Bill — H. R. 8254, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2023 (June 28, 2022)
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H. R. 8254 is a bill making appropriations for Financial Services and General Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes. It is dated June 28, 2022, and prints that Quigley, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the bill, which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Title I begins with the Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices, Salaries and Expenses, which covers necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Freedman’s Bank Building.
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Union Calendar No. 301
117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8254
[Report No. 117–393]
Making appropriations for Financial Services and General Government for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2022
Mr. QUIGLEY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for Financial Services and General
Government for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2023, 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,
3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other pur-
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6 poses, namely:
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1 TITLE I
2 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
3 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices
6 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury
7 Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas-
8 senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve-
9 ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies
10 for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec-
11 essary for the performance of official business; executive
12 direction program activities; international affairs and eco-
13 nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac-
14 tivities, including technical assistance to State, local, and
15 territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management poli-
16 cies and programs activities, $278,382,000: Provided,
17 That of the amount appropriated under this heading—
18 (1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep-
19 tion and representation expenses;
20 (2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen
21 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated
22 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of
23 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the
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24 Secretary’s certificate; and
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1 (3) not to exceed $34,000,000 shall remain
2 available until September 30, 2024, for—
3 (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement
4 Audit and Internal Control Program;
5 (B) information technology modernization
6 requirements;
7 (C) the audit, oversight, and administra-
8 tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund;
9 (D) the development and implementation
10 of programs within the Office of Cybersecurity
11 and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including
12 entering into cooperative agreements;
13 (E) operations and maintenance of facili-
14 ties; and
15 (F) international operations.
16 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED
17 STATES FUND
18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
19 For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign
20 Investment in the United States, $20,000,000, to remain
21 available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson
22 of the Committee may transfer such amounts to any de-
23 partment or agency represented on the Committee (includ-
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24 ing the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance
25 notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the
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1 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
2 ther, That amounts so transferred shall remain available
3 until expended for expenses of implementing section 721
4 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50
5 U.S.C. 4565), and shall be available in addition to any
6 other funds available to any department or agency: Pro-
7 vided further, That fees authorized by section 721(p) of
8 such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as offset-
9 ting collections: Provided further, That the total amount
10 appropriated under this heading from the general fund
11 shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received
12 during fiscal year 2023, so as to result in a total appro-
13 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than
14 $0.
15 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
17 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism
18 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-
19 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-
20 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction
21 proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers,
22 drug kingpins, and other national security threats,
23 $217,059,000, of which not less than $4,000,000 shall be
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24 available for addressing human rights violations and cor-
25 ruption, including activities authorized by the Global
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1 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C.
2 2656 note): Provided, That of the amounts appropriated
3 under this heading, up to $12,000,000 shall remain avail-
4 able until September 30, 2024.
5 CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT
6 For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity
7 for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury,
8 $135,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
9 2025: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not
10 supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas-
11 ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur-
12 ther, That of the total amount made available under this
13 heading $6,000,000 shall be available for administrative
14 expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to
15 provide oversight of the investments made under this
16 heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple-
17 ment and not supplant any other amounts made available
18 to the Treasury Chief Information Officer.
19 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL
20 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
22 For development and acquisition of automatic data
23 processing equipment, software, and services; for the hire
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24 of zero emission passenger motor vehicles and for sup-
25 porting charging or fueling infrastructure; and for repairs
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1 and renovations to buildings owned by the Department of
2 the Treasury, $11,118,000, to remain available until Sep-
3 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That these funds shall be
4 transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to
5 satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu-
6 reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this
7 transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans-
8 fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That
9 none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall
10 be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Revenue Serv-
11 ice, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue Service,
12 Business Systems Modernization’’.
13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
16 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
17 General Act of 1978, $48,878,000, including hire of pas-
18 senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000
19 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-
20 fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the
21 direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of
22 which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep-
23 tember 30, 2024, shall be for audits and investigations
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24 conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and
25 Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-
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1 vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33
2 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000
3 shall be available for official reception and representation
4 expenses.
5 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX
6 ADMINISTRATION
7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
8 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector
9 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
10 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
11 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
12 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at
13 such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General
14 for Tax Administration; $179,409,000, of which
15 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
16 2024; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available
17 for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed
18 $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of
19 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
20 the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
21 tion; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available
22 for official reception and representation expenses.
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1 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED
2 ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM
3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special
5 Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the
6 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public
7 Law 110–343), $9,000,000.
8 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
10 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
11 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
12 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and
13 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and
14 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-
15 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
16 tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed
17 $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
18 and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies,
19 with or without reimbursement, $210,330,000, of which
20 not to exceed $55,000,000 shall remain available until
21 September 30, 2025.
22 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE
23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
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24 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau
25 of the Fiscal Service, $372,485,000; of which not to ex-
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1 ceed $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2 2025, is for information systems modernization initiatives;
3 and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception
4 and representation expenses.
5 In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil
6 Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative
7 and personnel expenses for financial management of the
8 Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–
9 380.
10 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU
11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
12 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111
13 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of
14 passenger motor vehicles, $150,863,000; of which not to
15 exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and
16 representation expenses; and of which not to exceed
17 $50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and de-
18 velopment programs for laboratory services; and provision
19 of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with
20 or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount
21 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for
22 the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and
23 label applications: Provided further, That of the amount
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24 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain
25 available until September 30, 2024, shall be for the costs
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1 associated with enforcement of and education regarding
2 the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Ad-
3 ministration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).
4 UNITED STATES MINT
5 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND
6 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States
7 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through
8 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs
9 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
10 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
11 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That
12 the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-
13 curred during fiscal year 2023 under such section 5136
14 for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-
15 vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed
16 $50,000,000.
17 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
18 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
19 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and
20 Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title
21 I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized
22 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates
23 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent
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24 to the rate for EX–III, $336,420,000. Of the amount ap-
25 propriated under this heading—
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1 (1) not less than $216,883,000, notwith-
2 standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12
3 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg-
4 ing Community Development Financial Institutions
5 Assistance awards, is available until September 30,
6 2024, for financial assistance and technical assist-
7 ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
8 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12
9 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to
10 $1,600,000 may be available for training and out-
11 reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12
12 U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $3,153,750 may be
13 used for the cost of direct loans, of which up to
14 $10,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of sec-
15 tion 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707
16 (d)), may be available to provide financial assistance,
17 technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-
18 munity development financial institutions to expand
19 investments that benefit individuals with disabilities,
20 and of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be for
21 the Economic Mobility Corps to be operated in con-
22 junction with the Corporation for National and
23 Community Service, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12571:
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24 Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed
25 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans,
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1 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
2 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
3 these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga-
4 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to
5 exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That of the
6 funds provided under this paragraph, excluding
7 those made to community development financial in-
8 stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ-
9 uals with disabilities and those made to community
10 development financial institutions that serve popu-
11 lations living in persistent poverty counties, the
12 CDFI Fund shall prioritize Financial Assistance
13 awards to organizations that invest and lend in high-
14 poverty areas: Provided further, That for purposes of
15 this section, the term ‘‘high-poverty area’’ means
16 any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20
17 percent as measured by the 2016–2020 5-year data
18 series available from the American Community Sur-
19 vey of the Bureau of the Census for all States and
20 Puerto Rico or with a poverty rate of at least 20
21 percent as measured by the 2010 Island areas De-
22 cennial Census data for any territory or possession
23 of the United States;
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24 (2) not less than $22,500,000, notwithstanding
25 section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C.
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1 4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2024, for
2 financial assistance, technical assistance, training,
3 and outreach programs designed to benefit Native
4 American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com-
5 munities and provided primarily through qualified
6 community development lender organizations with
7 experience and expertise in community development
8 banking and lending in Indian country, Native
9 American organizations, Tribes and Tribal organiza-
10 tions, and other suitable providers;
11 (3) not less than $28,000,000 is available until
12 September 30, 2024, for the Bank Enterprise Award
13 program;
14 (4) not less than $24,000,000, notwithstanding
15 subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law
16 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available
17 until September 30, 2024, for a Healthy Food Fi-
18 nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance,
19 technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-
20 munity development financial institutions for the
21 purpose of offering affordable financing and tech-
22 nical assistance to expand the availability of healthy
23 food options in distressed communities;
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24 (5) not less than $10,000,000 is available until
25 September 30, 2024, to provide grants for loan loss
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1 reserve funds and to provide technical assistance for
2 small dollar loan programs under section 122 of
3 Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): Provided,
4 That sections 108(d) and 122(b)(2) of such Public
5 Law shall not apply to the provision of such grants
6 and technical assistance;
7 (6) up to $35,037,000 is for administrative ex-
8 penses, including administration of CDFI Fund pro-
9 grams and the New Markets Tax Credit Program, of
10 which not less than $1,000,000 is for the develop-
11 ment of tools to better assess and inform CDFI in-
12 vestment performance and CDFI Fund program im-
13 pacts, and up to $300,000 is for administrative ex-
14 penses to carry out the direct loan program; and
15 (7) during fiscal year 2023, none of the funds
16 available under this heading are available for the
17 cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
18 Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee
19 bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle
20 Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
21 ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided,
22 That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes
23 under such section 114A shall not exceed
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24 $500,000,000: Provided further, That such section
25 114A shall remain in effect until December 31,
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1 2023: Provided further, That of the funds awarded
2 under this heading, except those provided for the
3 Economic Mobility Corps, not less than 10 percent
4 shall be used for awards that support investments
5 that serve populations living in persistent poverty
6 counties: Provided further, That for the purposes of
7 this paragraph and paragraph (1), the term ‘‘per-
8 sistent poverty counties’’ means any county, includ-
9 ing county equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that has
10 had 20 percent or more of its population living in
11 poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the
12 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2016–
13 2020 5-year data series available from the American
14 Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census or
15 any other territory or possession of the United
16 States that has had 20 percent or more of its popu-
17 lation living in poverty over the past 30 years, as
18 measured by the 1990, 2000 and 2010 Island Areas
19 Decennial Censuses, or equivalent data, of the Bu-
20 reau of the Census.
21 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
22 TAXPAYER SERVICES
23 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
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24 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-
25 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer
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1 advocacy services, rent payments, and other services as
2 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be de-
3 termined by the Commissioner, $3,410,728,000, of which
4 not to exceed $100,000,000 shall remain available until
5 September 30, 2024; of which not less than $11,000,000
6 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program,
7 of which not less than $13,000,000 shall be available for
8 low-income taxpayer clinic grants, of which not less than
9 $35,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
10 2024, shall be available for the Community Volunteer In-
11 come Tax Assistance Matching Grants Program for tax
12 return preparation assistance, and of which not less than
13 $235,000,000 shall be available for operating expenses of
14 the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, That of the
15 amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate Serv-
16 ice, not less than $6,000,000 shall be for identity theft
17 and refund fraud casework.
18 ENFORCEMENT
19 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities
20 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect
21 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-
22 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes
23 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-
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24 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-
25 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), rent payments, and to provide
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1 other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
2 rates as may be determined by the Commissioner,
3 $6,120,262,000, of which not to exceed $250,000,000
4 shall remain available until September 30, 2024; of which
5 not less than $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency
6 Crime and Drug Enforcement program; and of which not
7 to exceed $25,000,000 shall be for investigative technology
8 for the Criminal Investigation Division: Provided, That the
9 amount made available for investigative technology for the
10 Criminal Investigation Division shall be in addition to
11 amounts made available for the Criminal Investigation Di-
12 vision under the ‘‘Operations Support’’ heading.
13 OPERATIONS SUPPORT
14 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
15 ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro-
16 grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print-
17 ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other
18 IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics
19 of income; telecommunications; information technology de-
20 velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se-
21 curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
22 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service
23 Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 5
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24 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
25 Commissioner; $3,753,561,000, of which not to exceed
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1 $275,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2 2024; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain
3 available until expended for acquisition of equipment and
4 construction, repair and renovation of facilities; of which
5 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
6 tember 30, 2025, for research; and of which not to exceed
7 $20,000 shall be for official reception and representation
8 expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the
9 end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall
10 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of
11 the House of Representatives and the Senate and the
12 Comptroller General of the United States detailing major
13 information technology investments in the Internal Rev-
14 enue Service Integrated Modernization Business Plan
15 portfolio, including detailed, plain language summaries on
16 the status of plans, costs, and results; prior results and
17 actual expenditures of the prior quarter; upcoming
18 deliverables and costs for the fiscal year; risks and mitiga-
19 tion strategies associated with ongoing work; reasons for
20 any cost or schedule variances; and total expenditures by
21 fiscal year: Provided further, That the Internal Revenue
22 Service shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal
23 year 2024, a summary of cost and schedule performance
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24 information for its major information technology systems.
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1 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
2 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
3 ice’s business systems modernization program,
4 $310,027,000, to remain available until September 30,
5 2025, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
6 nology systems, including management and related con-
7 tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter-
8 nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as-
9 sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109:
10 Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of
11 each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit
12 a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
13 House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp-
14 troller General of the United States detailing major infor-
15 mation technology investments in the Internal Revenue
16 Service Integrated Modernization Business Plan portfolio,
17 including detailed, plain language summaries on the status
18 of plans, costs, and results; prior results and actual ex-
19 penditures of the prior quarter; upcoming deliverables and
20 costs for the fiscal year; risks and mitigation strategies
21 associated with ongoing work; reasons for any cost or
22 schedule variances; and total expenditures by fiscal year.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
2 SERVICE
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 4 percent of the appropria-
5 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
6 Service under the ‘‘Enforcement’’ heading, and not to ex-
7 ceed 5 percent of any other appropriation made available
8 in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service, may be trans-
9 ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropria-
10 tion upon the advance approval of the Committees on Ap-
11 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
12 ate: Provided, That an additional 2 percent of the appro-
13 priation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
14 Service under the ‘‘Enforcement’’ heading may be trans-
15 ferred to the appropriation made available in this Act to
16 the Internal Revenue Service under the ‘‘Taxpayer Serv-
17 ices’’ heading upon advance approval of the Committees
18 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
19 Senate.
20 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
21 tain an employee training program, which shall include the
22 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously
23 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im-
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1 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
2 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
3 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro-
4 tect taxpayers against identity theft.
5 SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other
6 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for
7 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-
8 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers.
9 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements
10 to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service
11 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the
12 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly
13 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes.
14 SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue
15 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating
16 to an employer making employment tax payments, and
17 such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former
18 and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal
19 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an
20 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic-
21 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer.
22 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available under
23 this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to
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1 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con-
2 stitution of the United States.
3 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this
4 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target
5 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological
6 beliefs.
7 SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act
8 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-
9 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce-
10 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements,
11 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human
12 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re-
13 sult of the recommendations in the report published on
14 May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax
15 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small
16 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana-
17 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037).
18 SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this
19 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or
20 expended—
21 (1) to make a payment to any employee under
22 a bonus, award, or recognition program; or
23 (2) under any hiring or personnel selection
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1 unless such program or process takes into account the
2 conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or
3 former employee.
4 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this
5 Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the
6 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality
7 and disclosure of returns and return information).
8 SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec-
9 retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this
10 Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec-
11 retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au-
12 thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without
13 regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly
14 to positions in the competitive service to process back-
15 logged tax returns and return information.
16 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31,
17 United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal
18 Revenue Service in this Act may be used to provide pas-
19 senger carrier transportation and protection between the
20 Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place
21 of employment.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
2 TREASURY
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
4 SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the
5 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
6 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
7 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
8 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
9 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
10 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
11 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
12 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
13 of health and medical services to employees and their de-
14 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
15 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
16 SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
17 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-
18 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of
19 Inspector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the
20 Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes En-
21 forcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and
22 ‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be
23 transferred between such appropriations upon the advance
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25 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That
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1 no transfer under this section may increase or decrease
2 any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
3 SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
4 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
5 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
6 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
7 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
8 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided,
9 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-
10 priation by more than 2 percent.
11 SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
12 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury
13 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used
14 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
15 SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
16 fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Sala-
17 ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec-
18 essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That
19 such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and ex-
20 penses account from debt collections received in the Debt
21 Collection Fund.
22 SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or other-
23 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
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1 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
2 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and
3 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
4 Affairs.
5 SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other-
6 wise made available by this or any other Act or source
7 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-
8 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually
9 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-
10 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the
11 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the
12 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
13 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the
14 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
15 atives and the Senate.
16 SEC. 120. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
17 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
18 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
19 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by
20 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National
21 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year
22 2023 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization
23 Act for Fiscal Year 2023.
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24 SEC. 121. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail-
25 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus-
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1 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and
2 representation expenses.
3 SEC. 122. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit
4 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-
5 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
6 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-
7 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That
8 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-
9 ment spending from all accounts within the Department
10 of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart-
11 ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac-
12 count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas-
13 ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such
14 Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur-
15 ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment
16 project that has not been fully completed.
17 SEC. 123. Within 45 days after the date of enactment
18 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit
19 an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations
20 of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
21 amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-
22 chise Fund including the amount charged for each service
23 provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed
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25 each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip-
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1 tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran-
2 chise Fund.
3 SEC. 124. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end
4 of each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the
5 Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their
6 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the
7 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee
8 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives,
9 and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and
10 Urban Affairs.
11 (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall
12 include—
13 (1) the obligations made during the previous
14 quarter by object class, office, and activity;
15 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder
16 of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;
17 (3) the number of full-time equivalents within
18 each office during the previous quarter;
19 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva-
20 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-
21 cal year; and
22 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-
23 tives, and performance measures of each office.
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1 Office of Financial Research shall make officials available
2 to testify on the contents of the reports required under
3 subsection (a).
4 SEC. 125. In addition to amounts otherwise available,
5 there is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for
6 Pandemic Recovery, $16,000,000, to remain available
7 until expended, for necessary expenses in carrying out sec-
8 tion 4018 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
9 Security Act (Public Law 116–136).
10 SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances from amounts
11 made available to the Secretary of the Treasury (referred
12 to in this section as ‘‘Secretary’’) for administrative ex-
13 penses pursuant to sections 4003(f) and 4112(b) of the
14 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
15 lic Law 116–136) and section 7301(b)(5) of the American
16 Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), up to
17 $80,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary for any
18 administrative expenses of the Department of the Treas-
19 ury determined by the Secretary to be necessary to imple-
20 ment section 501 of division N of the Consolidated Appro-
21 priations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260), sections 3201
22 or 3206 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public
23 Law 117–2), or title VI of the Social Security Act (42
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24 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), in addition to amounts otherwise
25 available for such purposes.
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the
2 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
3 TITLE II
4 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND
5 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
6 THE WHITE HOUSE
7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
8 For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
9 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for
10 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105;
11 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which
12 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that
13 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not
14 to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as
15 provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for
16 official reception and representation expenses, to be avail-
17 able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi-
18 dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy
19 Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
20 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $77,681,000.
21 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
22 OPERATING EXPENSES
23 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence
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1 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and
2 112–114.
3 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
4 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
5 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
6 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses
7 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance
8 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,
9 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such
10 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the
11 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
12 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
13 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
14 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
15 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
16 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments
17 shall be credited to this account and remain available until
18 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
19 shall require the national committee of the political party
20 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be
21 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
22 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such
23 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That
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25 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense
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1 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing
2 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
3 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days
4 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That
5 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess
6 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is
7 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with
8 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
9 standing debt on a United States Government claim under
10 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount
11 that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and
12 charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
13 neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
14 dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-
15 propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of
16 the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth
17 the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res-
18 idence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total
19 amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that
20 consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the
21 amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political
22 events, and the portion of each such amount that has been
23 reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further,
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24 That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for
25 the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events
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1 within the Executive Residence that includes a standard
2 for the classification of any such expense as political or
3 nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this
4 paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-
5 idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-
6 chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States
7 Code.
8 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
9 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
10 Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3
11 U.S.C. 105(d), $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-
12 pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and
13 health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.
14 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
16 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic
17 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
18 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,903,000.
19 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND
20 SECURITY COUNCIL
21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
22 For necessary expenses of the National Security
23 Council and the Homeland Security Council, including
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1 which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official
2 reception and representation expenses.
3 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
6 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
7 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
8 $115,463,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall
9 remain available until expended for continued moderniza-
10 tion of information resources within the Executive Office
11 of the President: Provided, That of the amounts provided
12 under this heading, up to $4,500,000 shall be available
13 for a program to provide payments (such as stipends, sub-
14 sistence allowances, cost reimbursements, or awards) to
15 students, recent graduates, and veterans recently dis-
16 charged from active duty who are performing voluntary
17 services in the Executive Office of the President under sec-
18 tion 3111(b) of title 5, United States Code, or comparable
19 authority and shall be in addition to amounts otherwise
20 available to pay or compensate such individuals: Provided
21 further, That such payments shall not be considered com-
22 pensation for purposes of such section 3111(b) and may
23 be paid in advance.
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1 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
4 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles
5 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out
6 the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States
7 Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United
8 States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of
9 title 31, United States Code, $128,035,000, of which not
10 to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-
11 tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
12 priated in this Act for the Office of Management and
13 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-
14 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations
15 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-
16 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further,
17 That none of the funds made available for the Office of
18 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for
19 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-
20 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of
21 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap-
22 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further,
23 That none of the funds made available for the Office of
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24 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for
25 the altering of the annual work plan developed by the
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1 Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on
2 Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds
3 provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or
4 indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for
5 evaluating or determining if water resource project or
6 study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting
7 through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with
8 all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant
9 to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro-
10 vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget
11 shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform
12 budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on
13 which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur-
14 ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and
15 Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap-
16 propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi-
17 ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have
18 not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and
19 appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of
20 the Office of Management and Budget review period based
21 on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as-
22 sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with
23 the report and act accordingly: Provided further, That no
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24 later than 14 days after the submission of the budget of
25 the United States Government for fiscal year 2024, the
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1 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
2 make publicly available on a website a tabular list for each
3 agency that submits budget justification materials (as de-
4 fined in section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability
5 and Transparency Act of 2006) that shall include, at min-
6 imum, the name of the agency, the date on which the
7 budget justification materials of the agency were sub-
8 mitted to Congress, and a uniform resource locator where
9 the budget justification materials are published on the
10 website of the agency.
11 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT
12 COORDINATOR
13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellec-
14 tual Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by
15 title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for
16 Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403),
17 including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
18 $1,902,000.
19 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the National
22 Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil-
23 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
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1 $21,926,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-
2 able for official reception and representation expenses.
3 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For necessary expenses of the Office of National
6 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to
7 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
8 tion Act of 1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for
9 official reception and representation expenses; and for par-
10 ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services
11 on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or
12 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-
13 bursement, $22,340,000: Provided, That the Office is au-
14 thorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both
15 real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year
16 limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the
17 work of the Office.
18 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
19 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
21 For necessary expenses of the Office of National
22 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking
23 Areas Program, $300,000,000, to remain available until
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24 September 30, 2024, for drug control activities consistent
25 with the approved strategy for each of the designated
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1 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of
2 which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to
3 State and local entities for drug control activities and shall
4 be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of
5 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans-
6 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts
7 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug
8 Control Policy, of which up to $5,800,000 may be used
9 for auditing services and associated activities: Provided
10 further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior to fis-
11 cal year 2021 may be used for any other approved activi-
12 ties of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming require-
13 ments: Provided further, That each HIDTA designated as
14 of September 30, 2022, shall be funded at not less than
15 the fiscal year 2022 base level, unless the Director submits
16 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
17 resentatives and the Senate justification for changes to
18 those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and pub-
19 lished Office of National Drug Control Policy performance
20 measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That the Di-
21 rector shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of
22 the initial allocation of fiscal year 2023 funding among
23 HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this
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25 discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta-
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1 tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days
2 after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon
3 a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred
4 from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes
5 provided herein and upon notification to the Committees
6 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
7 Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap-
8 propriation.
9 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
11 For other drug control activities authorized by Public
12 Law 110–690 and the Office of National Drug Control
13 Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as amended,
14 $139,670,000, to remain available until expended, which
15 shall be available as follows: $110,000,000 for the Drug-
16 Free Communities Program, of which not more than
17 $12,900,000 is for administrative expenses, and of which
18 $2,500,000 shall be made available as directed by section
19 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by section 8204 of
20 Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for drug court training
21 and technical assistance; $15,000,000 for anti-doping ac-
22 tivities; up to $3,420,000 for the United States member-
23 ship dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; $1,250,000
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25 thorized by section 103 of Public Law 114–198;
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1 $1,300,000 for policy research; and $500,000 for perform-
2 ance audits and evaluations: Provided, That amounts
3 made available under this heading may be transferred to
4 other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such
5 activities: Provided further, That the Director of the Office
6 of National Drug Control Policy shall, not fewer than 30
7 days prior to obligating funds under this heading for
8 United States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping
9 Agency, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of
10 the House of Representatives and the Senate a spending
11 plan and explanation of the proposed uses of these funds.
12 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
13 For expenses necessary to enable the President to
14 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national
15 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or
16 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by
17 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
18 tember 30, 2024.
19 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM
20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
21 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-
22 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information
23 technology in the Federal Government, $13,700,000, to
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1 these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out
2 projects to meet these purposes.
3 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President
6 to provide assistance to the President in connection with
7 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5
8 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
9 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
10 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and
11 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,076,000.
12 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
13 OPERATING EXPENSES
14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
15 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,
16 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and
17 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
18 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger
19 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3
20 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $321,000: Provided, That advances, re-
21 payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be
22 made to any department or agency for expenses of car-
23 rying out such activities.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF
2 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO
3 THE PRESIDENT
4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
5 SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act
6 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-
7 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and
8 Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National
9 Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of-
10 fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
11 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the
12 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or
13 such other officer as the President may designate in writ-
14 ing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on
15 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
16 Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap-
17 propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged
18 with and available for the same time and for the same
19 purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-
20 vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be
21 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro-
22 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from
23 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi-
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25 Vice President.
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1 SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2023, any Executive
2 order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by
3 the President shall be accompanied by a written statement
4 from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
5 et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and
6 revenues, of such order or memorandum.
7 (b) Any such statement shall include—
8 (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-
9 pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal
10 Government;
11 (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary
12 obligations and outlays as the result of such order
13 or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each
14 year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal
15 year 2023; and
16 (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-
17 ernment as the result of such order or memorandum
18 over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year
19 2023.
20 (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo-
21 randum is issued during fiscal year 2023 due to a national
22 emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and
23 Budget may issue the statement required by subsection
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25 or memorandum is issued.
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1 (d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi-
2 dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential
3 memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess
4 of $100,000,000.
5 SEC. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of
6 enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man-
7 agement and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all
8 Federal departments, agencies, and corporations directing
9 compliance with the provisions in title VII of this Act.
10 SEC. 204. In fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year
11 thereafter—
12 (1) the Office of Management and Budget shall
13 operate and maintain the automated system required
14 to be implemented by section 204 of the Financial
15 Services and General Government Appropriations
16 Act, 2022 (division E of Public Law 117–103) and
17 shall continue to post each document apportioning
18 an appropriation, pursuant to section 1513(b) of
19 title 31, United States Code, including any associ-
20 ated footnotes, in a format that qualifies each such
21 document as an open Government data asset (as
22 that term is defined in section 3502 of title 44,
23 United States Code); and
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1 and subsection (d)(2) of such section 204 shall con-
2 tinue to apply.
3 SEC. 205. Not later than 90 days after the date of
4 enactment of this Act and updated every 90 days there-
5 after, the Executive Office of the President shall make
6 contemporaneously available on a publicly available
7 website, a searchable, sortable, downloadable database of
8 visitors to the White House, the Vice President’s resi-
9 dence, or any other location at which the President or the
10 Vice President regularly conducts official business that in-
11 cludes the name of each visitor, the date and time of entry
12 for each visitor, the name of each individual with whom
13 each visitor met, and the purpose of the visit: Provided,
14 That notwithstanding this requirement, the Executive Of-
15 fice of the President, after consultation with the President
16 or his designee, may exclude from the database any infor-
17 mation that would implicate personal privacy or law en-
18 forcement concerns or threaten national security, relate to
19 a purely personal guest, or reveal the social security num-
20 ber, taxpayer identification number, birth date, home ad-
21 dress, or personal phone number of an individual, the
22 name of an individual, who is less than 18 years old, or
23 a financial account number: Provided further, With respect
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24 to a particular sensitive meeting, the Executive Office of
25 the President shall disclose the number of records withheld
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1 on this basis and post the applicable records no later than
2 360 days later.
3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of
4 the President Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
5 TITLE III
6 THE JUDICIARY
7 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
9 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
10 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the
11 building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor
12 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not
13 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation
14 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended
15 as the Chief Justice may approve, $113,951,000, of which
16 $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended.
17 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may
18 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief
19 justice and associate justices of the court.
20 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS
21 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable
22 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im-
23 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112,
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL
2 CIRCUIT
3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
4 For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-
5 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law,
6 $36,735,000.
7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may
8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief
9 judge and judges of the court.
10 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
12 For salaries of officers and employees of the court,
13 services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author-
14 ized by law, $21,260,000.
15 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may
16 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief
17 judge and judges of the court.
18 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER
19 JUDICIAL SERVICES
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21 For the salaries of judges of the United States Court
22 of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other offi-
23 cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise
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1 for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author-
2 ized by law, $5,867,825,000 (including the purchase of
3 firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed
4 $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for
5 space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings
6 related to new space alteration and construction projects.
7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may
8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit
9 and district judges (including judges of the territorial
10 courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus-
11 tices and judges retired from office or from regular active
12 service.
13 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court
14 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under
15 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub-
16 lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $10,280,000, to be appro-
17 priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust
18 Fund.
19 DEFENDER SERVICES
20 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations;
21 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
22 neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C.
23 3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim-
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1 thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the
2 maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement
3 of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in
4 criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa-
5 tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of
6 expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil
7 actions for the protection of their employment, as author-
8 ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim-
9 bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18
10 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil
11 forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse-
12 ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed
13 under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and
14 general administrative expenses, $1,409,211,000, to re-
15 main available until expended.
16 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS
17 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28
18 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-
19 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-
20 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases
21 pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
22 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $45,677,000,
23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
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1 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C.
2 5332.
3 COURT SECURITY
4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
6 incident to the provision of protective guard services for
7 United States courthouses and other facilities housing
8 Federal court or Administrative Office of the United
9 States Courts operations, the procurement, installation,
10 and maintenance of security systems and equipment for
11 United States courthouses and other facilities housing
12 Federal court or Administrative Office of the United
13 States Courts operations, building ingress-egress control,
14 inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols,
15 perimeter security, basic security services provided by the
16 Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as
17 authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement
18 and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702),
19 $750,586,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall
20 remain available until expended, to be expended directly
21 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service,
22 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial
23 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or
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1 eral: Provided, That funds made available under this head-
2 ing may be used for managing a Judiciary-wide program
3 to facilitate security and emergency management services
4 among the Judiciary, United States Marshals Service,
5 Federal Protective Service, General Services Administra-
6 tion, other Federal agencies, state and local governments
7 and the public; and, notwithstanding sections 331,
8 566(e)(1), and 566(i) of title 28, United States Code, for
9 identifying and pursuing the voluntary redaction and re-
10 duction of personally identifiable information on the inter-
11 net of judges and other familial relatives who live at the
12 judge’s domicile.
13 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
14 COURTS
15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
16 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office
17 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ-
18 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-
19 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b),
20 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-
21 where, $105,700,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au-
22 thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
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1 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-
4 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $34,261,000;
5 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
6 tember 30, 2024, to provide education and training to
7 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed
8 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa-
9 tion expenses.
10 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
12 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out
13 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States
14 Code, $21,641,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-
15 thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY
17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
18 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in
19 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall
20 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
21 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
22 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-
23 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
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1 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts,
2 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-
3 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
4 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant
5 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of
6 funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall
7 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in
8 compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608.
9 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of
10 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts
11 of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’
12 shall be available for official reception and representation
13 expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States:
14 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed
15 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the
16 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the
17 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.
18 SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States
19 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec-
20 utive’’ each place it appears.
21 SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569,
22 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
23 United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such
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25 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the
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1 United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the
2 security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De-
3 partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the
4 services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build-
5 ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di-
6 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States
7 Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service
8 rather than the Department of Homeland Security.
9 SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-
10 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133
11 note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12—
12 (1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis-
13 trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘31 years and 6
14 months’’ and inserting ‘‘32 years and 6 months’’;
15 and
16 (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis-
17 trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘28 years and 6
18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘29 years and 6 months’’.
19 (b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury,
20 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-
21 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
22 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470;
23 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence
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1 ‘‘29 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years and
2 6 months’’.
3 (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart-
4 ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public
5 Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended—
6 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘20 years’’
7 and inserting ‘‘21 years’’;
8 (2) in the second sentence (relating to the cen-
9 tral District of California), by striking ‘‘19 years
10 and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years and 6
11 months’’; and
12 (3) in the third sentence (relating to the west-
13 ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘18
14 years’’ and inserting ‘‘19 years’’.
15 SEC. 307. In addition to amounts otherwise available,
16 there is appropriated to the Judiciary $128,000,000, to
17 remain available until September 30, 2024, to be used for
18 judicial security, cybersecurity, and information tech-
19 nology modernization infrastructure: Provided, That for
20 the purposes provided herein, such funds may be trans-
21 ferred to the ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Court Security’’,
22 and ‘‘Defender Services’’ appropriations under the
23 ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial
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1 transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans-
2 fer authority provided by law.
3 SEC. 308. Section 677 of title 28, United States
4 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
5 ‘‘(d) The Counselor, with the approval of the
6 Chief Justice, shall establish a retention and recruit-
7 ment program that is consistent with section 908 of
8 the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C.
9 1926) for Supreme Court Police officers and other
10 critical employees who agree in writing to remain
11 employed with the Supreme Court for a period of
12 service of not less than two years.’’.
13 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
14 tions Act, 2023’’.
15 TITLE IV
16 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
17 FEDERAL FUNDS
18 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
19 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,
20 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide
21 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of
22 Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain
23 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
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24 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be-
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1 amount based upon the difference between in-State and
2 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu-
3 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private
4 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the
5 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis
6 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of
7 eligible students and such other factors as may be author-
8 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov-
9 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi-
10 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the
11 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act
12 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal-
13 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in
14 this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account
15 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia
16 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely
17 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup-
18 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the
19 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial
20 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
21 of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show-
22 ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur-
23 pose therefor.
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
2 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
3 For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de-
4 termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ-
5 ten consultation with the elected county or city officials
6 of surrounding jurisdictions, $30,000,000, to remain
7 available until expended, for the costs of providing public
8 safety at events related to the presence of the National
9 Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re-
10 quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv-
11 ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction
12 of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs
13 of providing support to respond to immediate and specific
14 terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or
15 surrounding jurisdictions.
16 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
17 COURTS
18 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
19 bia Courts, $295,588,000 to be allocated as follows: for
20 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $15,055,000,
21 of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and
22 representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the
23 District of Columbia, $140,973,000, of which not to ex-
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1 $88,290,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official
2 reception and representation expenses; and $51,270,000,
3 to remain available until September 30, 2024, for capital
4 improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili-
5 ties: Provided, That funds made available for capital im-
6 provements shall be expended consistent with the District
7 of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condi-
8 tion assessment: Provided further, That, in addition to the
9 amounts appropriated herein, fees received by the District
10 of Columbia Courts for administering bar examinations
11 and processing District of Columbia bar admissions may
12 be retained and credited to this appropriation, to remain
13 available until expended, for salaries and expenses associ-
14 ated with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 of
15 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official
16 Code, sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwith-
17 standing any other provision of law, all amounts under
18 this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office
19 of Management and Budget and obligated and expended
20 in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and
21 expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That
22 30 days after providing written notice to the Committees
23 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
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1 this heading among the items and entities funded under
2 this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee
3 on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia
4 may, by regulation, establish a program substantially simi-
5 lar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter
6 35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the
7 District of Columbia Courts.
8 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN
9 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
11 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and
12 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
13 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal
14 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-
15 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the
16 District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C.
17 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to
18 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech-
19 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary
20 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation,
21 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings
22 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay-
23 ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official
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1 rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to
2 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
3 provided under this heading shall be administered by the
4 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-
5 trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
6 any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap-
7 portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and
8 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner
9 as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen-
10 cies: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances
11 from prior year appropriations made available under the
12 heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Defender Services in Dis-
13 trict of Columbia Courts’’, $22,000,000, are hereby re-
14 scinded not later than September 30, 2023.
15 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
16 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT
17 OF COLUMBIA
18 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and
19 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender
20 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au-
21 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
22 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $281,516,000, of
23 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and
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25 and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not
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1 to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating
2 to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender
3 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002:
4 Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head-
5 ing, $204,579,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com-
6 munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in-
7 clude expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject
8 to protection orders or the provision of services for or re-
9 lated to such persons, of which $7,798,000 shall remain
10 available until September 30, 2025, for costs associated
11 with the relocation under replacement leases for head-
12 quarters offices, field offices and related facilities: Pro-
13 vided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this
14 heading, $76,937,000 shall be available to the Pretrial
15 Services Agency, of which $998,000 shall remain available
16 until September 30, 2025, for costs associated with reloca-
17 tion under a replacement lease for headquarters offices,
18 field offices, and related facilities: Provided further, That
19 notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts
20 under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the
21 Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex-
22 pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal-
23 aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur-
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1 programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully
2 complete their terms of supervision.
3 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
4 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE
5 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and
6 hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public
7 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital
8 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of
9 1997, $53,629,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any
10 other provision of law, all amounts under this heading
11 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
12 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same
13 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses
14 of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the District
15 of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish for
16 employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender
17 Service a program substantially similar to the program set
18 forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United
19 States Code, except that the maximum amount of the pay-
20 ment made under the program to any individual may not
21 exceed the amount referred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B)
22 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That the
23 District of Columbia Public Defender Service may be
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1 established in accordance with section 403 of the Govern-
2 ment Management Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
3 356), as amended: Provided further, That the District of
4 Columbia Public Defender Service may enter into con-
5 tracts for the procurement of severable services and
6 multiyear contracts for the acquisition of property and
7 services to the same extent and under the same conditions
8 as an executive agency under sections 3902 and 3903 of
9 title 41, United States Code.
10 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
11 COORDINATING COUNCIL
12 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
13 ordinating Council, $2,450,000, to remain available until
14 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination
15 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
16 trict of Columbia.
17 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS
18 For a Federal payment, to remain available until
19 September 30, 2024, to the Commission on Judicial Dis-
20 abilities and Tenure, $330,000, and for the Judicial Nomi-
21 nation Commission, $300,000.
22 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
23 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
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1 the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division
2 C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent
3 that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and
4 following the priorities included in section 3006 of such
5 Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships
6 available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such
7 Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu-
8 dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre-
9 vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro-
10 vided for opportunity scholarships up to $1,750,000 shall
11 be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through
12 3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the
13 activities specified in section 3009 of the Act: Provided
14 further, That none of the funds made available under this
15 heading may be used for an opportunity scholarship for
16 a student to attend a school which does not certify to the
17 Secretary of Education that the student will be provided
18 with the same protections under the Federal laws which
19 are enforced by the Office for Civil Rights of the Depart-
20 ment of Education which are provided to a student of a
21 public elementary or secondary school in the District of
22 Columbia and which does not certify to the Secretary of
23 Education that the student and the student’s parents will
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25 under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (20
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1 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) which are provided to a student and
2 a student’s parents of a public elementary or secondary
3 school in the District of Columbia, as enumerated in Table
4 2 of Government Accountability Office Report 18–94 (en-
5 titled ‘‘Federal Actions Needed to Ensure Parents Are
6 Notified About Changes in Rights for Students with Dis-
7 abilities’’), issued November 2017.
8 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
9 NATIONAL GUARD
10 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
11 National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until ex-
12 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-
13 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College
14 Access Program.
15 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF
16 HIV/AIDS
17 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
18 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in-
19 dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac-
20 quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co-
21 lumbia, $5,000,000.
22 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
23 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
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1 able until expended, to continue implementation of the
2 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided,
3 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
4 provides a 100 percent match for this payment.
5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
6 Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
7 TITLE V
8 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
9 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
11 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-
12 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591
13 et seq., $3,465,000, to remain available until September
14 30, 2024, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re-
15 ception and representation expenses.
16 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
18 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product
19 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve-
20 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at
21 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
22 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376,
23 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-
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25 exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex-
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1 penses, $166,300,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain
2 available until expended to carry out the program, includ-
3 ing administrative costs, required by section 1405 of the
4 Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public
5 Law 110–140; 15 U.S.C. 8004).
6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CONSUMER PRODUCT
7 SAFETY COMMISSION
8 SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2023, none of the
9 amounts made available by this Act may be used to final-
10 ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational
11 Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product
12 Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November
13 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after—
14 (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
15 sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety
16 Administration and the Department of Defense,
17 completes a study to determine—
18 (A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
19 bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
20 posed by such standard for purposes of reduc-
21 ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi-
22 cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll-
23 overs in the off-road environment, including the
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1 (B) the number of ROV rollovers that
2 would be prevented if the proposed require-
3 ments were adopted;
4 (C) whether there is a technical basis for
5 the proposal to provide information on a point-
6 of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist-
7 ance on a progressive scale; and
8 (D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used
9 by the United States military if the proposed
10 requirements were adopted; and
11 (2) a report containing the results of the study
12 completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to—
13 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science,
14 and Transportation of the Senate;
15 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
16 merce of the House of Representatives;
17 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of
18 the Senate; and
19 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of
20 the House of Representatives.
21 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
23 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-
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24 ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $34,087,000,
25 of which $1,500,000 shall be made available to the Na-
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1 tional Institute of Standards and Technology for election
2 reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote
3 Act of 2002, and of which $4,000,000, to remain available
4 until expended, shall be for the Help America Vote College
5 Program as authorized by title V of the Help America
6 Vote Act of 2002.
7 ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS
8 Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help
9 America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)),
10 $400,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Com-
11 mission for necessary expenses to make payments to
12 States for activities to improve the administration of elec-
13 tions for Federal office, including to enhance election tech-
14 nology and make election security improvements, as au-
15 thorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Pro-
16 vided, That for purposes of applying such sections, the
17 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be
18 deemed to be a State and, for purposes of sections
19 101(d)(2) and 103(a), shall be treated in the same manner
20 as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American
21 Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided
22 further, That each reference to the ‘‘Administrator of Gen-
23 eral Services’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and
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1 ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to
2 ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in sec-
3 tion 103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$600,000’’: Provided
4 further, That not later than 45 days after the date of en-
5 actment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission
6 shall make the payments to States under this heading:
7 Provided further, That a State shall use such payment to
8 replace voting systems which use direct-recording elec-
9 tronic voting machines with a voting system which uses
10 an individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballot which is
11 marked by the voter by hand or through the use of a non-
12 tabulating ballot-marking device or system, so long as the
13 voter shall have the option to mark his or her ballot by
14 hand, and provides the voter with an opportunity to in-
15 spect and confirm the marked ballot before casting (in this
16 heading referred to as a ‘‘qualified voting system’’): Pro-
17 vided further, That for purposes of determining whether
18 a voting system is a qualified voting system, a voter-
19 verified paper audit trail receipt generated by a direct-re-
20 cording electronic voting machine is not a paper ballot:
21 Provided further, That none of the funds made available
22 under this heading may be used to purchase or obtain any
23 voting system which is not a qualified voting system: Pro-
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1 tion of elections for Federal office only if the State cer-
2 tifies to the Election Assistance Commission that the
3 State has replaced all voting systems which use direct-re-
4 cording electronic voting machines with qualified voting
5 systems: Provided further, That not less than 67 percent
6 of the amount of the payment made to a State under this
7 heading shall be allocated in cash or in kind to the units
8 of local government which are responsible for the adminis-
9 tration of elections for Federal office in the State: Pro-
10 vided further, That States shall submit quarterly financial
11 reports and annual progress reports.
12 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
14 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-
15 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
16 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
17 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and
18 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi-
19 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by
20 5 U.S.C. 3109, $390,192,000, to remain available until
21 expended: Provided, That $390,192,000 of offsetting col-
22 lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section
23 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be
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1 sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offset-
2 ting collections are received during fiscal year 2023 so as
3 to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation esti-
4 mated at $0: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 47
5 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competi-
6 tive bidding system that may be retained and made avail-
7 able for obligation shall not exceed $132,231,000 for fiscal
8 year 2023: Provided further, That, of the amount appro-
9 priated under this heading, not less than $12,131,000
10 shall be for the salaries and expenses of the Office of In-
11 spector General.
12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL
13 COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
14 SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service
15 Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by
16 striking ‘‘December 31, 2022’’ each place it appears and
17 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’.
18 SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
19 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission
20 to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for
21 universal service support payments to implement the Feb-
22 ruary 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State
23 Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec-
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1 SEC. 512. Notwithstanding section 421 of the Con-
2 trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 862), or any other pro-
3 vision of law, none of the funds made available in this Act
4 to the Federal Communications Commission may be used,
5 with respect to an authorization for radio or television sta-
6 tions, to deny, fail to renew for a full term or condition
7 the authorization, decline to approve an application for au-
8 thority to assign the authorization or transfer direct or
9 indirect control of the licensee, require an early renewal
10 application, or impose a forfeiture penalty because the sta-
11 tion broadcast or otherwise transmitted advertisements (a)
12 of a business selling cannabis or cannabis-derived prod-
13 ucts, the sale or distribution of which is authorized in the
14 State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian country
15 in which the community of license of a station is located,
16 or (b) of a business selling hemp, hemp-derived CBD prod-
17 ucts or other hemp-derived cannabinoid products.
18 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
19 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
22 General Act of 1978, $47,500,000, to be derived from the
23 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the
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1 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
4 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971,
5 $81,674,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-
6 able for reception and representation expenses: Provided,
7 That not less than $2,211,000 shall be for the salaries
8 and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General.
9 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
11 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
12 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
13 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service
14 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5
15 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-
16 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi-
17 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed
18 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of
19 Columbia and elsewhere, $31,762,000: Provided, That
20 public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel
21 may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub-
22 sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons
23 employed intermittently in the Government service, and
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24 compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided
25 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
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1 ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at
2 labor-management relations conferences shall be credited
3 to and merged with this account, to be available without
4 further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these
5 conferences.
6 FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING
7 COUNCIL
8 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND
9 For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review
10 Improvement Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
11 4370m–8(d), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
12 pended.
13 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
15 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
16 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
17 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized
18 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
19 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
20 tion expenses, $490,000,000, to remain available until ex-
21 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be
22 available for use to contract with a person or persons for
23 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31
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24 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
25 other provision of law, fees collected for premerger notifi-
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1 cation filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Im-
2 provements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of
3 the year of collection (and estimated to be $190,000,000
4 in fiscal year 2023), shall be retained and used for nec-
5 essary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain
6 available until expended: Provided further, That, notwith-
7 standing any other provision of law, fees collected to im-
8 plement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, pro-
9 mulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud
10 and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), re-
11 gardless of the year of collection (and estimated to be
12 $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2023), shall be credited to this
13 account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses
14 in this appropriation, and shall remain available until ex-
15 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
16 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as such
17 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2023,
18 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation
19 from the general fund estimated at not more than
20 $280,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds
21 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be
22 used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of
23 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t).
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1 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
2 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES
3 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
4 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
6 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-
7 tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-
8 essary expenses of real property management and related
9 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,
10 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased
11 buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia;
12 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-
13 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications
14 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-
15 location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci-
16 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair
17 and alteration of federally owned buildings, including
18 grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe-
19 guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition,
20 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur-
21 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law;
22 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con-
23 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre-
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25 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip-
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1 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter-
2 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired
3 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag-
4 gregate amount of $10,485,535,000, of which—
5 (1) $962,438,000 shall remain available until
6 expended for construction and acquisition (including
7 funds for sites and expenses, and associated design
8 and construction services) as follows:
9 (A) $379,938,000 is for the Department of
10 Homeland Security Consolidation at St. Eliza-
11 beths, Washington, DC;
12 (B) $21,000,000 is for the Federal Energy
13 Regulatory Commission Lease Purchase;
14 (C) $500,000,000 is for the Federal Bu-
15 reau of Investigation Headquarters Consolida-
16 tion in the National Capital Region; and
17 (D) $61,500,000 is for the U.S. Court-
18 house in Hartford, CT:
19 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs
20 on new construction and acquisition projects may be
21 exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in
22 other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of
23 the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if
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1 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
2 Representatives and the Senate of a greater amount;
3 (2) $974,708,000 shall remain available until
4 expended for repairs and alterations, including asso-
5 ciated design and construction services, of which—
6 (A) $475,911,000 is for Major Repairs and
7 Alterations as follows:
8 Multiple Locations:
9 National Conveying Systems,
10 $63,198,000;
11 National Capital Region:
12 Fire Alarm Systems, $81,125,000;
13 New York:
14 New York, Alexander Hamilton U.S.
15 Courthouse, $68,497,000;
16 Pennsylvania:
17 Philadelphia, James A. Byrne U.S.
18 Courthouse, $83,955,000;
19 Georgia:
20 Atlanta, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal
21 Center, $72,015,000;
22 Montana:
23 Butte, Mike Mansfield Federal Build-
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24 ing and U.S. Courthouse, $25,792,000;
25 California:
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1 San Francisco Federal Building,
2 $15,687,000;
3 Vermont:
4 St. Albans, Federal Building, U.S.
5 Post Office and Courthouse, $17,978,000;
6 Colorado:
7 Denver, Federal Center Infrastruc-
8 ture, $47,664,000;
9 (B) $398,797,000 is for Basic Repairs and
10 Alterations, of which $3,000,000 is for repairs
11 to the water feature at the Wilkie D. Ferguson
12 Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Miami, FL; and
13 (C) $100,000,000 is for the Special Em-
14 phasis Programs:
15 Provided, That funds made available in this or any
16 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-
17 pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects,
18 be limited to the amount identified for each project,
19 except each project in this or any previous Act may
20 be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent
21 unless advance approval is obtained from the Com-
22 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
23 resentatives and the Senate of a greater amount:
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24 Provided further, That additional projects for which
25 prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund-
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1 ed under this category only if advance approval is
2 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of
3 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-
4 vided further, That the amounts provided in this or
5 any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be
6 used to fund costs associated with implementing se-
7 curity improvements to buildings necessary to meet
8 the minimum standards for security in accordance
9 with current law and in compliance with the re-
10 programming guidelines of the appropriate commit-
11 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further,
12 That the difference between the funds appropriated
13 and expended on any projects in this or any prior
14 Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’,
15 may be transferred to ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alter-
16 ations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in pro-
17 spectus projects: Provided further, That the amount
18 provided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs
19 and Alterations’’ may be used to pay claims against
20 the Government arising from any projects under the
21 heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund
22 authorized increases in prospectus projects;
23 (3) $5,596,008,000 for rental of space to re-
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1 (4) $2,952,381,000 for building operations to
2 remain available until expended: Provided, That the
3 total amount of funds made available from this
4 Fund to the General Services Administration shall
5 not be available for expenses of any construction, re-
6 pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a
7 prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has
8 not been approved, except that necessary funds may
9 be expended for each project for required expenses
10 for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-
11 vided further, That funds available in the Federal
12 Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re-
13 pairs when advance approval is obtained from the
14 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
15 resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That
16 amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special
17 services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)
18 and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing,
19 lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private
20 or other property not in Government ownership or
21 control as may be appropriate to enable the United
22 States Secret Service to perform its protective func-
23 tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available
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24 from such revenues and collections: Provided further,
25 That revenues and collections and any other sums
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1 accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2022, ex-
2 cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2),
3 in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority
4 authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed-
5 eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the
6 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex-
7 cept as authorized in appropriations Acts.
8 GENERAL ACTIVITIES
9 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY
10 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
11 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac-
12 tivities associated with the management of real and per-
13 sonal property assets and certain administrative services;
14 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to
15 acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology
16 management, and related technology activities; and serv-
17 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $71,186,000, of
18 which $4,000,000 shall remain available until September
19 30, 2024.
20 OPERATING EXPENSES
21 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
22 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with
23 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-
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24 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, and
25 management; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
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1 3109; $54,478,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for
2 official reception and representation expenses.
3 CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS
4 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
5 vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian
6 Board of Contract Appeals, $10,352,000, of which
7 $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
8 2024.
9 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
11 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
12 $74,583,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000
13 shall be available for information technology enhance-
14 ments related to implementing cloud services, improving
15 security measures, and providing modern technology case
16 management solutions: Provided further, That not to ex-
17 ceed $50,000 shall be available for payment for informa-
18 tion and detection of fraud against the Government, in-
19 cluding payment for recovery of stolen Government prop-
20 erty: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be
21 available for awards to employees of other Federal agen-
22 cies and private citizens in recognition of efforts and ini-
23 tiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General
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1 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER
2 PRESIDENTS
3 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August
4 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138,
5 $5,200,000.
6 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND
7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and
9 Programs, including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323
10 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in sup-
11 port of interagency projects that enable the Federal Gov-
12 ernment to enhance its ability to conduct activities elec-
13 tronically through the development and implementation of
14 innovative uses of information technology; $115,784,000,
15 to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund:
16 Provided, That the previous amount may be transferred
17 to Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of the Fed-
18 eral Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the ap-
19 propriations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections
20 deposited into the Fund shall be available until expended
21 for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services and
22 other activities that enable the Federal Government to en-
23 hance its ability to conduct activities electronically in the
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24 aggregate amount not to exceed $160,000,000: Provided
25 further, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements,
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1 and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year
2 2023 in excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund
3 and shall not be available for expenditure except as au-
4 thorized in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That, of
5 the total amount appropriated, up to $5,000,000 shall be
6 available for support functions and full-time hires to sup-
7 port activities related to the Administration’s require-
8 ments under title II of the Foundations for Evidence-
9 Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–435):
10 Provided further, That the transfer authorities provided
11 herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority
12 provided in this Act.
13 TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND
14 For the Technology Modernization Fund,
15 $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for
16 technology-related modernization activities.
17 ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND
18 For carrying out section 16(b) of the Federal Assets
19 Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 1303 note),
20 $7,000,000, to remain available until expended.
21 WORKING CAPITAL FUND
22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
23 For the Working Capital Fund of the General Serv-
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25 until expended, for necessary costs incurred by the Admin-
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1 istrator to modernize rulemaking systems and to provide
2 support services for Federal rulemaking agencies: Pro-
3 vided, That amounts made available under this heading
4 shall be in addition to any other amounts available for
5 such purposes.
6 ELECTRIC VEHICLES FUND
7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
8 For the procurement of zero emission and electric
9 passenger motor vehicles and the associated charging in-
10 frastructure, notwithstanding section 303(c) of the En-
11 ergy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212(c)),
12 $100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
13 vided, That amounts made available under this heading
14 shall be in addition to any other amounts available for
15 such purposes: Provided further, That amounts available
16 under this heading may be transferred to and merged with
17 appropriations at other Federal agencies, at the discretion
18 of the Administrator, for carrying out the purposes under
19 this heading, including for the procurement of charging
20 infrastructure for the United States Postal Service.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES
2 ADMINISTRATION
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services
5 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger
6 motor vehicles.
7 SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
8 made available for fiscal year 2023 for Federal Buildings
9 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities
10 only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
11 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
12 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations
13 of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
14 SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title,
15 funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit
16 a fiscal year 2024 request for United States Courthouse
17 construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide
18 standards for construction as established and approved by
19 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
20 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage-
21 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial
22 Conference of the United States as set out in its approved
23 Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a
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24 standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility
25 to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
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1 SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may
2 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet,
3 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any
4 other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
5 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per
6 square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
7 mined by the General Services Administration in consider-
8 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972
9 (Public Law 92–313).
10 SEC. 524. From funds made available under the
11 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
12 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less
13 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects
14 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
15 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
16 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
17 of Representatives and the Senate.
18 SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on
19 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
20 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
21 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease
22 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-
23 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-
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24 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall
25 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical
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1 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all
2 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-
3 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should
4 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-
5 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory
6 statement to each of such committees and the Committees
7 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
8 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in
9 the resolution.
10 SEC. 526. With respect to E–Government projects
11 funded under the heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services
12 Fund’’, the Administrator of General Services shall submit
13 a spending plan and explanation for each project to be
14 undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of the
15 House of Representatives and the Senate not later than
16 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
17 SEC. 527. None of the funds made available in this
18 or any other Act for the Federal Bureau of Investigation
19 Headquarters Consolidation project may be used to plan
20 or design any facility that does not meet the requirements
21 of a new, fully-consolidated headquarters building in the
22 National Capital Region at one of the three sites listed
23 in the General Services Administration Fiscal Year 2017
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25 dated Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters, and
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1 that does not meet Interagency Security Committee Level
2 V security standards as described in the General Services
3 Administration Fiscal Year 2017 PNCR–FBI–NCR 17
4 prospectus.
5 SEC. 528. None of the funds made available in this
6 Act may be used by the General Services Administration
7 to award or facilitate the award of any contract for the
8 provision of architectural, engineering, and related serv-
9 ices in a manner inconsistent with the procedures in chap-
10 ter 11 of title 40, United States Code, and subpart 36.6
11 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
12 SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this
13 Act may be used to implement or otherwise carry out di-
14 rectives contained in any Executive Order that would es-
15 tablish a preferred architectural style for Federal build-
16 ings and courthouses or that would otherwise conflict with
17 the Guiding Principles of Federal Architecture, as estab-
18 lished by the Ad Hoc Committee on Federal Space on
19 June 1, 1962.
20 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
22 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship
23 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub-
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24 lic Law 93–642, $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
5 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
6 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform
7 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of
8 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author-
9 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the
10 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger
11 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and
12 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
13 tion expenses, $51,139,000, to remain available until Sep-
14 tember 30, 2024, and in addition $2,345,000, to remain
15 available until September 30, 2024, for administrative ex-
16 penses to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred
17 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in
18 amounts determined by the Merit Systems Protection
19 Board.
20 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL
21 FOUNDATION
22 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND
23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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25 Udall Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and
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1 Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et
2 seq.), $1,800,000, to remain available for direct expendi-
3 ture, and to remain available until expended, of which,
4 notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of such Act, up to
5 $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the activities
6 authorized by section 6(7) of Public Law 102–259 and
7 section 817(a) of Public Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C.
8 5604(7)): Provided, That all current and previous
9 amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of
10 the Department of the Interior will remain available until
11 expended for audits and investigations of the Morris K.
12 Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with
13 the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as
14 amended, and for annual independent financial audits of
15 the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
16 pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002
17 (Public Law 107–289): Provided further, That previous
18 amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of
19 the Department of the Interior may be transferred to the
20 Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for an-
21 nual independent financial audits pursuant to the Ac-
22 countability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–
23 289).
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND
2 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-
3 tion Fund to carry out activities under sections 10 and
4 11 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Founda-
5 tion Act (Public Law 111–90), $3,943,000, to remain
6 available until expended: Provided, That during fiscal year
7 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, any amounts in such
8 Fund shall, pursuant to section 1557 of title 31, United
9 States Code, be exempt from the provisions of subchapter
10 IV of chapter 15 of such title.
11 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
12 OPERATING EXPENSES
13 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
14 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-
15 tration and archived Federal records and related activities,
16 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
17 view and declassification of documents, the activities of
18 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations
19 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the
20 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al-
21 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
22 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning,
23 $427,520,000, of which $30,000,000 shall remain avail-
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24 able until expended for expenses necessary to enhance the
25 Federal Government’s ability to electronically preserve,
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1 manage, and store Government records, of which up to
2 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended to imple-
3 ment the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act
4 of 2018 (Public Law 115–426), and of which $1,000,000
5 shall be for necessary expenses of the Public Interest De-
6 classification Board in carrying out the provisions of the
7 Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 (title VII of
8 Public Law 106–567; 50 U.S.C. 3301 note).
9 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
11 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
12 General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122
13 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of
14 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor
15 vehicles, $5,980,000.
16 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
17 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
18 chives facilities and to provide adequate storage for hold-
19 ings, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended.
20 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS
21 COMMISSION
22 GRANTS PROGRAM
23 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
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1 U.S.C. 2504, $9,500,000, to remain available until ex-
2 pended.
3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND
4 RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
5 SEC. 530. For an additional amount for ‘‘National
6 Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants
7 Program’’, $1,332,000, which shall be for initiatives in the
8 amounts and for the projects specified in the table that
9 appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—
10 National Archives and Records Administration’’ in the re-
11 port accompanying this Act: Provided, That none of the
12 funds made available by this section may be transferred
13 for any other purpose.
14 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
15 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND
16 For the Community Development Revolving Loan
17 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822
18 and 9910, $4,000,000 shall be available until September
19 30, 2024, for technical assistance to low-income des-
20 ignated credit unions.
21 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
23 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
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24 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in
25 Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989,
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1 and the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter Stop
2 Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, includ-
3 ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of con-
4 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
5 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500
6 for official reception and representation expenses,
7 $25,400,000.
8 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS)
11 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
12 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re-
13 organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv-
14 ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized
15 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for
16 veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con-
17 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;
18 hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for
19 official reception and representation expenses; and pay-
20 ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ-
21 ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee
22 to remain overnight at his or her post of duty,
23 $220,262,000: Provided, That of the total amount made
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24 available under this heading, $19,373,000 shall remain
25 available until expended, for information technology infra-
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1 structure modernization and Trust Fund Federal Finan-
2 cial System migration or modernization, and shall be in
3 addition to funds otherwise made available for such pur-
4 poses: Provided further, That of the total amount made
5 available under this heading, $1,381,748 may be made
6 available for strengthening the capacity and capabilities
7 of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Office of
8 Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C.
9 4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training,
10 and retention of such workforce and information tech-
11 nology in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or
12 for management solutions to improve acquisition manage-
13 ment; and in addition $190,316,000 for administrative ex-
14 penses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds
15 of OPM without regard to other statutes, including direct
16 procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and
17 insurance programs: Provided further, That the provisions
18 of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use
19 applicable trust funds as provided by sections
20 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and
21 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur-
22 ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available
23 for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of
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24 OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358
25 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose:
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1 Provided further, That the President’s Commission on
2 White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No.
3 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2023,
4 accept donations of money, property, and personal serv-
5 ices: Provided further, That such donations, including
6 those from prior years, may be used for the development
7 of publicity materials to provide information about the
8 White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall
9 be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses,
10 or for the salaries of employees of such Commission: Pro-
11 vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts
12 made available under this heading may be transferred to
13 an information technology working capital fund estab-
14 lished for purposes authorized by subtitle G of title X of
15 division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for
16 Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 40 U. S. C. 11301
17 note) upon the advance approval of the Committees on Ap-
18 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
19 ate: Provided further, That amounts transferred to such
20 a fund under the preceding proviso from any organiza-
21 tional category of the Office of Personnel Management
22 shall not exceed 5 percent of its budget as identified in
23 the report required by section 608 of this Act: Provided
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25 main available for obligation through September 30, 2026.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
6 General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by
7 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles,
8 $5,556,000, and in addition, not to exceed $32,163,000
9 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
10 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
11 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
12 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of
13 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector
14 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
15 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia
16 and elsewhere.
17 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
20 Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized
21 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit-
22 nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
23 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi-
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1 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
4 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of
5 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of
6 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $10,700,000, to remain avail-
7 able until September 30, 2024.
8 PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD
9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
10 For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-
11 form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and
12 Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $4,000,000,
13 to remain available until expended.
14 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
16 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
17 change Commission, including services as authorized by
18 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple
19 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and
20 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
21 tion expenses, $2,149,000,000, to remain available until
22 expended; of which not less than $18,979,400 shall be for
23 the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed
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24 $275,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat
25 for the International Organization of Securities Commis-
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1 sions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail-
2 able for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted
3 by the Commission with foreign governmental and other
4 regulatory officials, members of their delegations and
5 staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters,
6 such expenses to include necessary logistic and adminis-
7 trative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and
8 foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental ex-
9 penses such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and
10 (3) related lodging or subsistence.
11 In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move,
12 replication, and related costs associated with a replace-
13 ment lease for the Commission’s District of Columbia
14 headquarters facilities, not to exceed $57,405,000, to re-
15 main available until expended.
16 For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section
17 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.
18 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2023, all amounts appropriated
19 under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular ap-
20 propriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2023: Pro-
21 vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of
22 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee)
23 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections:
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24 Provided further, That not to exceed $2,149,000,000 of
25 such offsetting collections shall be available until expended
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1 for necessary expenses of this account; and not to exceed
2 $57,405,000 of such offsetting collections shall be avail-
3 able until expended for move, replication, and related costs
4 under this heading associated with a replacement lease for
5 the Commission’s District of Columbia headquarters facili-
6 ties: Provided further, That the total amount appropriated
7 under this heading from the general fund for fiscal year
8 2023 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are received
9 so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2023 appropria-
10 tion from the general fund estimated at not more than
11 $0: Provided further, That if any amount of the appropria-
12 tion for move, replication, and related costs associated
13 with a replacement lease for the Commission’s District of
14 Columbia headquarters facilities is subsequently de-obli-
15 gated by the Commission, such amount that was derived
16 from the general fund shall be returned to the general
17 fund, and such amounts that were derived from fees or
18 assessments collected for such purpose shall be paid to
19 each national securities exchange and national securities
20 association, respectively, in proportion to any fees or as-
21 sessments paid by such national securities exchange or na-
22 tional securities association under section 31 of the Securi-
23 ties Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SECURITIES AND
2 EXCHANGE COMMISSION
3 SEC. 540. None of the funds made available by this
4 Act may be used to implement the amendments to sections
5 240.14a-1(l), 240.14a–2, or 240.14a-9 of title 17, Code
6 of Federal Regulations, that were adopted by the Securi-
7 ties and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2020.
8 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
10 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
11 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of
12 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective
13 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for
14 civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
15 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed
16 $750 for official reception and representation expenses;
17 $29,300,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal
18 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from
19 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President
20 deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na-
21 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds
22 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-
23 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed
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1 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
4 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of
5 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343
6 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-
7 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
8 penses, $313,872,000, of which not less than $12,000,000
9 shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other
10 lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis-
11 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
12 lications developed by the Small Business Administration,
13 and certain loan program activities, including fees author-
14 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided
15 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues
16 received from all such activities shall be credited to this
17 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying
18 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro-
19 vided further, That the Small Business Administration
20 may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000
21 and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec-
22 tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during
23 fiscal year 2023: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall
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24 remain available until September 30, 2024, for the Loan
25 Modernization and Accounting System: Provided further,
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1 That $20,000,000 shall remain available until September
2 30, 2024, for expenses relating to the certification of small
3 business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and
4 small business concerns owned and controlled by service-
5 disabled veterans under sections 36 and 36A of the Small
6 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f; 657f-1).
7 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
8 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-
9 trepreneurial and small business development,
10 $326,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
11 2024: Provided, That $145,000,000 shall be available to
12 fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2023 or fiscal
13 year 2024 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi-
14 ness Act: Provided further, That $41,000,000 shall be for
15 marketing, management, and technical assistance under
16 section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
17 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under
18 the microloan program: Provided further, That
19 $22,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to
20 carry out export programs that assist small business con-
21 cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business
22 Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)).
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
4 General Act of 1978, $32,020,000.
5 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY
6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in
7 carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94–
8 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi-
9 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $10,211,000,
10 to remain available until expended.
11 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
13 For the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, to remain
14 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
15 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
16 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
17 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the
18 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year
19 2023 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503
20 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not
21 exceed $11,000,000,000: Provided further, That during
22 fiscal year 2023 commitments for general business loans
23 authorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section
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24 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed
25 $35,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term
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1 loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided
2 by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal
3 year 2023 commitments for loans authorized under sub-
4 paragraph (C) of section 502(7) of the Small Business In-
5 vestment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed
6 $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year
7 2023 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures
8 under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment
9 Act of 1958 shall not exceed $5,000,000,000: Provided
10 further, That during fiscal year 2023, guarantees of trust
11 certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi-
12 ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of
13 $15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses
14 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
15 $165,300,000, which may be transferred to and merged
16 with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.
17 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
19 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
20 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small
21 Business Act, $179,000,000, to be available until ex-
22 pended, of which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector
23 General of the Small Business Administration for audits
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24 and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro-
25 grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the
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1 appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of
2 which $169,000,000 is for direct administrative expenses
3 of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan
4 program, which may be transferred to and merged with
5 the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of
6 which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative expenses
7 for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to
8 and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex-
9 penses: Provided, That, of the funds provided under this
10 heading, $143,000,000 shall be for major disasters de-
11 clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
12 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Pro-
13 vided further, That the amount for major disasters under
14 this heading is designated by the Congress as being for
15 disaster relief pursuant to section 1(f) of H. Res. 1151
16 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Rep-
17 resentatives on June 8, 2022.
18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS
19 ADMINISTRATION
20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
21 SEC. 550. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
22 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the
23 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-
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24 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
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1 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant
2 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of
3 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-
4 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
5 with the procedures set forth in that section.
6 SEC. 551. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria-
7 tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad-
8 ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’
9 and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans-
10 ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys-
11 tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF),
12 as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division
13 A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
14 Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section
15 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the
16 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
17 atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred
18 to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available
19 for obligation through September 30, 2026.
20 SEC. 552. For an additional amount under the head-
21 ing ‘‘Small Business Administration—Salaries and Ex-
22 penses’’, $75,159,000, which shall be for initiatives related
23 to small business development and entrepreneurship, in-
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24 cluding programmatic and construction activities, in the
25 amounts and for the projects specified in the table that
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1 appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—
2 Small Business Administration’’ in the report accom-
3 panying this Act: Provided, That, notwithstanding sections
4 2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2, Code of Federal Regula-
5 tions, the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
6 tration may permit awards to subrecipients for initiatives
7 funded under this section: Provided further, That none of
8 the funds made available by this section may be trans-
9 ferred for any other purpose.
10 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
11 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
12 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue
13 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
14 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United
15 States Code, $56,253,000: Provided, That mail for over-
16 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:
17 Provided further, That none of the funds made available
18 to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to imple-
19 ment any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer
20 or employee of any State or local child support enforce-
21 ment agency, or any individual participating in a State
22 or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for
23 information requested or provided concerning an address
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24 of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the
25 funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or
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1 close small rural and other small post offices: Provided
2 further, That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall
3 continue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational
4 Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as author-
5 ized under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds
6 Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241).
7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
11 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
12 General Act of 1978, $271,000,000, to be derived by
13 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as
14 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-
15 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435).
16 UNITED STATES TAX COURT
17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
18 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
19 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and
20 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
21 tion expenses; $57,300,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re-
22 main available until expended: Provided, That travel ex-
23 penses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certifi-
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1 TITLE VI
2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT
3 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
4 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the
5 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
6 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings
7 funded in this Act.
8 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
9 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
10 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
11 tions, unless expressly so provided herein.
12 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation
13 under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
14 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
15 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
16 of public record and available for public inspection, except
17 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
18 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
19 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this
20 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
21 strumentality of the United States Government, except
22 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
23 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
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24 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this
25 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the
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1 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
2 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would
3 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
4 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of
5 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
6 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this
7 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees
8 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply
9 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
10 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
11 available under this Act shall be made available to any
12 person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-
13 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
14 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
15 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
16 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
17 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
18 penditure in fiscal year 2023, or provided from any ac-
19 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees
20 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
21 available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
22 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program;
23 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases
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25 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-
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1 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
2 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the
3 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different
4 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
5 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever
6 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
7 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7)
8 creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-
9 less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-
10 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
11 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization,
12 restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs,
13 or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall
14 consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the
15 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
16 ther, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
17 ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall
18 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of
19 the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish
20 the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-
21 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further,
22 That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table
23 for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee
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25 to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s
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1 budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust-
2 ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the
3 fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for
4 each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted
5 level by object class and program, project, and activity as
6 detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the
7 budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which-
8 ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items
9 for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs
10 for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to
11 discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations;
12 and (3) an identification of items of special congressional
13 interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated
14 or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall
15 be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the
16 required date that the report has not been submitted to
17 the Congress.
18 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided
19 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
20 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2023 from
21 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses
22 for fiscal year 2023 in this Act, shall remain available
23 through September 30, 2024, for each such account for
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25 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
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1 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval
2 prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further,
3 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
4 programming guidelines.
5 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in
6 this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-
7 dent to request—
8 (1) any official background investigation report
9 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
10 tigation; or
11 (2) a determination with respect to the treat-
12 ment of an organization as described in section
13 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and
14 exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such
15 Code from the Department of the Treasury or the
16 Internal Revenue Service.
17 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply—
18 (1) in the case of an official background inves-
19 tigation report, if such individual has given express
20 written consent for such request not more than 6
21 months prior to the date of such request and during
22 the same presidential administration; or
23 (2) if such request is required due to extraor-
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1 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-
2 gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code
3 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
4 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established
5 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
6 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and
7 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the
8 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
9 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize
10 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel
11 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made
12 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant
13 to court approval.
14 SEC. 613. In order to promote Government access to
15 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
16 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set
17 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
18 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply
19 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
20 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40,
21 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined
22 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code).
23 SEC. 614. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31,
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24 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
25 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
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1 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or
2 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a
3 non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
4 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee
5 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
6 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
7 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement
8 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency
9 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject
10 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the
11 person or entity is an organization described in section
12 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
13 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.
14 SEC. 615. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
15 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise
16 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the
17 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
18 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General
19 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
20 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the
21 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations
22 with the current lessor.
23 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an
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1 the President to require emergency leasing authority with
2 respect to such agency.
3 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive
4 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency
5 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-
6 eral Services Administration or the United States Postal
7 Service.
8 SEC. 616. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-
9 lowing activities the amounts required under current law:
10 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C.
11 102).
12 (2) Payments to—
13 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund
14 (28 U.S.C. 377(o));
15 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund
16 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and
17 (C) the United States Court of Federal
18 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C.
19 178(l)).
20 (3) Payment of Government contributions—
21 (A) with respect to the health benefits of
22 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89
23 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired
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24 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74
25 Stat. 849); and
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1 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
2 fits for employees retiring after December 31,
3 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87).
4 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of
5 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil
6 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C.
7 8348).
8 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid
9 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
10 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter
11 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
12 States Code.
13 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-
14 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any
15 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-
16 tained in this Act.
17 SEC. 617. (a) The head of each executive branch
18 agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In-
19 formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par-
20 ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process
21 related to information technology.
22 (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch
23 agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
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25 sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and
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1 budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director
2 of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner
3 as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of-
4 ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial
5 Officer of the agency and budget officials.
6 SEC. 618. None of the funds made available in this
7 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or
8 33 of title 44, United States Code.
9 SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this
10 Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the
11 disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv-
12 ice to the public or remote computing service of the con-
13 tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec-
14 tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined
15 in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code)
16 in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the
17 Constitution of the United States.
18 SEC. 620. No funds provided in this Act shall be used
19 to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely
20 access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
21 able to the department or agency over which that Inspec-
22 tor General has responsibilities under the Inspector Gen-
23 eral Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector
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1 law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and ex-
2 pressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A
3 department or agency covered by this section shall provide
4 its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu-
5 ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In-
6 spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory
7 limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro-
8 vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen-
9 eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act
10 of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section
11 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
12 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal-
13 endar days any failures to comply with this requirement.
14 SEC. 621. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
15 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission
16 to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of
17 the Commission for universal service high-cost support for
18 competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way
19 that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec-
20 tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as
21 in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section
22 shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-
23 oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter-
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25 any such alternative mechanism shall maintain existing
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1 high-cost support to competitive eligible telecommuni-
2 cations carriers until support under such mechanism com-
3 mences.
4 SEC. 622. (a) None of the funds made available in
5 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer
6 network unless such network blocks the viewing,
7 downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
8 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of
9 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law
10 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
11 nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or
12 other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activ-
13 ity.
14 SEC. 623. None of the funds appropriated or other-
15 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award
16 or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has
17 been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over
18 budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of
19 a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such
20 deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-
21 driven scope changes, or are not significant within the
22 overall scope of the project and/or program and unless
23 such awards or incentive fees are consistent with
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1 SEC. 624. (a) None of the funds made available under
2 this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac-
3 tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch
4 department, agency, board or commission funded by this
5 Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless
6 the agency or entity determines that such attendance is
7 in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted
8 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
9 resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that
10 determination.
11 (b) None of the funds made available under this Act
12 may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more
13 than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United
14 States, at any single conference occurring outside the
15 United States unless the agency or entity determines that
16 such attendance is in the national interest and advance
17 notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations
18 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in-
19 cludes the basis of that determination.
20 SEC. 625. None of the funds made available by this
21 Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by
22 the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this
23 Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–
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1 SEC. 626. In addition to any amounts appropriated
2 or otherwise made available for expenses related to en-
3 hancements to www.oversight.gov, $850,000, to remain
4 available until expended, shall be provided for an addi-
5 tional amount for such purpose to the Inspectors General
6 Council Fund established pursuant to section 11(c)(3)(B)
7 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.):
8 Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition to any
9 amounts or any authority available to the Council of the
10 Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency under sec-
11 tion 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
12 App.).
13 SEC. 627. None of the funds made available by this
14 Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for
15 public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man-
16 agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10,
17 2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is
18 transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
19 House of Representatives and the Senate.
20 SEC. 628. Federal agencies funded under this Act
21 shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for
22 advertising or educational purposes, including emails or
23 Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-
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1 this requirement shall be derived from amounts made
2 available to the agency for advertising or other commu-
3 nications regarding the programs and activities of the
4 agency.
5 SEC. 629. 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, shall clearly state—
10 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
11 gram or project which will be financed with Federal
12 money;
13 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the
14 project or program; and
15 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total
16 costs of the project or program that will be financed
17 by non-governmental sources.
18 SEC. 630. Not later than 45 days after the last day
19 of each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall sub-
20 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
21 of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re-
22 port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that
23 quarter for each appropriation, by the source year of the
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1 SEC. 631. None of the funds made available in this
2 Act may be used to penalize a financial institution solely
3 because the institution provides financial services to an en-
4 tity that is a manufacturer, a producer, or a person that
5 participates in any business or organized activity that in-
6 volves handling hemp, hemp-derived cannabidiol products,
7 other hemp-derived cannabinoid products, marijuana,
8 marijuana products, or marijuana proceeds, and engages
9 in such activity pursuant to a law established by a State,
10 political subdivision of a State, or Indian Tribe. In this
11 section, the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several
12 States, the District of Columbia, and any territory or pos-
13 session of the United States.
14 TITLE VII
15 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE
16 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
18 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality
19 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
20 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2023 shall obligate
21 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
22 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to
23 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
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25 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances
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1 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
2 802)) by the officers and employees of such department,
3 agency, or instrumentality.
4 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
5 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year
6 in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United
7 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
8 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve-
9 hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve-
10 hicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons
11 for which the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That
12 these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for
13 police-type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set
14 forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than
15 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for
16 demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and
17 Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra-
18 tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set
19 forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental
20 cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant
21 to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con-
22 ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim-
23 its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle
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1 native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in
2 hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
3 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart-
4 ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
5 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
6 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available
7 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in
8 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.
9 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during
10 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con-
11 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the
12 compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern-
13 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma-
14 jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government
15 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti-
16 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen
17 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit-
18 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as
19 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who
20 is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant-
21 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration
22 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and
23 then a citizen when eligible; (4) is a person who owes alle-
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1 the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program estab-
2 lished under the memorandum of the Secretary of Home-
3 land Security dated June 15, 2012: Provided, That for
4 purposes of this section, affidavits signed by any such per-
5 son shall be considered prima facie evidence that the re-
6 quirements of this section with respect to his or her status
7 are being complied with: Provided further, That for pur-
8 poses of paragraphs (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be
9 submitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as
10 necessary: Provided further, That any person making a
11 false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon convic-
12 tion, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned
13 for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That
14 the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in
15 substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Pro-
16 vided further, That any payment made to any officer or
17 employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall
18 be recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Pro-
19 vided further, That this section shall not apply to any per-
20 son who is an officer or employee of the Government of
21 the United States on the date of enactment of this Act,
22 or to international broadcasters employed by the Broad-
23 casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment
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25 service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies:
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1 Provided further, That this section does not apply to the
2 employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than
3 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart-
4 ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant
5 to an agreement with another country.
6 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart-
7 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
8 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
9 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General
10 Services Administration for charges for space and services
11 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
12 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements
13 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of
14 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments
15 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law.
16 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or
17 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
18 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials,
19 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a
20 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
21 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
22 pended for the following purposes:
23 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
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25 Order No. 13834 (May 17, 2018), including any
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1 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of
2 the Executive order.
3 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
4 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the
5 development and implementation of hazardous waste
6 management and pollution prevention programs.
7 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by
8 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the
9 Federal agency.
10 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other
11 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year
12 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of
13 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition
14 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,
15 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance
16 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
17 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
18 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the
19 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in
20 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
21 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other
22 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be
23 correspondingly reduced.
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24 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in
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1 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards),
2 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups
3 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do
4 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive
5 financial support from more than one agency or instru-
6 mentality.
7 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant
8 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used
9 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which
10 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly
11 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the
12 United States.
13 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of
14 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian
15 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the
16 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may
17 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish
18 or redecorate the office of such department head, agency
19 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or
20 make improvements for any such office, unless advance
21 notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted
22 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
23 resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec-
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1 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is
2 directly controlled by the individual.
3 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
4 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current
5 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for
6 the interagency funding of national security and emer-
7 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which
8 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-
9 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6,
10 2012).
11 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by
12 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by
13 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the
14 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any
15 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol-
16 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com-
17 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United
18 States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part
19 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless
20 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other
21 instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer-
22 tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
23 ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi-
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25 the individual to the White House.
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1 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
2 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de-
3 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community
4 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National
5 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))).
6 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in
7 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment
8 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal
9 Government, who—
10 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
11 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
12 ployee of the Federal Government from having any
13 direct oral or written communication or contact with
14 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the
15 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining
16 to the employment of such other officer or employee
17 or pertaining to the department or agency of such
18 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of
19 whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
20 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
21 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member,
22 committee, or subcommittee; or
23 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,
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1 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
2 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
3 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
4 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the
5 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to
6 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to
7 such other officer or employee, by reason of any
8 communication or contact of such other officer or
9 employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
10 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph
11 (1).
12 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in
13 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for
14 any employee training that—
15 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
16 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the
17 performance of official duties;
18 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
19 els of emotional response or psychological stress in
20 some participants;
21 (3) does not require prior employee notification
22 of the content and methods to be used in the train-
23 ing and written end of course evaluation;
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25 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or
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1 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
2 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N–
3 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
4 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
5 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the
6 workplace.
7 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or
8 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training
9 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.
10 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this
11 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
12 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
13 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda
14 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of
15 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television,
16 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
17 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation
18 to the Congress itself.
19 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or
20 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
21 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization
22 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure
23 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of
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1 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this
2 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public
3 information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail-
4 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the
5 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
6 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
7 and the Senate.
8 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in
9 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly,
10 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
11 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore
12 authorized by Congress.
13 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’—
14 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined
15 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and
16 (2) includes a military department, as defined
17 under section 102 of such title, the United States
18 Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commis-
19 sion.
20 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
21 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee
22 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort
23 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave
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25 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest
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1 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time
2 in the performance of official duties.
3 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
4 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current
5 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department
6 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting
7 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to
8 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative
9 costs.
10 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
11 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
12 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or
13 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government-
14 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-
15 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for
16 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including
17 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided,
18 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
19 trator of General Services to support Government-wide
20 and other multi-agency financial, information technology,
21 procurement, and other management innovations, initia-
22 tives, and activities, including improving coordination and
23 reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the
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25 the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des-
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1 ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man-
2 agement Council for overall management improvement ini-
3 tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial
4 management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers
5 Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief
6 Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia-
7 tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
8 ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun-
9 cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur-
10 ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall
11 not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce
12 duplication, and for other activities related to Federal
13 Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120,
14 and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-wide inno-
15 vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That
16 the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General
17 Services Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during
18 fiscal year 2023 shall remain available for obligation
19 through September 30, 2024: Provided further, That such
20 transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15
21 days following notification of the Committees on Appro-
22 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
23 by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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24 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of
25 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location
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1 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman
2 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at
3 the location.
4 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
5 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current
6 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for
7 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops,
8 studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of
9 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized
10 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple
11 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That
12 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-
13 port describing the budget of and resources connected with
14 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-
15 mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on
16 Science, Space, and Technology, and the Senate Com-
17 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days
18 after enactment of this Act.
19 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation,
20 grant application, form, notification, press release, or
21 other publications involving the distribution of Federal
22 funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part
23 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided,
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1 funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal
2 funds.
3 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY
4 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of
5 the funds made available in this or any other Act may
6 be used by any Federal agency—
7 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation
8 of data, derived from any means, that includes any
9 personally identifiable information relating to an in-
10 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
11 ment Internet site of the agency; or
12 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third
13 party (including another government agency) to col-
14 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
15 rived from any means, that includes any personally
16 identifiable information relating to an individual’s
17 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet
18 site.
19 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in
20 subsection (a) shall not apply to—
21 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not
22 identify particular persons;
23 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
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1 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
2 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with
3 applicable law; or
4 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1)
5 that is a system security action taken by the oper-
6 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident
7 to providing the Internet site services or to pro-
8 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the
9 Internet site.
10 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:
11 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
12 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities
13 provided in law.
14 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
15 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
16 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial
17 condition, management practices and policies and
18 compliance with applicable standards as provided in
19 law.
20 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
21 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which
22 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,
23 except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
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1 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract
2 with—
3 (1) any of the following religious plans:
4 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and
5 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
6 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier
7 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of
8 religious beliefs.
9 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters
10 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
11 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the
12 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for
13 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary
14 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.
15 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
16 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
17 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-
18 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and
19 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to
20 anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-
21 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized
22 oversight authorities.
23 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of
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1 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and
2 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
3 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft
4 ownership pilot program.
5 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of
6 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available
7 under this or any other appropriations Act may be used
8 to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the
9 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-
10 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
11 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through
12 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-
13 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68,
14 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail
15 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch).
16 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of
17 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,
18 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-
19 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of
20 conducting Federal law enforcement training without the
21 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
22 the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that
23 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is author-
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1 by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which
2 cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities.
3 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing
4 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act
5 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce
6 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
7 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes
8 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
9 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was
10 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency.
11 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this
12 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title
13 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy
14 Act), and regulations implementing that section.
15 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
16 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any
17 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-
18 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated
19 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b)
20 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b))
21 or any subsidiary of such an entity.
22 (b) WAIVERS.—
23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive
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1 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-
2 quired in the interest of national security.
3 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary
4 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report
5 such issuance to Congress.
6 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any
7 Federal Government contract entered into before the date
8 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued
9 pursuant to such contract.
10 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2023, for each employee
11 who—
12 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or
13 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or
14 (2) retires under any other provision of sub-
15 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title
16 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-
17 rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil
18 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount
19 equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-
20 age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for
21 the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be
22 available until expended to the Office of Personnel
23 Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-
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25 5, United States Code.
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1 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available in this
2 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of
3 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
4 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a mem-
5 ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-
6 missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch
7 agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States
8 Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch.
9 SEC. 736. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
10 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,
11 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year
12 2023, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any
13 prevailing rate employee described in section
14 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—
15 (A) during the period from the date of expira-
16 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
17 tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-
18 fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-
19 ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2023, in an
20 amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
21 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule
22 in accordance with such section; and
23 (B) during the period consisting of the remain-
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25 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate
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1 payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the
2 sum of—
3 (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect
4 in fiscal year 2023 under section 5303 of title
5 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
6 under the General Schedule; and
7 (ii) the difference between the overall aver-
8 age percentage of the locality-based com-
9 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year
10 2023 under section 5304 of such title (whether
11 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
12 erage percentage of such payments which was
13 effective in the previous fiscal year under such
14 section.
15 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
16 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or
17 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
18 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title,
19 may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1)
20 is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would
21 be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli-
22 cable to such employee.
23 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
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1 30, 2022, shall be determined under regulations pre-
2 scribed by the Office of Personnel Management.
3 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates
4 of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection
5 may not be changed from the rates in effect on September
6 30, 2022, except to the extent determined by the Office
7 of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-
8 pose of this subsection.
9 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay
10 for service performed after September 30, 2022.
11 (6) For the purpose of administering any provision
12 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
13 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
14 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
15 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the
16 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary
17 or basic pay payable after the application of this sub-
18 section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.
19 (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to
20 permit or require the payment to any employee covered
21 by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would
22 be payable were this subsection not in effect.
23 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide
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25 section if the Office determines that such exceptions are
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1 necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali-
2 fied employees.
3 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment
4 in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that
5 take place in fiscal year 2023 under sections 5344 and
6 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be—
7 (1) not less than the percentage received by em-
8 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay
9 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems
10 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United
11 States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-
12 ees at locations where there are no employees whose
13 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304
14 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate
15 employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5,
16 United States Code, shall be considered to be located
17 in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United
18 States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United
19 States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and
20 (2) effective as of the first day of the first ap-
21 plicable pay period beginning after September 30,
22 2022.
23 SEC. 737. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
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25 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual
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1 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official
2 for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the
3 costs and contracting procedures related to each con-
4 ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-
5 mission, or office during fiscal year 2023 for which the
6 cost to the United States Government was more than
7 $100,000.
8 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
9 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
10 ble period—
11 (1) a description of its purpose;
12 (2) the number of participants attending;
13 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the
14 United States Government, including—
15 (A) the cost of any food or beverages;
16 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
17 (C) the cost of employee or contractor
18 travel to and from the conference; and
19 (D) a discussion of the methodology used
20 to determine which costs relate to the con-
21 ference; and
22 (4) a description of the contracting procedures
23 used including—
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24 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a
25 competitive basis; and
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1 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison
2 conducted by the departmental component or
3 office in evaluating potential contractors for the
4 conference.
5 (c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the
6 head of any such department, agency, board, commission,
7 or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics
8 official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the
9 date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
10 ference held by any Executive branch department, agency,
11 board, commission, or office funded by this or any other
12 appropriations Act during fiscal year 2023 for which the
13 cost to the United States Government was more than
14 $20,000.
15 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
16 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not
17 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-
18 ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and
19 programmatically related to the purpose for which the
20 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held
21 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review,
22 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by
23 the grant or contract.
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24 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any
25 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
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1 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office
2 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12
3 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that
4 memorandum.
5 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in this
6 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase,
7 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
8 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for
9 a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently
10 enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change
11 is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-
12 sions of this or any other appropriations Act.
13 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this
14 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer,
15 enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’
16 published by the Office of Personnel Management in the
17 Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180
18 et seq.).
19 SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or other-
20 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
21 to begin or announce a study or public-private competition
22 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any
23 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of-
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24 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any
25 other administrative regulation, directive, or policy.
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1 SEC. 741. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
2 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be
3 available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement
4 with an entity that requires employees or contractors of
5 such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign
6 internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib-
7 iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-
8 tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse
9 to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent-
10 ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re-
11 ceive such information.
12 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
13 travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312,
14 Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
15 ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified
16 information.
17 SEC. 742. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any
18 other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
19 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-
20 ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-
21 ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain
22 the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent
23 with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter
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24 the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by
25 existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi-
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1 fied information, (2) communications to Congress or the
2 Office of Special Counsel, (3) the reporting to an Inspec-
3 tor General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation,
4 or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of
5 authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public
6 health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection.
7 The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc-
8 tions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive or-
9 ders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this
10 agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith-
11 standing the preceding provision of this section, a non-
12 disclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed
13 by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence
14 or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or
15 officer of the United States Government, may contain pro-
16 visions appropriate to the particular activity for which
17 such document is to be used. Such form or agreement
18 shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis-
19 close any classified information received in the course of
20 such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the
21 United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms
22 shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures
23 to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive
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24 agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential
25 to reporting a substantial violation of law.
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1 (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be
2 implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a)
3 if it complies with the requirements for such agreement
4 that were in effect when the agreement was entered into.
5 (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act
6 may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-
7 tered into during fiscal year 2023 which does not contain
8 substantially similar language to that required in sub-
9 section (a).
10 SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this
11 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract,
12 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
13 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee
14 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
15 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
16 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed,
17 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant
18 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
19 lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is
20 aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency
21 has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation
22 and has made a determination that this further action is
23 not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.
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24 SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this
25 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract,
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1 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
2 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee
3 to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal
4 violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24
5 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
6 tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension
7 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
8 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
9 tect the interests of the Government.
10 SEC. 745. (a) During fiscal year 2023, on the date
11 on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac-
12 cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the
13 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the
14 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
15 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv-
16 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee
17 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate
18 of such request.
19 (b) Any notification required by this section shall be
20 made available on the Bureau’s public website.
21 SEC. 746. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad-
22 justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code,
23 the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar
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1 on December 31, 2022, by operation of section 747 of divi-
2 sion E of Public Law 117–103.
3 (b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under
4 section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other
5 provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year
6 2023 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule
7 position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed
8 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate
9 payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De-
10 cember 31, 2022, by operation of section 747 of division
11 E of Public Law 117–103. Such an employee may not re-
12 ceive a rate increase during calendar year 2023, except
13 as provided in subsection (i).
14 (c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv-
15 ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi-
16 sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is
17 subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em-
18 ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate.
19 (d)(1) This subsection applies to—
20 (A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior
21 Executive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or
22 above the official rate for level IV of the Execu-
23 tive Schedule; or
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25 emergency appointee in the Senior Executive
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1 Service serving under a political appointment
2 and paid a rate of basic pay at or above the of-
3 ficial rate for level IV of the Executive Sched-
4 ule.
5 (2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of
6 title 5, United States Code, an employee described
7 in paragraph (1) may not receive a pay rate increase
8 during calendar year 2023, except as provided in
9 subsection (i).
10 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
11 employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality-
12 based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United
13 States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official
14 rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves
15 under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate
16 increase during calendar year 2023, except as provided in
17 subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees
18 in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service
19 pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161
20 of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another
21 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15
22 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-
23 plied to them.
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24 (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-
25 vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-
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1 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided
2 under applicable law.
3 (g) This section does not apply to an individual who
4 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic
5 pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code,
6 for such time as that election is in effect.
7 (h) This section does not apply to an individual who
8 makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay
9 entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service
10 Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that
11 election is in effect.
12 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an
13 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-
14 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov-
15 ered position only if that new position has higher-level du-
16 ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than
17 the level or range for the position held immediately before
18 the movement. Any such increase must be based on the
19 rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates
20 of pay in effect on December 31, 2022, by operation of
21 section 747 of division E of Public Law 117–103.
22 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
23 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position
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24 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial
25 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable
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1 limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December
2 31, 2022, by operation of section 747 of division E of Pub-
3 lic Law 117–103.
4 (k) If an employee affected by this section is subject
5 to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2023
6 but ends in calendar year 2024, the bar on the employee’s
7 receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end
8 of that pay period.
9 (l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered
10 position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose
11 pay is restricted under this section.
12 (m) This section takes effect on the first day of the
13 first applicable pay period beginning on or after January
14 1, 2023.
15 SEC. 747. In the event of a violation of the Impound-
16 ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of
17 the relevant department or agency, as the case may be,
18 shall report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts
19 and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy
20 of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees
21 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
22 Senate and the Comptroller General on the same date the
23 report is transmitted to the Congress.
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24 SEC. 748. During the current fiscal year—
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1 (a) with respect to budget authority proposed to be
2 rescinded or that is set to be reserved or proposed to be
3 deferred in a special message transmitted under section
4 1012 or 1013 of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
5 ment Control Act of 1974, such budget authority—
6 (1) shall be made available for obligation in suf-
7 ficient time to be prudently obligated as required
8 under section 1012(b) or 1013 of such Act; and
9 (2) may not be deferred or otherwise withheld
10 from obligation during the 90-day period before the
11 expiration of the period of availability of such budget
12 authority, including, if applicable, the 90-day period
13 before the expiration of an initial period of avail-
14 ability for which such budget authority was pro-
15 vided.
16 (b) With respect to an apportionment of an appro-
17 priation made pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31,
18 United States Code, an appropriation (as that term is de-
19 fined in section 1511 of title 31, United States Code) shall
20 be apportioned—
21 (1) to make available all amounts for obligation
22 in sufficient time to be prudently obligated; and
23 (2) to make available all amounts for obligation,
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24 without precondition (including footnotes) that shall
25 be met prior to obligation, not later than 90 days be-
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1 fore the expiration of the period of availability of
2 such appropriation, including, if applicable, 90 days
3 before the expiration of an initial period of avail-
4 ability for which such appropriation was provided.
5 (c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘budget author-
6 ity’’ includes budget authority made available by this or
7 any other Act, by prior appropriations Acts, or by any law
8 other than an appropriations Act.
9 (d)(1) The Comptroller General shall review compli-
10 ance with this section and shall submit to the Committees
11 on Appropriations and the Budget, and any other appro-
12 priate congressional committees of the House of Rep-
13 resentatives and Senate a report, and any relevant infor-
14 mation related to the report, on any noncompliance with
15 this section or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
16 (2) The President or the head of the relevant depart-
17 ment or agency of the United States shall provide informa-
18 tion, documentation, and views to the Comptroller Gen-
19 eral, as is determined by the Comptroller General to be
20 necessary to determine such compliance, not later than 20
21 days after the date on which the request from the Comp-
22 troller General is received, or if the Comptroller General
23 determines that a shorter or longer period is appropriate
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24 based on the specific circumstances, within such shorter
25 or longer period.
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1 (3) To carry out the responsibilities of this section
2 and the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, the Comp-
3 troller General shall also have access to interview the offi-
4 cers, employees, contractors, and other agents and rep-
5 resentatives of a department, agency, or office of the
6 United States at any reasonable time as the Comptroller
7 General may request.
8 (e)(1) An officer or employee of the Executive Branch
9 of the United States Government violating this section
10 shall be subject to appropriate administrative discipline in-
11 cluding, when circumstances warrant, suspension from
12 duty without pay or removal from office.
13 (2) In the event of a violation of this section, or in
14 the case that the Government Accountability Office issues
15 a legal decision concluding that a department, agency, or
16 office of the United States violated this section, the Presi-
17 dent or the head of the relevant department or agency as
18 the case may be, shall report immediately to the Congress
19 all relevant facts and a statement of actions taken: Pro-
20 vided, That a copy of each report shall also be transmitted
21 to the Comptroller General and the relevant inspector gen-
22 eral on the same date the report is transmitted to the Con-
23 gress.
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24 (3) Any such report shall include a summary of the
25 facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury
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1 Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund
2 account, the amount involved for each violation, the date
3 on which the violation occurred, the position of any indi-
4 viduals responsible for the violation, a statement of the
5 administrative discipline imposed and any further action
6 taken with respect to any officer or employee involved in
7 the violation, a statement of any additional action taken
8 to prevent recurrence of the same type of violation, and
9 any written response by any officer or employee identified
10 by position as involved in the violation: Provided, That in
11 the case that the Government Accountability Office issues
12 a legal decision concluding that a department, agency, or
13 office of the United States violated this section and the
14 relevant department, agency, or office does not agree that
15 a violation has occurred, the report provided to Congress,
16 the Comptroller General, and relevant inspector general
17 will explain such department, agency, or office’s position.
18 SEC. 749. (a) If an executive agency or the District
19 of Columbia government receives a written request for in-
20 formation, documentation, or views from the Government
21 Accountability Office relating to a decision or opinion on
22 budget or appropriations law, the executive agency or the
23 District of Columbia government shall provide the re-
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1 than 20 days after receiving the written request, unless
2 such written request specifically provides otherwise.
3 (b) If an executive agency or the District of Columbia
4 government fails to respond to the request for information,
5 documentation, or views within the time required by this
6 section—
7 (1) the Comptroller General shall notify, in
8 writing, the Committee on Oversight and Reform of
9 the House of Representatives, the Committee on
10 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
11 Senate, and any other appropriate congressional
12 committee of the House of Representatives and the
13 Senate of such failure; and
14 (2) the Comptroller General is hereby expressly
15 empowered, through attorneys of their own selection,
16 to bring a civil action in the United States District
17 Court for the District of Columbia to require such
18 information, documentation, or views to be pro-
19 duced, and such court is expressly empowered to
20 enter in such civil action, against any department,
21 agency, officer, or employee of the United States,
22 any decree, judgment, or order which may be nec-
23 essary or appropriate to require such production.
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24 (c) If the Government Accountability Office deter-
25 mines that an officer or employee of an executive agency
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1 or an officer or employee of the District of Columbia gov-
2 ernment has violated section 1341(a), 1342, or 1517(a)
3 of title 31, United States Code, the head of the agency
4 or the Mayor of the District of Columbia, as the case may
5 be, shall report immediately to the President and Congress
6 all relevant facts and a statement of actions taken: Pro-
7 vided, That a copy of each report shall also be transmitted
8 to the Comptroller General on the same date the report
9 is transmitted to the President and Congress: Provided
10 further, That in the case that the Government Account-
11 ability Office issues a legal decision concluding that sec-
12 tion 1341(a), 1342, or 1517(a) of title 31, United States
13 Code was violated, and the executive agency or District
14 of Columbia government, as applicable, does not agree
15 that a violation has occurred, the report provided to the
16 President, the Congress, and the Comptroller General will
17 explain its position.
18 (d) The report required by subsection (c) and any re-
19 port required by section 1351 or section 1517(b) of title
20 31, United States Code, shall include a summary of the
21 facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury
22 Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund
23 account, the amount involved for each violation, the date
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1 the administrative discipline imposed and any further ac-
2 tion taken with respect to any officer or employee involved
3 in the violation, a statement of any additional action taken
4 to prevent recurrence of the same type of violation, a
5 statement of any determination that the violation was not
6 knowing and willful that has been made by the executive
7 agency or District of Columbia government, and any writ-
8 ten response by any officer or employee identified by posi-
9 tion as involved in the violation.
10 SEC. 750. (a) Each department or agency of the exec-
11 utive branch of the United States Government shall notify
12 the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the
13 House of Representatives and the Senate and any other
14 appropriate congressional committees if—
15 (1) an apportionment is not made in the re-
16 quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of
17 title 31, United States Code;
18 (2) an approved apportionment received by the
19 department or agency conditions the availability of
20 an appropriation on further action; or
21 (3) an approved apportionment received by the
22 department or agency may hinder the prudent obli-
23 gation of such appropriation or the execution of a
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1 (b) Any notification submitted to a congressional
2 committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa-
3 tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation
4 name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund
5 account.
6 SEC. 751. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es-
7 tablished the Commission on Federal Naming and Dis-
8 plays (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).
9 (b) DUTIES.—
10 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF LIST.—Not later than
11 180 days after the day by which all of its members
12 have been appointed, the Commission, with input
13 from the general public, shall develop and publish a
14 list of property names, monuments, statues, public
15 artworks, historical markers, and other symbols
16 owned by the Federal government or located on
17 property owned by the Federal government (includ-
18 ing the legislative branch and the judicial branch)
19 which the Commission identifies as inconsistent with
20 the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, includ-
21 ing those that do not represent the demographic di-
22 versity and history of the community.
23 (2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 180
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25 and after holding not fewer than two public meet-
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1 ings, the Commission shall submit to the President
2 and Congress a report containing the following in-
3 formation:
4 (A) A recommendation regarding whether
5 each property name, monument, statue, public
6 artwork, historical marker, or other symbol on
7 the list developed under paragraph (1) should
8 remain unchanged or should be renamed or re-
9 moved.
10 (B) Supporting materials and context in-
11 formation for each recommendation under sub-
12 paragraph (A).
13 (C) Such other recommendations as the
14 Commission may consider appropriate, includ-
15 ing recommendations for educational programs,
16 supplemental historical markers, or other activi-
17 ties to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion
18 and to promote national reconciliation.
19 (3) SEPARATE VIEWS OF MEMBERS.—The Com-
20 mission may include in the report submitted under
21 paragraph (2) supplemental or dissenting rec-
22 ommendations from individual members of the Com-
23 mission.
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1 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall con-
2 sist of the following:
3 (A) Two members appointed by the Presi-
4 dent.
5 (B) Two members appointed by the Speak-
6 er of the House of Representatives.
7 (C) Two members appointed by the Major-
8 ity Leader of the Senate.
9 (D) One member appointed by the Minor-
10 ity Leader of the House of Representatives.
11 (E) One member appointed by the Minor-
12 ity Leader of the Senate.
13 (F) Each of the following individuals:
14 (i) The Secretary of the Smithsonian
15 Institution.
16 (ii) The Historian of the House of
17 Representatives.
18 (iii) The Historian of the Senate.
19 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Each member of the
20 Commission appointed under subparagraphs (A)
21 through (E) of paragraph (1) shall have 10 or more
22 years of educational and professional experience in
23 one or more of the following disciplines:
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24 (A) History.
25 (B) Art and antiquities.
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1 (C) Historic preservation.
2 (D) Cultural heritage.
3 (E) Education.
4 (3) NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE; TRAVEL
5 EXPENSES.—Members of the Commission shall serve
6 without pay, but each member shall receive travel
7 expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence,
8 in accordance with applicable provisions under sub-
9 chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States
10 Code.
11 (4) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—The mem-
12 bers of the Commission shall be appointed not later
13 than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this
14 Act.
15 (5) CO-CHAIRS.—Not later than 10 days after
16 the first meeting of the Commission, the members of
17 the Commission shall select two co-chairs from
18 among the members.
19 (d) POWERS.—
20 (1) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—The Commis-
21 sion may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act,
22 hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take
23 testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission
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25 shall hold its initial meeting not later than 10 days
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1 after the day by which all of its members have been
2 appointed.
3 (2) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commis-
4 sion may secure directly from any department or
5 agency of the United States information necessary
6 to enable it to carry out its duties. Upon request of
7 the Commission, the head of that department or
8 agency shall furnish that information to the Com-
9 mission.
10 (3) MAILS.—The Commission may use the
11 United States mails in the same manner and under
12 the same conditions as other departments and agen-
13 cies of the United States.
14 (4) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—
15 Upon the request of the Commission, the Librarian
16 of Congress shall provide to the Commission, on a
17 reimbursable basis, the administrative support serv-
18 ices necessary for the Commission to carry out its
19 duties.
20 (5) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon the
21 request of the Commission, the head of any Federal
22 department or agency may detail any of the per-
23 sonnel of that department or agency to the Commis-
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1 graph may receive travel expenses, including per
2 diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with appli-
3 cable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of
4 title 5, United States Code.
5 (6) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Commission
6 may contract with and compensate government and
7 private agencies or persons for goods and services,
8 without regard to section 6101 of title 41, United
9 States Code.
10 (e) FUNDING.—There is hereby appropriated
11 $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, to carry
12 out this section.
13 (f) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate
14 60 days after submitting the report under subsection
15 (b)(2).
16 SEC. 752. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
17 United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds
18 made available by this or any other Act to any Federal
19 agency may be used by that Federal agency for inter-
20 agency funding for coordination with, participation in, or
21 recommendations involving, activities of the U.S. Army
22 Medical Research and Development Command, the Con-
23 gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the
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1 SEC. 753. (a) As a condition of receiving funds pro-
2 vided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal
3 year 2023 that are specified in the disclosure table sub-
4 mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the
5 Rules of the House of Representatives that is included in
6 the report or explanatory statement accompanying any
7 such Act, any non-Federal entity shall, to the extent prac-
8 ticable—
9 (1) retain until the date that is 3 years after the date
10 on which such entity has expended such funds any records
11 related to the planned or actual obligation or expenditure
12 of such funds, and make available any such records to the
13 Comptroller General of the United States, upon request;
14 and
15 (2) subject to reasonable advance notification by the
16 Comptroller General—
17 (A) make available to the Comptroller General
18 or their designee for interview, any officers, employ-
19 ees, or staff of such entity involved in the obligation
20 or expenditure of such funds; and
21 (B) grant access to the Comptroller General or
22 their designee for inspection, any facilities, work
23 sites, offices, or other locations, as the Comptroller
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24 General deems necessary, at which the individuals
25 referenced in subparagraph (A) carry out their re-
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1 sponsibilities related to such funds. The Comptroller
2 General may make and retain copies of these records
3 as the Comptroller General determines necessary.
4 (b) Access, rights, and authority provided to the
5 Comptroller General or their designee under this section
6 shall be in addition to any other authority vested in the
7 Comptroller General, and nothing in this section shall be
8 construed to limit, amend, supersede, or restrict in any
9 manner any existing authority of the Comptroller General.
10 SEC. 754. (a) Beginning on the date that is 180 days
11 after the date of enactment of this Act, and except as pro-
12 vided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available
13 by this Act may be used to purchase infrastructure as a
14 service except infrastructure as a service determined by
15 the Government to take reasonable measures to—
16 (1) not store or transmit images which depict known
17 violations of sections 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2252B
18 or 2260 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to
19 child pornography; and
20 (2) comply with the reporting requirements under
21 section 2258A(a) of such title for such violations.
22 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply
23 to such services used for bona fide law enforcement ac-
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1 SEC. 755. Except as expressly provided otherwise,
2 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other
3 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or
4 VIII.
5 TITLE VIII
6 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF
7 COLUMBIA
8 SEC. 801. None of the Federal funds provided under
9 this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal
10 and District government agencies, that remain available
11 for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023, or pro-
12 vided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United
13 States derived by the collection of fees available to the
14 agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
15 tion or expenditures for an agency through a reprogram-
16 ming of funds which—
17 (1) creates new programs;
18 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
19 bility center;
20 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
21 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act;
22 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means
23 for any program, project, or responsibility center for
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1 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
2 viously deferred through reprogramming;
3 (6) augments any existing program, project, or
4 responsibility center through a reprogramming of
5 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
6 ever is less; or
7 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel
8 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
9 bility center,
10 unless prior approval is received from the Committees on
11 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
12 Senate.
13 SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds appropriated
14 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond
15 the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to
16 other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein.
17 SEC. 803. Except as otherwise specifically provided
18 by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-
19 ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal
20 year 2023 from appropriations of Federal funds made
21 available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2023 in
22 this Act, shall remain available through September 30,
23 2024, for each such account for the purposes authorized:
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24 Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-
25 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
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1 and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of
2 such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be
3 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-
4 lined in section 801 of this Act.
5 SEC. 804. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2024, during a
6 period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing
7 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation
8 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount
9 provided for any project or activity for which local funds
10 are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-
11 ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-
12 bia as of the beginning of the period during which this
13 subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act.
14 (2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act
15 of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to
16 which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2024
17 which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-
18 lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion
19 of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
20 ment for fiscal year 2024 for purposes of section 446 of
21 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46,
22 D.C. Official Code).
23 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease
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1 (1) during any period in which a District of Co-
2 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2024 is
3 in effect; or
4 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular
5 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year
6 2024.
7 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
8 vided under the authority and conditions as provided
9 under this Act and shall be available to the extent and
10 in the manner that would be provided by this Act.
11 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall
12 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such
13 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2024
14 for which this section applies to such project or activity.
15 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity
16 during any period of fiscal year 2024 if any other provi-
17 sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-
18 tions)—
19 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
20 able, or grants authority for such project or activity
21 to continue for such period; or
22 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation
23 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or
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24 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
25 tivity to continue for such period.
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1 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect
2 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia
3 mandated by other law.
4 SEC. 805. (a) Section 3(c)(2)(G) of the District of
5 Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–
6 2702(c)(2)(G), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as
7 follows:
8 ‘‘(G) is from a family with a taxable an-
9 nual income of less than the applicable family
10 income limit, as defined in paragraph (7).’’.
11 (b) Section 3(c) of such Act (sec. 38–2702(c), D.C.
12 Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
13 lowing new paragraph:
14 ‘‘(7) APPLICABLE FAMILY INCOME LIMIT.—The
15 term ‘applicable family income limit’ means, with re-
16 spect to an individual, the following:
17 ‘‘(A) In the case of an individual who
18 began an undergraduate course of study prior
19 to school year 2015-2016, $1,000,000.
20 ‘‘(B) In the case of an individual who be-
21 gins an undergraduate course of study in school
22 year 2016-2017, $750,000.
23 ‘‘(C) In the case of an individual who be-
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1 applicable family income limit under this para-
2 graph for an individual who began an under-
3 graduate course of study in the previous school
4 year, adjusted by the Mayor for inflation, as
5 measured by the percentage increase, if any,
6 from the preceding fiscal year in the Consumer
7 Price Index for All Urban Consumers, pub-
8 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
9 Department of Labor.
10 ‘‘(D) In the case of an individual who be-
11 gins an undergraduate course of study in school
12 year 2019-2020, $500,000.
13 ‘‘(E) In the case of an individual who be-
14 gins an undergraduate course of study in school
15 year 2020-2021, the amount described in sub-
16 paragraph (D), adjusted by the Mayor for infla-
17 tion, as measured by the percentage increase, if
18 any, from the preceding fiscal year in the Con-
19 sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers,
20 published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
21 the Department of Labor.
22 ‘‘(F) In the case of an individual who be-
23 gins an undergraduate course of study in school
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1 ‘‘(G) In the case of an individual who be-
2 gins an undergraduate course of study in school
3 year 2022-2023 or any succeeding school year,
4 the applicable family income limit under this
5 paragraph for an individual who began an un-
6 dergraduate course of study in the previous
7 school year, adjusted by the Mayor for inflation,
8 as measured by the percentage increase, if any,
9 from the preceding fiscal year in the Consumer
10 Price Index for All Urban Consumers, pub-
11 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
12 Department of Labor.’’.
13 (c) The amendments made by this section shall take
14 effect as if included in the enactment of the Financial
15 Services and General Government Appropriations Act,
16 2019 (division D of Public Law 116–6).
17 SEC. 806. Nothing in this Act may be construed to
18 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia
19 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive
20 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent
21 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue
22 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
23 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
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24 SEC. 807. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes
25 of the United States relating to the District of Columbia
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1 (sec. 9-1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with
2 respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long
3 Bridge Project.
4 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’
5 means the project carried out by the District of Columbia
6 and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new
7 Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over
8 the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and
9 other related projects, to expand commuter and regional
10 passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian
11 access crossings over the Potomac River.
12 SEC. 808. No services may be made available in ac-
13 cordance with section 740(a) of the District of Columbia
14 Home Rule Act (sec. 1–207.40(a), D.C. Official Code) at
15 any time during fiscal year 2023.
16 SEC. 809. Section 3 of the District of Columbia Col-
17 lege Access Act of 1999 (sec.38–2702, D.C. Official
18 Code), is amended—
19 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking
20 ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’;
21 (2) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking
22 ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000’’;
23 (3) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘and’’
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1 (4) in subsection (b)(1), by redesignating sub-
2 paragraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and inserting
3 after subparagraph (A) the following new subpara-
4 graph; ‘‘(B) after making reductions under subpara-
5 graph (A), ratably reduce the amount of the tuition
6 and fee payment of each eligible student who re-
7 ceives more than $10,000 for the award year; and’’;
8 and
9 (5) in subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(1), as
10 so redesignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and
11 inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’.
12 SEC. 810. ADJUSTMENTS IN COMPENSATION
13 RATES FOR CERTAIN PERSONNEL.
14 (a) Attorneys Representing Indigent Defendants.
15
16 (1) Section 11–2604(a), District of Columbia
17 Official Code, is amended by striking ‘‘at a fixed
18 rate of $90 per hour’’ and inserting ‘‘an hourly rate
19 not to exceed the rate payable under section
20 3006A(d)(1) of title 18, United States Code’’.
21 (2) The amendments made by this section shall
22 apply with respect to cases and proceedings initiated
23 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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1 (1) Section 11–2605, District of Columbia Offi-
2 cial Code, is amended in subsections (b) and (c) by
3 striking ‘‘(or, in the case of investigative services, a
4 fixed rate of $25 per hour)’’ each place it appears.
5 (2) The amendments made by this section shall
6 apply with respect to investigative services provided
7 in connection with cases and proceedings initiated on
8 or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
9 SEC. 811. Except as expressly provided otherwise,
10 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in
11 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions
12 of this title or of title IV.
13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and
14 General Government Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 8254
[Report No. 117–393]
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