2021 due to a national
3 emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and
4 Budget may issue the statement required by subsection
5 (a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order
6 or memorandum is issued.
7 (d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi-
8 dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential
9 memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess
10 of $100,000,000.
11 SEC. 203. Not later than 10 days after the date of
12 enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man-
13 agement and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all
14 Federal departments, agencies, and corporations directing
15 compliance with the provisions in title VII of this Act.
16 SEC. 204. (a) Beginning not later than 10 days after
17 the date of enactment of this Act and until the require-
18 ments of subsection (b) are completed, the Office of Man-
19 agement and Budget shall provide to the Committees on
20 Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Represent-
21 atives and the Senate each document apportioning an ap-
22 propriation, pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31,
23 United States Code, approved by the Office of Manage-
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25 later than 2 business days after the date of approval of
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1 such apportionment by the Office of Management and
2 Budget.
3 (b) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
4 ment of this Act, the Office of Management and Budget
5 shall complete implementation of an automated system to
6 post each document apportioning an appropriation, pursu-
7 ant to section 1513(b) of title 31, United States Code,
8 including any associated footnotes, in a format that quali-
9 fies each such document as an Open Government Data
10 Asset (as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States
11 Code), not later than 2 business days after the date of
12 approval of such apportionment, and shall place on such
13 website each document apportioning an appropriation,
14 pursuant to such section 1513(b), including any associated
15 footnotes, already approved the current fiscal year, and
16 shall report the date of completion of such requirements
17 to the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of
18 the House of Representatives and Senate.
19 (c) Each document apportioning an appropriation
20 pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31, United States
21 Code, that is posted on a publicly accessible website pursu-
22 ant to such section shall also include a written explanation
23 by the official approving each such apportionment stating
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25 footnotes: Provided, That the Office of Management and
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1 Budget or the applicable department or agency shall make
2 available classified documentation relating to any appor-
3 tionment to the appropriate congressional committees on
4 a schedule to be determined by each such committee.
5 (d)(1) Not later than 15 days after the date of enact-
6 ment of this Act, any delegation of apportionment author-
7 ity pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31, United States
8 Code, that is in effect as of such date shall be submitted
9 for publication in the Federal Register: Provided, That
10 any delegation of such apportionment authority after the
11 date of enactment of this section shall, on the date of such
12 delegation, be submitted for publication in the Federal
13 Register: Provided further, That the Office of Management
14 and Budget shall publish such delegations in a format that
15 qualifies such publications as an Open Government Data
16 Asset (as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States
17 Code) on a public Internet website, which shall be continu-
18 ously updated with the position of each Federal officer or
19 employee to whom apportionment authority has been dele-
20 gated.
21 (2) Not later than 5 days after any change in
22 the position of the approving official with respect to
23 such delegated apportionment authority for any ac-
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25 the Congress explaining why such change was made.
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of
2 the President Appropriations Act, 2021’’.
3 TITLE III
4 THE JUDICIARY
5 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
7 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
8 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the
9 building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor
10 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not
11 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation
12 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended
13 as the Chief Justice may approve, $95,025,000, of which
14 $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended.
15 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may
16 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief
17 justice and associate justices of the court.
18 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS
19 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable
20 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im-
21 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112,
22 $10,618,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL
2 CIRCUIT
3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
4 For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-
5 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law,
6 $33,802,000.
7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may
8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief
9 judge and judges of the court.
10 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
12 For salaries of officers and employees of the court,
13 services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author-
14 ized by law, $20,027,000.
15 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may
16 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief
17 judge and judges of the court.
18 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER
19 JUDICIAL SERVICES
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21 For the salaries of judges of the United States Court
22 of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other offi-
23 cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise
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1 for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author-
2 ized by law, $5,412,919,000 (including the purchase of
3 firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed
4 $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for
5 space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings
6 related to new space alteration and construction projects.
7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may
8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit
9 and district judges (including judges of the territorial
10 courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus-
11 tices and judges retired from office or from regular active
12 service.
13 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court
14 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under
15 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub-
16 lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $9,700,000, to be appro-
17 priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust
18 Fund.
19 DEFENDER SERVICES
20 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations;
21 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
22 neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C.
23 3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim-
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24 bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative,
25 expert, and other services for such representations as au-
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1 thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the
2 maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement
3 of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in
4 criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa-
5 tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of
6 expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil
7 actions for the protection of their employment, as author-
8 ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim-
9 bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18
10 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil
11 forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse-
12 ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed
13 under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and
14 general administrative expenses, $1,322,543,000 to re-
15 main available until expended.
16 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS
17 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28
18 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-
19 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-
20 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases
21 pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
22 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $55,478,000,
23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
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1 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C.
2 5332.
3 COURT SECURITY
4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
6 incident to the provision of protective guard services for
7 United States courthouses and other facilities housing
8 Federal court operations, and the procurement, installa-
9 tion, and maintenance of security systems and equipment
10 for United States courthouses and other facilities housing
11 Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress
12 control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security
13 patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided
14 by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi-
15 ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve-
16 ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702),
17 $664,011,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall
18 remain available until expended, to be expended directly
19 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service,
20 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial
21 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or
22 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative
23 Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen-
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
2 COURTS
3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
4 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office
5 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ-
6 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-
7 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b),
8 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-
9 where, $97,970,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au-
10 thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
11 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-
14 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $31,115,000;
15 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
16 tember 30, 2022, to provide education and training to
17 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed
18 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa-
19 tion expenses.
20 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
22 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out
23 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States
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24 Code, $20,133,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-
25 thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY
2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
3 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in
4 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall
5 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
6 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
7 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-
8 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
9 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of
10 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-
11 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts,
12 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-
13 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
14 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant
15 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of
16 funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall
17 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in
18 compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608.
19 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of
20 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts
21 of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’
22 shall be available for official reception and representation
23 expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States:
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25 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the
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1 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the
2 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.
3 SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States
4 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec-
5 utive’’ each place it appears.
6 SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569,
7 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
8 United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such
9 courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation
10 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the
11 United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the
12 security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De-
13 partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the
14 services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build-
15 ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di-
16 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States
17 Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service
18 rather than the Department of Homeland Security.
19 SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-
20 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133
21 note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12—
22 (1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis-
23 trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘29 years and 6
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25 and
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1 (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis-
2 trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘26 years and 6
3 months’’ and inserting ‘‘27 years and 6 months’’.
4 (b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury,
5 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-
6 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
7 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470;
8 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence
9 (relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking
10 ‘‘27 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘28 years and
11 6 months’’.
12 (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart-
13 ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public
14 Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended—
15 (1) in the first sentence by inserting after ‘‘ex-
16 cept in the case of’’ the following: ‘‘the northern dis-
17 trict of Alabama,’’;
18 (2) in the first sentence by inserting after ‘‘the
19 central district of California’’ the following: ‘‘,’’;
20 (3) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘18 years’’
21 and inserting ‘‘19 years’’;
22 (4) by adding at the end of the first sentence
23 the following: ‘‘The first vacancy in the office of dis-
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1 of the judge named to fill the temporary district
2 judgeship created in that district by this subsection,
3 shall not be filled.’’;
4 (5) in the third sentence (relating to the central
5 District of California), by striking ‘‘17 years and 6
6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘18 years and 6 months’’;
7 and
8 (6) in the fourth sentence (relating to the west-
9 ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘16
10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘17 years’’.
11 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
12 tions Act, 2021’’.
13 TITLE IV
14 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
15 FEDERAL FUNDS
16 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
17 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,
18 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide
19 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of
20 Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain
21 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
22 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be-
23 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an
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25 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu-
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1 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private
2 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the
3 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis
4 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of
5 eligible students and such other factors as may be author-
6 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov-
7 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi-
8 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the
9 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act
10 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal-
11 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in
12 this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account
13 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia
14 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely
15 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup-
16 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the
17 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial
18 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
19 of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show-
20 ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur-
21 pose therefor.
22 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
23 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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1 ten consultation with the elected county or city officials
2 of surrounding jurisdictions, $52,900,000, to remain
3 available until expended, for the costs of providing public
4 safety at events related to the presence of the National
5 Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re-
6 quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv-
7 ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction
8 of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs
9 of providing support to respond to immediate and specific
10 terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or
11 surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That funds appro-
12 priated under this heading may be used to reimburse pres-
13 idential inauguration expenditures incurred in fiscal year
14 2020.
15 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
16 COURTS
17 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
18 bia Courts, $265,618,000 to be allocated as follows: for
19 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $14,977,000,
20 of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and
21 representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the
22 District of Columbia, $127,514,000, of which not to ex-
23 ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex-
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24 penses; for the District of Columbia Court System,
25 $80,974,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official
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1 reception and representation expenses; and $42,153,000,
2 to remain available until September 30, 2022, for capital
3 improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili-
4 ties: Provided, That funds made available for capital im-
5 provements shall be expended consistent with the District
6 of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condi-
7 tion assessment: Provided further, That, in addition to the
8 amounts appropriated herein, fees received by the District
9 of Columbia Courts for administering bar examinations
10 and processing District of Columbia bar admissions may
11 be retained and credited to this appropriation, to remain
12 available until expended, for salaries and expenses associ-
13 ated with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 of
14 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official
15 Code, sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwith-
16 standing any other provision of law, all amounts under
17 this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office
18 of Management and Budget and obligated and expended
19 in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and
20 expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That
21 30 days after providing written notice to the Committees
22 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
23 Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate
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25 this heading among the items and entities funded under
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1 this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee
2 on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia
3 may, by regulation, establish a program substantially simi-
4 lar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter
5 35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the
6 District of Columbia Courts.
7 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN
8 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
9 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and
10 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
11 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal
12 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-
13 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the
14 District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C.
15 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to
16 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech-
17 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary
18 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation,
19 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings
20 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay-
21 ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official
22 Code (relating to services provided under the District of
23 Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du-
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24 rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to
25 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
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1 provided under this heading shall be administered by the
2 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-
3 trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
4 any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap-
5 portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and
6 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner
7 as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen-
8 cies.
9 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
10 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT
11 OF COLUMBIA
12 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and
13 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender
14 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au-
15 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
16 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $245,923,000, of
17 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and
18 representation expenses related to Community Supervision
19 and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not
20 to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating
21 to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender
22 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002:
23 Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head-
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24 ing, $179,180,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com-
25 munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in-
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1 clude expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject
2 to protection orders or the provision of services for or re-
3 lated to such persons: Provided further, That, of the funds
4 appropriated under this heading, $66,743,000 shall be
5 available to the Pretrial Services Agency, of which
6 $459,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2023,
7 for costs associated with relocation under a replacement
8 lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and related fa-
9 cilities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
10 provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be
11 apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and
12 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner
13 as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other
14 Federal agencies: Provided further, That amounts under
15 this heading may be used for programmatic incentives for
16 defendants to successfully complete their terms of super-
17 vision.
18 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
19 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE
20 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and
21 hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public
22 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital
23 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of
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24 1997, $44,011,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any
25 other provision of law, all amounts under this heading
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1 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
2 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same
3 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses
4 of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the District
5 of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish for
6 employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender
7 Service a program substantially similar to the program set
8 forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United
9 States Code, except that the maximum amount of the pay-
10 ment made under the program to any individual may not
11 exceed the amount referred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B)
12 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That the
13 District of Columbia Public Defender Service may be
14 deemed an ‘‘agency’’ for purposes of engaging with and
15 receiving services from Federal Franchise Fund Programs
16 established in accordance with section 403 of the Govern-
17 ment Management Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
18 356), as amended.
19 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
20 COORDINATING COUNCIL
21 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
22 ordinating Council, $2,150,000, to remain available until
23 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination
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25 trict of Columbia.
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS
2 For a Federal payment, to remain available until
3 September 30, 2022, to the Commission on Judicial Dis-
4 abilities and Tenure, $325,000, and for the Judicial Nomi-
5 nation Commission, $275,000.
6 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
7 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
8 gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain
9 available until expended, for payments authorized under
10 the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division
11 C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent
12 that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and
13 following the priorities included in section 3006 of such
14 Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships
15 available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such
16 Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu-
17 dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre-
18 vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro-
19 vided for opportunity scholarships up to $1,200,000 shall
20 be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through
21 3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the
22 activities specified in section 3009 of the Act: Provided
23 further, That none of the funds made available under this
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24 heading may be used for an opportunity scholarship for
25 a student to attend a school which does not certify to the
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1 Secretary of Education that the student will be provided
2 with the same protections under the Federal laws which
3 are enforced by the Office for Civil Rights of the Depart-
4 ment of Education which are provided to a student of a
5 public elementary or secondary school in the District of
6 Columbia and which does not certify to the Secretary of
7 Education that the student and the student’s parents will
8 be provided with the same services, rights, and protections
9 under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (20
10 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) which are provided to a student and
11 a student’s parents of a public elementary or secondary
12 school in the District of Columbia, as enumerated in Table
13 2 of Government Accountability Office Report 18–94 (en-
14 titled ‘‘Federal Actions Needed to Ensure Parents Are
15 Notified About Changes in Rights for Students with Dis-
16 abilities’’), issued November 2017.
17 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
18 NATIONAL GUARD
19 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
20 National Guard, $413,000, to remain available until ex-
21 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-
22 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College
23 Access Program.
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF
2 HIV/AIDS
3 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
4 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in-
5 dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac-
6 quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co-
7 lumbia, $4,000,000.
8 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
9 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
10 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
11 Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail-
12 able until expended, to continue implementation of the
13 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided,
14 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
15 provides a 100 percent match for this payment.
16 This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
17 Appropriations Act, 2021’’.
18 TITLE V
19 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
20 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
22 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-
23 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591
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1 30, 2022, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re-
2 ception and representation expenses.
3 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product
6 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve-
7 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at
8 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
9 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376,
10 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-
11 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to
12 exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex-
13 penses, $137,000,000, of which $1,300,000 shall remain
14 available until expended to carry out the program, includ-
15 ing administrative costs, required by section 1405 of the
16 Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public
17 Law 110–140; 15 U.S.C. 8004).
18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CONSUMER PRODUCT
19 SAFETY COMMISSION
20 SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2021, none of the
21 amounts made available by this Act may be used to final-
22 ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational
23 Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product
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24 Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November
25 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after—
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1 (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
2 sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety
3 Administration and the Department of Defense,
4 completes a study to determine—
5 (A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
6 bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
7 posed by such standard for purposes of reduc-
8 ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi-
9 cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll-
10 overs in the off-road environment, including the
11 repeatability and reproducibility of testing for
12 compliance with such requirements;
13 (B) the number of ROV rollovers that
14 would be prevented if the proposed require-
15 ments were adopted;
16 (C) whether there is a technical basis for
17 the proposal to provide information on a point-
18 of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist-
19 ance on a progressive scale; and
20 (D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used
21 by the United States military if the proposed
22 requirements were adopted; and
23 (2) a report containing the results of the study
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1 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science,
2 and Transportation of the Senate;
3 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
4 merce of the House of Representatives;
5 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of
6 the Senate; and
7 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of
8 the House of Representatives.
9 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
12 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-
13 ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $19,063,000,
14 of which $1,500,000 shall be transferred to the National
15 Institute of Standards and Technology for election reform
16 activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of
17 2002.
18 ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS
19 Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help
20 America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)),
21 $500,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Com-
22 mission for necessary expenses to make payments to
23 States for activities to improve the administration of elec-
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1 thorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Pro-
2 vided, That for purposes of applying such sections, the
3 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be
4 deemed to be a State and, for purposes of sections
5 101(d)(2) and 103(a), shall be treated in the same manner
6 as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American
7 Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided
8 further, That each reference to the ‘‘Administrator of Gen-
9 eral Services’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and
10 103 shall be deemed to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance
11 Commission’’: Provided further, That each reference to
12 ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to
13 ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in sec-
14 tion 103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$600,000’’: Provided
15 further, That not later than 45 days after the date of en-
16 actment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission
17 shall make the payments to States under this heading:
18 Provided further, That a State shall use such payment to
19 replace voting systems which use direct-recording elec-
20 tronic voting machines with a voting system which uses
21 an individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballot which is
22 marked by the voter by hand or through the use of a non-
23 tabulating ballot-marking device or system, so long as the
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24 voter shall have the option to mark his or her ballot by
25 hand, and provides the voter with an opportunity to in-
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1 spect and confirm the marked ballot before casting (in this
2 heading referred to as a ‘‘qualified voting system’’): Pro-
3 vided further, That for purposes of determining whether
4 a voting system is a qualified voting system, a voter-
5 verified paper audit trail receipt generated by a direct-re-
6 cording electronic voting machine is not a paper ballot:
7 Provided further, That none of the funds made available
8 under this heading may be used to purchase or obtain any
9 voting system which is not a qualified voting system: Pro-
10 vided further, That a State may use such payment to carry
11 out other authorized activities to improve the administra-
12 tion of elections for Federal office only if the State cer-
13 tifies to the Election Assistance Commission that the
14 State has replaced all voting systems which use direct-re-
15 cording electronic voting machines with qualified voting
16 systems: Provided further, That not less than 50 percent
17 of the amount of the payment made to a State under this
18 heading shall be allocated in cash or in kind to the units
19 of local government which are responsible for the adminis-
20 tration of elections for Federal office in the State: Pro-
21 vided further, That not later than two years after receiving
22 a payment under this heading, a State shall make avail-
23 able funds for such activities in an amount equal to 5 per-
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25 under this heading.
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1 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-
4 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
5 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
6 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and
7 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi-
8 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by
9 5 U.S.C. 3109, $376,070,000, to remain available until
10 expended, of which not less than $33,000,000 shall be for
11 implementing title VIII of the Communications Act of
12 1934 (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.), as added by the Broadband
13 DATA Act (Public Law 116–130): Provided, That
14 $376,070,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed
15 and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Com-
16 munications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used for
17 necessary expenses, and shall remain available until ex-
18 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
19 priated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
20 received during fiscal year 2021 so as to result in a final
21 fiscal year 2021 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided
22 further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B),
23 proceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system that
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24 may be retained and made available for obligation shall
25 not exceed $134,495,000 for fiscal year 2021: Provided
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1 further, That, of the amount appropriated under this
2 heading, not less than $11,105,700 shall be for the sala-
3 ries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General.
4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL
5 COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
6 SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service
7 Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by
8 striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ each place it appears and
9 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’.
10 SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
11 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission
12 to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for
13 universal service support payments to implement the Feb-
14 ruary 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State
15 Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec-
16 tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup-
17 port payments.
18 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available by this
19 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
20 force the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Universal Service Con-
21 tribution Methodology’’ published by the Federal Commu-
22 nications Commission in the Federal Register on June 13,
23 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 27570).
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24 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this
25 Act may be used by the Federal Communications Commis-
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1 sion to establish or implement a 5G Fund for Rural Amer-
2 ica, or any similar Federal universal service support mech-
3 anism, as proposed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
4 in the matter of Establishing a 5G Fund for Rural Amer-
5 ica that was adopted by the Commission on April 23, 2020
6 (FCC 20–52), until the Commission completes the cre-
7 ation of the map that depicts the availability of mobile
8 broadband internet access service required by section
9 802(c)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
10 U.S.C. 642(c)(1)(C)).
11 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
12 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
15 General Act of 1978, $42,982,000, to be derived from the
16 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the
17 FSLIC Resolution Fund.
18 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
21 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971,
22 $73,329,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-
23 able for reception and representation expenses.
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1 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
4 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
5 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service
6 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5
7 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-
8 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi-
9 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed
10 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of
11 Columbia and elsewhere, $26,100,000: Provided, That
12 public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel
13 may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub-
14 sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons
15 employed intermittently in the Government service, and
16 compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided
17 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
18 ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at
19 labor-management relations conferences shall be credited
20 to and merged with this account, to be available without
21 further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these
22 conferences.
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1 FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING
2 COUNCIL
3 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND
4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
5 For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review
6 Improvement Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
7 4370m–8(d), $6,000,000, to remain available until ex-
8 pended: Provided, That funds appropriated in prior appro-
9 priations Acts under the heading ‘‘General Services Ad-
10 ministration—General Activities—Environmental Review
11 Improvement Fund’’ shall be transferred to and merged
12 with this account.
13 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
15 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
16 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
17 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized
18 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
19 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
20 tion expenses, $341,000,000, to remain available until ex-
21 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be
22 available for use to contract with a person or persons for
23 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31
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24 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
25 other provision of law, not to exceed $150,000,000 of off-
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1 setting collections derived from fees collected for
2 premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro-
3 dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C.
4 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained
5 and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation:
6 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
7 sion of law, not to exceed $19,000,000 in offsetting collec-
8 tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce
9 the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the
10 Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven-
11 tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this
12 account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses
13 in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here-
14 in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced
15 as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal
16 year 2021, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2021 appro-
17 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than
18 $172,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds
19 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be
20 used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of
21 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t).
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1 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
2 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES
3 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
4 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
6 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-
7 tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-
8 essary expenses of real property management and related
9 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,
10 maintenance, and protection of Federally owned and
11 leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Co-
12 lumbia; restoration of leased premises; moving govern-
13 mental agencies (including space adjustments and tele-
14 communications relocation expenses) in connection with
15 the assignment, allocation, and transfer of space; contrac-
16 tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings,
17 and moving; repair and alteration of Federally owned
18 buildings, including grounds, approaches, and appur-
19 tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance,
20 preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of
21 buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as oth-
22 erwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to pur-
23 chase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of
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1 new buildings (including equipment for such buildings);
2 and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga-
3 tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase
4 and purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of
5 $9,052,711,000, of which—
6 (1) $209,700,000 shall remain available until
7 expended for construction and acquisition (including
8 funds for sites and expenses, and associated design
9 and construction services) as follows:
10 (A) $200,700,000 shall be for the Depart-
11 ment of Homeland Security Consolidation at St.
12 Elizabeths, Washington, DC; and
13 (B) $9,000,000 shall be for the Southeast
14 Federal Center Remediation, Washington, DC:
15 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs
16 on new construction and acquisition projects may be
17 exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in
18 other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of
19 the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if
20 required, unless advance approval is obtained from
21 the Committees on Appropriations of a greater
22 amount;
23 (2) $585,965,000 shall remain available until
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25 ciated design and construction services, of which—
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1 (A) $203,908,000 is for Major Repairs and
2 Alterations; and
3 (B) $382,057,000 is for Basic Repairs and
4 Alterations;
5 Provided, That funds made available in this or any
6 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-
7 pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects,
8 be limited to the amount identified for each project,
9 except each project in this or any previous Act may
10 be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent
11 unless advance approval is obtained from the Com-
12 mittees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Pro-
13 vided further, That additional projects for which
14 prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund-
15 ed under this category only if advance approval is
16 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations:
17 Provided further, That the amounts provided in this
18 or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may
19 be used to fund costs associated with implementing
20 security improvements to buildings necessary to
21 meet the minimum standards for security in accord-
22 ance with current law and in compliance with the re-
23 programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit-
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24 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further,
25 That the difference between the funds appropriated
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1 and expended on any projects in this or any prior
2 Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’,
3 may be transferred to ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alter-
4 ations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in pro-
5 spectus projects: Provided further, That the amount
6 provided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs
7 and Alterations’’ may be used to pay claims against
8 the Government arising from any projects under the
9 heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund
10 authorized increases in prospectus projects;
11 (3) $5,723,900,000 for rental of space to re-
12 main available until expended; and
13 (4) $2,533,146,000 for building operations to
14 remain available until expended: Provided, That the
15 total amount of funds made available from this
16 Fund to the General Services Administration shall
17 not be available for expenses of any construction, re-
18 pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a
19 prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has
20 not been approved, except that necessary funds may
21 be expended for each project for required expenses
22 for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-
23 vided further, That funds available in the Federal
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24 Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re-
25 pairs when advance approval is obtained from the
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1 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
2 That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable
3 special services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C.
4 592(b)(2) and amounts to provide such reimbursable
5 fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities
6 on private or other property not in Government own-
7 ership or control as may be appropriate to enable
8 the United States Secret Service to perform its pro-
9 tective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall
10 be available from such revenues and collections: Pro-
11 vided further, That revenues and collections and any
12 other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year
13 2021, excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C.
14 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate new
15 obligational authority authorized for Real Property
16 Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act
17 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available
18 for expenditure except as authorized in appropria-
19 tions Acts.
20 GENERAL ACTIVITIES
21 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY
22 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
23 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac-
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25 sonal property assets and certain administrative services;
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1 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to
2 acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology
3 management, and related technology activities; and serv-
4 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $64,000,000.
5 OPERATING EXPENSES
6 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
7 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with
8 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-
9 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man-
10 agement, and communications; and services as authorized
11 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $49,440,000, of which not to exceed
12 $7,500 is for official reception and representation ex-
13 penses.
14 CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS
15 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
16 vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian
17 Board of Contract Appeals, $9,625,000, of which
18 $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
19 2022.
20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
22 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
23 $67,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall
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25 fraud against the Government, including payment for re-
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1 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,
2 That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards
3 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens
4 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
5 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.
6 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER
7 PRESIDENTS
8 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August
9 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138,
10 $3,915,000.
11 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND
12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and
14 Programs, including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323
15 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in sup-
16 port of interagency projects that enable the Federal Gov-
17 ernment to enhance its ability to conduct activities elec-
18 tronically, through the development and implementation of
19 innovative uses of information technology; $55,000,000, to
20 be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro-
21 vided, That the previous amount may be transferred to
22 Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of the Federal
23 Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the appro-
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25 posited into the Fund shall be available until expended for
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1 necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services and other
2 activities that enable the Federal Government to enhance
3 its ability to conduct activities electronically in the aggre-
4 gate amount not to exceed $100,000,000: Provided fur-
5 ther, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and
6 collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2021
7 in excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and
8 shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized
9 in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That, of the total
10 amount appropriated, up to $5,000,000 shall be available
11 for support functions and full-time hires to support activi-
12 ties related to the Administration’s requirements under
13 title II of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policy-
14 making Act (Public Law 115–435): Provided further, That
15 the transfer authorities provided herein shall be in addi-
16 tion to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.
17 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
19 For necessary expenses to carry out the Presidential
20 Transition Act of 1963, as amended, and 40 U.S.C.
21 581(e), $9,900,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 is
22 for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9)
23 of the Act: Provided, That such amounts may be trans-
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25 ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reimburse obligations in-
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1 curred prior to enactment of this Act for the purposes pro-
2 vided herein related to the Presidential election in 2020:
3 Provided further, That amounts available under this head-
4 ing shall be in addition to any other amounts available
5 for such purposes: Provided further, That if the President-
6 elect is the incumbent President or the Vice-President-
7 elect is the incumbent Vice President, $8,900,000 is here-
8 by transferred to the ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ account
9 for Consolidation Activities under paragraph (2) of such
10 account.
11 TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND
12 For the Technology Modernization Fund,
13 $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, for tech-
14 nology-related modernization activities.
15 ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND
16 For carrying out section 16(b)(2) of the Federal
17 Asset Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-
18 287), $16,000,000, to remain available until expended.
19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES
20 ADMINISTRATION
21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
22 SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services
23 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger
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1 SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
2 made available for fiscal year 2021 for Federal Buildings
3 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities
4 only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
5 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
6 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations
7 of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
8 SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title,
9 funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit
10 a fiscal year 2022 request for United States Courthouse
11 construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide
12 standards for construction as established and approved by
13 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
14 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage-
15 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial
16 Conference of the United States as set out in its approved
17 Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a
18 standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility
19 to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
20 SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may
21 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet,
22 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any
23 other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
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24 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per
25 square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
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1 mined by the General Services Administration in consider-
2 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972
3 (Public Law 92–313).
4 SEC. 524. From funds made available under the
5 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
6 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less
7 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects
8 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
9 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
10 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
11 of Representatives and the Senate.
12 SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on
13 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
14 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
15 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease
16 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-
17 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-
18 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall
19 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical
20 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all
21 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-
22 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should
23 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-
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1 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
2 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in
3 the resolution.
4 SEC. 526. With respect to each project funded under
5 the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’, and with
6 respect to E–Government projects funded under the head-
7 ing ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator
8 of General Services shall submit a spending plan and ex-
9 planation for each project to be undertaken to the Com-
10 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
11 and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of
12 enactment of this Act.
13 SEC. 527. Section 3173(d)(1) of title 40, United
14 States Code, is amended by inserting before the period the
15 following: ‘‘or for agency-wide acquisition of equipment or
16 systems or the acquisition of services in lieu thereof, as
17 necessary to implement the Act’’.
18 SEC. 528. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date
19 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the General
20 Services Administration shall transmit to the Committees
21 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
22 Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
23 ture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee
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1 on the construction of a new headquarters for the Federal
2 Bureau of Investigation in the National Capital Region.
3 (b) The report transmitted under subsection (a) shall
4 be consistent with the requirements of section 3307(b) of
5 title 40, United States Code and include a summary of
6 the material provisions of the construction and full con-
7 solidation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a new
8 headquarters facility, including all the costs associated
9 with site acquisition, design, management, and inspection,
10 and a description of all buildings and infrastructure need-
11 ed to complete the project.
12 SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this
13 Act may be used by the General Services Administration
14 to award or facilitate the award of any contract for the
15 provision of architectural, engineering, and related serv-
16 ices in a manner inconsistent with the procedures in the
17 Brooks Act (40 U.S.C. 1101 et. seq.) and part 36.6 of
18 the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
19 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available in this
20 Act may be used to implement or otherwise carry out di-
21 rectives contained in any Executive order that would es-
22 tablish a preferred architectural style for Federal build-
23 ings and courthouses or that would otherwise conflict with
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1 lished by the Ad Hoc Committee on Federal Space on
2 June 1, 1962.
3 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship
6 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub-
7 lic Law 93–642, $1,670,000, to remain available until ex-
8 pended.
9 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
12 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
13 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
14 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform
15 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of
16 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author-
17 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the
18 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger
19 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and
20 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
21 tion expenses, $44,490,000, to remain available until Sep-
22 tember 30, 2022, and in addition not to exceed
23 $2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022,
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24 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap-
25 peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement
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1 and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit
2 Systems Protection Board.
3 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL
4 FOUNDATION
5 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND
6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
7 For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L.
8 Udall Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and
9 Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et
10 seq.), $1,800,000, to remain available until expended, of
11 which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of such Act, up
12 to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the activities
13 authorized by section 6(7) of Public Law 102–259 and
14 section 817(a) of Public Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C.
15 5604(7)): Provided, That all current and previous
16 amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of
17 the Department of the Interior will remain available until
18 expended for audits and investigations of the Morris K.
19 Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with
20 the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as
21 amended, and for annual independent financial audits of
22 the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
23 pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002
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24 (Public Law 107–289): Provided further, That previous
25 amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of
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1 the Department of the Interior may be transferred to the
2 Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for an-
3 nual independent financial audits pursuant to the Ac-
4 countability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–
5 289).
6 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND
7 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-
8 tion Fund to carry out activities under sections 10 and
9 11 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Founda-
10 tion Act (Public Law 111–90), $3,200,000, to remain
11 available until expended: Provided, That during fiscal year
12 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, any amounts in such
13 Fund shall, pursuant to section 1557 of title 31, United
14 State Code, be exempt from the provisions of subchapter
15 IV of chapter 15 of such title.
16 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
17 OPERATING EXPENSES
18 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
19 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-
20 tration and archived Federal records and related activities,
21 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
22 view and declassification of documents, the activities of
23 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations
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24 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the
25 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al-
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1 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
2 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning,
3 $361,449,000, of which up to $2,000,000 shall remain
4 available until expended to implement the Civil Rights
5 Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 (Public Law
6 115–426).
7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
10 General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122
11 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of
12 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor
13 vehicles, $5,195,000.
14 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
15 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
16 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
17 ings, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended.
18 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS
19 COMMISSION
20 GRANTS PROGRAM
21 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
22 historical publications and records as authorized by 44
23 U.S.C. 2504, $7,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
2 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND
3 For the Community Development Revolving Loan
4 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822
5 and 9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September
6 30, 2022, for technical assistance to low-income des-
7 ignated credit unions.
8 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
11 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in
12 Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989,
13 and the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of
14 2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
15 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
16 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex-
17 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
18 penses, $18,600,000.
19 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
22 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
23 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re-
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1 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for
2 veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con-
3 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;
4 hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for
5 official reception and representation expenses; advances
6 for reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the
7 Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred
8 under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953,
9 as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence
10 allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities
11 require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post
12 of duty, $152,630,000: Provided, That of the total amount
13 made available under this heading, up to $9,000,000 shall
14 remain available until expended, for information tech-
15 nology infrastructure modernization and Trust Fund Fed-
16 eral Financial System migration or modernization, and
17 shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for
18 such purposes: Provided further, That of the total amount
19 made available under this heading, $1,068,000 may be
20 made available for strengthening the capacity and capa-
21 bilities of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Of-
22 fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41
23 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring,
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25 technology in support of acquisition workforce effective-
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1 ness or for management solutions to improve acquisition
2 management; and in addition $154,625,000 for adminis-
3 trative expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate
4 trust funds of OPM without regard to other statutes, in-
5 cluding direct procurement of printed materials, for the
6 retirement and insurance programs: Provided further,
7 That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect
8 the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by
9 sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and
10 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur-
11 ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available
12 for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of
13 OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358
14 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose:
15 Provided further, That the President’s Commission on
16 White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No.
17 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2021,
18 accept donations of money, property, and personal serv-
19 ices: Provided further, That such donations, including
20 those from prior years, may be used for the development
21 of publicity materials to provide information about the
22 White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall
23 be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses,
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
6 General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by
7 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles,
8 $5,000,000, and in addition, not to exceed $26,265,000
9 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
10 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
11 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
12 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of
13 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector
14 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
15 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia
16 and elsewhere.
17 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
20 Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized
21 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit-
22 nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
23 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi-
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1 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory
5 Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal
6 Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–
7 435), $18,614,000, to be derived by transfer from the
8 Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec-
9 tion 603(a) of such Act.
10 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD
11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
12 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
13 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of
14 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of
15 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $8,500,000, to remain available
16 until September 30, 2022.
17 PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD
18 For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-
19 form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and
20 Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $3,500,000,
21 to remain available until expended.
22 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
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24 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
25 change Commission, including services as authorized by
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1 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple
2 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and
3 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
4 tion expenses, $1,920,000,000, to remain available until
5 expended; of which not less than $16,313,000 shall be for
6 the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed
7 $75,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for
8 the International Organization of Securities Commissions;
9 and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available
10 for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the
11 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-
12 latory officials, members of their delegations and staffs to
13 exchange views concerning securities matters, such ex-
14 penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex-
15 penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign
16 invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses
17 such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) re-
18 lated lodging or subsistence.
19 In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move,
20 replication, and related costs associated with a replace-
21 ment lease for the Commission’s District of Columbia
22 headquarters, not to exceed $18,650,000, to remain avail-
23 able until expended; and for move, replication, and related
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1 sion’s San Francisco Regional Office facilities, not to ex-
2 ceed $12,677,000, to remain available until expended.
3 For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section
4 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.
5 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2021, all amounts appropriated
6 under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular ap-
7 propriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2021: Pro-
8 vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of
9 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee)
10 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections:
11 Provided further, That not to exceed $1,920,000,000 of
12 such offsetting collections shall be available until expended
13 for necessary expenses of this account; not to exceed
14 $18,650,000 of such offsetting collections shall be avail-
15 able until expended for move, replication, and related costs
16 under this heading associated with a replacement lease for
17 the Commission’s District of Columbia headquarters facili-
18 ties; and not to exceed $12,677,000 of such offsetting col-
19 lections shall be available until expended for move, replica-
20 tion, and related costs under this heading associated with
21 a replacement lease for the Commission’s San Francisco
22 Regional Office facilities: Provided further, That the total
23 amount appropriated under this heading from the general
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24 fund for fiscal year 2021 shall be reduced as such offset-
25 ting fees are received so as to result in a final total fiscal
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1 year 2021 appropriation from the general fund estimated
2 at not more than $0: Provided further, That if any amount
3 of the appropriation for move, replication, and related
4 costs associated with a replacement lease for the Commis-
5 sion’s District of Columbia headquarters office facilities
6 or if any amount of the appropriation for costs associated
7 with a replacement lease for the Commission’s San Fran-
8 cisco Regional Office is subsequently de-obligated by the
9 Commission, such amount that was derived from the gen-
10 eral fund shall be returned to the general fund, and such
11 amounts that were derived from fees or assessments col-
12 lected for such purpose shall be paid to each national secu-
13 rities exchange and national securities association, respec-
14 tively, in proportion to any fees or assessments paid by
15 such national securities exchange or national securities as-
16 sociation under section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act
17 of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year 2021.
18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SECURITIES AND
19 EXCHANGE COMMISSION
20 SEC. 540. None of the funds made available by this
21 Act may be used to finalize, issue, or implement any rule,
22 regulation, or order regarding the exempt offering frame-
23 work changes proposed at 85 Fed. Reg. 17956 without
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24 previously finalizing, issuing, or implementing a final rule
25 strengthening the filing requirements around exempt of-
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1 ferings in the same or stronger manner as proposed at
2 78 Fed. Reg. 44806 to enhance the Securities and Ex-
3 change Commission’s ability to evaluate the development
4 of market practices in Rule 506 offerings and to address
5 concerns that may arise in connection with permitting
6 issuers to engage in general solicitation.
7 SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this
8 Act may be used to finalize, issue, or implement any rule,
9 regulation, or order changing the procedural requirements
10 or raising resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act
11 Rule 14a-8 (section 240.14a–8 of title 17, Code of Federal
12 Regulations) as proposed at 84 Fed. Reg. 66458.
13 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
15 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
16 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of
17 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective
18 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for
19 civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
20 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed
21 $750 for official reception and representation expenses;
22 $27,800,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal
23 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from
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24 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President
25 deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na-
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1 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds
2 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-
3 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed
4 Forces of the United States.
5 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
8 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of
9 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343
10 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-
11 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
12 penses, $287,947,000, of which not less than $12,000,000
13 shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other
14 lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis-
15 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
16 lications developed by the Small Business Administration,
17 and certain loan program activities, including fees author-
18 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided
19 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues
20 received from all such activities shall be credited to this
21 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying
22 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro-
23 vided further, That the Small Business Administration
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24 may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000
25 and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec-
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1 tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during
2 fiscal year 2021: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall
3 be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting
4 System, to be available until September 30, 2022.
5 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
6 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-
7 trepreneurial and small business development,
8 $277,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
9 2022: Provided, That $140,000,000 shall be available to
10 fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2021 or fiscal
11 year 2022 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi-
12 ness Act: Provided further, That $35,000,000 shall be for
13 marketing, management, and technical assistance under
14 section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
15 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under
16 the microloan program: Provided further, That
17 $20,500,000 shall be available for grants to States to
18 carry out export programs that assist small business con-
19 cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business
20 Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)).
21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
23 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
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24 General Act of 1978, $22,011,000.
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1 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY
2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in
3 carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94–
4 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi-
5 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,190,000, to
6 remain available until expended.
7 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
9 For the cost of direct loans, $5,000,000, to remain
10 available until expended, and for the cost of guaranteed
11 loans as authorized by section 7(a) of the Small Business
12 Act (Public Law 83–163), $15,000,000, to remain avail-
13 able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including
14 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in
15 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
16 vided further, That subject to section 502 of the Congres-
17 sional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2021 com-
18 mitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the
19 Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed
20 $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year
21 2021 commitments for general business loans authorized
22 under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not
23 exceed $30,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing
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24 term loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit
25 provided by revolving loans: Provided further, That during
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1 fiscal year 2021 commitments for loans authorized under
2 subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of the Small Business
3 Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not ex-
4 ceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal
5 year 2021 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures
6 under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment
7 Act of 1958 shall not exceed $4,000,000,000: Provided
8 further, That during fiscal year 2021, guarantees of trust
9 certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi-
10 ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of
11 $12,000,000,000: Provided further, That the amounts ap-
12 propriated in the matter preceding the first proviso under
13 this heading for the cost of guaranteed loans as authorized
14 by section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, and the com-
15 mitments for general business loans authorized by the
16 third proviso under this heading for such loans, shall not
17 be available for loans authorized under paragraph (36) of
18 such section 7(a). In addition, for administrative expenses
19 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
20 $155,150,000, which may be transferred to and merged
21 with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.
22 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
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24 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
25 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small
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1 Business Act, $168,075,000, to be available until ex-
2 pended, of which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector
3 General of the Small Business Administration for audits
4 and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro-
5 grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the
6 appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of
7 which $158,075,000 is for direct administrative expenses
8 of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan
9 program, which may be transferred to and merged with
10 the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of
11 which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative expenses
12 for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to
13 and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex-
14 penses: Provided, That, of the funds provided under this
15 heading, $142,864,000 shall be for major disasters de-
16 clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
17 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Pro-
18 vided further, That the amount for major disasters under
19 this heading is designated by Congress as being for dis-
20 aster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Bal-
21 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS
2 ADMINISTRATION
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
4 SEC. 550. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
5 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the
6 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-
7 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
8 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
9 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant
10 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of
11 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-
12 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
13 with the procedures set forth in that section.
14 SEC. 551. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria-
15 tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad-
16 ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’
17 and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans-
18 ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys-
19 tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF),
20 as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division
21 A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
22 Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section
23 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the
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24 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
25 atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred
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1 to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available
2 for obligation through September 30, 2024.
3 SEC. 552. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
4 under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, $20,000,000
5 shall not be available for obligation until the date that the
6 Administrator certifies and reports to the Committees on
7 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
8 Senate that the Small Business Administration, in con-
9 sultation with the Comptroller General of the United
10 States, has established and issued agency-wide guidance
11 with respect to relations with the Government Account-
12 ability Office to specifically provide for: (1) expedited
13 timeframes for providing the Government Accountability
14 Office with access to records within 10 days after the date
15 of request; (2) expedited timeframes for interviews of pro-
16 gram officials by the Government Accountability Office;
17 and (3) a significant streamlining of the review process
18 for documents and interview requests by liaisons, counsel,
19 and program officials, consistent with the objective that
20 the Government Accountability Office be given timely and
21 complete access to documents and agency officials.
22 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
23 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
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24 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue
25 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
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1 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United
2 States Code, $55,333,000: Provided, That mail for over-
3 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:
4 Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery
5 of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro-
6 vided further, That none of the funds made available to
7 the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement
8 any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or
9 employee of any State or local child support enforcement
10 agency, or any individual participating in a State or local
11 program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa-
12 tion requested or provided concerning an address of a
13 postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds
14 provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close
15 small rural and other small post offices: Provided further,
16 That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall con-
17 tinue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational Spe-
18 cies Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as authorized
19 under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds
20 Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241).
21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
25 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
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1 General Act of 1978, $258,180,000, to be derived by
2 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as
3 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-
4 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435).
5 UNITED STATES TAX COURT
6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
7 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
8 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and
9 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
10 tion expenses; $57,026,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re-
11 main available until expended: Provided, That travel ex-
12 penses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certifi-
13 cate of the judge.
14 TITLE VI
15 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT
16 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
17 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
18 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the
19 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
20 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings
21 funded in this Act.
22 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
23 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
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24 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
25 tions, unless expressly so provided herein.
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1 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation
2 under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
3 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
4 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
5 of public record and available for public inspection, except
6 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
7 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
8 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this
9 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
10 strumentality of the United States Government, except
11 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
12 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
13 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this
14 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the
15 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
16 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would
17 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
18 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of
19 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
20 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this
21 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees
22 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply
23 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
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24 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
25 available under this Act shall be made available to any
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1 person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-
2 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
3 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
4 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
5 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
6 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
7 penditure in fiscal year 2021, or provided from any ac-
8 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees
9 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
10 available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
11 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program;
12 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases
13 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity
14 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-
15 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
16 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the
17 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different
18 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
19 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever
20 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
21 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7)
22 creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-
23 less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-
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24 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
25 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization,
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1 restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs,
2 or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall
3 consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the
4 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
5 ther, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
6 ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall
7 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of
8 the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish
9 the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-
10 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further,
11 That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table
12 for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee
13 equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns
14 to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s
15 budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust-
16 ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the
17 fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for
18 each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted
19 level by object class and program, project, and activity as
20 detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the
21 budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which-
22 ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items
23 for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs
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24 for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to
25 discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations;
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1 and (3) an identification of items of special congressional
2 interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated
3 or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall
4 be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the
5 required date that the report has not been submitted to
6 the Congress.
7 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided
8 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
9 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2021 from
10 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses
11 for fiscal year 2021 in this Act, shall remain available
12 through September 30, 2022, for each such account for
13 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall
14 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
15 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval
16 prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further,
17 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
18 programming guidelines.
19 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in
20 this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-
21 dent to request—
22 (1) any official background investigation report
23 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
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24 tigation; or
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1 (2) a determination with respect to the treat-
2 ment of an organization as described in section
3 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and
4 exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such
5 Code from the Department of the Treasury or the
6 Internal Revenue Service.
7 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply—
8 (1) in the case of an official background inves-
9 tigation report, if such individual has given express
10 written consent for such request not more than 6
11 months prior to the date of such request and during
12 the same presidential administration; or
13 (2) if such request is required due to extraor-
14 dinary circumstances involving national security.
15 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-
16 gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code
17 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
18 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established
19 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
20 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and
21 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the
22 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
23 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize
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25 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made
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1 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant
2 to court approval.
3 SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall
4 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative
5 expenses in connection with any health plan under the
6 Federal employees health benefits program which provides
7 any benefits or coverage for abortions.
8 SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not
9 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered
10 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the
11 result of an act of rape or incest.
12 SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to
13 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
14 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set
15 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
16 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply
17 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
18 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40,
19 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined
20 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code).
21 SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31,
22 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
23 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
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25 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a
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1 non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
2 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee
3 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
4 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
5 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement
6 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency
7 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject
8 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the
9 person or entity is an organization described in section
10 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
11 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.
12 SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act,
13 funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading
14 Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission
15 by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency
16 funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to
17 advise on emerging regulatory issues.
18 SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
19 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise
20 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the
21 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
22 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General
23 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
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1 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations
2 with the current lessor.
3 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an
4 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by
5 the President to require emergency leasing authority with
6 respect to such agency.
7 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive
8 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency
9 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-
10 eral Services Administration or the United States Postal
11 Service.
12 SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-
13 lowing activities the amounts required under current law:
14 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C.
15 102).
16 (2) Payments to—
17 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund
18 (28 U.S.C. 377(o));
19 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund
20 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and
21 (C) the United States Court of Federal
22 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C.
23 178(l)).
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1 (A) with respect to the health benefits of
2 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89
3 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired
4 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74
5 Stat. 849); and
6 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
7 fits for employees retiring after December 31,
8 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87).
9 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of
10 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil
11 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C.
12 8348).
13 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid
14 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
15 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter
16 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
17 States Code.
18 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-
19 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any
20 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-
21 tained in this Act.
22 SEC. 620. None of the funds made available in this
23 Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to
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24 complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working
25 Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro-
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1 posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu-
2 latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on
3 Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order
4 No. 13563.
5 SEC. 621. (a) The head of each executive branch
6 agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In-
7 formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par-
8 ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process
9 related to information technology.
10 (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch
11 agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
12 tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
13 sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and
14 budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director
15 of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner
16 as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of-
17 ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial
18 Officer of the agency and budget officials.
19 SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this
20 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or
21 33 of title 44, United States Code.
22 SEC. 623. None of the funds made available in this
23 Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the
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25 ice to the public or remote computing service of the con-
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1 tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec-
2 tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined
3 in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code)
4 in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the
5 Constitution of the United States.
6 SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
7 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission
8 to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of
9 the Commission for universal service high-cost support for
10 competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way
11 that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec-
12 tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as
13 in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section
14 shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-
15 oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter-
16 native to Mobility Fund Phase II.
17 SEC. 625. No funds provided in this Act shall be used
18 to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely
19 access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
20 able to the department or agency over which that Inspec-
21 tor General has responsibilities under the Inspector Gen-
22 eral Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector
23 General’s access to such records, documents, or other ma-
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25 law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and ex-
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1 pressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A
2 department or agency covered by this section shall provide
3 its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu-
4 ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In-
5 spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory
6 limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro-
7 vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen-
8 eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act
9 of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section
10 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
11 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal-
12 endar days any failures to comply with this requirement.
13 SEC. 626. (a) None of the funds made available in
14 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer
15 network unless such network blocks the viewing,
16 downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
17 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of
18 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law
19 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
20 nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or
21 other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activ-
22 ity.
23 SEC. 627. None of the funds appropriated or other-
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25 or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has
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1 been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over
2 budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of
3 a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such
4 deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-
5 driven scope changes, or are not significant within the
6 overall scope of the project and/or program and unless
7 such awards or incentive fees are consistent with
8 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
9 SEC. 628. (a) None of the funds made available under
10 this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac-
11 tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch
12 department, agency, board or commission funded by this
13 Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless
14 the agency or entity determines that such attendance is
15 in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted
16 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
17 resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that
18 determination.
19 (b) None of the funds made available under this Act
20 may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more
21 than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United
22 States, at any single conference occurring outside the
23 United States unless the agency or entity determines that
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1 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in-
2 cludes the basis of that determination.
3 SEC. 629. None of the funds made available by this
4 Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by
5 the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this
6 Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–
7 10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
8 SEC. 630. None of the funds made available by this
9 Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for
10 public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man-
11 agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10,
12 2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is
13 transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
14 House of Representatives and the Senate.
15 SEC. 631. None of the funds made available in this
16 Act may be used to penalize a financial institution solely
17 because the institution provides financial services to an en-
18 tity that is a manufacturer, a producer, or a person that
19 participates in any business or organized activity that in-
20 volves handling hemp, hemp-derived cannabidiol products,
21 other hemp-derived cannabinoid products, marijuana,
22 marijuana products, or marijuana proceeds, and engages
23 in such activity pursuant to a law established by a State,
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24 political subdivision of a State, or Indian Tribe. In this
25 section, the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several
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1 States, the District of Columbia, and any territory or pos-
2 session of the United States.
3 SEC. 632. None of the funds made available in this
4 or any other Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or
5 implement any rule, principle, policy, standard, or guid-
6 ance, or take any other action with respect to, changing
7 the 2017 methodology prescribed by the Office of Manage-
8 ment and Budget for determining the Official Poverty
9 Measure.
10 SEC. 633. Of the unobligated balances available in
11 the Department of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture
12 Fund, established by section 9703 of title 31, United
13 States Code, $250,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded
14 not later than September 30, 2021.
15 SEC. 634. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
16 erwise made available by this Act may be used to enter
17 into any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with
18 any entity in which a covered individual directly or indi-
19 rectly owns, controls, or holds not less than 20 percent,
20 by vote or value, of the outstanding amount of any class
21 of equity interest in an entity. For the purposes of deter-
22 mining whether the requirements of this subsection are
23 met, the securities owned, controlled, or held by 2 or more
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25 shall be aggregated.
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1 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘equity interest’’ has the
2 meaning given such term in section 4019 of the CARES
3 Act (Public Law 116–136).
4 (c) In this section, the term ‘‘covered individual’’
5 means the President or Vice President or a family member
6 (as that term is defined in section 630.201(b) of title 5,
7 Code of Federal Regulations) of the President or Vice
8 President.
9 SEC. 635. None of the funds made available by this
10 or any other Act (including prior Acts and Acts other than
11 appropriations Acts) may be obligated or expended to re-
12 organize or transfer any function or authority of the Office
13 of Personnel Management to the General Services Admin-
14 istration or to the Office of Management and Budget.
15 SEC. 636. None of the funds made available in this
16 or any other Act may be used by the Office of Personnel
17 Management to enter into interagency or service- level
18 agreements with the General Services Administration or
19 the Office of Management and Budget exceeding
20 $100,000 in total unless, not later than 15 days before
21 the date any such agreement that would breach the
22 $100,000 limitation is proposed to be entered into, written
23 notice describing the agreement is provided to the Com-
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25 and the Senate.
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1 SEC. 637. None of the funds provided by this Act
2 may be used by the Federal Trade Commission or the
3 Federal Communications Commission to consider taking
4 action, or to take any action, consistent with Executive
5 Order 13925 of May 28, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 34079), or
6 to seek comment on or otherwise take action on any peti-
7 tion for rulemaking filed pursuant to such Executive
8 order, or to interpret section 230 of the Communications
9 Decency Act in the manner described in section 2 of such
10 Executive order.
11 TITLE VII
12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE
13 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
15 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality
16 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
17 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2021 shall obligate
18 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
19 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to
20 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
21 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal
22 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances
23 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
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25 agency, or instrumentality.
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1 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
2 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year
3 in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United
4 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
5 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve-
6 hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve-
7 hicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons
8 for which the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That
9 these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for
10 police-type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set
11 forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than
12 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for
13 demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and
14 Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra-
15 tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set
16 forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental
17 cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant
18 to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con-
19 ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim-
20 its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle
21 that is a commercial item and which operates on alter-
22 native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in
23 hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
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25 ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
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1 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
2 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available
3 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in
4 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.
5 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during
6 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con-
7 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the
8 compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern-
9 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma-
10 jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government
11 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti-
12 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen
13 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit-
14 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as
15 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who
16 is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant-
17 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration
18 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and
19 then a citizen when eligible; (4) is a person who owes alle-
20 giance to the United States; or (5) is a person who is au-
21 thorized to be employed in the United States pursuant to
22 the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program estab-
23 lished under the memorandum of the Secretary of Home-
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24 land Security dated June 15, 2012: Provided, That for
25 purposes of this section, affidavits signed by any such per-
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1 son shall be considered prima facie evidence that the re-
2 quirements of this section with respect to his or her status
3 are being complied with: Provided further, That for pur-
4 poses of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be
5 submitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as
6 necessary: Provided further, That any person making a
7 false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon convic-
8 tion, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned
9 for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That
10 the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in
11 substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Pro-
12 vided further, That any payment made to any officer or
13 employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall
14 be recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Pro-
15 vided further, That this section shall not apply to any per-
16 son who is an officer or employee of the Government of
17 the United States on the date of enactment of this Act,
18 or to international broadcasters employed by the Broad-
19 casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment
20 of translators, or to temporary employment in the field
21 service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies:
22 Provided further, That this section does not apply to the
23 employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than
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1 ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant
2 to an agreement with another country.
3 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart-
4 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
5 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
6 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General
7 Services Administration for charges for space and services
8 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
9 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements
10 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of
11 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments
12 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law.
13 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or
14 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
15 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials,
16 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a
17 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
18 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
19 pended for the following purposes:
20 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
21 and recycling programs as described in Executive
22 Order No. 13834 (May 17, 2018), including any
23 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of
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1 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
2 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the
3 development and implementation of hazardous waste
4 management and pollution prevention programs.
5 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by
6 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the
7 Federal agency.
8 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other
9 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year
10 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of
11 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition
12 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,
13 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance
14 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
15 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
16 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the
17 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in
18 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
19 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other
20 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be
21 correspondingly reduced.
22 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in
23 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency
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25 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups
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1 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do
2 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive
3 financial support from more than one agency or instru-
4 mentality.
5 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant
6 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used
7 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which
8 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly
9 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the
10 United States.
11 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of
12 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian
13 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the
14 President, holds office, no funds may be obligated or ex-
15 pended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the
16 office of such department head, agency head, officer, or
17 employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements
18 for any such office, unless advance notice of such fur-
19 nishing or redecoration is transmitted to the Committees
20 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
21 Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘office’’
22 shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi-
23 vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the
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25 individual.
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1 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
2 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current
3 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for
4 the interagency funding of national security and emer-
5 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which
6 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-
7 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6,
8 2012).
9 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by
10 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by
11 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the
12 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any
13 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol-
14 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com-
15 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United
16 States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part
17 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless
18 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other
19 instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer-
20 tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
21 ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi-
22 vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail
23 the individual to the White House.
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24 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
25 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de-
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1 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community
2 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National
3 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))).
4 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in
5 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment
6 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal
7 Government, who—
8 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
9 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
10 ployee of the Federal Government from having any
11 direct oral or written communication or contact with
12 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the
13 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining
14 to the employment of such other officer or employee
15 or pertaining to the department or agency of such
16 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of
17 whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
18 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
19 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member,
20 committee, or subcommittee; or
21 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,
22 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or
23 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion
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25 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
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1 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
2 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the
3 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to
4 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to
5 such other officer or employee, by reason of any
6 communication or contact of such other officer or
7 employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
8 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph
9 (1).
10 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in
11 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for
12 any employee training that—
13 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
14 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the
15 performance of official duties;
16 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
17 els of emotional response or psychological stress in
18 some participants;
19 (3) does not require prior employee notification
20 of the content and methods to be used in the train-
21 ing and written end of course evaluation;
22 (4) contains any methods or content associated
23 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or
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1 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N–
2 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
3 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
4 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the
5 workplace.
6 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or
7 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training
8 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.
9 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this
10 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
11 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
12 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda
13 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of
14 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television,
15 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
16 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation
17 to the Congress itself.
18 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or
19 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
20 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization
21 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure
22 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of
23 competent jurisdiction.
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24 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this
25 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public
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1 information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail-
2 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the
3 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
4 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
5 and the Senate.
6 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in
7 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly,
8 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
9 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore
10 authorized by Congress.
11 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’—
12 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined
13 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and
14 (2) includes a military department, as defined
15 under section 102 of such title, the United States
16 Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commis-
17 sion.
18 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
19 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee
20 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort
21 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave
22 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under
23 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest
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24 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time
25 in the performance of official duties.
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1 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
2 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current
3 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department
4 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting
5 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to
6 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative
7 costs.
8 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
9 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
10 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or
11 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government-
12 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-
13 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for
14 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including
15 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided,
16 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
17 trator of General Services to support Government-wide
18 and other multi-agency financial, information technology,
19 procurement, and other management innovations, initia-
20 tives, and activities, including improving coordination and
21 reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the
22 Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with
23 the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des-
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24 ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man-
25 agement Council for overall management improvement ini-
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1 tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial
2 management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers
3 Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief
4 Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia-
5 tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
6 ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun-
7 cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur-
8 ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall
9 not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce
10 duplication, and for other activities related to Federal
11 Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120,
12 and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide inno-
13 vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That
14 the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General
15 Services Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during
16 fiscal year 2021 shall remain available for obligation
17 through September 30, 2022: Provided further, That such
18 transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15
19 days following notification of the Committees on Appro-
20 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
21 by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
22 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of
23 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location
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24 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman
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1 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at
2 the location.
3 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
4 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current
5 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for
6 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops,
7 studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of
8 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized
9 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple
10 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That
11 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-
12 port describing the budget of and resources connected with
13 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-
14 mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on
15 Science, Space, and Technology, and the Senate Com-
16 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days
17 after enactment of this Act.
18 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation,
19 grant application, form, notification, press release, or
20 other publications involving the distribution of Federal
21 funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part
22 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided,
23 That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula
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24 funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal
25 funds.
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1 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY
2 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of
3 the funds made available in this or any other Act may
4 be used by any Federal agency—
5 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation
6 of data, derived from any means, that includes any
7 personally identifiable information relating to an in-
8 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
9 ment Internet site of the agency; or
10 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third
11 party (including another government agency) to col-
12 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
13 rived from any means, that includes any personally
14 identifiable information relating to an individual’s
15 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet
16 site.
17 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in
18 subsection (a) shall not apply to—
19 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not
20 identify particular persons;
21 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
22 tifiable information;
23 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
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25 applicable law; or
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1 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1)
2 that is a system security action taken by the oper-
3 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident
4 to providing the Internet site services or to pro-
5 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the
6 Internet site.
7 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:
8 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
9 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities
10 provided in law.
11 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
12 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
13 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial
14 condition, management practices and policies and
15 compliance with applicable standards as provided in
16 law.
17 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
18 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which
19 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,
20 except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
21 traceptive coverage.
22 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract
23 with—
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24 (1) any of the following religious plans:
25 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and
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1 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
2 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier
3 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of
4 religious beliefs.
5 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters
6 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
7 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the
8 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for
9 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary
10 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.
11 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
12 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
13 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-
14 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and
15 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to
16 anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-
17 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized
18 oversight authorities.
19 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of
20 law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-
21 partments and agencies may be used by such departments
22 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and
23 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
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24 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft
25 ownership pilot program.
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1 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of
2 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available
3 under this or any other appropriations Act may be used
4 to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the
5 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-
6 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
7 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through
8 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-
9 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68,
10 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail
11 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch).
12 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of
13 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,
14 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-
15 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of
16 conducting Federal law enforcement training without the
17 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
18 the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that
19 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is author-
20 ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities
21 by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which
22 cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities.
23 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing
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24 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act
25 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce
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1 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
2 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes
3 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
4 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was
5 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency.
6 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this
7 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title
8 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy
9 Act), and regulations implementing that section.
10 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
11 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any
12 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-
13 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated
14 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b)
15 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b))
16 or any subsidiary of such an entity.
17 (b) WAIVERS.—
18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive
19 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
20 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary
21 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-
22 quired in the interest of national security.
23 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary
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25 such issuance to Congress.
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1 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any
2 Federal Government contract entered into before the date
3 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued
4 pursuant to such contract.
5 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2021, for each employee
6 who—
7 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or
8 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or
9 (2) retires under any other provision of sub-
10 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title
11 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-
12 rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil
13 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount
14 equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-
15 age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for
16 the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be
17 available until expended to the Office of Personnel
18 Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-
19 trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title
20 5, United States Code.
21 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available in this
22 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of
23 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal govern-
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24 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a mem-
25 ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-
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1 missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch
2 agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States
3 Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch.
4 SEC. 736. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
5 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,
6 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year
7 2021, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any
8 prevailing rate employee described in section
9 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—
10 (A) during the period from the date of expira-
11 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
12 tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-
13 fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-
14 ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2021, in an
15 amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
16 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule
17 in accordance with such section; and
18 (B) during the period consisting of the remain-
19 der of fiscal year 2021, in an amount that exceeds,
20 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate
21 payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the
22 sum of—
23 (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect
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1 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
2 under the General Schedule; and
3 (ii) the difference between the overall aver-
4 age percentage of the locality-based com-
5 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year
6 2021 under section 5304 of such title (whether
7 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
8 erage percentage of such payments which was
9 effective in the previous fiscal year under such
10 section.
11 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
12 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or
13 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
14 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title,
15 may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1)
16 is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would
17 be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli-
18 cable to such employee.
19 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
20 able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and
21 who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September
22 30, 2020, shall be determined under regulations pre-
23 scribed by the Office of Personnel Management.
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24 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates
25 of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection
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1 may not be changed from the rates in effect on September
2 30, 2020, except to the extent determined by the Office
3 of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-
4 pose of this subsection.
5 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay
6 for service performed after September 30, 2020.
7 (6) For the purpose of administering any provision
8 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
9 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
10 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
11 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the
12 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary
13 or basic pay payable after the application of this sub-
14 section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.
15 (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to
16 permit or require the payment to any employee covered
17 by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would
18 be payable were this subsection not in effect.
19 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide
20 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub-
21 section if the Office determines that such exceptions are
22 necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali-
23 fied employees.
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24 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment
25 in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that
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1 take place in fiscal year 2021 under sections 5344 and
2 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be—
3 (1) not less than the percentage received by em-
4 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay
5 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems
6 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United
7 States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-
8 ees at locations where there are no employees whose
9 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304
10 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate
11 employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5,
12 United States Code, shall be considered to be located
13 in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United
14 States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United
15 States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and
16 (2) effective as of the first day of the first ap-
17 plicable pay period beginning after September 30,
18 2020.
19 SEC. 737. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
20 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by
21 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual
22 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official
23 for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the
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24 costs and contracting procedures related to each con-
25 ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-
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1 mission, or office during fiscal year 2021 for which the
2 cost to the United States Government was more than
3 $100,000.
4 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
5 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
6 ble period—
7 (1) a description of its purpose;
8 (2) the number of participants attending;
9 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the
10 United States Government, including—
11 (A) the cost of any food or beverages;
12 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
13 (C) the cost of employee or contractor
14 travel to and from the conference; and
15 (D) a discussion of the methodology used
16 to determine which costs relate to the con-
17 ference; and
18 (4) a description of the contracting procedures
19 used including—
20 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a
21 competitive basis; and
22 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison
23 conducted by the departmental component or
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25 conference.
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1 (c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the
2 head of any such department, agency, board, commission,
3 or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics
4 official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the
5 date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
6 ference held by any Executive branch department, agency,
7 board, commission, or office funded by this or any other
8 appropriations Act during fiscal year 2021 for which the
9 cost to the United States Government was more than
10 $20,000.
11 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
12 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not
13 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-
14 ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and
15 programmatically related to the purpose for which the
16 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held
17 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review,
18 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by
19 the grant or contract.
20 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any
21 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
22 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office
23 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12
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24 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that
25 memorandum.
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1 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in this
2 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase,
3 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
4 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for
5 a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently
6 enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change
7 is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-
8 sions of this or any other appropriations Act.
9 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this
10 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer,
11 enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’
12 published by the Office of Personnel Management in the
13 Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180
14 et seq.).
15 SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or other-
16 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
17 to begin or announce a study or public-private competition
18 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any
19 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of-
20 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any
21 other administrative regulation, directive, or policy.
22 SEC. 741. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
23 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be
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25 with an entity that requires employees or contractors of
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1 such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign
2 internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib-
3 iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-
4 tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse
5 to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent-
6 ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re-
7 ceive such information.
8 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
9 travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312,
10 Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
11 ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified
12 information.
13 SEC. 742. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any
14 other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
15 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-
16 ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-
17 ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain
18 the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent
19 with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter
20 the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by
21 existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi-
22 fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the
23 reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any
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25 of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and spe-
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1 cific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other
2 whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements,
3 obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by
4 controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are
5 incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.’’:
6 Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of
7 this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that
8 is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct
9 of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other
10 than an employee or officer of the United States Govern-
11 ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular
12 activity for which such document is to be used. Such form
13 or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person
14 will not disclose any classified information received in the
15 course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do
16 so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure
17 forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo-
18 sures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an execu-
19 tive agency or the Department of Justice, that are essen-
20 tial to reporting a substantial violation of law.
21 (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be
22 implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a)
23 if it complies with the requirements for such agreement
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1 (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act
2 may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-
3 tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain
4 substantially similar language to that required in sub-
5 section (a).
6 SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this
7 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract,
8 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
9 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee
10 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
11 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
12 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed,
13 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant
14 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
15 lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is
16 aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency
17 has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation
18 and has made a determination that this further action is
19 not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.
20 SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this
21 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract,
22 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
23 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee
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25 violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24
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1 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
2 tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension
3 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
4 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
5 tect the interests of the Government.
6 SEC. 745. (a) During fiscal year 2021, on the date
7 on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac-
8 cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the
9 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the
10 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
11 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv-
12 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee
13 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate
14 of such request.
15 (b) Any notification required by this section shall be
16 made available on the Bureau’s public Web site.
17 SEC. 746. If, for fiscal year 2021, new budget author-
18 ity provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discre-
19 tionary spending limit for any category set forth in section
20 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
21 Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the
22 Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discre-
23 tionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year
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24 2021 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Man-
25 agement and Budget in the amount of the excess but the
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1 total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent
2 of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits
3 for all categories for that fiscal year.
4 SEC. 747. (a) Notwithstanding the official rate ad-
5 justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code,
6 the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar
7 year 2021 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President
8 on December 31, 2019, by operation of section 749 of divi-
9 sion D of Public Law 116–6.
10 (b) Notwithstanding the official rate adjusted under
11 section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other
12 provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year
13 2021 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule
14 position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed
15 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate
16 payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De-
17 cember 31, 2019, by operation of section 749 of division
18 D of Public Law 116–6. Such an employee may not receive
19 a pay rate increase during calendar year 2021, except as
20 provided in subsection (i).
21 (c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv-
22 ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi-
23 sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is
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25 ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate.
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1 (d)(1) This subsection applies to—
2 (A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior
3 Executive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or
4 above the official rate for level IV of the Execu-
5 tive Schedule; or
6 (B) a limited term appointee or limited
7 emergency appointee in the Senior Executive
8 Service serving under a political appointment
9 and paid a rate of basic pay at or above the of-
10 ficial rate for level IV of the Executive Sched-
11 ule.
12 (2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of
13 title 5, United States Code, an employee described
14 in paragraph (1) may not receive a pay rate increase
15 during calendar year 2021, except as provided in
16 subsection (i).
17 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
18 employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality-
19 based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United
20 States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official
21 rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves
22 under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate
23 increase during calendar year 2021, except as provided in
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25 in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service
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1 pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161
2 of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another
3 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15
4 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-
5 plied to them.
6 (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-
7 vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-
8 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided
9 under applicable law.
10 (g) This section does not apply to an individual who
11 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic
12 pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code,
13 for such time as that election is in effect.
14 (h) This section does not apply to an individual who
15 makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay
16 entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service
17 Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that
18 election is in effect.
19 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an
20 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-
21 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov-
22 ered position only if that new position has higher-level du-
23 ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than
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25 the movement. Any such increase must be based on the
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1 rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates
2 of pay in effect on December 31, 2019, by operation of
3 section 749 of division D of Public Law 116–6.
4 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
5 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position
6 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial
7 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable
8 limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December
9 31, 2019, by operation of section 749 of division D of Pub-
10 lic Law 116–6.
11 (k) If an employee affected by this section is subject
12 to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2021
13 but ends in calendar year 2022, the bar on the employee’s
14 receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end
15 of that pay period.
16 (l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered
17 position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose
18 pay is restricted under this section.
19 (m) This section takes effect on the first day of the
20 first applicable pay period beginning on or after January
21 1, 2021.
22 SEC. 748. During the current fiscal year—
23 (a) With respect to budget authority proposed to be
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25 deferred in a special message transmitted under section
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1 1012 or 1013 of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
2 ment Control Act of 1974, such budget authority—
3 (1) shall be made available for obligation in suf-
4 ficient time to be prudently obligated as required
5 under section 1012(b) or 1013 of such Act; and
6 (2) may not be deferred or otherwise withheld
7 from obligation during the 90-day period before the
8 expiration of the period of availability of such budget
9 authority, including, if applicable, the 90-day period
10 before the expiration of an initial period of avail-
11 ability for which such budget authority was pro-
12 vided.
13 (b) With respect to an apportionment of an appro-
14 priation made pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31,
15 United States Code, an appropriation (as that term is de-
16 fined in section 1511 of title 31, United States Code) shall
17 be apportioned—
18 (1) to make available all amounts for obligation
19 in sufficient time to be prudently obligated; and
20 (2) to make available all amounts for obligation,
21 without precondition or limitation (including foot-
22 notes) that shall be met prior to obligation, not later
23 than 90 days before the expiration of the period of
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1 riod of availability for which such appropriation was
2 provided.
3 (c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘budget author-
4 ity’’ includes budget authority made available by this or
5 any other Act, by prior appropriations Acts, or by any law
6 other than an appropriations Act.
7 (d)(1) The Comptroller General shall review compli-
8 ance with this section and shall submit to the Committees
9 on Appropriations and the Budget, and any other appro-
10 priate congressional committees of the House of Rep-
11 resentatives and Senate a report, and any relevant infor-
12 mation related to the report, on any noncompliance with
13 this section or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
14 (2) The President or the head of the relevant
15 department or agency of the United States shall pro-
16 vide information, documentation, and views to the
17 Comptroller General, as is determined by the Comp-
18 troller General to be necessary to determine such
19 compliance, not later than 20 days after the date on
20 which the request from the Comptroller General is
21 received, or if the Comptroller General determines
22 that a shorter or longer period is appropriate based
23 on the specific circumstances, within such shorter or
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1 (3) To carry out the responsibilities of this sec-
2 tion and the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, the
3 Comptroller General shall also have access to inter-
4 view the officers, employees, contractors, and other
5 agents and representatives of a department, agency,
6 or office of the United States at any reasonable time
7 as the Comptroller General may request.
8 (e)(1) An officer or employee of the Executive Branch
9 of the United States Government violating this section
10 shall be subject to appropriate administrative discipline in-
11 cluding, when circumstances warrant, suspension from
12 duty without pay or removal from office.
13 (2) In the event of a violation of this section or
14 the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, or in the
15 case that the Government Accountability Office
16 issues a legal decision concluding that a department,
17 agency, or office of the United States violated this
18 section or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974,
19 the President or the head of the relevant department
20 or agency as the case may be, shall report imme-
21 diately to the Congress all relevant facts and a state-
22 ment of actions taken: Provided, That a copy of each
23 report shall also be transmitted to the Comptroller
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25 same date the report is transmitted to the Congress.
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1 (3) Any such report shall include a summary of
2 the facts pertaining to the violation, the title and
3 Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appro-
4 priation or fund account, the amount involved for
5 each violation, the date on which the violation oc-
6 curred, the position of any individuals responsible
7 for the violation, a statement of the administrative
8 discipline imposed and any further action taken with
9 respect to any officer or employee involved in the
10 violation, and a statement of any additional action
11 taken to prevent recurrence of the same type of vio-
12 lation: Provided, That in the case that the Govern-
13 ment Accountability Office issues a legal decision
14 concluding that a department, agency, or office of
15 the United States violated this section and the rel-
16 evant department, agency, or office does not agree
17 that a violation has occurred, the report provided to
18 Congress, the Comptroller General, and relevant in-
19 spector general will explain such department, agen-
20 cy, or office’s position.
21 (4) If the report identifies the position of any
22 officer or employee as involved in the violation, such
23 officer or employee shall be provided a reasonable
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25 sponse shall be appended to the report.
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1 SEC. 749. (a) If an executive agency or the District
2 of Columbia government receives a written request for in-
3 formation, documentation, or views from the Government
4 Accountability Office relating to a decision or opinion on
5 budget or appropriations law, the executive agency or the
6 District of Columbia government shall provide the re-
7 quested information, documentation, or views not later
8 than 20 days after receiving the written request, unless
9 such written request specifically provides otherwise.
10 (b) If an executive agency or the District of Columbia
11 government fails to respond to the request for information,
12 documentation, or views within the time required by this
13 section—
14 (1) the Comptroller General shall notify, in
15 writing, the Committee on Oversight and Reform of
16 the House of Representatives, the Committee on
17 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
18 Senate, and any other appropriate congressional
19 committee of the House of Representatives and the
20 Senate of such failure; and
21 (2) the Comptroller General is hereby expressly
22 empowered, through attorneys of their own selection,
23 to bring a civil action in the United States District
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24 Court for the District of Columbia to require such
25 information, documentation, or views to be pro-
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1 duced, and such court is expressly empowered to
2 enter in such civil action, against any department,
3 agency, officer, or employee of the United States,
4 any decree, judgment, or order which may be nec-
5 essary or appropriate to require such production.
6 (c) If the Government Accountability Office deter-
7 mines that an officer or employee of an executive agency
8 or an officer or employee of the District of Columbia gov-
9 ernment has violated section 1341(a), 1342, or 1517(a)
10 of title 31, United States Code, the head of the agency
11 or the Mayor of the District of Columbia, as the case may
12 be, shall report immediately to the President and Congress
13 all relevant facts and a statement of actions taken: Pro-
14 vided, That a copy of each report shall also be transmitted
15 to the Comptroller General on the same date the report
16 is transmitted to the President and Congress: Provided
17 further, That any such report shall include a summary of
18 the facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury
19 Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund
20 account, the amount involved for each violation, the date
21 on which the violation occurred, the position of any officer
22 or employee responsible for the violation, a statement of
23 the administrative discipline imposed and any further ac-
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25 in the violation, a statement of any additional action taken
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1 to prevent recurrence of the same type of violation, a
2 statement of any determination that the violation was not
3 knowing and willful that has been made by the executive
4 agency or District of Columbia government, and any writ-
5 ten response by any officer or employee identified by posi-
6 tion as involved in the violation: Provided further, That
7 in the case that the Government Accountability Office
8 issues a legal decision concluding that section 1341(a),
9 1342, or 1517(a) of title 31, United States Code was vio-
10 lated, and the executive agency or District of Columbia
11 government, as applicable, does not agree that a violation
12 has occurred, the report provided to the President, the
13 Congress, and the Comptroller General will explain its po-
14 sition.
15 SEC. 750. (a) Each department or agency of the exec-
16 utive branch of the United States Government shall notify
17 the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the
18 House of Representatives and the Senate and any other
19 appropriate congressional committees if—
20 (1) an apportionment is not made in the re-
21 quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of
22 title 31, United States Code;
23 (2) an approved apportionment received by the
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25 an appropriation on further action; or
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1 (3) an approved apportionment received by the
2 department or agency may hinder the prudent obli-
3 gation of such appropriation or the execution of a
4 program, project, or activity by such department or
5 agency.
6 (b) Any notification submitted to a congressional
7 committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa-
8 tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation
9 name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund
10 account.
11 SEC. 751. (a) None of the funds made available by
12 this or any other Act may be used to administer, imple-
13 ment, or enforce any collective bargaining agreement, or
14 any article or any term of any collective bargaining agree-
15 ment under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, with
16 an effective date after April 30, 2019, that—
17 (1) was not mutually and voluntarily agreed to
18 by all parties to the agreement; or
19 (2) was not ordered following the completion of
20 binding arbitration pursuant to section 7119(b)(2)
21 of title 5, United States Code.
22 (b) Any collective bargaining agreement that was in
23 effect before April 30, 2019, or that expired before April
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25 shall remain in full force and effect until a new collective
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1 bargaining agreement reached through mutual and vol-
2 untary agreement, or ordered following the completion of
3 binding arbitration pursuant to such section 7119(b)(2),
4 becomes effective.
5 SEC. 752. No funds appropriated by this or any other
6 Act may be used to exclude, or to implement the exclusion
7 of, any department, agency, or activity or subdivision
8 thereof, from coverage under the Federal Service Labor-
9 Management Relations Statute pursuant to section
10 7103(b)(1) or section 7103(b)(2) of title 5, United States
11 Code.
12 SEC. 753. None of the funds made available by this
13 or any other Act may be used to prevent Federal workers
14 from—
15 (1) using official time for union activities;
16 (2) teleworking for telework deemed positions
17 or when the health or safety of an employee is in
18 question; or
19 (3) denying unions space in Federal buildings.
20 SEC. 754. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es-
21 tablished the Commission on Federal Naming and Dis-
22 plays (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).
23 (b) DUTIES.—
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25 180 days after the day by which all of its members
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1 have been appointed, the Commission, with input
2 from the general public, shall develop and publish a
3 list of property names, monuments, statues, public
4 artworks, historical markers, and other symbols
5 owned by the Federal government or located on
6 property owned by the Federal government (includ-
7 ing the legislative branch and the judicial branch)
8 which the Commission identifies as inconsistent with
9 the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
10 (2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 180
11 days after publishing the list under paragraph (1),
12 and after holding not fewer than 2 public meetings,
13 the Commission shall submit to the President and
14 Congress a report containing the following informa-
15 tion:
16 (A) A recommendation regarding whether
17 each property name, monument, statue, public
18 artwork, historical marker, or other symbol on
19 the list developed under paragraph (1) should
20 remain unchanged or should be renamed or re-
21 moved.
22 (B) Supporting materials and context in-
23 formation for each recommendation under sub-
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1 (C) Such other recommendations as the
2 Commission may consider appropriate, includ-
3 ing recommendations for educational programs,
4 supplemental historical markers, or other activi-
5 ties to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion
6 and to promote national reconciliation.
7 (3) SEPARATE VIEWS OF MEMBERS.—The Com-
8 mission may include in the report submitted under
9 paragraph (2) supplemental or dissenting rec-
10 ommendations from individual members of the Com-
11 mission.
12 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—
13 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall con-
14 sist of the following:
15 (A) 2 members appointed by the President.
16 (B) 2 members appointed by the Speaker
17 of the House of Representatives.
18 (C) 2 members appointed by the Majority
19 Leader of the Senate.
20 (D) 1 member appointed by the Minority
21 Leader of the House of Representatives.
22 (E) 1 member appointed by the Minority
23 Leader of the Senate.
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1 (i) The Secretary of the Smithsonian
2 Institution.
3 (ii) The Historian of the House of
4 Representatives.
5 (iii) The Historian of the Senate.
6 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Each member of the
7 Commission appointed under subparagraphs (A)
8 through (E) of paragraph (1) shall have 10 or more
9 years of educational and professional experience in
10 one or more of the following disciplines:
11 (A) History.
12 (B) Art and antiquities.
13 (C) Historic preservation.
14 (D) Cultural heritage.
15 (E) Education.
16 (3) NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE; TRAVEL
17 EXPENSES.—Members of the Commission shall serve
18 without pay, but each member shall receive travel
19 expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence,
20 in accordance with applicable provisions under sub-
21 chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States
22 Code.
23 (4) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—The mem-
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1 than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this
2 Act.
3 (5) CO-CHAIRS.—Not later than 10 days after
4 the first meeting of the Commission, the members of
5 the Commission shall select 2 co-chairs from among
6 the members.
7 (d) POWERS.—
8 (1) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—The Commis-
9 sion may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act,
10 hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take
11 testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission
12 considers appropriate, except that the Commission
13 shall hold its initial meeting not later than 10 days
14 after the day by which all of its members have been
15 appointed.
16 (2) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commis-
17 sion may secure directly from any department or
18 agency of the United States information necessary
19 to enable it to carry out its duties. Upon request of
20 the Commission, the head of that department or
21 agency shall furnish that information to the Com-
22 mission.
23 (3) MAILS.—The Commission may use the
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1 the same conditions as other departments and agen-
2 cies of the United States.
3 (4) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—
4 Upon the request of the Commission, the Librarian
5 of Congress shall provide to the Commission, on a
6 reimbursable basis, the administrative support serv-
7 ices necessary for the Commission to carry out its
8 duties.
9 (5) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon the
10 request of the Commission, the head of any Federal
11 department or agency may detail any of the per-
12 sonnel of that department or agency to the Commis-
13 sion to assist it in carrying out its duties. Any per-
14 sonnel detailed to the Commission under this para-
15 graph may receive travel expenses, including per
16 diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with appli-
17 cable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of
18 title 5, United States Code.
19 (6) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Commission
20 may contract with and compensate government and
21 private agencies or persons for goods and services,
22 without regard to section 6101 of title 41, United
23 States Code.
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1 (e) FUNDING.—There is appropriated to carry out
2 this section $1,500,000, to remain available until ex-
3 pended.
4 (f) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate
5 60 days after submitting the report under subsection
6 (b)(2).
7 SEC. 755. Except as expressly provided otherwise,
8 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other
9 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or
10 VIII.
11 TITLE VIII
12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF
13 COLUMBIA
14
15 SEC. 801. None of the Federal funds provided under
16 this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal
17 and District government agencies, that remain available
18 for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2021, or pro-
19 vided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United
20 States derived by the collection of fees available to the
21 agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
22 tion or expenditures for an agency through a reprogram-
23 ming of funds which—
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1 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
2 bility center;
3 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
4 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act;
5 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means
6 for any program, project, or responsibility center for
7 which funds have been denied or restricted;
8 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
9 viously deferred through reprogramming;
10 (6) augments any existing program, project, or
11 responsibility center through a reprogramming of
12 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
13 ever is less; or
14 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel
15 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
16 bility center,
17 unless prior approval is received from the Committees on
18 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
19 Senate.
20 SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds available for
21 obligation or expenditure by the District of Columbia gov-
22 ernment under any authority shall be expended for any
23 abortion except where the life of the mother would be en-
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24 dangered if the fetus were carried to term or where the
25 pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
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1 SEC. 803. None of the Federal funds appropriated
2 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond
3 the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to
4 other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein.
5 SEC. 804. Except as otherwise specifically provided
6 by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-
7 ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal
8 year 2021 from appropriations of Federal funds made
9 available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2021 in
10 this Act, shall remain available through September 30,
11 2022, for each such account for the purposes authorized:
12 Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-
13 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
14 and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of
15 such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be
16 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-
17 lined in section 801 of this Act.
18 SEC. 805. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2022, during a
19 period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing
20 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation
21 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount
22 provided for any project or activity for which local funds
23 are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-
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1 bia as of the beginning of the period during which this
2 subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act.
3 (2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act
4 of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to
5 which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2022
6 which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-
7 lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion
8 of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
9 ment for fiscal year 2022 for purposes of section 446 of
10 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46,
11 D.C. Official Code).
12 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease
13 to be available—
14 (1) during any period in which a District of Co-
15 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2022 is
16 in effect; or
17 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular
18 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year
19 2022.
20 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
21 vided under the authority and conditions as provided
22 under this Act and shall be available to the extent and
23 in the manner that would be provided by this Act.
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24 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall
25 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such
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1 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2022
2 for which this section applies to such project or activity.
3 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity
4 during any period of fiscal year 2022 if any other provi-
5 sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-
6 tions)—
7 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
8 able, or grants authority for such project or activity
9 to continue for such period; or
10 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation
11 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or
12 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
13 tivity to continue for such period.
14 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect
15 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia
16 mandated by other law.
17 SEC. 806. (a) Section 3(c)(2)(G) of the District of
18 Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–
19 2702(c)(2)(G), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as
20 follows:
21 ‘‘(G) is from a family with a taxable an-
22 nual income of less than the applicable family
23 income limit, as defined in paragraph (7).’’.
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1 (b) Section 3(c) of such Act (sec. 38–2702(c), D.C.
2 Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
3 lowing new paragraph:
4 ‘‘(7) APPLICABLE FAMILY INCOME LIMIT.—The
5 term ‘applicable family income limit’ means, with re-
6 spect to an individual, the following:
7 ‘‘(A) In the case of an individual who
8 began an undergraduate course of study prior
9 to school year 2015-2016, $1,000,000.
10 ‘‘(B) In the case of an individual who be-
11 gins an undergraduate course of study in school
12 year 2016-2017, $750,000.
13 ‘‘(C) In the case of an individual who be-
14 gins an undergraduate course of study in school
15 year 2017-2018 or school year 2018-2019, the
16 applicable family income limit under this para-
17 graph for an individual who began an under-
18 graduate course of study in the previous school
19 year, adjusted by the Mayor for inflation, as
20 measured by the percentage increase, if any,
21 from the preceding fiscal year in the Consumer
22 Price Index for All Urban Consumers, pub-
23 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
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1 ‘‘(D) In the case of an individual who be-
2 gins an undergraduate course of study in school
3 year 2019-2020, $500,000.
4 ‘‘(E) In the case of an individual who be-
5 gins an undergraduate course of study in school
6 year 2020-2021, the amount described in sub-
7 paragraph (D), adjusted by the Mayor for infla-
8 tion, as measured by the percentage increase, if
9 any, from the preceding fiscal year in the Con-
10 sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers,
11 published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
12 the Department of Labor.
13 ‘‘(F) In the case of an individual who be-
14 gins an undergraduate course of study in school
15 year 2021-2022, $750,000.
16 ‘‘(G) In the case of an individual who be-
17 gins an undergraduate course of study in school
18 year 2022-2023 or any succeeding school year,
19 the applicable family income limit under this
20 paragraph for an individual who began an un-
21 dergraduate course of study in the previous
22 school year, adjusted by the Mayor for inflation,
23 as measured by the percentage increase, if any,
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25 Price Index for All Urban Consumers, pub-
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1 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
2 Department of Labor.’’.
3 (c) The amendments made by this section shall take
4 effect as if included in the enactment of the Financial
5 Services and General Government Appropriations Act,
6 2019 (division D of Public Law 116–6).
7 SEC. 807. Nothing in this Act may be construed to
8 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia
9 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive
10 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent
11 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue
12 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
13 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
14 SEC. 808. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes
15 of the United States relating to the District of Columbia
16 (sec. 9-1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with
17 respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long
18 Bridge Project.
19 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’
20 means the project carried out by the District of Columbia
21 and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new
22 Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over
23 the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and
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1 passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian
2 access crossings over the Potomac River.
3 SEC. 809. No services may be made available in ac-
4 cordance with section 740(a) of the District of Columbia
5 Home Rule Act (sec. 1–207.40(a), D.C. Official Code) at
6 any time during fiscal year 2021.
7 SEC. 810. Except as expressly provided otherwise,
8 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in
9 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions
10 of this title or of title IV.
11 TITLE IX
12 INFRASTRUCTURE
13 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
16 penses’’, $40,000,000, to remain available until September
17 30, 2025, for implementing title VIII of the Communica-
18 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.), as added by
19 the Broadband DATA Act (Public Law 116–130): Pro-
20 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
21 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
22 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
23 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 SECURE AND TRUSTED COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
2 REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM
3 For the ‘‘Secure and Trusted Communications Net-
4 works Reimbursement Program’’, as authorized by section
5 4 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks
6 Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–124; 47 U.S.C. 1603),
7 $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
8 2025: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
9 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
10 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
13 For payments by the Federal Communications Com-
14 mission to providers of broadband internet access service
15 to expand availability of such service to unserved areas,
16 underserved areas, and unserved anchor institutions,
17 $60,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
18 2025: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
19 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
20 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
2 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES
3 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
5 In addition to amounts that are otherwise available
6 for real property management and related activities, for
7 an additional amount to be deposited in the ‘‘Federal
8 Buildings Fund’’, $5,990,000,000, to carry out the pur-
9 poses of the Fund, of which—
10 (1) $2,800,000,000 shall be available for border
11 stations and land ports of entry;
12 (2) $1,000,000,000 shall be available for acqui-
13 sition and construction (including sites and ex-
14 penses, and associated design and construction serv-
15 ices) of Federal buildings and United States court-
16 houses, including annexes, expansions, or similar ad-
17 ditions;
18 (3) $1,000,000,000 shall be for repairs and al-
19 terations to facilitate converting General Services
20 Administration facilities to ‘‘high-performance green
21 buildings’’, as the term is defined in section 401 of
22 the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
23 (Public Law 110–140); and
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24 (4) $940,000,000 shall be available for repairs
25 and alterations:
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1 Provided, That not to exceed $110,000,000 of the
2 amounts provided under this heading shall be available
3 without regard to fiscal year limitations and may be ex-
4 pended for rental of space, related to leasing of temporary
5 space in connection with projects funded under this head-
6 ing: Provided further, That not to exceed $130,000,000
7 of the amounts provided under this heading shall be avail-
8 able without regard to fiscal year limitations and may be
9 expended in the building operations account, for the costs
10 of completing and supporting the projects funded under
11 this heading: Provided further, That not less than
12 $10,000,000 of the funds provided shall be for on-the-job
13 pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training programs
14 registered with the Department of Labor, for the construc-
15 tion, repair, and alteration of Federal buildings: Provided
16 further, That not less than $3,000,000,000 of the funds
17 provided under this heading shall be obligated by Sep-
18 tember 30, 2022, and the remainder of the funds provided
19 under this heading shall be available until September 30,
20 2024: Provided further, That the Administrator of General
21 Services is authorized to initiate design, construction, re-
22 pair, alteration, and other projects through existing au-
23 thorities of the Administrator: Provided further, That none
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1 the National Capital Region: Provided further, That the
2 General Services Administration shall submit a detailed
3 plan, by project, regarding the use of funds made available
4 in this Act to the Committees on Appropriations of the
5 House of Representatives and the Senate within 45 days
6 of enactment of this Act, and update on a quarterly basis
7 thereafter if there any changes: Provided further, That,
8 hereafter, the Administrator shall report to the Commit-
9 tees on the obligation of these funds on a quarterly basis
10 beginning with the end of the first quarter after the initial
11 plan is submitted: Provided further, That amounts pro-
12 vided under this heading that are savings or cannot be
13 used for the activity for which originally obligated may be
14 de-obligated and, notwithstanding any other provision of
15 law, re-obligated for the purposes identified in the plan
16 required under this heading not less than 15 days after
17 notification has been provided to the Committees on Ap-
18 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
19 ate: Provided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings
20 Fund made available in this Act for Federal Buildings
21 Fund activities may be transferred between activities only
22 to the extent necessary to meet program requirements:
23 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
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1 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
4 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of Inspector
5 General’’, to remain available until September 30, 2026,
6 for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and projects
7 funded under this title, $10,000,000: Provided, That such
8 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
9 emergency requirement pursuant to section
10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
11 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—INFRASTRUCTURE
13 SEC. 901. Each amount designated in this Act by the
14 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
15 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
16 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available
17 (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the
18 President subsequently so designates all such amounts
19 and transmits such designations to the Congress.
20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and
21 General Government Appropriations Act, 2021’’.
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Union Calendar No. 367
116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 7668
[Report No. 116–456]
H7668
A BILL
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Making appropriations for Financial Services and
General Government for the fiscal year ending
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