S. 4685 — Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023 (Senate, July 28, 2022)
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Senate bill S. 4685 of the 117th Congress, 2d Session, was introduced July 28, 2022, to make appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. Van Hollen introduced it, and it was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Title I begins with the Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices, salaries and expenses at $255,000,000, and later headings include the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States Fund. The short title printed at the end is the ‘‘Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 4685
Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 28, 2022
Mr. VAN HOLLEN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
Making appropriations for financial services and general gov-
ernment 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 fi-
5 nancial services and general government for the fiscal year
6 ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes,
7 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, $255,000,000: 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
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, $21,000,000, 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-
24 ing the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance
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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 $212,059,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be
24 available for addressing human rights violations and cor-
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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 $88,000,000, 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 $7,000,000 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 and for re-
24 pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart-
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25 ment of the Treasury, $8,000,000, to remain available
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1 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That these funds
2 shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-
3 essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-
4 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further,
5 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any
6 other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-
7 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-
8 ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev-
9 enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue
10 Service, Business Systems Modernization’’.
11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
15 General Act of 1978, $43,878,000, including hire of pas-
16 senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000
17 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-
18 fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the
19 direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of
20 which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep-
21 tember 30, 2024, shall be for audits and investigations
22 conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and
23 Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-
24 vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33
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25 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000
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1 shall be available for official reception and representation
2 expenses.
3 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX
4 ADMINISTRATION
5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
6 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector
7 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
8 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
9 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
10 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at
11 such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General
12 for Tax Administration; $179,409,000, of which
13 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
14 2024; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available
15 for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed
16 $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of
17 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
18 the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
19 tion; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available
20 for official reception and representation expenses.
21 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED
22 ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM
23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special
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25 Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the
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1 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public
2 Law 110–343), $9,000,000.
3 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
6 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
7 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and
8 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and
9 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-
10 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
11 tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed
12 $45,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
13 and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies,
14 with or without reimbursement, $189,000,000, of which
15 not to exceed $94,600,000 shall remain available until
16 September 30, 2024.
17 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE
18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
19 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau
20 of the Fiscal Service, $372,485,000; of which not to ex-
21 ceed $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
22 2025, is for information systems modernization initiatives;
23 and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception
24 and representation expenses.
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1 In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil
2 Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative
3 and personnel expenses for financial management of the
4 Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–
5 380.
6 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU
7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
8 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111
9 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of
10 passenger motor vehicles, $148,863,000; of which not to
11 exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and
12 representation expenses; and of which not to exceed
13 $50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and de-
14 velopment programs for laboratory services; and provision
15 of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with
16 or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount
17 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for
18 the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and
19 label applications: Provided further, That of the amount
20 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain
21 available until September 30, 2024, shall be for the costs
22 associated with enforcement of and education regarding
23 the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Ad-
24 ministration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) and Internal Rev-
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25 enue Code provisions related to promoting fair competition
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1 and leveling the playing field in the beverage alcohol in-
2 dustry.
3 UNITED STATES MINT
4 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND
5 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States
6 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through
7 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs
8 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
9 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
10 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That
11 the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-
12 curred during fiscal year 2023 under such section 5136
13 for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-
14 vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed
15 $50,000,000.
16 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
17 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
18 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and
19 Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title
20 I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized
21 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates
22 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent
23 to the rate for EX–III, $324,000,000. Of the amount ap-
24 propriated under this heading—
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1 (1) not less than $196,000,000, 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.
16 4707(d)), may be available to provide financial as-
17 sistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach
18 to community development financial institutions to
19 expand investments that benefit individuals with dis-
20 abilities, and of which up to $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:
24 Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed
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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;
24 (2) not less than $25,000,000, notwithstanding
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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 $35,000,000 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;
24 (5) not less than $9,000,000 is available until
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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 $35,000,000 is available for adminis-
8 trative expenses, including administration of CDFI
9 Fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit
10 Program, of which not less than $1,000,000 is for
11 the development of tools to better assess and inform
12 CDFI investment performance and CDFI program
13 impacts, and up to $300,000 is for administrative
14 expenses 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
24 $500,000,000: Provided further, That such section
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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-
24 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-
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25 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer
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1 advocacy services, associated support costs, and other
2 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates
3 as may be determined by the Commissioner,
4 $3,443,768,000, of which not to exceed $100,000,000
5 shall remain available until September 30, 2024, of which
6 not less than $11,000,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling
7 for the Elderly Program, of which not less than
8 $26,000,000 shall be available for low-income taxpayer
9 clinic grants, including grants to individual clinics of up
10 to $200,000, of which not less than $30,000,000, to re-
11 main available until September 30, 2024, shall be avail-
12 able for the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
13 Matching Grants Program for tax return preparation as-
14 sistance, and of which not less than $235,000,000 shall
15 be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advo-
16 cate Service: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
17 able for the Taxpayer Advocate Service, not less than
18 $5,500,000 shall be for identity theft and refund fraud
19 casework.
20 ENFORCEMENT
21 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities
22 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect
23 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-
24 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes
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25 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-
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1 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-
2 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), associated support costs, and
3 to provide other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
4 at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner,
5 $6,162,313,000; of which not to exceed $250,000,000
6 shall remain available until September 30, 2024; of which
7 not less than $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency
8 Crime and Drug Enforcement program; and of which not
9 to exceed $21,000,000 shall be for investigative technology
10 for the Criminal Investigation Division: Provided, That the
11 amount made available for investigative technology for the
12 Criminal Investigation Division shall be in addition to
13 amounts made available for the Criminal Investigation Di-
14 vision under the ‘‘Operations Support’’ heading.
15 OPERATIONS SUPPORT
16 For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Rev-
17 enue Service, including its headquarters, the hire of pas-
18 senger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the operations
19 of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; and
20 other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
21 rates as may be determined by the Commissioner;
22 $3,678,470,000, of which not to exceed $275,000,000
23 shall remain available until September 30, 2025; of which
24 not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
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25 pended for acquisition of equipment and construction, re-
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1 pair and renovation of facilities; of which not to exceed
2 $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
3 2025, for research; and of which not to exceed $20,000
4 shall be for official reception and representation expenses:
5 Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of
6 each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit
7 a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
8 House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp-
9 troller General of the United States detailing major infor-
10 mation technology investments in the Internal Revenue
11 Service Integrated Modernization Business Plan portfolio,
12 including detailed, plain language summaries on the status
13 of plans, costs, and results; prior results and actual ex-
14 penditures of the prior quarter; upcoming deliverables and
15 costs for the fiscal year; risks and mitigation strategies
16 associated with ongoing work; reasons for any cost or
17 schedule variances; and total expenditures by fiscal year:
18 Provided further, That the Internal Revenue Service shall
19 include, in its budget justification for fiscal year 2024, a
20 summary of cost and schedule performance information
21 for its major information technology systems.
22 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
23 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
24 ice’s business systems modernization program,
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25 $310,027,000, to remain available until September 30,
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1 2025, and shall be for the capital asset acquisition of in-
2 formation technology systems, including management and
3 related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including re-
4 lated Internal Revenue Service labor costs, and contrac-
5 tual costs associated with operations authorized by 5
6 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That not later than 30 days after
7 the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall
8 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of
9 the House of Representatives and the Senate and the
10 Comptroller General of the United States detailing major
11 information technology investments in the Internal Rev-
12 enue Service Integrated Modernization Business Plan
13 portfolio, including detailed, plain language summaries on
14 the status of plans, costs, and results; prior results and
15 actual expenditures of the prior quarter; upcoming
16 deliverables and costs for the fiscal year; risks and mitiga-
17 tion strategies associated with ongoing work; reasons for
18 any cost or schedule variances; and total expenditures by
19 fiscal year.
20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
21 SERVICE
22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
23 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of the appropria-
24 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
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1 ceed 6 percent of any other appropriation made available
2 in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service, may be trans-
3 ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropria-
4 tion upon the advance approval of the Committees on Ap-
5 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
6 ate.
7 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
8 tain an employee training program, which shall include the
9 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously
10 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im-
11 partial application of tax law.
12 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
13 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
14 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro-
15 tect taxpayers against identity theft.
16 SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other
17 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for
18 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-
19 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers.
20 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements
21 to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service
22 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the
23 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly
24 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes.
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1 SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue
2 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating
3 to an employer making employment tax payments, and
4 such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former
5 and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal
6 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an
7 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic-
8 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer.
9 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available under
10 this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to
11 target citizens of the United States for exercising any
12 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con-
13 stitution of the United States.
14 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this
15 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target
16 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological
17 beliefs.
18 SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act
19 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-
20 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce-
21 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements,
22 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human
23 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re-
24 sult of the recommendations in the report published on
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1 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small
2 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana-
3 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037).
4 SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this
5 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or
6 expended—
7 (1) to make a payment to any employee under
8 a bonus, award, or recognition program; or
9 (2) under any hiring or personnel selection
10 process with respect to re-hiring a former employee;
11 unless such program or process takes into account the
12 conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or
13 former employee.
14 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this
15 Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the
16 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality
17 and disclosure of returns and return information).
18 SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec-
19 retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this
20 Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec-
21 retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au-
22 thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without
23 regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly
24 to positions in the competitive service to process back-
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1 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31,
2 United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal
3 Revenue Service in this Act may be used to provide pas-
4 senger carrier transportation and protection between the
5 Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place
6 of employment.
7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
8 TREASURY
9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
10 SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the
11 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
12 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
13 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
14 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
15 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
16 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
17 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
18 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
19 of health and medical services to employees and their de-
20 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
21 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
22 SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
23 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-
24 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of
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1 Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes En-
2 forcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and
3 ‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be
4 transferred between such appropriations upon the advance
5 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the
6 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That
7 no transfer under this section may increase or decrease
8 any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
9 SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
10 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
11 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
12 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
13 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
14 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided,
15 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-
16 priation by more than 2 percent.
17 SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
18 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury
19 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used
20 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
21 SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
22 fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Sala-
23 ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec-
24 essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That
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1 penses account from debt collections received in the Debt
2 Collection Fund.
3 SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or other-
4 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
5 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
6 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on
7 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
8 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and
9 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
10 Affairs.
11 SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other-
12 wise made available by this or any other Act or source
13 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-
14 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually
15 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-
16 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the
17 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the
18 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
19 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the
20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
21 atives and the Senate.
22 SEC. 120. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
23 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
24 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
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1 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National
2 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year
3 2023 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization
4 Act for Fiscal Year 2023.
5 SEC. 121. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail-
6 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus-
7 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and
8 representation expenses.
9 SEC. 122. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit
10 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-
11 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
12 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-
13 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That
14 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-
15 ment spending from all accounts within the Department
16 of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart-
17 ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac-
18 count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas-
19 ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such
20 Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur-
21 ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment
22 project that has not been fully completed.
23 SEC. 123. Within 45 days after the date of enactment
24 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit
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1 of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
2 amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-
3 chise Fund including the amount charged for each service
4 provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed
5 description of the services, a detailed explanation of how
6 each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip-
7 tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran-
8 chise Fund.
9 SEC. 124. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end
10 of each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the
11 Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their
12 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the
13 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee
14 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and
15 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
16 Affairs.
17 (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall
18 include—
19 (1) the obligations made during the previous
20 quarter by object class, office, and activity;
21 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder
22 of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;
23 (3) the number of full-time equivalents within
24 each office during the previous quarter;
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1 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva-
2 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-
3 cal year; and
4 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-
5 tives, and performance measures of each office.
6 (c) At the request of any such Committees specified
7 in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the
8 Office of Financial Research shall make officials available
9 to testify on the contents of the reports required under
10 subsection (a).
11 SEC. 125. In addition to amounts otherwise available,
12 there is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for
13 Pandemic Recovery, $12,000,000, to remain available
14 until expended, for necessary expenses in carrying out sec-
15 tion 4018 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
16 Security Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–136).
17 SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances from amounts
18 made available to the Secretary of the Treasury (referred
19 to in this section as ‘‘Secretary’’) for administrative ex-
20 penses pursuant to sections 4003(f) and 4112(b) of the
21 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
22 lic Law 116–136) and section 7301(b)(5) of the American
23 Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), up to
24 $80,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary, for the
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1 any administrative expenses of the Department of the
2 Treasury determined by the Secretary to be necessary to
3 implement section 501 of division N of the Consolidated
4 Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260), sections
5 3201 or 3206 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
6 (Public Law 117–2), or title VI of the Social Security Act
7 (42 24 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), in addition to amounts other-
8 wise available for such purposes.
9 SEC. 127. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
10 tion made available in this Act for the Department of the
11 Treasury may be transferred to the Department’s infor-
12 mation technology system modernization and working cap-
13 ital fund (IT WCF), as authorized by section 1077(b)(1)
14 of title X of division A of the National Defense Authoriza-
15 tion Act for the Fiscal Year 2018, for the purposes speci-
16 fied in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the prior noti-
17 fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House
18 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That
19 amounts transferred to the IT WCF under this section
20 shall remain available for obligation through September
21 30, 2026.
22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the
23 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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1 TITLE II
2 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND
3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
4 THE WHITE HOUSE
5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
6 For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
7 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for
8 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105;
9 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which
10 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that
11 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not
12 to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as
13 provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for
14 official reception and representation expenses, to be avail-
15 able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi-
16 dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy
17 Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
18 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $71,500,000.
19 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
20 OPERATING EXPENSES
21 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence
22 at the White House, $15,400,000, to be expended and ac-
23 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and
24 112–114.
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1 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
2 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
3 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
4 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses
5 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance
6 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,
7 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such
8 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the
9 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
10 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
11 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
12 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
13 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
14 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments
15 shall be credited to this account and remain available until
16 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
17 shall require the national committee of the political party
18 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be
19 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
20 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such
21 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That
22 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice
23 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense
24 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing
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1 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days
2 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That
3 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess
4 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is
5 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with
6 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
7 standing debt on a United States Government claim under
8 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount
9 that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and
10 charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
11 neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
12 dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-
13 propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of
14 the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth
15 the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res-
16 idence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total
17 amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that
18 consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the
19 amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political
20 events, and the portion of each such amount that has been
21 reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further,
22 That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for
23 the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events
24 within the Executive Residence that includes a standard
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1 nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this
2 paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-
3 idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-
4 chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States
5 Code.
6 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
7 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
8 Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3
9 U.S.C. 105(d), $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-
10 pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and
11 health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.
12 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
14 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic
15 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
16 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,326,000.
17 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND
18 SECURITY COUNCIL
19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
20 For necessary expenses of the National Security
21 Council and the Homeland Security Council, including
22 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $13,750,000, of
23 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for official
24 reception and representation expenses.
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1 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
4 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
5 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
6 $111,825,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall
7 remain available until expended for continued moderniza-
8 tion of information resources within the Executive Office
9 of the President: Provided, That of the amounts provided
10 under this heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be available
11 for a program to provide payments (such as stipends, sub-
12 sistence allowances, cost reimbursements, or awards) to
13 students, recent graduates, and veterans recently dis-
14 charged from active duty who are performing voluntary
15 services in the Executive Office of the President under sec-
16 tion 3111(b) of title 5, United States Code, or comparable
17 authority and shall be in addition to amounts otherwise
18 available to pay or compensate such individuals: Provided
19 further, That such payments shall not be considered com-
20 pensation for purposes of such section 3111(b) and may
21 be paid in advance.
22 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
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1 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out
2 the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States
3 Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United
4 States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of
5 title 31, United States Code, $127,600,000, of which not
6 to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-
7 tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
8 priated in this Act for the Office of Management and
9 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-
10 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations
11 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-
12 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further,
13 That none of the funds made available for the Office of
14 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for
15 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-
16 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of
17 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap-
18 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further,
19 That none of the funds made available for the Office of
20 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for
21 the altering of the annual work plan developed by the
22 Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on
23 Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds
24 provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or
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1 evaluating or determining if water resource project or
2 study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting
3 through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with
4 all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant
5 to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro-
6 vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget
7 shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform
8 budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on
9 which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur-
10 ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and
11 Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap-
12 propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi-
13 ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have
14 not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and
15 appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of
16 the Office of Management and Budget review period based
17 on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as-
18 sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with
19 the report and act accordingly: Provided further, That no
20 later than 14 days after the submission of the budget of
21 the United States Government for fiscal year 2024, the
22 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
23 make publicly available on a website a tabular list for each
24 agency that submits budget justification materials (as de-
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1 and Transparency Act of 2006) that shall include, at min-
2 imum, the name of the agency, the date on which the
3 budget justification materials of the agency were sub-
4 mitted to Congress, and a uniform resource locator where
5 the budget justification materials are published on the
6 website of the agency.
7 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT
8 COORDINATOR
9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellec-
10 tual Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by
11 title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for
12 Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403),
13 including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
14 $1,902,000.
15 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the National
18 Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil-
19 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
20 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283),
21 $21,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-
22 able for official reception and representation expenses.
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1 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For necessary expenses of the Office of National
4 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to
5 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
6 tion Act of 1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for
7 official reception and representation expenses; and for par-
8 ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services
9 on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or
10 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-
11 bursement, $20,500,000: Provided, That the Office is au-
12 thorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both
13 real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year
14 limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the
15 work of the Office.
16 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
17 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
19 For necessary expenses of the Office of National
20 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking
21 Areas Program, $300,000,000, to remain available until
22 September 30, 2024, for drug control activities consistent
23 with the approved strategy for each of the designated
24 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of
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1 State and local entities for drug control activities and shall
2 be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of
3 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans-
4 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts
5 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug
6 Control Policy, of which up to $5,800,000 may be used
7 for auditing services and associated activities and
8 $3,500,000 shall be for a new Grants Management System
9 for use by the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Pro-
10 vided further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior
11 to fiscal year 2021 may be used for any other approved
12 activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming re-
13 quirements: Provided further, That each HIDTA des-
14 ignated as of September 30, 2022, shall be funded at not
15 less than the fiscal year 2022 base level, unless the Direc-
16 tor submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the
17 House of Representatives and the Senate justification for
18 changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior-
19 ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy
20 performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further,
21 That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro-
22 priations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2023 fund-
23 ing among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enact-
24 ment of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of
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1 mined in consultation with the HIDTA Directors, not
2 later than 90 days after enactment of this Act: Provided
3 further, That upon a determination that all or part of the
4 funds so transferred from this appropriation are not nec-
5 essary for the purposes provided herein and upon notifica-
6 tion to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
7 of Representatives and the Senate, such amounts may be
8 transferred back to this appropriation.
9 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
11 For other drug control activities authorized by the
12 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the Office of National
13 Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as
14 amended, $135,370,000, to remain available until ex-
15 pended, which shall be available as follows: $107,000,000
16 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which not
17 more than $12,540,000 is for administrative expenses,
18 and of which $2,500,000 shall be made available as di-
19 rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended
20 by section 8204 of Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for
21 drug court training and technical assistance; $15,500,000
22 for anti-doping activities; up to $3,420,000 for the United
23 States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen-
24 cy; $1,250,000 for the Model Acts Program; and
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1 Public Law 114–198: Provided, That amounts made avail-
2 able under this heading may be transferred to other Fed-
3 eral departments and agencies to carry out such activities:
4 Provided further, That the Director of the Office of Na-
5 tional Drug Control Policy shall, not fewer than 30 days
6 prior to obligating funds under this heading for United
7 States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen-
8 cy, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
9 House of Representatives and the Senate a spending plan
10 and explanation of the proposed uses of these funds.
11 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
12 For expenses necessary to enable the President to
13 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national
14 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or
15 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by
16 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
17 tember 30, 2024.
18 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM
19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
20 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-
21 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information
22 technology in the Federal Government, $10,000,000, to
23 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc-
24 tor of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer
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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-
24 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the
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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
24 (a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order
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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—(1) the Office of Management and Budget
12 shall operate and maintain the automated system required
13 to be implemented by section 204 of the Financial Services
14 and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022 (divi-
15 sion E of Public Law 117–103) and shall continue to post
16 each document apportioning an appropriation, pursuant to
17 section 1513(b) of title 31, United States Code, including
18 any associated footnotes, in a format that qualifies each
19 such document as an open Government data asset (as that
20 term is defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States
21 Code); and (2) the requirements specified in subsection
22 (c), the first and second provisos of subsection (d)(1), and
23 subsection (d)(2) of such section 204 shall continue to
24 apply.
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1 SEC. 205. For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of
2 National Drug Control Policy, Salaries and Expenses’’,
3 $10,482,000, which shall be for initiatives in the amounts
4 and for the projects specified in the table that appears
5 under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Executive
6 Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the
7 President’’ in the explanatory statement accompanying
8 this Act: Provided, That none of the funds made available
9 by this section may be transferred for any other purpose.
10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of
11 the President Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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1 TITLE III
2 THE JUDICIARY
3 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
6 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the
7 building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor
8 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not
9 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation
10 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended
11 as the Chief Justice may approve, $109,000,000, of which
12 $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended.
13 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may
14 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief
15 justice and associate justices of the court.
16 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS
17 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable
18 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im-
19 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112,
20 $15,364,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL
2 CIRCUIT
3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
4 For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-
5 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law,
6 $35,994,000.
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
24 specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts,
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1 for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author-
2 ized by law, $5,905,055,000 (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-
24 bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative,
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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, $1,410,334,000, 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)), $40,000,000,
23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
24 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed 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 $771,000,000, 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
24 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative
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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, $104,376,000, 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, $31,379,000;
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-
24 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of
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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
24 courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation
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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
24 (relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking
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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. Section 677 of title 28, United States
16 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
17 ‘‘(d) The Counselor, with the approval of the Chief
18 Justice, shall establish a retention and recruitment pro-
19 gram that is consistent with section 908 of the Emergency
20 Supplemental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1926) for Supreme
21 Court Police officers and other critical employees who
22 agree in writing to remain employed with the Supreme
23 Court for a period of service of not less than two years.’’.
24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
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1 TITLE IV
2 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
3 FEDERAL FUNDS
4 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
5 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,
6 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide
7 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of
8 Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain
9 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
10 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be-
11 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an
12 amount based upon the difference between in-State and
13 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu-
14 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private
15 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the
16 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis
17 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of
18 eligible students and such other factors as may be author-
19 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov-
20 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi-
21 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the
22 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act
23 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal-
24 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in
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1 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia
2 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely
3 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup-
4 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the
5 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial
6 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
7 of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show-
8 ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur-
9 pose therefor.
10 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
11 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
12 For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de-
13 termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ-
14 ten consultation with the elected county or city officials
15 of surrounding jurisdictions, $30,000,000, to remain
16 available until expended, for the costs of providing public
17 safety at events related to the presence of the National
18 Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re-
19 quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv-
20 ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction
21 of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs
22 of providing support to respond to immediate and specific
23 terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or
24 surrounding jurisdictions.
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
2 COURTS
3 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
4 bia Courts, including the transfer and hire of motor vehi-
5 cles, $294,000,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis-
6 trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $15,150,000, of which
7 not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and represen-
8 tation expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of
9 Columbia, $142,112,000, of which not to exceed $2,500
10 is for official reception and representation expenses; for
11 the District of Columbia Court System, $90,263,000, of
12 which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and
13 representation expenses; and $46,475,000, to remain
14 available until September 30, 2024, for capital improve-
15 ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro-
16 vided, That funds made available for capital improvements
17 shall be expended consistent with the District of Columbia
18 Courts master plan study and facilities condition assess-
19 ment: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts
20 appropriated herein, fees received by the District of Co-
21 lumbia Courts for administering bar examinations and
22 processing District of Columbia bar admissions may be re-
23 tained and credited to this appropriation, to remain avail-
24 able until expended, for salaries and expenses associated
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25 with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 of the
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1 District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code,
2 sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwithstanding
3 any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading
4 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
5 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same
6 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses
7 of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 30 days
8 after providing written notice to the Committees on Ap-
9 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
10 ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not
11 more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided under this
12 heading among the items and entities funded under this
13 heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee on
14 Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may,
15 by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to
16 the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of
17 title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District
18 of Columbia Courts.
19 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN
20 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
21 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
22 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and
23 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
24 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal
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1 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the
2 District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C.
3 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to
4 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech-
5 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary
6 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation,
7 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings
8 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay-
9 ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official
10 Code (relating to services provided under the District of
11 Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du-
12 rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to
13 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-
14 vided under this heading shall be administered by the
15 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-
16 trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
17 any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap-
18 portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and
19 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner
20 as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen-
21 cies: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances
22 from prior year appropriations made available under this
23 heading, $22,000,000, are hereby rescinded not later than
24 September 30, 2023.
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
2 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT
3 OF COLUMBIA
4 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and
5 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender
6 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au-
7 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
8 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $281,516,000, of
9 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and
10 representation expenses related to Community Supervision
11 and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not
12 to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating
13 to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender
14 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002:
15 Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head-
16 ing, $204,579,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com-
17 munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in-
18 clude expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject
19 to protection orders or the provision of services for or re-
20 lated to such persons, of which $7,798,000 shall remain
21 available until September 30, 2025, for costs associated
22 with the relocation under replacement leases for head-
23 quarters offices, field offices and related facilities: Pro-
24 vided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this
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1 Services Agency, of which $998,000 shall remain available
2 until September 30, 2025, for costs associated with reloca-
3 tion under a replacement lease for headquarters offices,
4 field offices, and related facilities: Provided further, That
5 notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts
6 under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the
7 Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex-
8 pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal-
9 aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur-
10 ther, That amounts under this heading may be used for
11 programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully
12 complete their terms of supervision.
13 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
14 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE
15 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and
16 hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public
17 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital
18 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of
19 1997, $53,629,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any
20 other provision of law, all amounts under this heading
21 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
22 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same
23 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses
24 of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the District
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1 employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender
2 Service a program substantially similar to the program set
3 forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United
4 States Code, except that the maximum amount of the pay-
5 ment made under the program to any individual may not
6 exceed the amount referred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B)
7 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That for
8 the purposes of engaging with, and receiving services
9 from, Federal Franchise Fund Programs established in
10 accordance with section 403 of the Government Manage-
11 ment Reform Act of 1994, as amended, the District of
12 Columbia Public Defender Service shall be considered an
13 agency of the United States Government: Provided further,
14 That the District of Columbia Public Defender Service
15 may enter into contracts for the procurement of severable
16 services and multiyear contracts for the acquisition of
17 property and services to the same extent and under the
18 same conditions as an executive agency under sections
19 3902 and 3903 of title 41, United States Code.
20 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
21 COORDINATING COUNCIL
22 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
23 ordinating Council, $2,450,000, to remain available until
24 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination
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1 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
2 trict of Columbia.
3 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS
4 For a Federal payment, to remain available until
5 September 30, 2024, to the Commission on Judicial Dis-
6 abilities and Tenure, $330,000, and for the Judicial Nomi-
7 nation Commission, $300,000.
8 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
9 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
10 gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain
11 available until expended, for payments authorized under
12 the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division
13 C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent
14 that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and
15 following the priorities included in section 3006 of such
16 Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships
17 available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such
18 Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu-
19 dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre-
20 vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro-
21 vided for opportunity scholarships up to $1,750,000 shall
22 be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through
23 3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the
24 activities specified in section 3009 of the Act: Provided
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25 further, That none of the funds made available under this
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1 heading may be used for an opportunity scholarship for
2 a student to attend a school which does not certify to the
3 Secretary of Education that the student will be provided
4 with the same protections under the Federal laws which
5 are enforced by the Office for Civil Rights of the Depart-
6 ment of Education which are provided to a student of a
7 public elementary or secondary school in the District of
8 Columbia.
9 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
10 NATIONAL GUARD
11 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
12 National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until ex-
13 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-
14 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College
15 Access Program.
16 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF
17 HIV/AIDS
18 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
19 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in-
20 dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac-
21 quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co-
22 lumbia, $4,000,000.
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
2 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
3 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
4 Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail-
5 able until expended, to continue implementation of the
6 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided,
7 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
8 provides a 100 percent match for this payment.
9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
10 Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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1 TITLE V
2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
3 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-
6 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591
7 et seq., $3,465,000, to remain available until September
8 30, 2024, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re-
9 ception and representation expenses.
10 BARRY GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN
11 EDUCATION FOUNDATION
12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
13 For payment to the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and
14 Excellence in Education Fund, established by section 1408
15 of Public Law 99–661 (20 U.S.C. 4707), for necessary
16 expenses to carry out activities pursuant to the Barry
17 Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Act
18 of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.), $2,000,000, to remain
19 available until expended.
20 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
23 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
24 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
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1 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $336,000,000,
2 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and
3 representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the
4 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the
5 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-
6 latory officials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall
7 remain available until September 30, 2024, and of which
8 not less than $4,218,000 shall be for expenses of the Of-
9 fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith-
10 standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro-
11 vided under this heading are available for the liquidation
12 of obligations equal to current year payments on leases
13 entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act:
14 Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and
15 liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re-
16 corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to
17 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro-
18 viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded
19 in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es-
20 tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for
21 and liquidating such unpaid obligations.
22 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
24 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product
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1 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at
2 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
3 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376,
4 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-
5 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to
6 exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex-
7 penses, $153,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain
8 available until expended, to carry out the program, includ-
9 ing administrative costs, required by section 204 of the
10 Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide
11 Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II of division Q
12 of Public Law 117–103).
13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CONSUMER PRODUCT
14 SAFETY COMMISSION
15 SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2023, none of the
16 amounts made available by this Act may be used to final-
17 ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational
18 Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product
19 Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November
20 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after—
21 (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
22 sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety
23 Administration and the Department of Defense,
24 completes a study to determine—
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1 (A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
2 bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
3 posed by such standard for purposes of reduc-
4 ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi-
5 cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll-
6 overs in the off-road environment, including the
7 repeatability and reproducibility of testing for
8 compliance with such requirements;
9 (B) the number of ROV rollovers that
10 would be prevented if the proposed require-
11 ments were adopted;
12 (C) whether there is a technical basis for
13 the proposal to provide information on a point-
14 of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist-
15 ance on a progressive scale; and
16 (D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used
17 by the United States military if the proposed
18 requirements were adopted; and
19 (2) a report containing the results of the study
20 completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to—
21 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science,
22 and Transportation of the Senate;
23 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
24 merce of the House of Representatives;
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1 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of
2 the Senate; and
3 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of
4 the House of Representatives.
5 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
7 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-
8 ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $22,000,000,
9 of which $1,500,000 shall be made available to the Na-
10 tional Institute of Standards and Technology for election
11 reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote
12 Act of 2002.
13 ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS
14 Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help
15 America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)),
16 $400,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Com-
17 mission for necessary expenses to make payments to
18 States for activities to improve the administration of elec-
19 tions for Federal office, including to enhance election tech-
20 nology and make election security improvements, as au-
21 thorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Pro-
22 vided, That for purposes of applying such sections, the
23 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be
24 deemed to be a State and, for purposes of sections
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25 101(d)(2) and 103(a) shall be treated in the same manner
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1 as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American
2 Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided
3 further, That each reference to the ‘‘Administrator of Gen-
4 eral Services’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and
5 103 shall be deemed to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance
6 Commission’’: Provided further, That each reference to
7 ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to
8 ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in sec-
9 tion 103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$600,000’’: Provided
10 further, That not later than 45 days after the date of en-
11 actment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission
12 shall make the payments to States under this heading:
13 Provided further, That States shall submit quarterly finan-
14 cial reports and annual progress reports.
15 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
17 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-
18 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
19 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
20 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and
21 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi-
22 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by
23 5 U.S.C. 3109, $390,192,000, to remain available until
24 expended: Provided, That $390,192,000 of offsetting col-
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25 lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section
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1 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be
2 retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain
3 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum
4 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting
5 collections are received during fiscal year 2023 so as to
6 result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation estimated
7 at $0: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C.
8 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive bid-
9 ding system that may be retained and made available for
10 obligation shall not exceed $132,231,000 for fiscal year
11 2023: Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated
12 under this heading, not less than $12,131,000 shall be for
13 the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
14 eral.
15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL
16 COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
17 SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service
18 Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by
19 striking ‘‘December 31, 2022’’ each place it appears and
20 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’.
21 SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
22 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission
23 to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for
24 universal service support payments to implement the Feb-
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25 ruary 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State
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1 Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec-
2 tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup-
3 port payments.
4 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
5 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
7 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
8 General Act of 1978, $47,500,000, to be derived from the
9 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the
10 FSLIC Resolution Fund.
11 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
14 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971,
15 $78,225,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-
16 able for reception and representation expenses.
17 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
20 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
21 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service
22 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5
23 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-
24 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi-
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25 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed
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1 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of
2 Columbia and elsewhere, $28,768,000: Provided, That
3 public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel
4 may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub-
5 sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons
6 employed intermittently in the Government service, and
7 compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided
8 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
9 ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at
10 labor-management relations conferences shall be credited
11 to and merged with this account, to be available without
12 further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these
13 conferences.
14 FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING
15 COUNCIL
16 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND
17 For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review
18 Improvement Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
19 4370m–8(d), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
20 pended.
21 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
24 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
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1 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
2 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
3 tion expenses, $430,000,000, to remain available until ex-
4 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be
5 available for use to contract with a person or persons for
6 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31
7 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
8 other provision of law, fees collected for premerger notifi-
9 cation filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Im-
10 provements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of
11 the year of collection (and estimated to be $190,000,000
12 in fiscal year 2023), shall be retained and used for nec-
13 essary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain
14 available until expended: Provided further, That, notwith-
15 standing any other provision of law, fees collected to im-
16 plement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, pro-
17 mulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud
18 and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), re-
19 gardless of the year of collection (and estimated to be
20 $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2023), shall be credited to this
21 account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses
22 in this appropriation, and shall remain available until ex-
23 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
24 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as such
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1 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation
2 from the general fund estimated at not more than
3 $220,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds
4 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be
5 used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of
6 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t).
7 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
8 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES
9 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
10 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
12 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-
13 tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-
14 essary expenses of real property management and related
15 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,
16 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased
17 buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia;
18 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-
19 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications
20 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-
21 location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci-
22 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair
23 and alteration of federally owned buildings, including
24 grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe-
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1 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur-
2 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law;
3 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con-
4 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre-
5 liminary planning and design of projects by contract or
6 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip-
7 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter-
8 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired
9 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag-
10 gregate amount of $10,318,478,000, of which—
11 (1) $946,423,000 shall remain available until
12 expended for construction and acquisition (including
13 funds for sites and expenses, and associated design
14 and construction services) and remediation, as fol-
15 lows:
16 District of Columbia:
17 DHS Consolidation at St. Elizabeths,
18 $379,938,000;
19 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
20 Lease Purchase Option, $21,000,000;
21 Southeast Federal Center Remediation,
22 $7,085,000;
23 National Capital Region:
24 Federal Bureau of Investigation Head-
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25 quarters Consolidation, $500,000,000;
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1 Tennessee:
2 Chattanooga, U.S. Courthouse,
3 $38,400,000:
4 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs
5 on construction, acquisition, and remediation
6 projects may be exceeded to the extent that savings
7 are effected in other such projects, but not to exceed
8 10 percent of the amounts included in a transmitted
9 prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is
10 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of
11 the House of Representatives and the Senate of a
12 greater amount;
13 (2) $733,994,000 shall remain available until
14 expended for repairs and alterations, including asso-
15 ciated design and construction services, of which—
16 (A) $249,578,000 is for Major Repairs and
17 Alterations as follows:
18 Multiple Locations:
19 National Conveying Systems,
20 $63,198,000;
21 National Capital Region:
22 Fire Alarm Systems,
23 $81,125,000;
24 California:
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1 San Francisco, Federal Building,
2 $15,687,000;
3 New York:
4 Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom
5 House, $68,497,000;
6 Oklahoma:
7 Oklahoma City, William J. Hollo-
8 way, Jr. U.S. Courthouse and Post
9 Office, $3,093,000;
10 Vermont:
11 St. Albans, Federal Building,
12 U.S. Post Office and Custom House,
13 $17,978,000;
14 (B) $398,797,000 is for Basic Repairs and
15 Alterations; and
16 (C) $85,619,000 is for Special Emphasis
17 Programs as follows:
18 Consolidation Activities, $20,000,000;
19 Fire Protection and Life Safety,
20 $20,000,000;
21 Judiciary Capital Security Program,
22 $20,000,000;
23 Seismic Mitigation Program,
24 $5,619,000;
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1 Energy and Water Retrofit and Con-
2 servation Program, $10,000,000; and
3 Climate and Resilience Program,
4 $10,000,000:
5 Provided, That funds made available in this or any
6 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-
7 pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects,
8 be limited to the amount identified for each project,
9 except each project in this or any previous Act may
10 be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent
11 unless advance approval is obtained from the Com-
12 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
13 resentatives and the Senate of a greater amount:
14 Provided further, That additional projects for which
15 prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund-
16 ed under this category only if advance approval is
17 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of
18 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-
19 vided further, That the amounts provided in this or
20 any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be
21 used to fund costs associated with implementing se-
22 curity improvements to buildings necessary to meet
23 the minimum standards for security in accordance
24 with current law and in compliance with the re-
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25 programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit-
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1 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That
2 the difference between the funds appropriated and
3 expended on any projects in this or any prior Act,
4 under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may
5 be transferred to ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ or
6 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus
7 projects: Provided further, That the amount provided
8 in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs and Al-
9 terations’’ may be used to pay claims against the
10 Government arising from any projects under the
11 heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund
12 authorized increases in prospectus projects;
13 (3) $5,645,680,000 for rental of space to re-
14 main available until expended; and
15 (4) $2,992,381,000 for building operations to
16 remain available until expended: Provided, That the
17 total amount of funds made available from this
18 Fund to the General Services Administration shall
19 not be available for expenses of any construction, re-
20 pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a
21 prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has
22 not been approved, except that necessary funds may
23 be expended for each project for required expenses
24 for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-
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1 Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re-
2 pairs when advance approval is obtained from the
3 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
4 resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That
5 amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special
6 services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)
7 and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing,
8 lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private
9 or other property not in Government ownership or
10 control as may be appropriate to enable the United
11 States Secret Service to perform its protective func-
12 tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available
13 from such revenues and collections: Provided further,
14 That revenues and collections and any other sums
15 accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2023, ex-
16 cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2),
17 in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority
18 authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed-
19 eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the
20 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex-
21 cept as authorized in appropriations Acts.
22 GENERAL ACTIVITIES
23 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY
24 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
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1 management of real and personal property assets and cer-
2 tain administrative services; Government-wide policy sup-
3 port responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor
4 vehicles, information technology management, and related
5 technology activities; and services as authorized by 5
6 U.S.C. 3109; and evaluation activities as authorized by
7 statute; $70,354,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain
8 available until September 30, 2024.
9 OPERATING EXPENSES
10 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
11 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with
12 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-
13 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, and
14 management; the hire of zero-emission passenger motor
15 vehicles and supporting charging or fueling infrastructure;
16 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
17 $54,478,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official
18 reception and representation expenses.
19 CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS
20 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
21 vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian
22 Board of Contract Appeals, $10,100,000, of which
23 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
3 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
4 $72,450,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000
5 shall be available for information technology enhance-
6 ments related to implementing cloud services, improving
7 security measures, and providing modern technology case
8 management solutions: Provided further, That not to ex-
9 ceed $50,000 shall be available for payment for informa-
10 tion and detection of fraud against the Government, in-
11 cluding payment for recovery of stolen Government prop-
12 erty: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be
13 available for awards to employees of other Federal agen-
14 cies and private citizens in recognition of efforts and ini-
15 tiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General
16 effectiveness.
17 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER
18 PRESIDENTS
19 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August
20 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138,
21 $5,200,000.
22 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND
23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
24 For expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44
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25 U.S.C. 3604; and for expenses authorized by law, not oth-
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1 erwise provided for, in support of interagency projects that
2 enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to
3 conduct activities electronically, through the development
4 and implementation of innovative uses of information
5 technology; $57,750,000, to be deposited into the Federal
6 Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the previous
7 amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry
8 out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro-
9 vided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reim-
10 bursements, and collections deposited into the Fund shall
11 be available until expended for necessary expenses of Fed-
12 eral Citizen Services and other activities that enable the
13 Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac-
14 tivities electronically in the aggregate amount not to ex-
15 ceed $200,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations,
16 revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this
17 Fund during fiscal year 2023 in excess of such amount
18 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for
19 expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts:
20 Provided further, That the transfer authorities provided
21 herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority
22 provided in this Act.
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1 ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND
2 For carrying out section 16(b) of the Federal Assets
3 Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 1303 note),
4 $4,200,000, to remain available until expended.
5 WORKING CAPITAL FUND
6 For the Working Capital Fund of the General Serv-
7 ices Administration, $4,200,000, to remain available until
8 expended, for necessary costs incurred by the Adminis-
9 trator to modernize rulemaking systems and to provide
10 support services for Federal rulemaking agencies.
11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES
12 ADMINISTRATION
13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
14 SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services
15 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger
16 motor vehicles.
17 SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
18 made available for fiscal year 2023 for Federal Buildings
19 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities
20 only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
21 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
22 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations
23 of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
24 SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title,
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1 a fiscal year 2024 request for United States Courthouse
2 construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide
3 standards for construction as established and approved by
4 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
5 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage-
6 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial
7 Conference of the United States as set out in its approved
8 Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a
9 standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility
10 to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
11 SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may
12 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet,
13 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any
14 other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
15 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per
16 square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
17 mined by the General Services Administration in consider-
18 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972
19 (Public Law 92–313).
20 SEC. 524. From funds made available under the
21 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
22 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less
23 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects
24 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
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1 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
2 of Representatives and the Senate.
3 SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on
4 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
5 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
6 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease
7 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-
8 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-
9 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall
10 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical
11 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all
12 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-
13 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should
14 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-
15 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory
16 statement to each of such committees and the Committees
17 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
18 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in
19 the resolution.
20 SEC. 526. With respect to E–Government projects
21 funded under the heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services
22 Fund’’, the Administrator of General Services shall submit
23 a spending plan and explanation for each project to be
24 undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of the
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1 House of Representatives and the Senate not later than
2 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
3 SEC. 527. None of the funds made available in this
4 or any prior Act for the Federal Bureau of Investigation
5 Headquarters Consolidation project may be used to plan
6 or design any facility that does not meet the requirements
7 of a new, fully-consolidated headquarters building in the
8 National Capital Region at one of the three sites listed
9 in the General Services Administration Fiscal Year 2017
10 PNCR–FBI–NCR 17 prospectus for a new fully-consoli-
11 dated Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters, and
12 that does not meet Interagency Security Committee Level
13 V security standards as described in the General Services
14 Administration Fiscal Year 2017 PNCR–FBI–NCR 17
15 prospectus.
16 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
18 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship
19 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub-
20 lic Law 93–642, $3,000,000, to remain available until ex-
21 pended.
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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, $48,116,000, to remain available until Sep-
14 tember 30, 2024, and in addition not to exceed
15 $2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024,
16 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap-
17 peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement
18 and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit
19 Systems Protection 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)
24 For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L.
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25 Udall Foundation, 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 until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8
4 and 9 of such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be available
5 to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of
6 Public Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law
7 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That all current
8 and previous amounts transferred to the Office of Inspec-
9 tor General of the Department of the Interior will remain
10 available until expended for audits and investigations of
11 the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation,
12 consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5
13 U.S.C. App.), as amended, and for annual independent fi-
14 nancial audits of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L.
15 Udall Foundation pursuant to the Accountability of Tax
16 Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–289): Provided fur-
17 ther, That previous amounts transferred to the Office of
18 Inspector General of the Department of the Interior may
19 be transferred to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L.
20 Udall Foundation for annual independent financial audits
21 pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002
22 (Public Law 107–289).
23 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND
24 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-
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25 tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-
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1 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998,
2 $3,500,000, to remain available until expended.
3 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
4 OPERATING EXPENSES
5 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
6 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-
7 tration and archived Federal records and related activities,
8 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
9 view and declassification of documents, the activities of
10 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations
11 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the
12 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al-
13 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
14 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning,
15 $420,226,000, of which $30,000,000 shall remain avail-
16 able until expended for expenses necessary to enhance the
17 Federal Government’s ability to electronically preserve,
18 manage, and store Government records, of which up to
19 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended to imple-
20 ment the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act
21 of 2018 (Public Law 115–426), and of which $1,000,000
22 shall be for necessary expenses of the Public Interest De-
23 classification Board in carrying out the provisions of the
24 Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 (title VII of
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25 Public Law 106–567; 50 U.S.C. 3355 et seq.).
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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 Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122
5 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of
6 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor
7 vehicles, $5,216,000.
8 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
10 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
11 chives facilities and museum exhibits, related equipment
12 for public spaces, and to provide adequate storage for
13 holdings, $22,224,000, to remain available until expended,
14 of which no less than $7,250,000 is for upgrades to the
15 Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta, Georgia and of
16 which $6,000,000 is for the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential
17 Museum in Starkville, Mississippi.
18 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS
19 COMMISSION
20 GRANTS PROGRAM
21 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
22 historical publications and records as authorized by 44
23 U.S.C. 2504, $8,350,000, to remain available until ex-
24 pended.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND
2 RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
3 SEC. 531. For an additional amount for ‘‘National
4 Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants
5 Program’’, $22,441,000, which shall be for initiatives in
6 the amounts and for the projects specified in the table that
7 appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—
8 National Archives and Records Administration’’ in the ex-
9 planatory statement accompanying this Act: Provided,
10 That none of the funds made available by this section may
11 be transferred for any other purpose.
12 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
13 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND
14 For the Community Development Revolving Loan
15 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822,
16 and 9910, $3,000,000 shall be available until September
17 30, 2024, for technical assistance to low-income des-
18 ignated credit unions: Provided, That credit unions des-
19 ignated solely as minority depository institutions shall be
20 eligible to apply for and receive such technical assistance.
21 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
23 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
24 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in
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1 and the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter Stop
2 Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, including serv-
3 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference
4 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of
5 passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for
6 official reception and representation expenses,
7 $20,116,000.
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 $173,181,000: Provided, That of the total amount made
24 available under this heading, $19,373,000 shall remain
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25 available until expended, for information technology mod-
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1 ernization and Trust Fund Federal Financial System mi-
2 gration or modernization, and shall be in addition to funds
3 otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided fur-
4 ther, That of the total amount made available under this
5 heading, $1,381,748 may be made available for strength-
6 ening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition work-
7 force (as defined by the Office of Federal Procurement
8 Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), includ-
9 ing the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such
10 workforce and information technology in support of acqui-
11 sition workforce effectiveness or for management solutions
12 to improve acquisition management; and in addition
13 $183,450,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans-
14 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without
15 regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of
16 printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro-
17 grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appro-
18 priation shall not affect the authority to use applicable
19 trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B),
20 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title
21 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of
22 this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex-
23 penses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established
24 pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943,
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25 or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further,
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1 That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-
2 lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo-
3 ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2023, accept dona-
4 tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided
5 further, That such donations, including those from prior
6 years, may be used for the development of publicity mate-
7 rials to provide information about the White House Fel-
8 lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for
9 travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala-
10 ries of employees of such Commission: Provided further,
11 That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts made available
12 under this heading may be transferred to an information
13 technology working capital fund established for purposes
14 authorized by subtitle G of title X of division A of the
15 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
16 (Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note): Provided
17 further, That the OPM Director shall notify, and receive
18 approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of the
19 House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days
20 in advance of any transfer under the preceding proviso:
21 Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund
22 under such transfer authority from any organizational cat-
23 egory of OPM shall not exceed 5 percent of each such or-
24 ganizational category’s budget as identified in the report
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25 required by section 608 of this Act: Provided further, That
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1 amounts transferred to such a fund shall remain available
2 for obligation through September 30, 2026.
3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
7 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
8 General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by
9 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles,
10 $5,408,000, and in addition, not to exceed $29,487,000
11 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
12 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
13 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
14 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of
15 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector
16 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
17 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia
18 and elsewhere.
19 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
22 Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized
23 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit-
24 nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
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1 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi-
2 cles, $31,904,000.
3 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
6 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of
7 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of
8 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $10,633,000, to remain avail-
9 able until September 30, 2024.
10 PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD
11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
12 For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-
13 form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and
14 Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $3,785,000,
15 to remain available until expended.
16 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
18 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
19 change Commission, including services as authorized by
20 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple
21 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and
22 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
23 tion expenses, $2,149,000,000, to remain available until
24 expended; of which not less than $18,979,000 shall be for
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25 the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed
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1 $275,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat
2 for the International Organization of Securities Commis-
3 sions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail-
4 able for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted
5 by the Commission with foreign governmental and other
6 regulatory officials, members of their delegations and
7 staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters,
8 such expenses to include necessary logistic and adminis-
9 trative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and
10 foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental ex-
11 penses such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and
12 (3) related lodging or subsistence.
13 In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move,
14 replication, and related costs associated with a replace-
15 ment lease for the Commission’s District of Columbia
16 headquarters facilities, not to exceed $57,405,000, to re-
17 main available until expended; and for move, replication,
18 and related costs associated with a replacement lease for
19 the Commission’s San Francisco Regional Office facilities,
20 not to exceed $3,365,000, to remain available until ex-
21 pended.
22 For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section
23 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.
24 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2023, all amounts appropriated
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25 under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular ap-
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1 propriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2023: Pro-
2 vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of
3 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee)
4 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections:
5 Provided further, That not to exceed $2,149,000,000 of
6 such offsetting collections shall be available until expended
7 for necessary expenses of this account; not to exceed
8 $57,405,000 of such offsetting collections shall be avail-
9 able until expended for move, replication, and related costs
10 under this heading associated with a replacement lease for
11 the Commission’s District of Columbia headquarters facili-
12 ties; and not to exceed $3,365,000 of such offsetting col-
13 lections shall be available until expended for move, replica-
14 tion, and related costs under this heading associated with
15 a replacement lease for the Commission’s San Francisco
16 Regional Office facilities: Provided further, That the total
17 amount appropriated under this heading from the general
18 fund for fiscal year 2023 shall be reduced as such offset-
19 ting fees are received so as to result in a final total fiscal
20 year 2023 appropriation from the general fund estimated
21 at not more than $0: Provided further, That if any amount
22 of the appropriation for move, replication, and related
23 costs associated with a replacement lease for the Commis-
24 sion’s District of Columbia headquarters facilities or if any
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25 amount of the appropriation for move, replication, and re-
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1 lated costs associated with a replacement lease for the
2 Commission’s San Francisco Regional Office facilities is
3 subsequently de-obligated by the Commission, such
4 amount that was derived from the general fund shall be
5 returned to the general fund, and such amounts that were
6 derived from fees or assessments collected for such pur-
7 pose shall be paid to each national securities exchange and
8 national securities association, respectively, in proportion
9 to any fees or assessments paid by such national securities
10 exchange or national securities association under section
11 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.
12 78ee) in fiscal year 2023.
13 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
15 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
16 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of
17 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective
18 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for
19 civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
20 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed
21 $750 for official reception and representation expenses;
22 $31,682,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal
23 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from
24 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President
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1 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds
2 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-
3 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed
4 Forces of the United States.
5 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
8 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of
9 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343
10 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-
11 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
12 penses, $308,297,000, of which not less than $12,000,000
13 shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other
14 lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis-
15 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
16 lications developed by the Small Business Administration,
17 and certain loan program activities, including fees author-
18 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided
19 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues
20 received from all such activities shall be credited to this
21 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying
22 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro-
23 vided further, That the Small Business Administration
24 may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000
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25 and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec-
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1 tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during
2 fiscal year 2023: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall
3 be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting
4 System, to be available until September 30, 2024: Pro-
5 vided further, That $20,000,000 shall be available for the
6 Veteran’s Small Business certification program as author-
7 ized by sections 36 and 36A of the Small Business Act,
8 to be available until September 30, 2024.
9 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
10 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-
11 trepreneurial and small business development,
12 $311,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
13 2024: Provided, That $138,000,000 shall be available to
14 fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2023 or fiscal
15 year 2024 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi-
16 ness Act: Provided further, That $41,000,000 shall be for
17 marketing, management, and technical assistance under
18 section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
19 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under
20 the microloan program: Provided further, That
21 $20,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to
22 carry out export programs that assist small business con-
23 cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business
24 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, $23,805,000.
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.), $9,939,000, to
10 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 and com-
21 mitments for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of
22 section 502(7) of the Small Business Investment Act of
23 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed, in the aggre-
24 gate, $15,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fis-
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25 cal year 2023 commitments for general business loans au-
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1 thorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section
2 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed
3 $35,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term
4 loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided
5 by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal
6 year 2023 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures
7 under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment
8 Act of 1958 shall not exceed $5,000,000,000: Provided
9 further, That during fiscal year 2023, guarantees of trust
10 certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi-
11 ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of
12 $15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses
13 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
14 $165,300,000, which may be transferred to and merged
15 with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.
16 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
18 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
19 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small
20 Business Act, $179,000,000, to be available until ex-
21 pended, of which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector
22 General of the Small Business Administration for audits
23 and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro-
24 grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the
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25 appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of
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1 which $169,000,000 is for direct administrative expenses
2 of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan
3 program, which may be transferred to and merged with
4 the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of
5 which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative expenses
6 for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to
7 and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex-
8 penses: Provided, That, of the funds provided under this
9 heading, $143,000,000 shall be for major disasters de-
10 clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
11 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Pro-
12 vided further, That the amount for major disasters under
13 this heading is designated by the Congress as being for
14 disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the
15 budget.
16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS
17 ADMINISTRATION
18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
19 SEC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
20 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the
21 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-
22 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
23 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
24 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant
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25 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of
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1 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-
2 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
3 with the procedures set forth in that section.
4 SEC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria-
5 tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad-
6 ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’
7 and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans-
8 ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys-
9 tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF),
10 as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division
11 A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
12 Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section
13 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the
14 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
15 atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred
16 to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available
17 for obligation through September 30, 2026.
18 SEC. 542. For an additional amount for ‘‘Small Busi-
19 ness Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’,
20 $121,044,000, which shall be for initiatives related to
21 small business development and entrepreneurship, includ-
22 ing programmatic, construction, and acquisition activities,
23 in the amounts and for the projects specified in the table
24 that appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provi-
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25 sions—Small Business Administration’’ in the explanatory
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1 statement accompanying this Act: Provided, That, not-
2 withstanding sections 2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2,
3 Code of Federal Regulations, the Administrator of the
4 Small Business Administration may permit awards to sub-
5 recipients for initiatives funded under this section: Pro-
6 vided further, That none of the funds made available by
7 this section may be transferred for any other purpose.
8 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
9 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
10 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue
11 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
12 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United
13 States Code, $50,253,000: Provided, That mail for over-
14 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:
15 Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery
16 of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro-
17 vided further, That none of the funds made available to
18 the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement
19 any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or
20 employee of any State or local child support enforcement
21 agency, or any individual participating in a State or local
22 program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa-
23 tion requested or provided concerning an address of a
24 postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds
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25 provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close
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1 small rural and other small post offices: Provided further,
2 That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall con-
3 tinue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational Spe-
4 cies Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as authorized
5 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 the amount
23 made available under 26 U.S.C. 7475 shall be transferred
24 and added to any amounts available under 26 U.S.C.
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25 7473, to remain available until expended, for the operation
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1 and maintenance of the United States Tax Court: Pro-
2 vided further, That travel expenses of the judges shall be
3 paid upon the written certificate of the judge.
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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, except for transfers made pursuant to the authority
12 in section 3173(d) of title 40, United States Code, unless
13 expressly so provided herein.
14 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation
15 under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
16 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
17 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
18 of public record and available for public inspection, except
19 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
20 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
21 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this
22 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
23 strumentality of the United States Government, except
24 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
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25 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
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1 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this
2 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the
3 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
4 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would
5 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
6 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of
7 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
8 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this
9 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees
10 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply
11 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
12 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
13 available under this Act shall be made available to any
14 person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-
15 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
16 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
17 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
18 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
19 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
20 penditure in fiscal year 2023, or provided from any ac-
21 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees
22 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
23 available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
24 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program;
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25 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases
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1 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity
2 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-
3 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
4 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the
5 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different
6 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
7 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever
8 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
9 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7)
10 creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-
11 less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-
12 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
13 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization,
14 restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs,
15 or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall
16 consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the
17 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
18 ther, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
19 ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall
20 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of
21 the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish
22 the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-
23 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further,
24 That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table
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1 equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns
2 to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s
3 budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust-
4 ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the
5 fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for
6 each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted
7 level by object class and program, project, and activity as
8 detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the
9 budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which-
10 ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items
11 for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs
12 for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to
13 discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations;
14 and (3) an identification of items of special congressional
15 interest.
16 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided
17 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
18 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2023 from
19 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses
20 for fiscal year 2023 in this Act, shall remain available
21 through September 30, 2024, for each such account for
22 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall
23 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
24 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval
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1 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
2 programming guidelines.
3 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in
4 this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-
5 dent to request—
6 (1) any official background investigation report
7 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
8 tigation; or
9 (2) a determination with respect to the treat-
10 ment of an organization as described in section
11 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and
12 exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such
13 Code from the Department of the Treasury or the
14 Internal Revenue Service.
15 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply—
16 (1) in the case of an official background inves-
17 tigation report, if such individual has given express
18 written consent for such request not more than 6
19 months prior to the date of such request and during
20 the same presidential administration; or
21 (2) if such request is required due to extraor-
22 dinary circumstances involving national security.
23 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-
24 gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code
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1 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established
2 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
3 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and
4 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the
5 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
6 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize
7 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel
8 expenses imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made
9 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant
10 to court approval.
11 SEC. 613. In order to promote Government access to
12 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
13 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set
14 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
15 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply
16 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
17 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40,
18 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined
19 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code).
20 SEC. 614. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31,
21 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
22 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
23 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or
24 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a
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1 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee
2 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
3 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
4 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement
5 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency
6 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject
7 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the
8 person or entity is an organization described in section
9 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
10 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.
11 SEC. 615. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
12 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise
13 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the
14 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
15 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General
16 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
17 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the
18 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations
19 with the current lessor.
20 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an
21 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by
22 the President to require emergency leasing authority with
23 respect to such agency.
24 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive
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1 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-
2 eral Services Administration or the United States Postal
3 Service.
4 SEC. 616. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-
5 lowing activities the amounts required under current law:
6 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C.
7 102).
8 (2) Payments to—
9 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund
10 (28 U.S.C. 377(o));
11 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund
12 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and
13 (C) the United States Court of Federal
14 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C.
15 178(l)).
16 (3) Payment of Government contributions—
17 (A) with respect to the health benefits of
18 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89
19 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired
20 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74
21 Stat. 849); and
22 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
23 fits for employees retiring after December 31,
24 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87).
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1 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of
2 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil
3 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C.
4 8348).
5 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid
6 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
7 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter
8 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
9 States Code.
10 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-
11 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any
12 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-
13 tained in this Act.
14 SEC. 617. (a) The head of each executive branch
15 agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In-
16 formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par-
17 ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process
18 related to information technology.
19 (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch
20 agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
21 tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
22 sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and
23 budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director
24 of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner
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1 ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial
2 Officer of the agency and budget officials.
3 SEC. 618. None of the funds made available in this
4 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or
5 33 of title 44, United States Code.
6 SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this
7 Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the
8 disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv-
9 ice to the public or remote computing service of the con-
10 tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec-
11 tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined
12 in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code)
13 in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the
14 Constitution of the United States.
15 SEC. 620. No funds provided in this Act shall be used
16 to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely
17 access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
18 able to the department or agency over which that Inspec-
19 tor General has responsibilities under the Inspector Gen-
20 eral Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector
21 General’s access to such records, documents, or other ma-
22 terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of
23 law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and ex-
24 pressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A
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1 its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu-
2 ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In-
3 spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory
4 limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro-
5 vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen-
6 eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act
7 of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section
8 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
9 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal-
10 endar days any failures to comply with this requirement.
11 SEC. 621. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
12 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission
13 to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of
14 the Commission for universal service high-cost support for
15 competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way
16 that is inconsistent with subsection (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec-
17 tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as
18 in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section
19 shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-
20 oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter-
21 native to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That
22 any such alternative mechanism shall maintain existing
23 high-cost support to competitive eligible telecommuni-
24 cations carriers until support under such mechanism com-
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1 SEC. 622. (a) None of the funds made available in
2 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer
3 network unless such network blocks the viewing,
4 downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
5 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of
6 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local
7 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out
8 criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activi-
9 ties, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related
10 activity.
11 SEC. 623. None of the funds appropriated or other-
12 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award
13 or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has
14 been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over
15 budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of
16 a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such
17 deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-
18 driven scope changes, or are not significant within the
19 overall scope of the project and/or program and unless
20 such awards or incentive fees are consistent with section
21 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
22 SEC. 624. (a) None of the funds made available under
23 this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac-
24 tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch
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1 Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless
2 the agency or entity determines that such attendance is
3 in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted
4 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
5 resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that
6 determination.
7 (b) None of the funds made available under this Act
8 may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more
9 than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United
10 States, at any single conference occurring outside the
11 United States unless the agency or entity determines that
12 such attendance is in the national interest and advance
13 notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations
14 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in-
15 cludes the basis of that determination.
16 SEC. 625. None of the funds made available by this
17 Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by
18 the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this
19 Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–
20 10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
21 SEC. 626. In addition to any amounts appropriated
22 or otherwise made available for expenses related to en-
23 hancements to www.oversight.gov, $850,000, to remain
24 available until expended, shall be provided for an addi-
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1 Council Fund established pursuant to section 11(c)(3)(B)
2 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.):
3 Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition to any
4 amounts or any authority available to the Council of the
5 Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency under sec-
6 tion 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
7 App.).
8 SEC. 627. None of the funds made available by this
9 Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for
10 public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man-
11 agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10,
12 2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is
13 transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
14 House of Representatives and the Senate.
15 SEC. 628. Federal agencies funded under this Act
16 shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for
17 advertising or educational purposes, including emails or
18 Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-
19 lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex-
20 pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out
21 this requirement shall be derived from amounts made
22 available to the agency for advertising or other commu-
23 nications regarding the programs and activities of the
24 agency.
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1 SEC. 629. When issuing statements, press releases,
2 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
3 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or
4 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal
5 funds included in this Act, shall clearly state—
6 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
7 gram or project which will be financed with Federal
8 money;
9 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the
10 project or program; and
11 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total
12 costs of the project or program that will be financed
13 by non-governmental sources.
14 SEC. 630. Not later than 45 days after the last day
15 of each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall sub-
16 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate
17 and the House of Representatives a quarterly budget re-
18 port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that
19 quarter for each appropriation, by the source year of the
20 appropriation.
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1 TITLE VII
2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE
3 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
5 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality
6 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
7 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2023 shall obligate
8 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
9 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to
10 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
11 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal
12 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances
13 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
14 802)) by the officers and employees of such department,
15 agency, or instrumentality.
16 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
17 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year
18 in accordance with section 1343(c) of title 31, United
19 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
20 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve-
21 hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve-
22 hicles), is hereby fixed at $24,934 except station wagons
23 for which the maximum shall be $25,996: Provided, That
24 these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for
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1 forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than
2 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for
3 demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and
4 Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra-
5 tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set
6 forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental
7 cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant
8 to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con-
9 ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim-
10 its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle
11 that is a commercial item and which operates on alter-
12 native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in
13 hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
14 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart-
15 ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
16 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
17 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available
18 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in
19 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.
20 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during
21 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con-
22 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the
23 compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern-
24 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma-
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1 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti-
2 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen
3 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit-
4 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as
5 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who
6 is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant-
7 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration
8 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and
9 then a citizen when eligible; (4) is a person who owes alle-
10 giance to the United States; or (5) is a person who is au-
11 thorized to be employed in the United States pursuant to
12 the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program estab-
13 lished under the memorandum of the Secretary of Home-
14 land Security dated June 15, 2012: Provided, That for
15 purposes of this section, affidavits signed by any such per-
16 son shall be considered prima facie evidence that the re-
17 quirements of this section with respect to his or her status
18 are being complied with: Provided further, That for pur-
19 poses of paragraphs (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be
20 submitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as
21 necessary: Provided further, That any person making a
22 false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon convic-
23 tion, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned
24 for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That
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1 substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Pro-
2 vided further, That any payment made to any officer or
3 employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall
4 be recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Pro-
5 vided further, That this section shall not apply to any per-
6 son who is an officer or employee of the Government of
7 the United States on the date of enactment of this Act,
8 or to international broadcasters employed by the Broad-
9 casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment
10 of translators, or to temporary employment in the field
11 service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies:
12 Provided further, That this section does not apply to the
13 employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than
14 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart-
15 ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant
16 to an agreement with another country.
17 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart-
18 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
19 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
20 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General
21 Services Administration for charges for space and services
22 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
23 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements
24 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of
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1 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments
2 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law.
3 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or
4 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
5 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials,
6 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a
7 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
8 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
9 pended for the following purposes:
10 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
11 and recycling programs as described in Executive
12 Order No. 14057 (December 8, 2021), including any
13 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of
14 the Executive order.
15 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
16 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the
17 development and implementation of hazardous waste
18 management and pollution prevention programs.
19 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by
20 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the
21 Federal agency.
22 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other
23 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year
24 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of
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1 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,
2 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance
3 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
4 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
5 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the
6 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in
7 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
8 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other
9 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be
10 correspondingly reduced.
11 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in
12 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency
13 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards),
14 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups
15 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do
16 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive
17 financial support from more than one agency or instru-
18 mentality.
19 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant
20 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used
21 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which
22 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly
23 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the
24 United States.
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1 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of
2 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian
3 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the
4 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may
5 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish
6 or redecorate the office of such department head, agency
7 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or
8 make improvements for any such office, unless advance
9 notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted
10 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
11 resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec-
12 tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of-
13 fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space
14 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is
15 directly controlled by the individual.
16 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
17 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current
18 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for
19 the interagency funding of national security and emer-
20 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which
21 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-
22 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6,
23 2012).
24 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by
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1 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the
2 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any
3 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol-
4 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com-
5 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United
6 States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part
7 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless
8 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other
9 instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer-
10 tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
11 ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi-
12 vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail
13 the individual to the White House.
14 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
15 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de-
16 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community
17 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National
18 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))).
19 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in
20 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment
21 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal
22 Government, who—
23 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
24 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
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1 direct oral or written communication or contact with
2 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the
3 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining
4 to the employment of such other officer or employee
5 or pertaining to the department or agency of such
6 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of
7 whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
8 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
9 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member,
10 committee, or subcommittee; or
11 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,
12 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or
13 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion
14 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
15 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
16 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
17 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the
18 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to
19 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to
20 such other officer or employee, by reason of any
21 communication or contact of such other officer or
22 employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
23 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph
24 (1).
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1 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in
2 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for
3 any employee training that—
4 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
5 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the
6 performance of official duties;
7 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
8 els of emotional response or psychological stress in
9 some participants;
10 (3) does not require prior employee notification
11 of the content and methods to be used in the train-
12 ing and written end of course evaluation;
13 (4) contains any methods or content associated
14 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or
15 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
16 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N–
17 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
18 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
19 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the
20 workplace.
21 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or
22 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training
23 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.
24 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this
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1 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
2 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda
3 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of
4 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television,
5 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
6 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation
7 to the Congress itself.
8 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or
9 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
10 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization
11 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure
12 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of
13 competent jurisdiction.
14 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this
15 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public
16 information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail-
17 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the
18 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
19 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
20 and the Senate.
21 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in
22 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly,
23 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
24 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore
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1 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’—
2 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined
3 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and
4 (2) includes a military department, as defined
5 under section 102 of such title and the United
6 States Postal Service.
7 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
8 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee
9 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort
10 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave
11 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under
12 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest
13 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time
14 in the performance of official duties.
15 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
16 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current
17 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department
18 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting
19 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to
20 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative
21 costs.
22 SEC. 721. (a) Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and
23 section 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
24 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or
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1 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-
2 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for
3 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including
4 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided,
5 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
6 trator of General Services to support Government-wide
7 and other multiagency financial, information technology,
8 procurement, and other management innovations, initia-
9 tives, and activities, including improving coordination and
10 reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the
11 Office of Management and Budget.
12 (b)(1) The total funds transferred or reimbursed pur-
13 suant to this section shall not exceed $100,000,000 to sup-
14 port cross-cutting program implementation, including
15 those required by statute to be applicable to multiple agen-
16 cies or government-wide and for other activities related to
17 Federal Government Priority Goals established by 31
18 U.S.C. 1120.
19 (2) None of the funds authorized or transferred pur-
20 suant to paragraph (1) may be expended until the Direc-
21 tor of the Office of Management and Budget consults with
22 and openly solicits recommendations from member agen-
23 cies of the appropriate executive councils provided in law
24 (including, but not limited to, the President’s Management
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1 the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial manage-
2 ment initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council
3 for information technology initiatives, the Chief Human
4 Capital Officers Council for human capital initiatives, the
5 Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procurement initia-
6 tives, the Performance Improvement Council for perform-
7 ance improvement initiatives, the Chief Data Officers
8 Council for data management and information sharing ini-
9 tiatives, and the Evaluation Officers Council for evalua-
10 tion and evidence-building initiatives).
11 (3) The Director of the Office of Management and
12 Budget may, for purposes of sound management and exe-
13 cution of the funds in this section, use, but not exceed,
14 $5,000,000 of the funds transferred or reimbursed pursu-
15 ant to this section to provide administrative support for
16 the execution of actions and activities authorized in sub-
17 section (a).
18 (4) The funds transferred to or for reimbursement
19 of ‘‘General Services Administration, Government-wide
20 Policy’’ for purposes of this section during fiscal year
21 2023 shall remain available for obligation through Sep-
22 tember 30, 2024.
23 (c)(1) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this
24 Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
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1 Services Administration, shall submit to the Committees
2 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
3 Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
4 mental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Over-
5 sight and Reform of the House of Representatives a de-
6 tailed spend plan for the funds transferred or reimbursed
7 pursuant to subsection (b).
8 (2) The spend plan required in paragraph (1) shall,
9 at a minimum, include—
10 (A) the amounts currently in the funds author-
11 ized under this section and the estimate of amounts
12 to be transferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 2023;
13 (B) a detailed breakdown of the purposes for all
14 funds estimated to be transferred or reimbursed pur-
15 suant to this section, including a brief description,
16 by category, of how the amounts of each fund will
17 contribute to the purposes described subsection
18 (b)(1);
19 (C) where applicable, a description of the funds
20 intended for use by or for the benefit of each execu-
21 tive council; and
22 (D) where applicable, a description of the funds
23 intended for use by or for the implementation of spe-
24 cific laws passed by Congress.
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1 (d) No transfers or reimbursements may be made
2 pursuant to this section until 15 days following notifica-
3 tion of the Committees on Appropriations of the House
4 of Representatives and the Senate by the Director of the
5 Office of Management and Budget.
6 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of
7 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location
8 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman
9 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at
10 the location.
11 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
12 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current
13 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for
14 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops,
15 studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of
16 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized
17 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple
18 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That
19 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-
20 port describing the budget of and resources connected with
21 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-
22 mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on
23 Science, Space, and Technology, and the Senate Com-
24 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days
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1 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation,
2 grant application, form, notification, press release, or
3 other publications involving the distribution of Federal
4 funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part
5 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided,
6 That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula
7 funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal
8 funds.
9 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY
10 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of
11 the funds made available in this or any other Act may
12 be used by any Federal agency—
13 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation
14 of data, derived from any means, that includes any
15 personally identifiable information relating to an in-
16 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
17 ment Internet site of the agency; or
18 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third
19 party (including another government agency) to col-
20 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
21 rived from any means, that includes any personally
22 identifiable information relating to an individual’s
23 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet
24 site.
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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in
2 subsection (a) shall not apply to—
3 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not
4 identify particular persons;
5 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
6 tifiable information;
7 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
8 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with
9 applicable law; or
10 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1)
11 that is a system security action taken by the oper-
12 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident
13 to providing the Internet site services or to pro-
14 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the
15 Internet site.
16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:
17 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
18 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities
19 provided in law.
20 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
21 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
22 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial
23 condition, management practices and policies and
24 compliance with applicable standards as provided in
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1 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
2 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which
3 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,
4 except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
5 traceptive coverage.
6 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract
7 with—
8 (1) any of the following religious plans:
9 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and
10 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
11 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier
12 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of
13 religious beliefs.
14 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters
15 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
16 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the
17 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for
18 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary
19 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.
20 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
21 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
22 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-
23 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and
24 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to
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1 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized
2 oversight authorities.
3 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of
4 law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-
5 partments and agencies may be used by such departments
6 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and
7 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
8 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft
9 ownership pilot program.
10 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of
11 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available
12 under this or any other appropriations Act may be used
13 to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the
14 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-
15 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
16 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through
17 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-
18 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68,
19 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail
20 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch).
21 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of
22 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,
23 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-
24 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of
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1 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
2 the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that
3 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is author-
4 ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities
5 by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which
6 cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities.
7 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing
8 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act
9 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce
10 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
11 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes
12 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
13 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was
14 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency.
15 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this
16 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title
17 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy
18 Act), and regulations implementing that section.
19 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
20 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any
21 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-
22 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated
23 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b)
24 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b))
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1 (b) WAIVERS.—
2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive
3 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
4 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary
5 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-
6 quired in the interest of national security.
7 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary
8 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report
9 such issuance to Congress.
10 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any
11 Federal Government contract entered into before the date
12 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued
13 pursuant to such contract.
14 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2023, for each employee
15 who—
16 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or
17 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or
18 (2) retires under any other provision of sub-
19 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title
20 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-
21 rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil
22 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount
23 equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-
24 age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for
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1 available until expended to the Office of Personnel
2 Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-
3 trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title
4 5, United States Code.
5 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available in this
6 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of
7 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
8 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a Mem-
9 ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-
10 missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch
11 agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States
12 Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch.
13 SEC. 736. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
14 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,
15 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year
16 2023, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any
17 prevailing rate employee described in section
18 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—
19 (A) during the period from the date of expira-
20 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
21 tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-
22 fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-
23 ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2023, in an
24 amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
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1 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule
2 in accordance with such section; and
3 (B) during the period consisting of the remain-
4 der of fiscal year 2023, in an amount that exceeds,
5 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate
6 payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the
7 sum of—
8 (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect
9 in fiscal year 2022 under section 5303 of title
10 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
11 under the General Schedule; and
12 (ii) the difference between the overall aver-
13 age percentage of the locality-based com-
14 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year
15 2023 under section 5304 of such title (whether
16 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
17 erage percentage of such payments which was
18 effective in the previous fiscal year under such
19 section.
20 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
21 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or
22 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
23 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title,
24 may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1)
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1 be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli-
2 cable to such employee.
3 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
4 able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and
5 who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September
6 30, 2022, shall be determined under regulations pre-
7 scribed by the Office of Personnel Management.
8 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates
9 of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection
10 may not be changed from the rates in effect on September
11 30, 2022, except to the extent determined by the Office
12 of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-
13 pose of this subsection.
14 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay
15 for service performed after September 30, 2022.
16 (6) For the purpose of administering any provision
17 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
18 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
19 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
20 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the
21 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary
22 or basic pay payable after the application of this sub-
23 section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.
24 (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to
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1 by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would
2 be payable were this subsection not in effect.
3 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide
4 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub-
5 section if the Office determines that such exceptions are
6 necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali-
7 fied employees.
8 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment
9 in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that
10 take place in fiscal year 2023 under sections 5344 and
11 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be—
12 (1) not less than the percentage received by em-
13 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay
14 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems
15 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United
16 States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-
17 ees at locations where there are no employees whose
18 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304
19 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate
20 employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5,
21 United States Code, shall be considered to be located
22 in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United
23 States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United
24 States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and
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1 (2) effective as of the first day of the first ap-
2 plicable pay period beginning after September 30,
3 2022.
4 SEC. 737. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
5 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by
6 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual
7 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official
8 for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the
9 costs and contracting procedures related to each con-
10 ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-
11 mission, or office during fiscal year 2023 for which the
12 cost to the United States Government was more than
13 $100,000.
14 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
15 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
16 ble period—
17 (1) a description of its purpose;
18 (2) the number of participants attending;
19 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the
20 United States Government, including—
21 (A) the cost of any food or beverages;
22 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
23 (C) the cost of employee or contractor
24 travel to and from the conference; and
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1 (D) a discussion of the methodology used
2 to determine which costs relate to the con-
3 ference; and
4 (4) a description of the contracting procedures
5 used including—
6 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a
7 competitive basis; and
8 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison
9 conducted by the departmental component or
10 office in evaluating potential contractors for the
11 conference.
12 (c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the
13 head of any such department, agency, board, commission,
14 or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics
15 official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the
16 date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
17 ference held by any Executive branch department, agency,
18 board, commission, or office funded by this or any other
19 appropriations Act during fiscal year 2023 for which the
20 cost to the United States Government was more than
21 $20,000.
22 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
23 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not
24 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-
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1 programmatically related to the purpose for which the
2 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held
3 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review,
4 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by
5 the grant or contract.
6 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any
7 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
8 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office
9 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12
10 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that
11 memorandum.
12 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in this
13 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase,
14 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
15 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for
16 a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently
17 enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change
18 is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-
19 sions of this or any other appropriations Act.
20 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this
21 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer,
22 enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’
23 published by the Office of Personnel Management in the
24 Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180
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1 SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or other-
2 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
3 to begin or announce a study or public-private competition
4 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any
5 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of-
6 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any
7 other administrative regulation, directive, or policy.
8 SEC. 741. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
9 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be
10 available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement
11 with an entity that requires employees or contractors of
12 such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign
13 internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib-
14 iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-
15 tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse
16 to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent-
17 ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re-
18 ceive such information.
19 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
20 travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312,
21 Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
22 ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified
23 information.
24 SEC. 742. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any
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1 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-
2 ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-
3 ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain
4 the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent
5 with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter
6 the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by
7 existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi-
8 fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the
9 reporting to an Inspector General or the Office of Special
10 Counsel of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or
11 mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of au-
12 thority, or a substantial and specific danger to public
13 health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection.
14 The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc-
15 tions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive or-
16 ders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this
17 agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith-
18 standing the preceding provision of this section, a non-
19 disclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed
20 by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence
21 or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or
22 officer of the United States Government, may contain pro-
23 visions appropriate to the particular activity for which
24 such document is to be used. Such form or agreement
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1 close any classified information received in the course of
2 such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the
3 United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms
4 shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures
5 to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive
6 agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential
7 to reporting a substantial violation of law.
8 (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be
9 implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a)
10 if it complies with the requirements for such agreement
11 that were in effect when the agreement was entered into.
12 (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act
13 may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-
14 tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain
15 substantially similar language to that required in sub-
16 section (a).
17 SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this
18 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract,
19 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
20 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee
21 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
22 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
23 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed,
24 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant
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1 lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is
2 aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency
3 has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation
4 and has made a determination that this further action is
5 not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.
6 SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this
7 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract,
8 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
9 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee
10 to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal
11 violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24
12 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
13 tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension
14 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
15 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
16 tect the interests of the Government.
17 SEC. 745. (a) During fiscal year 2023, on the date
18 on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac-
19 cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the
20 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the
21 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
22 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv-
23 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee
24 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate
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1 (b) Any notification required by this section shall be
2 made available on the Bureau’s public website.
3 SEC. 746. (a) Notwithstanding the official rate ad-
4 justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code,
5 the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar
6 year 2023 shall be 4.6 percent above the rate payable to
7 the Vice President on December 31, 2022, as limited
8 under section 747 of division E of the Consolidated Appro-
9 priations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103).
10 (b) Notwithstanding the official rate adjusted under
11 section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other
12 provision of law, the payable rate for an employee serving
13 in an Executive Schedule position, or in a position for
14 which the rate of pay is fixed by statute at an Executive
15 Schedule rate, shall be increased by 4.6 percent (relative
16 to the preexisting rate actually payable) at the time the
17 official rate is adjusted in January 2023. Such an em-
18 ployee may receive no other pay increase during calendar
19 year 2023, except as provided in subsection (i).
20 (c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv-
21 ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi-
22 sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is
23 subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em-
24 ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate.
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1 (A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-
2 tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the
3 official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule;
4 or
5 (B) a limited term appointee or limited emer-
6 gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service
7 serving under a political appointment and paid a
8 rate of basic pay at or above the official rate for
9 level IV of the Executive Schedule.
10 (2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title
11 5, United States Code, an employee described in para-
12 graph (1) who is serving at the time official rates of the
13 Executive Schedule are adjusted may receive a single in-
14 crease in the employee’s pay rate of no more than 4.6 per-
15 cent during calendar year 2023, subject to the normally
16 applicable pay rules and pay limitations in effect on De-
17 cember 31, 2022, after those pay limitations are increased
18 by 4.6 percent (after applicable rounding). Such an em-
19 ployee may receive no other pay increase during calendar
20 year 2023, except as provided in subsection (i).
21 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
22 employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality-
23 based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United
24 States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official
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1 under a political appointment, and who is serving at the
2 time official rates of the Executive Schedule are adjusted,
3 may receive a single increase in the employee’s pay rate
4 of no more than 4.6 percent during calendar year 2023,
5 subject to the normally applicable pay rules and pay limi-
6 tations in effect on December 31, 2022, after those pay
7 limitations are increased by 4.6 percent (after applicable
8 rounding). Such an employee may receive no other pay
9 increase during calendar year 2023, except as provided in
10 subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees
11 in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service
12 pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161
13 of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another
14 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15
15 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-
16 plied to them.
17 (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-
18 vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-
19 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided
20 under applicable law.
21 (g) This section does not apply to an individual who
22 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic
23 pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code,
24 for such time as that election is in effect.
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1 (h) This section does not apply to an individual who
2 makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay
3 entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service
4 Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that
5 election is in effect.
6 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an
7 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-
8 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov-
9 ered position only if that new position has higher-level du-
10 ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than
11 the level or range for the position held immediately before
12 the movement. Any such increase must be based on the
13 rates of pay and applicable pay limitations in effect on
14 December 31, 2022, after those rates and pay limitations
15 are increased by 4.6 percent (after applicable rounding).
16 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
17 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position
18 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial
19 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable
20 pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2022, after
21 those rates and pay limitations are increased by 4.6 per-
22 cent (after applicable rounding).
23 (k) If an employee affected by this section is subject
24 to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2023
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1 receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end
2 of that pay period.
3 (l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered
4 position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose
5 pay is restricted under this section.
6 (m) This section takes effect on the first day of the
7 first applicable pay period beginning on or after January
8 1, 2023.
9 SEC. 747. In the event of a violation of the Impound-
10 ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of
11 the relevant department or agency, as the case may be,
12 shall report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts
13 and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy
14 of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees
15 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
16 Senate and the Comptroller General on the same date the
17 report is transmitted to the Congress.
18 SEC. 748. (a) During the current fiscal year—
19 (1) with respect to budget authority proposed to
20 be rescinded or that is set to be reserved or proposed
21 to be deferred in a special message transmitted
22 under section 1012 or 1013 of the Congressional
23 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, such
24 budget authority—
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1 (A) shall be made available for obligation
2 in sufficient time to be prudently obligated as
3 required under section 1012(b) or 1013 of such
4 Act; and
5 (B) may not be deferred or otherwise with-
6 held from obligation during the 90-day period
7 before the expiration of the period of avail-
8 ability of such budget authority, including, if
9 applicable, the 90-day period before the expira-
10 tion of an initial period of availability for which
11 such budget authority was provided; and
12 (2) with respect to an apportionment of an ap-
13 propriation made pursuant to section 1513(b) of
14 title 31, United States Code, an appropriation (as
15 that term is defined in section 1511 of title 31,
16 United States Code) shall be apportioned—
17 (A) to make available all amounts for obli-
18 gation in sufficient time to be prudently obli-
19 gated; and
20 (B) to make available all amounts for obli-
21 gation, without precondition (including foot-
22 notes) that shall be met prior to obligation, not
23 later than 90 days before the expiration of the
24 period of availability of such appropriation, in-
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1 tion of an initial period of availability for which
2 such appropriation was provided.
3 (b) As used in this section, the term ‘‘budget author-
4 ity’’ includes budget authority made available by this or
5 any other Act, by prior appropriations Acts, or by any law
6 other than an appropriations Act.
7 (c)(1) The Comptroller General shall review compli-
8 ance with this section and shall submit to the Committees
9 on Appropriations and the Budget, and any other appro-
10 priate congressional committees of the House of Rep-
11 resentatives and Senate a report, and any relevant infor-
12 mation related to the report, on any noncompliance with
13 this section or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
14 (2) The President or the head of the relevant depart-
15 ment or agency of the United States shall provide informa-
16 tion, documentation, and views to the Comptroller Gen-
17 eral, as is determined by the Comptroller General to be
18 necessary to determine such compliance, not later than 20
19 days after the date on which the request from the Comp-
20 troller General is received, or if the Comptroller General
21 determines that a shorter or longer period is appropriate
22 based on the specific circumstances, within such shorter
23 or longer period.
24 (3) To carry out the responsibilities of this section
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1 troller General shall also have access to interview the offi-
2 cers, employees, contractors, and other agents and rep-
3 resentatives of a department, agency, or office of the
4 United States at any reasonable time as the Comptroller
5 General may request.
6 (d)(1) In the event of a violation of this section, or
7 in the case that the Government Accountability Office
8 issues a legal decision concluding that a department, agen-
9 cy, or office of the United States violated this section, the
10 President or the head of the relevant department or agen-
11 cy as the case may be, shall report immediately to the Con-
12 gress all relevant facts and a statement of actions taken:
13 Provided, That a copy of each report shall also be trans-
14 mitted to the Comptroller General and the relevant inspec-
15 tor general on the same date the report is transmitted to
16 the Congress.
17 (2) Any such report shall include a summary of the
18 facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury
19 Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund
20 account, the amount involved for each violation, the date
21 on which the violation occurred, the position of any indi-
22 viduals responsible for the violation, and a statement of
23 any actions taken to prevent recurrence of the same type
24 of violation: Provided, That in the case that the Govern-
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1 cluding that a department, agency, or office of the United
2 States violated this section and the relevant department,
3 agency, or office does not agree that a violation has oc-
4 curred, the report provided to Congress, the Comptroller
5 General, and relevant inspector general will explain such
6 department, agency, or office’s position.
7 SEC. 749. (a) Each department or agency of the exec-
8 utive branch of the United States Government shall notify
9 the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the
10 House of Representatives and the Senate and any other
11 appropriate congressional committees if—
12 (1) an apportionment is not made in the re-
13 quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of
14 title 31, United States Code;
15 (2) an approved apportionment received by the
16 department or agency conditions the availability of
17 an appropriation on further action; or
18 (3) an approved apportionment received by the
19 department or agency may hinder the prudent obli-
20 gation of such appropriation or the execution of a
21 program, project, or activity by such department or
22 agency.
23 (b) Any notification submitted to a congressional
24 committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa-
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1 name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund
2 account.
3 SEC. 750. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds
4 provided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal
5 year 2023 that are specified in the disclosure table sub-
6 mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the
7 Rules of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV of
8 the Standing Rules of the Senate that is included in the
9 report or explanatory statement accompanying any such
10 Act shall be deemed to be a recipient of a Federal award
11 with respect to such funds for purposes of the require-
12 ments of 2 CFR 200.334, regarding records retention, and
13 2 CFR 200.337, regarding access by the Comptroller Gen-
14 eral of the United States.
15 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit,
16 amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any require-
17 ments otherwise applicable to non-Federal entities de-
18 scribed in paragraph (1) or any existing authority of the
19 Comptroller General.
20 SEC. 751. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
21 United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds
22 made available by this or any other Act to any Federal
23 agency may be used by that Federal agency for inter-
24 agency funding for coordination with, participation in, or
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25 recommendations involving, activities of the U.S. Army
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1 Medical Research and Development Command, the Con-
2 gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the
3 National Institutes of Health research programs.
4 SEC. 752. Section 3302 of title 5, United States
5 Code, is amended—
6 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The President’’;
7 (2) by striking ‘‘Each officer’’ and inserting the
8 following:
9 ‘‘(b) Each officer’’; and
10 (3) by adding at the end the following:
11 ‘‘(c)(1) The authority of the President to prescribe
12 rules governing the competitive service under this section
13 shall not include the authority to except from the competi-
14 tive service positions of a confidential, policy-determining,
15 policy-making, or policy-advocating character that are not
16 positions normally subject to change as a result of a Presi-
17 dential transition.
18 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘positions normally
19 subject to change as a result of a Presidential transition’
20 means—
21 ‘‘(A) any position that is a political position, as
22 defined under section 4(a) of the Edward ‘Ted’
23 Kaufman and Michael Leavitt Presidential Transi-
24 tions Improvements Act of 2015 (5 U.S.C. 3101
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1 ‘‘(B) any position in which the incumbent
2 serves at the pleasure of the President or the head
3 of an agency.
4 ‘‘(d) The Office of Personnel Management shall pre-
5 scribe regulations for the exercise of any authority under
6 this section.’’.
7 SEC. 753. Except as expressly provided otherwise,
8 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other
9 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or
10 VIII.
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1 TITLE VIII
2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF
3 COLUMBIA
4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
5 SEC. 801. None of the Federal funds provided under
6 this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal
7 and District government agencies, that remain available
8 for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023, or pro-
9 vided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United
10 States derived by the collection of fees available to the
11 agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
12 tion or expenditures for an agency through a reprogram-
13 ming of funds which—
14 (1) creates new programs;
15 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
16 bility center;
17 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
18 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act;
19 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means
20 for any program, project, or responsibility center for
21 which funds have been denied or restricted;
22 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
23 viously deferred through reprogramming;
24 (6) augments any existing program, project, or
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1 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
2 ever is less; or
3 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel
4 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
5 bility center, unless prior approval is received from
6 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
7 Representatives and the Senate.
8 SEC. 802. Nothing in this Act may be construed to
9 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia
10 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive
11 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent
12 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue
13 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
14 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
15 SEC. 803. None of the Federal funds appropriated
16 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond
17 the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to
18 other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein.
19 SEC. 804. Except as otherwise specifically provided
20 by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-
21 ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal
22 year 2023 from appropriations of Federal funds made
23 available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2023 in
24 this Act, shall remain available through September 30,
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1 Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-
2 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
3 and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of
4 such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be
5 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-
6 lined in section 801 of this Act.
7 SEC. 805. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2024, during a
8 period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing
9 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation
10 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount
11 provided for any project or activity for which local funds
12 are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-
13 ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-
14 bia as of the beginning of the period during which this
15 subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act.
16 (2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act
17 of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to
18 which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2024
19 which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-
20 lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion
21 of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
22 ment for fiscal year 2024 for purposes of section 446 of
23 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46,
24 D.C. Official Code).
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1 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease
2 to be available—
3 (1) during any period in which a District of Co-
4 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2024 is
5 in effect; or
6 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular
7 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year
8 2024.
9 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
10 vided under the authority and conditions as provided
11 under this Act and shall be available to the extent and
12 in the manner that would be provided by this Act.
13 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall
14 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such
15 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2024
16 for which this section applies to such project or activity.
17 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity
18 during any period of fiscal year 2024 if any other provi-
19 sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-
20 tions)—
21 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
22 able, or grants authority for such project or activity
23 to continue for such period; or
24 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation
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1 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
2 tivity to continue for such period.
3 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect
4 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia
5 mandated by other law.
6 SEC. 806. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes
7 of the United States relating to the District of Columbia
8 (sec. 9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with
9 respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long
10 Bridge Project.
11 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’
12 means the project carried out by the District of Columbia
13 and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new
14 Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over
15 the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and
16 other related projects, to expand commuter and regional
17 passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian
18 access crossings over the Potomac River.
19 SEC. 807. Section 3 of the District of Columbia Col-
20 lege Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2702, D.C. Official
21 Code), is amended—
22 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking
23 ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’;
24 (2) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking
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1 (3) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘and’’
2 at the end;
3 (4) in subsection (b)(1), by redesignating sub-
4 paragraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and inserting
5 after subparagraph (A) the following new subpara-
6 graph:
7 ‘‘(B) after making reductions under sub-
8 paragraph (A), ratably reduce the amount of
9 the tuition and fee payment of each eligible stu-
10 dent who receives more than $10,000 for the
11 award year; and’’; and
12 (5) in subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(1), as
13 so redesignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and
14 inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’.
15 SEC. 808. Not later than 45 days after the last day
16 of each quarter, each Federal and District government
17 agency appropriated Federal funds in this Act shall sub-
18 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
19 of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re-
20 port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that
21 quarter for each Federal funds appropriation provided in
22 this Act, by the source year of the appropriation.
23 SEC. 809. Except as expressly provided otherwise,
24 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in
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1 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions
2 of this title or of title IV.
3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and
4 General Government Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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