Bill — H.R. 4502, Appropriations Act, 2022 (Senate, August 3, 2021)
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H.R. 4502 is an Act received in the Senate on August 3, 2021, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. Section 3 treats a reference to a report accompanying the Act as a reference to House Report 117–96 in division A, House Report 117–82 in division B, House Report 117–98 in division C, House Report 117–79 in division D, and House Report 117–83 in division E. For each division, the effect of the Report is limited to that division. The Report applies to determining the allocation of funds provided by, and the implementation of, that division.
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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 4502
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
AUGUST 3, 2021
Received
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and
for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Labor, Health and
3 Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Develop-
4 ment, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services
5 and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military
6 Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and
7 Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act,
8 2022’’.
9 SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO ACT.
10 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference
11 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall
12 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
13 sion.
14 SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO REPORT.
15 (a) DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN
16 SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
17 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022.—Any reference to a ‘‘report
18 accompanying this Act’’ contained in division A of this Act
19 shall be treated as a reference to House Report 117–96.
20 The effect of such Report shall be limited to division A
21 and shall apply for purposes of determining the allocation
22 of funds provided by, and the implementation of, division
23 A.
24 (b) AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD
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25 AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
26 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022.—Any reference to a ‘‘report
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1 accompanying this Act’’ contained in division B of this Act
2 shall be treated as a reference to House Report 117–82.
3 The effect of such Report shall be limited to division B
4 and shall apply for purposes of determining the allocation
5 of funds provided by, and the implementation of, division
6 B.
7 (c) ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RE-
8 LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022.—Any ref-
9 erence to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ contained in
10 division C of this Act shall be treated as a reference to
11 House Report 117–98. The effect of such Report shall be
12 limited to division C and shall apply for purposes of deter-
13 mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple-
14 mentation of, division C.
15 (d) FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERN-
16 MENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022.—Any reference to a
17 ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ contained in division D
18 of this Act shall be treated as a reference to House Report
19 117–79. The effect of such Report shall be limited to divi-
20 sion D and shall apply for purposes of determining the
21 allocation of funds provided by, and the implementation
22 of, division D.
23 (e) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT,
24 AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022.—
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1 tained in division E of this Act shall be treated as a ref-
2 erence to House Report 117–83. The effect of such Report
3 shall be limited to division E and shall apply for purposes
4 of determining the allocation of funds provided by, and
5 the implementation of, division E.
6 (f) MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS,
7 AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022.—
8 Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ con-
9 tained in division F of this Act shall be treated as a ref-
10 erence to House Report 117–81. The effect of such Report
11 shall be limited to division F and shall apply for purposes
12 of determining the allocation of funds provided by, and
13 the implementation of, division F.
14 (g) TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DE-
15 VELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
16 ACT, 2022.—Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying
17 this Act’’ contained in division G of this Act shall be treat-
18 ed as a reference to House Report 117–99. The effect of
19 such Report shall be limited to division G and shall apply
20 for purposes of determining the allocation of funds pro-
21 vided by, and the implementation of, division G.
22 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.
23 The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out
24 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
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25 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.
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1 DIVISION A—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR,
2 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND
3 EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
4 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022
5 TITLE I
6 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
7 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
8 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
9 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation
10 and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’)
11 and the National Apprenticeship Act, $4,407,108,000 (in-
12 creased by $1,000,000), plus reimbursements, shall be
13 available. Of the amounts provided:
14 (1) for grants to States for adult employment
15 and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
16 located worker employment and training activities,
17 $3,095,332,000 as follows:
18 (A) $923,174,000 for adult employment
19 and training activities, of which $211,174,000
20 shall be available for the period July 1, 2022
21 through June 30, 2023, and of which
22 $712,000,000 shall be available for the period
23 October 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023;
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1 (B) $988,604,000 for youth activities,
2 which shall be available for the period April 1,
3 2022 through June 30, 2023; and
4 (C) $1,183,554,000 for dislocated worker
5 employment and training activities, of which
6 $323,554,000 shall be available for the period
7 July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, and of
8 which $860,000,000 shall be available for the
9 period October 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023:
10 Provided, That the funds available for allotment to
11 outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the
12 WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of
13 section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act; and
14 (2) for national programs, $1,311,776,000 (in-
15 creased by $1,000,000) as follows:
16 (A) $435,859,000 for the dislocated work-
17 ers assistance national reserve, of which
18 $235,859,000 shall be available for the period
19 July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023, and
20 of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the
21 period October 1, 2022 through September 30,
22 2023: Provided, That funds made available in
23 this subparagraph shall be available for the
24 pilot program authorized under section 8041 of
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25 the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities
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1 Act (Public Law 115–271): Provided further,
2 That funds provided to carry out section
3 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be used to pro-
4 vide assistance to a State for statewide or local
5 use in order to address cases where there have
6 been worker dislocations across multiple sectors
7 or across multiple local areas and such workers
8 remain dislocated; coordinate the State work-
9 force development plan with emerging economic
10 development needs; and train such eligible dis-
11 located workers: Provided further, That funds
12 provided to carry out sections 168(b) and
13 169(c) of the WIOA may be used for technical
14 assistance and demonstration projects, respec-
15 tively, that provide assistance to new entrants
16 in the workforce and incumbent workers: Pro-
17 vided further, That notwithstanding section
18 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds provided
19 under this subparagraph, the Secretary of
20 Labor (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’)
21 may reserve not more than 10 percent of such
22 funds to provide technical assistance and carry
23 out additional activities related to the transition
24 to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the
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1 $200,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) shall
2 be for training and employment assistance
3 under sections 168(b), 169(c) (notwithstanding
4 the 10 percent limitation in such section) and
5 170 of the WIOA as follows:
6 (i) $100,000,000 (increased by
7 $5,000,000) shall be for the purpose of de-
8 veloping, offering, or improving educational
9 or career training programs at community
10 colleges, defined as public institutions of
11 higher education, as described in section
12 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of
13 1965 and at which the associate’s degree is
14 primarily the highest degree awarded, with
15 other eligible institutions of higher edu-
16 cation, as defined in section 101(a) of the
17 Higher Education Act of 1965, eligible to
18 participate through consortia, with commu-
19 nity colleges as the lead grantee: Provided,
20 That the Secretary shall follow the require-
21 ments for the program in House Report
22 116–62 and in the report accompanying
23 this Act: Provided further, That any grant
24 funds used for apprenticeships shall be
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1 grams registered under the National Ap-
2 prenticeship Act and as referred to in sec-
3 tion 3(7)(B) of the WIOA; and
4 (ii) $100,000,000 shall be for training
5 and employment assistance for workers in
6 communities that have experienced job
7 losses due to dislocations in industries re-
8 lated to fossil fuel extraction or energy
9 production;
10 (B) $58,000,000 for Native American pro-
11 grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which
12 shall be available for the period July 1, 2022
13 through June 30, 2023;
14 (C) $96,711,000 for migrant and seasonal
15 farmworker programs under section 167 of the
16 WIOA, including $89,693,000 for formula
17 grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall
18 be for employment and training services),
19 $6,444,000 for migrant and seasonal housing
20 (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for
21 permanent housing), and $574,000 for other
22 discretionary purposes, which shall be available
23 for the period April 1, 2022 through June 30,
24 2023: Provided, That notwithstanding any
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1 Department of Labor shall take no action lim-
2 iting the number or proportion of eligible par-
3 ticipants receiving related assistance services or
4 discouraging grantees from providing such serv-
5 ices: Provided further, That notwithstanding the
6 definition of ‘‘eligible seasonal farmworker’’ in
7 section 167(i)(3)(A) of the WIOA relating to an
8 individual being ‘‘low-income’’, an individual is
9 eligible for migrant and seasonal farmworker
10 programs under section 167 of the WIOA under
11 that definition if, in addition to meeting the re-
12 quirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section
13 167(i)(3)(A), such individual is a member of a
14 family with a total family income equal to or
15 less than 150 percent of the poverty line;
16 (D) $145,000,000 for YouthBuild activi-
17 ties as described in section 171 of the WIOA,
18 which shall be available for the period April 1,
19 2022 through June 30, 2023;
20 (E) $150,000,000 for ex-offender activi-
21 ties, under the authority of section 169 of the
22 WIOA, which shall be available for the period
23 April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023: Provided,
24 That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be for
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1 intermediaries for activities that prepare for
2 employment young adults with criminal legal
3 histories, young adults who have been justice
4 system-involved, or young adults who have
5 dropped out of school or other educational pro-
6 grams, with a priority for projects serving high-
7 crime, high-poverty areas;
8 (F) $7,250,000 for the Workforce Data
9 Quality Initiative, under the authority of section
10 169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for
11 the period July 1, 2022 through June 30,
12 2023;
13 (G) $285,000,000 (increased by
14 $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (in-
15 creased by $1,000,000) to expand opportunities
16 through apprenticeships only registered under
17 the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred
18 to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail-
19 able to the Secretary to carry out activities
20 through grants, cooperative agreements, con-
21 tracts and other arrangements, with States and
22 other appropriate entities, including equity
23 intermediaries and business and labor industry
24 partner intermediaries, which shall be available
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1 for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30,
2 2023;
3 (H) $50,000,000 for a National Youth
4 Employment Program, under the authority of
5 section 169 of the WIOA, including the expan-
6 sion of summer and year-round job opportuni-
7 ties for disadvantaged youth, which shall be
8 available for the period April 1, 2022 through
9 June 30, 2023;
10 (I) $20,000,000 for a national training
11 program for veterans, members of the armed
12 forces who are separating from active duty, and
13 the spouses of veterans and such members, fo-
14 cused on training related to employment in
15 clean energy sectors and occupations, under the
16 authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which
17 shall be available for the period July 1, 2022
18 through June 30, 2023; and
19 (J) $63,956,000 for carrying out Dem-
20 onstration and Pilot projects under section
21 169(c) of the WIOA, which shall be available
22 for the period April 1, 2022 through June 30,
23 2023, in addition to funds available for such ac-
24 tivities under subparagraph (A) for the
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1 the heading ‘‘Training and Employment Serv-
2 ices’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Pro-
3 vided, That such funds may be used for
4 projects that are related to the employment and
5 training needs of dislocated workers, other
6 adults, or youth: Provided further, That the 10
7 percent funding limitation under such section
8 shall not apply to such funds: Provided further,
9 That section 169(b)(6)(C) of the WIOA shall
10 not apply to such funds: Provided further, That
11 sections 102 and 107 of this Act shall not apply
12 to such funds.
13 JOB CORPS
14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
15 To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-
16 ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and
17 hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter-
18 ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the
19 purchase of real property for training centers as author-
20 ized by the WIOA, $1,830,073,000, plus reimbursements,
21 as follows:
22 (1) $1,653,325,000 for Job Corps Operations,
23 which shall be available for the period July 1, 2022
24 through June 30, 2023;
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1 (2) $138,000,000 for construction, rehabilita-
2 tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which
3 shall be available for the period July 1, 2022
4 through June 30, 2025, and which may include the
5 acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items
6 of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may
7 transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the
8 operational needs of such centers or to achieve ad-
9 ministrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any
10 funds transferred pursuant to the preceding provi-
11 sion shall not be available for obligation after June
12 30, 2023: Provided further, That the Committees on
13 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
14 the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance
15 of any transfer; and
16 (3) $38,748,000 for necessary expenses of Job
17 Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the
18 period October 1, 2021 through September 30,
19 2022:
20 Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation
21 shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps
22 centers.
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1 COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER
2 AMERICANS
3 To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of
4 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $450,000,000,
5 which shall be available for the period April 1, 2022
6 through June 30, 2023, and may be recaptured and reobli-
7 gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA.
8 FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES
9 For payments during fiscal year 2022 of trade ad-
10 justment benefit payments and allowances under part I
11 of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act
12 of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training,
13 employment and case management services, allowances for
14 job search and relocation, and related State administrative
15 expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of
16 title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit
17 payments, allowances, training, employment and case
18 management services, and related State administration
19 provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust-
20 ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a)
21 and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015,
22 and section 285(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (as
23 amended by section 406(a)(7) of the Trade Preferences
24 Extension Act of 2015), $551,000,000 together with such
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1 quent appropriation for payments for any period subse-
2 quent to September 15, 2022: Provided, That notwith-
3 standing section 502 of this Act, any part of the appro-
4 priation provided under this heading may remain available
5 for obligation beyond the current fiscal year pursuant to
6 the authorities of section 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974
7 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)).
8 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT
9 SERVICE OPERATIONS
10 For authorized administrative expenses,
11 $89,066,000, together with not to exceed $4,087,164,000
12 which may be expended from the Employment Security
13 Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund
14 (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which—
15 (1) $3,125,214,000 from the Trust Fund is for
16 grants to States for the administration of State un-
17 employment insurance laws as authorized under title
18 III of the Social Security Act (including not less
19 than $250,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv-
20 ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of
21 such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as
22 defined in such section, including those who are
23 profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may
24 be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro-
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1 fied for grants under section 306 of the Social Secu-
2 rity Act and $133,000,000 is additional new budget
3 authority specified for purposes of section 314(g) of
4 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
5 $9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemploy-
6 ment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the
7 administration of unemployment insurance for Fed-
8 eral employees and for ex-service members as au-
9 thorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the admin-
10 istration of trade readjustment allowances, reem-
11 ployment trade adjustment assistance, and alter-
12 native trade adjustment assistance under the Trade
13 Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade
14 Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sec-
15 tions 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Preferences Ex-
16 tension Act of 2015, and section 285(a)(2) of the
17 Trade Act of 1974 (as amended by section 406(a)(7)
18 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015),
19 and shall be available for obligation by the States
20 through December 31, 2022, except that funds used
21 for automation shall be available for Federal obliga-
22 tion through December 31, 2022, and for State obli-
23 gation through September 30, 2024, or, if the auto-
24 mation is being carried out through consortia of
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1 2028, and for expenditure through September 30,
2 2029, and funds for competitive grants awarded to
3 States for improved operations and to conduct in-
4 person reemployment and eligibility assessments and
5 unemployment insurance improper payment reviews
6 and provide reemployment services and referrals to
7 training, as appropriate, shall be available for Fed-
8 eral obligation through December 31, 2022, and for
9 obligation by the States through September 30,
10 2024, and funds for the Unemployment Insurance
11 Integrity Center of Excellence shall be available for
12 obligation by the State through September 30, 2023,
13 and funds used for unemployment insurance work-
14 loads experienced through September 30, 2022 shall
15 be available for Federal obligation through Decem-
16 ber 31, 2022;
17 (2) $118,108,000 from the Trust Fund is for
18 national activities necessary to support the adminis-
19 tration of the Federal-State unemployment insur-
20 ance system;
21 (3) $727,449,000 from the Trust Fund, to-
22 gether with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of
23 the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance
24 with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall
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1 be available for Federal obligation for the period
2 July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023;
3 (4) $22,318,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
4 tional activities of the Employment Service, includ-
5 ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred-
6 it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of
7 1986 (including assisting States in adopting or mod-
8 ernizing information technology for use in the proc-
9 essing of certification requests), and the provision of
10 technical assistance and staff training under the
11 Wagner-Peyser Act;
12 (5) $94,075,000 from the Trust Fund is for the
13 administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
14 lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
15 ality Act and related laws, of which $67,793,000
16 shall be available for the Federal administration of
17 such activities, and $26,282,000 shall be available
18 for grants to States for the administration of such
19 activities; and
20 (6) $67,653,000 from the General Fund is to
21 provide workforce information, national electronic
22 tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag-
23 ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob-
24 ligation for the period July 1, 2022 through June
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25 30, 2023, of which up to $9,800,000 shall be used
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1 to carry out research and demonstration projects re-
2 lated to testing effective ways to promote greater
3 labor force participation of people with disabilities:
4 Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts
5 made available for research and demonstration
6 projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis-
7 ability Employment Policy’’ account for such pur-
8 poses:
9 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
10 sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2022 is
11 projected by the Department of Labor to exceed
12 2,008,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust
13 Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000
14 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount
15 for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title
16 III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That
17 funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State
18 to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security
19 Act may be used by such State to assist other States in
20 carrying out activities under such title III if the other
21 States include areas that have suffered a major disaster
22 declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford
23 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided
24 further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated
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1 Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of
2 the National Directory of New Hires under section
3 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
4 retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States
5 under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay-
6 ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State
7 Information Data Exchange System: Provided further,
8 That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to es-
9 tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which
10 are used to support the national activities of the Federal-
11 State unemployment insurance, employment service, or
12 immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts,
13 grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities:
14 Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants
15 for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu-
16 rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-
17 ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system,
18 may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti-
19 ties under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable
20 to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated
21 under this Act for activities authorized under title III of
22 the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may
23 be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment In-
24 surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not-
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1 the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require-
2 ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed-
3 eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu-
4 lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re-
5 quest of a State participating in a consortium with other
6 States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title
7 III of the Social Security Act to other States participating
8 in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemploy-
9 ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center
10 in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra-
11 tion of the unemployment compensation law of the State
12 making the request: Provided further, That the Secretary
13 may collect fees for the costs associated with additional
14 data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating
15 to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by
16 State and local governments, public and private institu-
17 tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and
18 may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions
19 of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers
20 Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the
21 information collection and reporting needs of such entities,
22 which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-
23 main available until September 30, 2023, for such pur-
24 poses.
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1 ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND
2 OTHER FUNDS
3 For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust
4 Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the
5 Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability
6 Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In-
7 ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-
8 vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e)
9 of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust
10 Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal
11 Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such
12 sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for
13 obligation through September 30, 2023.
14 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
15 For expenses of administering employment and train-
16 ing programs, $144,497,000 (reduced by $1,000,000), to-
17 gether with not to exceed $67,006,000 which may be ex-
18 pended from the Employment Security Administration Ac-
19 count in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That
20 funds made available for the Office of Apprenticeship shall
21 be used only for the administration of apprenticeship pro-
22 grams registered under the National Apprenticeship Act
23 and as referred to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA and
24 to provide for the full and adequate staffing of the Federal
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1 Office of Apprenticeship and each of the State Offices of
2 Apprenticeship.
3 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits
6 Security Administration, $218,475,000, of which up to
7 $3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30,
8 2023, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce-
9 ment litigation.
10 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
11 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND
12 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-
13 poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in-
14 cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of
15 title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
16 of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority
17 available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and
18 to make such contracts and commitments without regard
19 to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104,
20 as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-
21 ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
22 tember 30, 2022, for the Corporation: Provided, That
23 none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal
24 year 2022 shall be available for obligations for administra-
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1 That to the extent that the number of new plan partici-
2 pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds
3 100,000 in fiscal year 2022, an amount not to exceed an
4 additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep-
5 tember 30, 2026, for obligations for administrative ex-
6 penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici-
7 pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the
8 amounts provided for administrative expenses in this para-
9 graph may be incurred and shall be available through Sep-
10 tember 30, 2026 for obligation for unforeseen and extraor-
11 dinary pre-termination or termination expenses or extraor-
12 dinary multiemployer program related expenses after ap-
13 proval by the Office of Management and Budget and noti-
14 fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House
15 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That
16 an additional amount shall be available for obligation
17 through September 30, 2026 to the extent the Corpora-
18 tion’s costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or
19 identity monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering
20 a security incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an ad-
21 ditional $100 per affected individual.
22 WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION
23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
24 For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-
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1 agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-
2 dered, $300,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of
3 Labor shall use funds made available under this heading
4 to establish a national hotline to support domestic work-
5 ers.
6 OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS
7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
8 For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man-
9 agement Standards, $44,437,000.
10 OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
11 PROGRAMS
12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
13 For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
14 tract Compliance Programs, $140,732,000.
15 OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
17 For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’
18 Compensation Programs, $138,604,000, together with
19 $2,205,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund
20 in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the
21 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
22 SPECIAL BENEFITS
23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
24 For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
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1 thorized) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal
2 year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits
3 as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’
4 in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947;
5 the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation
6 Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C.
7 App. 2012); obligations incurred under the War Hazards
8 Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 per-
9 cent of the additional compensation and benefits required
10 by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’
11 Compensation Act, $244,000,000, together with such
12 amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse-
13 quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation
14 and other benefits for any period subsequent to August
15 15 of the current year, for deposit into and to assume
16 the attributes of the Employees’ Compensation Fund es-
17 tablished under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, That
18 amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104
19 by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the
20 employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary
21 of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further,
22 That balances of reimbursements unobligated on Sep-
23 tember 30, 2021, shall remain available until expended for
24 the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Pro-
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1 to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from
2 any other corporation or instrumentality required under
3 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of
4 the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary de-
5 termines to be the cost of administration for employees
6 of such fair share entities through September 30, 2022:
7 Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this
8 account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad-
9 ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act,
10 $80,920,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as
11 follows:
12 (1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
13 mated data processing systems operations and tele-
14 communications systems, $27,445,000;
15 (2) For automated workload processing oper-
16 ations, including document imaging, centralized mail
17 intake, and medical bill processing, $25,859,000;
18 (3) For periodic roll disability management and
19 medical review, $25,860,000;
20 (4) For program integrity, $1,756,000; and
21 (5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the
22 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
23 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any
24 person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits
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1 ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and
2 claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu-
3 rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe.
4 SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS
5 For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety
6 and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107–
7 275, $32,970,000, to remain available until expended.
8 For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year,
9 benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act,
10 for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts
11 as may be necessary.
12 For making benefit payments under title IV for the
13 first quarter of fiscal year 2023, $11,000,000, to remain
14 available until expended.
15 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES
16 OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND
17 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy
18 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
19 Act, $63,428,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
20 vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil-
21 ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of
22 such claim such identifying information (including Social
23 Security account number) as may be prescribed.
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1 BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND
2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
3 Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung
4 Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available
5 until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by
6 section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev-
7 enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of
8 interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4)
9 of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be
10 expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2022 for expenses
11 of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene-
12 fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to
13 exceed $41,464,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’
14 Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to
15 exceed $37,598,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-
16 ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $342,000
17 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In-
18 spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay-
19 ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the
20 Department of the Treasury.
21 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
23 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety
24 and Health Administration, $691,787,000, including not
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1 amount available for grants to States under section 23(g)
2 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’),
3 which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs
4 of State occupational safety and health programs required
5 to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary
6 under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith-
7 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and
8 Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis-
9 cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other-
10 wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize
11 such sums for occupational safety and health training and
12 education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
13 3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year
14 ending September 30, 2022, to collect and retain fees for
15 services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab-
16 oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with
17 the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and
18 international laboratory recognition programs that ensure
19 the safety of equipment and products used by workers in
20 the workplace: Provided further, That $14,787,000 shall
21 be available for Susan Harwood training grants, of which
22 not less than $4,500,000 is for Susan Harwood Training
23 Capacity Building Developmental grants for program ac-
24 tivities starting not later than September 30, 2022 and
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1 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and
4 Health Administration, $404,816,000, including purchase
5 and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection
6 with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas-
7 senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for
8 mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than
9 $10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That
10 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000
11 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety
12 Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training
13 materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to
14 be available for mine safety and health education and
15 training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding
16 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra-
17 tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000
18 from fees collected for the approval and certification of
19 equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and
20 may utilize such sums for such activities: Provided further,
21 That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-
22 ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and
23 private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation
24 with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided
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1 is authorized to promote health and safety education and
2 training in the mining community through cooperative
3 programs with States, industry, and safety associations:
4 Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to rec-
5 ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin-
6 cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other
7 provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without
8 reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe-
9 ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local
10 chapters or in the national organization: Provided further,
11 That any funds available to the Department of Labor may
12 be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide
13 for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the
14 event of a major disaster.
15 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
17 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta-
18 tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State,
19 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv-
20 ices rendered, $632,653,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (in-
21 creased by $1,000,000), together with not to exceed
22 $68,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
23 ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy-
24 ment Trust Fund.
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1 Within this amount, $28,470,000 for costs associated
2 with the physical move of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’
3 headquarters, including replication of space, furniture, fix-
4 tures, equipment, and related costs shall remain available
5 until September 30, 2026.
6 OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY
7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
8 For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability
9 Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy
10 and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective
11 of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of
12 people with disabilities, $42,711,000.
13 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
16 For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
17 ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles,
18 $456,911,000, together with not to exceed $308,000,
19 which may be expended from the Employment Security
20 Administration account in the Unemployment Trust
21 Fund: Provided, That $97,947,000 (reduced by
22 $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) for the Bureau of
23 International Labor Affairs shall be available for obliga-
24 tion through December 31, 2022: Provided further, That
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1 fairs may be used to administer or operate international
2 labor activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assist-
3 ance, and microfinance programs, by or through contracts,
4 grants, subgrants and other arrangements: Provided fur-
5 ther, That not more than $57,772,000 shall be for pro-
6 grams to combat exploitative child labor internationally
7 and not less than $40,175,000 shall be used to implement
8 model programs that address worker rights issues through
9 technical assistance in countries with which the United
10 States has free trade agreements or trade preference pro-
11 grams: Provided further, That $10,040,000 shall be used
12 for program evaluation and shall be available for obliga-
13 tion through September 30, 2023: Provided further, That
14 funds available for program evaluation may be used to ad-
15 minister grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided
16 further, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation
17 shall be awarded through fair and open competition: Pro-
18 vided further, That funds available for program evaluation
19 may be transferred to any other appropriate account in
20 the Department for such purpose: Provided further, That
21 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
22 resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days
23 in advance of any transfer: Provided further, That the
24 funds available to the Women’s Bureau may be used for
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1 workforce: Provided further, That of the amounts made
2 available to the Women’s Bureau, not less than
3 $6,794,000 shall be used for grants authorized by the
4 Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations
5 Act.
6 VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
7 Not to exceed $267,331,000 may be derived from the
8 Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
9 employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of
10 chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code,
11 of which—
12 (1) $180,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State
13 grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-
14 abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under
15 section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em-
16 ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of
17 such title, and for the expenses described in section
18 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expend-
19 iture by the States through September 30, 2024,
20 and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Fed-
21 eral expenditures for data systems and contract sup-
22 port to allow for the tracking of participant and per-
23 formance information: Provided, That, in addition,
24 such funds may be used to support such specialists
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1 transitioning members of the Armed Forces who
2 have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro-
3 gram and have been identified as in need of inten-
4 sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who
5 are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment
6 in military treatment facilities or warrior transition
7 units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers
8 of such wounded, ill, or injured members;
9 (2) $31,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
10 tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and
11 10 U.S.C. 1144;
12 (3) $52,538,000 is for Federal administration
13 of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections
14 2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States
15 Code: Provided, That, up to $500,000 may be used
16 to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub-
17 lic Law 115–31); and
18 (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’
19 Employment and Training Services Institute under
20 38 U.S.C. 4109:
21 Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the
22 appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4)
23 above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-
24 tion from which such reallocation is made.
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1 In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury,
2 $67,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home-
3 less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are
4 transitioning from certain institutions under sections
5 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code:
6 Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d)
7 of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through
8 September 30, 2022, to provide services under such sec-
9 tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec-
10 tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to
11 services to homeless veterans described in section
12 2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at
13 some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or
14 veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next
15 60 days, and that services provided under section 2023
16 may include, in addition to services to the individuals de-
17 scribed in subsection (e) of such section, services to vet-
18 erans recently released from incarceration who are at risk
19 of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding
20 paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in
21 this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract
22 support to allow for the tracking of participant and per-
23 formance information: Provided further, That notwith-
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1 United States Code, such funds shall be available for ex-
2 penditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553.
3 In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in
4 the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to sec-
5 tion 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall
6 be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets
7 Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and
8 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such
9 sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for
10 such purposes, including funds available under paragraph
11 (3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d)
12 of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017
13 (Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not
14 apply.
15 IT MODERNIZATION
16 For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
17 tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-
18 lated to support systems and modernization, $37,269,000,
19 which shall be available through September 30, 2023.
20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
21 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector
22 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
23 General Act of 1978, $89,738,000, together with not to
24 exceed $5,660,000 which may be expended from the Em-
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1 ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-
2 ployment Trust Fund.
3 GENERAL PROVISIONS
4 SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
5 for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-
6 nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-
7 tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive
8 Level II.
9 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
10 SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
11 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
12 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
13 priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of
14 Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program,
15 project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ-
16 ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such
17 transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by
18 this section shall not be used to create any new program
19 or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are
20 provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit-
21 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
22 and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance
23 of any transfer.
24 SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order No.
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1 available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex-
2 pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced,
3 manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole
4 or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries
5 and host countries already identified by the United States
6 Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act.
7 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
8 tion, none of the funds made available to the Department
9 of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American
10 Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998
11 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other
12 than competitive grants for training individuals who are
13 older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled
14 in school within a local educational agency in the occupa-
15 tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B
16 visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities
17 necessary to support such training.
18 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this
19 Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad-
20 ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient
21 of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi-
22 vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate
23 in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not
24 apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined
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1 Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es-
2 tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re-
3 ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such
4 funds, taking into account factors including the relative
5 cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for
6 comparable State or local government employees, and the
7 size of the organizations that administer Federal pro-
8 grams involved including Employment and Training Ad-
9 ministration programs.
10 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
11 SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
12 retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-
13 ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-
14 rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-
15 ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is
16 determined that those services will be more efficiently per-
17 formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section
18 shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA.
19 (b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may
20 transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary
21 appropriation made available to the Employment and
22 Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin-
23 istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities
24 relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund-
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1 That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro-
2 viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent
3 of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the
4 ‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such
5 account to carry out program integrity activities related
6 to the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds
7 transferred under the authority provided by this sub-
8 section shall be available for obligation through September
9 30, 2023.
10 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
11 SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more
12 than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available
13 in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry
14 out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that
15 are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under
16 this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man-
17 agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation
18 Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be
19 available for obligation through September 30, 2023: Pro-
20 vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief
21 Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits
22 a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
23 of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua-
24 tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer.
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1 (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are:
2 ‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’,
3 ‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’,
4 ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service
5 Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administra-
6 tion’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’,
7 ‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract
8 Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management
9 Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-
10 tration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Of-
11 fice of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding made
12 available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’
13 and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Man-
14 agement, Salaries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans’
15 Employment and Training’’.
16 SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of
17 law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera-
18 tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to
19 $2,000,000 of excess personal property, at a value deter-
20 mined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for
21 the purpose of training apprentices in those programs.
22 SEC. 109. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a
23 Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat.
24 736, chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text
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1 ‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL.
2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is au-
3 thorized to employ law enforcement officers or special
4 agents to—
5 ‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of
6 Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur-
7 ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary
8 to the performance of official duties by the Sec-
9 retary;
10 ‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec-
11 tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the
12 immediate family of the Secretary who is partici-
13 pating in an activity or event relating to the official
14 duties of the Secretary;
15 ‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec-
16 retary (including during periods not described in
17 paragraph (1)) and to the members of the imme-
18 diate family of the Secretary if there is a significant
19 and articulable threat of physical harm, in accord-
20 ance with guidelines established by the Secretary;
21 and
22 ‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary
23 of Labor in the performance of official duties at a
24 public event outside of the United States if there is
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1 and protective services are not provided as part of
2 an official U.S. visit.
3 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may
4 authorize a law enforcement officer or special agent em-
5 ployed under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing
6 the duties authorized under subsection (a), to—
7 ‘‘(1) carry firearms;
8 ‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of-
9 fense against the United States committed in the
10 presence of such officer or special agent;
11 ‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, in-
12 cluding identifying and mitigating potential threats
13 and conducting advance work to review security mat-
14 ters relating to sites and events;
15 ‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement
16 agencies; and
17 ‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations
18 into potential threats to the security of the Sec-
19 retary, in coordination with the Inspector General of
20 the Department of Labor.
21 ‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law en-
22 forcement officer or special agent employed under sub-
23 section (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this
24 section in accordance with any—
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1 ‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General;
2 and
3 ‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of
4 Labor.’’.
5 (b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-
6 actment of this Act.
7 SEC. 110. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of
8 or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro-
9 priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct
10 a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop-
11 erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center is
12 situated. Any sale or other disposition will not be subject
13 to any requirement of any Federal law or regulation relat-
14 ing to the disposition of Federal real property, including
15 but not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40
16 of the United States Code and subchapter V of chapter
17 119 of title 42 of the United States Code. The net pro-
18 ceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to the Secretary,
19 which shall be available until expended to carry out the
20 Job Corps Program on Treasure Island.
21 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this
22 Act may be used to—
23 (1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agree-
24 ment between the United States Department of
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1 Labor and the United States Department of Agri-
2 culture; or
3 (2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen-
4 ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent
5 the endangerment of the health and safety of the
6 students, the capacity of the program is retained,
7 and the requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA
8 are met.
9 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of
10 law, not to exceed $36,000,000 of the unobligated bal-
11 ances available to the Secretary of Labor in fiscal year
12 2022 (other than the amounts specified in subparagraph
13 (2)(J) under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training—
14 Training and Employment Services’’) may be transferred
15 to the Department’s Working Capital Fund for the acqui-
16 sition of capital equipment, the improvement and imple-
17 mentation of Department financial management, informa-
18 tion technology, infrastructure technology investment ac-
19 tivities related to support systems and modernization, and
20 other support systems necessary for the delivery of finan-
21 cial, administrative, and information technology services
22 of primary benefit to the agencies and programs of the
23 Department of Labor: Provided, That any funds so trans-
24 ferred shall remain available for obligation for five fiscal
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1 ther, That no funds may be transferred pursuant to this
2 section unless the Chief Information Officer of the Depart-
3 ment of Labor submits a plan to the Committees on Ap-
4 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
5 ate describing the amounts to be transferred by account;
6 the planned use of funds, including descriptions of
7 projects; project status, including any scheduled delays
8 and cost overruns; financial expenditures; planned activi-
9 ties; and expected benefits: Provided further, That the
10 transfer authority provided in this section shall be in addi-
11 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law.
12 SEC. 113. (a) Section 118(a) of division BB of the
13 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–
14 260) is amended by—
15 (1) inserting ‘‘and in addition to amounts oth-
16 erwise available for such purposes,’’ before ‘‘there
17 are appropriated’’; and
18 (2) striking ‘‘expended through’’.
19 (b) The amendments made by this section shall take
20 effect as if included in the enactment of the Consolidated
21 Appropriations Act, 2021.
22 SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this
23 Act may be used to implement or enforce the final rule
24 entitled ‘‘Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing Flexibility’’ pub-
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1 lished by the Department of Labor in the Federal Register
2 on January 6, 2020.
3 SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this
4 Act may be used to implement or enforce Subpart B of
5 29 CFR Part 29 (29 CFR 29.20 through 29 CFR 29.31
6 (Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs)).
7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor
8 Appropriations Act, 2022’’.
9 TITLE II
10 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
11 SERVICES
12 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
13 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
14 For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health
15 Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’)
16 with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai-
17 ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,831,772,000 (increased
18 by $2,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by
19 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000): Provided, That
20 $25,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of making
21 grants to support school-based health centers as author-
22 ized under section 399Z–1 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C.
23 280h–5): Provided further, That no more than $1,000,000
24 shall be available until expended for carrying out the pro-
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1 That no more than $120,000,000 shall be available until
2 expended for carrying out subsections (g) through (n) and
3 (q) of section 224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses in-
4 curred by the Department of Health and Human Services
5 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to adminis-
6 trative claims made under such law.
7 HEALTH WORKFORCE
8 For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS
9 Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E
10 and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care
11 Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $1,564,876,000 (re-
12 duced by $20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000): Pro-
13 vided, That sections 751(j)(2) and 762(k) of the PHS Act
14 and the proportional funding amounts in paragraphs (1)
15 through (4) of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not
16 apply to funds made available under this heading: Pro-
17 vided further, That for any program operating under sec-
18 tion 751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009,
19 the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to
20 in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may hereafter waive any
21 of the requirements contained in sections 751(d)(2)(A)
22 and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period
23 of a grant under such section: Provided further, That fees
24 collected for the disclosure of information under section
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1 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social
2 Security Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs
3 of operating the programs authorized by such sections and
4 shall remain available until expended for the National
5 Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, That funds
6 transferred to this account to carry out section 846 and
7 subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act may be
8 used to make prior year adjustments to awards made
9 under such section and subpart: Provided further, That
10 $185,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
11 the purposes of providing primary health services, assign-
12 ing National Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) members
13 to expand the delivery of substance use disorder treatment
14 services, notwithstanding the assignment priorities and
15 limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), and
16 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making payments
17 under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under section
18 338B of such Act: Provided further, That, within the
19 amount made available in the previous proviso,
20 $15,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the
21 purposes of making payments under the NHSC Loan Re-
22 payment Program under section 338B of the PHS Act
23 to individuals participating in such program who provide
24 primary health services in Indian Health Service facilities,
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1 dian Health Programs (as those terms are defined by the
2 Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment priorities and
3 limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: Provided fur-
4 ther, That for purposes of the previous two provisos, sec-
5 tion 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as if
6 the term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical sub-
7 stance use disorder treatment services, including those
8 provided by masters level, licensed substance use disorder
9 treatment counselors: Provided further, That of the funds
10 made available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be
11 available to make grants to establish or expand optional
12 community-based nurse practitioner fellowship programs
13 that are accredited or in the accreditation process, with
14 a preference for those in Federally Qualified Health Cen-
15 ters, for practicing postgraduate nurse practitioners in
16 primary care or behavioral health.
17 Of the funds made available under this heading,
18 $75,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
19 grants to public institutions of higher education to expand
20 or support graduate education for physicians provided by
21 such institutions: Provided, That, in awarding such
22 grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public institu-
23 tions of higher education located in States with a projected
24 primary care provider shortage in 2026, as determined by
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1 are limited to such public institutions of higher education
2 in States in the top quintile of States with a projected
3 primary care provider shortage in 2026, as determined by
4 the Secretary: Provided further, That the minimum
5 amount of a grant so awarded to such an institution shall
6 be not less than $1,000,000 per year: Provided further,
7 That such a grant may be awarded for a period not to
8 exceed 5 years: Provided further, That amounts made
9 available in this paragraph shall be awarded as supple-
10 mental grants to recipients of grants awarded for this pur-
11 pose in fiscal years 2020 and 2021, pursuant to the terms
12 and conditions of each institution’s initial grant agree-
13 ment, in an amount for each institution that will result
14 in every institution being awarded the same total grant
15 amount over fiscal years 2020 through 2022, provided the
16 institution can justify the expenditure of such funds: Pro-
17 vided further, That such a grant awarded with respect to
18 a year to such an institution shall be subject to a matching
19 requirement of non-Federal funds in an amount that is
20 not less than 10 percent of the total amount of Federal
21 funds provided in the grant to such institution with re-
22 spect to such year.
23 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
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1 title V of the Social Security Act, $1,188,784,000: Pro-
2 vided, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and
3 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not more than
4 $266,116,000 shall be available for carrying out special
5 projects of regional and national significance pursuant to
6 section 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,276,000 shall be
7 available for projects described in subparagraphs (A)
8 through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act.
9 RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM
10 For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with
11 respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program,
12 $2,654,781,000, of which $2,087,881,000 shall remain
13 available to the Secretary through September 30, 2024,
14 for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and
15 of which not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State
16 AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of
17 section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act; and of which
18 $190,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
19 available to the Secretary for carrying out a program of
20 grants and contracts under title XXVI or section 311(c)
21 of such Act focused on ending the nationwide HIV/AIDS
22 epidemic, with any grants issued under such section
23 311(c) administered in conjunction with title XXVI of the
24 PHS Act, including the limitation on administrative ex-
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1 HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
2 For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act
3 with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell
4 Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $147,093,000 (in-
5 creased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), of which
6 $122,000 shall be available until expended for facilities
7 renovations and other facilities-related expenses of the Na-
8 tional Hansen’s Disease Program.
9 RURAL HEALTH
10 For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act
11 with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal
12 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections
13 711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $400,209,000
14 (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), of
15 which $80,009,000 from general revenues, notwith-
16 standing section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall
17 be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital
18 flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds
19 made available under this heading for Medicare rural hos-
20 pital flexibility grants, $23,242,000 shall be available for
21 the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program
22 for quality improvement and adoption of health informa-
23 tion technology and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry
24 out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with
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1 able for the purchase and implementation of telehealth
2 services, including pilots and demonstrations on the use
3 of electronic health records to coordinate rural veterans
4 care between rural providers and the Department of Vet-
5 erans Affairs electronic health record system: Provided
6 further, That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS
7 Act, $13,000,000 shall be available for State Offices of
8 Rural Health: Provided further, That $12,700,000 shall
9 remain available through September 30, 2024, to support
10 the Rural Residency Development Program.
11 FAMILY PLANNING
12 For carrying out the program under title X of the
13 PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning
14 projects, $400,000,000: Provided, That amounts provided
15 to said projects under such title shall not be expended for
16 abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirec-
17 tive, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any
18 activity (including the publication or distribution of lit-
19 erature) that in any way tends to promote public support
20 or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for
21 public office: Provided further, That all entities funded
22 under this heading shall provide clinical services consistent
23 with nationally recognized clinical standards: Provided fur-
24 ther, That projects funded under section 1001 of the PHS
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1 approved by the Food and Drug Administration: Provided
2 further, That all patients under title X of the PHS Act
3 with a positive pregnancy test shall be given the oppor-
4 tunity to be provided information and counseling regard-
5 ing (1) prenatal care and delivery; (2) infant care, foster
6 care, and adoption; and (3) pregnancy termination: Pro-
7 vided further, That if such a patient requests information
8 specified in the preceding proviso, such patient shall be
9 provided with neutral, factual information and nondirec-
10 tive counseling on each such option, including referral
11 upon request, except with respect to any option about
12 which the patient indicates no interest in receiving such
13 information and counseling.
14 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
15 For program support in the Health Resources and
16 Services Administration, $536,407,000 (increased by
17 $20,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000): Provided, That
18 funds made available under this heading may be used to
19 supplement program support funding provided under the
20 headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’,
21 ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS
22 Program’’, ‘‘Health Care Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’:
23 Provided, That of the amount made available under this
24 heading, $367,415,000 shall be used for the projects fi-
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1 ment) of health care and other facilities, and for the
2 projects financing one-time grants that support activities
3 funded under headings listed in the preceding proviso, and
4 in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Program
5 Management’’ in the report accompanying this Act, and
6 of which up to $4,000,000 may be used for related agency
7 administrative expenses: Provided further, That none of
8 the funds made available for projects described in the pre-
9 ceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS
10 Act or section 205 of this Act.
11 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND
12 For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation
13 Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as
14 may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re-
15 lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered
16 after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title
17 XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended:
18 Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not
19 to exceed $16,200,000 shall be available from the Trust
20 Fund to the Secretary.
21 COVERED COUNTERMEASURES PROCESS FUND
22 For carrying out section 319F–4 of the PHS Act,
23 $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
2 IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES
3 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and
4 section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immi-
5 gration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Ref-
6 ugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to immuniza-
7 tion and respiratory diseases, $531,580,000.
8 HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
9 DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION
10 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of
11 the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis,
12 sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention,
13 $1,501,556,000.
14 EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
15 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section
16 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration
17 and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
18 cation Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and
19 zoonotic infectious diseases, $674,272,000 (reduced by
20 $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by
21 $2,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000): Provided, That of
22 the amounts made available under this heading, up to
23 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to pay
24 for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other
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1 related costs of persons quarantined or isolated under
2 Federal or State quarantine law.
3 CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH
4 PROMOTION
5 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and
6 XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre-
7 vention and health promotion, $1,302,114,000: Provided,
8 That funds made available under this heading may be
9 available for making grants under section 1509 of the
10 PHS Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal orga-
11 nizations: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
12 able under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be available to
13 continue and expand community specific extension and
14 outreach programs to combat obesity in counties with the
15 highest levels of obesity: Provided further, That the pro-
16 portional funding requirements under section 1503(a) of
17 the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available
18 under this heading.
19 BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES,
20 DISABILITIES AND HEALTH
21 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the
22 PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis-
23 abilities, disabilities and health, $186,810,000 (increased
24 by $1,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000).
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1 PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES
2 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS
3 Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health
4 informatics, and workforce development, $756,997,000.
5 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
6 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS
7 Act with respect to environmental health, $326,350,000
8 (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000).
9 INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL
10 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS
11 Act with respect to injury prevention and control,
12 $1,064,169,000 (reduced by $25,000,000) (increased by
13 $25,000,000).
14 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
15 HEALTH
16 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS
17 Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501
18 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13
19 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response
20 Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe-
21 ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and
22 health, $360,300,000.
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1 ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS
2 COMPENSATION PROGRAM
3 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy
4 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
5 Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
6 vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with
7 the provision regarding administrative expenses in section
8 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554.
9 GLOBAL HEALTH
10 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS
11 Act with respect to global health, $842,843,000, of which:
12 (1) $128,421,000 shall remain available through Sep-
13 tember 30, 2023 for international HIV/AIDS; and (2)
14 $448,200,000 shall remain available through September
15 30, 2024 for global public health protection: Provided,
16 That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of
17 official motor vehicles in foreign countries.
18 PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
19 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS
20 Act with respect to public health preparedness and re-
21 sponse, and for expenses necessary to support activities
22 related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radio-
23 logical, and chemical threats to civilian populations,
24 $862,200,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers
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1 title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for
2 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff
3 without reimbursement to support an activation of the
4 CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Direc-
5 tor or Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to
6 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
7 resentatives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of
8 this authority, a full report within 30 days after use of
9 this authority which includes the number of staff and
10 funding level broken down by the originating center and
11 number of days detailed, and an update of such report
12 every 180 days until staff are no longer on detail without
13 reimbursement to the CDC Emergency Operations Center.
14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
16 For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-
17 tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities,
18 $55,000,000, which shall remain available until September
19 30, 2026: Provided, That funds made available to this ac-
20 count in this or any prior Act that are available for the
21 acquisition of real property or for construction or improve-
22 ment of facilities shall be available to make improvements
23 on non-federally owned property, provided that any im-
24 provements that are not adjacent to federally owned prop-
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1 efit of such improvements accrues to CDC: Provided fur-
2 ther, That funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair
3 and upgrade of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and
4 Laboratory shall be used to acquire a replacement mine
5 safety research facility: Provided further, That in addition,
6 the prior year unobligated balance of any amounts as-
7 signed to former employees in accounts of CDC made
8 available for Individual Learning Accounts shall be cred-
9 ited to and merged with the amounts made available under
10 this heading to support the replacement of the mine safety
11 research facility.
12 CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
14 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and
15 section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi-
16 ties and program support for activities funded in other
17 appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for
18 Disease Control and Prevention, $1,148,570,000 (reduced
19 by $3,000,000), of which $1,000,000,000 shall remain
20 available through September 30, 2024, for public health
21 infrastructure and capacity: Provided, That paragraphs
22 (1) through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the
23 PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this
24 heading and in all other accounts of the CDC: Provided
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1 heading, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended,
2 shall be available to the Director of the CDC for deposit
3 in the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund
4 established by section 231 of division B of Public Law
5 115–245: Provided further, That funds appropriated
6 under this heading may be used to support a contract for
7 the operation and maintenance of an aircraft in direct sup-
8 port of activities throughout CDC to ensure the agency
9 is prepared to address public health preparedness emer-
10 gencies: Provided further, That employees of CDC or the
11 Public Health Service, both civilian and commissioned of-
12 ficers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other organiza-
13 tions under authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or
14 in overseas assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal
15 employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be in-
16 cluded within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agen-
17 cy, Service, or HHS during the period of detail or assign-
18 ment: Provided further, That CDC may use up to $10,000
19 from amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act for official
20 reception and representation expenses when specifically
21 approved by the Director of CDC: Provided further, That
22 in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized
23 user fees, which shall be credited to the appropriation
24 charged with the cost thereof: Provided further, That with
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1 the Vessel Sanitation Program and the Respirator Certifi-
2 cation Program shall be available through September 30,
3 2023.
4 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
5 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
6 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
7 Act with respect to cancer, $6,798,056,000 (increased by
8 $2,000,000), of which up to $30,000,000 may be used for
9 facilities repairs and improvements at the National Cancer
10 Institute—Frederick Federally Funded Research and De-
11 velopment Center in Frederick, Maryland.
12 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
14 Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood dis-
15 eases, and blood and blood products, $3,866,828,000.
16 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL
17 RESEARCH
18 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
19 Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases,
20 $519,010,000.
21 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND
22 KIDNEY DISEASES
23 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
24 Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis-
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1 ease, $2,237,625,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced
2 by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000).
3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
4 AND STROKE
5 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
6 Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke,
7 $2,723,515,000.
8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS
9 DISEASES
10 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
11 Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases,
12 $6,557,803,000.
13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
14 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
15 Act with respect to general medical sciences,
16 $3,139,656,000, of which $1,271,505,000 shall be from
17 funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro-
18 vided, That not less than $415,000,000 is provided for
19 the Institutional Development Awards program.
20 EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
21 CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
22 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
23 Act with respect to child health and human development,
24 $1,689,786,000.
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1 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
3 Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders,
4 $877,129,000.
5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
6 SCIENCES
7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
8 Act with respect to environmental health sciences,
9 $941,799,000.
10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
11 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
12 Act with respect to aging, $4,258,049,000.
13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND
14 MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES
15 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
16 Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin
17 diseases, $679,410,000.
18 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER
19 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
20 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
21 Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis-
22 orders, $522,758,000.
23 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
24 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND
2 ALCOHOLISM
3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
4 Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism,
5 $582,422,000.
6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
8 Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,860,329,000.
9 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
10 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
11 Act with respect to mental health, $2,147,085,000.
12 NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
14 Act with respect to human genome research,
15 $646,295,000.
16 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND
17 BIOENGINEERING
18 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
19 Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering
20 research, $431,081,000.
21 NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND
22 INTEGRATIVE HEALTH
23 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
24 Act with respect to complementary and integrative health,
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND
2 HEALTH DISPARITIES
3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
4 Act with respect to minority health and health disparities
5 research, $661,879,000.
6 JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
7 For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty
8 International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of
9 title IV of the PHS Act), $96,842,000.
10 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
11 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
12 Act with respect to health information communications,
13 $486,769,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for
14 improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be
15 available until September 30, 2023: Provided further, That
16 in fiscal year 2022, the National Library of Medicine may
17 enter into personal services contracts for the provision of
18 services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under
19 the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re-
20 ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’).
21 NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL
22 SCIENCES
23 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
24 Act with respect to translational sciences, $897,812,000:
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1 plement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures
2 Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least
3 $616,183,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational
4 Sciences Awards program.
5 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
7 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of
8 the Director, NIH, $2,667,385,000 (reduced by
9 $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000): Provided, That
10 funding shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed
11 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Pro-
12 vided further, That all funds credited to the NIH Manage-
13 ment Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after
14 the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided fur-
15 ther, That $180,000,000 shall be for the Environmental
16 Influences on Child Health Outcomes study: Provided fur-
17 ther, That $657,112,000 shall be available for the Com-
18 mon Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the
19 PHS Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided,
20 $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation
21 expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the
22 NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research
23 within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend
24 up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or ren-
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1 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That
2 $50,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 404I of
3 the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283K), relating to biomedical and
4 behavioral research facilities: Provided further, That
5 $5,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the
6 appropriation for the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ for
7 oversight of grant programs and operations of the NIH,
8 including agency efforts to ensure the integrity of its grant
9 application evaluation and selection processes, and shall
10 be in addition to funds otherwise made available for over-
11 sight of the NIH: Provided further, That the funds pro-
12 vided in the previous proviso may be transferred from one
13 specified activity to another with 15 days prior approval
14 of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
15 resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That the In-
16 spector General shall consult with the Committees on Ap-
17 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
18 ate before submitting to the Committees an audit plan for
19 fiscal years 2022 and 2023 no later than 30 days after
20 the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
21 amounts made available under this heading are also avail-
22 able to establish, operate, and support the Research Policy
23 Board authorized by section 2034(f) of the 21st Century
24 Cures Act: Provided further, That the funds made avail-
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1 Women’s Health shall also be available for making grants
2 to serve and promote the interests of women in research,
3 and the director of such Office may, in making such
4 grants, use the authorities available to NIH Institutes and
5 Centers with respect to research on the role of sex and
6 gender on health.
7 In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com-
8 mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS
9 Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund
10 for the purpose of carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii)
11 of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric research), as author-
12 ized in the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act, of
13 which $3,000,000 shall be derived from the 10-year Pedi-
14 atric Research Initiative Fund described in section 9008
15 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9008).
16 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
17 For the study of, construction of, demolition of, ren-
18 ovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of
19 or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property,
20 $250,000,000, to remain available through September 30,
21 2026.
22 NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT
23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
24 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
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1 Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes
2 in the appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act,
3 $496,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
4 vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to
5 section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from
6 amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such
7 Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the Na-
8 tional Institutes of Health to other accounts of the Na-
9 tional Institutes of Health solely for the purposes provided
10 in such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination
11 by the Director that funds transferred pursuant to the
12 previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes pro-
13 vided, such amounts may be transferred back to the Ac-
14 count: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-
15 vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans-
16 fer authority provided by law.
17 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH
18 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
19 Act with respect to advanced research projects for health,
20 $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September
21 30, 2024: Provided, That such funds shall only be made
22 available if legislation specifically establishing the Ad-
23 vanced Research Projects Agency for Health (‘‘ARPA–
24 H’’) is enacted into law: Provided further, That the Direc-
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1 esses established under section 24 of the Stevenson-
2 Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C.
3 3719) to support prize competitions: Provided further,
4 That research funded by amounts made available under
5 this heading shall not be subject to the requirements of
6 sections 406(a)(3)(A)(ii) or 492 of the PHS Act: Provided
7 further, That the Director of ARPA–H may enter into a
8 multi-year contract, with amounts made available under
9 this heading, if—
10 (1) funds are available and obligated for the
11 contract, for the full period of the contract or for the
12 first fiscal year in which the contract is in effect,
13 and for the estimated costs associated with a nec-
14 essary termination of the contract;
15 (2) the Director determines that a multiyear
16 contract will serve the best interests of the Federal
17 Government in carrying out the responsibilities of
18 ARPA–H; and
19 (3) the contract includes a clause that provides
20 that the contract shall be terminated if funds are
21 not made available for the continuation of the con-
22 tract in a fiscal year covered by the contract;
23 Provided further, That funds available for paying termi-
24 nation costs pursuant to the previous proviso shall remain
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1 available for that purpose until the costs associated with
2 termination of the contract are paid.
3 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
4 ADMINISTRATION
5 MENTAL HEALTH
6 For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS
7 Act with respect to mental health, and the Protection and
8 Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act,
9 $3,128,256,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by
10 $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by
11 $1,000,000): Provided, That of the funds made available
12 under this heading, $100,000,000 shall be for the Na-
13 tional Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: Provided further,
14 That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act,
15 no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall
16 be available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act:
17 Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided
18 herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241
19 of the PHS Act to carry out subpart I of part B of title
20 XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical
21 assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation
22 activities, and further that the total available under this
23 Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 per-
24 cent of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part
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1 available under this heading for subpart I of part B of
2 title XIX of the PHS Act, at least 10 percent shall be
3 available to support evidence-based crisis systems: Pro-
4 vided further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts made
5 available to carry out the Children’s Mental Health Serv-
6 ices program may be used to carry out demonstration
7 grants or contracts for early interventions with persons
8 not more than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of de-
9 veloping a first episode of psychosis: Provided further,
10 That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply
11 to funds appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2022: Pro-
12 vided further, That States shall expend at least 10 percent
13 of the amount each receives for carrying out section 1911
14 of the PHS Act to support evidence-based programs that
15 address the needs of individuals with early serious mental
16 illness, including psychotic disorders, regardless of the age
17 of the individual at onset: Provided further, That
18 $375,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024
19 for grants to communities and community organizations
20 who meet criteria for Certified Community Behavioral
21 Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) of Public Law
22 113–93: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
23 for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section
24 241 of such Act: Provided further, That of the funds made
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1 carry out section 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare
2 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22
3 note): Provided further, That notwithstanding sections
4 1911(b) and 1912 of the PHS Act, amounts made avail-
5 able under this heading for subpart I of part B of title
6 XIX of such Act shall also be available to support evi-
7 dence-based programs that address early intervention and
8 prevention of mental disorders among at-risk children and
9 adults: Provided further, That States shall expend at least
10 10 percent of the amount each receives for carrying out
11 section 1911 of the PHS Act to support evidence-based
12 programs that address early intervention and prevention
13 of mental disorders among at-risk children and adults:
14 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 1912 of
15 the PHS Act, the plan described in such section and sec-
16 tion 1911(b) of the PHS Act shall also include the evi-
17 dence-based programs described in the previous proviso,
18 pursuant to plan criteria established by the Secretary.
19 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
20 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act
21 with respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX
22 of such Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and
23 prevention, and the SUPPORT for Patients and Commu-
24 nities Act, $5,430,743,000 (increased by $2,000,000):
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1 Response Grants for carrying out activities pertaining to
2 opioids and stimulants undertaken by the State agency re-
3 sponsible for administering the substance abuse preven-
4 tion and treatment block grant under subpart II of part
5 B of title XIX of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et
6 seq.): Provided further, That of such amount $75,000,000
7 shall be made available to Indian Tribes or tribal organiza-
8 tions: Provided further, That 15 percent of the remaining
9 amount shall be for the States with the highest mortality
10 rate related to opioid use disorders: Provided further, That
11 of the amounts provided for State Opioid Response Grants
12 not more than 2 percent shall be available for Federal ad-
13 ministrative expenses, training, technical assistance, and
14 evaluation: Provided further, That of the amount not re-
15 served by the previous three provisos, the Secretary shall
16 make allocations to States, territories, and the District of
17 Columbia according to a formula using national survey re-
18 sults that the Secretary determines are the most objective
19 and reliable measure of drug use and drug-related deaths:
20 Provided further, That the Secretary shall submit the for-
21 mula methodology to the Committees on Appropriations
22 of the House of Representatives and the Senate not less
23 than 15 days prior to publishing a Funding Opportunity
24 Announcement: Provided further, That prevention and
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1 clude education, treatment (including the provision of
2 medication), behavioral health services for individuals in
3 treatment programs, referral to treatment services, recov-
4 ery support, and medical screening associated with such
5 treatment: Provided further, That each State, as well as
6 the District of Columbia, shall receive not less than
7 $4,000,000: Provided further, That in addition to amounts
8 provided herein, the following amounts shall be available
9 under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to
10 carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS
11 Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national
12 data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further
13 that the total available under this Act for section 1935(b)
14 activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appro-
15 priated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; and (2)
16 $2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment pro-
17 grams: Provided further, That each State that receives
18 funds appropriated under this heading for carrying out
19 subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act shall
20 expend not less than 10 percent of such funds for recovery
21 support services: Provided further, That none of the funds
22 provided for section 1921 of the PHS Act or State Opioid
23 Response Grants shall be subject to section 241 of such
24 Act.
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1 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION
2 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act
3 with respect to substance abuse prevention, $243,503,000
4 (increased by $2,500,000).
5 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
6 For program support and cross-cutting activities that
7 supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental
8 Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance
9 Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX
10 of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi-
11 viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse
12 and Mental Health Services Administration,
13 $212,108,000: Provided, That of the amount made avail-
14 able under this heading, $70,665,000 (reduced by
15 $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) shall be used for
16 the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the head-
17 ing ‘‘Health Surveillance and Program Support’’ in the
18 report accompanying this Act, of which $1,000,000 may
19 be used for related agency administrative expenses: Pro-
20 vided further, That none of the funds made available for
21 projects described in the preceding proviso shall be subject
22 to section 241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act:
23 Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided
24 herein, $31,428,000 shall be available under section 241
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1 out national surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to
2 collect and analyze program data, and to conduct public
3 awareness and technical assistance activities: Provided fur-
4 ther, That, in addition, fees may be collected for the costs
5 of publications, data, data tabulations, and data analysis
6 completed under title V of the PHS Act and provided to
7 a public or private entity upon request, which shall be
8 credited to this appropriation and shall remain available
9 until expended for such purposes: Provided further, That
10 amounts made available in this Act for carrying out sec-
11 tion 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain available through
12 September 30, 2023: Provided further, That funds made
13 available under this heading (other than amounts specified
14 in the first proviso under this heading) may be used to
15 supplement program support funding provided under the
16 headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treat-
17 ment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’.
18 AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
19 HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
20 For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act,
21 part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section
22 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement,
23 and Modernization Act of 2003, $250,792,000: Provided,
24 That in addition to amounts provided herein
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1 under section 241 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That
2 section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal
3 year 2022: Provided further, That in addition, amounts
4 received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimburs-
5 able and interagency agreements, and the sale of data
6 shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain
7 available until September 30, 2023.
8 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES
9 GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID
10 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
11 XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $368,666,106,000,
12 to remain available until expended.
13 In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31,
14 2022, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2022 for unantici-
15 pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums
16 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended.
17 In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first
18 quarter of fiscal year 2023, $165,722,018,000, to remain
19 available until expended.
20 Payment under such title XIX may be made for any
21 quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment
22 in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to
23 such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent
24 quarter.
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1 PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS
2 For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance
3 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-
4 surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g),
5 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections
6 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of
7 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for
8 administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section
9 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $487,862,000,000.
10 In addition, for making matching payments under
11 section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D–
12 16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated
13 in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary.
14 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
15 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
16 XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles
17 XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory
18 Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil-
19 ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not
20 to exceed $4,315,843,000, to be transferred from the Fed-
21 eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Sup-
22 plementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized
23 by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with
24 all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the
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1 Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section
2 1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may
3 be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data,
4 which shall be credited to this account and remain avail-
5 able until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in
6 accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations estab-
7 lished under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited
8 to and available for carrying out the purposes of this ap-
9 propriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is di-
10 rected to collect fees in fiscal year 2022 from Medicare
11 Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2)
12 of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations
13 with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act
14 pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided
15 further, That of the amount made available under this
16 heading, $472,163,000 shall remain available until Sep-
17 tember 30, 2023, and shall be available for the Survey
18 and Certification Program: Provided further, That
19 amounts available under this heading to support quality
20 improvement organizations (as defined in section 1152 of
21 the Social Security Act) shall not exceed the amount spe-
22 cifically provided for such purpose under this heading in
23 division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
24 (Public Law 115–141).
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1 HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT
2 In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro-
3 gram integrity and program management, $872,793,000,
4 to remain available through September 30, 2023, to be
5 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
6 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance
7 Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social
8 Security Act, of which $650,726,000 shall be for the Cen-
9 ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity
10 activities, of which $109,145,000 (reduced by $1,000,000)
11 (increased by $1,000,000) shall be for the Department of
12 Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General
13 to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by sec-
14 tion 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which $112,922,000
15 shall be for the Department of Justice to carry out fraud
16 and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of
17 such Act: Provided, That the report required by section
18 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2022
19 shall include measures of the operational efficiency and
20 impact on fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Med-
21 icaid, and CHIP programs for the funds provided by this
22 appropriation: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
23 vided under this heading, $317,000,000 is provided to
24 meet the terms of section 1(j) of H. Res. 467 of the 117th
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1 June 14, 2021, and $555,793,000 is additional new budg-
2 et authority specified for purposes of such section 1(j):
3 Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide not less
4 than $30,000,000 from amounts made available under
5 this heading and amounts made available for fiscal year
6 2022 under section 1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security
7 Act for the Senior Medicare Patrol program to combat
8 health care fraud and abuse.
9 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
10 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT
11 ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS
12 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
13 I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act
14 and the Act of July 5, 1960, $2,794,432,000, to remain
15 available until expended; and for such purposes for the
16 first quarter of fiscal year 2023, $1,300,000,000, to re-
17 main available until expended.
18 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal
19 year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI,
20 XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of
21 July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal
22 year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal
23 year, such sums as may be necessary.
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1 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
2 For making payments under subsections (b) and (d)
3 of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
4 ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.),
5 $3,900,304,000 (increased by $10,000,000): Provided,
6 That notwithstanding section 2609A(a) of such Act, not
7 more than $3,500,000 may be reserved by the Secretary
8 of Health and Human Services for technical assistance,
9 training, and monitoring of program activities for compli-
10 ance with internal controls, policies and procedures and
11 the Secretary may, in addition to the authorities provided
12 in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts
13 with private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit orga-
14 nizations: Provided further, that $3,746,804,000 of the
15 amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated
16 to each State and territory in amounts equal to the
17 amount each State and territory was allocated in fiscal
18 year 2021 pursuant to allocations made from amounts ap-
19 propriated under this heading in title II of division H of
20 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law
21 116–260): Provided further, That of the remaining
22 amount made available under this heading that is not des-
23 ignated for allocation in the preceding two provisos,
24 $75,000,000 shall be allocated as though the total appro-
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1 priation for such payments for fiscal year 2022 was less
2 than $1,975,000,000.
3 REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
4 For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as-
5 sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi-
6 gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref-
7 ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying
8 out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002,
9 section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims
10 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking
11 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Tor-
12 ture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $4,504,947,000, of which
13 $4,408,467,000 shall remain available through September
14 30, 2024 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462,
15 and 235 and $30,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
16 pended for the purposes authorized in section 238 of this
17 title: Provided, That amounts available under this heading
18 to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for research
19 and evaluation with respect to activities under such Act:
20 Provided further, That the contribution of funds require-
21 ment under section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William Wil-
22 berforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization
23 Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available under
24 this heading.
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1 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND
2 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
3 For carrying out the Child Care and Development
4 Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’),
5 $7,377,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by
6 $10,000,000) shall be used to supplement, not supplant
7 State general revenue funds for child care assistance for
8 low-income families: Provided, That technical assistance
9 under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided di-
10 rectly, or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative
11 agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided further,
12 That all funds made available to carry out section 418
13 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including
14 funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418
15 or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the res-
16 ervation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of
17 section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further,
18 That in addition to the amounts required to be reserved
19 by the Secretary under section 658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act,
20 $177,330,000 shall be for Indian tribes and tribal organi-
21 zations.
22 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
23 For making grants to States pursuant to section
24 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro-
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1 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified
2 under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State
3 programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10
4 percent.
5 In addition, $200,000,000 for carrying out a supple-
6 mental grant program to make grants to States to be dis-
7 tributed as provided for under section 2002 of the Social
8 Security Act and subject to the limitations of section 2005
9 of such Act: Provided, That funds appropriated in this
10 paragraph are in addition to the entitlement grants au-
11 thorized by section 2002(a)(1) of the Social Security Act
12 and shall not be available for such entitlement grants: Pro-
13 vided further, That such supplemental grants shall be used
14 by States to make subgrants to social service agencies or
15 other nonprofit organizations to provide diapers and dia-
16 pering supplies (including diaper wipes, diaper cream, and
17 other supplies necessary to ensure that a child using a
18 diaper is properly cleaned and protected from diaper rash)
19 to families in need: Provided further, That such supple-
20 mental grants are used by States to supplement, not sup-
21 plant, State general revenue funds provided for such pur-
22 poses: Provided further, That the term ‘‘in need’’, with re-
23 spect to a family, means a family whose self-certified in-
24 come is not more than 200 percent of the Federal poverty
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1 and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of
2 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 applicable
3 to a family of the size involved: Provided further, That not
4 later than December 31, 2022, each subgrantee receiving
5 funding from amounts made available in this paragraph
6 shall submit a report to the applicable State on the use
7 of such funds: Provided further, That each State shall in-
8 clude in the annual report required under section 2006
9 of the Social Security Act and submitted with respect to
10 fiscal year 2023 information detailing how grantees and
11 subgrantees used funds made available in this paragraph
12 to distribute diapers and diapering supplies to families in
13 need.
14 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
15 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the
16 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act,
17 the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Preven-
18 tion and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the
19 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native
20 American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child
21 Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform
22 Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV
23 and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115
24 of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services
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1 istrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV,
2 XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, the Act of
3 July 5, 1960, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
4 Act of 1981, the Child Care and Development Block Grant
5 Act of 1990, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality
6 Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act
7 of 1980, and section 2204 of the American Rescue Plan
8 Act of 2021, $15,232,981,000 (increased by $3,900,000),
9 of which $75,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
10 tember 30, 2023, shall be for grants to States for adoption
11 and legal guardianship incentive payments, as defined by
12 section 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made
13 for adoptions and legal guardianships completed before
14 September 30, 2022: Provided, That $12,182,095,000
15 shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act,
16 including for Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships,
17 and, of which, notwithstanding section 640 of such Act:
18 (1) $234,000,000 shall be available for a cost
19 of living adjustment, and with respect to any con-
20 tinuing appropriations act, funding available for a
21 cost of living adjustment shall not be construed as
22 an authority or condition under this Act;
23 (2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation
24 by the Secretary to supplement activities described
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1 the Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal
2 System, established under the authority of sections
3 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act,
4 and such funds shall not be included in the calcula-
5 tion of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as
6 such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such
7 Act;
8 (3) $750,000,000, in addition to funds other-
9 wise available for such purposes under section 640
10 of the Head Start Act, shall be available through
11 September 30, 2023, for awards to eligible entities
12 for Head Start and Early Head Start programs and
13 to entities defined as eligible under section 645A(d)
14 of such Act for high quality infant and toddler care
15 through Early Head Start - Child Care Partner-
16 ships, and for training and technical assistance for
17 such activities: Provided further, That of the funds
18 made available in this paragraph, up to $21,000,000
19 shall be available to the Secretary for the adminis-
20 trative costs of carrying out this paragraph;
21 (4) $250,000,000 shall be available for quality
22 improvement consistent with paragraph (5) of sec-
23 tion 640(a) of such Act, except that any amount of
24 such funds may be used for any of the activities de-
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1 $12,500,000 shall be available to migrant and sea-
2 sonal Head Start programs for such activities, in ad-
3 dition to funds made available for migrant and sea-
4 sonal Head Start programs under any other provi-
5 sion of section 640(a) of such Act;
6 (5) $200,000,000 shall be available through
7 September 30, 2023, of which up to 1 percent may
8 be reserved for research and evaluation, and the re-
9 maining unreserved amount shall be available in ad-
10 dition to funds made available under any other pro-
11 vision of section 640, for award by the Secretary to
12 grantees that apply for supplemental funding to in-
13 crease their hours of program operations and for
14 training and technical assistance for such activities;
15 (6) $8,000,000 shall be available for the pur-
16 poses of maintaining the Tribal Colleges and Univer-
17 sities Head Start Partnership Program consistent
18 with section 648(g) of such Act; and
19 (7) $21,000,000 shall be available to supple-
20 ment funding otherwise available for research, eval-
21 uation, and Federal administrative costs:
22 Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res-
23 ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act
24 in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections
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1 Act: Provided further, That $450,000,000 shall be avail-
2 able until December 31, 2022 for carrying out sections
3 9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Pro-
4 vided further, That up to 3 percent of the funds in the
5 preceding proviso shall be available for technical assist-
6 ance and evaluation related to grants awarded under such
7 section 9212: Provided further, That $834,000,000 shall
8 be for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided
9 further, That for the purposes of carrying out the CSBG
10 Act, the term ‘‘poverty line’’ as defined in section 673(2)
11 of the CSBG Act means 200 percent of the poverty line
12 otherwise applicable under such section (excluding the last
13 sentence of such section) without regard to such section:
14 Provided further, That $34,000,000 shall be for section
15 680 of the CSBG Act, of which not less than $23,000,000
16 shall be for section 680(a)(2) and not less than
17 $11,000,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act:
18 Provided further, That, notwithstanding section
19 675C(a)(3) of the CSBG Act, to the extent Community
20 Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds
21 by a State to an eligible entity as provided under such
22 Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall
23 remain with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal
24 year for expenditure by such entity consistent with pro-
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1 establish procedures regarding the disposition of intan-
2 gible assets and program income that permit such assets
3 acquired with, and program income derived from, grant
4 funds authorized under section 680 of the CSBG Act to
5 become the sole property of such grantees after a period
6 of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant pe-
7 riod for any activity consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A)
8 of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That intangible assets
9 in the form of loans, equity investments and other debt
10 instruments, and program income may be used by grant-
11 ees for any eligible purpose consistent with section
12 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That
13 these procedures shall apply to such grant funds made
14 available after November 29, 1999: Provided further, That
15 funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act
16 shall be available for financing construction and rehabili-
17 tation and loans or investments in private business enter-
18 prises owned by community development corporations:
19 Provided further, That $449,700,000 shall be for carrying
20 out section 303(a) of the Family Violence Prevention and
21 Services Act, of which $175,000,000 shall be for providing
22 direct payments to any victim of family violence, domestic
23 violence, or dating violence, or to any dependent of such
24 victim, notwithstanding section 308(d)(1) of such Act:
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1 withstanding section 303(a)(2) of the Family Violence
2 Prevention and Services Act, for carrying out section 309
3 of such Act; and $6,750,000 shall be for necessary admin-
4 istrative expenses to carry out such Act and section 2204
5 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, in addition to
6 amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Provided
7 further, That the percentages specified in section
8 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
9 Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this head-
10 ing: Provided further, That $4,000,000 shall be for a
11 human services case management system for federally de-
12 clared disasters, to include a comprehensive national case
13 management contract and Federal costs of administering
14 the system: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall
15 be for improving the Public Assistance Reporting Informa-
16 tion System, including grants to States to support data
17 collection for a study of the system’s effectiveness.
18 PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES
19 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sec-
20 tion 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and,
21 for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437
22 of such Act, $106,000,000: Provided, That of the funds
23 available to carry out section 437, $60,000,000 shall be
24 allocated consistent with subsections (b) through (d) of
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1 to carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the require-
2 ments described in section 471(e)(4)(C), $30,000,000
3 shall be for grants to each State, territory, and Indian
4 tribe operating title IV–E plans for developing, enhancing,
5 or evaluating kinship navigator programs, as described in
6 section 427(a)(1) of such Act and $9,000,000, in addition
7 to funds otherwise appropriated in section 476 for such
8 purposes, shall be for the Family First Clearinghouse and
9 to support evaluation and technical assistance relating to
10 the evaluation of child and family services: Provided fur-
11 ther, That of the funds available to carry out section 437,
12 $7,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to regional
13 partnerships as described in section 437(f), and shall be
14 in addition to any other funds appropriated for such pur-
15 poses: Provided further, That section 437(b)(1) shall be
16 applied to amounts in the previous proviso by substituting
17 ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘3.3 percent’’, and notwithstanding sec-
18 tion 436(b)(1), such reserved amounts may be used for
19 identifying, establishing, and disseminating practices to
20 meet the criteria specified in section 471(e)(4)(C): Pro-
21 vided further, That the reservation in section 437(b)(2)
22 and the limitations in section 437(d) shall not apply to
23 funds specified in the second proviso under this heading:
24 Provided further, That the minimum grant award for kin-
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1 tories shall be $200,000, and, in the case of tribes, shall
2 be $25,000.
3 PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY
4 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title
5 IV–E of the Social Security Act, $6,963,000,000.
6 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title
7 IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of
8 fiscal year 2023, $3,200,000,000.
9 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal
10 year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV–
11 E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the
12 current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the
13 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
14 ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING
15 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS
16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
17 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
18 vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the
19 RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grand-
20 parents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX
21 of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act,
22 section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients
23 and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu-
24 rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and
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1 II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive
2 Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and section
3 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation Act
4 of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of policy
5 and program activities that assist individuals with disabil-
6 ities, $3,047,414,000, together with $57,115,000 to be
7 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
8 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance
9 Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus
10 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That
11 amounts appropriated under this heading may be used for
12 grants to States under section 361 of the OAA only for
13 disease prevention and health promotion programs and ac-
14 tivities which have been demonstrated through rigorous
15 evaluation to be evidence-based and effective: Provided
16 further, That of amounts made available under this head-
17 ing to carry out sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA,
18 up to one percent of such amounts shall be available for
19 developing and implementing evidence-based practices for
20 enhancing senior nutrition, including medically-tailored
21 meals: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
22 provision of this Act, funds made available under this
23 heading to carry out section 311 of the OAA may be trans-
24 ferred to the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with
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1 for competitive grants to support alternative financing
2 programs that provide for the purchase of assistive tech-
3 nology devices, such as a low-interest loan fund; an inter-
4 est buy-down program; a revolving loan fund; a loan guar-
5 antee; or an insurance program: Provided further, That
6 applicants shall provide an assurance that, and informa-
7 tion describing the manner in which, the alternative fi-
8 nancing program will expand and emphasize consumer
9 choice and control: Provided further, That State agencies
10 and community-based disability organizations that are di-
11 rected by and operated for individuals with disabilities
12 shall be eligible to compete: Provided further, That none
13 of the funds made available under this heading may be
14 used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 of
15 the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental
16 Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue any
17 legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of an
18 individual or group of individuals with a developmental
19 disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Develop-
20 mental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act
21 of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to
22 a mental impairment (or a combination of mental and
23 physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy
24 the closure of State operated intermediate care facilities
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1 unless reasonable public notice of the action has been pro-
2 vided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental inca-
3 pacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically
4 awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and
5 residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are
6 affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting such
7 legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal
8 guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such
9 rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
10 cedure: Provided further, That the limitations in the imme-
11 diately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an
12 individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a
13 legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of
14 individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to pub-
15 lic guardianship.
16 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
17 GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for
19 general departmental management, including hire of six
20 passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III,
21 XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United
22 States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and re-
23 search studies under section 1110 of the Social Security
24 Act, $582,981,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by
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1 $2,500,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by
2 $1,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by
3 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by
4 $10,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by
5 $13,500,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by
6 $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by
7 $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), together with
8 $74,828,000 from the amounts available under section
9 241 of the PHS Act to carry out national health or human
10 services research and evaluation activities: Provided, That
11 of this amount, $58,400,000 shall be for minority AIDS
12 prevention and treatment activities: Provided further, That
13 of the funds made available under this heading,
14 $130,000,000 shall be for making competitive contracts
15 and grants to public and private entities to fund medically
16 accurate and age appropriate programs that reduce teen
17 pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated with ad-
18 ministering and evaluating such contracts and grants, of
19 which not more than 10 percent of the available funds
20 shall be for training and technical assistance, evaluation,
21 outreach, and additional program support activities, and
22 of the remaining amount 75 percent shall be for repli-
23 cating programs that have been proven effective through
24 rigorous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behav-
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1 associated risk factors, and 25 percent shall be available
2 for research and demonstration grants to develop, rep-
3 licate, refine, and test additional models and innovative
4 strategies for preventing teenage pregnancy: Provided fur-
5 ther, That of the amounts provided under this heading
6 from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act,
7 $6,800,000 shall be available to carry out evaluations (in-
8 cluding longitudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy
9 prevention approaches: Provided further, That funds pro-
10 vided in this Act for embryo adoption activities may be
11 used to provide to individuals adopting embryos, through
12 grants and other mechanisms, medical and administrative
13 services deemed necessary for such adoptions: Provided
14 further, That such services shall be provided consistent
15 with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That of the
16 funds made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall
17 be for carrying out prize competitions sponsored by the
18 Office of the Secretary to accelerate innovation in the pre-
19 vention, diagnosis, and treatment of kidney diseases (as
20 authorized by section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
21 nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719)): Pro-
22 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
23 law, the Secretary may use $7,891,000 of the amounts
24 appropriated under this heading to supplement funds oth-
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1 of electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations,
2 and to cover other costs related to electrifying the motor
3 vehicle fleet within HHS: Provided further, That electric
4 chargers installed in a parking area with such funds de-
5 scribed in the preceding proviso shall be deemed personal
6 property under the control and custody of the Department
7 of Health and Human Services managing such parking
8 area: Provided further, That of the funds made available
9 under this heading $3,000,000 shall be for establishing
10 a National Health Care Workforce Commission (as au-
11 thorized by section 5101 of Public Law 111–148).
12 MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS
13 For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and
14 appeals in the Office of the Secretary, $196,000,000 shall
15 remain available until September 30, 2023, to be trans-
16 ferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital In-
17 surance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med-
18 ical Insurance Trust Fund.
19 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH
20 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
21 For expenses necessary for the Office of the National
22 Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including
23 grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de-
24 velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor-
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1 mation technology, $86,614,000 shall be available from
2 amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act.
3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
4 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
5 General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for
6 investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec-
7 tor General Act of 1978, $100,000,000: Provided, That
8 of such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro-
9 viding protective services to the Secretary and inves-
10 tigating non-payment of child support cases for which non-
11 payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Pro-
12 vided further, That, of the amount appropriated under this
13 heading $5,300,000 shall be available through September
14 30, 2023, for activities authorized under section 3022 of
15 the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj–52).
16 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
17 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil
18 Rights, $47,931,000.
19 RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR
20 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
21 For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public
22 Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by
23 law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family
24 Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med-
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1 Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be
2 required during the current fiscal year.
3 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY
4 FUND
5 For expenses necessary to support activities related
6 to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological,
7 chemical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations,
8 and for other public health emergencies, $1,508,036,000,
9 of which $823,380,000 shall remain available through
10 September 30, 2023, for expenses necessary to support
11 advanced research and development pursuant to section
12 319L of the PHS Act and other administrative expenses
13 of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development
14 Authority: Provided, That funds provided under this head-
15 ing for the purpose of acquisition of security counter-
16 measures shall be in addition to any other funds available
17 for such purpose: Provided further, That products pur-
18 chased with funds provided under this heading may, at
19 the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Stra-
20 tegic National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of
21 the PHS Act: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the
22 amounts made available to support emergency operations
23 shall remain available through September 30, 2024.
24 For expenses necessary for procuring security coun-
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1 PHS Act), $770,000,000, to remain available until ex-
2 pended.
3 For expenses necessary to carry out section 319F–
4 2(a) of the PHS Act, $905,000,000 (increased by
5 $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000), to remain avail-
6 able until expended.
7 For an additional amount for expenses necessary to
8 prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic,
9 $335,000,000; of which $300,000,000 shall be available
10 until expended, for activities including the development
11 and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical sup-
12 plies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided,
13 That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act,
14 funds may be used for the construction or renovation of
15 privately owned facilities for the production of pandemic
16 influenza vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary
17 finds such construction or renovation necessary to secure
18 sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologics.
19 GENERAL PROVISIONS
20 SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be
21 available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception
22 and representation expenses when specifically approved by
23 the Secretary.
24 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title
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1 a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess
2 of Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds
3 appropriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH
4 from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an indi-
5 vidual at this rate.
6 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
7 may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act,
8 except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or
9 for other taps and assessments made by any office located
10 in HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a re-
11 port by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropria-
12 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate de-
13 tailing the planned uses of such funds.
14 SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the
15 PHS Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine,
16 but not more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appro-
17 priated for programs authorized under such Act shall be
18 made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants
19 or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of
20 programs funded in this title.
21 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
22 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
23 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
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1 may be transferred between appropriations, but no such
2 appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent
3 by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer author-
4 ity granted by this section shall not be used to create any
5 new program or to fund any project or activity for which
6 no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That
7 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
8 resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days
9 in advance of any transfer.
10 SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section
11 338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in
12 such section may occur up to 60 days after the effective
13 date of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2022 under sec-
14 tion 338B of such Act, or at any time if the individual
15 who has been awarded such contract has not received
16 funds due under the contract.
17 SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
18 may be made available to any entity under title X of the
19 PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to
20 the Secretary that it encourages family participation in
21 the decision of minors to seek family planning services and
22 that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist at-
23 tempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities.
24 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of
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1 shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification
2 or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual
3 abuse, rape, or incest.
4 SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
5 (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be
6 used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the
7 Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth-
8 erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or-
9 ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that
10 it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide
11 referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall
12 make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita-
13 tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially
14 sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv-
15 ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth-
16 ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi-
17 care program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare
18 Advantage organization described in this section shall be
19 responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain infor-
20 mation about all Medicare covered services.
21 SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this
22 title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro-
23 mote gun control.
24 SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through
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1 Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to
2 work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided
3 by the Agency for International Development, the United
4 Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the
5 World Health Organization.
6 SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out inter-
7 national health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other
8 infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and
9 other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2022:
10 (1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiv-
11 alent to that available to the Secretary of State in
12 section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authori-
13 ties Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with
14 the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission
15 to ensure that the authority provided in this section
16 is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207
17 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other appli-
18 cable statutes administered by the Department of
19 State.
20 (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such
21 funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary
22 of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac-
23 quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage-
24 ment of facilities outside of the United States for
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1 operate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS
2 has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply
3 with applicable regulation governing location, set-
4 back, and other facilities requirements and serve the
5 purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is
6 authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of
7 State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to
8 make available to public or nonprofit private institu-
9 tions or agencies in participating foreign countries,
10 funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in
11 those countries as necessary to conduct programs of
12 assistance for international health activities, includ-
13 ing activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec-
14 tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases,
15 and other health activities abroad.
16 (3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to
17 personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to
18 serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to
19 those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the For-
20 eign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081
21 through 4086 and subject to such regulations pre-
22 scribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further
23 authorized to provide locality-based comparability
24 payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount
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1 as a percentage) that would be payable to such per-
2 sonnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States
3 Code if such personnel’s official duty station were in
4 the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for per-
5 sonnel under this subsection shall be on the same
6 basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter
7 63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of
8 the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serv-
9 ing in the Foreign Service.
10 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
11 SEC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the
12 Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up
13 to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total
14 amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for
15 research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus:
16 Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the
17 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at
18 least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
19 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
20 SEC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act
21 for NIH, the amount for research related to the human
22 immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Di-
23 rector of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Re-
24 search, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS
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1 Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec-
2 essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act.
3 SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any
4 other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’)
5 may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the
6 PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts,
7 cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research
8 identified pursuant to or research and activities described
9 in such section 402(b)(12).
10 (b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions
11 under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer
12 review procedures (including consultation with appropriate
13 scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro-
14 priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical
15 merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions
16 in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review pro-
17 cedures that would otherwise be required under sections
18 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492,
19 and 494 of the PHS Act.
20 SEC. 216. Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appro-
21 priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the
22 National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration,
23 repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the
24 proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized
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1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
2 SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH,
3 1 percent of the amount made available for National Re-
4 search Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available
5 to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services
6 Administration to make NRSA awards for research in pri-
7 mary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities
8 who have received grants or contracts under section 736,
9 739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount
10 made available for NRSA shall be made available to the
11 Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual-
12 ity to make NRSA awards for health service research.
13 SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research
14 and Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into
15 a contract, for more than one but no more than 10 pro-
16 gram years, for purchase of research services or of security
17 countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F–
18 2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)),
19 if—
20 (1) funds are available and obligated—
21 (A) for the full period of the contract or
22 for the first fiscal year in which the contract is
23 in effect; and
24 (B) for the estimated costs associated with
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1 (2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year
2 contract will serve the best interests of the Federal
3 Government by encouraging full and open competi-
4 tion or promoting economy in administration, per-
5 formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs.
6 (b) A contract entered into under this section—
7 (1) shall include a termination clause as de-
8 scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41,
9 United States Code; and
10 (2) shall be subject to the congressional notice
11 requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section.
12 SEC. 219. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the
13 fiscal year 2023 budget of the President submitted under
14 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, informa-
15 tion that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers
16 for Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health
17 Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enact-
18 ment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds
19 for fiscal year 2023. Such information shall include, for
20 each such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each
21 activity specified under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance
22 Exchange Transparency’’ in the report accompanying this
23 Act.
24 SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this
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1 the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund,
2 or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to
3 the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program
4 Management’’ account, may be used for payments under
5 section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to
6 risk corridors).
7 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
8 SEC. 221. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this
9 Act, the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under
10 section 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the
11 amounts specified, and for the activities specified under
12 the heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the
13 report accompanying this Act.
14 (b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the
15 Secretary may not further transfer these amounts.
16 (c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under
17 section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with-
18 out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act.
19 SEC. 222. Effective during the period beginning on
20 November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2024, any pro-
21 vision of law that refers (including through cross-reference
22 to another provision of law) to the current recommenda-
23 tions of the United States Preventive Services Task Force
24 with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography,
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1 and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary in-
2 volved as if—
3 (1) such reference to such current recommenda-
4 tions were a reference to the recommendations of
5 such Task Force with respect to breast cancer
6 screening, mammography, and prevention last issued
7 before 2009; and
8 (2) such recommendations last issued before
9 2009 applied to any screening mammography modal-
10 ity under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act
11 (42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)).
12 SEC. 223. In making Federal financial assistance, the
13 provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45,
14 Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the
15 approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall con-
16 tinue to apply to the National Institutes of Health to the
17 same extent and in the same manner as such provisions
18 were applied in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None
19 of the funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise
20 made available to the Department of Health and Human
21 Services or to any department or agency may be used to
22 develop or implement a modified approach to such provi-
23 sions, or to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal
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1 rates beyond the proportional effect of such approvals in
2 such quarter.
3 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 SEC. 224. The NIH Director may transfer funds for
5 opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and
6 addiction, pain management, and addiction treatment to
7 other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for
8 the same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees
9 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
10 Senate: Provided, That the transfer authority provided in
11 the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer
12 authority provided by law.
13 SEC. 225. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the
14 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
15 atives and the Senate:
16 (1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from
17 the Exchanges established under the Patient Protec-
18 tion and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to
19 enrollments during the open enrollment period.
20 (2) Notification of any new or competitive grant
21 awards, including supplements, authorized under
22 section 330 of the Public Health Service Act.
23 (b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House
24 and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in
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1 advance of any public release of enrollment information
2 or the award of such grants.
3 SEC. 226. The Department of Health and Human
4 Services shall provide the Committees on Appropriations
5 of the House of Representatives and Senate a biannual
6 report 30 days after enactment of this Act on staffing de-
7 scribed in the report accompanying this Act.
8 SEC. 227. Funds appropriated in this Act that are
9 available for salaries and expenses of employees of the De-
10 partment of Health and Human Services shall also be
11 available to pay travel and related expenses of such an
12 employee or of a member of his or her family, when such
13 employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in
14 a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that
15 are the subject of a determination of a public health emer-
16 gency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act
17 and such travel is necessary to obtain medical care for
18 an illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot be ade-
19 quately addressed in that location at that time. For pur-
20 poses of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means
21 Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern
22 Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or
23 the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
24 SEC. 228. The Department of Health and Human
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1 nongovernmental organizations, and other groups inde-
2 pendent of the Federal Government for the care of unac-
3 companied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2)
4 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
5 279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettle-
6 ment of the Administration for Children and Families, in-
7 cluding monetary donations, medical goods and services,
8 which may include early childhood developmental
9 screenings, school supplies, toys, clothing, and any other
10 items and services intended to promote the wellbeing of
11 such children. Monetary donations received by the Depart-
12 ment of Health and Human Services under this section
13 shall be retained and credited to the Refugee and Entrant
14 Assistance account and shall remain available until ex-
15 pended for the purposes provided by this section.
16 SEC. 229. None of the funds made available in this
17 Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and
18 Human Services—Administration for Children and Fami-
19 lies—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ may be obligated
20 to a grantee or contractor to house unaccompanied alien
21 children (as such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of
22 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2)))
23 in any facility that is not State-licensed for the care of
24 unaccompanied alien children, except in the case that the
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1 children in such a facility is necessary on a temporary
2 basis due to an influx of such children or an emergency,
3 provided that—
4 (1) the terms of the grant or contract for the
5 operations of any such facility that remains in oper-
6 ation for more than three consecutive months shall
7 require compliance with—
8 (A) the same requirements as licensed
9 placements, as listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores
10 Settlement Agreement that the Secretary deter-
11 mines are applicable to non-State licensed facili-
12 ties; and
13 (B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty
14 Youth Care Worker for every eight (8) children
15 or youth during waking hours, one (1) on-duty
16 Youth Care Worker for every sixteen (16) chil-
17 dren or youth during sleeping hours, and clini-
18 cian ratios to children (including mental health
19 providers) as required in grantee cooperative
20 agreements;
21 (2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver
22 for a contractor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with
23 paragraph (1) if the Secretary certifies and provides
24 a report to Congress on the contractor’s or grantee’s
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1 (3) if the Secretary determines that a con-
2 tractor or grantee is not in compliance after the Sec-
3 retary has granted a 60-day waiver, the Secretary
4 shall not permit such contractor or grantee to con-
5 tinue to provide services beyond a reasonable period,
6 not to exceed 60 days, needed to award a contract
7 or grant to a new service provider, and the incum-
8 bent contractor or grantee shall not be eligible to
9 compete for the new contact or grant;
10 (4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the
11 monitoring requirements set forth in section 5.5 of
12 its Policies and Procedures Guide as of May 15,
13 2019;
14 (5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation
15 for more than three consecutive months, ORR shall
16 conduct a minimum of one comprehensive moni-
17 toring visit during the first three months of oper-
18 ation, with quarterly monitoring visits thereafter;
19 and
20 (6) not later than 60 days after the date of en-
21 actment of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees
22 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
23 and the Senate outlining the requirements of ORR
24 for influx facilities including any requirement listed
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1 mined are not applicable to non-State licensed facili-
2 ties.
3 SEC. 230. In addition to the existing Congressional
4 notification for formal site assessments of potential influx
5 facilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-
6 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
7 ate at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed
8 facility, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard-
9 sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates
10 that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely out-
11 come is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in
12 the custody of the Department of Homeland Security for
13 longer than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children
14 will be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of
15 bringing such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the
16 Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
17 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a
18 report detailing the total number of children in care at
19 the facility, the average length of stay and average length
20 of care of children at the facility, and, for any child that
21 has been at the facility for more than 60 days, their length
22 of stay and reason for delay in release.
23 SEC. 231. None of the funds made available in this
24 Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or
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1 for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the
2 United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody
3 of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as
4 defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act
5 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))). Nothing in this section
6 shall be construed to require such a Senator or Member
7 to provide prior notice of the intent to enter such a facility
8 for such purpose.
9 SEC. 232. Not later than 14 days after the date of
10 enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Sec-
11 retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
12 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make
13 publicly available online, a report with respect to children
14 who were separated from their parents or legal guardians
15 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regard-
16 less of whether or not such separation was pursuant to
17 an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians),
18 subsequently classified as unaccompanied alien children,
19 and transferred to the care and custody of ORR during
20 the previous month. Each report shall contain the fol-
21 lowing information:
22 (1) the number and ages of children so sepa-
23 rated subsequent to apprehension at or between
24 ports of entry, to be reported by sector where sepa-
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1 (2) the documented cause of separation, as re-
2 ported by DHS when each child was referred.
3 SEC. 233. (a) None of the funds made available by
4 this Act may be used to share any information pertaining
5 to an unaccompanied alien child (as defined in section
6 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
7 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) for use or reference in any removal
8 proceeding or otherwise for enforcement of the immigra-
9 tion laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immi-
10 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))).
11 (b) Subsection (a) shall be construed to preclude the
12 transmission of information described in such subsection
13 to any individual, entity, or government agency with the
14 knowledge or intent that the information would be re-
15 transmitted or otherwise shared for a purpose prohibited
16 under such subsection.
17 (c) All records for which Office of Refugee Resettle-
18 ment policies require the written release authorization of
19 the Office of Refugee Resettlement shall have the pre-
20 sumption of confidentiality and nondisclosure, including
21 unaccompanied alien child case files, specific information
22 contained in such case files, all information given to a case
23 manager, therapist, clinical worker, counselor, or social
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1 and other confidential information pertaining to such chil-
2 dren, their sponsors, or their potential sponsors.
3 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pro-
4 hibit or restrict the continued implementation of inter-
5 agency agreements or coordination under section 235 of
6 the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection
7 Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232) pertinent
8 to a child’s placement after attaining 18 years of age.
9 SEC. 234. To the extent practicable, and so long as
10 it is appropriate and in the best interest of the child, in
11 cases where the Office of Refugee Resettlement is respon-
12 sible for the care of siblings who are unaccompanied alien
13 children as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland
14 Security Act of 2002 (6. U.S.C. 279(g)(2)), the Director
15 of the Office shall place the siblings—
16 (1) in the same facility; or
17 (2) with the same sponsor.
18 SEC. 235. Not later than 30 days after the date of
19 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
21 atives and the Senate a detailed spend plan of anticipated
22 uses of all funds made available under the heading ‘‘De-
23 partment of Health and Human Services—Administration
24 for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assist-
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1 contracts for both permanent and influx facilities, includ-
2 ing their costs, capacity, and timelines; costs for expand-
3 ing capacity through the use of community-based residen-
4 tial care placements (including long-term and transitional
5 foster care and small group homes) through new or modi-
6 fied grants and contracts; current and planned efforts to
7 expand small-scale shelters and available foster care place-
8 ments, including collaboration with State child welfare
9 providers; influx facilities being assessed for possible use;
10 costs and services to be provided for legal services, child
11 advocates, and post-release services; program administra-
12 tion; and the average number of weekly referrals and dis-
13 charge rate assumed in the spend plan: Provided, That
14 such plan shall be updated to reflect changes and expendi-
15 tures and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations
16 of the House of Representatives and the Senate every 60
17 days until all funds are expended or expired.
18 SEC. 236. Funds appropriated in this Act that are
19 available for salaries and expenses of employees of the
20 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be
21 available for the primary and secondary schooling of eligi-
22 ble dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory
23 as defined in section 227 of this Act at costs not in excess
24 of those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of De-
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1 (RESCISSION)
2 SEC. 237. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non-
3 recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of
4 division G of Public Law 110–161, $500,000,000 are
5 hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2022.
6 SEC. 238. The Secretary is authorized to provide,
7 from funds made available in this title for such purposes,
8 mental health and other supportive services, including
9 through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, for
10 children, parents, and legal guardians who were separated
11 at the United States-Mexico border between January 20,
12 2017, and January 20, 2021, in connection with the Zero-
13 Tolerance Policy (as discussed in the Attorney General’s
14 memorandum of April 6, 2018, entitled ‘‘Zero-Tolerance
15 for Offenses Under 8 U.S.C. 1325(a)’’) or any other
16 United States Government practice, policy, program, or
17 initiative that resulted in the separation of children who
18 arrived at the United States-Mexico border with their par-
19 ents or legal guardians during such period. The Secretary
20 may identify the individuals eligible to receive such mental
21 health and other supportive services under this section
22 through reference to the identified members of the classes,
23 and their minor children, in the class-action lawsuits Ms.
24 J.P. v. Barr and Ms. L. v. ICE.
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1 SEC. 239. The unobligated balances of amounts ap-
2 propriated or transferred to the Centers for Disease Con-
3 trol and Prevention under the heading ‘‘Buildings and Fa-
4 cilities’’ in title II of division H of the Consolidated Appro-
5 priations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) for a biosafety
6 level 4 laboratory shall also be available for the acquisition
7 of real property, equipment, construction, demolition, ren-
8 ovation of facilities, and installation expenses, including
9 moving expenses, related to such laboratory: Provided,
10 That not later than September 30, 2022, the remaining
11 unobligated balances of such funds are hereby rescinded,
12 and an amount of additional new budget authority equiva-
13 lent to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to
14 remain available until expended, for the same purposes as
15 such unobligated balances, in addition to any other
16 amounts available for such purposes.
17 SEC. 240. (a) PREMIUM PAY AUTHORITY.—If serv-
18 ices performed by a Department of Health and Human
19 Services employee during a public health emergency de-
20 clared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act
21 are determined by the Secretary to be primarily related
22 to preparation for, prevention of, or response to such pub-
23 lic health emergency, any premium pay that is provided
24 for such services shall be exempted from the aggregate of
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1 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, and any other pro-
2 vision of law limiting the aggregate amount of premium
3 pay payable on a biweekly or calendar year basis.
4 (b) OVERTIME AUTHORITY.—Any overtime that is
5 provided for such services described in subsection (a) shall
6 be exempted from any annual limit on the amount of over-
7 time payable in a calendar or fiscal year.
8 (c) APPLICABILITY OF AGGREGATE LIMITATION ON
9 PAY.—In determining, for purposes of section 5307 of
10 title 5, United States Code, whether an employee’s total
11 pay exceeds the annual rate payable under such section,
12 the Secretary shall not include pay exempted under this
13 section.
14 (d) LIMITATION ON PAY AUTHORITY.—Pay exempted
15 from otherwise applicable limits under subsection (a) shall
16 not cause the aggregate pay earned for the calendar year
17 in which the exempted pay is earned to exceed the rate
18 of basic pay payable for a position at level II of the Execu-
19 tive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States
20 Code.
21 (e) DANGER PAY FOR SERVICE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
22 EMERGENCIES.—The Secretary may grant a danger pay
23 allowance under section 5928 of title 5, United States
24 Code, without regard to the conditions of the first sentence
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1 ment of Health and Human Services employee during a
2 public health emergency declared under section 319 of the
3 Public Health Service Act that the Secretary determines
4 is primarily related to preparation for, prevention of, or
5 response to such public health emergency and is performed
6 under conditions that threaten physical harm or imminent
7 danger to the health or well-being of the employee.
8 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
9 as if enacted on September 30, 2020.
10 SEC. 241. (a) None of the funds made available by
11 this Act may be awarded to any organization, including
12 under the Child Welfare or Federal Foster Care programs
13 under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act,
14 that does not comply with paragraphs (c) and (d) of sec-
15 tion 75.300 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (pro-
16 hibiting discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex,
17 race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, or
18 sexual orientation), as in effect on October 1, 2019.
19 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may
20 be used by the Department of Health and Human Services
21 to grant an exception from either such paragraph for any
22 Federal grantee.
23 SEC. 242. During this fiscal year, an Operating or
24 Staff Division in HHS may enter into a reimbursable
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1 HHS or of another agency under which the ordering agen-
2 cy or unit delegates to the servicing agency or unit the
3 authority and funding to issue a grant or cooperative
4 agreement on its behalf: Provided, That the head of the
5 ordering agency or unit certifies that amounts are avail-
6 able and that the order is in the best interests of the
7 United States Government: Provided further, That fund-
8 ing may be provided by way of advance or reimbursement,
9 as deemed appropriate by the ordering agency or unit,
10 with proper adjustments of estimated amounts provided
11 in advance to be made based on actual costs: Provided fur-
12 ther, That an agreement made under this section obligates
13 an appropriation of the ordering agency or unit, including
14 for costs to administer such grant or cooperative agree-
15 ment, and such obligation shall be deemed to be an obliga-
16 tion for any purpose of law: Provided further, That an
17 agreement made under this section may be performed for
18 a period that extends beyond the current fiscal year.
19 SEC. 243. (a) None of the funds made available by
20 this Act may be used to prepare or issue any solicitation
21 for a contract for the CMS Contact Center Operations
22 that contemplates a total period of performance, including
23 option periods, that exceeds 24 months.
24 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may
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1 Center Operations with a total period of performance, in-
2 cluding option periods, that exceeds 24 months.
3 SEC. 244. For fiscal year 2022, the notification re-
4 quirements described in sections 1804(a) and 1851(d) of
5 the Social Security Act may be fulfilled by the Secretary
6 in a manner similar to that described in paragraphs (1)
7 and (2) of section 1806(c) of such Act.
8 SEC. 245. Section 402A(d) of the Public Health Serv-
9 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 282a(d)) is amended—
10 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘under sub-
11 section (a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry out this
12 title’’; and
13 (2) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘account
14 under subsection (a)(1)’’.
15 SEC. 246. The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
16 ices may waive penalties and administrative requirements
17 in title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act for awards
18 under such title from amounts provided under the heading
19 ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Health Re-
20 sources and Services Administration’’ in this or any other
21 appropriations Act for this fiscal year, including amounts
22 made available to such heading by transfer.
23 SEC. 247. The Director of the National Institutes of
24 Health shall hereafter require institutions that receive
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1 fiscal year 2022 and in future years to notify the Director
2 when individuals identified as a principal investigator or
3 as key personnel in an NIH notice of award are removed
4 from their position or are otherwise disciplined due to con-
5 cerns about harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile
6 working conditions. The Director may issue regulations
7 consistent with this section.
8 SEC. 248. (a) Funds made available in Public Law
9 114–113 to the accounts of the National Institutes of
10 Health that were available for obligation through fiscal
11 year 2016 and were obligated for multi-year research
12 grants shall be available through fiscal year 2022 for the
13 liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal year 2016
14 if the Director of the National Institutes of Health deter-
15 mines the project suffered an interruption of activities at-
16 tributable to SARS–CoV–2.
17 (b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall be-
18 come effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.
19 (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30,
20 2021, this section shall be applied as if it were in
21 effect on September 30, 2021.
22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health
23 and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2022’’.
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1 TITLE III
2 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
3 EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
4 For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of
5 title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
6 of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section
7 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to
8 in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $36,756,790,000 (increased by
9 $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), of which
10 $25,813,490,000 shall become available on July 1, 2022,
11 and shall remain available through September 30, 2023,
12 and of which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on
13 October 1, 2022, and shall remain available through Sep-
14 tember 30, 2023, for academic year 2022–2023: Provided,
15 That $6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under sec-
16 tion 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to
17 $5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec-
18 retary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec-
19 retary’’) on October 1, 2021, to obtain annually updated
20 local educational agency-level census poverty data from
21 the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That
22 $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under
23 section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That
24 $14,107,550,000 shall be for targeted grants under sec-
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1 $14,107,550,000 shall be for education finance incentive
2 grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided fur-
3 ther, That $223,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart
4 2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $66,123,000
5 shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA.
6 IMPACT AID
7 For carrying out programs of financial assistance to
8 federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the
9 ESEA, $1,552,112,000, of which $1,404,242,000 shall be
10 for basic support payments under section 7003(b),
11 $48,316,000 shall be for payments for children with dis-
12 abilities under section 7003(d), $17,406,000 shall be for
13 construction under section 7007(a), $77,313,000 shall be
14 for Federal property payments under section 7002, and
15 $4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
16 for facilities maintenance under section 7008: Provided,
17 That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment
18 for an eligible local educational agency under section
19 7003(a) for school year 2021–2022, children enrolled in
20 a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible
21 for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but
22 due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians,
23 or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such
24 children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal
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1 reside on Federal property as described in section
2 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section,
3 shall be considered as eligible students under such section,
4 provided such students remain in average daily attendance
5 at a school in the same local educational agency they at-
6 tended prior to their change in eligibility status.
7 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
8 For carrying out school improvement activities au-
9 thorized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart
10 1 of part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title
11 V, and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKin-
12 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the
13 Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Com-
14 pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and
15 the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,803,539,000, of which
16 $3,963,652,000 shall become available on July 1, 2022,
17 and remain available through September 30, 2023, and
18 of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on Octo-
19 ber 1, 2022, and shall remain available through September
20 30, 2023, for academic year 2022–2023: Provided, That
21 $378,000,000 shall be for part B of title I: Provided fur-
22 ther, That $1,359,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV:
23 Provided further, That $40,397,000 shall be for part B
24 of title VI, which may be used for construction, renova-
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1 secondary school, or structure related to a public elemen-
2 tary school or secondary school that serves a predomi-
3 nantly Native Hawaiian student body, and that the 5 per-
4 cent limitation in section 6205(b) of the ESEA on the use
5 of funds for administrative purposes shall apply only to
6 direct administrative costs: Provided further, That
7 $36,453,000 shall be for part C of title VI, which shall
8 be awarded on a competitive basis, and may be used for
9 construction, and that the 5 percent limitation in section
10 6305 of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative
11 purposes shall apply only to direct administrative costs:
12 Provided further, That $52,000,000 shall be available to
13 carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical Assist-
14 ance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make such ar-
15 rangements as determined to be necessary to ensure that
16 the Bureau of Indian Education has access to services pro-
17 vided under this section: Provided further, That
18 $23,021,000 shall be available to carry out the Supple-
19 mental Education Grants program for the Federated
20 States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Is-
21 lands: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve
22 up to 5 percent of the amount referred to in the previous
23 proviso to provide technical assistance in the implementa-
24 tion of these grants: Provided further, That $192,840,000
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1 $1,305,000,000 shall be available for grants under sub-
2 part 1 of part A of title IV.
3 INDIAN EDUCATION
4 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent
5 not otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA,
6 $187,739,000, of which $67,993,000 shall be for subpart
7 2 of part A of title VI and $9,365,000 shall be for subpart
8 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent limita-
9 tion in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of the
10 ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes
11 shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided
12 further, That the Secretary may make awards under sub-
13 part 3 of Part A of title VI without regard to the funding
14 limitation in section 6133(b)(1) of the ESEA: Provided
15 further, That notwithstanding sections 6132(c)(2) and
16 6133(d)(1) of such Act, the Secretary may make such
17 awards for a period of up to 5 years.
18 INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT
19 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1,
20 3, and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E
21 and subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA,
22 $1,297,276,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by
23 $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000): Provided, That
24 $300,500,000 shall be for subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part
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1 to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 2241: Provided further,
2 That $642,776,000 (increased by $1,000,000) shall be for
3 parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV,
4 and shall be made available without regard to sections
5 4311, 4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further,
6 That notwithstanding section 4601(b), $254,000,000 shall
7 be available through December 31, 2022 for subpart 1 of
8 part F of title IV: Provided further, That $100,000,000
9 shall be for competitive grants to local educational agen-
10 cies and State educational agencies to reduce racial and
11 socioeconomic segregation across and within school dis-
12 tricts.
13 SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
14 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2
15 and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $1,666,000,000
16 (increased by $2,000,000) (reduced by $500,000) (in-
17 creased by $500,000): Provided, That $1,127,000,000
18 shall be available for section 4631, of which $500,000,000
19 shall be for Mental Health Services Professional Dem-
20 onstration Grants; $500,000,000 (increased by
21 $2,000,000) shall be for School-Based Mental Health
22 Services Grants; and up to $5,000,000, to remain avail-
23 able until expended, shall be for the Project School Emer-
24 gency Response to Violence (Project SERV) program:
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1 section 4625: Provided further, That $96,000,000 shall be
2 available through December 31, 2022, for section 4624:
3 Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the funds made
4 available in the preceding proviso shall be available for
5 planning grants consistent with section 4624(d)(1) of the
6 ESEA, which shall include as a required activity the needs
7 analysis specified in section 4624(a)(4).
8 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
9 For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA,
10 $1,000,000,000, which shall become available on July 1,
11 2022, and shall remain available through September 30,
12 2023, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be
13 available on October 1, 2021, and shall remain available
14 through September 30, 2023, to carry out activities under
15 section 3111(c)(1)(C).
16 SPECIAL EDUCATION
17 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities
18 Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport
19 and Empowerment Act of 2004, $17,200,256,000, of
20 which $7,488,516,000 shall become available on July 1,
21 2022, and shall remain available through September 30,
22 2023, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available
23 on October 1, 2022, and shall remain available through
24 September 30, 2023, for academic year 2022–2023: Pro-
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1 shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for
2 that activity during fiscal year 2021, increased by the
3 amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B)
4 of the IDEA, or the percent change in the funds appro-
5 priated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less
6 than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2021:
7 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, without regard
8 to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other
9 States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), sub-
10 ject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State’s
11 allocation under section 611, from funds appropriated
12 under this heading, is reduced under section
13 612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on
14 the basis of the States’ relative populations of children
15 aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children
16 with disabilities for whom the State ensures the avail-
17 ability of a free appropriate public education under this
18 part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’
19 relative populations of those children who are living in pov-
20 erty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not dis-
21 tribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State
22 whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated
23 under this heading made funds available for such a dis-
24 tribution: Provided further, That the States shall allocate
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1 educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f):
2 Provided further, That the amount by which a State’s allo-
3 cation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under
4 section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to
5 States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or
6 any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating
7 the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or
8 for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That,
9 notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) re-
10 garding the fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under
11 section 611(d) is reduced for failure to comply with the
12 requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may
13 apply the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over
14 a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until
15 the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That the
16 Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s alloca-
17 tion under section 611 is reduced in accordance with sec-
18 tion 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may re-
19 serve under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears
20 the same relation to the maximum amount described in
21 that paragraph as the reduction under section
22 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State
23 would have received in that fiscal year under section
24 611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Provided further,
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1 funds under section 611 for any fiscal year following the
2 fiscal year for which the State fails to comply with the
3 requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by
4 section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec-
5 tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20
6 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved
7 under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide tech-
8 nical assistance to States to improve the capacity of the
9 States to meet the data collection requirements of sections
10 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other serv-
11 ices and activities to improve data collection, coordination,
12 quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Pro-
13 vided further, That the Secretary may use funds made
14 available for the State Personnel Development Grants pro-
15 gram under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate pro-
16 gram performance under such subpart: Provided further,
17 That States may use funds reserved for other State-level
18 activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of the IDEA
19 to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu-
20 tions of higher education, other public agencies, and pri-
21 vate non-profit organizations to carry out activities au-
22 thorized by those sections: Provided further, That, not-
23 withstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or
24 fewer States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e)
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1 State in an amount equal to the maximum amount de-
2 scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur-
3 ther, That if more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant
4 to section 643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award
5 funds to those States on the basis of the States’ relative
6 populations of infants and toddlers except that no such
7 State shall receive a grant in excess of the amount de-
8 scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur-
9 ther, That States may use funds allotted under section
10 643(c) of the IDEA to make subgrants to local edu-
11 cational agencies, institutions of higher education, other
12 public agencies, and private non-profit organizations to
13 carry out activities authorized by section 638 of IDEA:
14 Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 638 of the
15 IDEA, any State receiving a grant under section 633 of
16 the IDEA must reserve not less than 10 percent of its
17 award for use in a manner described in a State plan, ap-
18 proved by the Secretary, to ensure equitable access to and
19 participation in part C services in the State, particularly
20 for populations that have been traditionally underrep-
21 resented in the program: Provided further, That, notwith-
22 standing section 632(4)(B) of the IDEA, a State receiving
23 a grant under section 633 of the IDEA may establish a
24 system of payments but may not include in that system
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1 intervention services: Provided further, That any State
2 seeking to amend its eligibility criteria under section
3 635(a)(1) of the IDEA in such a way that would have
4 the effect of reducing the number of infants and families
5 who are eligible under part C must conduct the public par-
6 ticipation under section 637(a)(8) of the IDEA at least
7 24 months prior to implementing such a change: Provided
8 further, That, notwithstanding section 638 of the IDEA,
9 a State may use funds it receives under section 633 of
10 the IDEA to offer continued early intervention services to
11 a child who previously received services under part C of
12 the IDEA from age 3 until the beginning of the school
13 year following the child’s third birthday without regard to
14 the procedures in section 635(c) of the IDEA.
15 REHABILITATION SERVICES
16 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
17 vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller
18 National Center Act, $3,896,820,000, of which
19 $3,719,121,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabili-
20 tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Pro-
21 vided, That the Secretary may use amounts provided in
22 this Act that remain available subsequent to the reallot-
23 ment of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the
24 Rehabilitation Act for innovative activities aimed at in-
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1 section 7 of such Act for youth and other individuals with
2 disabilities: Provided further, That States may award sub-
3 grants for a portion of the funds to other public and pri-
4 vate, nonprofit entities: Provided further, That any funds
5 made available subsequent to reallotment for innovative
6 activities aimed at improving the outcomes of individuals
7 with disabilities shall remain available until September 30,
8 2023.
9 SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH
10 DISABILITIES
11 AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND
12 For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education
13 of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $37,431,000.
14 NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
15 For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
16 under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act
17 of 1986, $84,500,000: Provided, That from the total
18 amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use
19 funds for the endowment program as authorized under
20 section 207 of such Act.
21 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
22 For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School,
23 the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial
24 support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of
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1 Provided, That from the total amount available, the Uni-
2 versity may at its discretion use funds for the endowment
3 program as authorized under section 207 of such Act.
4 CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION
5 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
6 vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
7 cation Act of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Edu-
8 cation and Family Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’),
9 $2,238,981,000, of which $1,447,981,000 shall become
10 available on July 1, 2022, and shall remain available
11 through September 30, 2023, and of which $791,000,000
12 shall become available on October 1, 2022, and shall re-
13 main available through September 30, 2023: Provided,
14 That $100,000,000 shall be for competitive grants for
15 local educational agencies to carry out evidence-based mid-
16 dle and high school career and technical education innova-
17 tion programs: Provided further, That section 3(20) of the
18 Perkins Act shall be applied as if the term ‘‘eligible insti-
19 tution’’ includes an apprenticeship program that is reg-
20 istered under the National Apprenticeship Act and accred-
21 ited by an agency recognized by the Secretary of Edu-
22 cation: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
23 able for AEFLA, $38,712,000 shall be for national leader-
24 ship activities under section 242.
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1 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
2 For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A,
3 and part C of title IV of the HEA, $27,187,352,000 which
4 shall remain available through September 30, 2023.
5 The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall
6 be eligible during award year 2022–2023 shall be $5,835.
7 STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION
8 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part
9 D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and
10 parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart
11 1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act,
12 $2,053,943,000, to remain available through September
13 30, 2023: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new
14 student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan
15 servicers on the basis of their past performance compared
16 to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics,
17 and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process
18 new and existing accounts and compliance with Federal
19 and State law: Provided further, That for student loan
20 contracts awarded prior to October 1, 2017, the Secretary
21 shall allow student loan borrowers who are consolidating
22 Federal student loans to select from any student loan
23 servicer to service their new consolidated student loan:
24 Provided further, That in order to promote accountability
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1 not award funding for any contract solicitation for a new
2 Federal student loan servicing environment, including the
3 solicitation for the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Next Gen-
4 eration Processing and Servicing Environment, unless
5 such an environment provides for the participation of mul-
6 tiple student loan servicers that contract directly with the
7 Department of Education: Provided further, That the De-
8 partment shall re-allocate accounts from servicers for re-
9 curring non-compliance with FSA guidelines, contractual
10 requirements, and Federal and State laws, including for
11 failure to sufficiently inform borrowers of available repay-
12 ment options: Provided further, That such servicers shall
13 be evaluated based on their ability to meet contract re-
14 quirements (including an understanding of Federal and
15 State law), future performance on the contracts, and his-
16 tory of compliance with applicable consumer protections
17 laws, including Federal and State law: Provided further,
18 That to the extent FSA permits student loan servicing
19 subcontracting, FSA shall hold prime contractors account-
20 able for meeting the requirements of the contract, and the
21 performance and expectations of subcontractors shall be
22 accounted for in the prime contract and in the overall per-
23 formance of the prime contractor: Provided further, That
24 FSA shall ensure that the Next Generation Processing
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1 icing environment, incentivize more support to borrowers
2 at risk of delinquency or default: Provided further, That
3 FSA shall ensure that in such environment contractors
4 have the capacity to meet and are held accountable for
5 performance on service levels; are held accountable for and
6 have a history of compliance with applicable consumer pro-
7 tection laws, including Federal and State law; and have
8 relevant experience and demonstrated effectiveness: Pro-
9 vided further, That the Secretary shall provide quarterly
10 briefings to the Committees on Appropriations and Edu-
11 cation and Labor of the House of Representatives and the
12 Committees on Appropriations and Health, Education,
13 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on general progress
14 related to solicitations for Federal student loan servicing
15 contracts: Provided further, That FSA shall strengthen
16 transparency through expanded publication of aggregate
17 data on student loan and servicer performance: Provided
18 further, That not later than 60 days after enactment of
19 this Act, FSA shall provide to the Committees on Appro-
20 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
21 a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds made
22 available in this account for fiscal year 2022 and provide
23 quarterly updates on this plan (including contracts award-
24 ed, change orders, bonuses paid to staff, reorganization
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1 provided under this heading for fiscal year 2022): Pro-
2 vided further, That the FSA Next Generation Processing
3 and Servicing Environment, or any new Federal student
4 loan servicing environment, shall include accountability
5 measures that account for the performance of the portfolio
6 and contractor compliance with FSA guidelines.
7 HIGHER EDUCATION
8 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
9 vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA,
10 the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of
11 1961, and section 117 of the Perkins Act, $3,430,757,000
12 (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (re-
13 duced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000), of
14 which $168,015,000 shall remain available through De-
15 cember 31, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding any
16 other provision of law, funds made available in this Act
17 to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6)
18 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of
19 1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign
20 countries by individuals who are participating in advanced
21 foreign language training and international studies in
22 areas that are vital to United States national security and
23 who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of
24 these countries in the fields of government, the profes-
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1 of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to
2 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national
3 outreach, and information dissemination activities: Pro-
4 vided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made
5 available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title
6 IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation: Provided fur-
7 ther, That section 313(d) of the HEA shall not apply to
8 an institution of higher education that is eligible to receive
9 funding under section 318 of the HEA: Provided further,
10 That of the amounts made available under this heading,
11 $92,015,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the
12 amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Higher Education’’
13 in the report accompanying this Act, and of which up to
14 $1,000,000 may be used for related agency administrative
15 expenses: Provided further, That none of the funds made
16 available for projects described in the preceding proviso
17 shall be subject to section 302 of this Act.
18 HOWARD UNIVERSITY
19 For partial support of Howard University,
20 $411,018,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be
21 for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard
22 University Endowment Act and shall remain available
23 until expended.
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1 COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS
2 PROGRAM
3 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
4 tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section
5 121 of the HEA, $435,000.
6 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
7 CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT
8 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $24,150,000, as au-
9 thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which
10 shall remain available through September 30, 2023: Pro-
11 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
12 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
13 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
14 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal,
15 any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
16 $328,571,000: Provided further, That these funds may be
17 used to support loans to public and private Historically
18 Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limi-
19 tations within section 344(a) of the HEA.
20 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
21 the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-
22 nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title
23 III of the HEA, $334,000.
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1 INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES
2 For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
3 cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess-
4 ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section
5 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002,
6 and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
7 cation Act, $762,465,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (in-
8 creased by $1,000,000), which shall remain available
9 through September 30, 2023: Provided, That funds avail-
10 able to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical
11 Assistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary
12 and secondary data systems with early childhood, postsec-
13 ondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop
14 such systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of
15 the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Edu-
16 cational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards
17 to public or private organizations or agencies to support
18 activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use
19 at the local, State, and national levels.
20 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
21 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
22 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
23 vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
24 cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
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1 $480,000,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by
2 $1,500,000) (reduced by $2,000,000), of which up to
3 $13,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
4 available for relocation expenses, and for the renovation
5 and repair of leased buildings: Provided, That, notwith-
6 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds pro-
7 vided by this Act or provided by previous Appropriations
8 Acts to the Department of Education available for obliga-
9 tion or expenditure in the current fiscal year may be used
10 for any activity relating to implementing a reorganization
11 that decentralizes, reduces the staffing level, or alters the
12 responsibilities, structure, authority, or functionality of
13 the Budget Service of the Department of Education, rel-
14 ative to the organization and operation of the Budget
15 Service as in effect on January 1, 2018.
16 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
17 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil
18 Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department
19 of Education Organization Act, $144,000,000 (increased
20 by $1,411,000).
21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
22 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
23 General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department
24 of Education Organization Act, $70,115,000, of which
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
2 SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be
3 used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
4 untary prayer and meditation in the public schools.
5 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
6 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
7 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
9 priated for the Department of Education in this Act may
10 be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-
11 priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any
12 such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority
13 granted by this section shall not be used to create any
14 new program or to fund any project or activity for which
15 no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That
16 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
17 resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days
18 in advance of any transfer.
19 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and con-
20 solidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of
21 the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2022, through
22 September 30, 2023.
23 SEC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that
24 maintains an endowment fund supported with funds ap-
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1 2022 may use the income from that fund to award schol-
2 arships to students, subject to the limitation in section
3 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for
4 such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall
5 be considered to have been an allowable use of that in-
6 come, subject to that limitation.
7 (b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III
8 and V of the HEA are reauthorized.
9 SEC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C.
10 1011c(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting
11 ‘‘2022’’.
12 SEC. 306. Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C.
13 1087h(a)) is amended in paragraph (4) by striking
14 ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’.
15 SEC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the
16 heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available
17 for payments for student loan servicing to an institution
18 of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per-
19 kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Edu-
20 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.).
21 (RESCISSION)
22 SEC. 308. Of the amounts appropriated under Sec-
23 tion 401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(XI) of the Higher Education Act of
24 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(XI)) for fiscal year
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1 SEC. 309. Of the amounts made available under this
2 title under the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’,
3 $2,300,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Education
4 to conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made under part
5 D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who
6 may intend to qualify for loan cancellation under section
7 455(m) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that
8 borrowers are meeting the terms and conditions of such
9 loan cancellation: Provided, That the Secretary shall spe-
10 cifically conduct outreach to assist borrowers who would
11 qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) of such
12 Act except that the borrower has made some, or all, of
13 the 120 required payments under a repayment plan that
14 is not described under section 455(m)(A) of such Act, to
15 encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying repayment
16 plan: Provided further, That the Secretary shall also com-
17 municate to all Direct Loan borrowers the full require-
18 ments of section 455(m) of such Act and improve the fil-
19 ing of employment certification by providing improved out-
20 reach and information such as outbound calls, electronic
21 communications, ensuring prominent access to program
22 requirements and benefits on each servicer’s website, and
23 creating an option for all borrowers to complete the entire
24 payment certification process electronically and on a cen-
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1 SEC. 310. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department
2 of Education—Federal Direct Student Loan Program Ac-
3 count’’, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended,
4 shall be for the cost, as defined under section 502 of the
5 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of the Secretary of
6 Education providing loan cancellation in the same manner
7 as under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of
8 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), for borrowers of loans made
9 under part B or D of title IV of such Act who would qual-
10 ify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) except
11 some, or all, of the 120 required payments under section
12 455(m)(1)(A) do not qualify for purposes of the program
13 because they were monthly payments made on one or more
14 loans prior to receiving a Federal Direct Consolidation
15 Loan under section 455(g), or in accordance with grad-
16 uated or extended repayment plans as described under
17 subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 455(d)(1) or the cor-
18 responding repayment plan for a consolidation loan made
19 under section 455(g): Provided further, That the total loan
20 volume, including outstanding principal, fees, capitalized
21 interest, or accrued interest, at application that is eligible
22 for such loan cancellation by such borrowers shall not ex-
23 ceed $75,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary
24 shall develop and make available a simple method for bor-
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1 within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further,
2 That the Secretary shall provide loan cancellation under
3 this section to eligible borrowers on a first-come, first-
4 serve basis, based on the date of application and subject
5 to both the limitation on total loan volume at application
6 for such loan cancellation specified in the second proviso
7 and the availability of appropriations under this section:
8 Provided further, That no borrower may, for the same
9 service, receive a reduction of loan obligations under both
10 this section and section 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460 of such
11 Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall inform all
12 borrowers who have submitted and Employment Certifi-
13 cation Form and are in the incorrect repayment program
14 about the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan For-
15 giveness Program and requirement for qualification under
16 the program.
17 SEC. 311. None of the funds made available by this
18 Act may be used in contravention of section 203 of the
19 Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C.
20 3413).
21 SEC. 312. Section 487(a) of the HEA is amended in
22 paragraph (24) by striking ‘‘ten percent’’ and inserting
23 ‘‘fifteen percent’’.
24 SEC. 313. None of the funds made available by this
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1 port an educational institution that engages in the use of
2 electric shock devices and equipment for aversive condi-
3 tioning or disciplining of students.
4 SEC. 314. None of the funds made available by this
5 Act or any other Act may be awarded to a charter school
6 that contracts with a for-profit entity to operate, oversee
7 or manage the activities of the school.
8 SEC. 315. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
9 priated in this title for purposes authorized by the Ele-
10 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, there are
11 hereby appropriated an additional $88,010,000 which
12 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts specified
13 under the heading ‘‘Innovation and Improvement’’ in the
14 report accompanying this Act, and of which up to
15 $1,000,000 may be used for related agency administrative
16 expenses: Provided, That none of the funds made available
17 for projects described in this section shall be subject to
18 section 302 of this Act.
19 SEC. 316. None of the funds appropriated by this
20 title for the Department of Education shall be withheld
21 from an institution of higher education solely because that
22 institution is conducting or preparing to conduct research
23 on marihuana as defined in 21 U.S.C. 802(16).
24 SEC. 317. (a) Section 484 of the HEA (20 U.S.C.
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1 (1) in subsection (a)(5) by inserting ‘‘a DACA recipi-
2 ent as defined in subsection (u), have temporary protected
3 status under section 244 of the Immigration and Nation-
4 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a),’’ after ‘‘a permanent resident
5 of the United States,’’; and
6 (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
7 ‘‘(u) DACA RECIPIENT.—In this section, the term
8 ‘DACA recipient’ means an alien (as defined in section
9 101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
10 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3)) who is inadmissible to the United
11 State or deportable from the United States under the im-
12 migration laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the
13 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))
14 and who the Secretary of Homeland Security has, in his
15 or her discretion, determined should be afforded a grant
16 of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Child-
17 hood Arrivals (DACA) policy.’’.
18 (b) This section, and the amendments made by this
19 section, shall take effect on July 1, 2022.
20 SEC. 318. Section 344(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C.
21 1066c(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘No institution of higher
22 education that has received assistance under section 8 of
23 the Act of March 2, 1867 (20 U.S.C. 123) shall be eligible
24 to receive assistance under this part.’’.
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
2 cation Appropriations Act, 2022’’.
3 TITLE IV
4 RELATED AGENCIES
5 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
6 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
8 For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur-
9 chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
10 (referred to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established
11 under section 8502 of title 41, United States Code,
12 $12,000,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any
13 central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section
14 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform re-
15 quirements of the Committee as prescribed under section
16 51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Com-
17 mittee shall enter into a written agreement with any such
18 central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such
19 agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, and re-
20 porting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85
21 of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That
22 such agreement shall include the elements listed under the
23 heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase From People Who Are
24 Blind or Severely Disabled—Written Agreement Ele-
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1 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter preceding division
2 A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That any
3 such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under
4 section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations,
5 prior to executing a written agreement with the Com-
6 mittee: Provided further, That no less than $3,000,000
7 shall be available for the Office of Inspector General.
8 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
9 OPERATING EXPENSES
10 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
11 tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as
12 ‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act
13 of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the
14 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred
15 to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $1,021,120,000, notwith-
16 standing sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and
17 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the
18 amounts provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent
19 of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs
20 of conducting grant application reviews, including the use
21 of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of
22 the grants cycle; (2) $19,538,000 shall be available to pro-
23 vide assistance to State commissions on national and com-
24 munity service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and
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1 $37,735,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of
2 the 1990 Act; and (4) $6,700,000 shall be available for
3 expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the
4 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions of section
5 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis:
6 Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out
7 the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in section
8 122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of need by the
9 local community.
10 PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST
11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
12 For payment to the National Service Trust estab-
13 lished under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act,
14 $196,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
15 vided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the
16 amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated
17 to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to
18 the National Service Trust upon determination that such
19 transfer is necessary to support the activities of national
20 service participants and after notice is transmitted to the
21 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
22 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts ap-
23 propriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust
24 may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act
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1 without regard to the requirement to apportion funds
2 under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b).
3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
4 For necessary expenses of administration as provided
5 under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section
6 504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-
7 thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental
8 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em-
9 ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5
10 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep-
11 tion and representation expenses, $91,186,000.
12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
14 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
15 $6,960,000.
16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
17 SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes
18 to program requirements, service delivery or policy only
19 through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal
20 year 2022, during any grant selection process, an officer
21 or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-
22 ered grant selection information regarding such selection,
23 directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer
24 or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re-
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1 SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants
2 under the National Service Trust program shall meet an
3 overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the
4 first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and
5 thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-
6 ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of
7 Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs
8 match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup-
9 port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990
10 Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section
11 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
12 SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section
13 196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro-
14 grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973
15 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act
16 shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro-
17 grams and operations.
18 SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section
19 146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for
20 the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited
21 to individuals who are veterans as defined under section
22 101 of the Act.
23 SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section
24 189D of the 1990 Act—
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1 (1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such
2 section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under
3 section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of
4 1993 (‘‘NCPA’’);
5 (2) individuals described in such section shall
6 be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of
7 NCPA; and
8 (3) State Commissions on National and Com-
9 munity Service established pursuant to section 178
10 of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal
11 history record information, consistent with Public
12 Law 92–544.
13 SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and
14 147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com-
15 pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours dur-
16 ing a period of not more than one year may receive a na-
17 tional service education award having a value of 70 per-
18 cent of the value of a national service education award
19 determined under section 147(a) of the Act.
20 SEC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act
21 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘an approved national
22 service position’’ for ‘‘a national service program that re-
23 ceives grants under subtitle C’’.
24 SEC. 408. (a) Section 137(a)(5) of the 1990 Act shall
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1 riod: ‘‘, or has submitted a request for administrative re-
2 lief pursuant to the policy established in the memorandum
3 of the Secretary of Homeland Security dated June 15,
4 2012, and entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion
5 with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United
6 States as Children’ (Deferred Action for Childhood Arriv-
7 als)’’.
8 (b) Section 146(a)(3) of the 1990 Act shall be applied
9 as if the following were inserted before the period: ‘‘, or
10 has submitted a request for administrative relief pursuant
11 to the policy established in the memorandum of the Sec-
12 retary of Homeland Security dated June 15, 2012, and
13 entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect
14 to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children
15 (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)’’.
16 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
17 For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
18 casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications
19 Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within
20 limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2024,
21 $565,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made
22 available to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for re-
23 ceptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for
24 Government officials or employees: Provided further, That
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1 be available or used to aid or support any program or ac-
2 tivity from which any person is excluded, or is denied ben-
3 efits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race,
4 color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further,
5 That none of the funds made available to CPB by this
6 Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification
7 in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other
8 personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and em-
9 ployees of CPB.
10 In addition, for the costs associated with replacing
11 and upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection
12 system and other technologies and services that create in-
13 frastructure and efficiencies within the public media sys-
14 tem, $20,000,000.
15 FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
17 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation
18 and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-
19 tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act,
20 1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-
21 penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation
22 Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service
23 to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service
24 Reform Act, $50,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
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1 special training activities and other conflict resolution
2 services and technical assistance, including those provided
3 to foreign governments and international organizations,
4 and for arbitration services shall be credited to and
5 merged with this account, and shall remain available until
6 expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv-
7 ices shall be available only for education, training, and
8 professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-
9 vided further, That the Director of the Service is author-
10 ized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts
11 of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid
12 of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdic-
13 tion.
14 FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
15 COMMISSION
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
17 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety
18 and Health Review Commission, $17,539,000.
19 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
20 OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS
21 AND ADMINISTRATION
22 For carrying out the Museum and Library Services
23 Act of 1996, the National Museum of African American
24 History and Culture Act, and the National Museum of the
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1 MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS
2 COMMISSION
3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
4 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of
5 the Social Security Act, $9,350,000.
6 MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION
7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
8 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of
9 the Social Security Act, $13,310,000, to be transferred to
10 this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance
11 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-
12 surance Trust Fund.
13 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
15 For expenses necessary for the National Council on
16 Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation
17 Act of 1973, $3,750,000.
18 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
20 For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
21 tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the
22 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws,
23 $316,925,000 of which not less than $1,000,000 shall be
24 used to develop a system and procedures to conduct union
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1 NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
4 of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
5 pointed by the President, $15,542,000.
6 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
7 COMMISSION
8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
9 For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety
10 and Health Review Commission, $15,028,000.
11 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
12 DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
13 For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
14 count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
15 tirement Act of 1974, $11,000,000, which shall include
16 amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2022 pursuant
17 to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
18 tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount
19 provided herein, shall be available proportional to the
20 amount by which the product of recipients and the average
21 benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment
22 of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount
23 provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately
24 equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT
2 ACCOUNTS
3 For payment to the accounts established in the
4 Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad
5 Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated
6 checks, $150,000, to remain available through September
7 30, 2023, which shall be the maximum amount available
8 for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–
9 76.
10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION
11 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement
12 Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re-
13 tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance
14 Act, $130,049,000, to be derived in such amounts as de-
15 termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac-
16 counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem-
17 ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That
18 notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire-
19 ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys
20 only through the excepted service: Provided further, That
21 the previous proviso shall not change the status under
22 Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the
23 Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro-
24 vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the
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1 hire students attending qualifying educational institutions
2 or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu-
3 cational programs using current excepted hiring authori-
4 ties established by the Office of Personnel Management.
5 LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
6 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
7 General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as
8 authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more
9 than $12,650,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-
10 ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-
11 count.
12 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
13 PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS
14 For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
15 Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur-
16 ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and
17 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $11,000,000.
18 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM
19 For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
20 curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212
21 of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of
22 Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-
23 rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
24 suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act,
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1 vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State
2 in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State
3 during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
4 vided further, That not more than $86,000,000 shall be
5 available for research and demonstrations under sections
6 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-
7 main available through September 30, 2024.
8 For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year,
9 benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
10 cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the
11 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
12 For making benefit payments under title XVI of the
13 Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year
14 2023, $15,600,000,000, to remain available until ex-
15 pended.
16 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
17 For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur-
18 chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed
19 $20,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
20 not more than $13,927,945,000 may be expended, as au-
21 thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act,
22 from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such
23 section: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be
24 for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further,
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1 paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2022 not needed for
2 fiscal year 2022 shall remain available until expended to
3 invest in the Social Security Administration information
4 technology and telecommunications hardware and soft-
5 ware infrastructure, including related equipment and non-
6 payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this
7 information technology and telecommunications infra-
8 structure: Provided further, That the Commissioner of So-
9 cial Security shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
10 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior
11 to making unobligated balances available under the au-
12 thority in the previous proviso: Provided further, That re-
13 imbursement to the trust funds under this heading for ex-
14 penditures for official time for employees of the Social Se-
15 curity Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for
16 facilities or support services for labor organizations pursu-
17 ant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in
18 section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Sec-
19 retary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the
20 general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as pos-
21 sible after such expenditures are made.
22 Of the total amount made available in the first para-
23 graph under this heading, $1,708,000,000, to remain
24 available through March 31, 2023, is for the costs associ-
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1 XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-related
2 continuing disability reviews to determine whether earn-
3 ings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s
4 ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the
5 cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi-
6 bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the
7 cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and for
8 the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the
9 programs and operations of the Social Security Adminis-
10 tration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: Pro-
11 vided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to
12 meet the terms of section 1(k) of H. Res. 467 of the 117th
13 Congress as engrossed in the House of Representatives on
14 June 14, 2021, and $1,435,000,000 is additional new
15 budget authority specified for purposes of such section
16 1(k): Provided further, That, of the additional new budget
17 authority described in the preceding proviso, up to
18 $12,100,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspec-
19 tor General’’, Social Security Administration, for the cost
20 of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation
21 units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in
22 addition to any other transfer authority provided by law:
23 Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to
24 the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report
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1 to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of
2 Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002.
3 In addition, $138,000,000 to be derived from admin-
4 istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-
5 ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social
6 Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66,
7 which shall remain available until expended: Provided,
8 That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant
9 to such sections in fiscal year 2022 exceed $138,000,000,
10 the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2023 only
11 to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
12 In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees
13 collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security
14 Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-
15 pended.
16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
18 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
20 General Act of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to
21 exceed $80,000,000, to be transferred and expended as
22 authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act
23 from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
24 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund:
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1 pended for information technology modernization, includ-
2 ing related hardware and software infrastructure and
3 equipment, and for administrative expenses directly asso-
4 ciate with information technology modernization.
5 In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of
6 the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred
7 from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social
8 Security Administration, to be merged with this account,
9 to be available for the time and purposes for which this
10 account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-
11 fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on
12 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
13 Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
14 TITLE V
15 GENERAL PROVISIONS
16 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
17 SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and
18 Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer
19 unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts
20 corresponding to current appropriations provided in this
21 Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same
22 purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they
23 were originally appropriated.
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1 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in
2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
4 SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained
5 in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of
6 Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal
7 and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub-
8 licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis-
9 tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication,
10 electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres-
11 entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of
12 legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis-
13 lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the
14 Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de-
15 signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu-
16 lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu-
17 tive branch of any State or local government, except in
18 presentation to the executive branch of any State or local
19 government itself.
20 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this
21 Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law
22 111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of
23 any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such
24 recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the
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1 ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend-
2 ing before the Congress or any State government, State
3 legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other
4 than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela-
5 tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a
6 State, local or tribal government in policymaking and ad-
7 ministrative processes within the executive branch of that
8 government.
9 (c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall
10 include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed,
11 pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or
12 any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric-
13 tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or
14 marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or
15 promotion of gun control.
16 SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education
17 are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000
18 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala-
19 ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for
20 official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-
21 tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is
22 authorized to make available for official reception and rep-
23 resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds
24 available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service,
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1 tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for
2 official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
3 ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation
4 Board, Salaries and Expenses’’.
5 SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases,
6 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
7 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or
8 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal
9 funds included in this Act, including but not limited to
10 State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-
11 search grants, shall clearly state—
12 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
13 gram or project which will be financed with Federal
14 money;
15 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the
16 project or program; and
17 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total
18 costs of the project or program that will be financed
19 by non-governmental sources.
20 SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds made available in
21 this Act may be used for—
22 (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos
23 for research purposes; or
24 (2) research in which a human embryo or em-
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1 jected to risk of injury or death greater than that
2 allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45
3 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public
4 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).
5 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human
6 embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected
7 as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of
8 the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization,
9 parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or
10 more human gametes or human diploid cells.
11 SEC. 507. (a) None of the funds made available in
12 this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the
13 legalization of any drug or other substance included in
14 schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab-
15 lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act
16 except for normal and recognized executive-congressional
17 communications.
18 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply
19 when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic
20 advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or
21 that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted
22 to determine therapeutic advantage.
23 SEC. 508. None of the funds made available in this
24 Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew
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1 (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with
2 the United States and is subject to the requirement
3 in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an
4 annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning
5 employment of certain veterans; and
6 (2) such entity has not submitted a report as
7 required by that section for the most recent year for
8 which such requirement was applicable to such enti-
9 ty.
10 SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this
11 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
12 strumentality of the United States Government, except
13 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
14 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
15 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available by this
16 Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act
17 may be made available to any library covered by para-
18 graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by
19 the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library
20 has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of
21 such section.
22 SEC. 511. (a) None of the funds provided under this
23 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the
24 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
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1 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
2 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded
3 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
4 through a reprogramming of funds that—
5 (1) creates new programs;
6 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
7 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means
8 for any project or activity for which funds have been
9 denied or restricted;
10 (4) relocates an office or employees;
11 (5) reorganizes or renames offices;
12 (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or
13 (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or
14 activities presently performed by Federal employees;
15 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
16 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in
17 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement
18 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
19 curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance
20 of such reprogramming.
21 (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or
22 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
23 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation
24 or expenditure in fiscal year 2022, or provided from any
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1 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by
2 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
3 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000
4 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that—
5 (1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
6 cluding construction projects), or activities;
7 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
8 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
9 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
10 (3) results from any general savings from a re-
11 duction in personnel which would result in a change
12 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
13 proved by Congress;
14 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
15 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in
16 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement
17 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
18 curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance
19 of such reprogramming.
20 SEC. 512. (a) None of the funds made available in
21 this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap-
22 pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis-
23 close the political affiliation or voting history of the can-
24 didate or the position that the candidate holds with re-
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1 spect to political issues not directly related to and nec-
2 essary for the work of the committee involved.
3 (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may
4 be used to disseminate information that is deliberately
5 false or misleading.
6 SEC. 513. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act,
7 each department and related agency funded through this
8 Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-
9 gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations
10 for fiscal year 2022 that are different than those specified
11 in this Act, the report accompanying this Act, or the fiscal
12 year 2022 budget request.
13 SEC. 514. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and
14 Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and
15 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
16 of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number
17 and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
18 ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a
19 particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in
20 value and awarded by the Department on a non-competi-
21 tive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2022, but not
22 to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed
23 by law. Such report shall include the name of the con-
24 tractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the govern-
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1 award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be
2 transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the
3 end of the quarter for which the report is submitted.
4 SEC. 515. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
5 shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
6 cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security
7 benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act,
8 to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage
9 based on work performed under a social security account
10 number that is not the claimant’s number and the per-
11 formance of such work under such number has formed the
12 basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec-
13 tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act.
14 SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
15 may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or
16 the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa-
17 tion of employees of the Social Security Administration
18 to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any
19 agreement between the United States and Mexico estab-
20 lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu-
21 rity system established by title II of the Social Security
22 Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would
23 not otherwise be payable but for such agreement.
24 SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds made available in
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1 network unless such network blocks the viewing,
2 downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
3 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of
4 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law
5 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
6 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
7 SEC. 518. For purposes of carrying out Executive
8 Order No. 13589, Office of Management and Budget
9 Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and require-
10 ments contained in the annual appropriations bills relating
11 to conference attendance and expenditures:
12 (1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-
13 sidered independent agencies; and
14 (2) attendance at and support for scientific con-
15 ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not
16 included in agency totals.
17 SEC. 519. Federal agencies funded under this Act
18 shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for
19 advertising or educational purposes, including emails or
20 Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-
21 lished, or produced and disseminated at United States tax-
22 payer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to
23 carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts
24 made available to the agency for advertising or other com-
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1 munications regarding the programs and activities of the
2 agency.
3 SEC. 520. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal dis-
4 cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to
5 carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such
6 Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of section 526
7 of division H of Public Law 113–76, except that in car-
8 rying out such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by sub-
9 stituting ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2022’’ for ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2014’’
10 in the title of subsection (b) and by substituting ‘‘Sep-
11 tember 30, 2026’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place
12 it appears: Provided, That such pilots shall include com-
13 munities that have experienced civil unrest.
14 (b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal
15 discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to
16 participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are
17 being carried out pursuant to the authority provided by
18 section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section
19 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of
20 division H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division
21 H of Public Law 115–31, section 525 of division H of
22 Public Law 115–141, and section 524 of division A of
23 Public Law 116–94.
24 (c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act
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1 agencies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such
2 authorities.
3 SEC. 521. Not later than 30 days after the end of
4 each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of
5 fiscal year 2022 the Departments of Labor, Health and
6 Human Services and Education and the Social Security
7 Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-
8 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a
9 report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro-
10 vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom-
11 mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the
12 monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at-
13 tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning
14 with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier
15 fiscal years) from which balances were derived.
16 SEC. 522. The Departments of Labor, Health and
17 Human Services, or Education shall provide to the Com-
18 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
19 and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or com-
20 petitive grant award notifications, including supplements,
21 issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than
22 3 full business days before any entity selected to receive
23 a grant award is announced by the Department or its of-
24 fices (other than emergency response grants at any time
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1 business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the
2 program year).
3 SEC. 523. Each department and related agency fund-
4 ed through this Act shall provide answers to questions
5 submitted for the record by members of the Committee
6 within 45 business days after receipt.
7 SEC. 524. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll-
8 ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the
9 Social Security Act and the income derived from invest-
10 ment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of
11 that Act, $13,715,000,000 shall not be available for obli-
12 gation in this fiscal year.
13 SEC. 525. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
14 may be used to implement or enforce the final rule entitled
15 ‘‘Hearings Held by Administrative Appeals Judges of the
16 Appeals Council’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 73138, December 16,
17 2020).
18 SEC. 526. None of the funds made available by this
19 Act may be made available to the Wuhan Institute of Vi-
20 rology located in the City of Wuhan in the People’s Repub-
21 lic of China.
22 SEC. 527. None of the funds made available by this
23 Act may be used, either directly or indirectly, to conduct
24 or support any gain-of-function research involving a poten-
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1 tial pandemic pathogen by a foreign adversary including
2 China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
3 SEC. 528. For ‘‘Health Resources and Services Ad-
4 ministration—Rural Health’’ for implementing section
5 330N of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–
6 20), there is hereby appropriated, and the amount other-
7 wise provided by this Act for ‘‘Health Resources and Serv-
8 ices Administration—Program Management’’ is hereby re-
9 duced by, $5,000,000.
10 SEC. 529. None of the funds made available by this
11 Act may be used to implement or enforce section 106.6(h),
12 section 106.45(b), or the definition of ‘‘formal complaint’’
13 in section 106.30(a), of title 34 of the Code of Federal
14 Regulations as amended by the final rule entitled, ‘‘Non-
15 discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs
16 or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance’’ pub-
17 lished in the Federal Register on May 19, 2020 (85 Fed.
18 Reg. 30026).
19 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of
20 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and
21 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022’’.
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1 DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE-
2 VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
3 ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
4 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022
5 TITLE I
6 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
7 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING
8 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
11 $64,755,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by
12 $2,500,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by
13 $8,000,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000,000) (increased
14 by $64,755,000) (reduced by $64,755,000), of which not
15 to exceed $10,203,000 shall be available for the immediate
16 Office of the Secretary, of which $4,500,000 shall remain
17 available until expended for activities relating to climate
18 change, including coordinating such activities across the
19 Department; not to exceed $4,749,000 shall be available
20 for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed
21 $2,860,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal Rela-
22 tions; not to exceed $9,294,000 shall be available for the
23 Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement, of which
24 $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed
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1 ant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed
2 $24,036,000 (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by
3 $2,500,000) shall be available for Departmental Adminis-
4 tration to provide for necessary expenses for management
5 support services to offices of the Department and for gen-
6 eral administration, security, repairs and alterations, and
7 other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise
8 provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient
9 work of the Department: Provided, That funds made avail-
10 able by this Act to an agency in the Administration mis-
11 sion area for salaries and expenses are available to fund
12 up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not
13 to exceed $4,480,000 shall be available for the Office of
14 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and Inter-
15 governmental Affairs to carry out the programs funded
16 by this Act, including programs involving intergovern-
17 mental affairs and liaison within the executive branch; and
18 not to exceed $7,484,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) shall
19 be available for the Office of Communications: Provided
20 further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized
21 to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office
22 of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the
23 Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any
24 office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per-
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1 amount made available under this paragraph for the im-
2 mediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi-
3 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise
4 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided
5 further, That the amount made available under this head-
6 ing for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed
7 from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex-
8 penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by
9 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made
10 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant
11 Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovern-
12 mental Affairs shall be transferred to agencies of the De-
13 partment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain
14 personnel at the agency level: Provided further, That dur-
15 ing any 30 day notification period referenced in section
16 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall take
17 no action to begin implementation of the action that is
18 subject to section 716 of this Act or make any public an-
19 nouncement of such action in any form.
20 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
21 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST
22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief
23 Economist, $26,399,000, of which not more than
24 $5,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative agreements
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1 $4,400,000 shall remain available until expended for ac-
2 tivities relating to climate change, including coordinating
3 such activities across the Department.
4 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS
5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and
6 Appeals, $16,173,000.
7 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and
9 Program Analysis, $12,760,000.
10 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
12 formation Officer, $84,746,000, of which not less than
13 $69,672,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de-
14 partment.
15 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
17 nancial Officer, $7,118,000.
18 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL
19 RIGHTS
20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
21 Secretary for Civil Rights, $1,426,000: Provided, That
22 funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil
23 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available
24 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
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1 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
3 $35,328,000.
4 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
6 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
7 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant
8 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-
9 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
10 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities
11 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for
12 alterations and other actions needed for the Department
13 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con-
14 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of
15 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im-
16 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili-
17 ties, and for related costs, $180,623,000 (reduced by
18 $2,500,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by
19 $5,000,000) (reduced by $500,000) (reduced by
20 $2,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by
21 $10,000,000) (reduced by $4,250,000) (reduced by
22 $605,000) (reduced by $3,000,000), to remain available
23 until expended, of which $12,500,000 shall be available
24 for the hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles.
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1 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
3 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
4 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental
5 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.
6 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C.
7 6901 et seq.), $8,540,000, to remain available until ex-
8 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available
9 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Man-
10 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart-
11 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to
12 the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.
13 OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION
14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Secu-
15 rity, and Protection, $23,306,000.
16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
18 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector
19 General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.),
20 $106,309,000, including such sums as may be necessary
21 for contracting and other arrangements with public agen-
22 cies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the
23 Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5
24 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for
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1 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction
2 of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen-
3 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and
4 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981
5 (Public Law 97–98).
6 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
8 Counsel, $60,723,000.
9 OFFICE OF ETHICS
10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics,
11 $4,277,000.
12 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,
13 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS
14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
15 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics,
16 $4,327,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by
17 $1,000,000): Provided, That funds made available by this
18 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco-
19 nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
20 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for
21 the Office: Provided further, That of the amounts made
22 available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made
23 available for the Office of the Chief Scientist.
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1 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
2 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research
3 Service, $88,594,000.
4 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
5 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
6 Statistics Service, $189,175,000, of which up to
7 $46,850,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen-
8 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available
9 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur-
10 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C.
11 2204g(d) and (f).
12 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
14 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research
15 Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange,
16 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and
17 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of
18 equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money
19 to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the
20 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed-
21 eral ownership, $1,638,046,000, of which $70,000,000 is
22 for activities related to climate change, including
23 $50,000,000 for climate science and $20,000,000 for
24 clean energy: Provided, That appropriations hereunder
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1 aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replace-
2 ment only: Provided further, That appropriations here-
3 under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for
4 the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and
5 improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of
6 constructing any one building shall not exceed $500,000,
7 except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be
8 limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings to be con-
9 structed or improved at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000
10 each, and except for four buildings to be constructed at
11 a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, and the cost of alter-
12 ing any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed
13 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build-
14 ing or $500,000, whichever is greater: Provided further,
15 That appropriations hereunder shall be available for enter-
16 ing into lease agreements at any Agricultural Research
17 Service location for the construction of a research facility
18 by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Re-
19 search Service and a condition of the lease shall be that
20 any facility shall be owned, operated, and maintained by
21 the non-Federal entity and shall be removed upon the ex-
22 piration or termination of the lease agreement: Provided
23 further, That the limitations on alterations contained in
24 this Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement
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1 ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for
2 granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research
3 Center: Provided further, That the foregoing limitations
4 shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry
5 out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided
6 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
7 for granting easements at any Agricultural Research Serv-
8 ice location for the construction of a research facility by
9 a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the
10 Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the ease-
11 ments shall be that upon completion the facility shall be
12 accepted by the Secretary, subject to the availability of
13 funds herein, if the Secretary finds that acceptance of the
14 facility is in the interest of the United States: Provided
15 further, That funds may be received from any State, other
16 political subdivision, organization, or individual for the
17 purpose of establishing or operating any research facility
18 or research project of the Agricultural Research Service,
19 as authorized by law.
20 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
21 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im-
22 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed
23 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri-
24 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri-
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1 main available until expended, of which $20,000,000 shall
2 be allocated for ARS facilities co-located with university
3 partners, and of which $46,700,000 shall be for the pur-
4 poses, and in the amounts, specified for this account in
5 the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the re-
6 port to accompany this Act, in accordance with applicable
7 statutory and regulatory requirements.
8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
9 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
10 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for
11 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and
12 for other expenses, $1,061,309,000 (increased by
13 $2,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by
14 $1,000,000), which shall be for the purposes, and in the
15 amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute
16 of Food and Agriculture, Research and Education Activi-
17 ties’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That
18 funds for research grants for 1994 institutions, education
19 grants for 1890 institutions, Hispanic serving institutions
20 education grants, capacity building for non-land-grant col-
21 leges of agriculture, the agriculture and food research ini-
22 tiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicultural
23 scholars, graduate fellowship and institution challenge
24 grants, grants management systems, tribal colleges edu-
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1 shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
2 That each institution eligible to receive funds under the
3 Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000:
4 Provided further, That funds for education grants for
5 Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions
6 be made available to individual eligible institutions or con-
7 sortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded equally
8 to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided fur-
9 ther, That funds for providing grants for food and agricul-
10 tural sciences for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-
11 Serving institutions and for Insular Areas shall remain
12 available until September 30, 2023: Provided further, That
13 funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be
14 made available to institutions eligible to receive funds
15 under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided further, That
16 not more than 5 percent of the amounts made available
17 by this or any other Act to carry out the Agriculture and
18 Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be re-
19 tained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administra-
20 tive costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that
21 authority: Provided further, That of amounts available
22 under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be for climate
23 change research.
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1 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND
2 For the Native American Institutions Endowment
3 Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301
4 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended.
5 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
6 For payments to States, the District of Columbia,
7 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the
8 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $553,495,000,
9 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-
10 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and
11 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom-
12 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for extension serv-
13 ices at 1994 institutions and for facility improvements at
14 1890 institutions shall remain available until expended:
15 Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds
16 under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no
17 less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for co-
18 operative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the
19 Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section
20 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retire-
21 ment and employees’ compensation costs for extension
22 agents.
23 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
24 For the integrated research, education, and extension
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1 penses, $40,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and
2 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In-
3 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in
4 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds
5 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re-
6 main available until September 30, 2023: Provided further,
7 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect
8 costs shall not be charged against any Extension Imple-
9 mentation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop
10 Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626).
11 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING
12 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS
13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
14 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs,
15 $1,577,000: Provided, That funds made available by this
16 Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro-
17 grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available
18 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
19 fice.
20 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
23 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant
24 Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for
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1 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085),
2 $1,121,427,000 (increased by $1,000,000), of which
3 $491,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
4 available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant dis-
5 eases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and
6 birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the extent necessary to meet
7 emergency conditions; of which $16,830,000, to remain
8 available until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests
9 program, including for cost share purposes or for debt re-
10 tirement for active eradication zones; of which
11 $38,486,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
12 for Animal Health Technical Services; of which
13 $3,040,000 shall be for activities under the authority of
14 the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C.
15 1831); of which $63,833,000, to remain available until ex-
16 pended, shall be used to support avian health; of which
17 $4,251,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
18 for information technology infrastructure; of which
19 $212,842,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
20 for specialty crop pests; of which, $14,137,000, to remain
21 available until expended, shall be for field crop and range-
22 land ecosystem pests; of which $24,282,000, to remain
23 available until expended, shall be for zoonotic disease man-
24 agement; of which $38,880,000, to remain available until
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1 sponse; of which $61,217,000, to remain available until
2 expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which
3 $5,751,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
4 for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which
5 $5,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000), to remain available
6 until expended, shall be for invasive species control in co-
7 ordination with other Federal agencies and the Civilian
8 Climate Corps; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain
9 available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program
10 for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain available
11 until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage manage-
12 ment program for aviation safety: Provided, That of
13 amounts available under this heading for wildlife services
14 methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain available
15 until expended: Provided further, That of amounts avail-
16 able under this heading for the screwworm program,
17 $4,990,000 shall remain available until expended; of which
18 $21,307,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
19 used to carry out the science program and transition ac-
20 tivities for the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility lo-
21 cated in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, That no
22 funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucel-
23 losis eradication program for the current fiscal year that
24 does not require minimum matching by the States of at
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1 shall be available for the purchase, replacement, operation,
2 and maintenance of aircraft: Provided further, That in ad-
3 dition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the
4 agricultural production industry of the United States, the
5 Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds
6 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart-
7 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail-
8 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi-
9 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani-
10 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance
11 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro-
12 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431
13 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and
14 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred
15 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year
16 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided
17 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
18 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter-
19 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless
20 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building
21 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
22 current replacement value of the building.
23 In fiscal year 2022, the agency is authorized to collect
24 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist-
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1 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations,
2 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such
3 fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such
4 fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods,
5 or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such
6 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail-
7 able until expended, without further appropriation, for
8 providing such assistance, goods, or services.
9 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
10 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
11 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
12 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as
13 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as
14 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $3,175,000, to remain
15 available until expended.
16 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
17 MARKETING SERVICES
18 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing
19 Service, $223,157,000 (increased by $1,000,000), of
20 which $7,000,000 shall be available for the purposes of
21 section 12306 of Public Law 113–79, and of which
22 $25,000,000 shall be available until expended to carry out
23 section 12513 of Public Law 115–334: Provided, That this
24 appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C.
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1 provements, but the cost of altering any one building dur-
2 ing the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur-
3 rent replacement value of the building.
4 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization
5 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31
6 U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to
7 the development or maintenance of grain standards under
8 the United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et
9 seq.
10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
11 Not to exceed $61,786,000 (from fees collected) shall
12 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
13 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated
14 and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may
15 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification
16 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
17 Congress.
18 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND
19 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)
20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
21 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-
22 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-
23 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other
24 related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the
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1 Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans-
2 fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than
3 $20,817,000 for formulation and administration of mar-
4 keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural
5 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural
6 Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128).
7 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS
8 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus
9 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for
10 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
11 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),
12 $1,235,000.
13 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
14 EXPENSES
15 Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall
16 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection
17 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac-
18 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or
19 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be
20 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
21 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
22 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY
23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
24 Secretary for Food Safety, $1,077,000: Provided, That
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1 Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available
2 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
3 fice.
4 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
5 For necessary expenses to carry out services author-
6 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry
7 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection
8 Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for representation
9 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the
10 Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766),
11 $1,153,064,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-
12 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-
13 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the
14 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990
15 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the
16 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system
17 shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
18 That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall
19 be employed during fiscal year 2022 for purposes dedi-
20 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the
21 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et
22 seq.): Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspec-
23 tion Service shall continue implementation of section
24 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified by the
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1 79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be
2 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-
3 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the
4 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
5 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement
6 value of the building.
7 TITLE II
8 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION
9 PROGRAMS
10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM
11 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION
12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
13 Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation,
14 $1,687,000: Provided, That funds made available by this
15 Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva-
16 tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available
17 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
18 fice.
19 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS
20 CENTER
21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
23 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and
24 Conservation Business Center, $238,177,000: Provided,
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1 rent fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm
2 Security and Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3 3841(a)) shall be transferred to and merged with this ac-
4 count.
5 FARM SERVICE AGENCY
6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
8 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency,
9 $1,175,670,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent
10 of the funding made available under this heading for infor-
11 mation technology related to farm program delivery may
12 be obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees
13 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and re-
14 ceives written or electronic notification of receipt from
15 such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identi-
16 fies for each project/investment over $25,000 (a) the func-
17 tional and performance capabilities to be delivered and the
18 mission benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle
19 cost for the entirety of the project/investment, including
20 estimates for development as well as maintenance and op-
21 erations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) dem-
22 onstrates that each project/investment is, (a) consistent
23 with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology
24 Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with applica-
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1 subject to the applicable Department’s capital planning
2 and investment control requirements; and (3) has been re-
3 viewed by the Government Accountability Office and ap-
4 proved by the Committees on Appropriations of both
5 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the agency
6 shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of
7 fiscal year 2022 to the Committees on Appropriations and
8 the Government Accountability Office, that identifies for
9 each project/investment that is operational (a) current
10 performance against key indicators of customer satisfac-
11 tion, (b) current performance of service level agreements
12 or other technical metrics, (c) current performance against
13 a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown
14 of current and planned spending on operational enhance-
15 ments or upgrades, and (e) an assessment of whether the
16 investment continues to meet business needs as intended
17 as well as alternatives to the investment: Provided further,
18 That the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facili-
19 ties, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity
20 Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro-
21 grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That
22 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized
23 activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac-
24 count: Provided further, That funds made available to
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1 Provided further, That none of the funds available to the
2 Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service
3 Agency county offices: Provided further, That none of the
4 funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used
5 to permanently relocate county based employees that
6 would result in an office with two or fewer employees with-
7 out prior notification and approval of the Committees on
8 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
9 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS
10 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
11 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–
12 5106), $6,914,000.
13 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM
14 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or
15 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of
16 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2),
17 $6,500,000, to remain available until expended.
18 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM
19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
20 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity
21 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy
22 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as
23 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro-
24 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary
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1 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
2 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
3 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–
4 12).
5 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
6 ACCOUNT
7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
8 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
9 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et
10 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer-
11 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac-
12 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7
13 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C.
14 1924 et seq.), relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and
15 Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 5136)
16 to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit In-
17 surance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed
18 farm ownership loans and $2,800,000,000 for farm owner-
19 ship direct loans; $2,118,482,000 for unsubsidized guar-
20 anteed operating loans and $1,633,333,000 for direct op-
21 erating loans; emergency loans, $37,668,000; Indian tribe
22 land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conserva-
23 tion loans, $150,000,000; relending program,
24 $61,425,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans,
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1 $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the
2 pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll
3 weevil eradication program loans.
4 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and
5 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined
6 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
7 as follows: $40,017,000 for direct farm operating loans,
8 $16,524,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm operating
9 loans, $267,000 for emergency loans, $5,000,000 for the
10 relending program, and $407,000 for Indian highly
11 fractionated land loans, to remain available until ex-
12 pended.
13 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
14 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
15 $314,772,000: Provided, That of this amount,
16 $294,114,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the
17 appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex-
18 penses’’.
19 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural
20 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership,
21 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed
22 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro-
23 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both
24 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad-
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1 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management
4 Agency, $66,957,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the
5 amount appropriated under this heading in this Act shall
6 be available for compliance and integrity activities re-
7 quired under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop In-
8 surance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall
9 be in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such pur-
10 pose: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall
11 be available for official reception and representation ex-
12 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i): Provided fur-
13 ther, That $2,250,000 of the amount appropriated under
14 this heading shall be available to conduct research and de-
15 velopment and carry out contracting and partnerships as
16 described under subsections (c) and (d) of section 522 the
17 Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C 1522(c) and
18 (d)) in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such
19 purposes: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the
20 amount appropriated under this heading shall be available
21 to research, review and ensure actuarial soundness of new
22 products addressing climate change.
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1 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
2 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-
4 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f),
5 including preparation of conservation plans and establish-
6 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including
7 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-
8 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary
9 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-
10 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
11 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of
12 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands,
13 water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials
14 program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal
15 cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August
16 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection or alter-
17 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-
18 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,
19 $894,743,000 (increased by $542,000) (increased by
20 $5,257,000), to remain available until September 30,
21 2023, of which not less than $15,000,000 is for climate
22 change-related initiatives, including climate science and
23 climate hubs: Provided, That appropriations hereunder
24 shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construc-
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1 ments at plant materials centers, except that the cost of
2 alterations and improvements to other buildings and other
3 public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided
4 further, That when buildings or other structures are erect-
5 ed on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land
6 is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided fur-
7 ther, That of the total amount available, $9,458,000 (in-
8 creased by $542,000) shall be available for necessary ex-
9 penses to carry out the Urban Agriculture and Innovative
10 Production Program under section 222 of subtitle A of
11 title II of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization
12 Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923), as amended by section
13 12302 of Public Law 115–334: Provided further, That of
14 the total amount available, $10,000,000 shall remain
15 available until expended for necessary expenses to carry
16 out the Healthy Forests Reserve Program under the
17 Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C
18 6571–6578).
19 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
20 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
21 ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga-
22 tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and
23 changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed
24 Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–
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1 sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department,
2 $160,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
3 vided, That for funds provided by this Act or any other
4 prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the water-
5 shed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty
6 thousand acres in which such activities can be undertaken
7 shall only apply for activities undertaken for the primary
8 purpose of flood prevention (including structural and land
9 treatment measures): Provided further, That of the
10 amounts made available under this heading, $65,000,000
11 shall be allocated to projects and activities that can com-
12 mence promptly following enactment; that address re-
13 gional priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water
14 management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wild-
15 life habitat, or watershed protection; or that address au-
16 thorized ongoing projects under the authorities of section
17 13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public
18 Law 78–534) with a primary purpose of watershed protec-
19 tion by preventing floodwater damage and stabilizing
20 stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion
21 and sediment transport.
22 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM
23 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed
24 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $10,000,000 is pro-
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1 CORPORATIONS
2 The following corporations and agencies are hereby
3 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of
4 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
5 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make
6 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
7 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
8 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying
9 out the programs set forth in the budget for the current
10 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here-
11 inafter provided.
12 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
13 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the
14 Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums
15 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended.
16 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
17 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
19 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
20 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for
21 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim-
22 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17,
23 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds
24 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec-
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1 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the
2 Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be
3 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
4 ice for information resource management activities of the
5 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com-
6 modity Credit Corporation business.
7 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
8 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)
9 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit
10 Corporation shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for
11 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations
12 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement
13 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental
14 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.
15 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal
16 Act (42 U.S.C. 6961).
17 TITLE III
18 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL
20 DEVELOPMENT
21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
22 Secretary for Rural Development, $1,580,000: Provided,
23 That funds made available by this Act to an agency in
24 the Rural Development mission area for salaries and ex-
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1 penses are available to fund up to one administrative sup-
2 port staff for the Office.
3 RURAL DEVELOPMENT
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
6 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
7 tration and implementation of Rural Development pro-
8 grams, including activities with institutions concerning the
9 development and operation of agricultural cooperatives;
10 and for cooperative agreements; $348,425,000 (increased
11 by $2,000,000): Provided, That of the amount made avail-
12 able under this heading, $32,000,000 shall be for the
13 StrikeForce activities of the Department of Agriculture,
14 and may be transferred to agencies of the Department of
15 Agriculture for such purpose, consistent with the missions
16 and authorities of such agencies: Provided further, That
17 notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
18 priated under this heading may be used for advertising
19 and promotional activities that support Rural Develop-
20 ment programs: Provided further, That in addition to any
21 other funds appropriated for purposes authorized by sec-
22 tion 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
23 1472(i)), any amounts collected under such section, as
24 amended by this Act, will immediately be credited to this
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1 account and will remain available until expended for such
2 purposes.
3 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
4 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
6 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
7 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the
8 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the
9 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,500,000,000
10 shall be for direct loans and $30,000,000,000 shall be for
11 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section
12 504 housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for section 515
13 rental housing; $230,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed
14 multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales
15 of single family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for
16 section 523 self-help housing land development loans; and
17 $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans.
18 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
19 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of
20 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section
21 502 loans, $27,900,000 shall be for direct loans; section
22 504 housing repair loans, $484,000; section 523 self-help
23 housing land development loans, $55,000; section 524 site
24 development loans, $206,000; and repair, rehabilitation,
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1 $3,576,000: Provided, That to support the loan program
2 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available
3 under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust
4 any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guaran-
5 tees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act
6 of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such
7 loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That appli-
8 cants in communities that have a current rural area waiv-
9 er under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
10 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural area
11 for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided
12 under this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts
13 available under this paragraph for section 502 direct
14 loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct
15 loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant
16 to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing
17 grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of
18 1949 until June 1, 2022: Provided further, That the Sec-
19 retary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to
20 nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities to
21 facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS)
22 multifamily housing properties by such nonprofit organi-
23 zations and public housing authorities that commit to keep
24 such properties in the RHS multifamily housing program
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1 such incentives to include, but not be limited to, the fol-
2 lowing: allow such nonprofit entities and public housing
3 authorities to earn a Return on Investment on their own
4 resources to include proceeds from low income housing tax
5 credit syndication, own contributions, grants, and devel-
6 oper loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal;
7 and allow reimbursement of organizational costs associ-
8 ated with owner’s oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset
9 Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per property.
10 In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants,
11 including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section
12 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
13 $60,000,000 to remain available until expended, for a
14 demonstration program for the preservation and revital-
15 ization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family
16 rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA
17 multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro-
18 priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project
19 has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur-
20 pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in-
21 come residents and farm laborers including reducing or
22 eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordi-
23 nating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other fi-
24 nancial assistance including advances, payments and in-
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1 able returns on investment) required by the Secretary:
2 Provided, That the Secretary shall as part of the preserva-
3 tion and revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use
4 agreement consistent with the terms of the restructuring:
5 Provided further, That any balances, including obligated
6 balances, available for all demonstration programs for the
7 preservation and revitalization of sections 514, 515, and
8 516 multi-family rental housing properties in the ‘‘Multi-
9 Family Housing Revitalization Program Account’’ shall be
10 transferred to this account, and shall also be available for
11 the preservation and revitalization of sections 514, 515,
12 and 516 multi-family rental housing properties, including
13 the restructuring of existing USDA multi-family housing
14 loans: Provided further, That following the transfer of bal-
15 ances described in the preceding proviso, any adjustments
16 to obligations for demonstration programs for the preser-
17 vation and revitalization of sections 514, 515, and 516
18 multi-family rental housing properties that would other-
19 wise be incurred in the ‘‘Multi-Family Housing Revitaliza-
20 tion Program Account’’ shall be made in this account from
21 amounts transferred to this account under the preceding
22 proviso.
23 In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and
24 contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the
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1 $17,831,000, to remain available until expended, for direct
2 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing
3 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail-
4 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans-
5 ferred to and merged with this account.
6 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
7 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
8 $412,254,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the
9 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex-
10 penses’’.
11 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
12 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
13 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)
14 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into
15 in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house-
16 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous-
17 ing Act of 1949, and for the rural housing voucher pro-
18 gram as authorized under section 542 of the Housing Act
19 of 1949, notwithstanding subsection (b) of such section,
20 $1,495,000,000, of which $40,000,000 shall be available
21 until September 30, 2023; and in addition such sums as
22 may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the
23 Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992
24 to carry out the rental assistance program under section
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1 available under this heading, $1,450,000,000 shall be
2 available for renewal of rental assistance agreements: Pro-
3 vided further, That rental assistance agreements entered
4 into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be
5 funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That not-
6 withstanding any other provision of the Act, the Secretary
7 may recapture rental assistance provided under agree-
8 ments entered into prior to fiscal year 2022 for a project
9 that the Secretary determines no longer needs rental as-
10 sistance and use such recaptured funds for current needs:
11 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
12 sion of the Act, the Secretary may recapture funds pro-
13 vided for rental assistance under agreements entered into
14 prior to fiscal year 2022 for a project that the Secretary
15 determines no longer needs rental assistance: Provided
16 further, That such recaptured funds shall remain available
17 for obligation in fiscal year 2022 for the purposes specified
18 under this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts
19 made available under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be
20 available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income
21 household, including a household that does not receive
22 rental assistance, residing in a property financed with a
23 section 515 loan that has been prepaid or otherwise paid
24 off after September 30, 2005: Provided further, That the
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1 between comparable market rent for the section 515 unit
2 and the tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided further,
3 That such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of
4 annual appropriations: Provided further, That the Sec-
5 retary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, admin-
6 ister such vouchers with current regulations and adminis-
7 trative guidance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers
8 administered by the Secretary of the Department of Hous-
9 ing and Urban Development: Provided further, That any
10 balances available for the rural housing voucher program
11 in the ‘‘Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Program Ac-
12 count’’ shall be transferred to and merged with this ac-
13 count and shall be available for the rural housing voucher
14 program: Provided further, That if the Secretary deter-
15 mines that the amount made available for vouchers or
16 rental assistance in this Act is not needed for vouchers
17 or rental assistance, the Secretary may use such funds for
18 any of the programs described under this heading.
19 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS
20 For grants and contracts pursuant to section
21 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
22 1490c), $32,000,000, to remain available until expended.
23 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS
24 For grants for very low-income housing repair and
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1 Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m,
2 $65,000,000, to remain available until expended.
3 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT
4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
5 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
6 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306
7 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated
8 Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for di-
9 rect loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans.
10 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and
11 grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined
12 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
13 for rural community facilities programs as authorized by
14 section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the
15 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
16 $238,454,714, to remain available until expended, of
17 which up to $112,036,714 shall be for the purposes, and
18 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti-
19 tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report to ac-
20 company this Act, in accordance with applicable statutory
21 and regulatory requirements: Provided, That $6,000,000
22 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be
23 available for a Rural Community Development Initiative:
24 Provided further, That such funds shall be used solely to
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1 munity-based housing and community development orga-
2 nizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally
3 Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects
4 to improve housing, community facilities, community and
5 economic development projects in rural areas: Provided
6 further, That such funds shall be made available to quali-
7 fied private, nonprofit and public intermediary organiza-
8 tions proposing to carry out a program of financial and
9 technical assistance: Provided further, That such inter-
10 mediary organizations shall provide matching funds from
11 other sources, including Federal funds for related activi-
12 ties, in an amount not less than funds provided: Provided
13 further, That any unobligated balances from prior year ap-
14 propriations under this heading for the cost of direct
15 loans, loan guarantees and grants, including amounts
16 deobligated or cancelled, may be made available to cover
17 the subsidy costs for direct loans and or loan guarantees
18 under this heading in this fiscal year: Provided further,
19 That no amounts may be made available pursuant to the
20 preceding proviso from amounts that were designated by
21 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
22 a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced
23 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro-
24 vided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount appro-
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1 nity facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by
2 section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sec-
3 tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and
4 Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds
5 made available under this heading.
6 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE
7 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
9 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the
10 rural business development programs authorized by sec-
11 tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and
12 (g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
13 Development Act, $91,200,000, to remain available until
14 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated
15 under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made
16 available for one grant to a qualified national organization
17 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in
18 order to promote economic development and $9,000,000
19 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7
20 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional
21 Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appa-
22 lachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.)
23 for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose
24 as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm
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1 percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided
2 further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated
3 under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit
4 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including
5 $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization
6 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in
7 order to promote economic development: Provided further,
8 That of the amount appropriated under this heading,
9 $5,000,000 shall be for the Rural Innovation Stronger
10 Economy Grant Program (7 U.S.C. 2008w): Provided fur-
11 ther, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated
12 Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to
13 funds made available under this heading.
14 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT
15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
16 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
17 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-
18 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000.
19 For the cost of direct loans, $1,524,000, as author-
20 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-
21 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $167,000 shall be avail-
22 able through June 30, 2022, for Federally Recognized Na-
23 tive American Tribes; and of which $305,000 shall be
24 available through June 30, 2022, for Mississippi Delta Re-
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1 Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the
2 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
3 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
4 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
5 the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred
6 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
7 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’.
8 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM
9 ACCOUNT
10 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
11 ized under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification
12 Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic develop-
13 ment and job creation projects, $50,000,000.
14 The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a)
15 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro-
16 moting rural economic development and job creation
17 projects shall not exceed $10,000,000.
18 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
19 For rural cooperative development grants authorized
20 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and
21 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $28,600,000 (in-
22 creased by $500,000), of which $2,800,000 (increased by
23 $500,000) shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap-
24 propriate technology transfer for rural areas program:
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1 grants for cooperative development centers, individual co-
2 operatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially
3 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di-
4 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in-
5 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged
6 groups; and of which $17,000,000, to remain available
7 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod-
8 uct market development grants, as authorized by section
9 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which
10 $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
11 for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to
12 section 6402 of Public Law 107–171.
13 RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
14 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
15 rect loans as authorized by section 379E of the Consoli-
16 dated Farm and Rural Development Act (U.S.C. 2008s),
17 $150,000,000.
18 For the cost of grants, $8,000,000 under the same
19 terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E of the
20 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
21 2008s).
22 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM
23 For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and
24 grants, under the same terms and conditions as authorized
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1 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $30,420,000: Pro-
2 vided, That the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost
3 of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
4 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
5 HEALTHY FOODS FINANCING INITIATIVE
6 For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent
7 with section 243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department
8 of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C.
9 6953), as added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act
10 of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Secretary to sup-
11 port projects that provide access to healthy food in under-
12 served areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to
13 revitalize low-income communities, $6,000,000, to remain
14 available until expended: Provided, That such costs of
15 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
16 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
17 of 1974.
18 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
19 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT
20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
21 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
22 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306
23 and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated
24 Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows:
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1 $1,400,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for
2 guaranteed loans.
3 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, including
4 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of
5 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural water,
6 waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management
7 programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D,
8 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2),
9 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm
10 and Rural Development Act, $721,557,000 (increased by
11 $5,000,000) (increased by $605,000), to remain available
12 until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall
13 be available for the rural utilities program described in
14 section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to ex-
15 ceed $5,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities
16 program described in section 306E of such Act: Provided,
17 That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appro-
18 priated under this heading shall be for grants authorized
19 by section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
20 Development Act in addition to funding authorized by sec-
21 tion 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That
22 $93,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
23 ing shall be for loans and grants including water and
24 waste disposal systems grants authorized by section
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1 Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recog-
2 nized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1)
3 of such Act: Provided further, That funding provided for
4 section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
5 opment Act may be provided to a consortium formed pur-
6 suant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided fur-
7 ther, That not more than 2 percent of the funding pro-
8 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and
9 Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alas-
10 ka for training and technical assistance programs and not
11 more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section
12 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
13 Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to sec-
14 tion 325 of Public Law 105–83 for training and technical
15 assistance programs: Provided further, That not to exceed
16 $40,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
17 ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water
18 and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such
19 Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex-
20 treme need, of which $8,000,000 shall be made available
21 for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional
22 technical assistance organization, with experience in work-
23 ing with small communities on water and waste water
24 problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to
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1 in improving the planning, financing, development, oper-
2 ation, and management of water and waste water systems,
3 and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali-
4 fied national Native American organization to provide
5 technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com-
6 munities: Provided further, That not to exceed
7 $20,157,000 (increased by $605,000) of the amount ap-
8 propriated under this heading shall be for contracting with
9 qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program
10 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems:
11 Provided further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of the
12 amounts made available under this heading shall be for
13 solid waste management grants: Provided further, That
14 $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
15 ing shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural
16 Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to
17 provide grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural
18 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided fur-
19 ther, That any prior year balances for high-energy cost
20 grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrifica-
21 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to
22 and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy
23 Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That sections
24 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
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1 Development Act are not applicable to the funds made
2 available under this heading.
3 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
4 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
6 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans
7 as authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, and 317 of the
8 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 936,
9 and 940g) shall be made as follows: loans made pursuant
10 to sections 4(c)(2), 305(d)(2), 306, and 317, notwith-
11 standing 317(c), of that Act, rural direct electric loans,
12 $5,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant
13 to section 313A of that Act, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural
14 telecommunications loans, cost of money rural tele-
15 communications loans, and for loans made pursuant to
16 section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans,
17 $690,000,000.
18 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section
19 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
20 U.S.C. 935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans,
21 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
22 of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans,
23 $2,070,000.
24 For the cost of grants and loan modifications, as de-
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1 1974, including any associated penalties, for transitioning
2 to pollution free electricity, $150,000,000, of which up to
3 five percent may be used for administrative costs to carry
4 out the program.
5 For the cost of modifications, as defined in section
6 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for the di-
7 rect rural telecommunication loans, $25,000,000.
8 In addition, $14,000,000 to remain available until ex-
9 pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security
10 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Pro-
11 vided, That the energy efficiency measures supported by
12 the funding in this paragraph shall contribute in a demon-
13 strable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases.
14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
15 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
16 $33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged
17 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries
18 and Expenses’’.
19 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND
20 PROGRAM
21 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni-
22 cation loans, $11,869,000.
23 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning
24 services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa
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1 Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for
2 grants authorized by section 379G of the Consolidated
3 Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That
4 funding provided under this heading for grants under sec-
5 tion 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
6 ment Act may only be provided to entities that meet all
7 of the eligibility criteria for a consortium as established
8 by this section.
9 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by
10 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $1,772,000,
11 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
12 cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of
13 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
14 For the broadband loan and grant pilot program es-
15 tablished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated
16 Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) under
17 the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7
18 U.S.C 901 et seq.), $786,604,792, to remain available
19 until expended, of which up to $36,604,792 shall be for
20 the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this ac-
21 count in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’
22 in the report to accompany this Act, in accordance with
23 applicable statutory and regulatory requirements: Pro-
24 vided, That the Secretary may award grants described in
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1 as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for the purposes of car-
2 rying out such pilot program: Provided further, That the
3 cost of direct loans shall be defined in section 502 of the
4 Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
5 at least 90 percent of the households to be served by a
6 project receiving a loan or grant under the pilot program
7 shall be in a rural area without sufficient access to
8 broadband: Provided further, That for purposes of such
9 pilot program, a rural area without sufficient access to
10 broadband shall be defined as twenty-five megabytes per
11 second downstream and three megabytes per second up-
12 stream, and such definition shall be reevaluated and rede-
13 fined, as necessary, on an annual basis by the Secretary
14 of Agriculture: Provided further, That an entity to which
15 a loan or grant is made under the pilot program shall not
16 use the loan or grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband
17 service in a service area by any entity that has received
18 a broadband loan from the Rural Utilities Service unless
19 such service is not provided sufficient access to broadband
20 at the minimum service threshold: Provided further, That
21 not more than four percent of the funds made available
22 in this paragraph can be used for administrative costs to
23 carry out the pilot program and up to three percent of
24 funds made available in this paragraph may be available
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1 tivities to support the most rural communities: Provided
2 further, That the Rural Utilities Service is directed to ex-
3 pedite program delivery methods that would implement
4 this paragraph: Provided further, That for purposes of this
5 paragraph, the Secretary shall adhere to the notice, re-
6 porting and service area assessment requirements set
7 forth in sections 6104(a)(2)(D) and 6104(a)(2)(E) of the
8 Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C 950bb(d)(5), (d)(8)
9 and (d)(10)).
10 In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until
11 expended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au-
12 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3.
13 TITLE IV
14 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,
16 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES
17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
18 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services,
19 $1,327,000: Provided, That funds made available by this
20 Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer
21 Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
22 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for
23 the Office.
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1 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
2 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B.
5 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et
6 seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of
7 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and
8 21; $26,892,922,000 to remain available through Sep-
9 tember 30, 2023, of which such sums as are made avail-
10 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation,
11 and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as
12 amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available
13 for the same time period and purposes as provided herein:
14 Provided, That of the total amount available, $20,004,000
15 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu-
16 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1788): Provided further,
17 That of the total amount available, $15,607,000 shall be
18 available to carry out studies and evaluations and shall
19 remain available until expended: Provided further, That of
20 the total amount available, $35,000,000 shall be available
21 to provide competitive grants to State agencies for sub-
22 grants to local educational agencies and schools to pur-
23 chase the equipment, with a value of greater than $1,000,
24 needed to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, and
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1 sion of the school breakfast program: Provided further,
2 That of the total amount available, $45,000,000 shall re-
3 main available until expended to carry out section 749(g)
4 of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public
5 Law 111–80): Provided further, That of the total amount
6 available, $12,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
7 pended to carry out section 18(g) of the Richard B. Rus-
8 sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)): Pro-
9 vided further, That notwithstanding section 18(g)(3)(C) of
10 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42
11 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(c)), the total grant amount provided to
12 a farm to school grant recipient in fiscal year 2022 shall
13 not exceed $500,000: Provided further, That section 26(d)
14 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42
15 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in the first sentence by
16 striking ‘‘2010 through 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2010
17 through 2023’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(3) of
18 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42
19 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sentence by
20 striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal
21 year 2022’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) of the
22 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
23 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by striking
24 ‘‘For fiscal year 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year
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1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR
2 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)
3 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
4 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17
5 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),
6 $6,000,000,000, to remain available through September
7 30, 2023: Provided, That notwithstanding section
8 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
9 1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for
10 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities,
11 $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure, and not less
12 than $75,000,000, to remain available until expended,
13 shall be available for management information systems,
14 including WIC electronic benefit transfer systems and ac-
15 tivities: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
16 in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant
17 formula except in accordance with the cost containment
18 and competitive bidding requirements specified in section
19 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds
20 provided shall be available for activities that are not fully
21 reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or
22 agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Pro-
23 vided further, That upon termination of a federally man-
24 dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condi-
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1 waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re-
2 quest of a State agency.
3 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and
5 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.),
6 $105,796,197,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain
7 available through September 30, 2024, shall be placed in
8 reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times
9 as may become necessary to carry out program operations:
10 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended
11 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition
12 Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made
13 available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to
14 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and
15 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food
16 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided
17 further, That of the funds made available under this head-
18 ing, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
19 2023, shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public
20 Law 115–334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal
21 organizations: Provided further, That this appropriation
22 shall be subject to any work registration or workfare re-
23 quirements as may be required by law: Provided further,
24 That funds made available for Employment and Training
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1 tember 30, 2023: Provided further, That funds made avail-
2 able under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b),
3 and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
4 shall remain available through September 30, 2023: Pro-
5 vided further, That none of the funds made available under
6 this heading may be obligated or expended in contraven-
7 tion of section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality
8 Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, That funds made
9 available under this heading may be used to enter into
10 contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations,
11 or to conduct activities related to program integrity pro-
12 vided that such activities are authorized by the Food and
13 Nutrition Act of 2008.
14 For making, after June 30 of the current fiscal year,
15 benefit payments to individuals, and payments to States
16 or other non-Federal entities, pursuant to the Food and
17 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), for unan-
18 ticipated costs incurred for the last three months of the
19 fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
20 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
21 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist-
22 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as
23 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con-
24 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the
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1 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec-
2 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-
3 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm-
4 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section
5 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $448,070,000
6 (increased by $5,000,000), to remain available through
7 September 30, 2023: Provided, That none of these funds
8 shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
9 poration for commodities donated to the program: Pro-
10 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
11 of law, effective with funds made available in fiscal year
12 2022 to support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition
13 Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Se-
14 curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall
15 remain available through September 30, 2023: Provided
16 further, That of the funds made available under section
17 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
18 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 20 percent for costs
19 associated with the distribution of commodities.
20 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
21 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food
22 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri-
23 tion assistance program, $191,533,000: Provided, That of
24 the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for
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1 the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as
2 amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246.
3 TITLE V
4 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED
5 PROGRAMS
6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND
7 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
9 Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs,
10 $908,000: Provided, That funds made available by this
11 Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural
12 Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
13 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for
14 the Office.
15 OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex
17 Alimentarius, $4,841,000, including not to exceed
18 $40,000 for official reception and representation expenses.
19 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
22 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
23 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa-
24 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of
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1 $228,644,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re-
2 main available until September 30, 2023, for overseas op-
3 erations to include the payment of locally employed staff:
4 Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds,
5 or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on
6 behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza-
7 tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu-
8 ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro-
9 grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro-
10 grams of the United States Agency for International De-
11 velopment: Provided further, That funds made available
12 for middle-income country training programs, funds made
13 available for the Borlaug International Agricultural
14 Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to
15 $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria-
16 tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in
17 international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
18 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re-
19 main available until expended.
20 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS
21 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
22 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
23 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act
24 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec-
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1 tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act,
2 $1,740,000,000, to remain available until expended.
3 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION
4 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS
5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
6 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
7 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $245,000,000, to
8 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com-
9 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the
10 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im-
11 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from
12 amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the
13 amount made available under this heading, not more than
14 10 percent, but not less than $23,500,000, shall remain
15 available until expended to purchase agricultural commod-
16 ities as described in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm
17 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
18 1736o–1(a)(2)).
19 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)
20 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
22 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
23 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program,
24 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common
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1 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity
2 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall
3 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
4 ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.
5 TITLE VI
6 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG
7 ADMINISTRATION
8 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
9 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
12 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-
13 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger
14 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related
15 costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and
16 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are
17 included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space
18 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to
19 amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for
20 carrying out the activities described in section 1002(b)(4)
21 of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for
22 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-
23 tivities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to
24 be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not
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1 Public Law 107–188; $6,173,098,000 (increased by
2 $5,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by
3 $10,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by
4 $1,000,000): Provided, That of the amount provided
5 under this heading, $1,141,861,000 shall be derived from
6 prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h,
7 and shall be credited to this account and remain available
8 until expended; $241,431,000 shall be derived from med-
9 ical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and
10 shall be credited to this account and remain available until
11 expended; $527,848,000 shall be derived from human ge-
12 neric drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and
13 shall be credited to this account and remain available until
14 expended; $43,116,000 shall be derived from biosimilar bi-
15 ological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–
16 52, and shall be credited to this account and remain avail-
17 able until expended; $33,836,000 shall be derived from
18 animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12,
19 and shall be credited to this account and remain available
20 until expended; $23,137,000 shall be derived from generic
21 new animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–
22 21, and shall be credited to this account and remain avail-
23 able until expended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from
24 tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s,
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1 until expended: Provided further, That in addition to and
2 notwithstanding any other provision under this heading,
3 amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, medical
4 device user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar
5 biological product user fees, animal drug user fees, and
6 generic new animal drug user fees that exceed the respec-
7 tive fiscal year 2022 limitations are appropriated and shall
8 be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
9 pended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescrip-
10 tion drug, medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar
11 biological product, animal drug, and generic new animal
12 drug assessments for fiscal year 2022, including any such
13 fees collected prior to fiscal year 2022 but credited for
14 fiscal year 2022, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2022
15 limitations: Provided further, That the Secretary may ac-
16 cept payment during fiscal year 2022 of user fees specified
17 under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2023,
18 prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of
19 such fees assessed for fiscal year 2023 for which the Sec-
20 retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2022 shall not be
21 included in amounts under this heading: Provided further,
22 That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab-
23 lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by
24 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total
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1 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) shall be for the
2 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related
3 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which
4 no less than $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of
5 foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of
6 imported seafood; (2) $2,103,091,000 shall be for the
7 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related
8 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which
9 no less than $8,500,000 shall be for pilots to increase un-
10 announced foreign inspections; (3) $453,902,000 shall be
11 for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and
12 for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af-
13 fairs; (4) $274,463,000 (increased by $5,000,000) shall
14 be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related
15 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5)
16 $651,976,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra-
17 diological Health and for related field activities in the Of-
18 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $74,304,000 shall be for
19 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7)
20 $680,812,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod-
21 ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
22 latory Affairs; (8) $200,402,000 shall be for Rent and Re-
23 lated activities, of which $54,642,000 is for White Oak
24 Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General
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1 be for payments to the General Services Administration
2 for rent; and (10) $336,191,000 shall be for other activi-
3 ties, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and
4 Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and Response, the Office
5 of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and cen-
6 tral services for these offices: Provided further, That not
7 to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official re-
8 ception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro-
9 vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided
10 further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to section
11 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
12 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made avail-
13 able under this heading for other activities: Provided fur-
14 ther, That of the amounts that are made available under
15 this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not de-
16 rived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to
17 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of
18 Health and Human Services—Office of Inspector Gen-
19 eral’’ for oversight of the programs and operations of the
20 Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition
21 to funds otherwise made available for oversight of the
22 Food and Drug Administration: Provided further, That
23 funds may be transferred from one specified activity to
24 another with the prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
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1 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by
2 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized
3 by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by
4 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food
5 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro-
6 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing
7 facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription
8 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees
9 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics
10 provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21
11 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized
12 by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority
13 review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–
14 4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs
15 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited to this
16 account, to remain available until expended.
17 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
18 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
19 sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip-
20 ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin-
21 istration, where not otherwise provided, $21,788,000, to
22 remain available until expended.
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1 FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT
2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
3 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
4 scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century
5 Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur-
6 poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’,
7 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
8 vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are
9 appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st
10 Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans-
11 ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may
12 be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs
13 to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and
14 Human Services Food and Drug Administration Salaries
15 and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in such
16 Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the
17 Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
18 vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided,
19 such amounts may be transferred back to the account:
20 Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi-
21 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law.
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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCY
2 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
5 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
6 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
7 and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases),
8 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $332,000,000,
9 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and
10 representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the
11 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the
12 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-
13 latory officials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall
14 remain available until September 30, 2023, and of which
15 not less than $4,017,000 shall be for expenses of the Of-
16 fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith-
17 standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro-
18 vided under this heading are available for the liquidation
19 of obligations equal to current year payments on leases
20 entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act:
21 Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and
22 liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re-
23 corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to
24 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro-
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1 in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es-
2 tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for
3 and liquidating such unpaid obligations.
4 In addition, for move, replication, and related costs
5 associated with replacement leases for the Commission’s
6 facilities, not to exceed $31,000,000, to remain available
7 until expended.
8 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
9 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
10 Not to exceed $84,200,000 (from assessments col-
11 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal
12 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated
13 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses
14 as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this
15 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
16 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed
17 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the
18 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
19 gress: Provided further, That the purposes of section
20 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C.
21 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may
22 exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the applica-
23 tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export
24 loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a
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1 manner other than described in subclause (II) of the
2 clause.
3 TITLE VII
4 GENERAL PROVISIONS
5 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
6 SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations
7 made available to the Department of Agriculture in this
8 Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition
9 to specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the
10 total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2022
11 does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased
12 in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing
13 additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine
14 that such vehicles are necessary for transportation safety,
15 to reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life,
16 property, and public safety: Provided further, That the
17 Secretary may not increase the Department of Agri-
18 culture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary
19 notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the Com-
20 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress
21 within 30 days of the notification.
22 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of
23 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli-
24 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this
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1 ances that are remaining available of the Department of
2 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi-
3 tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv-
4 ery of financial, administrative, and information tech-
5 nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the
6 Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re-
7 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the
8 funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall
9 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the
10 prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur-
11 ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working
12 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available
13 for obligation without written notification to and the prior
14 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both
15 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the
16 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the
17 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for
18 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De-
19 partment’s National Finance Center without written noti-
20 fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
21 propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by
22 section 716 of this Act: Provided further, That none of
23 the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to
24 the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available
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1 plement, or make any changes to remove or relocate any
2 systems, missions, personnel, or functions of the offices
3 of the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Information
4 Officer, co-located with or from the National Finance Cen-
5 ter prior to written notification to and prior approval of
6 the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
7 gress and in accordance with the requirements of section
8 716 of this Act: Provided further, That the National Fi-
9 nance Center Information Technology Services Division
10 personnel and data center management responsibilities,
11 and control of any functions, missions, and systems for
12 current and future human resources management and in-
13 tegrated personnel and payroll systems (PPS) and func-
14 tions provided by the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief
15 Information Officer shall remain in the National Finance
16 Center and under the management responsibility and ad-
17 ministrative control of the National Finance Center: Pro-
18 vided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the
19 offices of the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market
20 to existing and new Departments and other government
21 agencies National Finance Center shared services includ-
22 ing, but not limited to, payroll, financial management, and
23 human capital shared services and allow the National Fi-
24 nance Center to perform technology upgrades: Provided
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1 Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture attrib-
2 utable to the amounts in excess of the true costs of the
3 shared services provided by the National Finance Center
4 and budgeted for the National Finance Center, the Sec-
5 retary shall reserve not more than 4 percent for the re-
6 placement or acquisition of capital equipment, including
7 equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementa-
8 tion of financial, administrative, and information tech-
9 nology services, and other systems of the National Finance
10 Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the
11 National Finance Center: Provided further, That none of
12 the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation un-
13 less the Secretary submits written notification of the obli-
14 gation to the Committees on Appropriations of both
15 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the limitations
16 on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congres-
17 sional Committees shall not apply to any obligation that,
18 as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond
19 to a declared state of emergency that significantly impacts
20 the operations of the National Finance Center; or to evac-
21 uate employees of the National Finance Center to a safe
22 haven to continue operations of the National Finance Cen-
23 ter.
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