Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2022
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House Report 117–97 is the report of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted by Mr. Cartwright and ordered to be printed July 19, 2021, with minority views, on H.R. 4505, the bill making appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. Its index lists Title I for the Department of Commerce, Title II for the Department of Justice, Title III for science, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation, Title IV for related agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Legal Services Corporation, and Title V for general provisions. The text read ends with that index.
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117TH CONGRESS REPORT
" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES !
1st Session 117–97
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2022
JULY 19, 2021.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. CARTWRIGHT, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 4505]
The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report in
explanation of the accompanying bill making appropriations for
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.
INDEX TO BILL AND REPORT
Page Number
Bill Report
Title I—Department of Commerce ............................................................ 2 13
Title II—Department of Justice ................................................................ 26 56
Title III—Science ........................................................................................ 94 120
Office of Science and Technology Policy ............................................ 94 120
National Space Council ...................................................................... 95 122
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ............................. 95 122
National Science Foundation ............................................................. 106 138
Title IV—Related Agencies ........................................................................ 110 148
Commission on Civil Rights ............................................................... 110 148
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission .................................. 111 148
International Trade Commission ....................................................... 112 149
Legal Services Corporation ................................................................ 112 150
Marine Mammal Commission ............................................................ 114 150
Office of the United States Trade Representative ........................... 114 150
State Justice Institute ........................................................................ 115 151
Title V—General Provisions ...................................................................... 116 151
House of Representatives Reporting Requirements ......................... ........ 154
Minority Views .................................................................................... ........ 219
45–130
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BILL
The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Sub-
committee has jurisdiction over a diverse group of agencies respon-
sible for promoting economic development; researching climate
change and mitigating its impacts; protecting civil rights; pro-
moting criminal justice reform and police reform; combating violent
crime, financial fraud, terrorism, cyber threats, and espionage; ad-
dressing gun violence; ensuring access to justice; enforcing trade
laws; conducting periodic censuses; forecasting the weather; man-
aging fisheries; exploring space; and advancing science. The activi-
ties of these agencies impact every American and are integral to
the operations of our government.
The bill provides a total of $81,315,000,000 in discretionary
budget authority for fiscal year 2022. Within the level of funds pro-
vided, the bill prioritizes funding to help reform law enforcement
practices across the country and to ensure the civil rights of all
Americans. The bill also prioritizes numerous public investments
important for job creation, infrastructure improvements, American
competitiveness, public safety, climate, and other scientific re-
search, and improving the accuracy of weather forecasting.
Policing Reform and Racial Justice.—The Committee takes very
seriously its solemn obligation to help improve the state of policing
and ensure racial justice in the United States. The appalling mis-
treatment of African Americans and other minorities at the hands
of police officers in communities throughout the country is a long-
standing epidemic that demands immediate reforms throughout the
Nation, including decisive action from this Committee. Hate-based
violence and incidents that continue to exist across our Nation
must be reported, investigated, and prosecuted. To that end, the
Committee has included a number of meaningful investments and
reforms. The Committee’s recommendation includes the following:
• Provides $193,161,000 for the Civil Rights Division of the
Department of Justice, an increase of $35,014,000 above fiscal
year 2021. Within this amount, an increase of not less than
$10,000,000 is provided for investigations and enforcement re-
lated to the patterns and practices of police departments, in-
cluding compliance with consent decrees. In addition, increases
of $10,000,000 within the appropriation for United States At-
torneys and $5,000,000 within the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation (FBI) are provided for this same purpose.
• Directs the Attorney General to develop and implement
strong and uniform accreditation standards for Federal, State,
and local law enforcement, based on an analysis of existing ac-
creditation standards and methodology development by law en-
forcement accreditation organizations nationwide, as well as
the May 2015 recommendations of the President’s Task Force
on 21st Century Policing.
• Prohibits Justice Department funds from being made
available for any law enforcement agency of any State or unit
of local government unless the Attorney General has certified
that such agency has begun or completed the process of obtain-
ing accreditation from a certified law enforcement accreditation
organization.
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• Directs the Attorney General to continue efforts to imple-
ment a program to improve training for all Federal, State, and
local law enforcement officers, including the development of
standards that can be applied in hiring and performance as-
sessments, specifically aimed at racial profiling, implicit bias,
and procedural justice, as well as the use of force and the duty
for officers to intervene when witnessing the use of excessive
force against civilians. The recommendation further directs the
Attorney General to establish standards for such training to be
adopted nationwide.
• Provides $5,000,000 for the National Task Force on Law
Enforcement Oversight. This Task Force is designed to coordi-
nate the detection and referral of complaints regarding inci-
dents of alleged law enforcement misconduct nationwide, in
consultation with professional law enforcement associations,
labor organizations, and community-based organizations.
• Provides $5,000,000 for continued development and imple-
mentation of a first-of-its-kind National Police Misconduct Reg-
istry, designed to serve as a central repository of data with re-
spect to all Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers,
to be compiled and maintained by the Department of Justice.
This would provide a publicly available resource to help ensure
accountability and transparency and help restore trust in the
credibility of the Nation’s law enforcement agencies and im-
prove their relationships with the communities they serve.
• Prohibits any State or unit of local government from re-
ceiving any Byrne JAG program funds or COPS program
funds, unless the United States Attorney General certifies that
the jurisdiction satisfies all of the following requirements:
1. Maintains adequate policies and procedures designed to
eliminate racial profiling in law enforcement, and has elimi-
nated any existing practices that permit or encourage racial
profiling in law enforcement;
2. Requires each law enforcement officer in the State or unit
of local government to complete training programs on racial
profiling, implicit bias, de-escalation, use of force and a duty to
intervene in cases where another law enforcement officer is
using excessive force against a civilian, and procedural justice;
3. Has in effect a law that prohibits law enforcement officers
from using a chokehold or carotid hold, consistent with the re-
quirements as described in section 363 of H.R. 1280, The
George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, as passed by the House
of Representatives on March 3, 2021;
4. Has in effect a law that prohibits law enforcement officers
from using less lethal force, consistent with the requirements
as described in section 364 of H.R. 1280;
5. Has in effect a law that prohibits law enforcement officers
from using deadly force, consistent with the requirements as
described in section 364 of H.R. 1280;
6. Has in effect a law that prohibits the issuance of a ‘‘no-
knock warrant’’ in a drug case, consistent with the require-
ments as described in section 362 of H.R. 1280;
7. Has provided the United States Attorney General a law
enforcement practice report that includes information on the
race, ethnicity, age, and gender of the officers and employees
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of the law enforcement agency and of members of the public in-
volved in:
(a) traffic violation stops;
(b) pedestrian stops;
(c) frisk and body searches; and
(d) instances where officers or employees of the law en-
forcement agency used deadly force, including detailed in-
formation on such instances.
8. Has not entered into or renewed any contractual arrange-
ment, including a collective bargaining agreement with a labor
organization, which:
(a) would prevent the Attorney General from seeking or
enforcing equitable or declaratory relief against a law en-
forcement agency engaging in a pattern or practice of un-
constitutional misconduct, or
(b) conflicts with any terms or conditions contained in a
consent decree.
• Prohibits any State or unit of local government from re-
ceiving any Byrne JAG program funds or COPS program
funds, unless the United States Attorney General certifies that
the jurisdiction (including all members of multi-jurisdictional
or regional consortia applying for COPS funds) has in effect a
law that makes it a criminal offense for any person acting
under color of law to engage in a sexual act with an individual,
including an individual who is under arrest, in detention, or
otherwise in the actual custody of any law enforcement officer.
• Requires ten percent of each applicant’s Byrne JAG for-
mula funds to be spent to develop and implement best prac-
tices to eliminate racial profiling, including training to prevent
racial profiling and to encourage more respectful interaction
with the public, the acquisition and use of technology to facili-
tate the accurate collection and analysis of data, the develop-
ment and acquisition of feedback systems and technologies
that identify officers or units of officers engaged in, or at risk
of engaging in, racial profiling or other misconduct, and the es-
tablishment and maintenance of an administrative complaint
procedure or independent auditor program.
• Requires five percent of each applicant’s Byrne JAG for-
mula funds to be spent to assist law enforcement agencies of
the applicant, including campus public safety departments,
gain or maintain accreditation from certified law enforcement
accreditation organizations.
• Requires five percent of each applicant’s Byrne JAG for-
mula funds to be used to study and implement effective man-
agement, training, recruiting, hiring, and oversight standards
and programs to promote effective community and problem-
solving strategies for law enforcement agencies.
• Requires five percent of each applicant’s Byrne JAG for-
mula funds to be used to purchase or lease body-worn cameras
for use by State, local, and tribal law enforcement officers; for
expenses related to the implementation of a body-worn camera
program in order to deter excessive force, improve account-
ability and transparency of the use of force by law enforcement
officers, and improve evidence collection; or to implement poli-
cies or procedures to be consistent with requirements as de-
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scribed in section 382 of H.R. 1280, as passed by the House of
Representatives on March 3, 2021. The recommendation addi-
tionally includes $35,000,000 for the competitive matching
grant program for purchases of body-worn cameras and related
expenses for State, local and Tribal law enforcement.
• Provides $42,000,000 for grants to train State and local
law enforcement officers on racial profiling, implicit bias, de-es-
calation, use of force and a duty to intervene when witnessing
other officers using excessive force, and procedural justice.
• Provides $100,000,000 for grants to assist states in con-
ducting pattern and practice investigations of law enforcement.
• Provides $7,200,000 for grants to support State and local
law enforcement in complying with reform efforts as a result
of litigation including, but not limited to, consent decrees, out
of court agreements, memoranda of understanding, findings,
technical assistance, and recommendation letters from reform
authorities.
• Provides $250,000,000 for grants to States and Tribes to
assist in implementing statutes providing for independent in-
vestigation of law enforcement officers.
• Provides $25,000,000 for grants to community-based orga-
nizations to study and implement: (1) effective management,
training, recruiting, hiring, and oversight standards and pro-
grams to promote effective community and problem solving
strategies for law enforcement agencies; or (2) effective strate-
gies and solutions to public safety, including strategies that do
not rely on Federal or local law enforcement agency responses.
The studies shall address standards relating to administrative
due process, residency requirements, compensation and bene-
fits, use of force, racial profiling, early warning systems, juve-
nile justice, school safety, civilian review boards or analogous
procedures, or research into the effectiveness of existing pro-
grams, projects, or other activities designed to address mis-
conduct by law enforcement officers.
• Provides $25,000,000 for pilot programs and the imple-
mentation of effective standards and programs in the areas of
training, hiring and recruitment, and oversight that are de-
signed to improve management and address misconduct by law
enforcement officers. In addition, not less than $4,000,000 is
separately provided within the COPS account to develop best
practices for, and to create, civilian review boards, consistent
with the requirements as described in section 104(b) of H.R.
1280 as passed by the House of Representatives on March 3,
2021.
• Provides $15,000,000 for technical assistance grants to
tribes and small law enforcement agencies (employing 100 or
fewer officers) to help them comply with the requirements of
H.R. 1280, as passed by the House of Representatives on
March 3, 2021, related to reporting data on the use of force by
law enforcement officers.
• Provides $5,000,000 for grants within the Byrne JAG pro-
gram for the development of best practices for, and the cre-
ation of, local task forces on public safety innovation.
• Provides $5,000,000 for up to five technical assistance
grants for data collection on the hit rates for stops and
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searches by law enforcement agencies, and provides $500,000
for analysis and evaluation of this data.
• Provides $22,000,000 for the Community Relations Serv-
ice, an increase of $4,000,000 above fiscal year 2021, including
$3,300,000 for additional conflict resolution efforts as author-
ized in section 116(2) of H.R. 1280 as passed by the House of
Representatives on March 3, 2021.
• Provides $13,000,000 for the U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights, an increase of $500,000 above fiscal year 2021, includ-
ing funding in support of the Commission’s efforts to further
research and advise on the topic of policing reform, as well as
continued funding for the Commission on the Social Status of
Black Men and Boys.
• Provides $12,000,000 for domestic radicalization research
and directs the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to prioritize
funding toward research efforts that explore the radicalization
of Americans to white nationalist extremism and identify and
advance evidence-based strategies for effective intervention
and prevention.
• Directs NIJ to conduct a nationwide study of the preva-
lence and effect of any law, rule, or procedure that allows a law
enforcement officer to delay the response to questions posed by
a local internal affairs officer, or review board on the investiga-
tive integrity and prosecution of law enforcement misconduct,
including pre-interview warnings and termination policies, con-
sistent with requirements as described in section 115 of H.R.
1280 as passed by the House of Representatives on March 3,
2021.
In addition, the recommendation includes the following further
measures aimed at promoting racial justice:
• Provides additional funding for the Justice Department’s
Civil Rights Division for voting rights enforcement.
• Provides $70,000,000 for grants authorized under the Mat-
thew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention
Act (Public Law 111–84) to help States, localities, and Tribal
law enforcement agencies to conduct educational outreach and
training on hate crimes, and to investigate and prosecute hate
crimes. Furthermore, an additional $30,000,000 is provided for
community groups for efforts to prevent hate crimes.
• Provides $13,500,000, as authorized, in support of the Em-
mett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of
2016 (Public Law 114–325) to investigate and prosecute pre-
viously unresolved civil rights era ‘‘cold case’’ murders sus-
pected of having been racially motivated, through a partner-
ship among the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division,
the Civil Rights Unit of the FBI, the Community Relations
Service, State and local law enforcement officials, and other el-
igible entities.
• Provides $445,933,000 for the Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission (EEOC), an increase of $41,443,000 above
fiscal year 2021, to continue prioritization of the enforcement
of Federal anti-discrimination laws and to pursue litigation
and strategic initiatives quickly and aggressively. In addition,
funding is provided to increase front-line and investigative
staff to reduce wait times for intake appointments, provide live
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help via the hotlines, modernize information technology, and
improve the EEOC’s methods of data collection, reporting, and
access.
• Provides $70,023,000 for the Minority Business Develop-
ment Agency, an increase of $22,023,000 above fiscal year
2021, to help create jobs and expand business growth opportu-
nities among minority-owned U.S. companies, including
$1,500,000 to continue the Minority Serving Institutions Entre-
preneurship Pilot Program, as established in Public Law 116–
260, to support entrepreneurship for undergraduate students
at Minority Serving Institutions.
• Provides strong funding levels for an array of programs
dedicated to broadening participation in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields among underrep-
resented groups, including $48,000,000 for the Minority Uni-
versity Research Education Project of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA); $22,000,000 for the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Edu-
cational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institu-
tions as well as another $3,000,000 to launch a similar Edu-
cational Partnership Program at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST); and the following funding
levels for programs of the National Science Foundation (NSF):
no less than $69,500,000 for the Louis Stokes Alliance for Mi-
nority Participation, no less than $67,000,000 for the Robert
Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, no less than $75,000,000
for the Advanced Technological Education Program; and no
less than $21,000,000 for the Tribal Colleges and Universities
Program.
Infrastructure and Economic Growth.—This bill invests in our
nation’s infrastructure improvement needs by providing
$433,110,000 for the Economic Development Administration (EDA),
an increase of $87,110,000 above fiscal year 2021, including in-
creases for EDA’s Public Works program, Assistance to Coal Com-
munities program, Regional Innovation Strategies program, and
other EDA programs. These funds will support the Nation’s eco-
nomic recovery and provide the foundation for future growth in
jobs and our standard of living.
The bill also helps expand economic growth in other ways. The
recommendation includes $275,000,000 for the Manufacturing Ex-
tension Partnership program, an increase of $125,000,000 above
fiscal year 2021. This program helps small- and medium-sized U.S.
manufacturers create jobs and expand business growth opportuni-
ties. The bill also provides $56,500,000 for the Manufacturing USA
program, an increase of $40,000,000 above fiscal year 2021, to sup-
port the establishment of two new Manufacturing USA Institutes.
A robust funding increase is provided for the International Trade
Administration, to create U.S. jobs by expanding U.S. exports and
fighting the unfair trade practices of other countries. Furthermore,
the full budget request of $3,993,851,000 is provided for the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), to enable PTO to promote in-
novation in the United States by protecting the Nation’s intellec-
tual property rights both at home and abroad.
The bill also ensures responsible investments in the future of the
Nation’s economy and workforce by providing increases for STEM
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engagement at NASA, NOAA, and NSF, as well as an increase for
EDA’s STEM Apprenticeship Program to create and expand STEM
apprenticeships and other workforce training models. Within the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, strong funding in-
creases are provided for research efforts related to key future tech-
nologies, including quantum information science and artificial in-
telligence. Furthermore, the bill includes a strong increase for the
Broadening Participation in STEM program at the National
Science Foundation. Global leadership requires diverse ideas that
will charge innovation.
All of these investments in our economy are especially important
now, as the Nation continues to deal with the very real economic
consequences associated with the coronavirus pandemic.
Efforts Addressing Climate Change.—The bill provides very
strong and responsible funding increases for critical efforts to bet-
ter understand, and prepare for, the Earth’s changing climate. No-
table funding increases are provided for NASA’s Earth Science ac-
tivities and aeronautics research aimed at producing more environ-
mentally sustainable aviation.
NOAA also receives strong increases for its climate adaptation
activities, such as $30,000,000 to increase the understanding of
how sea level rise will affect coastal communities and $20,000,000
to address the impacts on fish stocks and the fishing industry of
increasing ocean temperatures. Healthy increases are also provided
for NOAA’s National Coastal Resiliency Fund and Coastal Zone
Management grant program. These grant programs fund green and
grey coastal infrastructure solutions to help protect coastal areas
threatened by rising sea level and other impacts of climate change.
Furthermore, the recommendation includes an increase of
$132,637,000 for NOAA’s National Weather Service to enhance its
ability to accurately forecast extreme weather events. Numerous
other investments are included across NOAA in support of the
weather mission, including $15,000,000 to improve the under-
standing and prediction of wildfire behavior that will help inform
suppression efforts and provide more advanced notice to commu-
nities at risk from wildfires, as well as $100,000,000 to maintain
and recapitalize NOAA’s hurricane hunter aircraft.
In addition, the bill provides a $1.2 billion investment for climate
and clean energy-related research at the National Science Founda-
tion, including research on atmospheric composition, water and car-
bon cycles, computational modeling of climate systems, renewable
energy technologies, materials sciences, and social, behavioral, and
economic research on human responses to climate change.
Fighting the Opioid Epidemic.—The bill provides substantial re-
sources to address the opioid epidemic. To assist State and local
governments, the bill provides strong funding increases for grants
authorized by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. This
includes strong increases for Drug Courts, Veterans Courts, and
the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP).
Fighting Cyberthreats.—Throughout the bill, robust funding is
provided to strengthen agencies’ cybersecurity, necessary in the
face of increased threats to Federal assets. Additionally, the bill
supports Executive Order 14028, ‘‘Improving the Nation’s Cyberse-
curity’’, and provides an additional $15,000,000 for NIST’s role in
supporting the strengthening of Federal and private cybersecurity
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efforts, including educating the Nation’s cybersecurity workforce. In
addition, the bill includes an increase of $40,000,000 for the FBI’s
efforts to deter, investigate, and pursue cyberthreats and
cybercrime.
Further, strong increases are provided to NSF to support future
innovations that will help secure our Nation from current and po-
tential future cyber threats while protecting personal information
from cyber intrusion.
Justice Grants.—The bill provides other responsible increases for
Department of Justice grant assistance. For programs funded
under the Violence Against Women Act, the bill provides
$753,800,000, an increase of $240,300,000 or 48 percent above fis-
cal year 2021 and includes new grant programs specifically for
communities that are underrepresented and underserved including
the deaf and transgender communities. This significant increase is
a step towards ending gender-based violence. For school safety, the
bill provides $140,000,000, an increase of $15,000,000, to fund the
STOP School Violence Act of 2018. In addition, the bill increases
funding for other activities that will address school violence, includ-
ing strong funding increases for youth mentoring grants and grants
for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention. The bill also funds
a new program aimed at providing alternatives to incarceration for
parents as well as juveniles.
Preventing Gun Violence.—The bill also takes important steps to-
wards addressing gun violence in this country. The bill maintains
funding for the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check
System (NICS) and provides a strong funding increase for grants
to help States improve their submissions into the NICS system.
The bill also increases funding for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to hire additional investigative per-
sonnel, expand oversight of Federal Firearms Licensees, and in-
crease the capacity of the National Integrated Ballistic Information
Network to expand its reach to communities as an essential tool in
combatting gun violence.
Legal Services Corporation.—The recommendation makes a his-
toric investment to help ensure access to justice for all Americans
by providing $600,000,000 for the Legal Services Corporation, an
increase of $135,000,000 above fiscal year 2021. This increase will
ensure low income individuals and families have access to assist-
ance to resolve civil legal problems, such as evictions and fore-
closures that were exacerbated by the COVID–19 pandemic.
First Step Act and Second Chance Act.—The recommendation in-
cludes not less than $409,483,000 for programs authorized under
the First Step Act of 2018, to expand and develop opportunities for
incarcerated individuals to participate in evidence-based, recidi-
vism-reducing programming and productive activities. The rec-
ommendation also includes $125,000,000 for Second Chance Act
grants, an increase of $25,000,000 above fiscal year 2021.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).—For
NASA, the bill includes $25,038,400,000, an increase of
$1,767,122,000 above fiscal year 2021, including strong funding lev-
els for NASA’s science, aeronautics research, human space explo-
ration, space technology, and STEM Engagement programs.
Other Science Investments.—The recommendation makes other
strong investments in science as well, providing $9,634,036,000
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overall for the National Science Foundation, an increase of
$1,147,277,000 above fiscal year 2021, and $937,570,000 for sci-
entific and technical research and services of the National Institute
of Standards and Technology, an increase of $149,570,000 above
fiscal year 2021.
OVERSIGHT AND BUDGET REVIEW
In furtherance of the Committee’s oversight responsibilities and
to protect hard-earned taxpayer dollars, the Committee has in-
cluded language that:
• Provides strong funding increases for the agency inspec-
tors general funded in this bill.
• Prohibits funding for the National Technical Information
Service to charge customers for a copy of a document generated
by the Legislative Branch unless the customer is informed how
to receive an electronic copy free online.
• Prohibits the Executive Office for Immigration Review
from using case completion quotas in immigration judge per-
formance evaluations.
• Requires quarterly reporting of unobligated balances.
• Requires agencies procuring sensitive information tech-
nology systems to conduct supply chain risk assessments.
• Requires contractors and grantees receiving more than
$5,000,000 to certify that they are not delinquent on their Fed-
eral taxes.
• Prohibits funds from being used to purchase first class and
premium airline travel.
• Limits the number of agency staff who can attend overseas
conferences.
• Requires agencies to track undisbursed grant balances.
• Requires agencies to submit spending plans for the Com-
mittee’s review.
• Requires agencies to notify the Committee of project cost
overruns and mitigation plans.
• Requires agency computer networks to block pornography.
Paper Reduction Efforts.—The Committee urges the Departments
of Commerce and Justice, the National Science Foundation, and
NASA to work with the Office of Management and Budget to re-
duce printing and reproduction costs and directs each agency to re-
port to the Committee within 60 days of the enactment of this Act
on the steps it has taken to achieve this goal. The report should
specifically identify how much funding each agency expects to save
by implementing these measures.
Performance Measures.—The Committee directs all agencies
funded by this Act to comply with title 31 of the United States
Code, including the development of their organizational priority
goals and outcomes such as performance outcome measures, output
measures, efficiency measures, and customer service measures. The
Committee directs all agencies funded by this Act to report on their
implementation plans for these measures within 60 days of the
date of enactment of this Act, and looks forward to receiving the
reports on this subject as directed in House Report 116–455.
Customer Service.—The Committee continues to support efforts
to improve customer service in accordance with Executive Order
13571, ‘‘Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer
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Service’’. The Committee directs all agencies funded by this Act to
develop standards to improve customer service and incorporate the
standards into the performance plans required under 31 U.S.C.
1115. The Committee directs all agencies funded by this Act to re-
port on their implementation plans regarding this subject no later
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and looks for-
ward to receiving the reports on this subject as directed in House
Report 116–455.
Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency.—The Com-
mittee notes the importance of ensuring access to Federal services
and programs for all persons with limited English proficiency.
Therefore, the Committee directs agencies and programs funded in
this Act to comply fully with the requirements of Executive Order
13166, ‘‘Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited
English Proficiency,’’ and on an ongoing basis, review and improve
their efforts to provide meaningful access to the programs, services,
and information they provide.
Research Impacted by the Pandemic.—During the pandemic, the
U.S. research enterprise has suffered greatly, particularly impact-
ing early career researchers, putting at risk U.S. leadership on the
global research and innovation landscape. The changing environ-
ment brought on by COVID–19 resulted in halted research projects
and uncertain career prospects, not only for this generation, but
also future generations of scientists and the overall U.S. research
pipeline. To help address these problems, the Committee encour-
ages the Department of Commerce, NASA, and NSF to provide
funding to continue to support these researchers whose work in
support of science agency missions has been impacted by the pan-
demic, with a particular focus on the needs of early career re-
searchers.
REPROGRAMMING PROCEDURES
Section 505 of the bill contains language concerning the re-
programming of funds between programs, projects, and activities.
The Committee reminds the departments and agencies funded in
this bill that the reprogramming process is based on comity be-
tween the Congress and the Executive Branch. This process is in-
tended to provide departments and agencies enough flexibility to
meet changing circumstances and emergent requirements not
known at the time of congressional review of the budget while pre-
serving congressional priorities and intent. In the absence of comity
and respect for the prerogatives of the Appropriations Committees
and the Congress in general, the Committee may opt to include
specific program limitations and details in legislation and remove
language providing the flexibility to reallocate funds. Under these
circumstances, programs, projects, and activities become absolutes
and the Executive Branch shall lose the ability to propose changes
in the use of appropriated funds except through legislative action.
Each department and agency funded in this Act shall follow the
directions set forth in this bill and the accompanying report and
shall not reallocate resources or reorganize activities except as pro-
vided herein. Reprogramming procedures shall apply to funds pro-
vided in this Act, unobligated balances from previous appropria-
tions Acts that are available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal
year 2022, and non-appropriated resources such as fee collections
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that are used to meet program requirements in fiscal year 2022. As
specified in section 505, the Committee expects that the Appropria-
tions Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies of the House and Senate will be notified by letter a min-
imum of 15 days prior to any reprogramming of funds that—
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
project or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted;
(4) relocates an office or employees;
(5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs, or activities;
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities
presently performed by Federal employees;
(7) augments existing programs, projects, or activities more
than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, or reduces by
10 percent funding for any program, project, or activity, or
numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or
(8) results from any general savings, including savings from
a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in ex-
isting programs, projects, or activities as approved by Con-
gress.
The Committee recognizes that the coronavirus pandemic may
lead to unanticipated yet unavoidable agency costs that could re-
quire budgetary transfers and reprogrammings. However, the Com-
mittee expects to be promptly notified in advance of all such ac-
tions.
Any reprogramming request shall include any out-year budgetary
impacts and a separate accounting of program or mission impacts
on estimated carryover funds. The Committee further expects any
department or agency funded in this bill that plans a reduction-in-
force to notify the Committee by letter at least 30 days in advance
of the date of any such planned personnel action.
RELATIONSHIP WITH BUDGET AND COMPTROLLER OFFICES
Through the years the Appropriations Committee has channeled
most of its inquiries and requests for information and assistance
through the budget offices or comptroller organizations of the var-
ious departments, agencies, and commissions. Such relationships
are necessary to accomplish the work of the Committee. While the
Committee reserves the right to call upon all organizations in the
departments, agencies and commissions for information and assist-
ance, the primary contact between the Committee and these enti-
ties must be through the budget offices and comptroller organiza-
tions, or through a legislative affairs unit designated by the Com-
mittee to work on appropriations and budget matters.
The workload generated in the budget process is large and grow-
ing; therefore, a positive, responsive relationship between the Com-
mittee and the budget and/or comptroller offices is essential for the
Committee to fulfill the Constitutional appropriations responsibil-
ities of Congress.
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TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
The Committee recommends $577,415,000 in total resources for
the programs of the International Trade Administration (ITA),
which is $36,415,000 above fiscal year 2021 and $7,100,000 above
the request. This amount is offset by $11,000,000 in estimated fee
collections, resulting in a direct appropriation of $566,415,000. The
Committee directs ITA to continue to provide quarterly updates as
described in the Explanatory Statement accompanying Public Law
116–93.
Industry and Analysis.—The recommendation includes the re-
quested increase for the Survey of International Air Travelers
(SIAT). The SIAT provides statistical data on visitation patterns
and traveler demographics that are used to facilitate and guide
planning in both the public and private sectors. The increase in
funding will enhance data for non-traditional, non-urban markets,
providing market intelligence for these small and rural commu-
nities. According to ITA, overseas international travel declined by
81 percent in 2020 due to the COVID–19 pandemic’s impact on the
travel industry. As COVID–19 vaccinations increase and COVID–
19-related hospitalizations decline, the Committee anticipates
international visitation to the U.S. will gradually increase to pre-
pandemic levels and notes that the National Travel and Tourism
Office (NTTO) within ITA has developed a publicly available
COVID–19 Travel Industry Monitor to assess these trends and is
currently developing an on-line ‘‘SIAT Monitor,’’ an interactive tool
that will enable the public to access SIAT data based on their own
selection criteria. The Committee applauds these ongoing efforts.
Lastly, the Committee looks forward to receiving the report di-
rected in House Report 116–455 that will outline recommended
steps, including policy or legislative proposals, the Federal govern-
ment may pursue to assist industry as efforts to recover from the
pandemic are underway, and in addition, encourages ITA to work
with domestic stakeholders to further increase the competitiveness
of U.S. destinations working to attract international trade shows
and sporting events.
Enforcement and Compliance.—The recommendation funds En-
forcement and Compliance at $117,669,000, which is $7,100,000
above the request. The Committee supports ITA’s continued efforts
to establish a web-based aluminum licensing and import moni-
toring system, known as the Aluminum Import Monitoring (AIM)
system. The AIM system provides the public statistical data on alu-
minum imports entering the United States and provides an early
warning system to the public regarding aluminum imports from
throughout the world. The recommendation includes an additional
$500,000 above the request, for a total of $1,300,000, to further en-
hance the AIM system program. The Committee also encourages
ITA to regularly consult with U.S. aluminum manufacturers to en-
sure the AIM system fully supports the U.S. aluminum industry.
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The Committee is aware that the number of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD) investigations, administrative re-
views, circumvention and scope reviews, and court remands, are at
an historically high level. Between 2017 and 2020, there was a 32
percent increase in orders, from 407 to 539, even as the number
of staff spread among the eight AD/CVD enforcement offices de-
clined by approximately 20 percent during this same period. As of
May 2021, the number of AD/CVD orders exceeds 600, an historic
high, and many of the new orders issued in fiscal year 2020 will
result in subsequent AD/CVD administrative reviews in the years
ahead, thereby compounding the workload. Further, the continuing
growth of AD/CVD workload has placed a substantial burden on
ITA’s case analysts, accountants, programmers and attorneys,
whose staffing numbers have not kept pace with the increased
casework. The Committee is aware that the rising caseload burden
on ITA staff has resulted in difficulties retaining current employees
who depart either for private sector jobs or for other U.S. Govern-
ment agencies whose work, unlike ITA, is not driven by statutory
deadlines. The Committee anticipates that an increase in overall
staffing that would accompany the opening of a ninth AD/CVD en-
forcement office would help alleviate this growing workload on cur-
rent personnel. Therefore, the recommendation includes an addi-
tional $6,100,000 above the request to support the creation of a
ninth AD/CVD enforcement office. The Committee encourages the
Department to review additional ways to increase retention within
ITA and report on its findings to the Committee in ITA’s quarterly
updates.
It has come to the attention of the Committee that ITA’s admin-
istration of the AD/CVD laws may be impacted by factors that are
not currently reported or otherwise monitored by the agency.
Therefore, no more than 90 days after the close of each fiscal year
and annually thereafter, ITA is directed to submit a report to the
Committee providing the total number of preliminary and final de-
terminations issued during the previous fiscal year in connection
with AD/CVD proceedings, including investigations, administrative
reviews, and all other actions conducted under the U.S. trade rem-
edy statute. ITA’s report shall also include the number of AD/CVD
remand determinations submitted during the fiscal year by the
agency to the U.S. Court of International Trade or to a binational
panel. Each report shall include comparative data from previous
fiscal year periods, and a version of each report shall be posted on
ITA’s website.
Global Markets.—The recommendation provides $351,328,000 for
Global Markets, as requested. This amount fully supports ITA’s
current staffing level of 1,420 personnel deployed domestically and
internationally. The Committee directs ITA to ensure that all U.S.
Export Assistance Centers (EACs) have onsite, full-time permanent
staff members and further directs ITA to continue updates on these
efforts, by location, in its quarterly updates to the Committee. The
Committee looks forward to receiving the supplement staffing plan
for Export Assistance Centers (EACs), as directed in House Report
116–455. The Committee is encouraged by steps ITA has taken to
staff vacant EACs and locate office space for staff. The Committee
encourages ITA to continue these efforts to enhance services in lo-
cations with vacant export assistance centers. Further, the Com-
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mittee directs ITA to report to the Committee, no later than 120
days after enactment of this Act, with detailed options for poten-
tially expanding the reach of the U.S. Commercial Service in re-
gions of international strategic significance, such as the Pacific re-
gion, including outyear costs, and strategies to develop U.S. busi-
ness and investment in such regions.
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
The Committee recommends $143,410,000 for the Bureau of In-
dustry and Security (BIS), $1,000,000 above the request, and
$10,410,000 above fiscal year 2021. The Committee applauds the
work of BIS and Department budget officers who worked to align
actual costs associated with national security activities that qualify
under budget subfunction 054 defense spending into the BIS budg-
et request for fiscal year 2022.
Section 232 Exclusion Process.—The recommendation supports
the continuation of BIS activities in support of its primary role
processing exclusion applications for steel and aluminum products
subject to tariffs under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of
1962, and expects that within the amounts provided, BIS will
prioritize its resources and spend no less than the amount obli-
gated in fiscal year 2021 on these activities. The Committee directs
the Department to continue its quarterly reporting on the Section
232 exclusion process as described in the Explanatory Statement
accompanying Public Law 116–6.
The Committee is aware of the current, publicly available section
232 web portal that serves as a database of all the exclusions that
have been granted or denied since June 2019. The Committee un-
derstands that any member of the public is able to search the data-
base using filtering criteria, such as by company, by product, or by
application status (granted or denied). However, the Committee un-
derstands there are concerns regarding the Department’s consist-
ency and transparency in its consideration of exclusion request ap-
plications. Therefore the Committee directs the Department to sub-
mit a report to the Committee no later than 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act on how the Department will promote transparency
and consistency in its process of granting and denying exclusion re-
quests, including the Department’s recommendation regarding the
utility of an additional, centralized database internal to the Depart-
ment of Commerce personnel charged to review applications.
Tariff Exclusions for Aluminum Products.—BIS is encouraged to
review all section 232 exclusion requests of aluminum and alu-
minum products, including those for which no objections are filed,
to ensure that volumes are proportional to historical U.S. import
volumes, compared to aggregate annual volumes for individual ap-
plicants/importers as well as product category, and proportional to
the overall size of U.S. market demand. Further, the Department
should regularly consult with the aluminum industry on market
dynamics to ensure the remedy is meeting its stated goal of sup-
porting U.S. aluminum producers.
Human Rights Violations.—The recommendation includes an ad-
ditional $1,000,000 above the request to support additional re-
sources, including personnel and contract services, expressly allo-
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cated for the purpose of formulating and implementing export con-
trols intended to address items, including advanced surveillance
technologies, and the foreign parties that use them to engage in or
enable human rights abuses consistent with Section 1752(2)(D) of
the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
The Committee supports the requested level for the Economic
Development Administration (EDA) and recommends $433,110,000
for the programs and administrative expenses of the EDA.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
The Committee provides $382,500,000 for the Economic Develop-
ment Assistance Programs account for grants to economically dis-
tressed areas. The Committee notes with deep concern the increas-
ing levels of inequality in the Nation that have been magnified by
the COVID–19 pandemic. The Committee expects EDA will play a
critical role in ensuring that no communities are left behind in the
economic recovery that is to come and is committed to supporting
EDA in this endeavor.
Funds are to be distributed as follows; any deviation of funds
shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this
Act:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Public Works ................................................................................................................................................... $124,000
Partnership Planning ...................................................................................................................................... 36,000
Technical Assistance ...................................................................................................................................... 14,000
Research and Evaluation ............................................................................................................................... 2,000
Trade Adjustment Assistance ......................................................................................................................... 13,500
Economic Adjustment Assistance .................................................................................................................. 42,500
Assistance to Coal Communities ................................................................................................................... 80,500
Assistance to Nuclear Closure Communities ................................................................................................. 10,000
Regional Innovation Program Grants ............................................................................................................. 50,000
STEM Apprenticeship Program ....................................................................................................................... 10,000
Total, Economic Development Assistance Programs ............................................................................ $382,500
Assistance to Coal Communities.—The Committee continues to
support Assistance to Coal Communities and appreciates the
strong support in the President’s request that builds on the Com-
mittee’s prior efforts to assist communities in Appalachia and
throughout the country that are suffering from the long decline of
the coal industry and related drop in economic activity. The rec-
ommendation includes $80,500,000 for Assistance to Coal Commu-
nities, which represents an increase of $46,500,000 above the
amount provided in fiscal year 2021. The Committee directs EDA
to prioritize communities that have not previously received funds
through this program and that have suffered significant environ-
mental degradation, including through the leaching of water from
abandoned mines, due to the history of coal mining. EDA shall also
continue reporting to the Committee on its efforts to assist coal
communities, and the report shall include a detailed description re-
garding how EDA and other Federal agencies have assisted coal
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mining communities to date and how the Federal government plans
to assist them in the future.
Public Works.—The Committee provides $124,000,000 for Public
Works and encourages EDA to prioritize projects that are resilient
to the changing climate as well as those that incorporate green in-
frastructure solutions.
Sustainable Development.—The Committee supports efforts by
EDA to provide assistance to local- and state-level public-private
partnerships working on sustainable development and climate
change, especially through stakeholder-based frameworks that
measure progress through open-data platforms that inform public
decision-making.
Build to Scale.—The Committee continues to support the Build
to Scale program—also known as the Regional Innovation Strate-
gies program—and provides an increase of $12,000,000 above the
fiscal year 2021 enacted level. Further, the Committee encourages
EDA to support the development of regional innovation clusters
that focus on advanced wood products, which are a growing source
of jobs in rural America and contribute to rural economic develop-
ment. An initiative that successfully increased demand for wood
products would also address several key land management prior-
ities, including reducing forest treatment costs and wildfire risks.
Further, the Committee urges EDA to invest in university based,
high tech business incubators to diversify distressed manufacturing
and legacy urban and rural communities by encouraging entrepre-
neurship, patent creation, and promoting technology commer-
cialization through business startups.
Nuclear Power Plant Closures.—The Committee notes that clo-
sures of nuclear power plants throughout the United States have
had a significant impact on the economic foundations of sur-
rounding communities through sudden job losses and a dramatic
reduction to the local tax base. Additional plant closures are ex-
pected throughout the country in the coming years. The Committee
appreciates the work EDA has undertaken to assist such commu-
nities in prior years and provides $10,000,000 for competitive eco-
nomic adjustment assistance to continue these efforts, which shall
include, but not be limited to, public works investments and eco-
nomic diversification initiatives in communities impacted by recent
or scheduled nuclear power plant closures. The Committee directs
EDA to report to the Committee no later than 90 days after enact-
ment of this Act on the status of these efforts.
STEM Apprenticeship Program.—The Committee notes that over
the past decade, the growth in jobs requiring sophisticated science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills was three times
faster than growth in non-STEM jobs. Yet, U.S. employers have
struggled to fill jobs in these fields. Because more than 50 percent
of jobs that require STEM skills do not require a bachelor’s degree,
nontraditional higher education, such as apprenticeships, will be
instrumental in meeting the urgent demand for a STEM-literate
workforce. Therefore, the Committee provides $10,000,000 to con-
tinue the STEM Apprenticeship Program, first established in fiscal
year 2020, to provide grants to create and expand STEM appren-
ticeship and other workforce training models, as directed in section
312 of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (Public
Law 114–329).
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Persistent poverty.—The Committee is concerned that pockets of
high poverty in urban areas are often overlooked by the Federal
Government because, in the aggregate, their need is often masked
by their affluent neighbors. In light of the impacts of COVID–19,
the need in these areas is greater than ever. For purposes of this
Act, the term ‘‘high-poverty area’’ means any census tract with a
poverty rate of at least 20 percent as measured by the 2015–2019
5-year data series available from the American Community Survey
of the Census Bureau. When scoring competitive grant applica-
tions, EDA is directed to add additional priority, where practicable,
to applications from grantees who can demonstrate that the indi-
viduals who will benefit from such grants reside in high-poverty
areas or persistent poverty counties, as defined by section 533 of
this Act. In addition, EDA shall provide guidance to such prospec-
tive grantees, especially prior to their application submissions, in-
cluding to help determine whether they qualify for additional pri-
ority.
The Committee further directs the Department to develop and
implement additional measures to increase the share of invest-
ments from all Department programs in persistent poverty coun-
ties, high-poverty areas, and any other impoverished communities
the Department determines to be appropriate areas to target. The
Committee directs the Department to submit a report to the Com-
mittee that includes a description of such measures implemented;
itemized descriptions of projects and activities in impoverished
areas implemented pursuant to such measures; an assessment of
the economic impact of such projects and activities, including, to
the extent practicable, data on impacted individuals disaggregated
by household income, race, gender, age, national origin, disability
status, and whether such individuals live in urban, suburban, or
rural areas; and a list of programs with respect to which no meas-
ures were implemented, with an explanation with respect to each
such program of why no such measures were implemented. Such
report shall include the percentage of funds allocated by each EDA
program in fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 2020 and estimates for fis-
cal year 2021 serving individuals living in persistent poverty coun-
ties and high-poverty areas. The Department shall report this in-
formation to the Committee within 90 days of such data being
available and provide a briefing to the Committee not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act on how the Depart-
ment is carrying out this directive. In the case of any program for
which at least 10 percent of the funds allocated in fiscal year 2021
were not allocated to persistent poverty counties, such report shall
explain why such benchmark was unable to be met and what steps
are being taken to meet it in fiscal year 2022.
Economic Assistance for Communities.—Economic and commu-
nity development funding provided by other agencies can have even
more impact if they are utilized in conjunction with other Federal
funding sources, such as EDA. The Committee therefore encour-
ages EDA to treat as acceptable funds any funding provided by
other Federal programs which are explicitly authorized to be used
for any required non-Federal share of the cost of a project so that
funding from both agencies may be used if necessary and to the ex-
tent permitted by law.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The recommendation includes $50,610,000 for EDA salaries and
expenses.
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
The recommendation includes $70,023,000 for the Minority Busi-
ness Development Agency (MBDA), an increase of $22,023,000 over
fiscal year 2021.
Business Center and Specialty Project Center Programs.—As a re-
sult of the COVID–19 pandemic, small businesses around the coun-
try are facing enormous financial challenges, and the number of
small businesses open and operating has plummeted by 38.9 per-
cent since January 2020, with minority-owned businesses suffering
at a disproportionate rate. The Committee provides no less than
$32,500,000, an increase of $14,500,000 above the fiscal year 2021
enacted level, for MBDA’s Business Center and Specialty Project
Center programs to ensure their network of business counselors,
minority chambers of commerce, and other resources are able to
continue providing assistance to minority-owned small businesses
in need.
Minority Chambers of Commerce.—The Committee recognizes the
important role of minority chambers of commerce in supporting the
mission of MBDA and encourages the Agency to utilize national
and local minority chambers and their members in implementing
the program’s mission of providing resources to underserved popu-
lations.
Native American Business Development.—The Committee pro-
vides not less than $3,000,000 for MBDA to award grants to Tribes
and American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian popu-
lations to address barriers to economic development. MBDA shall
coordinate with the Department’s Office of Native American Busi-
ness Development on these efforts.
Minority Serving Institutions Entrepreneurship Pilot.—The Com-
mittee provides no less than $1,500,000 to continue the Minority
Serving Institutions Entrepreneurship Pilot as established in Pub-
lic Law 116–260 to support entrepreneurship for undergraduate
students at Minority Serving Institutions. The Department is en-
couraged to include recommendations in its fiscal year 2023 budget
submission on efforts to support this effort for a three-year period.
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $120,500,000 for the Economics and
Statistics Administration, $8,645,000 above the fiscal year 2021 en-
acted level.
The Committee notes that the report submitted pursuant to
House Report 116–101 on the long-term strategy for the Federal
Data Service failed to provide additional detail on projected out-
year costs, robust details of the proposed pilots or projects, clear ob-
jectives for these projects, and timeframes or milestones to assess
the Committee’s return on this investment. The recommendation
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does not support the proposed increase to this initiative but as-
sumes current services within the Bureau of Economic Analysis
(BEA) for the Federal Data Service to continue its work in this
area. The recommendation supports the proposed shift of these re-
sources to the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs.
Additionally, the total includes an increase of $1,000,000 to meet
requirements of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–435).
Satellite accounts.—Within the amounts provided, $1,500,000 is
provided for the Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account (ORSA),
which was created through the Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Eco-
nomic Impact Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–249). The Committee
looks forward to receiving an update from BEA, as directed in
House Report 116–455, on its efforts to consult with the Depart-
ment of Labor to conduct a workforce needs study building upon
the information provided by ORSA. Additionally, within the
amounts provided, the Committee directs BEA to increase amounts
allocated to the Travel and Tourism Satellite Account to assist the
Department’s efforts to provide comprehensive data on travel and
tourism-related industries and their roles in the U.S. economy and
recovery post-pandemic.
Modernizing economic statistics in the territories.—The Com-
mittee commends BEA for releasing prototype annual estimates of
gross domestic product (GDP) for Puerto Rico in September 2020
and understands BEA is working on releasing new GDP statistics
for Puerto Rico and plans to continue releasing Puerto Rico GDP
on an annual basis. The Committee further reiterates its interest
in BEA producing quarterly economic surveys and personal income
statistics for the territories, in the same manner that such data is
produced and collected for the 50 States and the District of Colum-
bia. The Committee therefore directs the Department, no later than
one year after the date of enactment of this Act, to submit an over-
all cost estimate and implementation plan to achieve this goal and
integrate the five territories into the full set of the National Income
and Product Accounts, which will require the territory-level GDP
data to meet BEA’s quality standards.
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
The Committee recommends a total of $1,442,401,000 for the Bu-
reau of the Census, as requested. The amount reflects the penul-
timate investments in the 2020 Decennial Census operations, first
year costs for planning of the 2030 Decennial Census including an
early investment in information technology (IT) that will result in
cost savings in later years of the decennial life cycle, an increase
to support both the 2017 Economic Census data release and the
continued planning and implementation of the 2022 Economic Cen-
sus, and a new High Frequency Data Program. The recommenda-
tion does not assume the new appropriations account structure pro-
posed by the Administration. However, the Committee welcomes
continued dialogue with the Department on this effort. The Com-
mittee directs the continuation of quarterly updates to the Com-
mittee and has identified areas of interest below in addition to the
current updates.
Cybersecurity Threats and Vulnerabilities.—The Committee ap-
plauds the efforts that led the Census Bureau to successfully and
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securely execute its first digital-age decennial census, including its
work with the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency. How-
ever, the Committee remains concerned about vulnerabilities that
could expose personal census data, thereby undermining the faith
in census statistics which are vital to democratic institutions.
These vulnerabilities include both system infrastructure weak-
nesses that could allow motivated cyberhackers to infiltrate Census
Bureau servers, as well as reidentification attacks that threaten
the confidentiality of personal census data. The Committee directs
the Census Bureau to prioritize cyber protections for internal sys-
tems. In addition, the Committee expects the Census Bureau to
maintain high standards of disclosure avoidance for publicly acces-
sible data, while also ensuring the availability of data products
that are useful and sufficiently accurate to inform policy decisions
and resource allocations. The Committee expects the Bureau to
consult regularly with its stakeholders, including members of its
advisory committees, regarding the application of disclosure avoid-
ance methods, and to keep the Committee updated on these efforts.
Mobile Access to Census Bureau Data.—The Committee recog-
nizes the growing usage and reliance on smartphones to access in-
formation quickly. Further the Committee notes that there is inter-
est in having mobile access to Census Bureau data on an intuitive,
multilingual user-interface platform and recognizes the Census Bu-
reau is actively developing mobile enhancements to support new
and recurring users whose primary mode of access is a smartphone.
The Committee directs the Census Bureau to provide a report no
later than 180 days after enactment of this Act that focuses on its
expansion efforts toward mobile, multilingual, and user-friendly ac-
cess to census data products, including a cost-benefit analysis of ex-
panding the accessibility of this data to a smartphone application.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Population Data Collec-
tion.—The Committee appreciates the work the Census Bureau un-
dertook to assess the feasibility for expanding data collection of the
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population in fu-
ture Federal population surveys as directed in House Report 116–
101, and understands that the report’s conclusions would apply to
those who identify as gender non-binary. The Committee also rec-
ognizes the work of the Measuring Sexual Orientation and Gender
Identity (SOGI) Research Interest Group, an entity of the Federal
Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM), which the Census
Bureau co-chairs, in this area. Within the amounts provided, the
Committee urges the Census Bureau to begin research or pilot de-
velopment on proxy data collection of SOGI questions in current
surveys, in line with standard administrative rules and procedures
for adding or modifying existing survey content, and to keep the
Committee apprised of these efforts.
Modernizing the collection and publication of race and ethnicity
data.—The Committee understands that the Census Bureau con-
ducted significant research, testing, and consultation with stake-
holders in the decade leading up to the 2020 Census, to ensure that
the collection of data on race and ethnicity in the decennial census
and American Community Survey reflected the continued diver-
sification of the Nation’s population. However, the Census Bureau
was unable to implement changes to the race and Hispanic origin
question because the Federal statistical standards governing collec-
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tion and reporting of such data were not revised in time for the
2020 Census. Therefore, the Committee urges the Census Bureau
to work with the Office of Management and Budget to facilitate ap-
propriate, scientifically-guided revisions to those standards that
will allow the Bureau to modernize its collection of race and eth-
nicity data, including the addition of a Middle Eastern and North
African (MENA) ethnicity category and a combined race and His-
panic origin question, as soon as practicable. The Committee di-
rects the Census Bureau to report to the Committee, no later than
180 days after enactment of this Act, on its plan for implementing
updated race and ethnicity questions for the 2030 Census and the
American Community Survey, including whether the Census Bu-
reau believes that additional testing will be necessary.
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS
The Committee recommends $309,865,000 for Current Surveys
and Programs, which is $21,462,000 above the fiscal year 2021 en-
acted amount. The recommendation supports the requested
$10,000,000 for a new High Frequency Data Program that builds
upon the success of the ‘‘pulse’’ surveys, which the Census Bureau
conducted in response to the COVID–19 pandemic to measure the
impacts to small businesses and households. The Census Bureau is
directed to keep the Committee updated on new initiatives the
Census Bureau will explore under this program to produce timelier
and more relevant economic and demographic statistics. The rec-
ommendation also supports the termination of the Federal Data
Service under the Census Bureau.
The Committee recognizes the proposed $1,000,000 reduction to
the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) represents
a one-time expense related to a study funded in fiscal year 2021
to evaluate cost effective collection methods or alternative sources
of comparable data on the economic well-being of Americans. The
Committee directs the Census Bureau to update the Committee on
the findings of this study and encourages the Census Bureau to
utilize all available resources to support an increase to the SIPP
response rate.
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $1,132,537,000 for Periodic Cen-
suses and Programs, which is $314,296,000 above the fiscal year
2021 enacted level. The recommendation provides for a transfer of
$3,556,000 to the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector Gen-
eral (OIG) for oversight and auditing of the Census Bureau.
The Committee notes that the Census Bureau is making an early
investment in the 2030 Decennial Census to build upon informa-
tion technology investments from the 2020 Decennial Census that
may result is an overall projected savings of $2 billion over the de-
cennial lifecycle. The Committee looks forward to continued up-
dates on these efforts.
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NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $79,000,000 for the National Tele-
communications and Information Administration (NTIA), which is
$33,500,000 above fiscal year 2021. The recommendation is distrib-
uted as shown in the table below:
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Domestic and International Policy ....................................................................................................................... $15,626
Spectrum Management ........................................................................................................................................ 8,059
Advanced Communications Research .................................................................................................................. 12,006
Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth ......................................................................................................... 26,769
Public Safety Communications ............................................................................................................................ 371
Federal Advanced Communications Test Site ...................................................................................................... 16,169
Total, National Telecommunications and Information Administration ................................................................ $79,000
Advanced Communications.—The Committee provides the re-
quested amount for Advanced Communications Research and
$16,169,000 for the Federal Advanced Communications Test Site
(FACTS) to expand research and development in radio frequency
spectrum management to allow next generation communications
use and to ensure that 5G networks and the broader telecommuni-
cations supply chain are secure, including through vendor diver-
sity.
Telecommunications Role in Hate Crimes.—The Committee is dis-
turbed by the role of telecommunications technologies in propa-
gating hateful messages that have led to offline violence, including
a notable uptick in these events over the last 12 months. The Com-
mittee looks forward to receiving the report regarding the role of
telecommunications in hate crimes as directed in House Report
116–101. The Committee reminds NTIA to include the myriad new
forms of telecommunications in its analysis. NTIA shall provide a
briefing to the Committee on its progress no later than 90 days
after the enactment of this Act.
Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth.—The recommenda-
tion includes $26,769,000 for the new Office of Internet
Connectivity and Growth, as authorized in Public Law 116–260.
Rural Broadband Coordination.—The Committee continues prior
year direction to NTIA to coordinate with the Rural Utilities Serv-
ice, the Federal Communications Commission, and other related
Federal agencies, as well as the rural communications industry, to
identify and pursue ways to continue sustainable broadband de-
ployment and adoption, and to ensure that policies tied to one Fed-
eral program do not undermine the objectives and functionality of
another. Further, the Committee continues to encourage NTIA to
place equal priority on the deployment of the Nationwide Public
Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) in rural communities as it
does in urban areas. NTIA shall submit a report to the Committee,
not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, on progress
made in this regard.
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Spectrum Management for Science.—The Committee recognizes
that ensuring access to key portions of spectrum for radio astron-
omy observations, environmental observations, and other scientific
purposes is essential for scientific discovery. The Committee en-
courages NTIA, in coordination with the FCC and other appro-
priate stakeholders, to preserve spectrum access for scientific pur-
poses as commercial use of radio spectrum increases. The Com-
mittee looks forward to the report highlighting NTIA’s ongoing ef-
forts on this front.
Policy and Technical Training.—The recommendation includes
up to $289,000 for programs to provide support for activities pro-
vided under section 7 of Public Law 98–549. As part of these activi-
ties, NTIA may provide assistance and guidance in policy and tech-
nical training to impart best practices to information technology
professionals from developing countries.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $3,993,851,000 for the United
States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), consistent with the
projection of fiscal year 2022 fee collections as estimated by the
Congressional Budget Office. The recommendation transfers
$2,000,000 to the Office of Inspector General to continue oversight
and audits of USPTO operations and budget transparency. The
USPTO shall continue to provide monthly reports to the Committee
on USPTO’s actual and projected fee collections, application vol-
umes, performance, and staffing.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
The Committee recommends $1,369,070,000 for the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which is $334,570,000
above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level.
Small Manufacturing Cybersecurity Support.—The Committee
encourages NIST, including through the Manufacturing Extension
Partnership (MEP), to explore opportunities to partner with the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and
Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastruc-
ture Security Agency to leverage expertise and help small manufac-
turers enhance the protection of controlled unclassified information
within the supply chain, respond quickly to crippling cyber-attacks
and theft of intellectual property, and prepare small manufacturing
clients for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $937,570,000 for NIST’s Scientific
and Technical Research and Services (STRS) programs, which is
$149,570,000 above fiscal year 2021. Within these funds, the Com-
mittee provides increases above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level
of no less than $8,500,000 for Supporting the American Bio-
economy, $8,000,000 for Advanced Communications Research and
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Standards, and $7,500,000 for Next-Generation Semiconductor Re-
search and Standards.
Additionally, NIST is reminded of its obligation under section
9414 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) to provide
the required report to Congress by January 1, 2023.
Climate and Energy Measurement, Tools, and Testbeds.—The rec-
ommendation includes an increase of no less than $20,000,000
above the fiscal year 2021 amount to support the request for Cli-
mate and Energy Measurement, Tools, and Testbeds. Within these
funds, no less than $5,000,000 shall be for direct air capture and
carbon dioxide removal and sequestration research.
Forward-Looking Building Standards.—The Committee is con-
cerned about how climate change will impact the built environ-
ment, and that standards previously set with an assumption of a
stable climate system will expose many Federal and non-Federal
investments to significant, but avoidable, risk. Therefore, the Com-
mittee was pleased to see that the proposal for Climate and Energy
Measurements, Tools, and Testbeds included funding for research
supporting building codes and standards that would be resilient to
future weather extremes. As part of these efforts, the Committee
directs NIST to continue to coordinate work with NOAA and other
appropriate Federal agencies and interested non-Federal parties, as
needed, to identify a consistent and authoritative set of climate in-
formation that emphasizes forward-looking climate data and projec-
tions that should be utilized in the standard-setting process. These
data shall include projections of both chronic climate impacts, such
as sea level rise, and extreme weather events, such as hurricanes
and droughts. This effort shall serve to aid both Federal and non-
Federal bodies to develop standards, building codes, and voluntary
standards that take into account increasingly extreme weather
events and other climate change challenges. In coordination with
NOAA, NIST shall provide the Committee, no later than 180 days
after the enactment of this Act, an assessment of priority Federal
agency needs for these data, including infrastructure planning deci-
sion support tools.
Greenhouse Gas Program and Urban Dome Initiative.—The Com-
mittee recognizes the significant value in NIST’s Greenhouse Gas
Program and Urban Dome initiative that seeks to leverage existing
high-spatial density regional monitoring networks and external re-
search and development (R&D) partnerships. These cost-effective
capabilities substantially expand and broaden NIST laboratory ca-
pabilities for investigating and developing measurement tools that
support independent means for determining the accuracy of emis-
sions inventory data at urban and regional scales. The Committee
has included no less than $15,000,000 for the Greenhouse Gas Pro-
gram and Urban Dome Initiative to continue and expand sensor
network deployments.
Wildfires and the Wildland-Urban Interface.—The Committee
commends the work of NIST’s Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Fire Group, which conducts research into reducing the impact to
life and property in WUI communities exposed to wildfires. The
Committee notes that further efforts are needed to help ensure
that building standards incorporate the most recent practices,
science-based understanding, and research to help preserve human
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life and property, and to ensure that future city planning draws on
this work. To further these efforts, as well as to improve under-
standing of fire behavior in WUI communities exposed to wildfires,
the recommendation includes no less than $3,000,000 above the
amount requested for this work as part of the Climate and Energy
Measurement, Tools, and Testbed initiatives.
Disaster Resilience Research Grants.—The Committee provides
no less than the fiscal year 2021 level for Disaster Resilience Re-
search Grants.
Quantum Information Science.—The Committee provides no less
than $12,500,000 above the fiscal year 2021 level for Quantum In-
formation Science, as authorized in the National Quantum Initia-
tive Act to support and expand basic and applied quantum infor-
mation science and technology R&D of measurement science and
standards.
Quantum computing is an important emerging technology to
which the private sector and government should have access. The
Committee encourages NIST to support quantum computing hard-
ware that is technology neutral, and directs NIST to evaluate the
potential for public-private partnerships to develop and deploy
practical quantum applications that government and the private
sector can utilize within one to three years so that the government
may have the benefit of near-term applications, while also re-
searching next-generation technology. NIST shall provide a report
to the Committee, not later than 120 days after the enactment of
this Act, on the feasibility of public-private partnerships using
near-term application development and deployment.
Artificial Intelligence.—The recommendation includes no less
than $12,500,000 above the fiscal year 2021 level for Artificial In-
telligence (AI) that has the potential to produce transformative
technologies and scientific breakthroughs that will improve Ameri-
cans’ lives. The Committee further notes the comprehensive review
of AI issues provided by the National Security Commission on Arti-
ficial Intelligence (NSCAI). The Committee directs NIST to provide
the Committee, no later than 270 days after the enactment of this
Act, with a review of the NSCAI report as it relates to NIST, in-
cluding a discussion of how NIST intends to address the report’s
recommendations.
Framework for Managing AI Risks.—The Committee reminds
NIST of the direction provided in fiscal year 2021 regarding the
Framework for Managing AI Risks and directs NIST to provide the
Committee an update on its progress with this work as soon as is
practicable.
Cybersecurity.—The Committee is alarmed by the recent spate of
cyber attacks against the Nation and therefore provides no less
than $15,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level for
NIST’s cybersecurity initiatives.
The threat of cyber attacks is exacerbated by the shortage of cy-
bersecurity professionals across the government and private sector,
from entry-level applicants to experienced professionals. The Com-
mittee therefore provides, from within the increase for cybersecu-
rity, no less than $8,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted
level for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)
Regional Alliances and Multi-stakeholder Partnerships to Stimu-
late (RAMPS) Cybersecurity and Workforce Development program.
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Cybersecurity and Privacy.—The proliferation of data generation,
storage, and usage associated with the digital economy is making
it increasingly important to protect that data with effective cryp-
tography and privacy standards. The Committee is concerned that
individual, corporate, and public-sector data privacy is continuously
at risk from attacks by individual actors, criminal organizations,
and nation-states. As part of the increase provided for Cybersecu-
rity, the Committee urges NIST to address the rapidly emerging
threats in this field by furthering the development of new and
needed cryptographic standards and technologies.
Guidelines for Secure Cloud Adoption.—The Committee encour-
ages NIST to develop guidelines for secure cloud adoption that
would provide information that consumers, including those in the
public sector, need to make security-conscious choices when select-
ing a cloud service provider. The guidelines should account for ex-
isting standards and certifications, including the NIST SP 800 37
and SP 800 53 controls that FedRAMP relies on, as well as existing
private sector standards and certifications such as SOC 1 and SOC
2.
Vulnerability Patching Guidance.—The Committee notes that
NIST last updated Special Publication 800–40, ‘‘Guide to Enter-
prise Patch Management Technologies’’, in 2013. Given the impor-
tance of timely patching to organizations maintaining a robust cy-
bersecurity posture, NIST shall report to the Committee, no later
than 120 days after the enactment of this Act, regarding its plans
to revise and update this Special Publication.
Forensic Sciences.—The Committee provides $22,000,000 for fo-
rensic science research, an increase of $2,200,000 above the fiscal
year 2021 enacted level. Within these funds, the Committee pro-
vides no less than $3,500,000 to support the Organization of 22 Sci-
entific Area Committees and no less than $1,500,000 to support
technical merit evaluations previously funded by transfer from the
Department of Justice.
Circular Economy.—The Committee supports the proposed ex-
pansion of NIST’s work on the circular economy and provides an
increase of $4,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level for
these activities with plastics and other materials in the supply
chain. Within these funds, not less than $1,000,000 shall be to sup-
port further work on other classes of materials including electronics
waste, battery and solar waste, and other waste streams.
Workforce Diversity.—The Committee strongly supports NIST’s
initiative to increase equity and diversity in the standards work-
force. The recommendation therefore provides no less than
$3,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level for this pur-
pose.
Pyrrhotite Testing and Mitigation.—The recommendation in-
cludes not less than $2,000,000 for NIST to continue its efforts
with academic research partners to study and develop a reliable
and cost-effective standard for testing for the presence of excessive
amounts of the mineral pyrrhotite in concrete used in residential
foundations and municipal structures that can cause premature
cracking and structural failure. In addition to funding widespread
sample collection and studies needed to develop standardized tests,
the investigation of mitigation strategies should also be robustly
supported by NIST with these funds.
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Regenerative Medicine Standards.—The Committee provides
$2,500,000 for NIST to continue the work on Regenerative Medi-
cine Standards to improve measurement assurance and standards
coordination for regenerative therapies, including: completion of a
regenerative medicine assay validation and innovation core to pro-
vide laboratory support for evaluation of standardized assays, con-
ducting inter-laboratory studies to improve measurement assur-
ance and develop appropriate reference materials, and coordination
of stakeholders for efficient development and implementation of rel-
evant standards.
Calibration Laboratory for Oceanographic Sensors.—The Com-
mittee recognizes a critical need for capacity in calibration of ocean
sensors that is inhibiting maximum use of ocean sensing tech-
nologies. The Committee encourages NIST to support these tech-
nologies.
Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.—The Com-
mittee recognizes the value of the Baldrige Program and the im-
pact that it has on the performance of organizations that adopt its
best practices. Therefore, the Committee provides no less than
$2,500,000 for the Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Pro-
gram.
National Construction Safety Team Act Investigations.—NIST
has a vitally important responsibility under the National Construc-
tion Safety Team Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–231) to investigate
building collapses to understand the source of failure and to pro-
vide recommendations for how to rectify any shortcomings in exist-
ing building standards in order to prevent future similar disasters.
The Committee therefore provides $22,000,000 for this critical
work.
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
The Committee recommends $331,500,000 for Industrial Tech-
nology Services, including $275,000,000 for the Manufacturing Ex-
tension Partnership (MEP) program and $56,500,000 for Manufac-
turing USA, which represent increases of $125,000,000 and
$40,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted levels, respectively.
MEP Supply Chain Database.—The Committee notes that the
U.S. supply chain experienced widespread and significant disrup-
tions in 2020 due to the COVID–19 pandemic. These issues ex-
posed the need for manufacturers and suppliers to be able to com-
municate more effectively so as to rapidly respond when various
national emergencies occur. The Committee provides up to
$10,000,000 for NIST to create a national supply chain database
for MEP Centers that would connect manufacturers and suppliers
across the country in order to enhance the Nation’s preparedness
for future events that could disrupt supply chains.
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
The Committee recommends $100,000,000 for NIST construction,
an increase of $20,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level.
NIST shall continue to provide updates on the projects funded
within this account, to include milestones and total amount of
funding necessary for completion.
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NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
The Committee recommends a total of $6,458,136,000 in discre-
tionary funds for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration (NOAA), which is $1,027,529,000 above fiscal year 2021.
The Committee’s program and project recommendations for
NOAA are included in the consolidated funding tables below and
in narrative direction throughout this report. The Committee re-
minds NOAA that any deviations from the amounts included in the
tables below are subject to section 505 requirements of this Act.
When executing its budget for fiscal year 2022, NOAA shall incor-
porate the funding levels established in both the table and the nar-
rative direction.
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends a total program level of
$4,689,458,000 under Operations, Research, and Facilities (ORF)
for the coastal, fisheries, marine, weather, satellite, and other pro-
grams of NOAA. This total funding consists of $4,425,787,000 in di-
rect appropriations, a transfer of $246,171,000 from balances in the
‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining
to American Fisheries’’ account and $17,500,000 derived from re-
coveries of prior year obligations. The direct appropriation of
$4,425,787,000 is $585,487,000 above fiscal year 2021.
The following narrative and tables identify the specific activities
and funding levels included in this Act.
Extramural research.—The Committee continues to support
NOAA’s ongoing collaboration with academia and the private sector
through cooperative institutes and competitive research. These re-
lationships build broad community engagement, leverage external
funding for mission-oriented research, strengthen the science with-
in NOAA, and advance scientific knowledge.
Climate Change Adaptation and Resilient Infrastructure.—NOAA
plays a vital role in providing accurate climate data and projections
to other Federal agencies, States, Tribes, and the private sector,
which is essential to the Nation’s ability to prepare for and adapt
to the changing climate. Executive Order 14008, ‘‘Tackling the Cli-
mate Crisis at Home and Abroad’’, requires Federal agencies to
complete, and regularly update, Climate Action Plans. NOAA shall
support the effort led by the Office of Science and Technology Pol-
icy (OSTP) and in collaboration with the U.S. Global Change Re-
search Program (USGCRP), to develop guidance to Federal agen-
cies on the formulation of such plans. To support these efforts, and
to expand the provision of forward-looking climate information gen-
erally, the recommendation includes no less than $10,000,000 from
amounts provided for broader climate services at the National
Ocean Service, the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research,
and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information
Service.
As part of this larger effort to expand the provision of climate in-
formation and services, NOAA shall also identify and support the
utilization by NIST of an authoritative set of climate information
that emphasizes forward-looking climate data and projections to be
utilized by NIST in their standard-setting process. These data shall
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include projections of both chronic climate impacts, such as sea
level rise, and extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and
droughts. This effort shall include building internal capacity to aid
both Federal and non-Federal bodies to develop standards, building
codes, and voluntary standards that take into account increasingly
extreme weather events and other climate change challenges. In co-
ordination with NIST, NOAA shall provide the Committee, not
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, an assessment
of priority Federal agency needs for these data, including infra-
structure planning decision support tools.
Oyster Aquaculture, Research, and Restoration.—The Committee
provides up to $10,000,000 to support ongoing research on shellfish
genetics to improve shellfish survival and growth rates and to clas-
sify and preserve natural genetic variation. As part of this work,
NOAA is encouraged to support regional partnerships with re-
search institutions on the Gulf of Mexico, East, and West Coasts.
Mississippi River Restoration and Resiliency Strategy.—The Com-
mittee recognizes that the Mississippi River basin from Minnesota
to Louisiana is a vital American waterway. The Committee con-
tinues to urge the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion to participate and coordinate as an essential federal stake-
holder with the Environmental Protection Agency’s development of
the Mississippi River Restoration and Resiliency Strategy, as di-
rected in House Report 116–455. NOAA is also directed to engage
with the U.S. Geological Survey as they host the Mississippi River
Science Forum and to contribute to the proceedings as a Federal
agency with relevant scientific expertise.
Nature-based Flood Mitigation Measures.—The Committee recog-
nizes that environment-based mitigation measures such as the cre-
ation of wetlands, conservation easements, and natural flood plains
to slow the flow rate of rivers, creeks, and streams, are innovative
tools to mitigate the severity of future floods in the Great Lakes
region. In addition to flood protection, such mitigation and climate
resiliency measures offer both aesthetic and recreational value and
provide a variety of environmental and conservation benefits in-
cluding erosion control, species habitat, and improved air and
water quality. The Committee urges NOAA to participate and co-
ordinate as an essential Federal stakeholder with the Department
of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as
well as State, local, and Tribal governments, and business and non-
profit stakeholders, on developing and supporting conservation and
nature-based flood mitigation measures to reduce the impact of
floods on communities, lives, and livelihoods in the Great Lakes re-
gion.
Fire Weather.—The Committee is concerned with the increasing
number and severity of wildfires, especially in the Western United
States, and notes the important role NOAA plays in providing ad-
vanced notice of wildfire risks and active wildfire-weather coupled
forecasts. The recommendation therefore provides a total of
$15,000,000 to fully support fire weather initiatives across NOAA.
The Committee encourages NOAA to utilize its satellite and artifi-
cial intelligence assets in these efforts and to continue working
with interested Federal, State, Tribal, and local partners and land
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managers to improve information dissemination related to wildfire
events.
The Committee is additionally concerned about the need for addi-
tional resources to ensure that our Nation’s science agencies are
better prepared to help in the prediction and response to wildfires
and therefore directs NOAA to conduct a workforce needs assess-
ment on the training and potential need for additional Incident Me-
teorologists for wildfires and other extreme events. NOAA shall
brief the Committee on the results of this assessment no later than
180 days after the enactment of this Act.
National Ocean Service.—The recommendation provides
$706,500,000 for National Ocean Service (NOS) Operations, Re-
search, and Facilities, an increase of $86,800,000 above the fiscal
year 2021 level.
NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Navigation, Observations and Positioning
Navigation, Observations and Positioning .................................................................................................. $183,000
Hydrographic Survey Priorities/Contracts .................................................................................................... 32,000
IOOS Regional Obervations ......................................................................................................................... 50,000
Navigation, Observations and Positioning ........................................................................................................... 265,000
Coastal Science and Assessment
Coastal Science, Assessment, Response and Restoration ......................................................................... 101,000
Competitive Research .................................................................................................................................. 28,000
Coastal Science and Assessment ........................................................................................................................ 129,000
Ocean and Coastal Management and Services
Coastal Zone Management and Services ................................................................................................... 62,000
Coastal Zone Mangement Grants ............................................................................................................... 82,500
National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund .............................................................................................. 38,000
Coral Reef Program ..................................................................................................................................... 38,000
National Estuarine Research Reserve System ............................................................................................ 30,500
Sanctuaries and Marine Protected Areas ................................................................................................... 61,500
Ocean and Coastal Management and Services ................................................................................................... 312,500
Total, National Ocean Service, Operations, Research, and Facilities ................................................................. $706,500
Sea Level Rise.—The Committee commends NOAA for its strong
proposal to increase the Nation’s understanding of the risk of sea
level rise and to provide information and services to State, Terri-
tory, Tribal, and local governments, as well as private citizens, to
support long range coastal planning and infrastructure invest-
ments. The recommendation includes no less than $30,000,000 for
these efforts across NOS.
Navigation, Observations, and Positioning.—The Committee pro-
vides $183,000,000 for Navigation, Observations, and Positioning,
$20,500,000 above the level provided in fiscal year 2021. As part
of these efforts, the Committee directs NOS to partner with States
to provide accessible, high resolution integrated ocean and coastal
mapping of U.S. nearshore waters to support navigation, infra-
structure, habitat mapping, restoration projects, resource manage-
ment, emergency response, coastal resiliency, and hazard studies.
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The recommendation also includes up to $8,000,000 for the Re-
gional Geospatial Modeling Grants program.
Marine Debris.—The recommendation includes an increase of no
less than $2,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level for
the Marine Debris program to address the pervasive problem of
marine pollution in coastal waters around the country. Within the
funds available, the Committee provides $1,000,000 to create a re-
gional pilot program to coordinate with Federal, State, or Tribal
partners on efforts to inventory and remove derelict vessels and
fishing gear, with a goal of developing a cost-effective national
strategy for mitigating these sources of marine debris.
Integrated Ocean Observing System.—The Committee continues
to support the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and pro-
vides $50,000,000, an increase of $9,500,000 over the fiscal year
2021 enacted level. The Committee provides not less than
$3,000,000 to support the ongoing pilot IOOS, launched in fiscal
year 2020 to enhance the nation’s capacity for monitoring and de-
tection of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) by leveraging the exper-
tise of the IOOS regional associations—including through expand-
ing the deployment of in-situ observing assets—in order to improve
HABs warning and forecast accuracy. IOOS is directed to coordi-
nate with the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science on the
implementation of these funds.
Harmful Algal Blooms.—The Committee remains highly con-
cerned about the increasing prevalence of HABs in every U.S. State
and territory and the corresponding impacts on human health,
drinking water, fisheries, and the broader economy. The Committee
provides $28,000,000 for Competitive Research, including not less
than $15,000,000 for HABs research. This research shall include
the impacts of HAB-causing nutrient impacts from nitrogen and
phosphorus as they enter coastal areas from tributaries. Further
research should prioritize development of methods of prevention,
mitigation, and control to reduce the frequency, severity, and im-
pacts of HAB events in freshwater and saltwater systems and pro-
vide special attention to research in areas most economically and
environmentally impacted by HABs, including the possible con-
tamination of drinking water. The Committee encourages NOAA to
work to ensure that new technology and mitigation efforts have
minimal environmental impacts. For all HABs-related work, NOAA
shall coordinate with the Interagency Working Group on Harmful
Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act.
Further, within funds provided for Coastal Science, Assessment,
Response and Restoration, NOAA, in collaboration with IOOS, the
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, and other relevant
stakeholders, shall develop an implementation plan for a National
Harmful Algal Bloom Observing Network (HABON). This plan
shall include a discussion of how it will incorporate existing assets
and research efforts, as well as a five-year funding profile for oper-
ational monitoring and forecasting of HABs nationwide. This report
shall be provided to the Committee not later than 270 days after
the enactment of this Act.
Great Lakes HABs.—The Committee recognizes the importance of
NOAA’s work to diagnose and track the changing climate, nutrient
loading, and water quality impacts within the Great Lakes. The
Lakes are ecologically productive but also home to destructive an-
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nual HABs that threaten the region. No later than 270 days after
the enactment of this Act, NOAA shall brief the Committee on ef-
forts to coordinate with the other Federal agencies in the Great
Lakes region, its joint efforts to manage and diagnose water quality
problems, and shall provide a summary of resources NOAA is mak-
ing available within the Great Lakes basin to address HABs.
Blue Carbon.—The Committee notes the importance of the coast-
al zone as a potential carbon sink and the increased public interest
in blue carbon. The recommendation includes no less than
$2,000,000 for NOAA to expand its scientific and research efforts
to understand the relative emissions and absorption potential of
carbon pollution associated with various human activities in the
coastal zone so as to inform future planning decisions regarding
their carbon impacts. The ultimate goal of this research shall be to
create a national map and inventory of coastal and marine blue
carbon ecosystems. The Committee encourages NOAA to collabo-
rate with other interested Federal agencies and other non-Federal
stakeholders as part of their coastal work, including the U.S. Geo-
logical Survey, as well as the National Fish and Wildlife Founda-
tion.
Coastal Zone Management.—The Committee provides
$62,000,000 for Coastal Zone Management and Services, including
no less than $4,000,000 for implementation of the Digital Coast Act
(Public Law 116–234) and activities to support it. Within these
funds, the recommendation also includes no less than $3,500,000
for Regional Ocean Data Portals.
Ocean Economy of the Territories.—The Committee looks forward
to receiving the report on the steps NOAA has taken to expand the
scope of the Economics: National Ocean Watch (ENOW) dataset to
include the Nation’s territories. The Committee expects regular up-
dates from NOAA on its plans to characterize the ocean economies
of the five U.S. territories, and directs other bureaus within the
Department of Commerce, including the Bureau of Economic Anal-
ysis (BEA) and the Census Bureau, to cooperate on this effort.
Coastal Zone Management Grants and the National Oceans and
Coastal Security Fund.—The recommendation includes $82,500,000
for Coastal Zone Management Grants and $38,000,000 for the Na-
tional Oceans and Coastal Security Fund, including for project
planning and design, including watershed scale planning and tech-
nical assistance to identify where and what specific coastal resil-
ience projects will provide the greatest benefit in preparation for
expected climate impacts, such as sea level rise.
Coral Reefs.—The Committee continues to be greatly concerned
by the deterioration of the Nation’s coral reefs, which are suffering
from record levels of bleaching and disease. The recommendation
therefore includes $38,000,000 for the Coral Reef Program. Within
the increases provided for the Coral Reef Program and Competitive
Research, NOAA shall expand its collaborative work with external
academic partners that conduct scientific research for the conserva-
tion of corals and coral reef ecosystems, including those that are
experiencing an increasing prevalence of disease outbreaks. The
Committee recognizes that science sponsored through such collabo-
ration is imperative for management of these coral reefs for eco-
system resilience and for the effective implementation of the Na-
tional Coral Reef Action Strategy, especially with regard to the
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identification of local action strategies for addressing key threats in
each of the jurisdictions that have coral reefs within its boundaries.
Collaborative research focused on coral disease and degradation is
required to address current declines in reef health and productivity
in U.S waters in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Caribbean. Examples of
this work include identifying the pathogens causing the disease,
conducting appropriate disease interventions and remediations, re-
searching resilient coral species and disease-resistant genetic
strains of corals, and supporting restoration of appropriate and di-
verse coral species.
Further, within the funds provided for the Coral Reef Program,
the Committee provides up to $10,000,000 for NOS to continue to
work with academic institutions and non-governmental research or-
ganizations on innovative active restoration projects to restore de-
graded coral reefs. The Committee intends the funding to support
coral restoration implementation and capacity building for both cor-
als and herbivores; advancing community stewardship and restora-
tion maintenance; and incorporation of next generation technology
innovation with external partners to promote resilience and res-
toration efficiencies.
National Estuarine Research Reserve System.—The Committee
provides an increase of $2,000,000 over the fiscal year 2021 enacted
level for the National Estuarine Research Reserve System
(NERRS). The Committee strongly supports this important part-
nership between NOAA and the coastal States and territories that
protects and studies estuarine systems and encourages the contin-
ued expansion of the network.
Sanctuaries and Marine Protected Areas.—The Committee pro-
vides $61,500,000 for Sanctuaries and Marine Protected Areas,
which is $5,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level. The
Committee encourages the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries to
collaborate with the Office of Ocean Exploration and Research to
map and characterize the National Marine Sanctuaries, including
through the use of telepresence technology as appropriate.
National Marine Sanctuaries Designations.—The Committee con-
tinues to support the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and
the expansion of the network of protected marine and Great Lakes
areas. The Committee notes that a number of sites have languished
in the inventory of successful nominations without progressing to
final designation as new National Marine Sanctuaries despite sup-
port from the Committee to move them forward. Therefore, the
Committee directs NOAA, no later than 30 days after the enact-
ment of this Act, to provide the Committee with a briefing on plans
to make final determinations on the areas which have been suc-
cessfully nominated for consideration for designation.
Marine National Monuments.—Within funding provided for Na-
tional Marine Sanctuaries, up to $1,200,000 may be used for com-
petitive research and management grants for existing marine na-
tional monuments administered by NOS, provided such grants are
subject to a 100 percent non-Federal match.
National Marine Fisheries Service.—The Committee recommends
$1,044,590,000 for National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Op-
erations, Research, and Facilities, which is $79,728,000 above the
fiscal year 2021 enacted level. NMFS shall continue to provide
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quarterly updates to the Committee consistent with direction in fis-
cal year 2021.
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Protected Resources Science and Management:
Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, and Other Species .................................................................................... $146,500
Species Recovery Grants ............................................................................................................................. 7,500
Atlantic Salmon ........................................................................................................................................... 6,500
Pacific Salmon ............................................................................................................................................ 70,500
Protected Resources Science and Management .................................................................................................. 231,000
Fisheries Science and Management:
Fisheries and Ecosystem Science Programs and Services ......................................................................... 162,000
Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments .............................................................................. 192,500
Observers and Training ............................................................................................................................... 55,468
Fisheries Management Program and Services ............................................................................................ 133,750
Aquaculture ................................................................................................................................................. 17,500
Salmon Management Activities ................................................................................................................... 66,000
Regional Councils and Fisheries Commissions .......................................................................................... 43,000
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants ............................................................................................................. 3,372
Fisheries Science and Management .................................................................................................................... 673,590
Enforcement .......................................................................................................................................................... 78,500
Habitat Conservation and Restoration ................................................................................................................. 61,500
Total, National Marine Fisheries Service, Operations, Research, and Facilities ................................................. $1,044,590
Offshore Wind.—The Committee applauds the President’s initia-
tive to support the growth of offshore wind energy as part of the
broader goal of reducing carbon emissions. As such, the rec-
ommendation includes no less than $20,380,000 for NMFS’ initia-
tives in support of wind energy.
Transition to Climate-Ready Fishery Management.—The Com-
mittee recognizes the serious impacts of climate change on fisheries
and protected species, and the corresponding need for increased re-
sources to prepare for climate-ready management of living marine
resources. Sustainable fisheries management and protected species
conservation is made more challenging by climate change driven
impacts, including changes to the distribution, productivity, and
abundance of fish stocks, protected species, and the habitats on
which they depend. The Committee supports NMFS’ proposals to
address these new requirements and provides $20,000,000 overall
to support this work, including $10,000,000 within Protected Re-
sources Science and Management to support climate vulnerable
species and $10,000,000 within Fisheries Science and Management
to prioritize activities that will make fisheries and fishing-depend-
ent communities more adaptable to climate change. NMFS is also
directed to increase the scope and pace of efforts and consider new
initiatives that will maintain sustainability and yield greater sta-
bility in Federal fishery and protected species management as the
oceans change.
Protected Resources Science and Management.—The rec-
ommendation includes $231,000,000 for Protected Resources
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Science and Management, an increase of $25,336,000 above the fis-
cal year 2021 enacted level. Within this amount, the Committee
provides no less than $5,000,000 for the John H. Prescott Marine
Mammal Rescue Assistance grant program. The Committee further
directs NMFS to continue to prioritize reducing the backlog of En-
dangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act permit
applications.
The Committee recognizes that the existing backlog is due, in
part, to disagreements between NMFS and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers regarding the consideration of environmental baselines
for in-water construction permit applications. This continued inter-
agency dispute is unacceptable. The Committee therefore directs
NOAA, no later than 15 days after the enactment of this Act, to
report to the Committee on plans for resolving the ongoing inter-
agency conflict and finding resolution on the backlog of pending
permit applications in a timely manner.
North Atlantic Right Whales.—Within Marine Mammals, Sea
Turtles, and Other Species, the Committee provides no less than
$16,900,000 for research and monitoring of North Atlantic right
whales. Within this funding, up to $3,500,000 is provided for
NOAA to address State and industry priorities addressing fishery
data gaps to support improved modeling and analysis to inform fu-
ture regulatory changes, including vessel or gear tracking or other
harvester reporting enhancements to improve co-occurrence models
of fishing activity and whale presence.
Southern Resident Killer Whales.—The Committee provides not
less than $2,000,000 for the Southern Resident Killer Whales pro-
gram for research and monitoring to improve the recovery of the
species. The Committee further encourages NMFS to support exist-
ing partnerships between Federal and State agencies, Native
American tribes, public ports, and nonprofits to monitor and reduce
noise impacts on this endangered species.
Foreign Fisheries.—The Committee provides $1,000,000 to NMFS
to ensure sufficient implementation of the Fish and Fish Product
Import Provisions Section 101(a)(2) of the Marine Mammal Protec-
tion Act. NMFS shall use these funds to analyze the data provided
by nations and to provide technical assistance to nations to comply
with these provisions. NMFS shall prioritize the use of any funds
for technical assistance to those fisheries interacting with endan-
gered species. NMFS may use contractors to ensure that deadlines
are met, but shall prioritize hiring staff with the increased funds
for this initiative.
Pacific Salmon.—The Committee provides $70,500,000 for Pacific
Salmon, $3,500,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level. The
recommendation provides no less than $5,000,000 within Pacific
Salmon to implement NMFS’ Hatchery and Genetic Management
Plans (HGMPs) and to continue to address the backlog of HGMPs
as directed in previous fiscal years.
The Committee directs NOAA to examine opportunities to lever-
age the existing civilian conservation corps model to develop a dedi-
cated workforce to accomplish priority salmon habitat improvement
projects and other priority near-shore restoration goals that have
been identified as part of the recovery strategy for one or more of
the twenty-eight populations of salmon and steelhead currently
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listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species
Act.
Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments.—The Com-
mittee provides $192,500,000 for Fisheries Data Collections, Sur-
veys, and Assessments, $16,573,000 above the fiscal year 2021 en-
acted level. Within these funds, no less than $24,000,000 is pro-
vided for Fisheries Information Networks, the State-Federal coop-
erative programs that coordinate data collection, data manage-
ment, and informational management essential for accurate moni-
toring of commercial and recreational fishing impacts. The Com-
mittee encourages NMFS to support collaborative programs focused
on improving recreational fishery data collection. The recommenda-
tion also directs NMFS to deliver technical support, as needed, to
the Gulf States to prioritize and ensure successful implementation
of each State plan.
South Atlantic Reef Fish.—NMFS is encouraged to leverage effi-
ciencies learned through the Gulf of Mexico red snapper process to
better the science and management of the South Atlantic red snap-
per and other reef fish. NMFS shall consider employing the inde-
pendent and alternative stock assessment strategies used in the
Gulf of Mexico to supplement NMFS assessments of reef fish in the
South Atlantic. The Committee provides up to $1,800,000 for these
activities and encourages NMFS to incorporate this data into the
agency’s own stock assessments as expeditiously as possible.
State Management for Recreational Red Snapper.—Within the
amount provided for Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and As-
sessments, the Committee encourages NMFS to continue to work
with the Gulf States to ensure successful implementation of State
management for recreational red snapper. These efforts shall be a
priority for NOAA and shall be done in coordination with the Gulf
States. In addition, state agency independent data should be incor-
porated into NOAA stock assessments as expeditiously as possible.
Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish.—Within funding for Fisheries and Eco-
system Science Programs and Services, the Committee encourages
NMFS to continue to support Gulf of Mexico reef fish surveys, re-
search, and sampling.
For-Hire Electronic Monitoring and Reporting Implementation.—
The agreement provides no less than $2,250,000 within Fisheries
Management Programs and Services and $1,500,000 within En-
forcement to support the continued and timely implementation of
electronic monitoring and reporting.
Video Review of Electronic Monitoring Data.—Within funding
provided for Fisheries Management Programs and Services, the
Committee provides no less than $400,000 for the video review of
the West Coast Groundfish electronic monitoring data and
$400,000 for the video review of the Gulf of Alaska partial coverage
electronic monitoring data.
Pacific Bluefin Tuna.—The Committee continues to be concerned
with the depleted status of the iconic Pacific bluefin tuna and
therefore encourages NMFS to take a strong position in inter-
national negotiations, including by supporting the adoption of strict
and more precautionary harvest control rules that ensure measur-
able interim progress in rebuilding the stock, in order to recover
the population to sustainable levels by no later than 2034. The
Committee provides up to $2,000,000 to continue and expand ef-
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forts to support the rebuilding of this stock and directs NMFS to
provide resources to support engagement of the Pacific Fishery
Management Council and U.S. stakeholders in the formulation of
a strong U.S. position throughout the international negotiations to
ensure continued progress on the international recovery plan.
Carbon Sequestration Through Aquaculture.—The Committee
recognizes advances in aquaculture such as deep-water kelp se-
questration and oyster farming play an important role in miti-
gating the impacts of a changing climate. Like land forests, kelp
forests act as powerful carbon banks, removing up to 20 times more
carbon per acre than land forests. The Committee encourages
NOAA and the Office of Aquaculture to support sustainable carbon
sequestration demonstration projects in deep ocean water.
Salmon Management Activities.—The Committee provides an in-
crease of $4,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted amount for
Salmon Management Activities. This level includes no less than
$41,500,000 for the Pacific Salmon Treaty activities and no less
than $24,000,000 for Mitchell Act Hatcheries.
Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported Fishing.—The Committee is
troubled by the increasing accounts of Illegal, Unregulated, and
Unreported (IUU) fishing—not only in the U.S. Exclusive Economic
Zone but around the world—which is a threat to the health of the
oceans, undermines honest businesses and fishers who play by the
rules, and enables human trafficking, forced labor, and other crimi-
nal activity. The recommendation includes an increase of
$3,500,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level for Enforcement
to address IUU fishing, among other enforcement priorities. Within
these funds, the Committee directs NMFS to expand efforts to de-
tect and deter IUU fishing through the use of emerging tech-
nologies available from the private sector.
Lionfish.—The Committee encourages NOAA to award competi-
tive grants to address invasive Lionfish in the Atlantic Ocean and
Gulf of Mexico.
Horseshoe Crabs.—Adequate data is required to ensure States
and interstate managers can effectively manage the Horseshoe
Crab population, which is important to the biomedical and commer-
cial fishing industries, as well as to the ecology of the Mid-Atlantic
region. The Committee directs NMFS to continue the Horseshoe
Crab survey to generate the data necessary to ensure that the
Horseshoe Crab stock remains on a sustainable path.
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.—The Committee rec-
ommends $684,500,000 for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
(OAR) Operations, Research, and Facilities, which represents an
increase of $113,910,000 over fiscal year 2021.
OFFICE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Climate Research:
Climate Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes ....................................................................................... $120,000
Regional Climate Data and Information ..................................................................................................... 59,000
Climate Competitive Research .................................................................................................................... 74,000
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OFFICE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH—Continued
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Climate Research ................................................................................................................................................. 253,000
Weather and Air Chemistry Research:
Weather Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes ....................................................................................... 87,500
U.S. Weather Research Program ................................................................................................................. 33,750
Tornado Severe Storm Research/Phased Array Radar ................................................................................ 17,000
Joint Technology Transfer Initiative ............................................................................................................ 13,000
Weather and Air Chemistry Research .................................................................................................................. 151,250
Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research:
Ocean Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes .......................................................................................... 37,500
National Sea Grant College Program .......................................................................................................... 85,000
Sea Grant Aquaculture Research ................................................................................................................ 14,500
Ocean Exploration and Research ................................................................................................................ 44,500
Integrated Ocean Acidification .................................................................................................................... 17,000
Sustained Ocean Observations and Monitoring .......................................................................................... 59,750
National Oceanographic Partnership Program ............................................................................................ 2,000
Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research ........................................................................................................ 260,250
Innovative Research and Technology:
High Performance Computing Initiatives .................................................................................................... 18,000
Uncrewed Systems ....................................................................................................................................... 2,000
Innovative Research and Technology ................................................................................................................... 20,000
Total, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Operations, Research, and Facilities .............................. 684,500
Climate Research.—The Committee continues to be alarmed by
the impacts of the changing climate and notes the critical impor-
tance of NOAA’s climate change science and research to inform de-
cisions about how best to prepare and adapt to these changes. The
Committee, therefore, provides $253,000,000 for Climate Research,
an increase of $71,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level.
Methane Emissions.—Like carbon dioxide, methane is a powerful
greenhouse gas that is increasingly more prevalent in our atmos-
phere. Unlike carbon dioxide, however, methane only remains in
the atmosphere for a relatively short amount of time, and as such,
mitigation of these emissions can have a more near-term effect on
the climate system. Unfortunately, there is limited understanding
of the natural and anthropogenic sources and drivers of methane
emissions that limits the accuracy of climate models and inhibits
the proper prioritization of mitigation efforts. As part of the in-
crease provided for Sustained Atmospheric Observations, the Com-
mittee directs OAR to increase its focus on methane as an impor-
tant greenhouse gas and to increase efforts to improve the under-
standing of the sources and drivers of both anthropogenic and nat-
ural methane emissions.
Atmospheric Baseline Observatories.—The Committee supports
the work of the Global Monitoring Laboratory and its Atmospheric
Baseline Observatories, which have provided measurements of the
level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for over 60 years that are
the basis of the world-renowned Keeling Curve and whose data is
used by more than 500 external partners and stakeholders. The
Committee provides not less than $4,500,000 to modernize these
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observatories’ aging infrastructure to ensure measurement integ-
rity and safety of the observatory facilities.
Earth’s Radiation Budget.—The Committee provides $11,000,000
for continued modeling, assessments, and, as possible, observations
and monitoring of stratospheric conditions and the Earth’s radi-
ation budget. Within these funds, the Committee directs OAR, in
coordination with other Federal agencies, as appropriate, to im-
prove the understanding of the impact of atmospheric aerosols on
radiative forcing, as well as on the formation of clouds, precipita-
tion, and extreme weather to include observations and modeling of
the impact of the introduction of material into the stratosphere
from changes in natural systems, increased air and space traffic,
and modeling of proposals to inject material to affect climate and
solar climate interventions.
Climate Services.—As the Nation continues to experience the in-
creasingly disruptive impacts of climate change, NOAA’s role as a
provider of climate data, models, projections, and services is becom-
ing more prominent and critical to the continued prosperity of our
society. The Committee directs NOAA, across line offices, to coordi-
nate efforts to provide improved and expanded climate services in
order to improve customer service and integrate climate products.
Further, a number of community project funding awards will sup-
port efforts to expand climate research and the provision of climate
services. Where feasible, NOAA shall partner with these local ef-
forts to meet the rapidly growing needs of the Nation for high qual-
ity climate products and information.
As part of these efforts, the Committee supports the proposed ex-
pansion of the Regional Integrated Climate Sciences and Assess-
ments (RICSA) program, formerly known as the Regional Inte-
grated Sciences and Assessments program, with the long-term goal
of comprehensive coverage of the Nation to provide high quality cli-
mate information and extension services to help local, State, and
private leaders make informed decisions as they adapt to the
changing climate. As such, the Committee includes $25,000,000,
which is $3,200,000 above the requested amount, to launch the Cli-
mate-Smart Communities Initiative and expand the RICSA pro-
gram. The Committee further encourages NOAA to more
proactively engage with local stakeholders to provide extension
services.
Infrasonic Weather Monitoring Research.—Within funding for the
U.S. Weather Research Program, the recommendation provides no
less than the fiscal year 2021 enacted level to support external op-
portunities with academic institutions in promising areas of weath-
er-related research that may advance NOAA’s mission and benefit
society, including infrasonic methods of monitoring extreme weath-
er.
VORTEX–USA.—The recommendation includes no less than
$7,000,000 for the VORTEX–SE program within the VORTEX–
USA initiative. The Committee looks forward to a briefing on
OAR’s proposed plan for the VORTEX USA initiative as directed in
Public Law 116–260.
Sensor Fusion for Snow Water Resource Management.—The Com-
mittee supports NOAA’s activities to improve snow water resource
monitoring to improve operational forecasts at NOAA’s National
Water Center (NWC). The Committee encourages NOAA to pursue
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research activities to demonstrate and integrate into the NWC’s
National Water Model accurately calibrated and validated snow
water equivalent estimates at high resolution through extensive
airborne and field experiments throughout the western United
States.
Wind Turbine Radar Interference.— The Committee supports the
rapidly growing wind energy industry as part of the effort to reduce
carbon emissions. The Committee recognizes, however, that with-
out proper mitigations and considerations, wind farms can interfere
with NEXRAD weather radars. To ensure maximum compatibility
between wind energy development and NEXRAD systems, the
Committee encourages NOAA, working with the Wind Turbine
Radar Interference Mitigation working group and industry, to iden-
tify, test, and validate proposed technical solutions to reduce poten-
tial wind turbine impacts to NEXRAD radar data. The Committee
also encourages NOAA, the Wind Turbine Radar Interference Miti-
gation Working Group, and industry to fully explore other non-
technical mitigation options. Not later than 270 days after the en-
actment of this Act, NOAA shall, in collaboration with other Fed-
eral agencies, industry, and academia, provide the Committee with
an update to the 2019 Joint USAF/NOAA Report to Congress that
details the status of scientific research of technical solutions and
cooperation between government and industry on non-technical
mitigation options.
Flood Mapping Technologies.—The Committee recognizes that in-
novative, science-based flood mapping technologies help commu-
nities and businesses to better prepare for and mitigate flood-re-
lated disasters. Weather-based technologies provide real-time infor-
mation on soil moisture, watersheds, precipitation, and stream lev-
els to ensure communities in flood susceptible areas have the prop-
er resources to respond before flooding disasters occur, and to help
minimize impacts and associated damages. The Committee encour-
ages NOAA to continue to support advancing weather and flood
mapping technologies and enhanced data collection, and to partner
with interested Federal agencies, Tribes, institutions of higher edu-
cation, and State centers to become more resilient to flood disas-
ters, such as with Joint Technology Transfer Initiative (JTTI) ac-
tivities.
Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research Laboratories and Co-
operative Institutes.—The Committee provides $37,500,000 for
Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research Laboratories and Coop-
erative Institutes. NOAA shall expand its works on genomics with-
in the increased funds, including work on HABs with regard to
real-time forecasting of HABs and their toxicity, and testing of re-
mote observing systems and environmental sample processors. Fur-
ther, the Committee expects NOAA to fully fund these cooperative
institutes at appropriate levels in future years, including well-es-
tablished institutes focused on watershed impacts on marine and
Great Lakes ecosystems, remote sensing, and long-term monitoring
of the impacts of environmental hazards on marine and Great
Lakes ecosystem health. NOAA shall further support partnerships
with universities on ocean observations, hurricane monitoring,
ocean glider research, and research related to offshore wind energy.
Sea Grant Resilient Coasts Initiative.—Of the funds provided for
Sea Grant, no less than $10,000,000 shall be for the Sea Grant Re-
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silient Coasts Initiative. As part of this program, the Committee
encourages NOAA to support mitigation and relocation efforts of
coastal tribal communities that are seeking to mitigate the threat
of severe weather storms and promote public safety.
Sea Grant Support for the Seafood Industry.—The U.S. fishing
and seafood sector experienced broad declines in 2020 as a result
of the COVID–19 pandemic. The Committee supports the ongoing
work of NOAA programs such as Sea Grant in assisting in business
diversification and economic recovery during the COVID–19 pan-
demic for fishermen, aquaculturists, and recreational charters
through state Sea Grant programs. The Committee encourages the
National Sea Grant program to identify areas of collaboration with-
in the Department of Commerce and other federal agencies to ad-
vance business diversification efforts of coastal businesses to make
the coastal industries more viable and resilient to disruptions in
their economic markets as well as disruption to access or changing
ocean conditions. Further, the recommendation includes up to
$2,000,000 for Sea Grant to work with NMFS to build a consortium
of researchers, government officials, technical assistance providers,
and fishing and aquaculture community partners to support local
and regional seafood systems (LRSS). Catalyzing LRSS will help to
ensure the seafood sector is resilient to future shocks and will also
contribute to the economic prosperity of coastal communities.
Highly Migratory Species.—The Committee provides an addi-
tional $2,000,000 within Sea Grant to collaborate with the NMFS
Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Research Initiative, for competi-
tive extramural research exclusively for Atlantic and Gulf of Mex-
ico HMS. Additional research is needed for collection of NOAA-
prioritized scientific information to significantly improve fisheries
management at both the domestic and international levels for
these species that inject hundreds of millions of dollars into coastal
communities and the Nation. Many HMS are threatened by over-
fishing or environmental challenges and are urgently in need of im-
proved, science-based management and conservation, either region-
ally or throughout their distribution. The additional funding will
enable NOAA to implement a set of management-based HMS re-
search needs and priorities established in fiscal year 2020.
American Lobster Research.—Within funding for the Sea Grant
program, the Committee encourages the continued funding of part-
nerships between State agencies, academia, and industry to ad-
dress American lobster research priorities. Research should focus
on stock resilience in the face of environmental changes, including
life history parameters, distribution and abundance, and species
interactions, with the purpose of informing future management ac-
tions.
Sea Grant Aquaculture Research Program.—The Committee rec-
ognizes the importance of NOAA’s aquaculture research and devel-
opment activities that help coastal communities maintain a safe
and sustainable local seafood supply through research and tech-
nology transfer to support and expand America’s aquaculture in-
dustry. As such, the Committee provides $14,500,000 for the Sea
Grant Aquaculture Research Program.
Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship Program.—Within 60 days of en-
actment of this Act, NOAA is directed to brief the Committee on
steps the agency is taking to implement section 3 of the National
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Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2020 (Public Law
116–221).
Ocean Exploration and Research.—The Committee rejects the re-
quested decrease in funding for Ocean Exploration and Research
and instead provides $44,500,000 and encourages NOAA to map
and characterize the Nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone and Ex-
tended Continental Shelf. NOAA is encouraged to work with the
Department of Education and other relevant agencies to continue
fundamental ocean exploration in which open source data are col-
lected for the oceanographic community and private industries in
real-time through telepresence technology that would be applied to
educational research.
Deep Seabed Mining.—The Committee provides $1,000,000 from
Ocean Exploration and Research, for NOAA, not later than 90 days
after the enactment of this Act, to seek to enter into an agreement
with the National Academies to conduct a comprehensive assess-
ment of the environmental impacts of deep seabed mining, includ-
ing assessment of potential impacts to deep seabed habitat and
species from exploratory or extractive activities; assessment of the
potential impacts of sediment plumes from disturbance of the deep
seabed on the marine ecosystems and biota; and approximate quan-
tification of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with deep sea-
bed mining, including possible emissions from the release of green-
house gases sequestered in the seabed.
Integrated Ocean Acidification Program.—The Committee is in-
creasingly concerned about the growing impacts of ocean acidifica-
tion on coastal communities and industries and therefore provides
$17,000,000 for the Integrated Ocean Acidification program. Within
the increase, NOAA shall, in partnership with academia and the
private sector, prioritize efforts at understanding, monitoring, and
mitigating coastal ocean acidification, especially where it impacts
fisheries and aquaculture. To allow NOAA’s partners around the
nation to scale up their regional-level monitoring programs, develop
modeling tools, and improve coordination with regional stake-
holders, the Committee encourages the Integrated Ocean Acidifica-
tion program, in partnership with IOOS and Sea Grant, to make
multi-year, competitive grant awards to university partners to op-
erate regional-scale research and education centers to address the
impacts of ocean acidification.
The Committee encourages NOAA, in coordination with the Of-
fice of Science and Technology Policy, to implement a program to
competitively award prizes under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719) to stimulate innovation to
advance the understanding, research, or monitoring of ocean acidi-
fication or its impacts, or to develop management or adaptation op-
tions for responding to ocean acidification. In prize competitions,
the Committee encourages NOAA to prioritize communities, envi-
ronments, or industries that are currently in distress due to the
impacts of ocean acidification.
Sustained Ocean Observations and Monitoring.—The rec-
ommendation provides $59,750,000 for Sustained Ocean Observa-
tions and Monitoring. Within the increase, NOAA shall expand cov-
erage of biogeochemical and Deep Argo floats to improve ecological
and sub-seasonal-to-seasonal weather forecasting as well as to pro-
vide observational data on the health and state of the ocean, par-
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ticularly in the deep sea, the tropics, and the Arctic. Further,
NOAA is directed to encourage international partners to meet their
obligations for shared ocean science and observations.
Uncrewed Systems.—Within Innovative Research and Tech-
nology, $2,000,000 is provided in support of the proposal for
Uncrewed Systems. The Committee further encourages NOAA to
address potential new challenges in the areas of data organization,
automation, scale, processing, and presentation.
National Weather Service.—The Committee recommends
$1,218,113,000 for National Weather Service (NWS) Operations,
Research, and Facilities, which is $117,337,000 above the fiscal
year 2021 enacted level. The Committee reaffirms its commitment
to the weather enterprise and the necessity of maintaining within
the Federal Government the mission of protecting life and prop-
erty.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Observations ......................................................................................................................................................... $245,750
Central Processing ............................................................................................................................................... 108,472
Analyze, Forecast and Support ............................................................................................................................. 565,097
Dissemination ....................................................................................................................................................... 117,646
Science and Technology Integration .................................................................................................................... 181,148
Total, National Weather Service, Operations, Research, and Facilities .............................................................. $1,218,113
NWS Staffing.—The Committee remains concerned about con-
tinuing reports of staffing and management challenges within
NWS. NOAA and the Department of Commerce are directed to en-
sure that NWS fulfills its critical mission to protect the lives and
property of our Nation’s citizens, including by filling all vacancies
as expeditiously as possible. In its fiscal year 2022 spend plan,
NWS shall follow direction as provided in fiscal year 2021 regard-
ing details of all NWS funded positions. The Committee further di-
rects NWS to continue the quarterly briefings to the Committee
consistent with prior year direction.
National Mesonet Program.—The recommendation includes not
less than $24,000,000 for the National Mesonet Program to allow
the program to leverage large investments by other sponsors, en-
able the program to increase the number of observations, include
new types of data, and introduce innovative capabilities to address
capacity and coverage gaps.
Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Decision Support Services.—The rec-
ommendation includes no less than $5,000,000 for the proposals
across NWS for Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal Decision Support Serv-
ices.
Low Altitude Rainfall.—The Committee is concerned about the
limitations of NEXRAD due to its ineffectiveness in calculating low
altitude rainfall, below 7,000 feet, in low lying areas on the edges
of the radars’ scannable range, lack of river gauges and lack of
ground truth stations. The Committee therefore encourages NWS
to install additional small data collection devices to better assess
rainfall, water levels, and related climate data. NWS is urged to
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focus on watersheds where underestimates of local rainfall has led
to damage of water infrastructure.
Tsunami Warning Program.—The Committee continues to sup-
port the Tsunami Warning Program and provides no less than the
fiscal year 2021 level for this critical program.
Dissemination.—The Committee is very troubled by the ongoing
issues with NWS’ forecast dissemination systems. The rec-
ommendation therefore includes an increase of $39,284,000 above
the fiscal year 2021 enacted level. NWS shall provide monthly up-
dates to the Committee on the status of the ongoing problems with
its dissemination systems and its progress in carrying out the Inte-
grated Dissemination Program plan.
Atlas-14.—The Committee provides up to $1,450,000 within
Science and Technology Integration for NWS to partner with inter-
ested states or regions to update their respective Atlas-14 precipi-
tation frequency estimates.
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Serv-
ice.—The Committee recommends $348,086,000 for National Envi-
ronmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) Oper-
ations, Research, and Facilities.
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Environmental Satellite Observing Systems:
Office of Satellite and Product Operations ................................................................................................. $202,000
Product Development, Readiness and Application ..................................................................................... 47,000
Office of Space Commerce .......................................................................................................................... 10,000
U.S. Group on Earth Observations .............................................................................................................. 1,000
Environmental Satellite Observing Systems ........................................................................................................ 260,000
National Centers for Environmental Information ................................................................................................. 88,086
Total, National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, Operations, Research, and Facilities $348,086
Wildfire Demonstration Products.—The Committee supports
NOAA’s ongoing efforts to develop and provide new wildfire prod-
ucts which are critically important to informing the public about
wildfire dangers and to supporting firefighters and other first re-
sponders. The Committee is aware and supports the fact that as
part of the product development process, NOAA makes demonstra-
tion versions available online and that these products are rapidly
adopted by external stakeholders. The Committee further under-
stands that the rapid adoption of these demonstration products by
external stakeholders has caused both hardware and software fail-
ures. The Committee directs NOAA to prioritize the availability of
demonstration products that have been adopted by external stake-
holders, particularly first responders, and provides no less than
$500,000 within the Office of Satellite and Product Operations for
this purpose.
Office of Space Commerce.—The Committee provides $10,000,000
for the Office of Space Commerce and directs NOAA to continue
the pilot program established by Public Law 116–260, for which no
less than the fiscal year 2021 enacted amount is provided.
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National Centers for Environmental Information.—The Com-
mittee continues to support the National Centers for Environ-
mental Information (NCEI) and their efforts to provide more prod-
ucts and services for the Nation. Of the funds provided for NCEI,
no less than $13,500,000 shall be for the Regional Climate Serv-
ices, including no less than $10,000,000 for the Regional Climate
Centers. NOAA shall continue to prioritize hiring to meet the de-
mand for climate services, most notably by filling the vacant Re-
gional Climate Services Director positions.
Mission Support.—The recommendation includes $364,316,000
for Mission Support Operations, Research, and Facilities.
MISSION SUPPORT
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Mission Support Services:
Executive Leadership ................................................................................................................................... $30,000
Mission Services and Management ............................................................................................................ 185,000
IT Security .................................................................................................................................................... 35,365
Payment to the DOC Working Capital Fund ............................................................................................... 67,867
Facilities Maintenance and Capital Improvements .................................................................................... 5,000
Mission Support Services ..................................................................................................................................... 323,232
Office of Education:
BWET Regional Programs ............................................................................................................................ 12,000
José E. Serrano Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions .............................. 22,000
NOAA Education Program Base ................................................................................................................... 7,084
Office of Education .............................................................................................................................................. 41,084
Total, Mission Support, Operations, Research, and Facilities ............................................................................. $364,316
Office of Education.—The Committee recognizes that the chang-
ing climate and increasing degradation of our environment will ne-
cessitate greater future investments in these scientific fields and
their corresponding workforces. Consequently, the recommendation
includes $41,084,000 for NOAA’s Office of Education, an increase
of $8,084,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level. Further, as
part of all of its educational programming, the Committee encour-
ages NOAA to prioritize improving Americans’ understanding of cli-
mate change, including providing formal and informal learning op-
portunities to individuals of all ages, including individuals of di-
verse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, emphasizing actionable
information to help people understand and promote implementa-
tion of new technologies, programs, and incentives related to cli-
mate change, climate adaptation and mitigation, and climate resil-
ience.
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO).—The rec-
ommendation includes $299,373,000 for the Office of Marine and
Aviation Operations, Operations, Research, and Facilities. The
Committee appreciates the clear and concise regular briefings pro-
vided by OMAO’s leadership and encourages them to continue with
the same frequency and detail as in fiscal year 2021.
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OFFICE OF MARINE AND AVIATION OPERATIONS
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations:
Marine Operations and Maintenance .......................................................................................................... $194,000
Aviation Operations and Aircraft Services .................................................................................................. 37,500
Autonomous Uncrewed Technology Operations ........................................................................................... 14,500
NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps ............................................................................................................. 53,373
Total, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, Operations, Research, and Facilities .................................... $299,373
Marine Operations and Maintenance.—The Committee appre-
ciates and supports the proposal to increase the number of days at
sea, and further directs OMAO to continue to implement the pro-
gressive maintenance program developed over the last few years to
keep NOAA’s ships available and operational at the highest pos-
sible rate. The Committee notes that missions in the Pacific Islands
and territories have been delayed due to a lack of ship availability
and the pandemic. The increase in funding for Marine Operations
and Maintenance is intended, in part, to alleviate these con-
straints. The Committee directs NOAA to submit a report on its
plan to ensure adequate ship time for the critical missions in this
region no later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act.
Monitoring of Atmospheric Rivers.—Improving understanding of
atmospheric rivers is critical to preparing for concentrated rain
storms and flooding along the U.S. West Coast. Therefore, the
Committee provides no less than $2,300,000 for use of airborne as-
sets to conduct increased winter storm observations to better ob-
serve and predict these extreme weather events.
NOAA Community Project Funding.—The recommendation in-
cludes $23,980,000 for Community Projects as detailed in the table
below. The Committee directs NOAA to provide the amounts listed
in the table consistent with NOAA’s existing authorities, jurisdic-
tions, and procedures, as appropriate. NOAA shall further perform
the same level of oversight and due diligence as with any other ex-
ternal partners.
Recipient Project Amount
Alabama State Port Authority .................................. Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System $233,000
(PORTS) Sensors, Port of Mobile.
Coastal Preservation Network .................................. Restoration & Stabilization of Two On-Water Plat- $263,000
forms on Flushing Bay.
Columbia River Inter Tribal Fish Commission ........ Upgrade and Expand the Coastal Margin Obser- $760,000
vation and Prediction Program.
Florida International University ............................... Aquarius Coral Reef Observatory ........................... $1,135,000
Florida International University ............................... Greater Biscayne Bay Harmful Algae Bloom Moni- $2,000,000
toring Program.
George Mason University ......................................... Virginia Climate Center .......................................... $1,979,000
Greater Farallones Association ................................ Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Kelp $500,000
Recovery.
Museum of Science, Inc. ......................................... National Center for Education and Conservation $1,150,000
of Florida’s Coral Reef.
NOAA’s James J. Howard Marine Sciences Labora- Social and Ecological Resilience Projects for New $480,000
tory at Sandy Hook. Jersey Coasts and Oceans.
NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center ............ Planning for the Future of Maine’s Lobster Fishery $200,000
and Right Whale Protections.
Northern Illinois University ...................................... Understanding and Mitigating Future Weather and $660,000
Climate Risks to Agriculture.
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Recipient Project Amount
Oceans Initiative ...................................................... Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology (TAST) at $322,000
the Ballard Locks.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ................. Whale Entanglement Risk Reduction Research ..... $100,000
San Diego Unified Port District ............................... Habitat-Friendly Shoreline Structures .................... $1,000,000
San Jose State University Research Foundation ..... Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center ............. $1,150,000
Texas State University ............................................. Texas State University Meadows Center Climate $2,000,000
Change Impact on Water Initiative.
The Hawai’i Department of Land and Natural Re- Waikiki Marine Life Conservation District Coral $415,000
sources, Division of Aquatic Resources. Restoration.
The Marine Mammal Center .................................... Emergency Marine Mammal Field Response, Re- $500,000
search, and Rehabilitation.
The Nature Conservancy Hawai’i ............................. Putting People to Work Supporting Community- $500,000
Based Co-Management of Coastal Resources
in Hawai’i.
The Nurture Nature Center ...................................... CREATE Resilience Research and Community $140,000
Learning Hub.
The Regents of the University of California, Mobile LiDAR System .............................................. $800,000
Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
Town of Hempstead, New York ................................ Marine Nature Study Area ...................................... $130,000
University of Alaska Anchorage ............................... Engaging Diverse Communities in Stewardship of $750,000
Wild Salmon in Cook Inlet.
University of Hawai’i ................................................ Moku o Lo’e Marine Laboratory Refuge Eco-Friend- $200,000
ly Sea Wall Research.
University of Maine .................................................. Maine Climate Coordination Center ....................... $990,000
University of Rhode Island ...................................... University of Rhode Island Integrated Plastics Re- $1,000,000
search.
University of South Florida ...................................... Observing Infrastructure to Address Flooding $2,000,000
Risks due to Climate Change at the Commu-
nity Level.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science Next Generation Scanning High-Resolution Inter- $1,200,000
and Engineering Center. ferometer Sounder (S–HIS) Aircraft Instrument.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ......... Columbia River Pinniped Removal ......................... $892,000
Waterfront Alliance, Inc. .......................................... Flushing Meadows Corona Park: A Hub for Cli- $531,000
mate Resilience.
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends a total program level of
$1,998,000,000 for Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction
(PAC), of which $1,985,000,000 is appropriated from the general
fund and $13,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obli-
gations.
The following narrative descriptions and tables identify the spe-
cific activities and funding levels included in this Act.
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
National Ocean Service:
National Estuarine Research Reserve Construction ................................................................................... $4,000
Marine Sanctuaries Construction ................................................................................................................ 4,000
Total, NOS–PAC ....................................................................................................................................... 8,000
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research:
Research Supercomputing/CCRI .................................................................................................................. 53,500
National Weather Service:
Observations ................................................................................................................................................ 24,000
Central Processing ...................................................................................................................................... 68,000
Dissemination .............................................................................................................................................. 9,934
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PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION—Continued
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Facilities Construction and Major Repairs ................................................................................................. 17,000
Total, NWS–PAC ...................................................................................................................................... 118,934
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service:
Common Ground Services ........................................................................................................................... 73,633
Geostationary Earth Orbit ............................................................................................................................ 623,247
Low Earth Orbit ........................................................................................................................................... 512,730
Space Weather ............................................................................................................................................. 203,506
Systems/Services Architecture and Engineering ......................................................................................... 68,500
Satellite CDA Facility ................................................................................................................................... 2,450
Total, NESDIS–PAC .................................................................................................................................. 1,482,066
Mission Support:
NOAA Construction ...................................................................................................................................... 43,000
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations:
Fleet Capital Improvements and Technology Infusion ................................................................................ 95,500
Vessel Recapitalization and Construction .................................................................................................. 75,000
Aircraft Recapitalization and Construction ................................................................................................. 120,000
Total, OMAO–PAC .................................................................................................................................... 290,500
Total, Procurement, Acquisition and Construction .............................................................................................. $1,998,000
Research Supercomputing.—The Committee recognizes the im-
portance of supercomputing capacity to further research efforts re-
garding weather and climate modeling and therefore recommends
$53,500,000 for OAR Research Supercomputing.
Quarterly Satellite Reports.—The Committee directs the Depart-
ment of Commerce to continue to provide oversight of NOAA’s sat-
ellite programs as directed in fiscal year 2021. NOAA shall also
continue to provide quarterly briefings to the Committee on all
NOAA satellite programs not later than 30 days after the end of
each quarter, consistent with prior years.
America’s Next Generation Weather Satellite System.—The Com-
mittee supports NOAA’s next generation weather architecture plan,
as developed through the NOAA Satellite Observing System Archi-
tecture (NSOSA) study and recognizes that many of that study’s
recommendations are included in the request. The recommendation
directs NOAA to provide the Committee with a five-year budget
plan that outlines how it intends to fully develop NSOSA. This
plan shall be submitted to the Committee not later than 270 days
after the enactment of this Act.
Commercial Data.—The Committee provides $17,000,000 for the
purchase and piloting of commercial weather data. Within these
funds and consistent with direction from the Promoting Research
and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of
Tomorrow (PROSWIFT) Act, the Committee provides up to
$5,000,000 for a Commercial Space Weather Data Pilot for NOAA
to collaborate with commercial companies for the testing and anal-
ysis of space weather data.
NOAA Construction.—There is significant concern that several
NMFS laboratories will soon be unable to perform basic scientific
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functions, given the age of the infrastructure, state of disrepair,
and changing physical environments in which they are located. The
Committee therefore directs NOAA, not later than 180 days after
the enactment of this Act, to provide the Committee with a five-
year budget framework to address regional facility modernization
planning and redevelopment of priority labs in the Northwest,
Northeast, and Southeast regions. NOAA is further encouraged to
initiate the planning process, given the distressed state of these fa-
cilities, to help facilitate a competitive solicitation process for pro-
posals from academic and nonprofit partners to co-locate NMFS
laboratories, as a means of leveraging research efforts and enhanc-
ing scientific capabilities.
Vessel Recapitalization and Capital Improvements.—The Com-
mittee reaffirms its support for NOAA’s Fleet Recapitalization Plan
by, as in prior fiscal years, providing the requested amount for Ves-
sel Recapitalization. The Committee expects that NOAA will en-
sure that these new vessels facilitate the reduction of gaps in mis-
sion coverage as current ships fall into disrepair or are decommis-
sioned. During the recapitalization process, NOAA is encouraged to
evaluate its fleet plan regularly and consider cost-effective alter-
natives such as vessel leasing or chartering for meeting NOAA’s
mission requirements. The recommendation also includes
$63,000,000 for the midlife maintenance of the NOAA Ship Ronald
H. Brown. The Committee directs NOAA, in all future budget sub-
missions to Congress, to detail all operational and maintenance re-
quirements in addition to capital requirements of vessels and air-
craft to maintain the optimal operational tempo necessary to meet
NOAA’s missions.
Hurricane Hunters.—The recommendation includes an increase
of $100,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level for hurri-
cane hunter aircraft. These funds shall be used to: (1) complete the
outfitting with scientific equipment of the recently acquired Gulf-
stream 550; (2) perform the service depot level maintenance for the
P–3 Orion hurricane hunter aircraft; and (3) exercise the contract
option to acquire a second Gulfstream 550 to support hurricane
surveillance and other missions.
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY
The Committee provides $65,000,000 for Pacific Coastal Salmon
Recovery.
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND
The Committee recommends $349,000 for the Fishermen’s Con-
tingency Fund, which is the same as fiscal year 2020. This Fund
is available to compensate U.S. commercial fishermen for damage
or loss caused by obstructions related to oil and gas exploration,
and is derived from fees collected by the Secretary of the Interior.
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The Committee recommends language under this heading lim-
iting obligations of direct loans to $24,000,000 for Individual Fish-
ing Quota loans and $100,000,000 for traditional direct loans.
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
The Committee recommends $252,587,000 for Departmental
Management (DM), $124,464,000 above fiscal year 2021 and
$41,092,000 below the request. This amount includes funding for
DM Salaries and Expenses, the Renovation and Modernization of
the Herbert C. Hoover Building, the Department of Commerce
Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, and the Office of Inspector General.
PPE Filter Industrial Base Expansion Initiative.—The Committee
recognizes that during the COVID–19 global pandemic, the Nation
has experienced a severe gap in manufacturing and supply chain
industrial base to produce and deliver Personal Protective Equip-
ment (PPE) to our military, first responders, medical and industrial
workers. The Committee supports efforts to bolster the domestic
production, including the supply chain, of PPE. The Committee fur-
ther notes the proposal to establish a new office within the Depart-
ment to support and monitor domestic manufacturing capacity and
supply chains of products that are necessary for the health, safety,
and security of our Nation. As part of any efforts to support domes-
tic manufacturing and supply chains, the Committee directs the
Department to prioritize the production of PPE as among the most
critical of such products as evidenced by the COVID–19 pandemic.
EOP Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation.—The
Committee appreciates the engagement between the Administra-
tion and Congress to elevate manufacturing to the highest levels
within the Executive Office of the President through the creation
of an Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation. Given the
Department of Commerce’s jurisdiction over existing manufac-
turing programs and initiatives, the Committee highlights the im-
portance of robust participation and engagement with the Adminis-
tration’s efforts to reassert America’s manufacturing legacy, espe-
cially in strategies to re-shore critical manufacturing and further
advanced manufacturing.
Human Rights Violations.—The Committee is concerned with vi-
olence and threats shown towards human rights activists around
the world, and notes some of this has occurred in nations with
which the United States has trade agreements with enforceable
protections. The Committee encourages the Department to more ac-
tively engage with trade partner nations, alongside the U.S. Trade
Representative, to end these human rights violations and report to
the Committee no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act
on enforcement actions it has taken to promote compliance with
labor and environmental obligations.
Data Collection in U.S. Territories.—Executive Order 13985, ‘‘Ad-
vancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities
Through the Federal Government’’, directed Federal agencies to ad-
dress existing gaps in access to Federal programs among histori-
cally underserved communities. The Committee directs the Depart-
ment provide the Committee, no later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, an action plan for bringing all of the U.S.
territories fully into the programs and surveys of data collection
managed by agencies such as BEA and the Census Bureau on the
same terms as States. The plan should include a specific timeline
for each territory and cost estimates for implementation. The Com-
mittee recognizes the prior work done by the Department related
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to Puerto Rico in this area in compliance with recommendations
from the 2016 Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Economic
Growth in Puerto Rico and expects the plan to include updates on
any progress related to survey and data expansion for Puerto Rico
as well as any revisions to cost assumptions previously reported to
the Committee.
Regional Biosecurity Plan.—The Department shall continue to
submit a report alongside its annual budget justifications describ-
ing the activities of the Department during the prior fiscal year to
implement the Regional Biosecurity Plan for Micronesia and Ha-
waii—a strategic plan developed jointly by the Department and
other Federal and non-Federal entities to prevent and control the
introduction of invasive species in the U.S. Pacific region. The re-
port shall include an update of the Departmental activities accom-
plished in implementation of the plan and next steps and planned
activities for further execution of the plan, including estimates of
funding that will be obligated toward the implementation and fu-
ture year requirements.
Remanufactured Products and Reclaimed Materials.—The Com-
mittee notes that House Report 116–455 directed the Department
to study strategies to strengthen regional and local remanufac-
turing markets, and urges the Department to provide the results
of this study to the Committee no later than 60 days after the en-
actment of this Act. The Committee further directs the Depart-
ment, in conjunction with the National Advisory Council on Inno-
vation and Entrepreneurship, to build on the information gathered
within this report to study strategies to safely extract cobalt, cop-
per, nickel, and other critical minerals from industrial and elec-
tronic waste streams, and make recommendations for developing
regional or local markets to encourage domestic, responsible, and
sustainable sources of reclaimed critical minerals.
Solid Sodium Cyanide Briquettes.—The Committee is aware that
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has an ongoing inves-
tigation, in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency
and the Department of Transportation, regarding the national se-
curity, health, and safety implications of imports of solid sodium
cyanide briquettes as described in the explanatory statement ac-
companying Public Law 116–260. The Committee encourages the
Secretary of Commerce to make Department resources available,
upon request, to support this ongoing investigation.
Economic Assessment of Reducing Carbon Emissions from Public
Schools.—The Committee recognizes the importance of reducing
carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and the new
target for the United States to achieve a 50 percent reduction from
2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas pollution by 2030.
The Committee recognizes the Secretary of Commerce is one of
many Departmental leaders on the National Climate Task Force
established through Executive Order 14008, ‘‘Tackling the Climate
Crisis at Home and Abroad’’, and in this role will coordinate, along-
side the Secretaries of Labor and Energy, the development of a
comprehensive plan to create jobs and stimulate clean energy in-
dustries. As part of these ongoing efforts, the Committee strongly
encourages the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the
Departments of Energy, Education, and Labor, to conduct a study
assessing the economic impact on the domestic clean energy and
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energy efficiency sectors of making all public school facilities net
zero-carbon emitting by 2030, including projected job growth, bene-
fits to students, teachers, and schools, and recommendations for
implementation. The Committee recommends the Department pub-
lish a report on its findings from this study on its publicly available
website within 30 days following the conclusion of the study.
Interstate Commerce.—The Committee remains concerned about
the Electronic Export Information (EEI) requirements located in 15
CFR Part 30, which mandate reporting for certain goods between
the States and Puerto Rico. The Committee understands that the
Department, in coordination with the Government of Puerto Rico,
established a working group to explore alternative options, and
that the Census Bureau is evaluating public comments received
through a Federal Register Notice concerning the overall impact of
the removal of EEI filing requirements for shipments between the
United States and Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The
Committee reminds the Department that the 2016 Bipartisan Con-
gressional Task Force on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico rec-
ommended the Department conduct a thorough evaluation of its
regulations requiring EEI filings and assess alternative data sets
that could be used without modification. The Committee looks for-
ward to receiving the report directed in House Report 116–455 on
the analysis of alternatives and timeline for implementation.
Congressional Budget Justification Materials.—The Committee
remains frustrated with the piecemeal rollout of congressional
budget justification materials by the Department. These delays
hamper the Committee’s ability to review the Department’s budget
request holistically. The Committee directs the Department, in co-
ordination with OMB, to ensure that all materials are provided in
a timely manner following the release of the budget, and that the
justification materials are submitted cohesively.
Investigations and Threat Management Service Division.—The
Committee remains concerned by a recent Washington Post inves-
tigation published in May 2021 that unearthed troubling evidence
that the Investigations and Threat Management Service (ITMS) Di-
vision within the Office of Intelligence and Security had been en-
gaging in poorly managed law enforcement functions that far ex-
ceeded the scope of the unit’s legal authority, with little internal
oversight. The Committee understands that the Department sus-
pended ITMS investigative operations, and that any new investiga-
tions must be approved by the Office of General Counsel on a case-
by-case basis. The Committee appreciates the Department’s efforts
to treat this matter seriously and directs the Department to brief
the Committee on its findings when internal reviews have been
completed.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $87,500,000 for DM Salaries and
Expenses, $14,500,000 above fiscal year 2021 and $4,246,000 below
the request. The recommendation does not assume the adjustment
to base for certain positions that are not currently funded. The rec-
ommendation includes the requested $5,783,000 increase to support
the Department’s implementation of Executive Order 13873, ‘‘Se-
curing the Information and Communications Technology and Serv-
ices Supply Chain’’, alongside the investments provided to BIS and
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NTIA. The Committee understands the important role the Depart-
ment will play in protecting Americans’ sensitive personal data
from collection and utilization by foreign adversaries through con-
nected software applications. However, the Committee does not
support providing this funding to the Office of Intelligence and Se-
curity, as requested, and instead recommends the funds be man-
aged through the Office of the Secretary.
The recommendation assumes the Department will assume fund-
ing for the Office of Native American Business Development in
compliance with the Indian Community Economic Enhancement
Act (Public Law 116–261).
RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION
The Committee recommends $1,100,000 for the salaries and ex-
penses needed to continue the operation of the renovation project
of the Herbert C. Hoover Building.
NONRECURRING EXPENSES FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $126,900,000 for the Nonrecurring
Expenses Fund that was established in the fiscal year 2020 Con-
solidated Appropriations Act. The recommendation includes the re-
quested new authorities for the Department to address upgrades to
cybersecurity and provides $106,900,000 for these purposes. The
Committee understands that this funding will enable the Depart-
ment to employ a ‘‘whole of Commerce’’ approach to mature cyber-
security practices for protecting high value data and network infra-
structures, acquiring tools to increase the identification of cyberse-
curity risks on an ongoing basis, prioritizing those risks based on
potential impacts, and enabling cybersecurity personnel to mitigate
the most significant problems first. The Department is directed to
review whether these expenses are better positioned in the compo-
nents and to ensure future budget justifications clearly highlight
these investments. The Department is encouraged both to develop
a clear process for the bureaus to advocate for their cybersecurity
requirements and to brief the Committee on its implementation
plans no later than 30 days after enactment of this Act. Should
transfers be necessary, the Committee directs the Department to
provide these notifications in one package so the Committee may
evaluate the Department’s requirements as a whole.
The recommendation includes the $20,000,000 requested for the
Department’s efforts to modernize its financial systems through
Business Application Solutions. The Committee understands that
the Department is evaluating how it can standardize appropria-
tions and periods of availability across the Department for more
consistent planning, programming, budgeting, and execution. The
Committee looks forward to receiving the Department’s analysis as
directed in House Report 116–101.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The Committee recommends a total of $46,463,000 for the Office
of Inspector General (OIG), which includes the requested transfers
for oversight activities from USPTO, the Census Bureau, and
NOAA PAC, and recommends a direct appropriation of
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$37,087,000. Additionally, $2,000,000 is derived from the Public
Safety Trust Fund for oversight of FirstNet. The Committee ex-
pects the OIG to continue its oversight work on cybersecurity, sat-
ellite procurements, telework, patent quality, and the work of the
Census Bureau.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends the following general provisions for
the Department of Commerce:
Section 101 makes funds available for advanced payments only
upon certification of officials designated by the Secretary that such
payments are considered to be in the public interest.
Section 102 makes appropriations for the Department available
for hire of passenger motor vehicles, for services, and for uniforms
and allowances as authorized by law.
Section 103 provides the authority to transfer funds between De-
partment of Commerce appropriations accounts and require 15
days advance notification to the Committees on Appropriations for
certain actions.
Section 104 extends congressional notification requirements for
NOAA satellite programs.
Section 105 provides for reimbursement for services within De-
partment of Commerce buildings.
Section 106 clarifies that grant recipients under the Department
of Commerce may continue to deter child pornography, copyright
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over their networks.
Section 107 provides the NOAA Administrator with the authority
to avail NOAA of needed resources, with the consent of those sup-
plying the resources, to carry out responsibilities of any statute ad-
ministered by NOAA.
Section 108 prohibits the National Technical Information Service
from charging for certain activities.
Section 109 authorizes NOAA to receive payments from other en-
tities to defray some costs of permitting and regulatory activities.
Section 110 provides authority for the programs of the Bureau of
Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Census to enter into co-
operative agreements in order to assist in improving statistical
methodology and research.
Section 111 removes the requirement for matching funds for
amounts provided in this Act through the Manufacturing Extension
Partnership.
Section 112 allows the Secretary of Commerce to waive the cost
sharing requirements for funds provided in this Act under sections
306, 306A, and 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972.
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TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $148,264,000 for Department of
Justice, General Administration, Salaries and Expenses, which is
$29,264,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted level and
$5,000,000 above the request. The funding will maintain current
operations of the Department’s leadership offices, and includes re-
quested increases for infrastructure; record management; compli-
ance with requirements of Public Law 116–435, the Evidence Act
of 2018, for evidence-based policymaking; and improved personnel
operations. It also provides funding to continue the work of the new
National Task Force on Law Enforcement Oversight.
The Committee has provided separate funding recommendations
by decision unit as follows:
Department Leadership ..................................................................... $18,418,000
Intergovernmental Relations/External Affairs ................................. $11,887,000
Executive Support/Professional Responsibility ................................ $17,463,000
Justice Management Division ........................................................... $95,496,000
National Task Force on Law Enforcement Oversight ..................... $5,000,000
Total, Salaries and Expenses ..................................................... $148,264,000
Prosecutions Related to January 6, 2021 Attack on the U.S. Cap-
itol, Violent Extremism and Domestic Terrorism—The Committee
expects the Department to seek prosecution of all persons involved
in the attack on the U.S. Capitol as part of an insurrectionary ef-
fort to interfere with Congress and the exercise of its Constitu-
tional duties, to include tabulating the 2020 election results, and
to threaten and inflict violence on Congress, its Members and pub-
lic servants.
The Committee has included funding increases under General
Legal Activities, the United States Attorneys, and the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation (FBI) to ensure all responsible for the attack
on January 6, and those who would undermine our system of gov-
ernment by law through violence and criminal action, are inves-
tigated and prosecuted. Additional funding is also included under
the United States Marshals Service (USMS) to increase capacity to
meet and deter such violent actors.
Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of
2016.—The bill includes not less than $13,500,000 for the Criminal
Section of the Civil Rights Division, the Civil Rights Unit of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Community Relations Service,
and in grant assistance, as authorized by the Emmett Till Un-
solved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law
114–325), to investigate and prosecute previously unresolved civil
rights era ‘‘cold case’’ murders suspected of having been racially
motivated. The Department of Justice (DOJ) shall continue to in-
clude, as part of the annual spending plan required under section
505 of this Act, details on actual and projected spending, by agency
and appropriation, to carry out the Emmett Till Act. The Com-
mittee directs the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Jus-
tice Assistance, and the Office for Victims of Crime to continue pro-
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viding grants for cold case DNA investigations to aid State and
local law enforcement agencies in their investigation and prosecu-
tion of unsolved civil rights cold cases. In addition, the Attorney
General is directed to make full use of his authority to support and
carry out the objectives of Public Law 115–426, the Civil Rights
Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018. These resources and
oversight provided will continue efforts to solve outstanding civil
rights crimes, improve public engagement with the Department,
and bring healing, truth, and peace to the affected families, friends,
communities, and our entire Nation.
Combating Hate Crimes.—The Committee applauds the Attorney
General’s March 30, 2021, Memorandum directing a 30-day review,
and commitment to a whole-of-agency approach to addressing hate-
based violence and incidents against the Asian American and Pa-
cific Islander (AAPI) community. The Committee also urges the De-
partment to ensure a community-based approach and engagement
with the AAPI community in devising solutions and tools that
serve the needs of the community. Activities should include ex-
panding culturally competent and linguistically appropriate public
education campaigns, and, in coordination with the Secretary of
Health and Human Services and the COVID–19 Health Equity
Task Force, recommending best practices to mitigate racially dis-
criminatory language in describing the COVID–19 pandemic.
National Task Force on Law Enforcement Oversight.—The bill in-
cludes $5,000,000 to continue the efforts of the National Task Force
on Law Enforcement Oversight established pursuant to the direc-
tion in the Explanatory Statement accompanying the fiscal year
2021 Department of Justice Appropriations Act, Public Law 116–
260. The Task Force shall support the Attorney General and co-
ordinate the detection and referral of complaints regarding inci-
dents of alleged law enforcement misconduct nationwide, in con-
sultation with professional law enforcement associations, labor or-
ganizations, and community-based organizations. The Committee
directs the Department to submit a report on progress made in this
regard not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.
Use of force database.—The Committee has included $5,000,000
under State and Local Justice Assistance for the continued develop-
ment and operation of a database concerning substantiated in-
stances of excessive use of force related to law enforcement matters
and officer misconduct, as established under section 222 of the fis-
cal year 2021 Department of Justice Appropriations Act, Public
Law 116–260. The Department is directed to improve and enhance
progress in ensuring oversight and accountability in policing con-
duct by adopting and implementing the provisions set forth regard-
ing the establishment of a National Police Misconduct Registry, to
include content, requirements for submission of misconduct
records, public access to such information, and certification require-
ments for hiring, pursuant to sections 201 and 202 of H.R. 1280,
the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021, as passed by the
House of Representatives on March 3, 2021.
Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies.—The Committee
strongly supports efforts to develop and implement consistent ac-
creditation standards for Federal, State, and local law enforcement,
and notes that consistent standards, informed by broadly-applica-
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ble model guidelines and best practices, can ensure community ac-
countability and promote policing with a guardian mentality. The
Committee looks forward to receiving the recommendations of the
Attorney General as specified in the Explanatory Statement accom-
panying the fiscal year 2021 Department of Justice Appropriations
Act, Public Law 116–260, in consultation with law enforcement ac-
creditation organizations nationwide, informed by analysis of exist-
ing accreditation standards and methodology, as well as by the
May 2015 recommendations of the President’s Task Force on 21st
Century Policing.
National Use-of-Force Data Collection (NUOFDC).—The Com-
mittee looks forward to receiving the report required by the Ex-
planatory Statement accompanying the fiscal year 2021 Depart-
ment of Justice Appropriations Act, Public Law 116–260, on the
status of consultations by the Attorney General and FBI Director
with the heads of each Federal law enforcement agency in further-
ance of universal participation in the NUOFDC. The Department
is also reminded to submit not later than December 21, 2021, the
report required by the aforesaid Explanatory Statement identifying
those agencies that are not participating in the collection, and in
each case, their explanation for such nonparticipation. In addition,
the Committee reminds the Department and the FBI of the re-
quirements to brief the Committees on the current status of
NUOFDC and participation therein, and to submit a report, not
later than September 21, 2021, as specified in the Explanatory
Statement accompanying the fiscal year 2021 Department of Jus-
tice Appropriations Act, Public Law 116–260. That report is to in-
clude details on collecting NUOFDC data and an assessment of
strategies to increase Federal, State, and local law enforcement
agency participation.
DOJ Law Enforcement Agencies’ Use of Force Policies.—The De-
partment is reminded to comply with direction in the Explanatory
Statement accompanying the fiscal year 2021 Department of Jus-
tice Appropriations Act, Public Law 116–260, to review the policies
governing the use of deadly force and less-than-lethal force for all
of its law enforcement components, including the Bureau of Prisons
(BOP), to ensure they are current and comply with the Depart-
ment’s Deadly Force Policy and statutory requirements, and to
maintain these policies on its public-facing website.
Training for Law Enforcement Officers.—The Committee sup-
ports vigorous action to improve training for all Federal, State and
local law enforcement officers, to cover racial profiling, implicit
bias, de-escalation, and procedural justice; the use of force and the
duty for officers to intervene when witnessing the use of excessive
force against civilians, and establish standards for such training to
be adopted nationwide. The Committee, therefore, directs the At-
torney General to work with the Secretary of Homeland Security
to continue efforts to implement such a program, including manda-
tory training for all Federal law enforcement officers, and to de-
velop standards that can be applied in hiring and performance as-
sessments. The standards should also be designed to serve as a
standard for State and local governments to meet to be eligible for
Federal grant funding, including for Byrne Justice Assistance
Grants and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants.
The Committee directs the Attorney General to undertake this ef-
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fort based on requirements set forth in H.R. 1280 as passed by the
House of Representatives on March 3, 2021.
The Committee additionally reminds the Department to submit
the report directed by the Explanatory Statement accompanying
the fiscal year 2021 Department of Justice Appropriations Act,
Public Law 116–260, on its implementation of evidence-based train-
ing programs on de-escalation, the use-of-force, and the protection
of civil rights that are broadly applicable and scalable to all Fed-
eral law enforcement agencies, including but not limited to cur-
riculum topics and the availability of training capacity and space.
The Department is also reminded of the requirement to report not
later than December 21, 2021 on consultations with each Federal
law enforcement agency and provide a determination of whether
each agency provides training consistent with the aforementioned
programs.
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).—
The Committee continues direction, as specified in the Explanatory
Statement accompanying the fiscal year 2021 Department of Jus-
tice Appropriations Act, Public Law 116–260, including with regard
to NICS notifications to State and local authorities, and publication
of monthly data on the Justice Department website by State and
prohibition category.
Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) facility audits.—PREA facil-
ity audits are key to helping agencies move their sexual abuse pre-
vention and response policies from written documents to everyday
practices. Congress recently made changes to the audit process to
ensure greater oversight of the audit process and improved audits.
The Committee supports DOJ providing the necessary resources to
carry out this work.
Federal police and Federal Task Force Officer cameras and ac-
countability.—The Committee strongly supports the adoption of rig-
orous and consistent standards for the use of body-worn, vehicle-
borne, and other video and camera technology used to record Fed-
eral police interaction with civilians while engaged in law enforce-
ment activity. The Committee supports the June 2021 announce-
ment that Federal law enforcement officers shall wear body-worn
cameras when making arrests or in pre-planned operations, and
the October 2020 announcement that DOJ will permit State, local,
territorial, and Tribal task force officers to use bodyworn cameras
on Federal Task forces around the Nation. To ensure such tech-
nology is used effectively and facilitates safety for both the public
and the law enforcement officers, as well as to support trans-
parency and accountability, the Committee directs the Attorney
General to adopt the requirements set forth in H.R. 1280, the
George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021, Title III, Subtitle C,
Part I, the Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act, as
passed by the House of Representatives on March 3, 2021.
DNA Sample Collection from Immigration Detainees.—The Com-
mittee reminds the Department to submit as soon as possible the
report directed by the Explanatory Statement accompanying the
fiscal year 2021 Appropriations Act on the FBI role in the collec-
tion, use, and retention of DNA samples collected on the basis of
the final rule ‘‘DNA Sample Collection from Immigration Detain-
ees’’ (March 9, 2020), and the impact of that policy on FBI DNA
sample testing processing rates.
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Working capital fund and non-appropriated fund budget requests
and spending plans.—The Committee directs DOJ to continue to
include detailed breakouts of non-appropriated funding sources
with its budget submissions and expenditure plans, as directed in
the fiscal year 2021 Appropriations Act, and to continue quarterly
reports on the collections, balances, and obligations of such funds.
Facial Recognition Technology.—The Committee is concerned
about reports that government agencies may have made improper
use, for purposes of biometric identification, of a facial recognition
technology (FRT) platform comprising billions of open-source
photos, and is aware of serious concerns about the potential for
FRT to be used in ways that may conflict with Constitutional and
civil rights, and policy concerns. At the same time, the Committee
understands that the Department has identified circumstances
where FRT can serve important purposes, including as an inves-
tigative tool to identify individuals involved in terrorism, espio-
nage, or other serious crimes that pose threats to national security
and public safety; develop leads to locate fugitives; and help iden-
tify missing or trafficked children. The Committee directs the De-
partment to develop ethical policies for the use of FRT that would
enable such use subject to privacy protection and incorporating rec-
ommendations by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Furthermore, DOJ grant funding should not be made available for
FRT applications until such privacy and use policies have been es-
tablished and incorporated into grant conditions administered by
the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). The Committee directs the
Department to report not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act on the status of establishing such policies.
Gun violence.—The Committee supports committing resources to
prevent gun violence, and to support evidence-based violence pre-
vention and intervention programs, including to better understand
and address the radicalization of young people through online and
social media platforms.
Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinions.—The Committee is
aware that in 2004, nineteen former senior OLC officials authored
a document entitled ‘‘Principles to Guide the Office of Legal Coun-
sel,’’ which included a principle that ‘‘OLC should publicly disclose
its written legal opinions in a timely manner, absent strong rea-
sons for delay or nondisclosure.’’ The signers noted that such disclo-
sure ‘‘. . . helps to ensure executive branch adherence to the rule
of law [and] promotes confidence in the lawfulness of governmental
action. . . [It] also adds an important voice to the development of
constitutional meaning . . . and a particularly valuable perspective
on legal issues regarding which the executive branch possesses rel-
evant expertise. . . .’’ The Committee agrees with this argument
for transparency, and its alignment with the precedent for the pub-
lic reporting of judicial decisions. While the Committee under-
stands that some OLC advice should properly remain confidential,
it also agrees with the views of the OLC signers noted above that
OLC should ‘‘consider the circumstances in which advice should be
kept confidential, with a presumption in favor of publication.’’
The Committee therefore asks the Attorney General to direct
OLC to publish on a publicly accessible website all legal opinions
and related materials, except in those instances where the Attorney
General determines that release would cause a specific identifiable
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harm to the national defense or foreign policy interests; informa-
tion contained in the opinion relates to the appointment of a spe-
cific individual not confirmed to Federal office; or information con-
tained in the opinion is specifically exempted from disclosure by
statute (other than sections 552 and 552b of title 5, United States
Code). For final OLC opinions for which the text is withheld in full
or in substantial part, the Attorney General should provide Con-
gress a written explanation detailing why the text was withheld.
In addition, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Attorney General should submit to the Committee
a report that lists each OLC opinion currently in effect that has
been: designated by the Attorney General or his/her designee as
final; followed by government officials or contractors; relied on to
formulate current legal guidance; or cited in another OLC opinion.
For each such opinion, subject only to redactions provided for by
law and the need to protect a specific interest outweighs public in-
terest in disclosure, the report should indicate the title and date of
issuance, the signer, and the recipient identified in the opinion. An
update of this list should be submitted to the Committee with its
future annual budget requests.
Immigration Vetting.—The Committee recognizes the critical role
of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) as it provides Con-
gress with timely, fact-based, and non-partisan information, includ-
ing on changes to our nation’s immigration vetting system. The
Committee directs the GAO to report to the Committees of jurisdic-
tion not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act
regarding: (1) how, if at all, screening and vetting practices for ap-
plicants seeking refugee status in the United States as members of
categories established by the Lautenberg and Specter Amendments
(the Lautenberg Amendment) have changed over time; (2) what De-
partment of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of State
data indicate about the numbers, characteristics, and outcomes of
applications submitted under the Lautenberg Amendment; (3) what
DHS and State Department data indicate about the status and
timeframes of pending applications submitted under the Lauten-
berg Amendment; and (4) how Federal agencies coordinate with
international and bilateral partners.
Prison contracts.—The Committee directs that any DOJ agency
that enters into a contract or agreement with, and provides funding
to, a nongovernmental entity or state or local government entity for
the purpose of incarcerating or detaining Federal prisoners or de-
tainees in non-Federal prison, jail, correctional or detention facility,
shall include as a material term in any contract, agreement, or re-
newal of a contract or agreement with any nongovernmental or
governmental entity regarding the incarceration or detention of
Federal prisoners or detainees in a non-Federal prison, jail, correc-
tional, or detention facility that the Agency shall be deemed to
have access to all information of the contractor entity related to: (1)
the incarceration, detention, treatment or condition of Federal pris-
oners or detainees; (2) any costs or the expenditure of any funds
related to the contract or agreement (with the exception of firm
fixed-price contracts); and (3) any other information related to the
performance of the contract or agreement. In addition, such con-
tractor should be subject to disclosure pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552
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and provide access to such information requested pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552(a)(3)(A).
White Supremacist Infiltration in Law Enforcement.—The Com-
mittee remains deeply concerned with the urgent threat that White
supremacist and extremist infiltration in law enforcement poses to
our national security, noting the continued relevance of concerns
raised in the 2006 FBI Intelligence Assessment, ‘‘White Suprema-
cist Infiltration of Law Enforcement’’ that was released in response
to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. While the Com-
mittee notes the apparent lack of public information about this sen-
sitive security vulnerability in intervening years, it recognizes that
the FBI recently released a May 2021 report, ‘‘Strategic Intel-
ligence Assessment and Data on Domestic Terrorism’’, in compli-
ance with congressional direction in the fiscal year 2020 National
Defense Authorization Act, and in 2020 began to publish an An-
nual Report on Terrorism. While the Committee understands con-
straints on publishing sensitive information on active investiga-
tions or intelligence assessments, it supports greater transparency
and public information on this issue, and also expects the Depart-
ment and the FBI to share new and significant information related
to such threats with the Committee on a regular and continuing
basis, to include consideration of intelligence assessments on the
relationship of racially motivated violent extremism, including su-
premacist violence, to law enforcement.
Savanna’s Act.—The Committee urges DOJ to swiftly implement
all provisions of Savanna’s Act (Public Law 116–206). The Com-
mittee understands the Department is taking steps to implement
the Act and expects to receive the first required annual report by
October 2021.
SUPPORT Act Enforcement.—The Committee recognizes the
need to combat abusive practices in the addiction treatment and re-
covery industries, specifically the payment of kickbacks for refer-
rals to recovery homes, clinical treatment facilities, and labora-
tories. DOJ shall make every effort to fully enforce Section 8122 of
the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, including the in-
vestigation and prosecution of potential violations. The Committee
understands that DOJ is limited in the information it can share
about its investigations, but directs DOJ to report not later than
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on the status of its
prosecutorial efforts to enforce the SUPPORT Act.
Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C–UAS).—The Committee
recommends that DOJ continue to research, test, and evaluate, as
appropriate, the use of C–UAS in support of the United States
Marshals Service, the Bureau of Prisons, the Drug Enforcement
Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-
plosives, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to prevent drug
and weapons trafficking. The Committee supports continued coordi-
nation and collaboration between the Department and the Federal
Aviation Administration with respect to testing and evaluation of
such technology, in accordance with subsection (a) of 49 U.S.C.
44810.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).—The ADA requires cer-
tain businesses to make accommodations for people with disabil-
ities. Web content should be accessible to blind users, deaf users,
and those who must navigate by voice, screen readers, or other as-
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sistive technologies. The Committee recognizes that a lack of uni-
form website accessibility standards, as required by the ADA, can
cause confusion and disadvantage small businesses that provide es-
sential services for our communities. The Committee expects DOJ
in fiscal year 2022 to clarify such standards pursuant to the ADA.
McGirt v. Oklahoma.—The Committee notes that the Federal
government has had to assume broader law enforcement and judi-
cial responsibilities in Oklahoma as a result of the 2020 McGirt Su-
preme Court ruling, for which the Department has never been
resourced. The Committee supports the President’s fiscal year 2022
request of $70,000,000 to implement public safety measures re-
quired to comply with the McGirt decision. Additionally, the Com-
mittee expects DOJ to closely monitor the McGirt-related enforce-
ment programs and provide the Committee as soon as possible an
estimate of long-term costs of sustaining those programs.
Coroners.—As the nation’s public health infrastructure recovers
from the shocks of COVID, the Committee notes the difficult strain
that coroners face as front-line health employees in ensuring accu-
rate, efficient, and quick access to reliable information about the
cause of death, and that their work informs the fairness of our
criminal justice system.
Federal obscenity prosecution.—The Committee supports the
work of DOJ in investigating and prosecuting major producers and
distributors of hardcore adult pornography that meets the Supreme
Court test for obscenity. Such enforcement is necessary to protect
the welfare of families and children as traffickers in illegal adult
obscenity seek to extend their influence through advances in tech-
nology. The Committee directs DOJ to increase its efforts in enforc-
ing Federal obscenity laws.
Northern Triangle Transnational Criminal Organizations
(TCOs).—The Committee is concerned by reports of engagement by
TCOs in drug trafficking, dangerous human smuggling and traf-
ficking, and the targeting of legitimate businesses along drug traf-
ficking routes across the Northern Triangle countries, particularly
in Guatemala. Destabilizing legitimate businesses increases de-
pendence on TCOs for security and financial support and reduces
the economic opportunity and safety that deter migration. In order
to disrupt the ability of TCOs to smuggle illicit drugs and persons
to the United States along these routes, the Committee encourages
DOJ, DEA, OPDAT, and ICITAP in coordination with OCDETF
and other Federal agencies, to provide technical assistance to in-
crease the capacity of host country criminal justice partners in re-
sponding to and disrupting these activities.
Data Analytics.—The proliferation of digital services has resulted
in vast amounts of data being collected concerning virtually every
aspect of life. While the field of data analytics has made tremen-
dous strides in industry, these efforts have not translated well to
law enforcement. As a result, the FBI now finds itself with over-
whelming amounts of digital and multimedia data to process as
part of conducting investigations, while also addressing require-
ments for data privacy and minimization. This can often lead to
delays as large digital and multimedia data sets are dissected in
an effort to find the right data. In order to advance law enforce-
ment-specific data analytics, the Committee encourages the FBI,
with the National Institute of Justice, to partner with universities
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on research focused on developing and advancing tools and tech-
nologies that will provide data solutions to quickly and accurately
acquire and analyze digital and multimedia data sets, overcoming
the obstacles that currently face law enforcement.
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $113,024,000 for Justice Informa-
tion Sharing Technology (JIST), which is $79,024,000 above the fis-
cal year 2021 enacted level and equal to the request. The Depart-
ment was one of nine Federal agencies targeted in the SolarWinds
supply chain attack, and the Committee supports the JIST request
of $78,786,000 to address immediate cybersecurity response needs
and modernize cybersecurity capabilities. This includes Justice Se-
curity Operations Center modernization; endpoint detection and re-
sponse and logging capability; upgraded cloud security; and central-
ized identity authentication. The Department is also expected to
make use of recovered balances from prior year obligations or its
discretionary transfer authority to meet any other emergent needs
for information technology transformation and cybersecurity, sub-
ject to the reprogramming procedures included in this Act.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $891,190,000 for the Executive Of-
fice for Immigration Review (EOIR), of which $4,000,000 is from
immigration examination fees. The recommendation is
$157,190,000 above fiscal year 2021 and equal to the request. The
Committee recognizes that beginning in fiscal year 2008, EOIR has
received, through transfer, $4,000,000 from immigration examina-
tion fees collected by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
This fee is the primary funding source for U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services (USCIS) within DHS. The Committee encour-
ages EOIR to engage with its DHS counterparts regarding EOIR’s
requirements that need to be considered as part of any future
USCIS fee rules and during its annual budget formulation process.
The recommendation supports the level of funding requested to
hire an additional 100 immigration judges and support personnel.
The Committee emphasizes that the primary mission of the EOIR
is to adjudicate immigration cases by fairly, expeditiously, and uni-
formly interpreting and administering the Nation’s immigration
laws, and it is critical that EOIR hires highly qualified, diverse im-
migration judges to ensure the adjudication process is impartial
and consistent with due process. The Committee is aware that
EOIR is evaluating its training program and directs EOIR to up-
date the Committee on any changes to the program following its re-
view. Further, the Committee directs consistency in its training for
all current and new immigration judge hires. The Committee di-
rects EOIR to continue to submit monthly reports on performance
and immigration judge hiring, as directed in the fiscal year 2021
Explanatory Statement, including additional information on the
status of hiring support personnel.
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The recommendation also supports the $55,628,000 increase to
support efficiencies to reduce the over 1.3 million case backlog, in-
cluding increased funding to transcribe audio recordings for cases
on appeal and scanning existing paper records into an electronic
format. The Committee notes there are other efficiencies proposed,
including surging existing contracts to support expeditious
onboarding of new hires as well as funding toward more digital li-
censes for teleworking capabilities. The Committee expects EOIR to
ensure its efforts to expeditiously onboard new hires will not sac-
rifice the integrity of its hiring practices. Further, the Committee
expects these investments will be revised to make its systems
available nationwide and more user-friendly and accessible for at-
torneys and unrepresented individuals, including non-English
speakers. The Committee directs EOIR to provide a quarterly re-
port on all expenditures during the fiscal year, including contract
activities with details on each contract, including the purpose of
the contract; the type, cost, and schedule commitments associated
with the contract; the historical funding for the program the con-
tract will support, if applicable; a schedule for planned obligations;
and the statement of work associated with the contract.
Additionally, the Committee looks forward to receiving EOIR’s
implementation plan for the Unified Immigration Portal, in coordi-
nation with DHS, as directed in the fiscal year 2021 Explanatory
Statement.
The Committee acknowledges the progress EOIR has made in re-
cent years to increase staffing in its efforts to reduce the current
case backlog. However, the Committee notes EOIR has stated that
even with the proposed program increases, the agency expects the
pending caseload to continue to grow. The Committee is equally
aware that EOIR’s ability to reduce the pending caseload backlog
is predicated on the receipt of Notice to Appear (NTA) documents
issued by DHS in a given year being less than EOIR’s completion
capacity. While the Committee supports the investments requested,
the Committee needs to better understand the return on its invest-
ments. Therefore, the Committee directs EOIR, within the re-
sources provided, to develop a resource optimization strategy that
shall include a workload staffing model to inform EOIR’s annual
requirements. The strategy should focus on including existing and
optimal staffing levels, for both immigration judges and support
personnel, as well as information technology modernization and
physical infrastructure requirements, with the goal of reducing the
case backlog. The Committee recommends this strategy be evalu-
ated on an annual basis and used to inform EOIR’s annual budget
submission. The Committee directs the Department to brief the
Committee, no later than 45 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, on its efforts to develop this strategy.
Within the amounts provided, the recommendation provides
$50,000,000 to fund non-personnel requirements, which include in-
creasing courtroom space required to support additional staff. As
part of the recommended resource optimization strategy, the Com-
mittee directs EOIR to ensure costs associated with courtroom
buildouts are included in its plan. Additionally, courtroom buildout
costs should be more closely aligned with the schedule to onboard
additional immigration judges and support personnel. As part of its
efforts, the Committee recommends EOIR continue its ongoing
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work with the General Services Administration but encourages
EOIR to also collaborate with DHS to explore co-location opportuni-
ties for DHS and DOJ components with immigration-related re-
sponsibilities. The Committee makes these funds available for five
fiscal years to ensure EOIR makes a concerted effort to obligate
these funds as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Legal Orientation Program (LOP).—For the Legal Orientation
Program and related activities, the recommendation includes
$28,500,000, of which $3,500,000 is for the Immigration Court
Helpdesk (ICH) program. The LOP improves the efficiency of court
proceedings, reduces court costs, and helps ensure fairness and due
process. The Committee directs the Department to continue LOP
without interruption, including all component parts, including the
Legal Orientation Program for Custodians of Unaccompanied Chil-
dren (LOPC) and the ICH. The recommended funding will allow for
the expansion of LOP and ICH to provide services to additional in-
dividuals in immigration court proceedings. The Committee sup-
ports access to LOP and ICHs and looks forward to receiving
EOIR’s evaluation of expanding this program to all detention facili-
ties and immigration courts as directed in House Report 116–101.
The Committee reminds EOIR that funding for this program is
mandated by law and any diversion from the funds’ intended pur-
pose or transfer of these funds outside of the fiscal year appro-
priated must be formally communicated and convincingly justified
to the Committee.
Immigration case quotas.—The Committee understands the im-
portance of performance metrics, but remains concerned with the
performance review standards that went into effect October 1,
2018, which require immigration judges to complete a quota of 700
case completions per year to receive a satisfactory review. Although
the Committee appreciates efforts to reduce the current backlog,
tying an immigration judge’s performance to case completion
threatens due process and affects judicial independence. Section
217 of this Act prohibits EOIR’s use of case completion quotas for
immigration judge performance reviews.
The Committee is aware that pursuant to Executive Order
14012, ‘‘Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and
Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Ameri-
cans’’, EOIR is reviewing existing regulations, orders, guidance doc-
uments, policies, and other similar agency actions, to include the
case quotas policies put into effect in 2018. The Committee directs
EOIR to keep the Committee updated on any changes to this and
all policies following its review.
Video teleconferencing.—The Committee recognizes the unique
role hearings conducted via video teleconferencing (VTC) played in
2020 while the Nation faced the challenges of the COVID–19 global
pandemic. The Committee also acknowledges the updated Policy
Memorandum issued in November 2020 regarding ‘‘Immigration
Court Hearings Conducted by Telephone and Video Teleconfer-
encing’’. The Committee expects that pursuant to Executive Order
14012, this policy is also under review, and directs EOIR to keep
the Committee updated on any changes to the existing policy fol-
lowing its review. The Committee encourages EOIR to evaluate
whether the current policy is equally applicable for children under
the age of 18. The Committee urges EOIR to consider methods to
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permit respondents to elect for VTC hearings versus in-person
hearings similar to VTC policies under the Social Security Admin-
istration. EOIR shall continue to follow the directives regarding
real-time data collection and quarterly reporting described in the
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 116–93.
Court Operations during COVID–19 Pandemic.—The Committee
is aware of concerns that immigration judges issued in absentia de-
portation orders during the pandemic. According to the DOJ OIG’s
April 2021 Pandemic Response Report, ‘‘Limited-Scope Review of
the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s Response to the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic’’ (21–063), EOIR was unable
to determine whether this was the case because this information is
not tracked in the official record, and because a respondent may
not have informed the immigration court that the reason for a fail-
ure to appear was due to COVID–19 illness or exposure. As rec-
ommended by the OIG, EOIR should ensure that immigration
judges are responsive in a timely manner to requests for continu-
ances by respondents who represent that they have recently experi-
enced symptoms of, or have been exposed to, COVID–19 and should
encourage immigration judges to fully consider continuance re-
quests.
Interpretation Services.—Within the funds provided, EOIR is di-
rected to properly fund interpretation services, and continues direc-
tion for EOIR to ensure appropriate language access is available
for all respondents, including indigenous language speakers. EOIR
should inform the Committees of operational requirements needed
to enable optimal interpretation services and should identify any
possible opportunities for sharing of interpreter resources with
other Federal agencies, including DHS. EOIR is further directed to
continue to submit the quarterly reports required by the explana-
tory statement accompanying Public Law 116–93.
Legal Representation Pilot.—The Committee provides
$50,000,000 under State and Local Justice Assistance for competi-
tive grants to qualified non-profit organizations for a pilot program
to increase representation for children and families. The amount is
$35,000,000 above the request.
Alternatives to Detention (ATD) Program.—The Committee looks
forward to receiving the briefing and analysis of alternatives di-
rected in House Report 116–455 to improve the timeliness of re-
solving cases before EOIR for individuals in the U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Alternatives to Detention (ATD)
program.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The Committee recommends $127,184,000 for the Office of In-
spector General (OIG), $16,619,000 above the fiscal year 2021 en-
acted level and the same as the request. The recommendation in-
cludes $5,850,000 requested for critical information technology and
secure facilities.
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $14,238,000 for the United States
Parole Commission.
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LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $1,077,673,000 for General Legal
Activities. Within the total provided, the Committee includes
$5,000,000 for the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division
(CRT) to implement the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes
Reauthorization Act. The recommendation also includes an in-
crease of not less than $10,000,000 within the Civil Rights Division
for additional expenses relating to the enforcement of section
210401 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601), criminal enforcement under sections 241
and 242 of title 18, United States Code, and administrative enforce-
ment by the Department, including compliance with consent de-
crees or judgments entered into under such section 210401. The
Committee directs the Department to report on progress in these
efforts not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act. The Committee also includes requested targeted increases, in-
cluding: $14,900,000 for COVID–19 criminal fraud and civil litiga-
tion; $20,700,000 for investments in critical civil rights priorities to
include voting rights, fair housing, and disability rights; $5,000,000
to enhance environmental justice enforcement; $2,600,000 for crit-
ical information technology for INTERPOL Washington;
$10,900,000 to enhance the executive clemency function; and
$6,000,000 for the Office for Access to Justice. An additional
$2,500,000 is provided to the Criminal Division for enhanced intel-
lectual property rights enforcement, and $1,000,000 more is pro-
vided to the Criminal Division to enforce the Global Magnitsky Act.
Within funding provided, the Committee directs the Department to
continue to reduce its Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty-related
backlog and prioritize human trafficking investigations. It also en-
courages the Department to exercise its authority to investigate
and prosecute past, present, and future criminal violations of the
Hatch Act.
The Committee has provided separate funding recommendations
by office and decision unit as follows:
Office of the Solicitor General ........................................................... $14,087,000
Tax Division ........................................................................................ $116,169,000
Criminal Division ............................................................................... $218,673,000
Civil Division ...................................................................................... $328,537,000
Environment and Natural Resources Division ................................ $133,738,000
Office of Legal Counsel ...................................................................... $9,872,000
Civil Rights Division .......................................................................... $193,181,000
Office for Access to Justice (A2J) ...................................................... $6,000,000
INTERPOL .......................................................................................... $40,993,000
Office of Pardon Attorney .................................................................. $16,423,000
Total, General Legal Activities .................................................. $1,077,673,000
Voting Rights Enforcement.—The Committee is concerned that
multiple factors including the effects of the Supreme Court’s deci-
sion in Shelby County v. Holder; the increasing proposal and adop-
tion of restrictive, discriminatory State and local voting policies fol-
lowing the 2020 Presidential Election; and the ongoing need to ne-
gotiate agreements that ensure compliance with Section 203 of the
Voting Rights Act (VRA) will require the Voting Section of the Civil
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Rights Division (CRT) to undertake an increased caseload of re-
source-intensive litigation to meet its responsibility under the VRA
to ensure equal access to elections regardless of race, ethnicity, and
linguistic ability. The Committee includes the requested increase of
$20,700,000 for civil rights priorities, and directs that a significant
amount of this increase be applied to expenses relating to the en-
forcement of Sections 2, 4(e), 5, 10, 11, 203, and 208 of the VRA
(52 U.S.C. §§ 10301–10311; 10503–10505; 10508).
Section 203 compliance.—The Committee appreciates receiving
the Department’s January 2020 report on 2018 and 2019 investiga-
tions pursuant to Section 203 of the VRA, and reiterates the impor-
tance of enforcing the VRA language assistance provisions on be-
half of the covered language minorities, and making data on such
enforcement publicly available. The Committee directs DOJ to in-
clude in its fiscal year 2023 budget request an update of that re-
port for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, to include the number of Sec-
tion 203 cases investigated, broken down by language(s) involved;
the number of investigations opened and number closed, by reason
closed (e.g., not enough evidence of noncompliance available, no evi-
dence of non-compliance, etc.); the average number of Section 203
investigations per attorney; and the average length of time per Sec-
tion 203 investigation.
Civil Rights Division Performance and Workload.—The com-
mittee notes that the CRT budget justification has historically
lacked sufficient detail to track the program implementation for
specific CRT sections. The Committee remains interested in under-
standing CRT section caseloads and performance metrics related to
enforcement of anti-discrimination laws such as, but not limited to,
fair housing and voting rights enforcement, and directs the Depart-
ment to include such detail in future budget requests.
Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.—The Department of Jus-
tice’s Civil Rights Division (CRT) plays a lead role in the Depart-
ment’s efforts to enforce laws against human trafficking, including
both sex trafficking and forced labor. Working with U.S. Attorneys
Offices nationwide, and leading the multi-agency Anti-Trafficking
Coordination Team (ACTeam) initiative, the CRT Criminal Sec-
tion’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit (HTPU) leads prosecu-
tions of novel, complex, multi-jurisdictional, and international
cases. HTPU prosecutors work closely with Assistant United States
Attorneys (AUSAs) and law enforcement agencies to streamline
fast-moving trafficking investigations, ensure consistent application
of trafficking statutes, and identify multijurisdictional trafficking
networks. The Committee directs the Department to prioritize the
goal of ending modern day slavery and human exploitation and
urges the Department, within the additional funding provided in
this bill, to expand the HTPU in order to sufficiently support the
U.S. Attorney’s Offices.
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.—The Com-
mittee includes an additional $1,000,000 to enhance efforts of the
Criminal and Civil Divisions to assemble and vet the large number
of case files of individuals and entities subject to sanctions under
the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C.
2656 note).
Animal fighting.—Animal fighting is a crime that causes undue
suffering to animals and is often connected with violent crime and
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drug trafficking. The Committee supports vigorous enforcement of
the Federal animal fighting statutes (7 U.S.C. § 2156 and 18
U.S.C. § 49) and other laws related to animal welfare crime, which
the Department in 2014 determined would be administered concur-
rently by both ENRD and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices. The Committee
is aware of expressions of interest in the establishment of a new
section to focus on animal fighting crime enforcement. However,
the Committee understands that the current ENRD organization,
which leverages complementary jurisdictions and workforce re-
sources of the Environmental Crimes Section (ECS) and Wildlife
and Marine Resources Section (WMRS), has achieved notable suc-
cess in recent years with impactful prosecutions. DOJ is strongly
encouraged to make it a priority to investigate and prosecute viola-
tions of animal welfare laws, and to include in future budget re-
quests any requirements for resources or organization changes
needed to support this effort.
Illegal Streaming Services.—Streaming has fast become a domi-
nant distribution medium for copyrighted works, both through le-
gally licensed means and illegal piracy services. In addition to the
significant consumer threats posed by streaming piracy services
identified by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of
Homeland Security, a 2019 study estimated that streaming piracy
drains at least $29.2 billion annually from the U.S. economy and
that 80 percent of copyright piracy occurs via streaming. Congress
responded to the Department’s repeated calls to close the legal
loophole that treated streaming piracy differently than other forms
of digital piracy with the bipartisan Protecting Lawful Streaming
Act, enacted within the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021,
which authorized DOJ to bring felony cases against services de-
signed for the express purpose of illegally streaming copyrighted
works. Because of the harm to American consumers and creative
community, the Committee directs the Department to prioritize
streaming piracy cases and to detail within existing reports on
copyright enforcement activities the actions it brings under 18
U.S.C. § 2319C.
Fair Housing Act Enforcement.—The Committee is aware that in
2016 the Civil Rights Division and the Office of Fair Housing and
Equal Opportunity of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment issued a joint statement entitled ‘‘State and Local Land
Use Laws and Practices and the Application of the Fair Housing
Act.’’ The Committee directs CRT to conduct further analysis on
this subject to determine when State and local zoning and land use
policy violates Federal law.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION TRUST FUND
The recommendation includes $21,738,000, as requested, as a re-
imbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund
for the costs of litigating cases under the National Childhood Vac-
cine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–660).
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
The Committee recommends $201,176,000 for salaries and ex-
penses of the Antitrust Division (ATR), $16,652,000 above fiscal
year 2021 and the same as the request. The recommended funding
level is offset by $138,000,000 in estimated fee collections for a net
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direct appropriation of $63,176,000. The Committee recognizes the
danger consolidation and monopoly power pose to our economy and
democracy and supports the requested increases to address the in-
creasing complexity of ATR’s growing workload, including inter-
national and technology elements of that workload. The Committee
therefore includes the increased funding requested, particularly for
information technology to protect and manage sensitive business
information.
Commodity Benchmark Merger.—The Committee expects DOJ, as
part of its review of the proposed merger of commodity information
and benchmark administrators, to consider whether anticompeti-
tive and deceptive conduct has been used in setting the Midwest
Premium (MWP) for the pricing of aluminum. The Committee di-
rects the Department to consider behavioral remedies, consistent
with federal antitrust laws, to end anticompetitive and deceptive
pricing of the MWP. The Department shall also consider, as part
of such a remedy, whether to mandate that only actual ‘‘closed’’
market transactions be used in assessing the price of the MWP,
rather than to base such pricing on bids and offers that have not
been consummated.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
The Committee recommends $2,534,248,000 for the Executive Of-
fice for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) and the 94 United States
Attorneys’ offices, which is $192,071,000 above fiscal year 2021 and
$5,000,000 below the request. The Committee has provided sepa-
rate funding recommendations by decision unit as follows:
$1,912,792,000 for criminal litigation; $592,139,000 for civil litiga-
tion; and $29,317,000 for legal education.
The recommendation fully funds increases needed to sustain op-
erations at the fiscal year 2021 level. It also provides requested in-
creases of $26,380,000 to address fraud related to the COVID–19
pandemic; $40,000,000 to support significant workload increases
associated with domestic terrorism cases; and $33,000,000 to fund
the costs of meeting Federal responsibilities mandated pursuant to
the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020 McGirt v. Oklahoma decision. It
also includes $5,000,000 to support the EOUSA eLitigation initia-
tive. Finally, the Committee provides $10,000,000 for continued en-
forcement of section 210401 of the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601), criminal enforcement
under sections 241 and 242 of title 18, United States Code, and ad-
ministrative enforcement by the Department, including compliance
with consent decrees or judgments entered into under such section
210401.
Human trafficking.—The recommendation continues bill lan-
guage requiring that each U.S. Attorney Office (USAO) participate
in human trafficking task forces, and DOJ shall continue to submit
semiannual reports on the performance of these task forces. USAOs
work closely with Federal, state, and local law enforcement au-
thorities to investigate and prosecute sex trafficking cases. Each
USAO takes a victim-centered approach to human trafficking,
partnering with non-governmental organizations to ensure that
trafficking victims receive the trauma recovery and outreach serv-
ices they need, while prosecuting traffickers to the fullest extent
authorized by Congress.
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UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $246,593,000 for the United States
Trustee Program (USTP), which is $14,232,000 above the fiscal
year 2021 appropriation and equal to the request. The Committee
has included the requested increase of $7,915,000 to ensure the
Trustees can meet growing bankruptcy filing workload following
the COVID–19 pandemic.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
The Committee recommends $2,434,000 for the Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission (FCSC), which is $68,000 above the fiscal
year 2021 appropriation and equal to the request.
DOJ Review of Confiscated Properties in Honduras.—The Com-
mittee is aware that several U.S. citizens have longstanding claims
against Honduras that remain unresolved. The Committee further
notes that significant assistance to the central governments of El
Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras has been conditioned on var-
ious factors including measurable efforts to combat corruption. Yet
to date, little or no progress has been made in resolving claims in-
volving real property confiscated from Americans. Accordingly, the
Committee directs the Attorney General to provide to the appro-
priate congressional committees, not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, a report with recommendations on
how best to resolve the aforementioned longstanding claims of U.S.
citizens against Honduras, including an assessment as to whether
a program for Honduras should be created within the FCSC in
order to resolve these claims.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES
The Committee recommends $270,000,000, which is the same
amount as fiscal year 2021, for fees and expenses of witnesses who
appear on behalf of the Government in cases in which the United
States is a party. This appropriation is considered mandatory for
scorekeeping purposes.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $22,000,000 for the Community Re-
lations Service (CRS), which is $4,000,000 above fiscal year 2021
and $1,961,000 above the request. The recommendation includes
not less than $1,500,000, as authorized, to implement Public Law
114–325, the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthor-
ization Act. The recommendation also includes an additional
$3,300,000 for expanded conflict resolution efforts, to include medi-
ation and conciliation services for communities experiencing ten-
sions, as authorized in section 116(2) of H.R. 1280, the George
Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021, as passed by the House of
Representatives on March 3, 2021.
CRS has a unique role to play in the Justice Department. While
not a law enforcement agency, CRS operates in all U.S. States and
territories to advance justice and reconciliation by working with all
parties, including State and local government units, private and
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public organizations, civil rights groups, and community leaders, to
uncover the underlying interests of all involved in conflicts and en-
gaging in healing and conflict resolution. It facilitates the develop-
ment of mutual understanding in communities challenged by ten-
sion and helps them develop local capacity and tools to defuse ten-
sion and prevent hate crimes from reoccurring. It also complements
DOJ law enforcement activities, particularly when those activities
involve members of vulnerable and marginalized communities. The
Committee expects these efforts to expand, and CRS’s services to
be offered in more communities, in Fiscal Year 2022.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
The Committee recommends $20,514,000 for expenses authorized
by subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28,
United States Code. This amount is the same as the fiscal year
2021 amount and the budget request.
Section 528 of this Act requires the Department to submit a
spending plan for fiscal year 2022. The Committee directs the De-
partment to include in this plan proposed spending from the Fund,
to include estimates of: Fund balances; equitable sharing pay-
ments; Joint Law Enforcement Operations obligations; and obliga-
tions by component.
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $1,625,000,000 for the salaries and
expenses of the United States Marshals Service (USMS), which is
$129,000,000 above fiscal year 2021 and $15,550,000 below the re-
quest. The recommendation includes requested increases to en-
hance missing child investigations pursuant to the Justice for Vic-
tims of Trafficking Act; upgrade USMS fugitive apprehension com-
munications technology; equip task force officers with bodyworn
cameras; assume expanded workload mandated by the McGirt v.
Oklahoma Supreme Court decision; and meet growing costs to re-
turn international fugitives to stand trial in the United States. The
Committee also includes $23,432,000 to enhance judicial security,
and $6,689,000 to expand USMS special operations capacity to ad-
dress domestic terrorism and violent crime. The Committee also
sustains funding to enforce laws relating to international travel of
sex offenders, including through the Angel Watch Center.
The Committee has provided separate funding recommendations
by decision unit as follows:
Judicial and Courthouse Security ..................................................... $561,723,000
Fugitive Apprehension ....................................................................... $643,783,000
Prisoner Security and Transportation .............................................. $276,297,000
Protection of Witnesses ...................................................................... $66,019,000
Tactical Operations ............................................................................ $77,178,000
Total, Salaries and Expenses ..................................................... $1,625,000,000
CONSTRUCTION
The Committee recommends $15,000,000, which is the same
amount as fiscal year 2021 and the request, for construction and
related expenses in space controlled, occupied, or used by USMS for
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prisoner holding and related support. The Committee expects
USMS to apply this funding to its top priority projects.
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION
The Committee recommends $2,165,000,000 for Federal Prisoner
Detention, which is $118,391,000 above the fiscal year 2021 appro-
priation and $5,015,000 below the request. The funding includes
the requested funding to facilitate transition from commercial con-
tract detention facilities to facilities owned and operated by Fed-
eral, State, or local government, with associated program oversight,
and $7,178,000 in funding for IT infrastructure.
Contract Detention.—The USMS does not own or operate any of
its own facilities and has historically heavily relied on contract fa-
cility operators to maintain the necessary flexibility to manage fluc-
tuating populations in an efficient and cost-effective way that best
supports the courts as well as those in custody awaiting court ac-
tion. However, Executive Order 14006 eliminates USMS ability to
continue or enter into new contract facility operations. The Com-
mittee is concerned with the impact of this EO on the USMS. With-
in ninety days of enactment, the Department shall publish a report
and brief the Committee on the impact of E.O. 14006 on the USMS,
to include the effects on custody and transportation logistics, budg-
ets and finances.
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $123,093,000 for the National Secu-
rity Division (NSD), which is $5,642,000 above fiscal year 2021 and
equal to the request. This amount will sustain NSD operations at
no less than the fiscal year 2021 level to address its national secu-
rity and counterterrorism workload, including its responsibilities
under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The Committee has in-
cluded the requested increase for enhanced intelligence collection
and oversight to support NSD’s FISA mission, combat terrorism
and respond to cyber attacks. The Committee encourages NSD to
enhance its efforts in foreign investment review, counterintel-
ligence and export control, and victim support, as well as intel-
ligence collection, oversight, insider threat prevention, and activi-
ties to counter and prevent domestic terrorism.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
The Committee recommends $550,458,000 for Interagency Crime
and Drug Enforcement, which is equal to both the fiscal year 2021
enacted level and the request. Funds included under this heading
will support interagency Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task
Forces (OCDETF), which target high-level drug trafficking organi-
zations through coordinated, multi-jurisdictional investigations.
This funding level will sustain operations at no less than the fiscal
year 2021 level.
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Decision unit subtotals.—The recommendation includes the re-
quested funding of $381,513,000 for investigations and
$168,945,000 for prosecutions. The Committee expects OCDETF to
continue to enhance its investigative, intelligence, and prosecu-
torial efforts through OCDETF-led activities, including the
OCDETF Fusion Center, OCDETF Co-located Strike Forces and
the International Organized Crime Intelligence and Operations
Center, and direct collaboration with State and local law enforce-
ment, United States Attorneys’ offices and the Criminal Division.
The Committee expects OCDETF to continue to focus on targeting
opioid trafficking organizations.
Full-Time Equivalents (FTE).—The Committee directs the De-
partment to submit an updated report on historical investigative
and prosecutorial FTE levels for OCDETF concurrent with its fiscal
year 2023 budget request as specified in the fiscal year 2021 Ap-
propriations Act.
Transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) in the Caribbean.—
The Committee is deeply concerned with the threats posed by
TCOs operating in the Caribbean, particularly in and around Puer-
to Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Committee is especially
concerned with the pervasively high homicide rates in the two U.S.
territories and that such crime is linked to illegal narcotics traf-
ficking in the region. The Committee recognizes the importance of
the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force, the OCDETF Co-located
Strike Force in Puerto Rico, to tackle these threats, and expects
OCDETF to continue efforts to identify, disrupt, and dismantle
drug trafficking and money laundering organizations in the Carib-
bean. OCDETF is directed to submit a report to the Committee de-
tailing these efforts within 90 days of the date of enactment of this
Act.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $10,219,858,000 for the salaries and
expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is
$471,172,000 above fiscal year 2021 and $6,000,000 above the re-
quest. The recommendation includes funding to sustain all pro-
grams carried out in fiscal year 2021, to include not less than
$125,000,000 to boost the capacity and speed of the National In-
stant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), and continues
$5,000,000 in funding as authorized to implement the Emmett Till
Civil Rights Act. It also includes an increase of $5,000,000 for the
Corruption/Civil Rights Section for additional expenses relating to
the enforcement of section 210401 of the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601), criminal enforce-
ment under sections 241 and 242 of title 18, United States Code,
and administrative enforcement by the Department, including com-
pliance with consent decrees or judgments entered into under such
section 210401. The recommendation includes requested increases
of $45,000,000 to counter domestic terrorism; $40,000,000 to ad-
dress significant new cyberthreats, particularly from foreign actors,
and $15,230,000 for FBI cybersecurity; $18,792,000 for emergent
counterintelligence requirements; $25,500,000 to enable the FBI to
meet new workload as a result of the McGirt v. Oklahoma Supreme
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Court decision; and $6,208,000 to support the use of body-worn
cameras by State and local law enforcement participating in FBI
task forces. The Committee also encourages the FBI to sustain its
efforts to investigate fraud, white-collar, and hate crimes, and build
on its successes in human trafficking investigations. In a post-
COVID–19 environment, it is essential that the FBI allocate its re-
sources, agents and staff based on the unique threats and workload
of each field office to meet the highest FBI priorities.
The Committee has provided separate funding recommendations
by decision unit as follows:
Intelligence .......................................................................................... $1,900,553,000
Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence .............................................. $4,145,057,000
Criminal Enterprise and Federal Crimes ......................................... $3,549,658,000
Criminal Justice Services .................................................................. $624,590,000
Total, Salaries and Expenses ..................................................... $10,219,858,000
Hate Crimes Statistics Act (HCSA).—The Committee is concerned
that incomplete reporting of hate crime data to the FBI hinders
critically needed efforts to understand, prevent, and mitigate the
harms of hate crime. The Committee urges the FBI to conduct out-
reach and provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies
that have not consistently reported hate crimes data, with par-
ticular attention to small agencies with the fewest resources for ad-
ministrative management and data analysis. In addition, the Com-
mittee continues to urge State, local, and tribal law enforcement
agencies to include the cost of participation in the FBI’s HCSA pro-
gram for the purposes of calculating extraordinary expenses associ-
ated with the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes under
Public Law 111–84, section 4704(b)(3).
Counterterrorism Division.—The mission of the Counterterrorism
Division is to identify and disrupt potential terrorist plots by indi-
viduals or terror cells freezing terrorist finances, sharing informa-
tion with law enforcement and intelligence partners worldwide, and
providing strategic and operational threat analysis to the wider in-
telligence community. The Committee supports sustained funding
for all Division efforts and includes the requested increase of
$45,000,000 to address the elevated threat of domestic terrorism.
FISA Compliance.—The Committee directs the FBI, within in-
creased funding provided in this bill, to bolster and enhance FISA
compliance, audit, and training programs across the FBI and its
field divisions. Improving FISA compliance and training is critical
to the oversight of the authority.
Cybersecurity.—The Committee is gravely concerned with the sig-
nificant threat posed by cyberattacks on government agencies, eco-
nomic institutions, and essential infrastructure. The potential dam-
age from such threats, with recent examples including the
SolarWinds supply chain attack, leads the Committee to strongly
support increased investment and to recommend including the
$40,000,000 increase to address such cyberthreats as well as
$15,230,000 to bolster the FBI’s own cybersecurity. The Committee
directs the FBI to provide a briefing on the details of its cyber in-
vestments, including potential information-sharing collaboration
with vulnerable communities such as the energy and academic re-
search sectors, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act.
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Cybersecurity Information Sharing.—The Committee is concerned
with the security of our nation’s sensitive networks and encourages
the establishment and enhancement of two-way information shar-
ing between cleared sector partners and the U.S. Government. In
order to strengthen the security of critical network sectors, the
Committee encourages the FBI as part of its cybersecurity en-
hancements included in this bill, to consider how it might leverage
partnerships between the FBI (such as through its Innovation Cen-
ter), academia and private industry through its Office of Private
Sector improve information sharing for the energy and electricity
sector and the academic research institution sector.
Cyber Programs.—The Committee strongly supports the Cyber
Assistant Legal Attaché (ALAT) program, which facilitates intel-
ligence sharing and helps coordinate joint law enforcement inves-
tigations, in the U.S. and working at key overseas missions. Elimi-
nating safe havens for cyber criminals is a key priority, and inter-
national cooperation is essential to holding bad actors accountable.
The Committee therefore encourages the FBI to consider increasing
funding for the Cyber ALAT program.
Cyber Threat Response.—The Committee strongly supports the
Bureau’s activities in furtherance of its role as the lead agency for
threat response pursuant to Presidential Policy Directive 41. The
Committee encourages the FBI to consider increasing funding for
the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force as part of its es-
sential mission and support information sharing for cyber threat
investigations.
Resources to Address Domestic White Supremacist Terrorist Activ-
ity.—The recent surge of domestic terrorism cases poses difficult
challenges to the security of our nation. The Committee is aware
that the FBI, jointly with the National Counterterrorism Center
and Department of Homeland Security, released in May 2021 its
report titled, ‘‘Strategic Intelligence Assessment and Data on Do-
mestic Terrorism.’’ It is also cognizant of the multifaceted approach
to domestic terrorism exercised by the FBI and its Federal, State
and local partners, through the FBI’s own Counterterrorism Divi-
sion, through its many Joint Terrorism Task Forces, and with part-
ner agencies across the national security and law enforcement com-
munities. The Committee has included the requested increase of
$45,000,000 to expand FBI programs to counter domestic terrorism,
and requests the FBI to include with its fiscal year 2022 expendi-
ture plan details on the scale and prevalence of domestic terrorism
threats, based on the terminology used by the FBI, and a breakout
of resources to pursue such threats, to include costs of personnel,
operations, facilities and services.
Elder fraud.—The Committee is concerned about the sharp rise
in fraud perpetrated against senior citizens who are wrongly
brought under guardianship or have their assets mismanaged or
stolen. The Committee is aware that the FBI participates in the
Elder Fraud and Elder Justice Initiatives and has Elder Fraud
Strike Forces at six of its field offices. It is also aware that the De-
partment has a National Elder Fraud Hotline, and that the FBI
has complementary channels to report elder fraud perpetrated by
foreign actors, in addition to the FBI tiplines and the Internet
Crime Complaint Center. The Committee directs the FBI to put in-
creased energy into efforts to prevent or investigate such guardian-
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ship abuse, including enforcement of Public Law 115–70, the Elder
Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act of 2017 (EAPPA), and pro-
vide detailed reporting on the FBI’s progress in reducing such
fraud, to include data on cases closed and convictions made, as part
of the annual EAPPA report to Congress, and to request any nec-
essary funding and staffing for such efforts in its fiscal year 2023
budget request.
Disability Questions in Use of Force Data.—The National Use of
Force Data Collection program is a vital tool used by the Federal
Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in its efforts to combat the excessive
use of force by law enforcement against the civilian population.
Willing Federal and local police organizations respond to a ques-
tionnaire issued by the FBI, the answers to which help identify
those law enforcement organizations that would benefit from reme-
dial intervention. The Committee is concerned about the lack of a
mental health crisis intervention program question, and a deaf and
hard of hearing sensitivity awareness training question, which
would collect the necessary data that could be used to combat the
excessive use of force against people with disabilities. Without the
data that addresses whether a police organization already has a
mental health crisis intervention program in place, or whether a
police organization provides deaf and hard of hearing sensitivity
training for its officers, the excessive use of force used by a police
organization that could have benefitted from such programs might
continue undeterred. The Committee strongly encourages the FBI
to include these two questions in the questionnaire used in its Na-
tional Use of Force Data Collection program. In addition, the Com-
mittee strongly encourages the FBI to release this data to the pub-
lic as with the other data released to the public through this pro-
gram.
Counter Explosives Research.—The Committee supports the crit-
ical counter explosive mission of the Critical Incidence Response
Group, and is aware that the FBI is completing work this year on
its Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center. It is also aware
that traditional Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) or Homemade
Explosive Devices (HED) include not just ground based possibly
airborne explosive threats, such as via unmanned aerial vehicles.
Therefore, the Committee encourages the FBI, as it pursues its
counter-explosives mission, to consider expanding its ongoing re-
search through its Research and Prototyping for IED Defeat
(RAPID) program to bridge science and technology gaps needed to
defeat both ground and airborne security threats and mitigate
emerging IED/HED threats while also providing for improved
training programs for counterterrorism and hazardous device per-
sonnel.
Ranking Domestic Terrorism Threats.—The Committee expects
the FBI to align its efforts in proportion to its threat assessments.
In 2020, the FBI assessed the greatest terrorism threat to the
United States was from lone actors or small cells who typically
radicalize online and look to attack soft targets with easily acces-
sible weapons, and in testimony before the Committee expressed
confidence that this assessment remains accurate. Furthermore,
the FBI noted such threats manifested as both Domestic Violent
Extremists (DVEs) and Homegrown Violent Extremists (HVEs),
two distinct threats, both of which are located primarily in the
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United States and typically radicalize and mobilize to violence on
their own. The FBI has further noted that the DVE threat con-
tinues to be from those the FBI categorizes as Racially or Eth-
nically Motivated Violent Extremists (RMVEs), specifically those
who advocate for the superiority of the white race, and who were
the primary source of fatalities perpetrated by DVEs in 2018 and
2019.
The Committee understands that the FBI is working to comply
with the provisions of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Au-
thorization Act to provide documents that include threat category
descriptions and terrorist threat rankings, consistent with require-
ments to protect sources, methods and ongoing investigations, and
are developed as part of the Bureau’s Threat Review and
Prioritization (TRP). The Committee directs the FBI to provide the
Committee such documents as part of the normal budget review
process, as well as when requested or as new threat scenarios de-
velop, to ensure this Committee has the necessary insight into the
alignment of threats and resource allocation. The Committee sup-
ports the FBI’s ongoing practice of conducting annual training to
ensure compliance with civil rights and civil liberties laws and reg-
ulations, and urges FBI to consult with civil society stakeholders
to improve public confidence in its threat prioritization.
National Instant Background Check System (NICS).—Federal
Firearms Licensees rely on NICS to be effective to ensure the law-
ful transfer of firearms to law-abiding citizens. To keep up with the
growing number of background checks, the growing number of gun
owners (an estimated 8,400,000 first time buyers in 2020), and to
help ensure that firearms stay out of the wrong hands, additional
resources are needed to provide timely and accurate determinations
of an individual’s eligibility to purchase or own a firearm under
federal law. NICS verifies that a prospective purchaser does not
have a criminal record or isn’t otherwise ineligible to purchase or
own a firearm. Providing NICS with the necessary resources will
help to: ensure that NICS remains operational benefiting the law-
ful commerce of firearms throughout the U.S.; prevent further ap-
plication backlogs; and protect lives in Alabama and throughout
the nation by helping to keep firearms out of the wrong hands. The
Committee therefore directs the FBI to provide NICS with no less
than $125,000,000.
Operational Medicine Program Partnership.—The health and
safety of the Bureau’s active duty agents should be a top priority
for the FBI, given the routine risk of physical harm agents face
daily carrying out critical national security missions. The Com-
mittee continues to strongly support the FBI’s use of external part-
nerships as part of its Operational Medicine Program to support
medical contingency planning and improve the delivery of medical
care for high-risk law enforcement missions.
CONSTRUCTION
The Committee recommends $61,895,000, which is the same as
the request, for the construction of FBI facilities and related activi-
ties. Funding in this account will facilitate and expedite work on
current design and construction projects, including necessary se-
cure work environment building and modifications, and includes
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the requested increase of $10,000,000 for necessary safety and se-
curity upgrades at Quantico.
The Committee remains greatly concerned about the risks and
continuing costs associated with operating in the current, unsatis-
factory headquarters, and urges the Department to answer long-
standing concerns that have been raised by the Committee, and to
submit a formal prospectus to be reviewed and approved by the ap-
propriate committees of Congress.
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends total budget authority of
$2,920,181,000 for Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sala-
ries and expenses, of which $511,659,000 is derived from fees de-
posited in the Diversion Control Fund, and $2,408,522,000 is pro-
vided by direct appropriation. The recommended appropriation is
$123,419,000 above fiscal year 2021 and equal to the request.
The funding sustains core activities at the fiscal year 2021 level,
and includes the requested increase of $4,700,000 to ensure DEA
can equip its task force officers with body-worn cameras, and to
cover the increased workload resulting from the McGirt v. Okla-
homa Supreme Court ruling. In addition, the Committee includes
$3,745,000 and an associated 25 new positions to support DEA’s ex-
panded community drug prevention partnerships, Operation En-
gage. The Committee has provided separate funding recommenda-
tions by decision unit for salaries and expenses as follows:
International Enforcement ................................................................ $470,111,000
Domestic Enforcement ....................................................................... $1,925,862,000
State and Local Assistance ................................................................ $12,549,000
Total, Salaries and Expenses ..................................................... $2,408,522,000
Methamphetamine and fentanyl cleanup.—The funding rec-
ommendation includes the requested $10,000,000 to assist State,
local, and tribal law enforcement agencies in efforts to remove and
dispose of hazardous materials at methamphetamine and fentanyl
labs and processing operations, to include training, technical assist-
ance, purchase of equipment and a container program.
Marijuana Research and E-cigarette or Vaping use-Associated
Lung Injury (EVALI).—The Committee is aware that DEA recently
published a rule (effective January 19, 2021) in 2020 DEA that
amended regulations to facilitate the cultivation of marijuana for
research purposes and other licit purposes to enhance compliance
with the Controlled Substances Act, including registering cultiva-
tors consistent with treaty obligations. The Committee also under-
stand that since the issuance of this new rule, DEA has registered
additional growers, and supports DEA continuing efforts in support
of such scientific research, and allowing Federal researchers to test
marijuana products to characterize toxicological risks and health
effects associated with EVALI products and the administration of
those products in research subjects.
Ryan Haight Act.—The Committee continues to place a priority
on reducing the crisis of prescription drug abuse and recognizes
that some controlled substances, such as those employed in medica-
tion-assisted treatment, can be a critical part of treatment and
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should be available as clinically appropriate. During the COVID–
19 pandemic, the DEA has acted to avoid disruptions in this nec-
essary care by allowing providers to prescribe controlled substances
via telemedicine regardless of the location of the patient. Prior to
the pandemic, Congress directed DEA to expand access with simi-
lar flexibility. The Committee continues to urge the agency to re-
view its policies to ensure access to safe, appropriate care post-pan-
demic. Accordingly, the Committee requests that DEA complete its
statutory requirement, pursuant to Section 3232 of Public Law
115–271, to promulgate regulations clarifying the limited cir-
cumstances in which Special Registration for Telemedicine may
occur under the Ryan Haight Act.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $1,554,461,000 for the salaries and
expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo-
sives (ATF), which is $70,574,000 above fiscal year 2021 and equal
to the request. Bill language is included to prohibit the transfer of
ATF’s current enforcement authorities. A general provision is also
included to prohibit the move of ATF’s National Canine Training
Center or the ATF National Canine Division.
The recommendation assumes that within the resources pro-
vided, ATF will prioritize funding for the National Firearms Act
Division to improve firearms licensing processing timelines. The
Committee is concerned about the large number of pending applica-
tions awaiting processing by ATF. As of May 2021, more than 90
percent of these applications are ATF Form 4, Tax Paid Transfer
and Registration of Firearm, which remains in paper form, and
current processing times take several months. In 2013, ATF estab-
lished eForms, an electronic filing process, to reduce submission
and processing times as well as data entry processing backlogs.
The Committee is aware ATF is currently developing ATF Form 4
into eForms and encourages ATF to prioritize funding for this con-
tinued development within the funds provided. Completing the
modernization of the processing system and automating ATF Form
4 applications is critical and will free up additional resources for
improved customer service and prevent backlogs from continuing to
mount.
The Committee understands that it may be beneficial to ensure
third-party processors can access ATF’s eForm electronic filing sys-
tem as third-party assistance to transferees may serve to reduce
submission errors and increase efficiency. The Committee looks for-
ward to receiving the study directed in House Report 116–455 re-
garding the feasibility of allowing third-party processors access to
ATF’s eForm electronic filing system to further the goals of short-
ening processing times, reducing submission errors, and increasing
efficiency. The Committee directs ATF to utilize its findings in
order to work to enable meaningful third-party access, while safe-
guarding individual privacy and tax-sensitive information, at the
time ATF commences electronic submission of Form 4 filings or as
soon as practicable thereafter.
National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN).—The
Committee supports the $5,336,000 increase toward expanding the
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National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) correla-
tion capacity at the NIBIN National Correlation and Training Cen-
ter (NNCTC), enhancing the NIBIN Enforcement Support System
(NESS), and increasing field support for ATF Field Divisions and
Federal law enforcement partners. The Committee is encouraged
by the promise of improved crime gun intelligence and information
sharing, and expects funding provided in this bill will aid in inter-
dicting crime guns and preventing gun trafficking through the ex-
pansion of NIBIN.
The Committee continues to support efforts to expand the use of
NIBIN and to ensure all law enforcement agencies have access to
NIBIN’s correlation services and appreciates the investments being
made by state and local partners to collect and share ballistics evi-
dence across geographically separated law enforcement jurisdic-
tions, and encourages ATF to continue to build on these invest-
ments. The Committee supports efforts to include both cartridge
casings and bullets, where feasible, in the NIBIN program and en-
courages the Department to promote NIBIN as a critical forensic
science tool and to identify opportunities to build partnerships with
institutions of higher education to use NIBIN as part of their crimi-
nal justice training programs.
The Committee is aware of efforts by ATF to increase NIBIN
presence on the Southwest border, including an increase to Crime
Gun Intelligence Centers allotted to Southwest border field offices
and an upcoming deployment of ATF’s Mobile Command Center to
the region. The Committee supports and encourages ATF to con-
tinue these efforts. Further, the Committee is aware that the ATF’s
Firearms Trafficking Task Forces are working to combat the illegal
flow of firearms into Mexico and encourages ATF, within the
amounts provided, to continue its work with intergovernmental
partners, including DHS, toward these efforts and encourages co-
location with law enforcement partners where feasible.
Federal Firearm Licensee Theft.—The Committee supports the
request for additional Industry Operations Investigators (IOIs) to
support the prioritization and investigation of Federal Firearm Li-
censee (FFL) burglaries and robberies. The Committee recognizes
that ATF has explored utilizing ATF’s National Center for Explo-
sives Training and Research (NCETR) to conduct training for in-
coming IOI classes in light of capacity challenges at the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), due in large part to
the pandemic. The Committee encourages ATF to continue to work
with FLETC to ensure ATF is able to onboard and train the max-
imum number of IOIs in the fiscal year and directs ATF to update
the Committee, no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act,
on its efforts to achieve its hiring goals.
Firearms Trafficking Report.—On April 7, 2021, the Administra-
tion announced ‘‘Initial Actions to Address the Gun Violence Public
Health Epidemic’’, which included a directive for the Department
to issue a new, comprehensive report on firearms trafficking and
annual updates necessary to give policymakers the information
they need to help address firearms trafficking today. The Com-
mittee directs ATF to update the Committee on any resource re-
quirements to support the annual delivery of this report.
Privately Made Firearms.—The Committee is concerned about
the emergence of privately made firearms (PMFs) or ‘‘ghost guns’’—
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firearms made from parts without serial numbers or background
checks—as a weapon of choice for violent criminals or those who
would normally be prohibited from purchasing a firearm. These
weapons pose an equal threat to both the public and law enforce-
ment. The Committee notes that pursuant to a Presidential direc-
tive, ATF recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking rede-
fining the meaning of ‘‘frame or receiver’’ and requiring PMFs to
be marked when taken into inventory by FFLs. The proposed rule
also contains data on the rate that Federal and state law enforce-
ment agencies encounter PMFs. ATF has also revised its guidance
to law enforcement agencies on how to report PMF crime gun re-
coveries to improve data collection.
The Committee encourages DOJ, through ATF, to create a
searchable database of privately made firearms reported by law en-
forcement to ATF, to develop better methods to track the recovery
of such firearms used in crimes, and to assist State and local law
enforcement in recording data related to the recovery of such crime
guns. DOJ and ATF should assess how persons prohibited from
possessing firearms, including minors and gun traffickers, are gain-
ing access to such firearms, and report their findings to the Com-
mittee with recommendations to address such access not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
Violent Gun Crime Reduction.—On June 22, 2021, the DOJ an-
nounced its plans to launch five cross-jurisdictional firearms traf-
ficking strike forces to help reduce violent crime by addressing ille-
gal gun trafficking in significant firearms trafficking corridors
across the country as part of the Department’s broader Violent
Crime Reduction Initiative, announced on May 26, 2021, which
supports local communities in preventing, investigating, and pros-
ecuting gun violence and other violent crime. This effort, coupled
with two new, proposed pilot grant programs totaling $50,000,000
under State and Local Justice Assistance that are aimed at
incentivizing State, local, and tribal law enforcement to pursue vol-
untary gun buyback or relinquishment programs as well as red flag
laws, are important investments in fighting the systemic growth in
gun related violence and crimes across our country.
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $7,865,000,000 for salaries and ex-
penses of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), which is $156,625,000
above fiscal year 2021 and $194,607,000 above the request. The
Committee recommendation includes the requested funding of not
less than $409,483,000 to sustain implementation of Public Law
115–391, the First Step Act of 2018 (FSA), to continue to expand
and develop opportunities for incarcerated individuals to partici-
pate in evidence-based, recidivism-reducing programming and pro-
ductive activities. The recommendation sustains BOP operations at
no less than fiscal year 2021 level of operations, and provides an
additional amount of $194,607,000 for BOP to sustain and increase
hiring efforts to reduce the use of staff augmentation and under-
staffing at high-security institutions.
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The Committee has provided separate funding recommendations
by decision unit as follows:
Inmate Care and Programs ............................................................... $2,989,673,000
Institution Security and Administration .......................................... 3,652,035,000
Management and Administration ..................................................... 334,239,000
Contract Confinement ........................................................................ 889,053,000
Total, Salaries and Expenses ..................................................... 7,865,000,000
Augmentation, Reassignment and Staffing.—Overcrowding re-
mains a serious threat to correctional officer safety, particularly at
medium- and high-security facilities. To meet staffing needs, BOP
routinely relies on the practice of augmentation or reassignment,
whereby a non-custody correctional employee is assigned custody
responsibilities, rather than limiting such practice to rare or excep-
tional circumstances. The Committee has provided $194,607,000
above the request to enable BOP to hire more full-time correctional
officers until such augmentation or reassignment is no longer need-
ed, as well as to improve staffing beyond mission-critical levels in
custody and all other departments. The Committee expects BOP to
increase staffing, as directed in the explanatory statement accom-
panying the fiscal year 2021 Appropriations Act, and to eliminate
staffing shortfalls that the Committee understands have grown and
in cases led to significant overtime costs. In filling staff vacancies,
the Committee expects BOP to ensure that comparable institutions,
including those with changing missions, should have comparable
staffing levels. BOP shall continue to follow directions in Public
Law 116–260, the fiscal year 2021 Appropriations Act, on (1) re-
porting on its use of augmentation and reduction of such use; (2)
reporting on its inmate-to-correctional officer ratio and progress in
ensuring each high-security institution housing unit has at least
two correctional officers on duty for each shift; and (3) reducing va-
cancy rates.
BOP Retention Bonuses.—The Committee recognizes that agen-
cies have the authority to approve a retention incentive without Of-
fice of Personnel Management (OPM) approval for payments of up
to 10 percent for a group or category of employees. OPM approval
is required when an agency would like to exceed these limits, based
on critical agency need. Under an OPM retention incentive waiver,
an agency could approve a retention incentive of up to 50 percent
of basic pay. The Committee encourages BOP to work with OPM
to provide retention incentives for groups and categories of employ-
ees at BOP facilities in which 10 percent or more of the total avail-
able positions are vacant, prioritizing facilities with the largest
number of vacancies, and to include funding for such incentives in
future budget requests.
Direct hire authority.—The Committee is aware that BOP has re-
quested the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) to dele-
gate direct hire authority to BOP facilities. To ensure the safety of
staff and inmates, the Committee once again encourages BOP to
continue to work with OPM to provide direct hire authority for
BOP facilities in which ten percent or more of the total available
positions are vacant, prioritizing facilities with the largest number
of vacancies.
First Step Act (FSA) Productive Activity.—BOP is directed to uti-
lize qualified incarcerated inmates to instruct or tutor FSA Evi-
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dence-Based Recidivism Reduction Programs, per existing BOP pol-
icy, as a First Step Act Productive Activity.
Animal-assisted Therapy Classes for Incarcerated Women.—The
Committee is concerned that with 70 percent of incarcerated
women in the United States responsible for a minor child, disrup-
tion to the mother-child bond when mothers are incarcerated places
both populations at high risk for mental health problems and inter-
generational incarceration. The Committee is also concerned that
incarcerated women traditionally and persistently lack access to re-
habilitation and reintegration support. However, the Committee is
encouraged by the success of innovative parenting programs that
incorporate animal-assisted therapy to help incarcerated mothers
process trauma-based feelings, reduce anxiety, depression, and
stress, while increasing parenting knowledge, and provide a sup-
portive environment for their children during reunification efforts
in a custodial setting. The Committee encourages DOJ to support
animal-assisted therapy parenting programs, as part of existing
BOP parenting classes.
Medically Assisted Treatment.—The Committee encourages the
Bureau of Prisons to make abstinence-based relapse prevention
treatment options available to inmates with a history of opioid de-
pendence.
Contraband interdiction.—The Committee continues to urge BOP
to explore ways to reduce the amount of contraband that enters its
facilities without restricting inmate rights to receive postal mail or
interfere with delivery of verifiable legal mail, to include enabling
facilities to receive pre-screened postal mail and packages, to elimi-
nate contraband risk while ensuring continuing, prompt delivery of
communications with loved ones and legal counsel. Such solutions
should optimize security while minimizing any additional cost or
infrastructure for mail processing. The Committee notes the recent
incidents of BOP staff being endangered by toxic chemicals from
mailed drug contraband. It is specifically expected that mail
screening will occur in specialized locations so as to streamline
mail inspection and maximize the safety those screening the mail,
with suitable protective clothing and equipment.
Contraband cellphones.—The Committee remains concerned
about the rising use of contraband cellular phones and devices in
facilities administered by BOP or under contract with them, and
continues its direction to BOP to act on the recommendations of its
fiscal year 2016 report to Congress, to include, as appropriate,
managed access or other technology, to thwart illegal inmate tele-
communications while not interfering with legitimate spectrum
use.
Land Mobile Radio.—The Committee considers Land Mobile
Radio (LMR) communications and video security equipment used
by BOP to be critical to officer and inmate safety and security. In
an environment where other alternative forms of communication
and security measures cannot be employed, LMR and video secu-
rity continue to be the only safe and secure methods for BOP facili-
ties and personnel. Therefore, the Committee urges BOP, within
funding provided, to invest in necessary radio and video security
upgrades.
Employee firearms.—The Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correc-
tional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2018 (Section 202 of the First
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Step Act (Public Law 115–391)) requires that each Federal penal
or correctional institution provide a secure storage area located out-
side of the secure perimeter of the institution for employees to
store firearms or allow employees to store firearms in a vehicle
lockbox. The Committee directs the BOP Director to continue to re-
port to the Committee on progress in implementing the Act, as
specified in House Report 116–455.
COVID–19 Practices.—The Committee supports efforts to ensure
that Federal detainees are held in humane conditions, especially
those that are detained in federally operated facilities. The Com-
mittee is concerned with reports coming out of the Metropolitan
Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, NY. The Committee under-
stands that the spread of the coronavirus was difficult to manage
in congregate correctional settings; however, the rate of infection
and the repeated spikes in cases at the MDC exceeded those at
other facilities, including the nearby MCC New York. Therefore,
the Committee directs DOJ to report to the Committee not later
than October 2022 on protocols followed by MDC Brooklyn and
MCC New York to reduce the spread of COVID–19 and the proto-
cols in place to provide medical care to detainees. Furthermore, the
report should assess whether inadequate care under the public
health emergency constituted a violation of the Federal right, as
defined in section 3626, under Subchapter C of chapter 229 of Part
II of title 18, United States Code, or criminal violations under 18
U.S.C. 242 with respect to the chronic conditions that have im-
pacted detainees. Such report shall include (to the extent BOP re-
corded such information):
a. the number of cells, holding areas, or other communal detainee
settings that receive filtered air through HEPA filters;
b. a detailed explanation of lockdowns, including justifications
provided by prison staff during each such lockdown;
d. accommodations provided by prison staff to ensure that all
medical, dietary, and hygienic needs were met;
e. documentation of how frequently detainees were given new
masks throughout the pandemic;
f. documentation of the provision of PPE to staff, including which
staff received N 95 masks, and how often;
g. documentation of the provision of sanitizing wipes and spray
to the detainees’ housing units;
h. documentation of informational materials on vaccination being
provided to detainees prior to BOP offering them COVID–19 vac-
cinations;
i. documentation of BOP’s efforts to offer the vaccine to every
person in BOP custody, in accordance with recent Executive Or-
ders; and
j. information regarding how notification to family members was
made in cases of COVID–19-related hospitalization or death.
Federal Inmate COVID–19 Transfer.—The Committee expects
both BOP and USMS to test convicts and inmates for COVID–19
and wait for a negative test result before executing transfers be-
tween BOP facilities. The Committee understands that following a
DOJ Office of Inspector General (OIG) recommendation, the USMS
adopted a policy requiring its facilities to conduct testing of USMS
prisoners for COVID–19 in accordance with Center for Disease
Control (CDC) guidance, to the maximum extent possible, prior to
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any transfer to other detention facilities or to BOP custody for the
duration of the pandemic. The Committee also understands that
BOP, as a matter of policy, does not transfer COVID–19 positive
inmates and follows CDC guidance for handling such inmates. The
Committee directs BOP and USMS to submit a report not later
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act describing
each instance where this policy was not followed, including reasons
for waiving the policy, the date of the transfer, number of inmates
transferred, and the facilities transferring and receiving the in-
mates. The report should also describe protocols in place to limit
COVID–19 infections related to newly convicted COVID–19 positive
inmates entering BOP facilities, including asymptomatic inmates,
and recommendations on improving intake and transfer protocols
to better prevent infection.
BOP COVID–19 Testing.—The Committee directs the Bureau of
Prisons to attempt to provide onsite COVID–19 testing to all em-
ployees who request it within 24 hours of such request. Where such
testing is requested but not possible, BOP should report to the
Committee not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act on the details of such instances, to include dates, facilities,
and number of employees affected.
Vaccination in Prison.—The risk of acquiring a communicable
disease is significantly higher among the imprisoned population
compared with the broader community. The CDC’s Advisory Com-
mittee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends universal
vaccination for hepatitis B and several other immunizations in
high-risk settings such as correctional facilities. Those in correc-
tional facilities often have several risk factors for communicable
diseases like hepatitis B, such as injection drug use, multiple sex
partners, and tattoos or body piercings. The prevalence rate of cur-
rent or previous hepatitis B infection among incarcerated individ-
uals ranges from 13 percent to 47 percent, and the prevalence of
chronic hepatitis B infection is estimated to be two to six times
higher than the general population. Research has shown that pris-
ons need a great deal of support to effectively respond to and man-
age an infectious disease outbreak. BOP policy requires that Feder-
ally-managed and contract prison observation steps include an as-
sessment of inmate immunizations and the provision of basic med-
ical care, including preventive health services such as immuniza-
tions. However, an August 2016 report by the DOJ Office of the In-
spector General (OIG) found that contract prisons, in particular,
were out of compliance with this policy. The Committee recognizes
that administering vaccinations may be complicated by the move-
ment of prisoners between facilities and jurisdictions, sometimes
before a vaccination series can be completed. Nonetheless, the
Committee expects the Department to strive to improve vaccination
rates as much as possible. The Committee therefore directs the At-
torney General to report to the Committee not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act on efforts to improve compli-
ance with the policy to assess inmate populations and administer
necessary vaccinations. The report should identify gaps in services
and barriers to the provision of immunization services as well as
recommend steps, such as potential collaboration with health orga-
nizations, to address the issues raised in the OIG report.
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Private Sector Partnerships.—The Committee notes that Section
102 of the First Step Act (Public Law 115–391) directs the Attorney
General to develop policies for the warden of each BOP institution
to enter into partnerships with private entities that employ pris-
oners or assist prisoners in prerelease custody or supervised re-
lease in finding employment. The Committee recognizes the bar-
riers to entering the labor market for formerly incarcerated individ-
uals and the role stable employment plays in reducing recidivism.
The Committee directs the BOP to build formal partnerships with
private sector businesses and local BOP facilities to promote the
development of job pipelines for individuals leaving incarceration.
Voting rights.—Several jurisdictions authorize BOP to provide
voting access and education in Federal prisons. The Committee di-
rects the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to prioritize enabling all
eligible persons in BOP custody to access the ballot and ensure
that all those in custody have the information and resources need-
ed to exercise their fundamental right to vote.
Overtime.—The committee recognizes that the Federal Bureau of
Prisons (BOP) has employees that either work or are mandated to
work overtime but are not being paid at a true overtime rate. The
Committee directs BOP to compensate all employees at full over-
time rate, by giving them the same rights and protection as other
employees and removing all references of an employee being FLSA
exempt or non-exempt.
Improving Methods for Reducing Recidivism.—The Committee
encourages DOJ to explore programs that reduce offender recidi-
vism and end repeated cycles of violence and abuse by teaching
skills for reducing stress, processing past trauma, and providing
practical knowledge of how to cope with negative emotions. The
Committee further encourages the DOJ to explore rehabilitation
methods such as mindfulness and meditation that encourage incar-
cerated individuals to live to each one’s highest potential and con-
tribute to society.
Residential Re-entry Centers.—The Committee directs BOP to ac-
celerate efforts to establish Federal residential re-entry centers
(RRC), also known as halfway houses, in United States District
Court districts that currently lack such facilities, especially
prioritizing regions where no FRRC is within reasonable and acces-
sible distance. The Committee directs BOP to report no later than
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on the status of its
efforts, impediments to progress, and any resourcing needs.
Educational Programs.—The Committee supports the U.S. De-
partment of Justice’s coordination and collaboration with Histori-
cally Black Colleges and Universities to provide educational pro-
grams for recently released and soon to be released criminal offend-
ers to assist them in obtaining skills that will help them success-
fully transition back into their communities and reduce recidivism
rates.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
The Committee recommends $185,000,000 for the construction,
acquisition, modernization, maintenance, and repair of prison and
detention facilities housing Federal inmates. This amount is
$58,000,000 above fiscal year 2021, and $6,006,000 above the re-
quest. The Committee urges BOP to utilize its existing resources
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to mitigate the high crowding rates at its high security facilities
that are contributing to increases in the number of serious as-
saults, and to move forward with ongoing facilities planning and
new construction that supports that objective.
Modernization and repair.—The Committee expects the Bureau
to apply the funding to reduce its longstanding maintenance and
repair (M&R) backlog and directs BOP to prioritize its funding for
repairs that address life and safety issues, and facilities assessed
as having deficiencies of a geological and seismic nature. BOP shall
continue to provide monthly status of construction reports and no-
tify the Committee of any changes reflected in those reports. The
Committee also directs BOP to develop a schedule and timeline for
repairs of facilities with geological and seismic deficiencies and in-
clude updates in the monthly M&R reports.
Perimeter.—The Committee is aware of the growing concerns of
dangerous contraband within the prison system including
cellphones, drug paraphernalia, and weapons and the ability to de-
liver these items via drone or merely launching these objects over
the physical barriers (walls) of the prison. Currently, perimeter se-
curity is primarily maintained through physical barriers, with a
network of cameras that give security personnel views of the phys-
ical area surrounding the facility. The Committee is aware that
BOP has been investigating counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C-
UAS), and encourages it to continue to intensify its efforts at iden-
tifying proven technology, based on the appropriate and relevant
environmental conditions at its facilities, and to continue to keep
the Committee advised of its progress in such efforts.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL PRISON
INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
The Committee recommends a limitation on administrative ex-
penses of $2,700,000 for Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated,
which is the same as fiscal year 2021.
STATE AND LOCAL JUSTICE ACTIVITIES
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC).—The Crime Victims Fund is
not financed by taxpayer dollars but by fines and penalties paid by
criminals. By statute, the Fund is dedicated solely to supporting
victim services. The Committee recognizes the importance of these
grants and the essential life-saving services provided to victims
within State, local, and tribal jurisdictions, including domestic vio-
lence shelters, rape crisis centers, and child abuse treatment pro-
grams. The Committee encourages the Department to continue to
fund these programs. The Committee directs OVC to provide an
updated report to the Committee, not later than 90 days after the
enactment of this Act, on the actions it is taking to ensure Crime
Victims Fund resources are reaching communities most affected by
violence.
The Committee notes that funding from the Crime Victims Fund,
under 34 U.S.C. 20103, may be used by the Department to fund the
salaries of personnel who provide services to victims of crime, to
the extent that such personnel provide such services. The Com-
mittee encourages the Department to offer such support.
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The recommendation includes a 5 percent set-aside for Tribal
Victims Assistance within the Crime Victims Fund. The Office for
Victims of Crime is directed to consult closely with Tribal stake-
holders to improve services for Tribal victims of crime, to include
expanded purpose areas described in the OVC final rule effective
August 8, 2016. OVC shall continue to follow direction required by
House Report 116–455 regarding grant application requirements,
accountability, and assistance. The Department is directed to give
Tribes maximum flexibility in use of funds in order to best meet
the unique needs of victims in Tribal communities. The Depart-
ment is also directed to streamline administrative requirements as
much as possible to increase accessibility for those most in need in
Indian Country.
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION
PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $753,800,000 for the Office on Vio-
lence Against Women (OVW), which is $240,300,000 above fiscal
year 2021. Funds are to be distributed as follows:
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
STOP Grants ......................................................................................................................................................... $223,000
Transitional Housing Assistance .......................................................................................................................... 50,000
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women ....................................................................................... 2,500
Consolidated Youth-Oriented Program ................................................................................................................. 22,000
Engaging Men and Youth in Prevention ..................................................................................................... (5,000)
Improving Criminal Justice Response (formally Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies) ...................................... 70,000
Homicide Reduction Initiative ..................................................................................................................... (4,000)
Domestic Violence Firearms Lethality Reduction Initiative ........................................................................ (4,000)
Sexual Assault Victims Services .......................................................................................................................... 100,000
Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement ..................................................................................... 47,000
Violence on College Campuses ............................................................................................................................ 38,000
HBCU, HSI and Tribal Colleges ................................................................................................................... (4,000)
Civil Legal Assistance .......................................................................................................................................... 65,000
Elder Abuse Grant Program ................................................................................................................................. 10,000
Family Civil Justice .............................................................................................................................................. 20,000
Education and Training for Disabled Female Victims ......................................................................................... 10,000
National Resource Center on Workplace Responses ............................................................................................ 2,000
Research on Violence Against Indian Women ..................................................................................................... 2,000
Indian Country Sexual Assault Clearinghouse ..................................................................................................... 1,000
Tribal Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction ...................................................................................... 5,500
Rape Survivor Child Custody Act ......................................................................................................................... 3,500
National Deaf Services Line ................................................................................................................................. 5,000
Restorative Justice Responses and Evaluations .................................................................................................. 20,300
Support to Transgender Victims .......................................................................................................................... 2,000
Tech Assist for Community-Based Organizations ................................................................................................ 5,000
Culturally Specific Programs ................................................................................................................................ 40,000
Outreach to Underserved Victims ........................................................................................................................ 2,000
Emerging Issues Related to Violence Against Women ........................................................................................ 5,000
Tribal Special Assistant US Attorneys ................................................................................................................. 3,000
Total, Office of Violence Against Women .................................................................................................... $753,800
Family Justice Center.—The Department of Justice should pro-
vide robust funding to Family Justice Centers from the amount
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made available for the Improving Criminal Justice Responses to
Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking
Program as authorized by Part U, Grants to Encourage Arrest Poli-
cies, of the 1968 Act.
Rural victims.—The Committee is concerned about the rise in the
number of sexual assaults in rural communities. Victims of sexual
assault living in rural communities are often reluctant to report to
law enforcement for fear of being exposed. The Committee encour-
ages the OVW to implement projects that reduce barriers to the re-
porting of crime in rural areas, colonias, and persistent poverty
counties and report to the Committee not later than 90 days after
enactment of this Act. Such report shall include a description of the
progress made since delivery of the report on the same topic as re-
quired in House Report 116–455.
Human trafficking.—The Committee encourages OVW to ensure
that the Transitional Housing Program can assist victims of human
trafficking, and the Committee urges DOJ to take these victims
into consideration when distributing OVW funds.
Sexual Abuse Services in Detention Hotline.—There continues to
be a significant need related to incarcerated individuals who do not
have access to victim services. The Committee is interested in pro-
viding resources toward creating a national hotline that would pro-
vide sexual abuse and rape crisis counseling services to incarcer-
ated individuals across the country. The Committee commends
OVW and BJA for partnering on an initiative to identify what a
national service line would require to be responsive to Prison Rape
Elimination Act (PREA) Standards as well as identify the unique
needs of incarcerated survivors. The Committee looks forward to
the results of this initiative and directs DOJ to report on the status
of its findings within 90 days of enactment of this Act. A national
hotline would not only help incarcerated survivors, but it would
also further meaningful PREA compliance.
Studies on child custody and divorce in domestic violence cases.—
The Committee recognizes that laws and regulations at the State
and local levels may trap domestic violence victims in abusive mar-
riages, harming both them and their children. The Committee di-
rects DOJ, in consultation with the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), to conduct a study investigating whether
victims who raise evidence of domestic violence are more likely to
lose primary custody of children to an abusive partner or to the
State, including: (1) a review of State laws, regulations, and prac-
tices on how child neglect and custody situations are handled in do-
mestic violence situations; and (2) a list of recommendations on
how to restructure State laws, regulations, and practices to better
protect victims of domestic violence and their children. The Com-
mittee also directs the DOJ, in coordination with HHS, to conduct
a study on the direct and collateral economic costs and risks experi-
enced by victims of domestic violence who divorce their abusive
partners. Such study should include an examination of how related
personal financial issues impact domestic violence victims, includ-
ing the payment of alimony, legal fees, spousal support, or the divi-
sion of property, disaggregated on the basis of whether the domes-
tic violence victim has higher earnings than their partner; and pro-
vide recommendations on how to restructure law, regulations, and
practices governing divorce to better support victims of domestic vi-
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olence in leaving abusive situations. The Committee directs the De-
partment to provide a status report on this request within 180 days
of enactment of this Act.
Technology Facilitated Harassment.—The Committee is con-
cerned with the increased instances of severe harassment, stalking,
and threats transmitted in interstate commerce in violation of fed-
eral law. These targeted attacks against Internet users, particu-
larly women, have resulted in the release of personal information,
forced individuals to flee their homes, have had a chilling effect on
free expression, and are limiting access to economic opportunity.
The Committee strongly urges the Department to intensify its ef-
forts to combat this destructive abuse and expects to see increased
investigations and prosecutions of these crimes.
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS
The Committee recommends $95,000,000 for Research, Evalua-
tion and Statistics, which is $13,000,000 above fiscal year 2021 and
$9,000,000 above the request. Funds are distributed as follows:
RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Bureau of Justice Statistics ................................................................................................................................. $50,000
National Institute of Justice ................................................................................................................................. 45,000
Domestic Radicalization Research .............................................................................................................. (12,000)
Research on School Safety .......................................................................................................................... (1,000)
Study of Clearinghouse for Online Extremism ............................................................................................ (500)
Data on Stops and Searches ...................................................................................................................... (500)
Total, Research, Evaluation and Statistics ....................................................................................... $95,000
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).—The Committee recognizes
the importance of the timely release of data on crime, criminal of-
fenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at
all levels of government. These data are critical for policymakers
and researchers to understand in combating crime and advancing
equality in the justice system. The Committee’s recommendation
provides $50,000,000 for BJS, an increase of $5,000,000 above fis-
cal year 2021. This increase is provided to ensure that BJS has suf-
ficient resources to clear any backlogs in data and report releases
and ensure the timely release of data going forward. The increased
funding should also be used to initiate the process of redesigning
its public website in accordance with current statistical agency best
practices for disseminating information in an accessible and usable
format. The Committee directs BJS to provide a report no later
than 180 days after the enactment of this Act detailing the agen-
cy’s resource needs associated with such redesign.
Incarcerated Population Communications.—The Committee di-
rects NIJ to report on the feasibility and appropriateness of uti-
lizing artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language
processing, and other technologies to monitor, analyze, and tran-
scribe legally authorized, nonprivileged incarcerated population
communications into actionable intelligence for legitimate Federal
purposes, including, but not limited to, national security, homeland
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security, violent crime prevention, recidivism reduction, inmate
mental health—including suicide prevention—and other purposes
as the Department deems appropriate. The report should identify
current gaps in such actionable intelligence and identify potential
collaborations to address identified disparities. The Committee en-
courages the Department to engage with stakeholders in the course
of examining the feasibility of utilizing such a system.
Police Use of Force Against Pets.— It has been estimated that
thousands of dogs are killed annually by law enforcement officers.
Many States and municipalities do not require that police shoot-
ings directed at pets be reported. However, data from some local-
ities suggests that anywhere from 25–75 percent of all law enforce-
ment firearms discharges are directed at dogs, and that these inci-
dents are geographically clustered in low income communities of
color where police shootings involving people are also concentrated.
Police shootings directed at pets escalate encounters with policed
communities and erode trust in law enforcement. The Committee
is concerned about the lack of data and reporting requirements for
such encounters, and urges the Department to include these inci-
dents involving pets in any nationwide Federal database created to
track law enforcement’s use of force against people, or to provide
Congress with a report within 180 days on how the Department
can collect and maintain comprehensive data on law enforcement’s
use of force against people and pets, as well any policy rec-
ommendations needed to implement that data collection.
Solitary Confinement Data Collection.—The Committee directs
the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect data on solitary confine-
ment practices, including frequency, conditions of solitary confine-
ment, duration of solitary confinement, the impact of solitary con-
finement on an individual’s physical and social-emotional health,
and the recidivism rate of individuals who have experienced soli-
tary confinement. The Committee directs the BJS to report back to
the Committee annually on this topic, with the first report due not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
National Institute of Justice (NIJ).—The recommendation in-
cludes $45,000,000 for NIJ. Within this amount, the Committee
recommends $12,000,000 for domestic radicalization research,
$1,000,000 for school safety research, $500,000 for research on on-
line extremism, and $500,000 for the evaluation of data on stops
and searches. In addition, $2,500,000 is to be transferred from the
Office on Violence Against Women for research and evaluation on
violence against Indian women.
Access to Mental Health Services for Law Enforcement.—The
committee recognizes that traumatic law enforcement work and vi-
carious trauma has been shown to increase law enforcement offi-
cers’ risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
symptoms, which can be associated with major depression, panic
attacks, phobias, mania, substance use, and increased risk of sui-
cide. To ensure officers have access to services that can address the
impact of traumatic law enforcement work, the Committee directs
NIJ to conduct an evaluation of access to mental health, wellness,
and resiliency services within law enforcement and offer rec-
ommendations to the Committee to improve access to these services
for State, local, and Tribal law enforcement.
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Community-Based Public Safety Strategies.—The Committee con-
tinues to be concerned about the many challenges faced by expan-
sive policing schemes—particularly in communities of color where
over criminalization and rising police brutality has shattered public
trust in law enforcement while having little impact on community
violence. Accordingly, the Committee directs the Department to
conduct a study on the most successful, non-carceral and non-puni-
tive ways to encourage public safety and provide recommendations
on ways to reduce harm and improve health without criminalizing
minority communities.
Evaluation of Data on Stops and Searches.—Within the funds
provided in this account, $500,000 is included for analysis and
evaluation of the data collected under the program, funded in this
bill under Byrne JAG, for competitive demonstration grants to
State and local law enforcement agencies to develop and implement
data collection programs on hit rates for stops and searches by law
enforcement officers, consistent with section 333 of H.R. 1280 as
passed by the House of Representatives on March 3, 2021.
Law Enforcement Study Addressing Delayed Responses to Ques-
tions.—As part of the Committee’s concerns about the account-
ability of law enforcement, the Committee directs the National In-
stitute of Justice (NIJ) to conduct a nationwide study of the preva-
lence and effect of any law, rule, or procedure that allows a law en-
forcement officer to delay the response to questions posed by a local
internal affairs officer, or review board on the investigative integ-
rity and prosecution of law enforcement misconduct, including pre-
interview warnings and termination policies, consistent with re-
quirements as described in section 115 of H.R. 1280 as passed by
the House of Representatives on March 3, 2021. Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Department
shall: (1) submit to the Committee a report containing the results
of the initial analysis conducted under subsection (a)(2) of such sec-
tion 115; (2) make the report submitted under subparagraph (A)
available to the public; and (3) identify the jurisdictions for which
the study described in subsection (a)(1) of such section 115 is to be
conducted. In addition, not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Department shall submit to the Com-
mittee a report containing the results of the data collected under
this section and publish the report in the Federal Register.
National System to Monitor Abuse in Youth Serving Organiza-
tions.—The Department is directed to work with a public institu-
tion of higher education conduct a feasibility study on establishing
a Federal system to count and track substantiated cases of sexual
abuse and other forms of child maltreatment in the nation’s youth
serving organizations (e.g. sports, scouting, religious institutions,
camps, and schools).
Study of Clearinghouse for Online Extremism.—To respond to the
elevated threat of domestic extremist violence, the Committee rec-
ognizes the need to address the role of social media and other on-
line content in fueling extremist violence without infringing on civil
liberties. Therefore, the Committee recommends $500,000 for NIJ
to conduct a study on the feasibility, costs, and operational options
for an independent nonprofit clearinghouse for online extremist
content that could proactively investigate online threats without
providing surveillance powers to law enforcement. The Committee
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directs the Department to submit the findings of its report to Con-
gress and to the public within 180 days of enactment of this Act.
White Supremacist Domestic Radicalization Research.—The Com-
mittee is alarmed at warnings from the FBI and other authorities
that white supremacists and violent anti-government domestic ex-
tremists pose the greatest present risk to national security. These
groups are infiltrating security and law enforcement agencies and
the military, including seeking to recruit members from within
them, and pose a deep and continuing threat to our country’s na-
tional security by disrupting ongoing investigations of white ex-
tremist organizations and routinely harassing Black, Latino, and
other minority communities. To respond to this elevated threat,
which manifested in the attempted insurrection of January 6, 2021,
the Committee provides an increase of $6,000,000 over fiscal year
2021 funding for research concerning domestic white supremacy
and violent anti-government ideology, and directs the National In-
stitute of Justice to direct this increase toward research efforts that
trace the most common methods and sites of radicalization of
Americans to white supremacist and violent anti-government extre-
mism. The Department is encouraged to partner with academic in-
stitutions to evaluate the effectiveness of existing targeted violence
and terrorism prevention programs in matching investments to rel-
ative sources of threat and in increasing understanding of and ef-
fectiveness at countering white supremacist and violent anti-gov-
ernment extremism.
STATE AND LOCAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $3,045,469,000 for State and Local
Justice Assistance programs, which is $1,131,469,000 above fiscal
year 2021 and $996,469,000 above the request. Funds are distrib-
uted as follows:
STATE AND LOCAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants .......................................................................................................... $684,469
Officer Robert Wilson III VALOR Initiative ................................................................................................... (13,000)
Smart Policing ............................................................................................................................................. (8,000)
Smart Prosecution ....................................................................................................................................... (10,000)
NamUS ......................................................................................................................................................... (2,400)
Training Program to improve Responses to People with Mental Illness ................................................... (10,000)
John R. Justice Grant Program ................................................................................................................... (4,000)
Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution .................................................................................................... (17,000)
Kevin and Avonte’s Law .............................................................................................................................. (3,000)
National Center for Forensics ..................................................................................................................... (4,000)
Project Safe Neighborhoods ........................................................................................................................ (20,000)
Capital Litigation Improvement and Wrongful Conviction Review ............................................................. (15,000)
Community-Based Violence Prevention Initiatives ...................................................................................... (14,000)
National Center for Restorative Justice ...................................................................................................... (6,000)
Ashanti Alert Network .................................................................................................................................. (1,000)
Family Alternative Sentencing Pilot ............................................................................................................ (7,000)
Child Advocacy Training .............................................................................................................................. (1,000)
Rural Violent Crime Initiative ..................................................................................................................... (9,000)
Managed Access Systems ........................................................................................................................... (3,000)
Public Safety Innovation Grants ................................................................................................................. (5,000)
Technical Assistance to Law Enforcement-Use of Force Reporting ........................................................... (15,000)
Data Collection Programs on Hit Rates for Stops and Searches .............................................................. (5,000)
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STATE AND LOCAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE—Continued
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Police Reform in Jurisdictions Responding to Litigation ............................................................................ (7,200)
Law Enforcement Training .......................................................................................................................... (42,000)
Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants .......................................................................................... (102,769)
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program ............................................................................................................ 244,000
Victims of Trafficking Grants ............................................................................................................................... 95,000
Economic, High-tech, White Collar and Cybercrime Prevention .......................................................................... 13,000
Intellectual Property Enforcement Program ................................................................................................ (2,500)
Internet of Things ........................................................................................................................................ (2,000)
Adam Walsh Act Implementation ......................................................................................................................... 20,500
Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vests Partnerships ...................................................................................................... 30,000
Transfer to NIST/OLES ................................................................................................................................. (1,500)
National Sex Offender Public Website ................................................................................................................. 1,000
National Instant Criminal Background Check Systems (NCIS) Initiative ............................................................ 100,000
NICS Acts Record Improvement Program .................................................................................................... (25,000)
Paul Coverdell Forensic Science .......................................................................................................................... 33,000
DNA Initiative ....................................................................................................................................................... 158,000
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grants ............................................................................................................. (120,000)
State and Local Forensic Activities ............................................................................................................ (19,000)
Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grants .............................................................................. (13,000)
Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program Grants .......................................................................................... (6,000)
Community Teams to Reduce the Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Backlog ................................................................. 60,000
CASA—Special Advocates .................................................................................................................................... 14,000
Indian Tribal Assistance ...................................................................................................................................... 50,000
Second Chance Act/ Reoffender Reentry ............................................................................................................. 125,000
Smart Probation .......................................................................................................................................... (8,000)
Children of Incarcerated Parents Demo Grants .......................................................................................... (5,000)
Pay for Success ........................................................................................................................................... (7,500)
Pay for Success (Permanent Supportive Housing Model) ........................................................................... (5,000)
Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with Enforcement .............................................................................. (5,000)
Opioid Initiative .................................................................................................................................................... 458,000
Drug Courts ................................................................................................................................................. (110,000)
Mentally Ill Offender Act ............................................................................................................................. (45,000)
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment .................................................................................................... (40,000)
Veterans Treatment Courts ......................................................................................................................... (40,000)
Prescription Drug Monitoring ...................................................................................................................... (33,000)
Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program ........................................................... (190,000)
Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 ............................................................................................................... 2,500
STOP School Violence Act ..................................................................................................................................... 87,000
Emmett Till Grants ............................................................................................................................................... 3,000
Hate Crimes Prevention Act Grants ..................................................................................................................... 70,000
Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice .......................................................................................... 30,000
Community Trust Initiative ................................................................................................................................... 95,000
Body Worn Camera Partnership Program ................................................................................................... (35,000)
Justice Reinvestment Initiative ................................................................................................................... (35,000)
Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program ................................................................................................ (25,000)
Law Enforcement Accountability Grants .............................................................................................................. 400,000
Pattern and Practice Investigations ........................................................................................................... (100,000)
Independent Investigation of Law Enforcement Officers ............................................................................ (250,000)
Community-Based Improvement to Law Enforcement ................................................................................ (25,000)
Pilot Programs to Address Police Misconduct ............................................................................................ (25,000)
Emergency Law Enforcement Assistance ............................................................................................................. 10,000
Community Violence Intervention Initiative ......................................................................................................... 90,000
Red Flag and Gun Licensing Laws ...................................................................................................................... 40,000
Gun Buyback and Relinquishment Pilot Program ............................................................................................... 10,000
Public Defender Improvement Program ............................................................................................................... 25,000
Regional Sexual Assault Investigative Training Academies ................................................................................ 20,000
Legal Representation Pilot for Immigrant Children and Families ...................................................................... 50,000
Study of Lethality Assessment Programs ............................................................................................................ 2,000
Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry ....................................................................................................... 10,000
Pretrial Incarceration Reduction Pilot Program ................................................................................................... 10,000
Police Misconduct Database ................................................................................................................................ 5,000
Total, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance ................................................................................. $3,045,469
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Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) Formula
program.—In addition to the carveouts mentioned in the table
above. The recommendation includes $360,100,000 for the Byrne
JAG Formula grant program, equal to the fiscal year 2021 level.
Funding under this formula program is authorized for law enforce-
ment programs including those that promote data interoperability
between disparate law enforcement entities; prosecution and court
programs; prevention and education programs; corrections pro-
grams; drug treatment and enforcement programs; planning, eval-
uation, and technology improvement programs; and crime victim
and witness programs, other than compensation. Use of this fund-
ing is broad and flexible to address community needs and fill gaps
within State and local criminal justice systems such as strategic
planning, research, testing, training, equipment, technical assist-
ance, prevention programs, innovation programs and community
partnerships.
The Committee would like to reiterate the following allowable
uses of Byrne JAG formula grant funding: body-worn cameras;
gun-shot detection technology; law enforcement training including
immersive training; newer, more efficient forensics testing tools; re-
ality-based training programs that utilize role-playing and live-ac-
tion scenarios for law enforcement officers; radio communications
to provide secure communications systems; medication-assisted
drug treatment; and supporting expungement and record clearing
initiatives.
Police Reform.—Combatting crime and keeping our Nation safe
remains a top priority of the Committee. However, the Committee
is aware that communities across our Nation have called for re-
forms in State and local law enforcement agencies. To support
these much-needed reform efforts, the Committee recommends
funding for the following programs and reform strategies.
The Committee recommends $400,000,000 for police account-
ability grants, including $100,000,000 for grants to assist states in
conducting pattern and practice investigations of law enforcement
and $250,000,000 for grants to States and tribes to assist in imple-
menting statutes providing for independent investigation of law en-
forcement officers.
In addition, the Committee recommends $25,000,000 to develop
pilot programs and implement effective standards and programs in
the areas of training, hiring and recruitment, and oversight that
are designed to improve management and address misconduct by
law enforcement officers. The pilot program shall be consistent
with the requirements as described in section 114(d) of H.R. 1280
as passed by the House of Representatives on March 3, 2021, in-
cluding: (1) training on law enforcement policies, practices, and
procedures addressing training and instruction to comply with cited
accreditation standards; (2) policies, procedures, and practices for
recruitment, hiring, retention, and promotion of diverse law en-
forcement officers; (3) oversight/complaint procedures, including the
establishment of civilian review boards or analogous procedures; (4)
juvenile justice and school safety, including standards relating to
interaction and communication with juveniles, physical contact, use
of lethal and nonlethal force, notification of a parent or guardian,
interviews and questioning, custodial interrogation, audio and
video recording, conditions of custody, alternatives to arrest, refer-
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ral to child protection agencies, and removal from school grounds
or campus; and (5) victim services, including psychological coun-
seling, for individuals and communities impacted by law enforce-
ment misconduct.
Furthermore, the Committee recommends $25,000,000 for grants
to community-based organizations, as authorized by subsections (b)
and (c) of section 114 of H.R. 1280 as passed by the House of Rep-
resentatives on March 3, 2021, to study and implement: (1) effec-
tive management, training, recruiting, hiring, and oversight stand-
ards and programs to promote effective community and problem
solving strategies for law enforcement agencies; or (2) effective
strategies and solutions to public safety, including strategies that
do not rely on Federal and local law enforcement agency responses.
The studies shall address standards relating to administrative due
process, residency requirements, compensation and benefits, use of
force, racial profiling, early warning systems, juvenile justice,
school safety, civilian review boards or analogous procedures, or re-
search into the effectiveness of existing programs, projects, or other
activities designed to address misconduct by law enforcement offi-
cers.
Technical Assistance to Law Enforcement Agencies.—The Com-
mittee recommends $15,000,000 for grants that will support: (1)
the cost of assisting the State or Indian Tribe in which the law en-
forcement agency is located in complying with the reporting re-
quirements described in section 224 of H.R. 1280; (2) the cost of es-
tablishing necessary systems required to investigate and report in-
cidents as required under subsection (b)(4); (3) public awareness
campaigns designed to gain information from the public on use of
force by or against local and tribal law enforcement officers, includ-
ing shootings, which may include tip lines, hotlines, and public
service announcements; and (4) use of force training for law en-
forcement agencies and personnel, including training on de-esca-
lation, implicit bias, crisis intervention techniques, and adolescent
development.
Police Accountability and Community Engagement.—The Com-
mittee urges the Department to make funds available to help non-
profit organizations, institutions of higher education, community
groups, youth groups, and faith-based organizations facilitate orga-
nized dialogues that bring together community members and law
enforcement officers so that they may collaborate to develop shared
goals that will enhance the collective safety of the community. The
dialogues should include diverse groups of community members,
local elected officials, law enforcement leaders and officers, busi-
ness leaders, and community members, including youth groups, to
assess the state of police-community relations in states and local
communities. The Department is further urged to partner with
these organizations to develop strategies that will result in concrete
action items that will improve the relationships between the police
and the communities and further the goal of enhancing collective
safety.
The Committee urges the Department to work with community-
based organizations to identify and develop opportunities to train
law enforcement officers with respect to encounters with individ-
uals suffering from impaired mental health, homelessness, and ad-
diction; to identify areas where social workers may be able to sup-
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port law enforcement agencies; and to provide guidance regarding
the development and implementation of co-responder programs,
which involve social workers or other mental health professionals
working alongside law enforcement officers so that they arrive and
address situations together.
State and Local Law Enforcement Training Grants.—The Com-
mittee recommends $42,000,000 for training for State and local law
enforcement officers on racial profiling, implicit bias, de-escalation,
use of force, the duty to intervene when witnessing other officers
using excessive force, and procedural justice. The Committee urges
the Department to place the highest priority on applications from
grantees who can demonstrate quantitative results from evidence-
based training programs that will address these areas of concern.
The Committee directs the Department to review the benefits of
using virtual reality de-escalation training and the use of humane
remote restraint devices to enable law enforcement the ability to
restrain an uncooperative subject without requiring the infliction of
pain. Providing such training and equipment can significantly im-
prove the ability of law enforcement to de-escalate confrontations
with non-compliant subjects and avoid potentially lethal use of
force, particularly with respect to individuals with mental health
conditions. The Department is directed to report to the Committee,
no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, on the feasibility
of using this type of training. The Committee notes that NIJ fund-
ing may be used for such research.
In addition, the Committee directs the Department to assist
small jurisdictions and small law enforcement agencies as they
work through the application process related to grants for police
training and police accreditation. The Committee further urges the
Department to ensure that grants funded under this program also
help address the unique challenges of policing in immigrant com-
munities.
Public Safety Innovation Grants.—The Committee recommends
$5,000,000 for the development of best practices for, and the cre-
ation of, local task forces on public safety innovation. Such task
forces shall be administrative entities, created from partnerships
between community-based organizations and other local stake-
holders, to explore and develop innovative law enforcement and
non-law enforcement strategies to enhance just and equitable pub-
lic safety, repair breaches of trust between law enforcement agen-
cies and the communities they pledge to serve, and enhance ac-
countability of law enforcement officers.
Gunshot detection for Service Weapons.—The Committee notes
the need for accurate, timely and dependable technology to record
actual shots fired in an incident involving law enforcement weap-
ons, to communicate that information to police dispatchers and to
initiate body camera recording in such incidents. The Committee
encourages DOJ to evaluate such technology and report to the
Committee, not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act,
with an assessment of its potential value for Federal, State and
local law enforcement.
Consent Decrees and Other Litigation Related to Police Prac-
tices.—The Committee recommends $7,200,000 for the establish-
ment of a new grant program to provide funding to police depart-
ments for police training, equipment, and other necessities to help
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comply with law enforcement reform efforts as a result of litigation,
including consent decrees, out-of-court settlements, memoranda of
understanding, findings, technical assistance, and recommendation
letters provided by reform authorities. The Committee is aware of
the Civil Rights Division’s increasing investigations into law en-
forcement agencies and the resulting consent decrees currently
being enforced. The Committee is also aware of the benefits re-
ceived by the local communities and their citizens after a consent
decree has been successfully enforced and the required reforms im-
plemented. The Committee believes funding will cover the resource
gap needed to fully implement such reform efforts and enable local
governments to share with the Federal Government the cost of im-
plementing the decree. Grant funding can be used for police train-
ing, equipment purchases, and other items deemed as necessary to
establish the reforms cited in the consent decree. Local govern-
ments must share at least 25% of the cost of the consent decree im-
plementation.
Stops and Searches Data Collection.—The Committee rec-
ommends $5,000,000 for up to five competitive demonstration
grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to develop and
implement data collection programs on hit rates for stops and
searches by law enforcement officers, including $500,000 for the
Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect and analyze the data sub-
mitted to the Department under this program by State and local
law enforcement agencies.
Combatting Justice Inequality.—Where justice is denied, no one
is safe. The United States has one of the highest incarceration
rates in the world. Unfortunately, the majority of those who are in-
carcerated matriculated from underserved and poorer communities.
The Committee recommends funding for the following programs fo-
cused on combatting justice inequality and the disparities that
exist within.
Capital Litigation and Wrongful Conviction Review.—The Com-
mittee recognizes the need for legal representation and investiga-
tion services for individuals with post-conviction claims of inno-
cence. The Committee recommends $15,000,000, an increase of
$8,000,000 over fiscal year 2021, for the Capital Litigation Im-
provement and Wrongful Conviction Review program. Individuals
exonerated in 2019 spent an average of about 13 years incarcerated
for their wrongful convictions, and 47 percent of 2019 exonerations
(67 of the total 143 exonerations) were a result of the work of inno-
cence organizations. This program works to improve the quality
and effectiveness of representation in death penalty cases through
State level training for both the prosecutors who represent the pub-
lic and the defense attorneys who represent indigent defendants in
State capital cases, including forensic training. Given the urgent
need to identify and remediate wrongful convictions, the Com-
mittee directs that at least 50 percent of the appropriated amount
to the Capital Litigation Improvement and Wrongful Conviction
Review grant programs shall be used to support Wrongful Convic-
tion Review grantees providing high quality and efficient post-con-
viction representation for defendants in postconviction claims of in-
nocence. Wrongful Conviction Review grantees shall be nonprofit
organizations, institutions of higher education, and/or State or local
public defender offices that have inhouse post-conviction represen-
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tation programs that show demonstrable experience and com-
petence in litigating post-conviction claims of innocence. Grant
funds shall support grantee provision of post-conviction legal rep-
resentation of innocence claims; case review, evaluation, and man-
agement; experts; potentially exonerative forensic testing; and in-
vestigation services related to supporting these post-conviction in-
nocence claims.
National Center for Restorative Justice.—The Committee rec-
ommends $6,000,000, which is an increase of $3,000,00 over fiscal
year 2021, to support research on restorative justice, focusing on
how best to provide direct services to address social inequities.
Funds should be awarded through a competitive solicitation to aca-
demic institutions to implement the project.
Family Alternative Sentencing Pilot.—The Committee rec-
ommends $7,000,000, which is an increase of $3,500,000 over fiscal
year 2021, to support family-based alternative sentencing programs
for parents who are in the criminal justice system. The Committee
notes that decades of research have shown that incarcerating par-
ents creates poor outcomes for children. Often the lack of parental
support and supervision results in increased crime and harm to
communities, particularly in the communities of color most affected
by mass incarceration. This program allows judges to waive a sen-
tence of incarceration for eligible individuals who are parents or
caregivers and instead impose a sentence of community custody
with additional conditions for treatment and programming. The
Committee supports the Department entering into partnerships
with State, local, and community agencies to provide grants and
technical support toward the creation of such alternative sen-
tencing programs.
Pretrial Incarceration.—The Committee is concerned with the in-
creasing rates of pretrial incarceration in rural counties and small
and mid-sized cities. The Committee encourages the Department of
Justice to explore evidence-based initiatives and alternatives to in-
carceration to reduce the rate and duration of pretrial incarcer-
ation. The Committee encourages the Bureau of Justice Assistance
to establish a competitive grant pilot program to support local gov-
ernment entities, in partnership with qualified nonprofit organiza-
tions, to establish programs to reduce pretrial incarceration in local
jails. Special consideration should be given to applications from
small metropolitan, micropolitan, or noncore jurisdictions with the
highest incarceration rates that are not currently in decline.
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program.—The Department
is encouraged to prioritize grant awards for law enforcement agen-
cies that utilize Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) pro-
gram models. These pre-arrest diversion programs give police the
authority to divert low-level, non-violent offenders to community-
based treatment instead of processing an arrest. Within the
amounts provided for the Comprehensive Opioid Stimulants and
Substance Abuse program (COSSAP), no less than $11,000,000
shall continue to be made available for sites employing models con-
sistent with LEAD.
Legal Representation Pilot for Immigrant Children and Fami-
lies.—The Committee provides $50,000,000 for the Department to
establish a competitive grant program to qualified non-profit orga-
nizations for a pilot program to increase representation for immi-
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grant children and families in civil proceedings. The amount is
$35,000,000 above the request and $50,000,000 above the fiscal
year 2021 level. The Committee recognizes the compelling need to
ensure due process for children and families who seek asylum and
who must navigate a complex legal system for processing of asylum
claims. The Committee supports coordination with grantees and or-
ganizations who offer other types of legal assistance or services to
immigrants seeking asylum or other forms of legal protection. As
with any new pilot program, the Committee expects the Depart-
ment to assess this program with metrics that will be scaled appro-
priately to evaluate how this initial investment could be further en-
hanced to represent a larger portion of un-represented individuals
and the impact that it may have on improving attendance rates
and decreasing court costs. Within 90 days of enactment of this
Act, the OJP shall brief the Committee on its implementation plan
for this pilot.
Combatting Hate.—The Committee is alarmed by the persistent,
frequent occurrence of hate crimes across the country, particularly
targeting Asian, Latino, and other communities perceived as hav-
ing immigrant origins, LGBTQ individuals, Black individuals, and
members of religious minority groups. The enactment of the Mat-
thew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
(Public Law 111–84) provided the Federal Government with more
tools and data to help States address and combat these bias-moti-
vated attacks. The recommendation provides $70,000,000 for grant
opportunities authorized in section 4704 of Public Law 111–84 to
help States, localities, and tribal law enforcement agencies to con-
duct educational outreach and training on hate crimes and to in-
vestigate and prosecute hate crimes. The Committee further urges
the Department and agency recipients of these grants to prioritize
efforts to identify, investigate, report on, and prevent hate crimes
that occur online or are related to bias-motivated harassment and
criminal activity occurring online. DOJ is urged to conduct out-
reach and provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies
that have not consistently reported hate crimes data, with par-
ticular attention to small agencies with the fewest resources for ad-
ministrative management and data analysis.
The Committee encourages the Department of Justice to
prioritize grants to entities that propose to use funding to bolster
community resilience to hate; to establish multilingual online or
application-based portals to collect hate crime reports; and to con-
duct community education to prevent hate crimes motivated by ani-
mus toward a victim’s actual or perceived gender, race, ethnicity,
national origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or gender
identity. The Committee recommends that the Department expand
culturally competent and linguistically appropriate public edu-
cation campaigns that encourage people affected by hate crime to
seek the Department’s assistance. As with any new program, the
Committee expects the Department to assess this program with
metrics that will be scaled appropriately to evaluate the program’s
overall effectiveness. Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the
OJP shall brief the Committee on its implementation plan for this
program.
Community Support for Victims of Hate Crime.— In addition to
the Matthew Shepard grants, the Committee recommends
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$30,000,000 for grants awarded to community-based organizations
that will further community-based strategies for conflict resolution
and community empowerment and education. Grants will be pro-
vided to community-based organizations and civil rights groups to
implement and facilitate educational classes and community serv-
ices for defendants convicted of hate crimes directly related to the
community harmed by the offense; culturally competent and lin-
guistically appropriate public education campaigns on the collection
of data and public reporting of hate crimes; safety ambassadors to
escort vulnerable community members in public places; in-language
support for victims and/or surviving families of hate crimes, includ-
ing mental health support; provide upstander, de-escalation
trainings in multiple languages; and other community-based strate-
gies deemed appropriate for communities of color and other vulner-
able and historically disadvantaged communities.
The Committee is also concerned by the amplification that re-
sults from the increasingly interconnected problems of misogyny
and white supremacy. The Committee recommends that the De-
partment of Justice develop a comprehensive strategy to counter
growing misogyny and gender- and gender identity-related hate
crimes. This program should address the whole life cycle of hate,
from awareness, to intervention, to rehabilitation, and victim serv-
ices, in order to support comprehensive, evidence-based, whole-of-
society programs that counter the drivers of gender-based hate.
The Committee recognizes that individuals and communities that
perpetrators of hate crimes target are frequently the same individ-
uals and communities that have been historically discriminated
against and overrepresented among those investigated, arrested,
convicted, and incarcerated by law enforcement officials. Hate
crime victims include noncitizens and people with immigrant fam-
ily members who may fear immigration enforcement-related con-
sequences of contact with law enforcement. For these and other
reasons, communities affected by hate crime have called for in-
creased investment in community-based social support and advo-
cacy for victims as a necessary complement to law enforcement in-
volvement in preventing and responding to hate crime. Accordingly,
the Committee directs the agency to prioritize grants from pro-
grams for which institutions of higher education and nongovern-
mental nonprofit organizations are eligible to those applicants that
are institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations
that propose to use funding to provide services that reduce the risk
of hate crime or to provide legal, material, social, and other support
to people and institutions affected by hate crimes.
Violence Prevention and Intervention.—The Committee remains
focused on keeping our Nation safe by providing grant opportuni-
ties for violence prevention and intervention efforts. The table
above includes many grant programs focused in this area as well
as the following highlights.
Community-Based Violence Intervention Program.—The Com-
mittee recommends $100,000,000 for this new grant program in
collaboration with the CDC to implement evidence-based commu-
nity violence interventions locally that will assist local communities
in developing comprehensive violence prevention and reduction pro-
grams, including efforts to address gang and gun violence, based on
partnerships between community residents, law enforcement, local
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government agencies, and other community stakeholders. Within
the recommended amount, $10,000,000 will be directed to focus on
youth-based programs and will be funded within Juvenile Justice
Programs. The Committee expects the Department to assess this
program with metrics that will be scaled appropriately to evaluate
the program’s overall effectiveness. Within 90 days of enactment of
this Act, the OJP shall brief the Committee on its implementation
plan for this program.
National Criminal History Improvement Program.—The Com-
mittee recommends $100,000,000 for NCHIP to support States, ter-
ritories, and tribes in ensuring the effective and efficient exchange
of complete and accurate criminal-history records. These records
are necessary for criminal-justice decisions on pretrial release, ca-
reer-criminal charging, sentencing, and correctional assignments;
and for pre-employment, licensing, and other noncriminal-justice
decision-making purposes. The Committee is aware that many
State laws and policies provide for the expungement or sealing of
certain criminal records, making it possible for people with past
convictions to access employment and housing, or exercise their so-
cial and civic rights, but many States do not have the resources for
appropriate technology to effectively implement such policies. The
Committee urges the Department to ensure that grants made
under the National Criminal History Improvement Program
(NCHIP) are made available for supporting the implementation of
records systems that allow for the efficient expungement or sealing
of criminal history records.
Rural Violent Crime Initiative.—The Committee recommends
$9,000,000 to support competitive grants and technical assistance
to small law enforcement agencies in rural locations to address the
unique challenges these departments face in combatting violent
crime.
Stop School Violence Act.—The Committee recommends
$140,000,000 for the STOP School Violence Act grant program.
Within this amount, $87,000,000 is provided to the Bureau of Jus-
tice Assistance (BJA) for evidence-based school safety programs
outlined in the Act and $53,000,000 is provided within the Commu-
nity Oriented Policing Service (COPS) program. The Committee di-
rects the offices to work with other Federal agencies to notify
States, localities, tribes, and school districts of funding availability
upon release, increase training and technical assistance for school
district applicants, and provide microgrants for school districts, in-
cluding rural, tribal, and low-resourced schools. Through the STOP
School Violence Act program, school districts should use funds for
security hardening measures; evidence-based school threat assess-
ments and trainings for school personnel and students to identify
threats of school violence; locks, lighting, ballistic glass and other
deterrent measures; safety and security of school premises by uti-
lizing design elements and principles; and technology for expedited
notification of local law enforcement during an emergency and
other measures determined to provide significant improvement in
physical security of schools.
The Committee recognizes the significant emotional impact of the
COVID–19 pandemic on youth and teachers and directs BJA to
prioritize evidence-based programming and students to identify
warning signs and prevent tragedies such as suicide, mental health
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crisis, and interpersonal violence; develop and operate school-based
teams to help receive, triage, and intervene when warning signs
are reported; and create and implement anonymous reporting sys-
tems, among other allowable uses, as permitted under the Act.
Restricting Online Obscenity.—The Committee is concerned that
the expansion of unrestricted Wi-Fi in Government, Educational,
and Commercial facilities is creating unsafe public environments
due to the freely available access to online obscenity. The Com-
mittee encourages the Department to award Economic, High-tech,
White Collar and Cybercrime Prevention grants for programs that
encourage greater corporate, government, and institutional respon-
sibility for safer, more secure public Wi-Fi networks using readily
available technology solutions to filter illegal child abuse images
and obscene content.
Internet Safety Grants.—The Committee is concerned that exist-
ing Federal laws to prevent the Internet-enabled exploitation of
children have not been adequately enforced, leading to increased
harm to minors from obscenity, child pornography, predation, sex
trafficking, and cyberbullying. Within funding provided for the Eco-
nomic, High-tech, White Collar and Cybercrime Prevention grant
program, the Department is encouraged to support grants to non-
profit organizations to produce Internet safety programs, using a
comprehensive, evidence-based curriculum, to educate law enforce-
ment and adults about the dangers children face on the Internet.
Gun Buyback and Relinquishment Pilot.—The Committee pro-
vides $10,000,000 for a new pilot program that will develop, and
expand where viable, State, local, and tribal gun buyback programs
with an emphasis on buying back assault-style weapons and high-
capacity magazines in order to reduce the number in circulation.
The Committee also understands that there is a national need to
support State, local, and tribal law enforcement to develop effective
firearm relinquishment programs with an emphasis on removing
firearms from individuals newly prohibited from possessing them.
The Committee understands the program is intended to incentivize
State, local, and tribal voluntary programs, and that some States
have existing programs. The Committee encourages equal consider-
ation for both new and existing programs as the grants are evalu-
ated and awarded. As with any new pilot program, the Committee
expects the Department to assess this program with metrics that
will be scaled appropriately to evaluate the program’s overall effec-
tiveness. Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the OJP shall
brief the Committee on its implementation plan for this pilot.
Incentivization Program for Red Flag and Gun Licensing Laws.—
The Committee provides $40,000,000 for a new pilot program
aimed to incentivize States to either establish or refine existing
gun licensing and ‘‘red flag’’ laws, which allow courts to issue tem-
porary removal orders of firearms for anyone who presents a dan-
ger to themselves or others. The Committee believes this increase
will assist in expanding the presence of ‘‘red flag laws’’ and gun li-
censing laws across the country and could aid in the development
of a greater body of evidence to systematically assess how these
laws can be effectively and fairly implemented to ultimately reduce
the number of incidents of gun-related violence that have system-
atically risen in our country. The Committee is aware that there
are over a dozen States that have some form of ‘‘red flag laws’’ in
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place. The Committee encourages equal consideration for both new
and existing programs as the grants are evaluated and awarded.
As with any new pilot program, the Committee expects the Depart-
ment to assess this program with metrics that will be scaled appro-
priately to evaluate the program’s overall effectiveness. Within 90
days of enactment of this Act, the OJP shall brief the Committee
on its implementation plan for this pilot.
Hospital Based Victims of Violent Crime Interventions.—The
Committee is aware of the considerable success of crime victim ad-
vocacy programs that utilize teams of advocates who intervene with
violently-injured victims and their families immediately upon their
presenting at a hospital emergency department and continue to do
so throughout their hospitalization. Such programs have shown im-
provements in victim self-empowerment; improved utilization of
victim support services; and a reduced likelihood of re-victimization
of those who suffer penetrating wounds. The Committee instructs
the Department to support expansion of programs that utilize this
in-hospital, team-based approach and to support research to vali-
date their outcomes relative to assistance programs that do not en-
gage with victims until after their hospital discharge.
Mentally Ill Offender Act.—The Committee recommends
$45,000,000 for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Pro-
gram. The Committee is aware that there can be a correlation be-
tween those suffering from mental health disturbances and repeat
criminal offenders. Therefore, the Committee recommends that
funds allocated to the Mentally Ill Offender Act should prioritize
the operational expenses for centers that provide assistance to
those with severe mental health needs who are at risk of recidi-
vism. These mental health centers can provide, but are not limited
to, the following services: crisis care, residential treatment, out-
patient mental health and primary care services, and community
re-entry supports. The Committee recommends that funding levels
for grants made be commensurate with demonstrated community
needs.
The Committee commends the Administration’s effort to expand
partnerships between mental health providers and law enforcement
agencies. To increase effective community policing, the Committee
encourages the Department to prioritize Byrne JAG applications
that establish or continue policing initiatives focused on mental
health response.
The Committee is concerned about the high rates of re-incarcer-
ation among individuals with serious mental illness due to the in-
adequate management of their illness and encourages the Depart-
ment to include long-acting injectable anti-psychotic medications as
an allowable expense to improve treatment adherence and reduce
risk for relapse and re-incarceration.
Cybercrime as an Area of Emphasis.—The Attorney General shall
identify the hiring of cybercrime analysts and investigators and
training of law enforcement personnel and emergency dispatch per-
sonnel in areas of cybercrime as an Area of Emphasis and
prioritize grant applications that will spend JAG funds to hire and
retain those personnel for fiscal year 2022. Prioritized grant appli-
cation activities specifically include training for State or local law
enforcement personnel relating to cybercrimes against individuals;
training for State or local emergency dispatch personnel relating to
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cybercrimes against individuals; and the hiring of cybercrime ana-
lysts and investigators.
DNA Initiative.—The Committee recommends $158,000,000 for
DNA backlog and crime lab improvements to strengthen and im-
prove Federal and State DNA collection and analysis systems that
can be used to accelerate the prosecution of the guilty while simul-
taneously protecting the innocent from wrongful prosecution. The
Committee expects that OJP will make funding for DNA analysis
and capacity enhancement a priority in order to meet the purposes
of the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program. Within funds
provided, $120,000,000 is for Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction
grants, $13,000,000 is for Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA
Testing grants, and $6,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic
Exam Program grants, of which up to $2,000,000 shall be expended
to establish a Forensic Nursing Center of Excellence. A Forensic
Nursing Center of Excellence is identified as establishing a level of
excellence in forensic nursing and is qualified to prepare current
and future sexual assault nurse examiners/forensic nurse exam-
iners to be profession-ready and meet the applicable State certifi-
cation and licensure requirements. The Center shall provide train-
ing and supervision to nurses with the purpose of increasing sexual
assault forensic nurse capacity in rural areas, and in support of
population-specific programs and hospitals including, but not lim-
ited to, underserved or historically underfunded communities. Any
hospital receiving these funds shall promote best practices in foren-
sic nursing throughout the State while continuing to research and
develop the highest standards of care.
Rapid DNA.—The Committee understands that under certain
conditions, Rapid DNA technology can help law enforcement agen-
cies quickly compare DNA samples against profiles in the Com-
bined DNA Index System (CODIS) and determine possible connec-
tions between a suspect and known criminal activity or facilitate
exoneration of innocent suspects. The Committee encourages DOJ
to consider supporting broad deployment of Rapid DNA technology
that meets FBI quality assurance standards to help local, State,
and Federal law enforcement agencies meet their mission require-
ments, improve the efficacy and efficiency of investigations, and
protect and bring justice to the innocent.
Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution (PREA) Audit Quality
Initiative.—Facility audits are a key component in helping agencies
move their sexual abuse prevention and response policies from
written documents to everyday practices. Congress enhanced the
audit process in 2018 to ensure greater oversight of the audit proc-
ess and improved audits. More than two years later, these changes
have not been fully implemented by the PREA Management Office,
in large part due to insufficient resources. The Committee supports
the Department providing the necessary resources.
Opioid Abuse.—The recommendation includes $458,000,000 for
programs to reduce opioid abuse, as authorized by the Comprehen-
sive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA; Public Law 114–
198). Within this amount is $110,000,000 for drug courts;
$45,000,000 for the Mentally Ill Offender Act; $40,000,000 for Resi-
dential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT), $40,000,000 for vet-
erans treatment courts; $33,000,000 for prescription drug moni-
toring; and $190,000,000 for the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Pro-
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gram (COAP), which includes no less than $11,000,000 for addi-
tional replication sites employing the Law Enforcement Assisted
Diversion (LEAD) model, with applicants demonstration a plan for
sustainability of LEAD model diversion programs, prioritizing sites
with geographic barriers.
The Committee recognizes that the COVID–19 pandemic has
heightened the need to provide virtual transitional substance abuse
and misuse services to individuals who are incarcerated and who
struggle with substance abuse issues. By building on and
leveraging investments in medication assisted treatment and tele-
health services, the Committee supports programs that offer inter-
net-based substance abuse and misuse education, peer coaching
and case management. Such programs facilitate a seamless transi-
tion from jails to the community and reduce relapse and recidivism.
The Committee encourages the Department to support programs at
no less than $10,000,000 that provide comprehensive, virtual tran-
sition of care from jails to the community for individuals struggling
with substance abuse and misuse challenges. Priority shall be
given to under-served and under-resourced communities.
The Committee is concerned about the growing epidemic of pre-
scription drug and heroin abuse and its impact on law enforcement,
and notes that funds within this account may be used for the im-
plementation of medication-assisted treatment to help maintain ab-
stinence from all opioids and heroin.
Promoting Positive Outcomes for Veterans in the Criminal Justice
System.—The Committee recommends the Department focus on
programs that train local, State, and Native American law enforce-
ment on techniques and procedures for identifying and de-esca-
lating initial contact with veterans suffering from mental health
and substance use disorders. The Committee further recommends
the Department focus on programs to divert these veterans from
the criminal justice system and instead offer access to appropriate
medical and/or mental health treatment, to include such techniques
as mindfulness, meditation, and other alternative therapies. The
Committee directs the Department to submit a report to the Com-
mittee, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, on
programs that support these goals. The report shall include infor-
mation on current programs, including funding that supports such
programs, and results.
Supporting Local Communities.—The recommendation includes
$102,769,000 for Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants,
which includes $100,754,000 for community projects and
$2,015,000 for related agency administrative expenses, to assist
State, local, and tribal law enforcement efforts to prevent crime,
improve the criminal justice system, provide victims’ services, and
for other related activities. These project recommendations will
allow recipients the opportunity to establish and enhance any of a
variety of equipment, technology and/or programs to encourage the
continuation and enhancement of community policing efforts within
their jurisdictions. The accompanying table details funding for con-
gressionally-designated activities, which are incorporated by ref-
erence in the bill:
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BYRNE DISCRETIONARY COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS
Recipient Project Amount
A New Way of Life ........................ A New Way of Life Safe Homes—Women’s Reentry and Economic De- $250,000
velopment Initiative.
Adams County Government ........... Expanding Services to Domestic Violence Victims in Adams County ... 2,000,000
Ak-Chin Indian Community Police Ak-Chin Indian Community Police Department Equipment Moderniza- 500,000
Department. tion.
Allegheny Police Chiefs Inc. ......... Body-Worn Camera and Technology Project .......................................... 550,000
Alliance for Gun Responsibility Restorative Justice for Youth—South King County ............................... 300,000
Foundation.
Bell County .................................... Bell County Sheriff’s Department 2021 Equipment Modernization Plan 1,563,000
Bexar County Sheriff’s Office ....... Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Animal Cruelty Investigations Unit ........ 82,000
Bowie State University .................. Institute for Restorative Justice and Practices ..................................... 750,000
Broward County Sheriff’s Office ... Broward County Mental Health Diversion Project .................................. 563,000
Calhoun County Sherriff’s Depart- Calhoun County Safe Schools Initiative ................................................ 1,700,000
ment.
Carroll County Sheriff’s Office ...... Body-Worn Cameras, In-Car Cameras, for Carrol County Sheriff’s Of- 1,429,000
fice.
Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office .. Cherokee County Training Facility Equipment ....................................... 340,000
CHOICES for Victims of Domestic Safe Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence ...................................... 750,000
Violence, dba LSS CHOICES.
City of Albuquerque, Family and Trauma Recovery Center—Services for Victims of Violent Crime ........ 1,000,000
Community Services.
City of Alexandria (VA) ................. Pilot Deployment of Body-Worn Cameras in the Alexandria Police De- 600,000
partment.
City of Alexandria (LA) .................. City of Alexandria Police Body-Worn Camera Upgrade Project ............. 276,000
City of Baltimore ........................... 9-1-1 Diversion Pilot Expansion ............................................................ 2,000,000
City of Belton ................................ City of Belton Public Safety Equipment ................................................ 374,000
City of Burien ................................ City of Burien Enhanced Youth Services ............................................... 300,000
City of Charlotte ........................... Cure Violence Charlotte Implementation ............................................... 1,000,000
City of Clearwater, Florida ............ Clearwater Police Department Mental Health Co-Responder Program 144,000
City of Deerfield Beach, Florida ... Security Technology Enhancements ....................................................... 595,000
City of Detroit—Detroit Police De- Ceasefire Detroit Violence Reduction Program ...................................... 715,000
partment.
City of El Paso .............................. El Paso Police Department Body-Worn Camera Program ...................... 525,000
City of Fresno Police Department Advance Peace Fresno—Violence Prevention and Intervention Pro- 300,000
gram.
City of Glendale ............................ Expansion of Forensic Testing Services for the Verdugo Regional 700,000
Crime Laboratory.
City of Hollywood .......................... Hollywood Police Department Body-Worn Cameras ............................... 1,702,000
City of Huntington ........................ Hydraulic Lift and Associated Equipment for Motor Vehicle Investiga- 4,000
tions.
City of Indianapolis ...................... Mental Health Diversion Program .......................................................... 1,000,000
City of Largo, FL ........................... Police Officers Body-Worn Cameras for Largo Police Department ........ 230,000
City of Los Angeles, Office of City CIRCLE 24/7: Crisis and Incident Response through Community-Led 1,500,000
Homelessness Initiatives. Engagement.
City of Manassas Police Depart- Law Enforcement Mental Health and Domestic Violence Case Man- 270,000
ment. agement Team.
City of Mansfield Division of Po- City of Mansfield Division of Police Gun-shot Detection Program ....... 50,000
lice.
City of McAllen .............................. City of Mcallen Police Forensics Equipment ......................................... 250,000
City of Napa .................................. Napa County Public Safety Radio and Communication Upgrade 1,800,000
Project.
City of New Haven ........................ New Haven Community Crisis Response Team (NH CCRT) ................... 2,000,000
City of New York, Office to Pre- Crisis Management System (CMS) ........................................................ 3,000,000
vent Gun Violence.
City of Omaha ............................... Encompass Omaha: A Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program 527,000
City of Orlando .............................. City of Orlando Police Department Next Generation Body-Worn Cam- 1,200,000
eras.
City of Pelham, Georgia ................ City of Pelham—Radio Communications System Upgrade .................. 225,000
City of Portland ............................. City of Portland Violence Prevention Outreach ...................................... 200,000
City of Rialto ................................. City of Rialto Body-Worn Camera Upgrade ........................................... 700,000
City of San Jose Police Depart- Mobile Crisis Assessment Team ............................................................ 1,000,000
ment.
City of Selma, Alabama ................ Community Oriented Policing Services in Selma, Alabama .................. 550,000
City of Simi Valley ........................ Simi Valley Radio Replacement ............................................................. 1,000,000
City of Stanton .............................. North Orange County Public Safety Task Force ..................................... 5,000,000
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BYRNE DISCRETIONARY COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS—Continued
Recipient Project Amount
City of Stockton ............................ Safer Streets—Safer Communities: Group Gun Violence Reduction, 1,000,000
Ceasefire, and Firearms Reduction Program.
City of Syracuse ............................ Body-Worn Cameras for the City of Syracuse ....................................... 140,000
City of Thornton ............................ Body-Worn Cameras for the Thornton Police Department ..................... 310,000
City of Tracy Police Department ... City of Tracy Crime Reduction Program ................................................ 255,000
City of Vallejo Police Department Vallejo Police Department Community Mobile Mental Health Response 900,000
Unit Pilot Program.
Cocaine and Alcohol Awareness Cocaine and Alcohol Awareness Program, Incorporated (CAAP, Inc) 671,000
Program, Incorporated. Community Corrections Program.
Community Leaders Roundtable of Snohomish County Community-Based Diversion with CHOOSE 180 ..... 246,000
Seattle, d.b.a. CHOOSE 180.
County of El Paso, Texas .............. The Crisis Intervention Team ................................................................. 2,015,000
County of Placer ........................... Placer County Body-Worn Camera Program .......................................... 580,000
County of Ventura ......................... Ventura County Cold Case and Sexual Assault Investigation .............. 950,000
Deerpark Town Police Dept. .......... Deer Park Body-Worn Cameras .............................................................. 30,000
Delaware Criminal Justice Council Statewide Body-Worn Camera Project ................................................... 1,600,000
Delaware Criminal Justice Council Statewide Violence Reduction Project .................................................... 1,900,000
Durham County Government ......... Community Violence Intervention Project .............................................. 250,000
East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office East Baton Rouge Rapid DNA System ................................................... 686,000
Eastern Michigan University ......... Prisoner Reentry Services ....................................................................... 250,000
Educate Youth Ypsilanti ............... Police Community Relations Training Program ..................................... 149,000
Essex County Sheriff’s Department STAR Program (Supporting Transitions and Reentry) ........................... 850,000
Family Service of Rhode Island Police Go Team Critical Services and Expansion .................................. 413,000
(FSRI).
Forrest County Sheriff’s Office ..... Forrest County Sheriff’s Office Radios & Body-Worn Cameras ............. 500,000
Forsyth County Government .......... Forsyth County Substance Abuse and Intervention Program ................ 90,000
Forsyth County Government .......... Crisis Intervention Team ........................................................................ 235,000
Genesee County ............................. Genesee County Justice Partnership for Reform ................................... 768,000
Graham County Sheriff’s Depart- Graham County In-Car Radios for Patrol Cars ..................................... 91,000
ment.
Graham County Sheriff’s Depart- Graham County Sheriff Body-Worn Camera Project .............................. 53,000
ment.
Hennepin County ........................... Hennepin County Family Dependency Treatment Court ......................... 500,000
Homestead Police Department ...... Homestead Police Department Body-Worn Camera Program ................ 750,000
Houston Police Department .......... Houston Police Department Advocates for Violent Crime Victims ........ 975,000
Huckleberry House, Inc. ................ Central Ohio Youth Homelessness Support for Victims of Crime ......... 610,000
JEVS Human Services ................... The Choice is Yours ............................................................................... 400,000
Johnstown Police Department ....... Johnstown Police Department Mobile Office Technology Project ........... 79,000
Kansas City, Missouri Health De- Aim4Peace Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program ................... 250,000
partment.
Kings County ................................. King’s County Deputy Sheriff’s Body-Worn Camera Project .................. 413,000
Lackawanna County Government .. Lackawanna County Gun and Gang Reduction and Intelligence 2,000,000
Project (GGRIP).
Lansing Police Department ........... Lansing Police Department—Lansing Crisis Assessment Team (LCAT) 1,342,000
Law Enforcement Planning Com- Modular Medical Examiner’s Office Suite—Equipment ........................ 659,000
mission.
Lifebridge Health, Inc. .................. LifeBridge Health Community Violence Cessation ................................. 600,000
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade, Brotherhood Crusade and 2nd Call: Answering the Second Call—A 220,000
Black United Fund, Inc.. Holistic, Culturally-Responsive, Trauma-Informed Re-Entry Program.
Louisiana Office of State Police ... Less-Than-Lethal Technology Training Center Equipment .................... 2,300,000
Lower Richland Alumni Founda- The Lower Richland Alumni Foundation Community Cares Project ...... 800,000
tion.
Lucas County Sheriff’s Office ....... Lucas County Jail Mental Health Evaluation and Stabilization Wing 2,000,000
Planning and Design.
Lutheran Settlement House .......... Strengthening Supports for Victims of Domestic Violence ................... 125,000
Marion County Prosecutors Office Marion County Prosecutor’s Office Second Chance Workshops ............ 96,000
Menifee County Sheriff’s Office .... Menifee County Schools Security Project ............................................... 529,000
Miami-Dade Police Department .... Operation Safe Ride—Public Safety Program ....................................... 2,010,000
Morrow County Sheriff’s Office ..... Morrow County Sheriff’s Office Radio Communications System ........... 288,000
Mothers in Charge ........................ Mothers In Charge Prevention, Intervention and Education (PIE) ........ 100,000
Municipality of Utuado ................. Law Enforcement Equipment and Technology for the Utuado Munic- 116,000
ipal Police.
National Institute for Criminal Youth ALIVE! and Community & Youth Outreach (CYO) ....................... 500,000
Justice Reform.
Nevada Department of Public From Supervision to Success—Recidivism Reduction Program ........... 235,000
Safety Parole and Probation.
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BYRNE DISCRETIONARY COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS—Continued
Recipient Project Amount
New Britain Police Department .... Improving Community Youth & Police Relations in New Britain .......... 15,000
New Hanover County Sheriff’s De- Forensic DNA Technology ....................................................................... 400,000
partment.
New York City Police Department Critical Response Command K9-Training and Equipment .................... 350,000
New York City Police Department Forensic Equipment ................................................................................ 2,000,000
New York City Police Department Personal Protective Equipment .............................................................. 550,000
Newark Community Street Team, Newark Community Street Team High Risk Intervention Expansion ..... 471,000
Inc..
NMI Judiciary ................................. Technical Assistance to Determine the Viability of a Mental Health 303,000
Treatment Court with a Specific Docket for Veterans.
Oak Park Department of Public Oak Park Body-Worn and In-Car Cameras ............................................ 560,000
Safety.
Orange County .............................. Coordinated Reentry Center—Programs and Services .......................... 5,000,000
Pinellas County Justice Center ..... Pinellas County Intercept Unit ............................................................... 200,000
Portage County Sheriff’s Office .... Body-Worn and In-Car Cameras for Patrol ........................................... 616,000
Prince William County Police De- Police Use of Force Assessment, Evaluation, and Analysis .................. 250,000
partment.
Raleigh/Wake City-County Bureau Raleigh/Wake City-County Bureau of Identification DNA Testing 500,000
of Identification. Equipment.
Ramsey County ............................. Ramsey County Community Violence Prevention Project ....................... 900,000
Safelight, Inc. ................................. Safelight Child Advocacy Center ........................................................... 300,000
Samadhi Center Inc. ...................... Samadhi Center SNUGS Program .......................................................... 430,000
San Antonino Police Department .. San Antonio Mental Health Unit Expansion .......................................... 1,000,000
Schuylkill County ........................... Schuylkill County Intermediate Punishment Facility Equipment ........... 1,064,000
Southern Methodist University ...... Combatting Human Trafficking ............................................................. 1,187,000
Spokane Sheriff’s Department ...... Spokane Sheriff’s Department Rapid DNA Technology .......................... 480,000
Stafford Township Police Depart- On POINT—Proactive Outreach in Needs and Treatment Program Ex- 32,000
ment. pansion.
State of Hawaii, Department of DLNR/Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement Academy 340,000
Land and Natural Resources. Program.
The City of Grand Rapids ............. Cure Violence Grand Rapids .................................................................. 600,000
The City of Opa-Locka Police De- Opa-Locka Gunshot Detection Violence Reduction Initiative ................ 109,000
partment.
The Connie Rice Institute for Urban Peace Institute and Chapter TWO: South Los Angeles Peace 220,000
Urban Peace. Ambassadors.
Toberman Neighborhood Center .... Toberman Neighborhood Center San Pedro Violence Interruption 1,000,000
through Gang Deterrence Program.
U.S. Institute Against Human Combatting Human Trafficking in the State of Florida ........................ 750,000
Trafficking.
University of Maryland Medical University of Maryland Medical Center R Adams Cowley Shock Trau- 497,000
Center R Adams Cowley Shock ma Violence Prevention Program.
Trauma Violence Prevention Pro-
gram.
University of South Alabama ........ Department Community-Based Crisis Intervention Training and Sup- 500,000
port for Primary Responders.
University Park Police Department University Park Police Department Body-Worn Cameras ....................... 20,000
UTEC, Inc. ..................................... Supports for Proven Risk Youth and Young Adults in Haverhill .......... 500,000
Village of Hoffman Estates .......... Village of Hoffman Estates Domestic Violence Project ......................... 150,000
Village of Maywood ....................... Maywood Alternative Policing Strategies, Junior (MAPS, JR) ................ 621,000
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Framework ...................... 996,000
Wolcott Police Department ............ Fixed Network Equipment Upgrade for Wolcott Police Department ...... 3,200,000
Young Women’s Christian Asso- YWCA Greater Los Angeles Sexual Assault Response Team Project 300,000
ciation of Greater Los Angeles. (SART).
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
The Committee recommends $494,000,000 for Juvenile Justice
programs, which is $148,000,000 above fiscal year 2021 and
$302,000,000 below the request. Funds are distributed as follows:
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JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Part B—State Formula ........................................................................................................................................ $80,000
Grants:
Emergency Planning—Juvenile Detention Facilities ................................................................................... (500)
Youth Mentoring Grants ....................................................................................................................................... 110,000
Title V—Delinquency Prevention Incentive Grants .............................................................................................. 60,000
Prevention of Trafficking of Girls ................................................................................................................ (6,000)
Tribal Youth ................................................................................................................................................. (14,000)
Children of Incarcerated Parents Web Portal ............................................................................................. (500)
Girls in the Justice System ......................................................................................................................... (9,000)
Opioid Affected Youth Initiative .................................................................................................................. (12,000)
Children Exposed to Violence ...................................................................................................................... (10,000)
Victims of Child Abuse Programs ........................................................................................................................ 40,000
Missing and Exploited Children Programs ........................................................................................................... 109,000
Training for Judicial Personnel ............................................................................................................................ 5,000
Juvenile Indigent Defense .................................................................................................................................... 10,000
Alternatives to Youth Incarceration Initiative ...................................................................................................... 50,000
Community Violence Intervention Initiative ......................................................................................................... 10,000
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants ................................................................................................................... 20,000
Total, Juvenile Justice ................................................................................................................................. $494,000
Alternatives to Youth Incarceration.—The Committee rec-
ommends $50,000,000 to develop a new initiative to fund states to
close and repurpose youth prisons. Funding should be used by
State grantees to support a robust planning process to help redirect
resources freed up by youth prison closures to support more effec-
tive alternatives to incarceration and community-based programs
for system-involved youth; needed services and opportunities out-
side of the justice system; and to address economic impact of youth
prison closures on communities, such as the re-employment of laid-
off employees of youth prisons. In addition, the Committee expects
these funds would be utilized to assist States in closing youth pris-
ons and directing State and local resources to support more effec-
tive community-based services and supports for young people in-
volved in the juvenile justice system and their families, as well as
provide workforce development for correctional staff who will need
new employment upon facility closures.
Arts-based programs.—The Committee strongly supports a com-
prehensive and innovative approach to programs that work to im-
prove the lives of the youth in our communities. The Office of Juve-
nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is encouraged to partner
with leaders in the arts communities and art stakeholders to estab-
lish a demonstration program focused on providing competitive
grants to partnerships between arts organizations and juvenile jus-
tice systems, programs, and nonprofit organizations, to pilot prom-
ising and effective art-based and art therapy models for youth at-
risk of, or engaged with, the juvenile justice systems.
Missing and Exploited Children Programs.—The recommenda-
tion includes $109,000,000 for missing and exploited children pro-
grams, which is $15,000,000 above fiscal year 2021 and
$11,000,000 below the request.
The Committee recommends $60,000,000 for task force grants,
training and technical assistance, research and statistics, and ad-
ministrative costs for the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC)
program as authorized under Public Law 110–401. The Depart-
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ment is directed to include in its ICAC Task Force grant solicita-
tion a prioritization of proactive investigations of suspects pos-
sessing, distributing, or producing violent and sadistic child sexual
abuse imagery. The Committee also encourages the Department to
encourage ICAC grantees to dedicate increased efforts to proactive
investigations, which have demonstrated potential to rescue chil-
dren.
The Department is encouraged to support the development, re-
finement, and technological advancement of widely used tools,
methods, and technologies that address child sexual exploitation
and trafficking.
The Committee recognizes the diverse and unique challenges
identified in the report to Congress directed by the Ashlynne Mike
AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act (Public Law 115–166) for the
integration of State AMBER Alert communications plans and tribal
systems. Within the funds provided, the Committee recommends no
less than $4,400,000 for the operation and activities of the existing
AMBER Alert program. Of the funds provided for AMBER Alert ac-
tivities, $1,000,000 shall be directed to addressing State/tribal inte-
gration consistent with (1) the findings of the report directed in
Public Law 115–166 and (2) a long-term budget and plan by the
Department for implementation across all States with affected
Tribal communities. The Committee directs the Department to sub-
mit to the Committee a long-term budget and plan for implementa-
tion across all States with affected tribal communities, not later
than 90 days after enactment of this Act.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Trans-
parency.—The Committee recognizes the important work done by
the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
to find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and pre-
vent child victimization. According to estimates, Federal funding
comprised over 80 percent of NCMEC’s budget for exploited chil-
dren programs in 2019 and over 70 percent in 2020. Despite this
significant Federal financial support, as a private non-profit organi-
zation, NCMEC is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) and has minimal statutory disclosure requirements. In
order to better understand whether NCMEC is working effectively
to achieve its organizational mission, the Committee directs the
agency to issue a report within 60 days of the enactment of this
Act that includes statistics for the preceding year detailing: (1) the
number of tips to the Cybertipline containing child sexual abuse
material (CSAM) disaggregated by how many images and videos
are deemed to be unique using hash-matching technology; (2) the
number of tips to the Cybertipline containing CSAM with unique
images and videos after deconfliction or deduplication of visually
similar imagery; (3) the number of unique image and video files re-
viewed by the Child Victim Identification Program (CVIP); (4) the
total number of unique image and video files reviewed by the CVIP
disaggregated by whether there was a known or suspected relation-
ship between the suspected offender and the victim, including
disaggregation by the type of relationship; and (5) the number of
unidentified minor victims added to the National Center for Miss-
ing and Exploited Children’s image repository for the first time.
Preventing trafficking of girls.—The recommendation includes
$6,000,000 for grants for nonprofits and other nongovernmental en-
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tities that have undergone rigorous evaluation and have a success-
ful track record of administering research-based prevention and
early intervention programs for girls who are vulnerable to traf-
ficking and are most likely to end up in the juvenile justice system.
Funds shall be used to scale up and replicate these programs. This
expansion will bolster prevention and early intervention strategies
and curricula throughout the country, and place vulnerable girls on
a path toward success, stability, and long-term contribution to our
society.
Victims of Child Abuse Programs.—The recommendation includes
$40,000,000 for Victims of Child Abuse (VOCA) programs, which is
$10,000,000 above fiscal year 2021. The Committee is aware that
statutes of limitation laws have prevented survivors of child sexual
abuse, child exploitation, and child sex trafficking from seeking jus-
tice when their trauma causes them to delay disclosure of their
abuse until later in life. The Department is encouraged to prioritize
awards to grantees in States that are actively working to review
and revise civil and criminal statutes of limitations laws and ave-
nues for reviving time-barred civil claims for child sexual abuse,
child exploitation, and child sex trafficking for adults who were a
child at the time of the sexual abuse claim in question.
Youth mentoring grants.—The recommendation includes
$110,000,000 for youth mentoring grants, which is $10,000,000
above fiscal year 2021.
The Committee recognizes the success of the Youth Mentoring
program. Through trusted peer-to-peer mentoring relationships, in
the community and in schools, Youth Mentoring grantees can pro-
vide needed attention and support to at-risk children. Mentoring
relationships enhance a child’s overall well-being by improving
their emotional, social, and educational development.
The Committee believes that the Department must take a more
aggressive approach to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline and
limit out-of-school suspensions. The Committee encourages the De-
partment to explore implementing programs that are focused on
disadvantaged students of color in elementary and secondary
school; available to all schools in all districts; and include a cur-
riculum that prevents unnecessary trauma and harm; incorporates
positive alternatives to suspension, in-school arrests, and expul-
sion; and promotes educational development and attainment. The
Committee looks forward to the report directed in House Reports
116–101 and 116–455, detailing how the Department could partner
with relevant stakeholders to implement such a program.
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends a total of $156,800,000 for the Pub-
lic Safety Officer Benefits program, which is $13,000,000 above fis-
cal year 2021 and the same as the request. Within the funds pro-
vided, $122,000,000 is for death benefits for survivors, an amount
estimated by the Congressional Budget Office that is considered
mandatory for scorekeeping purposes. Also within the total,
$34,800,000 is recommended for disability benefits for public safety
officers who are permanently and totally disabled as a result of a
catastrophic injury sustained in the line of duty, and for education
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benefits for the spouses and children of officers who are killed in
the line of duty or who are permanently and totally disabled as a
result of a catastrophic injury sustained in the line of duty.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $450,881,000 for Community Ori-
ented Policing Services (COPS) Programs, which is $64,881,000
above fiscal year 2021 and $200,119,000 below the request. Funds
are distributed as follows:
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
COPS Hiring Grants .............................................................................................................................................. $245,000
Improving Tribal Law Enforcement Resources ............................................................................................ (29,500)
Regional Information Sharing Activities ..................................................................................................... (44,000)
Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act .................................................................................... (8,000)
Tribal Access Program ................................................................................................................................ (3,000)
Civilian Review Boards ............................................................................................................................... (4,000)
Community Policing Development/Training and Technical Assistance ............................................................... 35,000
Police Act .............................................................................................................................................................. 11,000
Anti-Methamphetamine Task Forces .................................................................................................................... 15,000
Anti-Heroin Task Forces ....................................................................................................................................... 35,000
STOP School Violence Act ..................................................................................................................................... 53,000
COPS Technology and Equipment Community Projects ....................................................................................... 56,881
Total, Community Oriented Policing Services ............................................................................................. $450,881
Active shooter response.—The recommendation includes
$11,000,000 for the POLICE Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199). The
Committee notes the importance of training partnerships that offer
nationwide, dynamic force-on-force scenario-based training. The
Committee understands the training has been adopted by numer-
ous States and agencies as their standard active shooter training
and that the FBI has adopted this program as its national training
standard for active shooter response.
As Congress works to reduce gun violence by enacting universal
background checks and other gun safety measures, it is critical
that all educational institutions, including our schools and univer-
sities, receive adequate training and assistance in responding to ac-
tive shooter situations and that such training involves campus po-
lice officers who are particularly critical to the initial response in
these situations.
The Committee directs the Department of Justice to ensure that
such grants authorized under the POLICE Act be made available
for primary schools, secondary schools, and college campuses, and
that such training is integrated with campus police officers and
local law enforcement.
The Department shall report to the Committee, within 180 days
of enactment, on the number of schools that have received active
shooter training and the number of schools’ campus police officer
units that have received active shooter training in connection with
this program over the last three fiscal years.
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Community Policing Development (CPD).—The Committee rec-
ommends $35,000,000 for CPD, for competitive grants provided di-
rectly to law enforcement, including training programs. Of this
amount, (1) $15,000,000 is for officer training in de-escalation tech-
niques, of which no less than $4,000,000 is for grants to regional
de-escalation training centers that are administered by accredited
institutions of higher education and offer de-escalation training cer-
tified by a national certification program; (2) $5,000,000 is for as-
sisting agencies with gaining accreditation to ensure compliance
with national and international standards covering all aspects of
law enforcement policies, procedures, practices, and operations, of
which no less than $1,500,000 is to be provided for small and rural
law enforcement agencies for this purpose; (3) $3,000,000 is for the
CPD Microgrants program, which provides funding for demonstra-
tion and pilot projects that offer creative ideas to advance crime
fighting, community engagement, problem solving, and organiza-
tional changes to support community policing; (4) $2,000,000 is for
grants to support tolerance, diversity, and anti-bias training pro-
grams offered by organizations with well-established experience
training law enforcement personnel and criminal justice profes-
sionals; and (5) $10,000,000 for grants to States to embed mental
and behavioral health services with law enforcement, including
training programs. The Committee directs the Department to pro-
vide a status update on the program within 60 days of the enact-
ment of this Act.
Civilian Review Boards.—Within the amount provided for COPS,
the Committee recommends $4,000,000 for grants for the develop-
ment of best practices for, and the creation of, civilian review
boards to oversee local police departments. Civilian review boards
funded under this program should be independent and adequately
resourced, have investigatory authority and staff subpoena power,
have representative community diversity, have policy making au-
thority, provide advocates for civilian complainants, have manda-
tory police power to conduct hearings, and conduct statistical stud-
ies on prevailing complaint trends.
Law Enforcement Screening and Training to Eliminate Bias.—
The Committee recognizes the importance to effective policing of
law enforcement personnel reflecting the communities they serve,
and of officers identifying and eliminating biases that impair their
ability to earn and maintain community trust, and carry out their
duties fairly. In addition, to fulfill their mission, law enforcement
agencies should implement best practices to prevent active pro-
ponents of white supremacy and violent anti-government extre-
mism from joining their ranks, and to eliminate such individuals
from officers corps. The Committee encourages the Department to
provide the highest priority to COPS Hiring program applicants
and law enforcement agencies that request support for screening
and counseling programs to identify and prevent the radicalization
of applicants and personnel who endorse violent and hateful ex-
tremist movements. The Committee further encourages the Depart-
ment to prioritize COPS Hiring grants to program applicants and
law enforcement agencies that require their employees to complete
trainings on ethnic and racial bias, racial profiling, gender bias,
sexual orientation and gender identity bias, and/or cultural diver-
sity.
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Police Accountability and Community.—The Committee urges the
Department to make funds available to help nonprofit organiza-
tions, institutions of higher education, community groups, youth
groups, and faith-based organizations facilitate organized dialogues
that bring together community members and law enforcement offi-
cers so that they may collaborate to develop shared goals that will
enhance the collective safety of the community. The dialogues
should include diverse groups of community members, local elected
officials, law enforcement leaders and officers, business leaders,
and community members, including youth groups, to assess the
state of police-community relations in States and local commu-
nities. The Department is further urged to partner with these orga-
nizations to develop strategies that will result in concrete action
items that will improve the relationships between the police and
the communities and further the goal of enhancing collective safe-
ty. Within 180 days of enactment of this Act, the Department shall
submit a progress report to the Committee on the results of the
dialogues as well as on any law enforcement practices that have
changed as a result of the dialogues.
Regional Information Sharing Activities.—Regional information
sharing activities play a key role in assisting our local, State and
Federal law enforcement agencies fight crime and terrorism. This
recommendation provides $44,000,000, which is $4,000,000 above
fiscal year 2021 for grants to State and local law enforcement for
these activities.
STOP School Violence Act.—The recommendation includes
$53,000,000, which is equal to the fiscal year 2021 level for evi-
dence-based school hardening measures including metal detectors,
locks, lighting, ballistic glass, and other deterrent measures in co-
ordination with law enforcement, as well as training for local law
enforcement officers to prevent student violence, technology for ex-
pedited notification of local law enforcement during an emergency,
and other measures determined to provide significant improvement
in physical security of schools.
School resource officers.—The Committee supports strategies that
improve school climate in order to reduce harmful, disproportionate
suspensions, expulsions, and arrests of students of color, and to
protect the civil liberties of students in school.
COPS Technology and Equipment Community Projects.—The rec-
ommendation includes $56,881,000 for grants to State, local, and
Tribal law enforcement which includes $55,766,000 for community
projects and $1,115,000 for related agency administrative expenses,
to develop and acquire effective technologies and interoperable
communications that assist in responding to and preventing crime.
These project recommendations will allow recipients the oppor-
tunity to establish and enhance any of a variety of technical equip-
ment and/or programs to encourage the continuation and enhance-
ment of community policing efforts within their jurisdictions. These
projects should help improve police effectiveness and the flow of in-
formation among law enforcement agencies, local government serv-
ice providers, and the communities they serve.
COPS is directed to ensure that all equipment funded under this
program meets the requirements of the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology Office of Law Enforcement Standards. The ac-
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companying table details funding for congressionally designated ac-
tivities, which are incorporated by reference in the bill:
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Recipient Project Amount
Camden County Police Department Cameras to Monitor Illegal Dumping .................................................... $500,000
Chicago Police Department ............ Chicago Integrated Intelligence Strategy Program Equipment ............. 500,000
Chittenden County Public Safety Chittenden County Public Safety Authority Regional Dispatch Cen- 750,000
Authority. ter—Equipment.
City of Alamo .................................. City of Alamo Police Radio Equipment .................................................. 540,000
City of Clinton Police Department Radio Upgrades and Repeater Placement ............................................. 173,000
City of Elk Grove ............................ Elk Grove Police Department Communications Center Equipment ....... 520,000
City of Fremont ............................... City of Fremont Emergency Dispatch System ........................................ 250,000
City of Glendale .............................. Glendale 911 Communication Center Upgrades ................................... 480,000
City of Greensboro .......................... Computer Aided Dispatch System Replacement for the City of 3,000,000
Greensboro, NC.
City of Huntington .......................... Nationally Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) Terminal 219,000
City of Lemoore .............................. City of Lemoore Police Dispatch ............................................................ 1,000,000
City of Monroeville .......................... Monroeville Police Department Security Cameras ................................. 125,000
City of Monrovia ............................. Monrovia Public Safety Critical Communications Replacement Project 843,000
City of Pomona—Police Depart- Police Radio Upgrades ........................................................................... 3,404,000
ment.
City of Saint Paul ........................... Saint Paul Police Department Portable Radio Replacement ................. 2,000,000
City of Sparks ................................. First Responder Radio Equipment ......................................................... 1,000,000
City of Suffolk ................................ Suffolk Emergency Communication Center Computer Aided Dis- 3,492,000
patching (CAD) and Police Records Management System (RMS)
Replacement.
City of Tampa ................................. COPS Technology Enhancement ............................................................. 382,000
City of Vancouver ........................... City of Vancouver Police Camera Program ............................................ 1,500,000
City of West Wendover ................... Police Interoperability Equipment .......................................................... 376,000
City of Wilkes-Barre ....................... City of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania’s Community Policing Technology 2,100,000
and Equipment Initiative.
City of Winston-Salem, NC ............. Winston-Salem Police Department Real Time Crime Center Technology 273,000
Upgrades.
Coos County .................................... Coos County Emergency Radio Communications System ...................... 231,000
County of Northampton .................. Eastern Shore of Virginia’s Regional Public Safety Radio Communica- 8,245,000
tions System.
Gary Police Department .................. Technology Upgrades—Gary Police Department ................................... 500,000
Hamilton County Department of Hamilton County P25 Radio System Enhancement ............................... 1,600,000
Communications.
Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office .... Communication Technology Improvement .............................................. 210,000
Johnson County Fiscal Court .......... Johnson County First Responder Communications Project .................... 859,000
Manchester Police Department ...... Manchester Gunshot Recognition Technology ........................................ 300,000
Marion County—Finance Depart- Marion County Public Safety Radio System Upgrade and Repairs ....... 1,200,000
ment.
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office License Plate Reader ................... 25,000
Nevada County Sheriff’s Depart- Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Radio Infrastructure Improvements .... 4,800,000
ment.
Norwich Police Department ............ Norwich Police Department Computer Aided Dispatch and Records 700,000
Management System.
Oceanside Police Department ........ In-Car Camera System ........................................................................... 587,000
Pinellas County Government .......... Pinellas County Consolidated Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) System 1,750,000
Prince George’s County Government Mobile Camera System .......................................................................... 442,000
San Luis Obispo County ................. County of San Luis Obispo Public Safety Communication System ....... 5,600,000
South Beaver Township Police De- South Beaver Township Police Department Communication System 224,000
partment. Improvement Project.
SouthCom Combined Dispatch SouthCom Technology Upgrades ............................................................ 276,000
Center.
Strafford County Sheriff’s Depart- Strafford County Sheriff Radio Systems ................................................ 752,000
ment.
The Borough of Leonia ................... The Strengthening Public Safety Communications Project ................... 250,000
Town of Paradise ............................ Upgraded Radios for Paradise Police Department ................................ 615,000
Union City Police Department ........ Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) for a Safer Union City ...................... 1,100,000
Union County, New Jersey .............. Union County, New Jersey, Law Enforcement Interoperable Commu- 1,270,000
nications Expansion and Upgrades.
Village of East Alton ...................... East Alton Law Enforcement Cameras .................................................. 25,000
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COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT COMMUNITY
PROJECTS—Continued
Recipient Project Amount
Waterford Township Police Depart- 911 Dispatch-Emergency Operations Center Technology Upgrades ...... 250,000
ment.
Westmoreland County Department Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety Backup 9-1-1 ...... 528,000
of Public Safety.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee has included the following general provisions for
the Department of Justice:
Section 201 makes available additional reception and representa-
tion funding for the Attorney General from the amounts provided
in this title.
Section 202 prohibits the use of funds to require any person to
perform or facilitate the performance of an abortion.
Section 203 establishes that the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons is obliged to provide escort services to an inmate receiving an
abortion outside of a Federal facility, except where this obligation
conflicts with the preceding section.
Section 204 establishes requirements and procedures for transfer
proposals.
Section 205 prohibits the use of certain funds for transporting
prisoners classified as maximum or high security, other than to a
facility certified by the Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure.
Section 206 prohibits the use of funds for the purchase or rental
by Federal prisons of audiovisual equipment, services and mate-
rials used primarily for recreational purposes, except for those
items and services needed for inmate training, religious, or edu-
cational purposes.
Section 207 requires review by the Deputy Attorney General and
the Department Investment Review Board prior to the obligation or
expenditure of funds for major information technology projects.
Section 208 requires the Department to follow reprogramming
procedures for any deviation from the program amounts specified
in this title or the accompanying report, or the reuse of deobligated
funds provided in previous years.
Section 209 prohibits the use of funds for OMB Circular A–76
competitions for work performed by employees of the Bureau of
Prisons or of the Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
Section 210 prohibits U.S. Attorneys from holding additional re-
sponsibilities that exempt U.S. Attorneys from statutory residency
requirements.
Section 211 permits up to 2 percent of grant and reimbursement
program funds made available to the Office of Justice Programs to
be used for training and technical assistance, and up to 2 percent
of grant funds made available to that office to be used for criminal
justice research, evaluation and statistics by the National Institute
of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Section 212 provides cost-share waivers for certain DOJ grant
programs.
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Section 213 waives the requirement that the Attorney General
reserve certain funds from amounts provided for offender incarcer-
ation.
Section 214 prohibits funds, other than funds for the National In-
stant Criminal Background Check System established under the
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, from being used to facili-
tate the transfer of an operable firearm to a known or suspected
agent of a drug cartel where law enforcement personnel do not con-
tinuously monitor or control such firearm.
Section 215 permits DOJ to participate in Performance Partner-
ship Pilot collaboration programs.
Section 216 provides for the use of offsetting collections credited
to and made available in the Working Capital Fund.
Section 217 prohibits EOIR’s use of case completion quotas in im-
migration judge performance evaluations.
Section 218 prohibits funds to move a Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms and Explosives facility.
Section 219 the awarding of funds under the Byrne JAG or
COPS programs unless the United States Attorney General cer-
tifies that the recipient State or unit of local government satisfies
several conditions.
Section 220 prohibits Department of Justice funding from being
made available to any law enforcement agency of any State, unit
of local government, or federally-recognized Tribal Government un-
less the Attorney General has certified that such agency has begun
or completed the process of receiving accreditation from a law en-
forcement accreditation organization approved by the Attorney
General.
Section 221 prohibits the awarding of funds under the Byrne
JAG or COPS programs unless the United States Attorney General
certifies that the recipient State or unit of local government has in
effect a law prohibiting sexual activity while acting under color of
law.
Section 222 authorizes a National Task Force on Law Enforce-
ment Oversight.
TITLE III
SCIENCE
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
The Committee recommends $7,152,000 for the Office of Science
and Technology Policy (OSTP), which is $1,608,000 above the fiscal
year 2021 enacted level.
Climate Change Adaptation.—The Committee supports the direc-
tion provided by Executive Order 14008 regarding climate adapta-
tion and resilience and the mandate for each Federal agency to
produce annual Climate Action Plans. The Committee is concerned
about the quality of these action plans and the climate information
on which they are based. Therefore, the Committee provides
$500,000 and directs OSTP, in collaboration with NOAA and the
U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), to develop, and
make public, guidance for Federal agencies as they create and up-
date their Climate Action Plans and annual progress reports to (1)
assist agencies in identifying and accessing quality and appropriate
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climate information; (2) ensure consistent application of climate in-
formation parameters, including but not limited to timeframes,
emissions scenarios, and risk tolerance levels; (3) ensure appro-
priate interpretation of climate information; and (4) ensure consist-
ency across agencies with regard to the scope of the evaluations of
the impacts of climate change to their operations, capabilities, fa-
cilities, and public services.
Further, the Committee directs OSTP, in collaboration with
NOAA and USGCRP, to review agency Climate Action Plans to as-
sess the appropriateness of the climate information that was used,
including parameters such as the timeframes, emissions scenarios,
and risk tolerance. OSTP shall, not later than 90 days after the en-
actment of this Act, provide the Committee with a detailed briefing
on the findings from this review as well as its plan to provide guid-
ance to the agencies to improve the quality and consistency of fu-
ture climate action plans.
Federally Funded Scientific Research.—The Committee recog-
nizes the considerable progress made by OSTP in bringing to com-
pletion the department and agency public access plans called for by
the OSTP Memorandum ‘‘Increasing Access to the Results of Feder-
ally Funded Scientific Research,’’ issued February 22, 2013. The
Committee understands that 22 departments and agencies with an-
nual expenditures on research and development of $100,000,000 or
more now have completed their public access plans for increasing
access to peer-reviewed scholarly publications and digital data re-
sulting from Federally funded research. The Committee encourages
OSTP to continue its efforts to coordinate the implementation of
public access policies across Federal departments and agencies and
to identify additional opportunities to enhance access to the results
of Federally funded research. The Committee received OSTP’s
quarterly progress reports regarding department and agency public
access planning efforts, the most recent report being issued on Jan-
uary 9, 2017. Further, OSTP shall report to the Committee on an
annual basis on the progress of departments and agencies in imple-
menting their public access plans, including relevant measures of
progress, and regarding additional steps being taken to improve ac-
cess to the results of Federally funded research. In addition, at
least 90 days prior to making any changes to the Federal Govern-
ment’s public access policies as outlined in the 2013 OSTP memo-
randum on ‘‘Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded
Scientific Research’’, the Committee directs OSTP to submit to the
Committee a report on the costs and budgetary impact of such
changes. The report shall include a complete analysis of any newly-
created costs, including any potential new costs for grant recipi-
ents.
Arctic Observing System.—The Committee recognizes the signifi-
cant impacts of the changing climate in the Arctic, which have dra-
matically outpaced the changes on the rest of the planet. Unfortu-
nately, the Nation’s ability to monitor, detect, and understand ma-
rine, terrestrial, and atmospheric changes and their implications
for the rest of the planet is limited by the insufficient observing fa-
cilities in the Arctic. The Committee therefore directs OSTP, no
later than 270 days after the enactment of this Act, to provide the
Committee with a report on the need to establish and maintain a
sustained Arctic observing network, including recommendations on
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the implementation and construction of such a network. The report
should be developed in coordination with relevant Federal agencies
and include ally Arctic nations, as appropriate.
Microbiome.—The Committee requests an update from the Na-
tional Science and Technology Council on the implementation of
the Interagency Strategic Plan for Microbiome Research, which was
developed by the Microbiome Interagency Working Group, and in
particular, any proposal for the continuation of the plan at its com-
pletion in 2022. The Committee encourages OSTP to prioritize
leveraging the National Microbiome Data Collaborative at the De-
partment of Energy to ensure cross-agency collaboration and inte-
gration of microbiome datasets.
Career Technical Education (CTE) and Science, Technology, En-
gineering, and Math (STEM) Education and Workforce Pipeline
Strategy.—The Committee supports improving the coordination of
Federal efforts involved in growing and sustaining a robust STEM
and skilled technical workforce. The Committee recognizes the Of-
fice of Science and Technology Policy’s coordinating role of federal
programs and activities relating to STEM education on the Com-
mittee on STEM Education. The Committee directs the Director to
participate and coordinate as an essential federal stakeholder with
department secretaries working to create a national CTE and
STEM Education and Workforce Pipeline Strategy.
NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL
The Committee recommends $1,965,000 for the National Space
Council, which is equal to the fiscal year 2021 appropriation and
equal to the request.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
The Committee recommends $25,038,400,000 for the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which is an in-
crease of $1,767,122,000 over the fiscal year 2021 appropriation
and $236,900,000 above the request.
NASA’s fiscal year 2022 request places a welcome emphasis on
Earth science and aeronautics research, and STEM education,
while also continuing human exploration and increasing our under-
standing of the solar system and beyond. NASA is meeting its re-
sponsibility to help lead a whole-of-government approach to helping
Americans prepare for and respond to a changing climate. NASA’s
research will dramatically improve and streamline the collection
and analysis of data that is critical to enhancing our understanding
of climate change and our response to it. For the first time since
fiscal year 2017, the Administration’s budget submission requests
funding for the Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM), and pro-
poses a significant increase to that account. The Committee sup-
ports this increase and includes funding to greatly expand NASA’s
Office of STEM Engagement.
The Committee’s program and project recommendations for
NASA are included in the consolidated funding table below and in
narrative direction throughout this report. The Committee reminds
NASA that any deviations from the amounts included in the table
below are subject to section 505 requirements of this Act. When
executing its budget for fiscal year 2022, NASA shall incorporate
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the funding levels established in both the table and the narrative
direction.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
(In thousands of dollars)
Program Amount
Science:
Earth Science .............................................................................................................................................. $2,250,000
Planetary Science ........................................................................................................................................ 3,234,800
Astrophysics ................................................................................................................................................. 1,446,300
James Webb Space Telescope ..................................................................................................................... 175,400
Heliophysics ................................................................................................................................................. 773,000
Biological and Physical Science ................................................................................................................. 90,000
Total, Science ....................................................................................................................................................... 7,969,500
Aeronautics ........................................................................................................................................................... 935,000
Space Technology ................................................................................................................................................. 1,280,000
Exploration:
Orion Multi-purpose Crew Vehicle ............................................................................................................... 1,406,700
Space Launch System (SLS) Vehicle Deployment ....................................................................................... 2,635,900
Exploration Ground Systems ........................................................................................................................ 690,000
Exploration Research and Development ...................................................................................................... 2,546,700
Total, Exploration .................................................................................................................................................. 7,279,300
Space Operations ................................................................................................................................................. 3,961,300
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) ............................................................................. 147,000
Safety, Security and Mission Services ................................................................................................................. 3,030,000
Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration ........................................................................... 390,300
Office of Inspector General .................................................................................................................................. 46,000
Total, NASA ........................................................................................................................................................... $25,038,400
SCIENCE
The Committee provides $7,969,500,000 for Science, which is
$668,500,000 above the fiscal year 2021 appropriation and
$38,100,000 above the request.
Earth Science.—The recommendation includes $2,250,000,000 for
Earth Science programs, which is $250,000,000 above the fiscal
year 2021 enacted level and equal to the request. NASA’s budget
submission reflects a renewed focus on Earth science, which was
sorely lacking in the prior Administration’s requests. Climate
change is a global crisis, and this research is critical to helping
Americans understand the nature of climate change and how to ef-
fectively respond.
Earth Science Research and Analysis.—The Committee rec-
ommends no less than $363,800,000 for Earth Science Research
and Analysis, which is equal to the requested level.
Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE).—The Com-
mittee provides $119,400,000, which is $25,700,000 less than the
fiscal year 2021 appropriation and equal to the Administration’s re-
quest. The data to be generated by PACE builds upon a multi-dec-
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ade effort by NASA and other Federal agencies to generate infor-
mation from space that helps, for example, to characterize and as-
sess the health of the fisheries environment and to more accurately
assess the status of fish stocks, as well as to help identify the ex-
tent and duration of harmful algal blooms. Such unique observa-
tional information cannot be replicated elsewhere, and industry
itself does not have the financial means to acquire wide scale data
such as that generated by PACE and its precursor missions. The
Committee directs NASA to report to the Committee within 60
days of enactment on NASA’s efforts to maintain a 2022 launch
date for this mission.
Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory
(CLARREO) Pathfinder.—The Committee provides $19,000,000 for
this mission, $5,500,000 less than the fiscal year 2021 appropria-
tion and $500,000 above the Administration’s request. The Com-
mittee welcomes NASA’s inclusion of adequate funding in this
year’s budget request, as directed by the fiscal year 2021 Com-
mittee report.
Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR).—The Committee
supports DSCOVR’s continued operations through 2023 and rec-
ommends full funding for this important inter-agency initiative to
maintain the nation’s real-time solar wind monitoring capabilities,
which are critical to the accuracy and lead time of NOAA’s space
weather alerts and forecasts.
Small Satellite Launch Services.—To enhance the breadth of re-
search achieved using small satellite platforms and bolster NASA’s
overall scientific objectives, the Committee directs NASA to con-
tinue its work with commercial industry to examine ways for small
satellite missions to procure launch services that are more tailored
to their mission dependent orbits, locations, and schedules, while
minimizing launch costs.
University Small Satellite missions.—The Committee supports
NASA’s collaborative efforts with U.S. colleges and universities to
conduct research through small spacecraft missions, including
CubeSat and SmallSat missions. The Committee believes these
competitively selected projects led by principal investigators at in-
stitutions of higher education help train the next generation of sci-
entists and provide much-needed research. The Committee directs
NASA to provide not less than $30,000,000 for these missions.
Earth Science Decadal.—The Committee supports the Adminis-
tration’s plan to consolidate upcoming missions recommended by
the National Academy of Sciences’ Decadal Survey for Earth
Science and Applications from Space into its Earth Observatory
System approach. As such, the Committee supports the Adminis-
tration’s request, which will fund the Mass Change and Surface Bi-
ology and Geology missions, as well as two missions to address
Aerosols and Clouds, Convection and Precipitation.
Planetary Defense.—The Committee provides $197,200,000 for
Planetary Defense, which is equal to the request. The Committee
recognizes NASA did not previously have the resources to invest in
the capabilities required to satisfy its mandate to detect 90 percent
of objects greater than 140 meters that threaten Earth by 2020. In
keeping with prior congressional direction, the Committee also di-
rects that not less than $143,200,000 shall be for the Near-Earth
Object Surveyor Mission (NEO Surveyor). The Committee wel-
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comes NASA’s commitment to the NEO Surveyor mission and to a
2026 launch date, and directs NASA to provide a report to the
Committee, no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, on
the fulfillment of its NEO mandate and development progress of
both the NEO Surveyor and DART missions.
Double Asteroid Redirection Test.—Within the funds provided for
Planetary Defense, the Committee recommends not less than
$11,100,000, equal to the request, to ensure that the Double Aster-
oid Redirection Test (DART) technology demonstration mission is
ready for launch in fiscal year 2022. The Committee understands
that this mission can be accomplished with NASA participation
only using ground-based telescopes and radars to provide the need-
ed measurements to assess the degree of deflection resulting from
the DART impactor, and that this telescope support is already
baselined in the NASA mission.
Lunar Discovery and Exploration.—The Committee provides
$497,300,000 for Lunar Discovery and Exploration, including
$22,100,000 for continued operation of the Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter and $107,200,000 for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Ex-
ploration Rover (VIPER) mission to the South Pole of the Moon to
search for and sample lunar water ice. These funds are equal to the
request. The Committee supports NASA’s commitment to utilizing
public-private partnerships to advance its lunar science and explo-
ration agenda and encourages the agency to leverage the resources
and expertise of both private industry and universities in pursuit
of these goals. The Committee directs that the Lunar Discovery
and Exploration program adhere to the lunar science priorities es-
tablished by decadal surveys and the National Research Council’s
Scientific Context for the Exploration of the Moon, and that activi-
ties funded within the program meet both lunar science and human
exploration needs.
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS).—The Committee
provides the full budget request for Commercial Lunar Payload
Services (CLPS), which will help grow the space economy and cre-
ate lasting, affordable commercial operations on the Moon. The
Committee applauds the recent addition of new companies into the
CLPS portfolio and the awarding of new commercial delivery con-
tracts.
New Frontiers missions.—The Committee provides $271,700,000
for New Frontiers missions, including $201,100,000 for Dragonfly,
which is equal to the budget request. The New Frontiers program
explores our solar system with medium-class spacecraft missions.
Within the New Frontiers program, possible mission destinations
and the science goals for each competitive opportunity are limited
to specific science targets announced for the competition aligned
with the scientific goals and priorities as described in the Planetary
Science Decadal Survey. The Committee also supports continuation
of the Juno mission and urges NASA to include sufficient funding
in its fiscal year 2023 budget submission to do the critical engineer-
ing and navigation calculations needed to continue the entire ap-
proved science scope of the Juno mission extension.
Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIM-
PLEx).—SIMPLEx are the only competitive planetary science mis-
sions that innovative commercial companies can lead, and the only
planetary small spacecraft program within all of NASA. The Com-
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mittee supports SIMPLEx solicitations and encourages NASA to
consider ways to maximize opportunities for SIMPLEx missions, in-
cluding the potential for dedicated smallsat launch, in addition to
the current option of using rideshare on large launch vehicles,
which will further accelerate and enhance overall planetary science
mission objectives.
Venus Technology Project.—Within Planetary Science, the rec-
ommendation includes no less than $10,000,000, equal to the re-
quest, for Venus Technology and technology demonstrations for
Venus Discovery, including Venus surface science instrumentation
work.
Mars Exploration Program.—The Committee provides
$267,800,000, which is $32,600,000 below the fiscal year 2021 ap-
propriation and equal to the requested level. This level reflects the
establishment of the Mars Sample Return as a separate mission.
Mars Sample Return.—The Committee provides $688,000,000
million for Mars Sample Return, $34,800,000 above the request.
The Committee does so in recognition of the important impact that
the successful landing and operation of the Mars Perseverance
rover is having for the nation and the scientific research commu-
nity. In fulfillment of the objective to cache and return samples to
Earth, and as the highest priority of the Planetary Science decadal
survey, funding is provided for the Mars Sample Return mission to
meet a 2026 launch window.
Jupiter Europa Missions.—The Committee provides
$472,100,000, which is $68,600,000 above the fiscal year 2021 ap-
propriation and equal to the request level, for the Europa Clipper
Mission. The Clipper mission will explore Europa, the smallest of
the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, and investigate its habit-
ability. The Committee reiterates that following a full and open
competition, the Administrator is not limited to the launch vehicles
listed in the NLS-II contract of the Launch Services Program as of
the date of the enactment of this Act, and the Europa Clipper Mis-
sion may launch on a commercial launch vehicle, if NASA makes
such an award, in order to support a 2024 launch to reduce overall
mission costs and complexity and expedite science results as sup-
ported by the decadal survey.
Icy Satellites Surface Technology.—The Committee directs that
not less than $14,200,000 shall be for Icy Satellites Surface Tech-
nology to meet the science goals for the Jupiter Europa mission as
recommended in previous Planetary Science Decadal surveys and
to enable a lander and Ocean Worlds Technology mission by the
next decade, based on input from the next Planetary Science
Decadal survey. Investments in landing, mobility, sampling, com-
munications, autonomous operations, and power technology for low-
temperature environments should be prioritized.
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).—The
Committee rejects the Administration’s request to terminate
SOFIA and provides $85,200,000, which is equal to the fiscal year
2021 level. SOFIA can undertake astronomical observations not
possible with other ground-based or space-based telescopes avail-
able today. SOFIA has made significant recent scientific discov-
eries, including detecting, for the first time, helium hydride in
interstellar space, which is thought to be the first molecule ever
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formed in the early universe, as well as identifying compelling evi-
dence of water on the Moon, for the first time, in its sunlit regions.
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.—The Committee provides
$501,600,000, which is equal to the request, and supports a mission
launch in 2025. This mission was included as the highest priority
in the 2010 Astrophysics Decadal Survey. Within this total, the rec-
ommended amount shall include continued development of the
coronagraph as a technology demonstration mission.
Astrophysics Explorers.—The Committee provides $277,700,000
for the Astrophysics Explorer program. The Committee is encour-
aged by NASA’s commitment to accelerate the cadence of Astro-
physics Explorer missions and to establish a new line of small Pio-
neer-class missions that leverage advancements in low-cost plat-
forms such as CubeSats and balloons to support groundbreaking
science. The Committee recognizes that such activities can improve
scientific understanding while simultaneously developing the sci-
entific workforce through increased research opportunities for stu-
dents and faculty.
Astrophysics Research.—The Committee recognizes the role of the
Astrophysics Research program in supporting the development of
novel astrophysics observation technologies that lay the foundation
of future mission architectures, and recommends $279,100,000. A
strong research program maximizes the scientific value of space-
based missions by ensuring that the data collected through such
observations can continue to provide new insights into the mecha-
nisms behind cosmological phenomena. The Committee also under-
stands that supporting these activities through extramural grant
funding contributes to the long-term viability of the U.S. astro-
physics community.
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).—The Committee provides
$175,400,000, which is equal to the Administration’s requested
level.
Heliophysics Technology.—The Committee appreciates NASA in-
cluding this account in its fiscal year 2022 budget request, and pro-
vides the requested funding. The Committee recognizes the critical
role that technology development programs play in enabling novel
and transformative capabilities and mission concepts and notes the
contributions of these programs in other divisions within the
Science Mission Directorate. Activities supported by such programs
in Heliophysics can help sustain a robust community of tech-
nologists with unique connections to the discipline while also con-
tributing to the workforce development pipeline through funded re-
search and technology development at universities.
Solar Terrestrial Probes.—The Committee recommends
$253,300,000 for the Solar Terrestrial Probes program. The Com-
mittee supports NASA’s implementation of the Interstellar Map-
ping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) and the Dynamical Neutral
Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling (DYNAMIC) mission as competi-
tively selected, cost-capped, and principal investigator-led missions
in accordance with the recommendations of the Decadal Survey.
The Committee also directs that within these funds, not less than
$21,400,000, $600,000 above the request, is provided for the con-
tinuation of the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission.
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AERONAUTICS
The Committee provides $935,000,000 for Aeronautics, which is
$106,300,000 greater than the fiscal year 2021 appropriation and
$20,200,000 above the requested level.
Hypersonics Technology Project.—Within amounts provided, not
less than $50,000,000 is for NASA’s ongoing Hypersonics Tech-
nology Project (HTP), which is $10,000,000 above the request.
Hypersonic flight involves speeds of Mach 5 and above and holds
the potential for new military and civilian capabilities and to boost
American leadership in new commercial flight technology applica-
tions. Program managers should continue to coordinate closely with
partners in the Department of Defense (DOD) to enable NASA to
leverage investments in ground and flight activities and to develop
and validate advanced physics-based computational models as
building blocks toward a long-term vision for high-speed,
hypersonic and high Mach air transport. The Committee strongly
encourages NASA to continue to explore additional opportunities to
increase hypersonics research, including reusable vehicle tech-
nologies, hypersonic propulsion systems, and high temperature ma-
terials, including advancement of next-generation Carbon-Carbon
composite and other advanced material development. No less than
$15,000,000 of HTP funds should be prioritized for collaborations
with academia and industry, including potential public-private
partnerships as appropriate, with the goal of advancing hypersonic
and high Mach technologies that meet both NASA’s strategic goals
as well as industry needs, with particular emphasis on reducing
the environmental and operational barriers to flight at these
speeds. The committee also notes the opportunities for commercial
hypersonic usage, or low-speed hypersonic flight at Mach four to
Mach five to enable development of the next generation of commer-
cial aeronautics travel.
University-led Aeronautics Materials Research.—Within funding
for the Aeronautics, the Committee provides up to $10,000,000 to
advance university-led aeronautics materials research for struc-
tural applications. With this funding, the Committee encourages
NASA to partner with academic institutions that have strong capa-
bilities in aviation, aerospace structures, inspection and the associ-
ated predictive life-cycle performance, and materials testing, in-
spection, and evaluation, to reduce material system time to accept-
ance.
Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities.—The Committee
fully funds the Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities wind
tunnel management program at the Administration request, and
directs NASA to report to the Committee within 90 days of enact-
ment regarding NASA’s Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabili-
ties (AETC) portfolio, which includes NASA wind tunnels, propul-
sion test facilities, and specialty tunnels. Because the Committee
is aware that NASA is coordinating with DOD to repair the
Hypersonics Tunnel Facility (HTF), such report should include a
status of the NASA/Department of Defense coordinated assessment
of the HTF.
Integrated Aviation Systems Program (IASP).—The Committee
provides $311,700,000 for IASP, which is $10,200,000 above the re-
quest. These funds support components of NASA’s critical work on
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the Sustainable Flight National Partnership (SFNP), Low-Boom
Flight Demonstration Mission, and the Advanced Air Mobility Mis-
sion. Taken together, these efforts have the potential to signifi-
cantly reduce aircraft emissions and improve the efficiency of air
travel.
Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Project.—The Committee
strongly supports NASA’s planned Sustainable Flight Demon-
strator Project (SFD) development and production of the Transonic
Truss Brace Wing (TTBW) Subsonic X-Plane, which will dem-
onstrate critical new structures, including the TTBW and high rate
composites manufacturing, as well as new propulsion technologies
on a national flight demonstrator platform. The Committee directs
NASA to provide a report on the Agency’s roadmap, technologies,
and milestones for the program from development to flight, not
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act.
Electric Aircraft.—With the development of the X–57 electric air-
craft, the Committee is encouraged by the capabilities that this air-
craft brings to NASA and the agency’s efforts to help develop the
electric aircraft market. Because of the national significance of this
program, the Committee directs NASA to provide a report to the
Committee, not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act,
on NASA’s plans to test and validate this aircraft’s electronic power
system, as well as its strategy for continued flight testing. The re-
port should include a description of any additional infrastructure
necessary, the estimated cost of the needed infrastructure, and rec-
ommendations that would assist NASA in testing and further de-
veloping this cutting-edge technology.
Electric Air Flight.—The Committee encourages NASA to
strengthen its collaborations with the Department of Energy and
national laboratories to overcome energy storage challenges for mo-
bility such as electric air flight. The Committee is encouraged by
NASA’s efforts within its Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstra-
tion project, which focuses on flight demonstrations that advance
the state-of-the-art in megawatt-class more-electric aircraft to en-
able enduring leadership of the U.S. aviation industry for the ben-
efit of the country and the U.S. flying public.
Electrified Aircraft Propulsion Demonstrator.—The Committee
encourages NASA to accelerate research and development for next
generation commercial engine technologies for Electrified Aircraft
Propulsion, Electrified Aircraft Propulsion Demonstrator (EPFD),
and Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC). The Committee also
encourages NASA to accelerate research and development for the
Small Core Gas Turbine and High- Rate Composite, which will
offer both fuel consumption and carbon emission savings for Single
Aisle aircraft.
Autonomous Aircraft Systems.—Autonomous aircraft systems are
an emerging technology that benefits the civil, scientific, and de-
fense sectors. NASA’s efforts to test these systems have helped
pave the way in assisting the Federal Aviation Administration in
developing autonomous aircraft standards and will provide much-
needed data to safely integrate this technology into the National
Airspace System. NASA is directed to report to the Committee
within 60 days of enactment on NASA’s strategy on furthering au-
tonomous aircraft system technology, including addressing flight
testing resources, protocols, and operations. The report should also
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include information on how NASA plans to work with the Federal
Aviation Administration on validating and regulating these sys-
tems to safely coexist with other air traffic, including air traffic
from the Department of Defense.
High-Performance Chase Aircraft.—The Committee understands
the value of high-performance chase aircraft, such as F/A–18 and
F–15 aircraft, which enhance NASA’s unique research capabilities.
The Committee is aware that some of NASA’s current chase air-
craft are having end-of-life issues, and maintenance costs are in-
creasing to sustain the aging aircraft for test requirements. Within
30 days of enactment of this Act, the Committee directs NASA to
provide a briefing to the Committee on the strategy NASA is tak-
ing to resolve this issue in a timely manner, ensuring relevant
NASA Centers have the necessary chase aircraft to support its test-
ing mission. The Committee also directs NASA, within 180 days of
enactment of this Act, to begin providing quarterly status updates
to the Committee on the progress being made, challenges, and ap-
proaches to resolve this issue.
SPACE TECHNOLOGY
The Committee recommends $1,280,000,000 for Space Tech-
nology, which is $180,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 appropria-
tion and $145,000,000 below the request. Investments in Space
Technology hold promise for solving some of the biggest challenges
facing the space economy, including improving space situational
awareness, orbital debris management and spacecraft power. The
Committee directs NASA to collaborate with universities to develop
technologies applicable to forthcoming, scheduled missions.
Space Technology Mission Directorate.—The Committee reaffirms
its support for the independence of the Space Technology Mission
Directorate and recognizes that its current status enables it to sup-
port the development of a wide array of various technologies. This
diverse portfolio contains technology development activities that
have broad applications beyond human exploration and that help
to meet the agency’s science objectives, establish new commercial
and academic partnerships, and stimulate the growth of the Na-
tion’s technology sector. This approach also ensures that NASA
technologists and their external partners maintain the ability to
address long-term strategic goals rather than only focusing on
short-term, mission-specific objectives. In addition, the Direc-
torate’s direct engagement with the academic community is sup-
porting the development of the next generation of space tech-
nologists. The Committee directs NASA to preserve the Direc-
torate’s focus across NASA and in support of each of the mission
directorates.
Regional Economic Development.—The Committee provides
$8,000,000, which is equal to the fiscal year 2021 appropriation.
NASA’s regional economic development program focuses on part-
nerships with State and regional economic development organiza-
tions as they expand space-related commercial opportunities de-
signed to address NASA mission needs. To ensure that the Agency
has a vision and metrics for success with these funds, NASA is di-
rected to report to the Committee within 120 days of enactment on
how it will use these funds. Such a report shall contain clear
metrics for success, including an accounting of the partnerships
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with economic development entities for Federal, state, and regional
economic development agencies with experience in this area.
Solar Electric Propulsion.—The Committee provides $40,000,000
to continue work on solar electric propulsion activities, which is
$8,700,000 below the fiscal year 2021 appropriation and
$15,800,000 above the requested level. According to NASA, high-
powered solar electric propulsion can efficiently propel more ambi-
tious robotic science and human exploration missions beyond the
Earth and into deep space. Solar electric propulsion will enable
more efficient orbit transfer of spacecraft and accommodate the in-
creasing power demands for government and commercial satellites.
The Committee also encourages the Agency to begin envisioning
the next generation Solar Electric Propulsion thruster systems.
On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing.—The Com-
mittee provides $227,000,000, which is equal to the fiscal year 2021
appropriation and the request, for the On-Orbit Servicing, Assem-
bly, and Manufacturing-1 (OSAM–1) mission, formerly known as
Restore-L. The Committee encourages NASA to provide funding for
On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing-2 (OSAM–2,
Archinaut) at not less than the requested level. The Committee rec-
ognizes the potential of on-orbit satellite servicing to NASA, its
Federal agency partners and the private sector, and thus urges
NASA to consider future opportunities to develop Operational Dem-
onstration, On-Orbit Robotic Assembly and Manufacturing of RF
Antennas (OSAM–3), and to report to the Committee on planned
funding in fiscal year 2022 to be used for these activities, given the
potential benefit of OSAM–3 capabilities to Earth Science missions.
The Committee further directs NASA to continue to work with the
interagency community and commercial partners to assess opportu-
nities for the collaborative development and adoption of OSAM ca-
pabilities.
Flight Opportunities Program.—The Committee provides
$30,000,000, which is $3,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 appro-
priation and $5,000,000 above the request for the Flight Opportuni-
ties Program, to enable NASA to continue to partner with commer-
cial industry to advance technologies for sub-orbital and orbital
launch vehicles for small payloads, with the aim to increase afford-
ability of those technologies and to allow for more frequent access
to relevant launch environments, including low-Earth orbit. As a
growing number of commercial space companies are providing low-
cost and frequent access to suborbital space for humans and re-
search payloads, the Flight Opportunities Program should also ex-
pand its contributions to NASA’s broader science and technology
development missions. An increase in funding will allow NASA to
leverage additional commercial capabilities offered in the market
and provide a channel for frequent and cost-effective research to
support exploration and understanding our home planet.
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion.—The Committee provides
$110,000,000, which is equal to the fiscal year 2021 enacted
amount, and $110,000,000 more than the Administration’s re-
quested level, for continued development and demonstration of a
nuclear thermal propulsion system. The Committee looks forward
to receiving the agency’s plan for the design of an NTP flight dem-
onstration system that was required in Public Law 116–260, and
strongly encourages the continued design of an NTP flight dem-
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onstration program. Not later than 180 days after the enactment
of this Act, the Committee directs NASA to provide a report detail-
ing whether the establishment of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
and Nuclear Power Office in the Human Exploration and Oper-
ations Mission Directorate could accelerate NTP development to
prepare for future deep space missions.
Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP).—The Committee is encour-
aged by the great potential for space nuclear propulsion tech-
nologies relating to nuclear electric propulsion. As the National
Academies identified in a February 2021 report, a multi-year re-
search program would need to include subsystem development, pro-
totype systems, ground testing, and cargo missions as a means of
flight qualification prior to first crewed use. The agency is directed
to respond to the National Academies conclusion and shall indicate
its plans to develop consistent metrics and technical expertise to
allow for opportunities to utilize NEP to meet space exploration
mission requirements. The Committee also notes that key partners
in the national laboratories possess capabilities needed to reach the
frontiers of scientific development for nuclear electric power. The
Committee provides that at least $10,000,000 shall be utilized to
begin a systematic approach to Nuclear Electric Propulsion, to
chart the basic framework needed in this frontier of investment.
Within 180 days of the enactment of this Act, NASA, in coordina-
tion with other relevant Federal departments and agencies such as
the Department of Energy, shall submit a multi-year plan for in-
space propulsion-system demonstration for NEP.
Fission Surface Power.—The Committee supports NASA’s efforts
to complete research, design work, test plan, and cost analysis for
a Low-Enriched Uranium space power reactor. The Committee
notes the importance of utilizing surface fission power to facilitate
long term habitation on the Moon and Mars. As part of the fiscal
year 2023 budget submission, NASA should provide the Committee
with a long-term plan on how it intends to implement an achiev-
able Fission Surface Power program.
Tipping Point Solicitations for Lunar Infrastructure.—The Com-
mittee supports NASA’s efforts to advance a wide range of tech-
nologies with benefits for many missions across the agency. In par-
ticular, the Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative (LSII) plays a key
role in supporting infrastructure technologies that will enable ro-
bust robotic and human exploration activity on the Moon. The
Committee supports the LSII’s broad engagement with industry
from across the country and urges NASA to advance a new round
of lunar infrastructure-related solicitations in Fiscal Year 2022.
Moon-to-Mars Landing Demonstrations.—To support Moon-to-
Mars specific technologies, crosscutting applications for the com-
mercial space economy, as well as science and robotic exploration
toward other planetary bodies and destinations, within Space Tech-
nology, the Committee provides no less than $75,000,000 for dem-
onstration efforts to allow industry to compete for public-private
partnership opportunities focused on high-level, NASA-defined ob-
jectives.
Personal Protective Equipment Manufacturing.—The Committee
is aware of the unique manufacturing requirements for certain per-
sonal protection equipment used on the International Space Station
(ISS). The Committee therefore encourages NASA to explore ways
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to sustain or enhance domestic manufacturing of personal protec-
tion equipment for the ISS and commercial stations.
EXPLORATION
The Committee provides $7,279,300,000 for Exploration, which is
$1,147,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 appropriation and
$398,600,000 above the requested level.
Orion.—The Committee provides $1,406,700,000, which is equal
to the fiscal year 2021 enacted level and equal to the requested
level for Orion. With advanced life support, communications and
navigation capabilities, the Orion spacecraft will take humans
deeper into space than ever before, and thus is an integral part of
the Artemis program. NASA shall keep the Committee informed of
the status of activities related to Orion, the European Service Mod-
ule, and ongoing activities related to integration of Orion with
Space Launch System and associated ground infrastructure.
Space Launch System (SLS).—The Committee provides
$2,635,900,000, $50,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 appropria-
tion, and $148,900,000 above the Administration’s request. Within
the amount provided, not less than $579,000,000 is provided for
SLS Block 1B Development, which is $100,000,000 above the Ad-
ministration’s request. Additionally, the Committee encourages
NASA to study the procedures required to designate an integrator
for private sector customers who wish to acquire an SLS vehicle.
The Committee also directs NASA to engage an independent re-
viewer with aerospace production management experience to con-
duct a review of SLS completion costs and provide such reviewer
with direct access to SLS program managers and production and
pricing data, to determine how the cost of future flights of the SLS
can be reduced. Further, the Committee directs NASA to undertake
all work necessary in fiscal year 2022 toward completion of the SLS
Block 1B as though the Block 1B were in the critical path for Ex-
ploration Mission-3.
Exploration Ground Systems (EGS).—The Committee provides
$690,000,000, which is $100,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2021
appropriation and $100,000,000 greater than the requested level,
for Exploration Ground Systems (EGS). Within this amount, the
Committee provides $165,300,000 for the Second Mobile Launcher
(ML–2). The Committee is troubled by NASA’s failure to provide
details on the rising cost of the ML–2 in its budget proposal, and
directs NASA to report to the Committee within 30 days of enact-
ment with a revised cost estimate, both phased and in total.
Advanced Exploration Systems.—The Committee provides
$195,000,000, which is equal to the request, for Advanced Explo-
ration Systems. Within funding provided, the Committee encour-
ages NASA to advance the study and applicability of ionic liquid-
based sorption advanced technologies in addition to the potential
benefits of non-planar continuous composite fiber molding for high-
volume parts needed in space. The Committee also provides up to
$10,000,000 to support Advancing Assembly of Deep-Space Long
Duration Habitation and Exploration Systems within the
NextSTEP Habitation program.
Advanced Cislunar and Surface Capabilities.— As part of the
formulation of the fiscal year 2023 budget request, the Committee
directs NASA to evaluate the need, timing, and procurement of
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Human Landing Systems for transport of useful heavy cargo to the
lunar surface in support of a sustainable Moon to Mars program.
Human Landing System (HLS).—The Committee includes no less
than $1,345,000,000 for the HLS, which is no less than
$150,000,000 above the request. While the Committee has elected
not to further fence or condition funds for the Human Landing Sys-
tem program at this time due to the current Government Account-
ability Office (GAO) protest on the HLS Appendix H selection, the
Committee urges NASA to bolster competition in lander develop-
ment and production and improve the United States’ prospects for
landing astronauts on the Moon in 2024.
Human exploration programs.—The Committee directs GAO to
continue its review of NASA’s human exploration programs, specifi-
cally the SLS program, the Orion program, and Exploration
Ground Systems, to include the mobile launch platforms, and the
Human Landing Systems program, and to include integration and
software development issues that cut across these programs. In ad-
dition, the Committee directs GAO to review NASA’s lunar-focused
programs, including the Gateway program and other programs or
projects that are expected to have an estimated life-cycle cost over
$250,000,000, as part of GAO’s semiannual assessment of NASA
major projects. Separately, the Committee directs GAO to continue
conducting in-depth reviews of NASA’s lunar-focused programs.
GAO shall report on the acquisition progress of these programs, as
well as any challenges NASA faces in implementing its lunar ef-
forts, as applicable. GAO shall provide periodic updates to the
Committee on these reviews.
SPACE OPERATIONS
The Committee provides $3,961,300,000 for Space Operations,
which is $26,900,000 below the fiscal year 2021 appropriation and
$56,100,000 below the requested level.
Commercial Crew and Cargo Program.—The Committee strongly
encourages NASA to invest these funds into a diverse group of
cargo suppliers, with varying capabilities, to be able to meet future
mission sizes, needs, and goals.
Commercial Crew Program.—The Committee supports NASA’s
efforts to enhance human research capabilities on the International
Space Station and acknowledges the increased crew transportation
capability offered through NASA’s Commercial Crew Program part-
ners. The Committee directs NASA to continue assessing the Com-
mercial Crew manifest for opportunities to conduct additional re-
search and report on these findings no later than 180 days after
the enactment of this Act.
Sub-Orbital Crew Program.—Within the funds provided for the
Commercial Crew and Cargo program, NASA is provided up to
$10,000,000 for Sub-Orbital Crew. With this funding, and through
the Flight Opportunities program in the Space Technology account,
the Committee directs NASA, to the greatest extent practicable, to
support flights for non-NASA personnel. Further, as NASA works
to develop its Suborbital Crew Program, the Committee encourages
NASA to assess whether it should establish a relevant program of-
fice to qualify commercial U.S. suborbital vehicles and procure
flights for NASA personnel, while prioritizing safety and avoiding
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duplicative existing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) vehicle
licensure processes.
21st Century Launch Complex Program.—Within the amounts
provided for Space Operations, the recommendation includes up to
$20,000,000 for the 21st Century Launch Complex Program. The
Committee remains concerned with efforts directed toward filling
critical maintenance, capacity, and range safety gaps at NASA
launch facilities, and further urges NASA to take into consider-
ation the full potential of all NASA-owned launch complexes in
awarding the funds.
Rocket Propulsion Test program.—The recommendation includes
the requested amount of $47,800,000 for the Rocket Propulsion
Test program, which is $200,000 greater than the fiscal year 2021
appropriation. The Committee encourages NASA to prioritize facil-
ity and fixed infrastructure improvements specific to infrastructure
that is shared among users of the facility in a continued effort to
attract and facilitate commercial partnerships at NASA’s test cen-
ters. NASA is directed to report to the Committee, not later than
180 days after the date of enactment, on the specific uses of Rocket
Propulsion Test Program funds over the past three fiscal years and
expected uses in fiscal year 2022, including allocations of resources
to specific NASA centers.
Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN).—The rec-
ommendation includes $42,000,000 for the Communications Serv-
ices Program (CSP), consistent with the budget submission, to
begin deploying and testing the use of commercial services in the
next generation LEO space communications system. With the pro-
liferation of satellites capable of providing for NASA’s communica-
tions needs, this program represents a significant opportunity to
deliver more economical and efficient services. However, the Com-
mittee is concerned that NASA lacks a clear long-term vision for
this program and is concerned about the proposal to consolidate
CSP under SCaN. Therefore, NASA is directed to report to the
Committee on its delineation of responsibilities for the program,
CSP independence, and an explanation of how the program goals
differ from those of SCaN.
Domestic Launch Services.—The Committee recognizes that glob-
al competition in the spaces launch market is increasing, and the
United States remains the only nation with domestic competition
in this field. The Committee also recognizes that NASA is depend-
ent on a healthy domestic industrial base and first-rate space
transportation infrastructure for United States launch providers,
and that the U.S. Government has made and continues to make
major, strategic investments in the Nation’s space transportation
capabilities. Therefore, the Committee underscores the value of
using domestic launch providers, U.S.-manufactured launch vehi-
cles, and U.S. launch sites.
Commercial Low-Earth Orbit Development.—The Committee rec-
ommends $45,000,000, which is $28,000,000 above the fiscal year
2021 appropriation and is $56,100,000 below the request. The Com-
mittee is concerned that NASA lacks clear goals and metrics for
the transition away from the International Space Station (ISS).
Therefore, NASA is directed to report to the Committee within 180
days of enactment of this Act on its plans for the transition away
from the ISS, including an assessment of future requirements for
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maintaining a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit, an
overview of current industry capabilities, and NASA’s plans for en-
suring government-sponsored continued on-orbit science research.
Such report should also discuss expectations for how NASA will
sustain global leadership in space science research in the absence
of a NASA-owned and operated station. The Committee appreciates
receiving the report directed in House Report 116–455 assessing
the costs, benefits, and challenges of repurposing launch vehicle
upper stages as free-flying platforms for habitation or industrial
modules. In fiscal year 2022, the Committee directs the Agency to
consider making funding within Commercial LEO Development
available to support free-flying robotic LEO Commercial Space
platform development and related technologies.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM)
ENGAGEMENT
The Committee provides $147,000,000 for Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Engagement, which is
$20,000,000 greater than the fiscal year 2021 appropriation and
equal to the budget request. STEM is consistent with NASA’s mis-
sion to inspire America’s students, create learning opportunities,
and enlighten inquisitive minds.
National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program.—The
recommendation includes $60,000,000 for the Space Grant pro-
gram. This amount will allow each State consortium to receive $1
million in base funding, which shall be allocated to State consortia
for competitively awarded grants in support of local, regional, and
national STEM needs.
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
(EPSCoR).—The recommendation includes $26,000,000 for
EPSCoR, consistent with the budget request.
Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP).—
The recommendation includes $48,000,000 for MUREP.
Next Generation STEM.—The recommendation includes
$13,000,000 for Next Generation STEM. The Committee appre-
ciates NASA’s relationships with TEAM II participants, museums,
and planetariums through STEM Education and Accountability
Projects (SEAP), as well as the productive use of cooperative agree-
ments with NASA Visitor Centers, and encourages NASA to con-
tinue these successful partnerships. The Committee also encour-
ages NASA to continue using OSTEM funding to support STEM
partnerships.
K–12 Designed Payloads.—The Committee encourages NASA’s
Office of STEM Engagement to work in coordination with the
Space Technology Mission Directorate to create opportunities for
students in K–12 to fly payloads onboard commercial suborbital ve-
hicles and to ensure that these opportunities focus on a wide demo-
graphic of students, especially those in underrepresented areas.
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES
The Committee provides $3,030,000,000 for Safety, Security, and
Mission Services, which is $93,500,000 above the fiscal year 2021
appropriation and $19,200,000 less than the requested level.
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Working Capital Fund (WCF) reporting.—NASA shall continue to
submit quarterly reports to the Committee on the expenditures and
unobligated balances of NASA’s WCF.
Cybersecurity.—Within Safety, Security and Mission Services, the
Committee directs NASA to provide not less than $612,200,000 for
Information Technology, consistent with the request.
Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund.—The De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agen-
cies Appropriations Act of 1989 (Public Law 100–404) established
and funded the Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust
Fund, with the funds required to be subsequently invested in spe-
cial issue securities, earning interest from the corpus fund to be
credited to the Trust Fund for the purpose of making grants for
programs directed at improving science, space, and technology edu-
cation in the United States. Recipients of these grants are required
to provide matching funds from non-Federal sources. The Com-
mittee is aware that, due to current interest rates, interest derived
from the corpus fund may soon be insufficient to meet the levels
of legally required disbursements of funds, as specified in the origi-
nal Act. Therefore, up to $1,000,000 is made available from
amounts under this heading.
Mission Support Future Architecture Program.—The Committee
directs the Administrator to report to the Committee on impacts
and operating losses experienced by NASA Centers, as well as any
efficiencies gained, as a result of implementation of the Mission
Support Future Architecture Program (MAP) program, not later
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
IV&V Program.—The Committee directs that within the amounts
provided, not less than $39,400,000 is for NASA’s IV&V Program
and, if necessary, NASA is directed to fund additional IV&V activi-
ties from within the mission directorates that make use of IV&V
services.
Community Projects.—Within the appropriation for Safety, Secu-
rity and Mission Services, the Committee recommendation also pro-
vides funds for the following Community Projects:
NASA COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Recipient Recipient Amount
Louisiana State University, National Center for Ad- Aerospace Systems and Technology Development .... $5,000,000
vanced Manufacturing.
Oklahoma State University ......................................... 6G Innovations ........................................................... $1,000,000
Oklahoma State University ......................................... Rapid Assured Fully Transparent Integrated Circuit $1,200,000
Platform Project.
Rancho Cucamonga Public Library ............................ Second Story and Beyond Project .............................. $1,000,000
Rush University Medical Center ................................. REACH for Information Technology Training ............. $650,000
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION
The Committee provides $390,300,000 for Construction and Envi-
ronmental Compliance and Restoration, which is $38,200,000 below
the fiscal year 2021 appropriation and equal to the requested level.
Construction.—The recommendation includes $315,600,000 for
Construction of Facilities, minor revitalization, planning and de-
sign, and demolition, including the highest repair priorities de-
scribed in the Administration’s request.
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Environmental Compliance and Restoration.—The recommenda-
tion includes $74,700,000, which is $31,200,000 less than the fiscal
year 2021 appropriation and equal to the requested level, for Envi-
ronmental Compliance and Restoration activities. NASA’s Environ-
mental Compliance and Restoration (ECR) program cleans up haz-
ardous materials and waste products released to the surface or
groundwater at NASA installations, NASA-owned industrial plants
supporting NASA activities, current or former sites where NASA
operations have contributed to environmental problems, and other
sites where the Agency is legally obligated to address hazardous
pollutants.
Santa Susana Field Laboratory.—The Committee is pleased with
the progress of building demolition at the Santa Susana Field Lab-
oratory but remains concerned about soil remediation. The Com-
mittee understands that NASA is working with the State of Cali-
fornia under the 2007 Consent Order and 2010 Administrative
Order on Consent regarding soil and groundwater cleanup at the
site and on expediting the State’s environmental impact report.
The Committee encourages NASA to continue working with the
State of California on cleanup of the site.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
The Committee recommends $46,000,000 for the Office of the In-
spector General, which is $1,800,000 above the fiscal year 2021 ap-
propriation and equal to the requested level.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
The Committee has included the following administrative provi-
sions for NASA:
The bill includes a provision that makes funds for any announced
prize available without fiscal year limitation until the prize is
claimed or the offer is withdrawn.
The bill includes a provision that establishes terms and condi-
tions for the transfer of funds.
The bill includes provisions that require NASA to submit its
agency spending plan at the activity level and subjects both the
spending plan and specified changes to that plan to reprogramming
procedures under section 505 of this Act.
The bill includes a provision that limits the availability of funds
for certain activities until a plan is submitted.
The bill allows for the transfer of funds from Exploration to Con-
struction.
The bill includes a provision that provides NASA with additional
flexibility to ensure completion of construction projects undertaken
with fiscal year 2021 funds.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
The Committee recommends $9,634,036,000 for the National
Science Foundation (NSF), which is $1,147,277,000 above fiscal
year 2021 and $535,264,000 below the request.
In addition, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law
117–2) included $600,000,000 for the National Science Foundation
to fund or extend new and existing research grants, cooperative
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agreements, scholarships, fellowships, and apprenticeships, and re-
lated administrative expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond
to coronavirus.
NSF supports research and education in all major scientific and
engineering disciplines through grants, cooperative agreements,
contracts, and other forms of assistance within the United States.
The Committee continues to support science, the academic commu-
nity, and the next generation of scientists, mathematicians, as-
tronomers, and engineers across the country. With increased fund-
ing levels, the Committee looks forward to the advancement of NSF
priority investments that will stimulate innovation, identify new
industries, accelerate the translation of research results into prac-
tice, and cultivate the diverse workforce needed to power our coun-
try forward.
The recommendation includes up to $3,120,480,000 for invest-
ments in Advanced Manufacturing, Advanced Wireless, Artificial
Intelligence, Biotechnology, Clean Energy Technology, Microelec-
tronics and Semiconductors, Quantum Information Science and the
U.S. Global Change Research Program. To ensure collaboration
with industry, build on existing programs across the government,
and get these important research investments to market, the Com-
mittee supports NSF’s proposal to create a Directorate for Tech-
nology, Innovation, and Partnerships funded within the Research
and Related Activities account.
Broadening participation in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics will fuel innovation and provide additional expertise
to solve complex problems. In support of NSF’s mission to broaden
participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,
the Committee recommends up to $1,394,000,000 towards these ef-
forts. Within this amount, strong increases are provided to advance
equity in science. Embracing the contributions of all will produce
better science and create a better society. Lastly, the Committee
accepts NSF’s proposal to consolidate the Graduate Research Fel-
lowship Program (GRFP) within Education and Human Resources.
In addition, the Committee supports infrastructure investments
that expand our understanding of the universe and inspire stu-
dents to pursue careers in the sciences. The Committee recognizes
that current and future large scientific facilities represent an enor-
mous investment of Federal resources that must be administered
wisely. The Committee supports basic research in fundamental
science areas and expects that as NSF uses the 10 Big Ideas as a
focusing tool, the funding for the fundamental scientific disciplines
will be maintained. Unless otherwise noted, within amounts pro-
vided, NSF shall allocate no less than fiscal year 2021 levels to
support its existing scientific research laboratories, observational
networks, and other research infrastructure assets, including the
astronomy assets, the current academic research fleet, Federally
funded research and development centers, and the national high-
performance computing centers, so that they may provide the sup-
port needed for cutting edge research.
Climate Science and Sustainability Research.—The recommenda-
tion provides $1,202,000,000 for climate and clean energy-related
research, including $440,000,000 for Clean Energy Technology and
$762,000,000 for the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
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Artificial Intelligence (Al).—The Committee believes it is impor-
tant to maintain leadership in artificial intelligence and commends
NSF for continuing to prioritize investments in this area. The Com-
mittee recognizes the potential of artificial intelligence to transform
the economy, foster economic growth, support national security,
and enhance well-being.
To continue the progress in this emerging field, the recommenda-
tion includes up to $724,000,000 to support AI-related grants and
interdisciplinary research initiatives, which is $112,430,000 above
fiscal year 2021 and equal to the request. The committee also rec-
ommends that of this funding increase, at least $50,000,000 will go
toward workforce development for AI and other emerging tech-
nologies, including education programs for non-computer science
students, with focused outreach to community colleges, Historically
Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions,
Tribal Colleges and Universities, and other Minority Serving Insti-
tutions.
In addition, the Committee encourages NSF to increase the pipe-
line of students graduating with AI and data literacy through part-
nerships, cooperative agreements, and other pilot mechanisms. The
Committee continues to urge NSF to invest in the ethical and safe
development of AI. The Committee acknowledges receiving the
NSF Leadership and Investments in Artificial Intelligence Re-
search Report and further encourages NSF to report to the Com-
mittee on any cooperative projects on Artificial Intelligence be-
tween United States entities and international partners.
Quantum Information Science and Technology.—The Committee
supports NSF’s research program in quantum information science
and technology in support of the Department’s authorized activities
included in sections 301 and 302 of the National Quantum Initia-
tive Act (Public Law 115–368). This emerging field of science prom-
ises to yield revolutionary new approaches to computing, sensing
and communication. Accordingly, the Committee recommends up to
$205,000,000 toward activities as authorized under Section 301 of
the National Quantum Initiative and up to $50,000,000 toward the
National Quantum Information Science Research Centers as au-
thorized under section 302 of the National Quantum Initiative Act.
Artificial Intelligence and Bias.—The Committee is looking for-
ward to the report on artificial intelligence and bias as directed in
House Report 116–455. The Committee recognizes the importance
of studying the impact that algorithms have on protected classes
and for developing an understanding of what kinds of discrimina-
tion and bias protected classes face in these particular activities.
Disinformation and Misinformation.—The Committee rec-
ommends $1,000,000 for NSF to enter into an agreement with the
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to con-
duct a study on the current understanding of the spread of
COVID–19-related disinformation and misinformation on the inter-
net and social media platforms.
The study shall address: (1) the roles disinformation and misin-
formation have played in the public response to COVID–19, includ-
ing public acceptance of and demand for COVID–19 vaccines; (2)
the sources, both foreign and domestic, of COVID–19-related
disinformation and misinformation, and the mechanisms by which
that disinformation and misinformation influence the public de-
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bate; (3) the role social media plays in the dissemination and pro-
motion of COVID–19-related disinformation and misinformation
content and the role social media platforms play in the organiza-
tion of groups seeking to spread COVID–19-related disinformation
and misinformation; (4) the potential financial returns for creators
or distributors of COVID–19-related disinformation and misin-
formation and the role such financial incentives play in the propa-
gation of COVID–19-related disinformation and misinformation; (5)
potential strategies to mitigate the dissemination and negative im-
pacts of COVID–19-related disinformation and misinformation (and
specifically the dissemination of disinformation and misinformation
on social media), including through improved disclosures and ad-
dressing information literacy; and (6) an analysis of: (a) the limita-
tions of the mitigation strategies described in paragraph (5); and
(b) how the strategies can be implemented without infringing on
the constitutional rights and civil liberties of the people of the
United States.
Misinformation and Disinformation Resiliency.—The Committee
directs NSF to fund research grants on how to counter influence
from foreign adversaries on social media platforms and into build-
ing public resilience against misinformation and disinformation.
The NSF shall focus grant awards toward research projects that
evaluate which activities help the public understand concepts such
as media literacy and digital citizenship, the role of cognitive bias
in powering information campaigns, responsible content sharing,
and the prevalence of malicious online influence. To the extent
practicable, NSF should engage other Federal agencies to help
identify areas of research that will provide insight that can miti-
gate adversarial online influence.
Divestment activities.—The Committee is aware that NSF is
working with a variety of academic, private sector, and other gov-
ernment agencies with respect to the future operation of some of
its observatories. NSF shall continue to keep the Committee in-
formed regarding the status of these activities. Any proposal by
NSF to divest the Foundation of these facilities shall be proposed
as part of any future NSF budget request and is subject to NSF
administrative provisions included in the accompanying bill.
Lead Detection Testing and Monitoring.—The Committee encour-
ages NSF to support funding for next-generation approaches to
low-cost, high-quality lead testing detection and monitoring tools.
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
The Committee recommends $7,695,729,000 for Research and Re-
lated Activities, which is $785,960,000 above fiscal year 2021 and
$443,981,000 below the request. The Committee believes that stra-
tegic investments in the physical sciences are vitally important for
the United States to remain the global leader in innovation, pro-
ductivity, economic growth, and high-paying jobs for the future.
The Committee supports NSF’s proposal to create the Directorate
for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships within the Research
and Related Activities account.
Astronomy.—U.S.-based astronomy researchers and facilities
funded through NSF continue to make groundbreaking discoveries
utilizing world-class scientific research instruments and facilities.
NSF funding enables research in the U.S., at facilities across the
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globe, and at observatories operated by universities, including the
National Optical Astronomy Observatories, the National Radio As-
tronomy Observatories, The Arecibo Observatory, and the National
Solar Observatory. As NSF determines the appropriate levels of
support for astronomy research grants by scientists and students
engaged in ground-breaking research and investments, the Com-
mittee expects NSF to continue its support of world-class scientific
research facilities and instrumentation to maximize its investments
in research while preliminarily preparing for facility upgrades and
activities associated with supporting the next Astrophysics decadal.
In addition to this support, partnerships should be explored when
feasible to maximize research capabilities at such facilities.
Arecibo Observatory.—The Committee notes the significant loss
to U.S. scientific research and capabilities resulting from the un-
controlled collapse of the iconic 305-meter radio telescope platform
at the Arecibo Observatory (AO). The Committee recognizes that
many of the instruments on the collapsed platform were crucial to
science at AO, which fostered multiple discoveries and achieve-
ments in STEM fields, including astronomy and planetary sciences.
The Committee further recognizes that future scientific capabilities
at AO are currently being explored with community input, includ-
ing an extended workshop to discuss future options with the sci-
entific and educational communities in June, 2021. NSF is directed
to report to the Committee not later than 120 days after enactment
of this Act on the status of this effort, as well as clean-up efforts,
repairs and preservation of associated AO facilities and sur-
rounding areas including the reflector dish, and forensic evalua-
tions of the collapse.
Combating Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and Incidents.—The Com-
mittee supports the President’s directive to combat anti-Asian hate
and bigotry and supports NSF’s research to address systemic rac-
ism and violence in our nation. The Committee directs NSF to re-
port to the Committee, no later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment, on the status of this research.
Carbon Dioxide Removal.—The Committee encourages NSF to
prioritize research into carbon dioxide removal and utilization tech-
nologies, such as direct air capture, direct capture from emission
sources, terrestrial and biological carbon removal, carbon min-
eralization, ocean-based carbon removal, and carbon conversion.
The Committee further encourages NSF to fund research and de-
velopment of these carbon dioxide removal technologies, and direct
air capture materials research that includes early-stage application
of sorbents, solvents, membranes, and related components.
Critical Minerals.—The Committee recognizes the important role
of NSF in carrying out activities for critical minerals as authorized
by the Energy Act of 2020, and encourages cooperation with other
agencies to the maximum extent possible in order to promote a se-
cure and robust critical minerals supply chain and build a strong
critical minerals workforce.
Dyslexia.—The Committee believes it is important to continue re-
search on the science of dyslexia and encourages NSF to support
multi-directorate, merit reviewed, and competitively awarded re-
search on the science of specific learning disabilities, including dys-
lexia, such as research on the early identification of children and
students with dyslexia, professional development for teachers and
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administrators of students with dyslexia, curricula and educational
tools needed for children with dyslexia, and implementation and
scaling of successful models of dyslexia intervention.
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
(EPSCoR).—The recommendation includes no less than
$227,000,000 for the EPSCoR program to help targeted jurisdic-
tions strengthen STEM capacity and capability to broaden the ex-
pertise base, impact jurisdictional economic growth, and develop a
skilled workforce capable of generating high-tech jobs in all States
of the nation. EPSCoR states have many unmet needs, including
equipment and computing/networking resources, sufficient numbers
of researchers, especially at the graduate and post-doctoral levels,
and better integration into regular NSF programs, which co-fund-
ing can help overcome.
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).—The Committee supports the
work of the Oceans and Human Health program to better under-
stand the public health risk of environmental exposures and en-
courages NSF to continue to support research into the human
health impacts of HABs in marine coastal regions, the Great Lakes
Basin, and freshwater systems. HABs jeopardize the integrity of
drinking water resources in these regions. The Committee further
encourages research to help understand the impacts of dissolved ni-
trogen and phosphorous in the systems, and to understand their
impacts on HAB’s incidences. The recommendation provides no less
than the fiscal year 2021 level for HAB research activities.
High-Performance Computing.—The Committee commends NSF
on its continuing commitment to its high-performance computing
and data analysis capabilities and urges NSF to make timely and
significant investments in high-performance computing. NSF
should remain committed to developing and supporting systems
that facilitate tremendous leaps in computational capabilities in-
cluding artificial intelligence, storage, quantum computing, simula-
tions, and data analyses that enable a broad range of scientific re-
search. NSF should further commit to supporting access to at-scale
data resources for advancing science in these fields, and likewise
commit to expanding scientist access to these resources. Leading
edge high-performance computing infrastructure is vital for contin-
ued U.S. world leadership and international scientific competitive-
ness, particularly given computational investments and technical
achievements in high-performance computing by other nations, no-
tably China and Japan. The Committee encourages NSF to con-
tinue supporting its programs focused on providing world-class
leadership computing for the national open science community.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Excellence
in Research.—The Committee is supportive of the Historically
Black Colleges and Universities Excellence in Research program
and as such, includes $33,960,000. This initiative provides strategic
programs and opportunities for HBCUs that stimulate sustainable
improvement in their research and development capacity and com-
petitiveness. The Committee supports the recommendations out-
lined in the 2016 report to Congress from the NSF Subcommittee
on Advancing Historically Black Colleges and Universities pursu-
ant to instructions from Congress in fiscal year 2016. The report
specifies strategies for accelerating greater HBCU participation in
larger research directorates, and in the Broadening Participation
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programs in the Education and Human Resources directorate. The
Committee directs NSF to use research infrastructure improvement
grants, co-funding programs, and other innovative mechanisms to
boost HBCU participation and capacity throughout NSF research
programs.
IceCube Neutrino Observatory.—The Committee supports re-
search at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a national facility
that enables a wide array of internationally collaborative scientific
research in ground-based neutrino astrophysics. The IceCube Neu-
trino Observatory Upgrade project was on schedule and maintained
technical progress during the COVID pandemic, but required ac-
cess to the South Pole was severely curtailed both for people and
cargo. The Committee encourages NSF to continue its support of
this program at the requested levels.
Industrial Innovation and Partnerships.—The Committee recog-
nizes that NSF’s Industrial Innovation and Partnerships programs
have long supported activities in advanced manufacturing of U.S.
steel, and supports the continuation of these activities in fiscal year
2022.
Innovation Corps.—The Committee recognizes the value of trans-
lating basic research for public benefit, and the recommendation in-
cludes $40,000,000 for the Innovation Corps program to continue to
build on the initial successes of its highly innovative public-private
partnership model and recent expansion of the program to addi-
tional academic institutions.
International Ocean Discovery Program.—The recommendation
includes $48,000,000 for the International Ocean Discovery Pro-
gram as requested.
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics.—The
Committee encourages the National Center for Science and Engi-
neering Statistics (NCSES) to undertake a study to identify, com-
pile, and analyze existing nationwide data, and conduct survey re-
search as necessary, to better understand the national cyber work-
force. The Committee directs NSF to provide the funding necessary
to conduct this study and report to the Committee within 60 days
of enactment of this Act.
National Solar Observatory.—The Committee commends NSF’s
ongoing efforts to partner with academic institutions and the Na-
tional Solar Observatory (NSO) to operate the Richard B. Dunn
Solar Telescope (DST) that provides opportunities for solar astrono-
mers to continue to use DST and its associated instrumentation, in
the continental United States, in addition to the Daniel K. Inouye
Solar Telescope. The Committee encourages NSF to continue its
partnerships to ensure this valuable resource is available for re-
search and educational programs.
Navigating the New Arctic.—The Committee recognizes the crit-
ical need for greater understanding of the impact that Arctic warm-
ing will have on the environmental and socio-economic conditions
of communities along the eastern coast of North America. As NSF
continues the Navigating the New Arctic program, the Committee
urges NSF to address Arctic change in the North Atlantic including
coordination activities, expanded observation networks and other
research infrastructure, and workforce training.
Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Sciences.—The Com-
mittee supports SBE and recognizes the fundamental importance of
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its research for advancing our understanding of human behavior
and its application to a wide range of human systems, including
public health, national defense and security, education and learn-
ing, and the integration of human and machine. SBE funds over
half of our nation’s university-based social and behavioral science
research but remains the smallest of NSF directorates. The Com-
mittee believes this research provides an evidence-based under-
standing of the human condition, resulting in more-informed pol-
icymaking and better-informed spending on a full range of national
issues. The Committee encourages NSF to continue its support of
these programs.
Sustainable Chemistry Research.—The Committee recognizes the
intent of Congress with enactment of the Sustainable Chemistry
Research and Development Act of 2019, namely, that NSF and
other agencies integrate sustainable chemistry principles and prac-
tices into existing research, development, demonstration, commer-
cialization, education, and public outreach programs and activities
and, where appropriate, expand or create new opportunities for
funding to support such activities. To that end, the recommenda-
tion includes up to $2,500,000 to establish the Sustainable Chem-
istry Basic Research program authorized under section 509 of the
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C.
1862p–3). NSF shall consult with a broad range of stakeholders
within the chemistry community, including nonprofits, academia,
and industry. NSF is directed to brief the Committee no later than
180 days after enactment of this Act and quarterly thereafter on
implementation of the program.
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION
The Committee recommends $249,000,000 for Major Research
Equipment and Facilities Construction, which is $8,000,000 above
the fiscal year 2021 level and equal to the request. The rec-
ommendation includes the following requested amounts: $1,000,000
for enhanced oversight; $90,000,000 for Antarctic Infrastructure
Recapitalization; $36,000,000 for the Large Hadron Collider Up-
grade; $76,250,000 for Mid-scale Research Infrastructure;
$5,000,000 for Regional Class Research Vessels; and $40,750,000
for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. NSF shall continue to provide
quarterly briefings to the Committee on the activities funded in
this account.
Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020
(Astro2020).—NSF funding enables astronomical research in the
U.S., at facilities across the globe, and through its flagship observ-
atories at NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research
Laboratory, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the Na-
tional Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, and the National Solar
Observatory. NSF should continue its support for existing astro-
nomical facilities in its budget planning, including through its Win-
dows on the Universe Big Idea. As Congress awaits recommenda-
tions from the 2020 Astrophysics and Astronomy Decadal Survey,
the Committee also reiterates its support for preliminary invest-
ments in emerging priority facilities, such as the next generation
Very Large Array and the Extremely Large Telescopes. The Com-
mittee is aware that NSF is providing funding in preparation for
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these future facilities, and the Committee encourages NSF to con-
tinue to do so over the coming year.
Infrastructure planning.—The Committee is concerned about
NSF’s planning for the construction and development of the next-
generation of competitive large-scale facilities to support NSF-fund-
ed science disciplines, including ground-based telescopes. Failure to
plan for the next generation of facilities handicaps the U.S. science
community and risks our nation’s global leadership in science. The
Committee encourages NSF to develop a comprehensive and
prioritized list of large-scale facilities requested by NSF-supported
science disciplines.
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
The Committee recommends $1,274,270,000 for Education and
Human Resources, which is $319,270,000 above fiscal year 2021
and $13,000,000 below the request. The Committee accepts NSF’s
proposal to consolidate the Graduate Research Fellowship Program
(GRFP) within Education and Human Resources.
Broadening participation programs.—To broaden the participa-
tion of underrepresented populations in STEM education programs
and, ultimately, the STEM workforce, the recommendation pro-
vides for Focused Programs, Geographic Diversity Programs, and
Emphasis Programs that span across both the Research and Re-
lated Activities directorate and the Education and Human Re-
sources directorate including $12,000,000 for Alliances for Grad-
uate Education and the Professoriate; $39,000,000 for Centers for
Research Excellence in Science and Technology; $46,000,000 for
HBCU—Undergraduate Program; $69,500,000 for Louis Stokes Al-
liances for Minority Participation; $67,000,000 for the Robert Noyce
Teacher Scholarship Program; and $21,000,000 for the Tribal Col-
leges and Universities Program. The Improving Undergraduate
STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (IUSE: HSI) pro-
gram, managed and funded equally in the Division of Human Re-
source Development and the Division of Undergraduate Education,
is provided $28,000,000 through each division, for a total of
$56,000,000. Lastly, $45,500,000 is provided for NSF INCLUDES
and $20,500,000 for ADVANCE.
Bioprocessing and Workforce Development.—The Committee rec-
ognizes that the COVID–19 pandemic has underscored the Com-
mittee’s concerns regarding the severe shortage of bioprocess sci-
entists, engineers, technicians, and operators with the training and
skills required to scale up advanced manufacturing processes that
can respond rapidly and efficiently to global outbreaks and
pandemics. Supply chain challenges—including cold storage, trans-
portation and the time-sensitive nature of delivery—are just a sam-
pling of the challenges facing the public health community. The
Committee strongly believes that to maintain global leadership in
the areas of biologics, advanced vaccines, and cell and gene thera-
pies, increased investments to enhance the capacity of bioproc-
essing training facilities with integrated hands-on academic edu-
cation, industry training, and workforce development are critical.
Therefore, the Committee directs NSF to make investments pro-
moting transdisciplinary workforce development, through training
and education programs in the bioprocessing field to address the
workforce gap and promote American ingenuity in this rapidly
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evolving field. The Committee strongly encourages NSF to look to
institutions of higher education that have successfully dem-
onstrated national and international collaborations when providing
resources for these initiatives.
CyberCorps®, Scholarships for Service.—No less than
$70,000,000 is provided, of which up to $6,500,000 should be used
to continue work with community colleges that have a strong pro-
gram in cybersecurity, either standalone or in collaboration with a
4-year institution, as demonstrated by the National Security Agen-
cy and the Department of Homeland Security designation as a Cen-
ter of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Cyber De-
fense 2-year education, or equivalent evidence.
The National Science Foundation is encouraged to use the addi-
tional funding to increase the number of scholarships awarded at
participating institutions and to increase the number of institutions
that receive grants to participate in the program.
IUSE Program.—The Committee supports the Improving Under-
graduate STEM Education (IUSE) Program, and the recommenda-
tion provides no less than $90,000,000 for program activities.
Marine and Ocean Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Pol-
icy.—The Committee recognizes the dearth of minority students
and faculty studying and teaching in the areas of Marine and
Ocean Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Policy and encour-
ages NSF to invest in programs that enable a robust academic en-
vironment for underrepresented minorities in these fields. NSF’s
Division of Graduate Education should convene leaders from Mi-
nority Serving Institutions, other graduate-level institutions, and
Marine Institutes to conceptualize and establish programs that will
grow the pipeline of underrepresented minorities in the aforemen-
tioned areas.
Quantum Computing at MSIs.—The Committee encourages NSF
to continue support for quantum information science and engineer-
ing and especially collaborations with Minority Serving Institutions
that are helping to train a quantum-ready workforce. This will help
to grow U.S. national competitiveness in quantum information
sciences by ensuring a diverse ready workforce is being developed
as mandated in the Quantum Initiative Act (Public Law 115–368).
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT
The Committee recommends $390,017,000 for Agency Operations
and Award Management, which is $44,377,000 above fiscal year
2021 and $78,280,000 below the request.
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD
The Committee recommends $4,600,000 for the National Science
Board, which is $100,000 over fiscal year 2021 and equal to the re-
quest.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The Committee recommends $20,420,000 for the Office of Inspec-
tor General, which is $2,570,000 above fiscal year 2021 and the
equal to the request.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The bill includes a provision that establishes thresholds for the
transfer of funds.
The bill includes a provision regarding notification prior to acqui-
sition or disposal of certain assets.
TITLE IV
RELATED AGENCIES
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $13,000,000 for the Commission on
Civil Rights, which is $500,000 above fiscal year 2021 and equal to
the request. Within the amounts provided, $1,000,000 is for the
Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys. The Com-
mission on Civil Rights is directed to provide a spend plan for the
funds for this Commission, not later than 60 days after the date
of enactment of this Act.
Field Hearings.—The Commission is encouraged to conduct field
hearings on priority topic areas such as the treatment and diver-
sion of mentally ill persons in our Nation’s criminal justice system.
The Commission should also consider investigating the related civil
rights implications and disparate impacts of remote learning on the
educational system during COVID–19.
Policing Reform.—The Committee commends the Commission for
its report, Police Use of Force: An Examination of Modern Policing
Practices, and directs the Commission to continue disseminating
the findings and recommendations on constitutional policing reform
found in that report and other related Commission reports.
Donations.—The Committee includes bill language granting the
Commission the authority to accept donations to carry out its mis-
sion, similar to authority provided to 45 other Federal agencies.
The Commission shall provide the Committee quarterly updates on
all gifts and donations, as well as the terms of, and specific activi-
ties funded by, the gift or donation. Additionally, anticipated fund-
ing from gifts or donations shall be included in the Commission’s
annual spending plan submitted to the Committee pursuant to sec-
tion 528 of this Act.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $445,933,000 for the Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which is $41,443,000 above
fiscal year 2021 and equal to the request. This increase will allow
the EEOC to continue its prioritization of the enforcement of Fed-
eral anti-discrimination laws and to pursue litigation and strategic
initiatives quickly and aggressively. In addition, funding is pro-
vided to increase front-line and investigative staff to reduce wait
times for intake appointments, provide live help via the hotlines,
modernize information technology, and improve the EEOC’s meth-
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ods of data collection, reporting, and access. The Committee directs
the EEOC to provide a detailed hiring plan, organized by fiscal
quarter, within 30 days of enactment of this Act.
EEOC Training Resources on Workplace Harassment and Dis-
crimination.—The EEOC is directed to engage in education and
outreach activities, including providing training and technical as-
sistance, for those with rights and responsibilities under employ-
ment antidiscrimination laws. Within the increased funding pro-
vided, the Committee expects the EEOC to develop and dissemi-
nate resource materials on comprehensive trainings to foster re-
spectful workplaces free of harassment and discrimination, includ-
ing best practices and training resources that address the needs of
a diverse set of workplaces. The EEOC is directed to increase pub-
lic awareness regarding access to workplace trainings, in addition
to educating the public about the EEOC’s overall work on this sub-
ject, including detailed information on how to report instances of
harassment or discrimination. Resources and public education cam-
paigns should be made available in multiple languages. The EEOC
is directed to submit to the Committee, not later than 60 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, a detailed plan and schedule for
implementing these efforts.
Summary of Equal Pay Data and Report.—The Committee is
looking forward to the final report from the Committee on National
Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engi-
neering, and Medicine. CNSTAT is evaluating the quality and util-
ity of data collected from U.S. employers by the EEOC through the
EEO–1 Project, regarding compensation and hours worked. The
Committee expects a thorough, transparent review of the data and
looks forward to receiving the report upon completion no later than
December 2021.
Nondiscrimination report.—The Committee looks forward to re-
ceiving the report mandated by the Explanatory Statement accom-
panying Public Law 116–133, which directed the EEOC, in con-
sultation with the Office of Management and Budget and Office of
Personnel Management, to report on its efforts to prevent discrimi-
nation in the awarding of Federal grants, cooperative agreements,
and other assistance.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $118,500,000 for the International
Trade Commission (ITC), which is $15,500,000 above both the fis-
cal year 2021 enacted amount and the President’s budget request.
The recommendation includes full funding for all information tech-
nology requirements, as requested.
The Committee recognizes that under the Trade Promotion Au-
thority reauthorized in 2015 by the Bipartisan Congressional Trade
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–26), the
ITC is required to produce an assessment of the potential economic
impact of trade agreements no later than 105 calendar days after
such agreements are signed. The Committee recognizes the impor-
tance of this work in prior trade agreements.
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
The Committee recommends $600,000,000 for the Legal Services
Corporation (LSC), which is $135,000,000 above fiscal year 2021
and equal to the request.
LSC is a nonprofit corporation established to promote equal ac-
cess to justice and to provide grants for high-quality civil legal as-
sistance to low-income persons. LSC grants help the most vulner-
able people, including thousands of low-income individuals, vet-
erans, children, families, and seniors with civil legal assistance
with matters addressing family law, including domestic violence,
child support, and custody, as well as with housing matters, includ-
ing evictions and foreclosures. The recommended funding level in-
cludes $557,400,000 for basic field grants, an increase of
$131,900,000 above fiscal year 2021. The increased funding will en-
able LSC’s grantees to expand their outreach and assist more low-
income Americans. With State, local, pro bono, and private sources
underfunded, LSC is critical to closing the access-to-justice gap.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
The bill continues certain restrictions on the uses of LSC fund-
ing. In addition, the bill adopts the proposal to amend the require-
ment in Section 1007(c) of the LSC Act regarding certain require-
ments of the Governing Bodies of LSC Recipients.
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee provides $4,000,000 for the Marine Mammal
Commission to continue the critical work of the Commission to pro-
tect these important species.
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
The Committee recommends $72,800,000 for the Office of the
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), which is $2,800,000 above fiscal
year 2021 and $200,000 below the request. The Committee notes
that Title IX of the United States-Mexico-Canada Implementation
(USMCA) Act (Public Law 116–113) included $90,000,000 in sup-
plemental appropriations available to USTR for obligation until fis-
cal year 2023. The Committee reminds USTR of the quarterly ex-
penditure reports directed in House Report 116–101. The Com-
mittee directs the continuation of these reports for fiscal year 2022
and expects the inclusion of all funds provided to USTR, including
supplemental appropriations, in its reports to the Committee, in-
cluding information on staffing that supports the implementation of
the USMCA.
Bilateral Trade Agreements.—As the USTR continues multiple
and simultaneous bilateral trade agreement discussions on behalf
of the United States with various countries, including China and
India, the Committee encourages USTR to continue to prioritize
key U.S. export markets to ensure U.S. exporters are treated fairly,
and where applicable, USTR is encouraged to prioritize resources
to monitor compliance with trade obligations and enforce terms of
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such agreements. The Committee supports USTR’s work to provide
equitable market access for United States exports, including Amer-
ican-produced boric acid and America-grown almonds, pistachios,
and walnuts, in India, and fresh citrus and other specialty crops,
in China, and urges USTR to continue to prioritize fair treatment
for American companies and enforcement of all of our trading part-
ners’ obligations. Further, USTR is directed to consult with the ap-
propriate authorizing Committees, including the House Committee
on Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee, regarding the
inclusion of language related to Section 230 of the Communications
Decency Act (Public Law 104–104) in any current trade or future
trade agreement negotiations.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $57,800,000 for the salaries and ex-
penses of USTR to support its current services and additional fund-
ing to support efforts to onboard additional staff.
TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $15,000,000, as requested, which is
to be derived from the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund, for trade
enforcement activities authorized by the Trade Facilitation and
Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–125).
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $7,600,000 for the State Justice In-
stitute, which is $600,000 above fiscal year 2021.
The additional funding is provided to enhance the Institute’s ef-
forts to help State courts address the unique challenges of the
opioid epidemic, mental health issues, juvenile justice, child abuse,
and technology in State courts.
TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Section 501 prohibits the use of funds for publicity or propaganda
purposes unless expressly authorized by law.
Section 502 prohibits any appropriation contained in this Act
from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal
year unless expressly authorized.
Section 503 provides that the expenditure of any appropriation
contained in this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contracts shall be limited to those contracts where such ex-
penditures are a matter of public record and available for public in-
spection, except where otherwise provided under existing law or
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
Section 504 provides that if any provision of this Act or the appli-
cation of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held
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invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of other provi-
sions shall not be affected.
Section 505 prohibits a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates
or initiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates a pro-
gram, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any
means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied
or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes or
renames offices, programs, or activities; (6) contracts out or
privatizes any function or activity presently performed by Federal
employees; (7) augments funds for existing programs, projects, or
activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, or
reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, project, or activity,
or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results from any gen-
eral savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel,
which would result in a change in existing programs, projects, or
activities as approved by Congress, unless the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of
such reprogramming of funds.
Section 506 provides that if it is determined that any person in-
tentionally affixes a ‘‘Made in America’’ label to any product that
was not made in America that person shall not be eligible to re-
ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available
in this Act. The section further provides that to the extent prac-
ticable, with respect to purchases of promotional items, funds made
available under this Act shall be used to purchase items manufac-
tured, produced, or assembled in the United States or its territories
or possessions.
Section 507 requires quarterly reporting on the status of bal-
ances of appropriations.
Section 508 provides that any costs incurred by a department or
agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in this Act,
or, for the Department of Commerce, from actions taken for the
care and protection of loan collateral or grant property, shall be ab-
sorbed within the budgetary resources available to the department
or agency, and provides transfer authority between appropriation
accounts to carry out this provision, subject to reprogramming pro-
cedures.
Section 509 prohibits funds made available in this Act from being
used to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products
or to seek the reduction or removal of foreign restrictions on the
marketing of tobacco products, except for restrictions that are not
applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type.
This provision is not intended to impact routine international trade
services to all U.S. citizens, including the processing of applications
to establish foreign trade zones.
Section 510 limits the obligation of receipts deposited into the
Crime Victims Fund to $2,600,000,000 during fiscal year 2022. The
language also provides for a Tribal set-aside.
Section 511 prohibits the use of Department of Justice funds for
programs that discriminate against or denigrate the religious or
moral beliefs of students participating in such programs.
Section 512 prohibits the transfer of funds made available in this
Act to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
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States Government, except for transfers made by, or pursuant to
authorities provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
Section 513 requires the Inspectors General of the Departments
of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration, the National Science Foundation, and the Legal Serv-
ices Corporation to conduct reviews of activities funded in this Act
and requires certifications regarding conflicts of interest.
Section 514 prohibits funds for acquisition of certain information
systems unless the acquiring department or agency has reviewed
and assessed certain risks. Any acquisition of such an information
system is contingent upon the development of a risk mitigation
strategy and a determination that the acquisition is in the national
interest. Each department or agency covered by this section shall
consult with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other
relevant agencies when reviewing supply chain risks and making
a determination that the acquisition is in the national interest.
Each department or agency covered by this section is directed to
ensure it is following the criteria established by the FBI and the
National Institute of Standards and Technology when acquiring or
renewing certain information systems. Each department or agency
covered under this section shall submit a quarterly report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate describing
reviews and assessments of risk made pursuant to this section and
any associated findings or determinations.
Section 515 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act
to support or justify the use of torture by any official or contract
employee of the United States Government.
Section 516 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act
to include certain language in trade agreements.
Section 517 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act
to authorize or issue a national security letter (NSL) in contraven-
tion of certain laws authorizing the FBI to issue NSLs.
Section 518 requires congressional notification regarding any
project within the Departments of Commerce or Justice, the Na-
tional Science Foundation or the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration totaling more than $75,000,000 that has cost in-
creases of 10 percent or more.
Section 519 deems funds for intelligence or intelligence related
activities as authorized by Congress during fiscal year 2022 until
the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year
2022.
Section 520 prohibits contracts or grant awards in excess of
$5,000,000 unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies
that the organization has filed all Federal tax returns, has not
been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, and has no unpaid Federal tax assessment.
(RESCISSIONS)
Section 521 provides for rescissions of unobligated balances from
the Department of Justice.
Section 522 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act
for the purchase of first class or premium air travel in contraven-
tion of certain Federal regulations.
Section 523 prohibits the use of funds, under certain cir-
cumstances, to pay for the attendance of more than 50 department
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or agency employees, who are stationed in the United States, at
any single conference outside the United States.
Section 524 requires tracking and reporting of undisbursed bal-
ances in expired grant accounts.
Section 525 requires funds, to the extent practicable, to be used
to purchase light bulbs that are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the
‘‘Federal Energy Management Program’’ designation.
Section 526 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act
by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) or the National
Space Council (NSC) to engage in bilateral activities with China or
a Chinese-owned company unless the activities are authorized by
subsequent legislation or NASA, OSTP or NSC after consultation
with the Federal Bureau of Investigation have made a certification
pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
Section 527 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act
to establish or maintain a computer network that does not block
pornography, except for law enforcement or victim assistance pur-
poses.
Section 528 requires each department and agency funded in the
bill to submit spending plans.
Section 529 prohibits funds to pay for award or incentive fees for
contractors with below satisfactory performance or performance
that fails to meet the basic requirements of the contract.
Section 530 prohibits funds from being used by the Department
of Justice or Drug Enforcement Administration in contravention of
section 7606 of Agricultural Act of 2014.
Section 531 prohibits the Department of Justice from preventing
certain States and territories from implementing State or territory
laws regarding the use of medical marijuana.
Section 532 requires a quarterly report from the Department of
Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
and the National Science Foundation on official travel to China.
Section 533 requires not less than 10 percent of the funds pro-
vided for certain programs be provided to persistent poverty coun-
ties or any Territory or possession of the United States.
Section 534 requires a report regarding construction of a new
headquarters for the FBI.
Section 535 prohibits funds from being used to prevent a Member
of Congress from entering Federal facilities to conduct oversight.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
The following materials are submitted in accordance with various
requirements of the Rules of the House of Representatives:
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FULL COMMITTEE VOTES
Pursuant to the provisions of clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, the results
of each roll call vote ·on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting
for and those voting agilinst, are printed below:
RollCall l
Date: July 15, 2021
Measure: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill, FY 2022
Motion by: Mr. Aderholt
Description of Motion: Prohibits Justice Department funds in the bill from being used to pay for an
abortion, except in the case ofrape or incest, or if the life of the mother were to be endangered if the fetus
were carried to term.
Results: Not Adopted 25 yeas to 32 nays
Members Voting Yea Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aderholt Mr.Aguilar
Mr. Calvert Mr.Bishop
Mr.Cline Mrs. Bustos
Mr.Cole Mr. Cartwright
Mr. Cuellar Mr. Case
Mr. Diaz-Balart Ms. Clark
Mr. Fleischmann Mr. Crist
Mr. Fortenberry lvls. DeLauro
Mr. Garcia Mr. Espaillat
Mr. Gonzales Ms.Frankel
Ms. Granger Mr. Harder
Dr. Harris Ms. Kaptur
Ms. Herrera Beutler Mr. Kilmer
Mrs. Hinson Mrs. Kirkpatrick
Mr.Joyce Mrs. Lawrence
Mr. Moolenaar Ms. Lee of California
Mr. Newhouse Mrs. Lee of Nevada
Mr. Palazzo Ms.McCollum
Mr. Reschenthaler Ms.Meng
Mr. Rogers Ms. Pingree
Mr. Rutherford Mr.Pocan
Mr. Simpson Mr.Price
Mr. Stewart Mr. Quigley
Mr. Valadao Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mr. Womack Mr. Ruppersberger
Mr. Ryan
Mrs. Torres
Mr. Trone
Ms. Underwood
Ms. Wasserman Schultz
Mrs. Watson Coleman
Ms. Wexton
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FULL COMMITTEE VOTES
Pursuant to the provisions of clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, the results
of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting
for and those voting against, are printed below:
RollCall2
Date: July 15, 2021
Measure: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill, FY 2022
Motion by: Mr. Calvert
Description of Motion: Prohibits funds in the bill from being used to support, allow, or facilitate the
negotiation or approval of the "Waiver from Certain Provisions of the TRIPS Agreement for the
Prevention, Containment, and Treatment ofCOVID-19" put forth by India and South Africa, or any other
measure at the World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property rights.
Results: Not Adopted 25 yeas to 33 nays
Members Voting Yea Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aderholt Mr.Aguilar
Mr.Amodei Mr.Bishop
Mr. Calvert Mrs. Bustos
Mr.Cline Mr. Cartwright
Mr.Cole Mr. Case
Mr. Diaz-Balart Ms. Clark
Mr. Fleischmann Mr. Crist
Mr. Fortenberry Mr. Cuellar
Mr. Garcia Ms. DeLauro
Mr. Gonzales Mr. Espaillat
Ms. Granger Ms. Frankel
Dr. Harris Mr. Harder
Ms. Herrera Beutler Ms. Kaptur
Mrs. Hinson Mr. Kilmer
Mr.Joyce Mrs. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Moolenaar Mrs. Lawrence
Mr. Newhouse Ms. Lee of California
Mr. Palazzo Mrs. Lee of Nevada
Mr. Reschenthaler Ms.McCollum
Mr. Rogers Ms.Meng
Mr. Rutherford Ms. Pingree
Mr. Simpson Mr.Pocan
Mr. Stewart Mr. Price
Mr. Valadao Mr. Quigley
Mr. Womack Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mr. Ruppersberger
Mr.Ryan
Mrs. Torres
Mr. Trone
Ms. Underwood
Ms. Wasserman Schultz
Mrs. Watson Coleman
Ms. Wexton
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FULL COMMITTEE VOTES
Pursuant to the provisions of clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, the results
of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting
for and those voting against, are printed below:
Roll Call 3
Date: July 15, 2021
Measure: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill, FY 4022
Motion by: Mr. Rutherford
Description of Motion: Strikes sections 219,220, and 221 from the bill.
Results: Not Adopted 25 yeas to 33 nays
Members Voting Yea Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aderholt Mr.Aguilar
Mr.Amodei Mr.Bishop
Mr. Calvert Mrs. Bustos
Mr.Cline Mr. Cartwright
Mr. Cole Mr.Case
Mr. Diaz-Balart Ms. Clark
Mr. Fleischmann Mr. Crist
Mr. Fortenberry Mr. Cuellar
Mr. Garcia Ms.DeLauro
Mr. Gonzales Mr. Espaillat
Ms. Granger Ms. Frankel
Dr. Harris Mr. Harder
Ms. Herrera Beutler Ms. Kaptnr
Mrs. Hinson Mr. Kilmer
Mr.Joyce Mrs. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Moolenaar Mrs. Lawrence
Mr. Newhouse Ms. Lee of California
Mr. Palazzo Mrs. Lee of Nevada
Mr. Reschenthaler Ms.McCollum
Mr.Rogers Ms.Meng
Mr. Rutherford Ms. Pingree
Mr. Simpson Mr.Pocan
Mr. Stewart Mr. Price
Mr. Valadao Mr.Quigley
Mr. Womack Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mr. Ruppersberger
Mr.Ryan
Mrs. Torres
Mr. Trone
Ms. Underwood
Ms. Wasserman Schultz
Mrs. Watson Coleman
Ms. Wexton
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FULL COMMITTEE VOTES
Pursuant to the provisions of clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, the results
of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting
for and those voting against, are printed below:
Rol1Call4
Date: July 15, 2021
Measure: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill, FY 2022
Motion by: Mr. Cline
Description of Motion: Eliminates funding for the pilot program for gun buyback and relinquishment,
and adds $ I 0,000,000 to the Justice Department's Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.
Results: Not Adopted 25 yeas to 33 nays
Members Voting Yea Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aderholt Mr. Aguilar
Mr.Amodei Mr. Bishop
Mr. Calvert Mrs. Bustos
Mr. Cline Mr. Cartwright
Mr. Cole Mr. Case
Mr. Diaz-Balart Ms. Clark
Mr. Fleischmann Mr. Crist
Mr. Fortenberry Mr.Cuellar
Mr. Garcia Ms. DeLauro
Mr. Gonzales Mr. Espaillat
Ms. Granger Ms. Frankel
Dr. Harris Mr.Harder
Ms. Herrera Beutler Ms. Kaptur
Mrs. Hinson Mr.Kilmer
Mr.Joyce Mrs. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Mooienaar Mrs. Lawrence
Mr. Newhouse Ms. Lee of California
Mr. Palazzo Mrs. Lee of Nevada
Mr. Reschenthaler Ms.McCollum
Mr. Rogers Ms.Meng
Mr. Rutherford Ms. Pingree
Mr. Simpson Mr.Pocan
Mr. Stewart Mr. Price
Mr. Valadao Mr.Quigley
Mr. Womack Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mr. Ruppersberger
Mr.Ryan
Mrs. Torres
Mr. Trone
Ms.'Underwood
Ms. Wasserman Schultz
Mrs. Watson Coleman
Ms. Wexton
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FULL COMMITTEE VOTES
Pursuant to the provisions of clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, the results
of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting
for and those voting against, are printed below:
RollCall 5
Date: July 15, 2021
Measure: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill, FY 2022
Motion by: Mr. Garcia
Description of Motion: Transfers $8,580,000 from the National Science Foundation, Research and
Related Activities account to the National Science Foundation, Office ofinspector General account.
Results: Not Adopted 25 yeas to 33 nays
Members Voting Yea Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aderholt Mr. Aguilar
Mr.Amodei Mr. Bishop
Mr. Calvert Mrs. Bustos
Mr.Cline Mr. Cartwright
Mr. Cole Mr. Case
Mr. Diaz-Balart Ms. Clark
Mr. Fleischmann Mr. Crist
Mr. Fortenberry Mr. Cuellar
Mr. Garcia Ms.DeLauro
Mr. Gonzales Mr. Espaillat
Ms. Granger Ms. Frankel
Dr. Harris Mr.Harder
Ms. Herrera Beutler Ms. Kaptnr
Mrs.Hinson Mr.Kilmer
Mr.Joyce Mrs. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Moolenaar Mrs. Lawrence
Mr. Newhouse Ms. Lee of California
Mr.Palazzo Mrs. Lee of Nevada
Mr. Reschenthaler Ms.McCollum
Mr. Rogers Ms. Meng
Mr. Rutherford Ms. Pi~gree
Mr. Simpson Mr. Pocan
Mr. Stewart Mr. Price
Mr. Valadao Mr. Quigley
Mr. Womack Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mr. Ruppersberger
Mr.Ryan
Mrs. Torres
Mr. Trone
Ms. Underwood
Ms. Wasserman Schultz
Mrs. Watson Coleman
Ms. Wexton
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FULL COMMITTEE VOTES
Pursuant to the provisions of clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, the results
of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting
for and those voting against, are printed below:
Roll Call 6
Date: July 15, 202 I
Measure: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill, FY 2022
Motion by: Mrs. Hinson
Description of Motion: Prohibits funds in the bill from being used to implement, administer, or enforce
Executive Order 14006 regarding privately operated criminal detention facilities; and transfers
$75,000,000 from the U.S. Marshals Service, Federal Prisoner Detention account to the Drug
Enforcement Administration, Salaries and Expenses account.
Results: Not Adopted 27 yeas to 32 nays
Members Voting Yea Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aderholt Mr.Aguilar
Mr.Amodei Mr. Bishop
Mr. Calvert Mrs. Bustos
Mr. Carter Mr. Cartwright
Mr.Cline Mr. Case
Mr.Cole Ms. Clark
Mr. Cuellar Mr. Crist
Mr. Diaz-Balart Ms. DeLauro
Mr. Fleischmann Mr. Espaillat
Mr. Fortenberry Ms. Frankel
Mr. Garcia Mr. Harder
Mr. Gonzales Ms. Kaptur
Ms.Granger Mr.Kilmer
Dr. Harris Mrs. Kirkpatrick
Ms. Herrera Beutler Mrs. Lawrence
Mrs.Hinson Ms. Lee of California
Mr.Joyce Mrs. Lee of Nevada
Mr. Moolenaar Ms.McCollum
Mr. Newhouse Ms.Meng
Mr.Palazzo Ms. Pingree
Mr. Reschenthaler Mr. Pocan
Mr. Rogers Mr. Price
Mr. Rutherford Mr.Quigley
Mr. Simpson Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mr. Stewart Mr. Ruppersberger
Mr. Valadao Mr.Ryan
Mr. Womack Mrs. Torres
Mr. Trone
Ms. Underwood
Ms. Wasserman Schultz
Mrs. Watson Coleman
Ms. Wexton
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161
FULL COMMITTEE VOTES
Pursuant to the provisions ofclause 3 (b) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, the results
of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting
for and those voting against, are printed below:
RollCall 7
Date: July 15, 2021
Measure: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill, FY 2022
Motion by: Mr. Price
Description of Motion: To report the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Bill to the House; as amended.
Results: Adopted 33 yeas to 26 nays
Members Voting Yea Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aguilar Mr. Aderholt
Mr.Bishop Mr.Amodei
Mrs. Bustos Mr. Calvert
Mr. Cartwright Mr. Carter
Mr. Case Mr.Cline
Ms.Clark Mr. Cole
Mr. Crist Mr. Diaz-Balart
Mr. Cuellar Mr. Fleischmann
Ms. DeLauro Mr. Fortenberry
Mr. Espaillat Mr. Garcia
Ms.Frankel Mr. Gonzales
Mr. Harder Ms. Granger
Ms. Kaptur Dr. Harris
Mr. Kilmer Ms. Herrera Beutler
Mrs. Kirkpatrick Mrs. Hinson
Mrs. Lawrence Mr. Joyce
Ms. Lee of California Mr. Moolenaar
Mrs. Lee of Nevada Mr. Newhouse
Ms.McCollum Mr. Palazzo
Ms.Meng Mr. Reschenthaler
Ms. Pingree Mr. Rogers
Mr. Pocan Mr. Rutherford
Mr. Price Mr. Simpson
Mr. Quigley Mr. Stewart
Ms. Roybal-Allard Mr. Valadao
Mr. Ruppersberger Mr. Womack
Mr.Ryan
Mrs. Torres
Mr. Trone
Ms. Underwood
Ms. Wasserman Schultz
Ms. Watson Coleman
Ms. Wexton
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STATEMENT OF GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the following is a statement of general perform-
ance goals and objectives for which this measure authorizes fund-
ing: The Committee on Appropriations considers program perform-
ance, including a program’s success in developing and attaining
outcome-related goals and objectives, in developing funding rec-
ommendations.
RESCISSIONS
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the following table is submitted describing the
rescissions recommended in the accompanying bill:
Department of Justice:
Working Capital Fund ....................................................................... $108,400,000
Office of Justice Programs ................................................................. 90,000,000
Community Oriented Policing Services ............................................ 15,000,000
Office on Violence Against Women ................................................... 15,000,000
DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED
SPENDING ITEMS
The following table is submitted in compliance with clause 9 of
rule XXI, and lists the congressional earmarks (as defined in para-
graph (e) of clause 9) contained in the bill or in this report. Neither
the bill nor the report contain any limited tax benefits or limited
tariff benefits as defined in paragraphs (f) or (g) of clause 9 of rule
XXI.
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[Community Project Funding Items]
House House
Agency Account Recipient Location Project Amount Requestor(s)
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DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Columbia River Inter Tribal Fish Portland, OR ..... Upgrade and Expand the Coastal Margin Observa- $760,000 Bonamici
Commission. tion and Prediction Program.
PO 00000 DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Alabama State Port Authority ...... Mobile, AL ......... Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) $233,000 Carl
Sensors, Port of Mobile.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... University of Hawai’i .................... Kaneohe, HI ....... Moku o Lo’e Marine Laboratory Refuge Eco-Friendly $200,000 Case
Sea Wall Research.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... The Hawai’I Department of Land Honolulu, HI ...... Waikiki Marine Life Conservation District Coral $415,000 Case
and Natural Resources, Divi- Restoration.
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sion of Aquatic Resources.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... George Mason University .............. Fairfax, VA ........ Virginia Climate Center ........................................... $1,979,000 Connolly
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... University of South Florida ........... St. Petersburg, Observing Infrastructure to Address Flooding Risks $2,000,000 Crist
Fmt 6659 FL. due to Climate Change at the Community Level.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Florida International University .... Miami, FL .......... Aquarius Coral Reef Observatory ............................. $1,135,000 Diaz-Balart; Gimenez
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Texas State University .................. San Marcos, TX Texas State University Meadows Center Climate $2,000,000 Doggett 163
Change Impact on Water Initiative.
Sfmt 6602 DOC NOAA–ORF ......... The Marine Mammal Center ......... Sausalito, Cali- Emergency Marine Mammal Field Response, Re- $500,000 Huffman
fornia. search, and Rehabilitation.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Greater Farallones Association ..... San Francisco, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Kelp $500,000 Huffman
CA. Recovery.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Oceans Initiative .......................... Seattle, WA ....... Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology (TAST) at the $322,000 Jayapal
Ballard Locks.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... The Nature Conservancy Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawaii Putting People to Work Supporting Community- $500,000 Kahele
Based Co-Management of Coastal Resources in
Hawai’i.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Northern Illinois University ........... Dekalb, IL .......... Understanding and Mitigating Future Weather and $660,000 Kinzinger
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Climate Risks to Agriculture.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... University of Rhode Island ........... Kingston, RI ...... University of Rhode Island Integrated Plastics Re- $1,000,000 Langevin
search.
HR097 DOC NOAA–ORF ......... The Regents of the University of La Jolla, CA ....... Mobile LiDAR System ............................................... $800,000 Levin (CA)
California, Scripps Institute of
Oceanography.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... San Jose State University Re- San Jose, CA ..... Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center .............. $1,150,000 Lofgren
search Foundation.
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DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Waterfront Alliance, Inc. ............... New York, NY .... Flushing Meadows Corona Park: A Hub for Climate $531,000 Meng
Resilience.
PO 00000 DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Coastal Preservation Network ...... College Point, Restoration & Stabilization of Two On-Water Plat- $263,000 Ocasio-Cortez
NY. forms on Flushing Bay.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... NOAA’s James J. Howard Marine Highlands, NJ .... Social and Ecological Resilience Projects for New $480,000 Pallone
Sciences Laboratory at Sandy Jersey Coasts and Oceans.
Hook.
Frm 00164 DOC NOAA–ORF ......... San Diego Unified Port District .... San Diego, CA ... Habitat-Friendly Shoreline Structures ...................... $1,000,000 Peters
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... University of Maine ...................... Orono, ME ......... Maine Climate Coordination Center ........................ $990,000 Pingree
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Augusta, ME ..... Planning for the Future of Maine’s Lobster Fishery $200,000 Pingree
Science Center. and Right Whale Protections.
Fmt 6659 DOC NOAA–ORF ......... University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI ...... Next Generation Scanning High-Resolution Inter- $1,200,000 Pocan
Space Science and Engineering ferometer Sounder (S–HIS) Aircraft Instrument.
Center.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Town of Hempstead, New York .... Hempstead, NY Marine Nature Study Area ....................................... $130,000 Rice (NY) 164
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Florida International University .... Miami, FL .......... Greater Biscayne Bay Harmful Algae Bloom Moni- $2,000,000 Salazar
Sfmt 6602 toring Program.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Museum of Science, Inc. .............. Miami, FL .......... National Center for Education and Conservation of $1,150,000 Salazar
Florida’s Coral Reef.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Washington Department of Fish Olympia, WA ...... Columbia River Pinniped Removal .......................... $892,000 Schrader; Herrera Beutler
and Wildlife.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... Oregon Department of Fish and Newport, OR ...... Whale Entanglement Risk Reduction Research ...... $100,000 Schrader
Wildlife.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... The Nurture Nature Center ........... Easton, PA ........ CREATE Resilience Research and Community $140,000 Wild
Learning Hub.
DOC NOAA–ORF ......... University of Alaska Anchorage ... Homer, AK ......... Engaging Diverse Communities in Stewardship of $750,000 Young
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Wild Salmon in Cook Inlet.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Sparks ............................... Sparks, NV ........ First Responder Radio Equipment ........................... $1,000,000 Amodei
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of West Wendover ................. West Wendover, Police Interoperability Equipment ............................ $376,000 Amodei
HR097 NV.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Elk Grove .......................... Elk Grove, CA .... Elk Grove Police Department Communications Cen- $520,000 Bera
ter Equipment.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Pinellas County Government ........ Clearwater, FL ... Pinellas County Consolidated Computer Aided Dis- $1,750,000 Bilirakis
patch (CAD) System.
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DOJ COPS Tech ........ Village of East Alton .................... East Alton, IL .... East Alton Law Enforcement Cameras .................... $25,000 Bost
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Prince George’s County Govern- Prince George’s Mobile Camera System ............................................ $442,000 Brown
ment. County, MD.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ San Luis Obispo County ............... San Luis Obispo County of San Luis Obispo Public Safety Commu- $5,600,000 Carbajal
County, CA. nication System.
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DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Monroeville ........................ Monroeville, AL .. Monroeville Police Department Security Cameras ... $125,000 Carl
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Wilkes-Barre ..................... Wilkes-Barre, PA City of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania’s Community $2,100,000 Cartwright
Policing Technology and Equipment Initiative.
PO 00000 DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Tampa ............................... Tampa, FL ......... COPS Technology Enhancement ............................... $382,000 Castor (FL)
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Hamilton County Department of Cincinnati, OH .. Hamilton County P25 Radio System Enhancement $1,600,000 Chabot
Communications.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Norwich Police Department .......... Norwich, CT ....... Norwich Police Department Computer Aided Dis- $700,000 Courtney
patch and Records Management System.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Coos County .................................. Coos County, OR Coos County Emergency Radio Communications $231,000 DeFazio
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System.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Montgomery County Sheriff’s Of- Montgomery Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office License Plate $25,000 Delgado
fice. County, NY. Reader.
Fmt 6659 DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Glendale ............................ Glendale, AZ ..... Glendale 911 Communication Center Upgrades ..... $480,000 Gallego
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Alamo ................................ Alamo, TX .......... City of Alamo Police Radio Equipment ................... $540,000 Gonzalez, Vicente (TX)
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Vancouver ......................... Vancouver, WA .. City of Vancouver Police Camera Program ............. $1,500,000 Herrera Beutler 165
DOJ COPS Tech ........ SouthCom Combined Dispatch Matteson, IL ...... SouthCom Technology Upgrades .............................. $276,000 Kelly (IL)
Sfmt 6602 Center.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Nevada County Sheriff’s Depart- Nevada City, CA Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Radio Infrastruc- $4,800,000 LaMalfa
ment. ture Improvements.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Town of Paradise .......................... Paradise, CA ..... Upgraded Radios for Paradise Police Department .. $615,000 LaMalfa
DOJ COPS Tech ........ South Beaver Township Police De- South Beaver South Beaver Township Police Department Com- $224,000 Lamb
partment. Township, PA. munication System Improvement Project.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Oceanside Police Department ...... Oceanside, CA ... In-Car Camera System ............................................ $587,000 Levin (CA)
DOJ COPS Tech ........ County of Northampton ................ Northampton Eastern Shore of Virginia’s Regional Public Safety $8,245,000 Luria
County, VA. Radio Communications System.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Union County, New Jersey ............ Union County, NJ Union County, New Jersey, Law Enforcement Inter- $1,270,000 Malinowski
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operable Communications Expansion and Up-
grades.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Greensboro ........................ Greensboro, NC Computer Aided Dispatch System Replacement for $3,000,000 Manning
HR097 the City of Greensboro, NC.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Winston-Salem, NC ........... Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem Police Department Real Time Crime $273,000 Manning
NC. Center Technology Upgrades.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Saint Paul ......................... Saint Paul, MN Saint Paul Police Department Portable Radio Re- $2,000,000 McCollum
placement.
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DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Huntington ........................ Huntington, WV Nationally Integrated Ballistic Information Network $219,000 Miller (WV)
(NIBIN) Terminal.
PO 00000 DOJ COPS Tech ........ Gary Police Department ................ Gary, IN ............. Technology Upgrades—Gary Police Department ..... $500,000 Mrvan
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Monrovia ........................... Monrovia, CA ..... Monrovia Public Safety Critical Communications $843,000 Napolitano
Replacement Project.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Camden County Police Depart- Camden County, Cameras to Monitor Illegal Dumping ...................... $500,000 Norcross
ment. NJ.
Frm 00166 DOJ COPS Tech ........ Manchester Police Department .... Manchester, NH Manchester Gunshot Recognition Technology ......... $300,000 Pappas
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Strafford County Sheriff’s Depart- Strafford County, Strafford County Sheriff Radio Systems .................. $752,000 Pappas
ment. NH.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ The Borough of Leonia ................. Leonia, NJ ......... The Strengthening Public Safety Communications $250,000 Pascrell
Fmt 6659 Project.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Chicago Police Department .......... Chicago, IL ........ Chicago Integrated Intelligence Strategy Program $500,000 Quigley
Equipment.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Westmoreland County Department Greensburg, PA Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety $528,000 Reschenthaler 166
of Public Safety. Backup 9-1-1.
Sfmt 6602 DOJ COPS Tech ........ Johnson County Fiscal Court ........ Paintsville, KY ... Johnson County First Responder Communications $859,000 Rogers (KY)
Project.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Clinton Police Department Clinton, NC ....... Radio Upgrades and Repeater Placement .............. $173,000 Rouzer
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Marion County—Finance Depart- Marion County, Marion County Public Safety Radio System Up- $1,200,000 Schrader
ment. OR. grade and Repairs.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Suffolk .............................. Suffolk, VA ........ Suffolk Emergency Communication Center Com- $3,492,000 Scott (VA)
puter Aided Dispatching (CAD) and Police
Records Management System (RMS) Replace-
ment.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Union City Police Department ...... Union City, NJ ... Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) for a Safer Union $1,100,000 Sires
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City.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Waterford Township Police De- Waterford, MI .... 911 Dispatch-Emergency Operations Center Tech- $250,000 Stevens
partment. nology Upgrades.
HR097 DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Fremont ............................. Fremont, CA ...... City of Fremont Emergency Dispatch System ......... $250,000 Swalwell
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Pomona—Police Depart- Pomona, CA ...... Police Radio Upgrades ............................................. $3,404,000 Torres (CA)
ment.
DOJ COPS Tech ........ City of Lemoore ............................ Lemoore, CA ...... City of Lemoore Police Dispatch .............................. $1,000,000 Valadao
DOJ COPS Tech ........ Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office .. Hillsdale, MI ...... Communication Technology Improvement ............... $210,000 Walberg
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DOJ COPS Tech ........ Chittenden County Public Safety Chittenden Chittenden County Public Safety Authority Regional $750,000 Welch
Authority. County, VT. Dispatch Center—Equipment.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Charlotte ........................... Charlotte, NC .... Cure Violence Charlotte Implementation ................. $1,000,000 Adams
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Rialto ................................ Rialto, CA .......... City of Rialto Body-Worn Camera Upgrade ............. $700,000 Aguilar
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Southern Methodist University ..... Dallas, TX ......... Combatting Human Trafficking ............................... $1,187,000 Allred
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Omaha .............................. Omaha, NE ........ Encompass Omaha: A Hospital-based Violence $527,000 Bacon
Intervention Program.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Mansfield Division of Po- Mansfield, OH ... City of Mansfield Division of Police Gun-shot De- $50,000 Balderson
PO 00000 lice. tection Program.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Morrow County Sheriff’s Office .... Mt. Gilead, OH .. Morrow County Sheriff’s Office Radio Communica- $288,000 Balderson
tions System.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Menifee County Sheriff’s Office ... Frenchburg, KY Menifee County Schools Security Project ................. $529,000 Barr
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Toberman Neighborhood Center ... San Pedro, CA ... Toberman Neighborhood Center San Pedro Violence $1,000,000 Diaz Barragán
Interruption through Gang Deterrence Program.
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... A New Way of Life ........................ Los Angeles, CA A New Way of Life Safe Homes—Women’s Reentry $250,000 Bass
and Economic Development Initiative.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade, Los Angeles, CA Brotherhood Crusade and 2nd Call: Answering the $220,000 Bass
Fmt 6659 Black United Fund, Inc.. Second Call—A Holistic, Culturally-Responsive,
Trauma-Informed Re-Entry Program.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... The Connie Rice Institute for Los Angeles, CA Urban Peace Institute and Chapter TWO: South Los $220,000 Bass 167
Urban Peace. Angeles Peace Ambassadors.
Sfmt 6602 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Young Women’s Christian Asso- Los Angeles, CA YWCA Greater Los Angeles Sexual Assault Re- $300,000 Bass
ciation of Greater Los Angeles. sponse Team Project (SART).
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... CHOICES for Victims of Domestic Worthington, OH Safe Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence ....... $750,000 Beatty
Violence, dba LSS CHOICES.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Huckleberry House, Inc. ................ Columbus, OH ... Central Ohio Youth Homelessness Support for Vic- $610,000 Beatty
tims of Crime.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Alexandria (VA) ................. Alexandria, VA ... Pilot Deployment of Body-Worn Cameras in the Al- $600,000 Beyer
exandria Police Department.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Pinellas County Justice Center ..... Clearwater, FL ... Pinellas County Intercept Unit ................................. $200,000 Bilirakis
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... U.S. Institute Against Human Tampa, FL ......... Combatting Human Trafficking in the State of $750,000 Bilirakis
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Trafficking. Florida.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Pelham, Georgia ............... Pelham, GA ....... City of Pelham—Radio Communications System $225,000 Bishop (GA)
Upgrade.
HR097 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Portland ............................ Portland, OR ..... City of Portland Violence Prevention Outreach ....... $200,000 Blumenauer
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Delaware Criminal Justice Council Wilmington, DE Statewide Body-Worn Camera Project ..................... $1,600,000 Blunt Rochester
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Delaware Criminal Justice Council Wilmington, DE Statewide Violence Reduction Project ..................... $1,900,000 Blunt Rochester
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Forsyth County Government .......... Forsyth County, Forsyth County Substance Abuse and Intervention $90,000 Bourdeaux
GA. Program.
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Forsyth County Government .......... Forsyth County, Crisis Intervention Team .......................................... $235,000 Bourdeaux
GA.
PO 00000 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Lutheran Settlement House .......... Philadelphia, PA Strengthening Supports for Victims of Domestic $125,000 Boyle
Violence.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Mothers in Charge ........................ Philadelphia, PA Mothers In Charge Prevention, Intervention and $100,000 Boyle
Education (PIE).
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... County of Ventura ........................ Ventura County, Ventura County Cold Case and Sexual Assault In- $950,000 Brownley
CA. vestigation.
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... University of South Alabama ....... Mobile, AL ......... Department Community-Based Crisis Intervention $500,000 Carl
Training and Support for Primary Responders.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Indianapolis ...................... Indianapolis, IN Mental Health Diversion Program ............................ $1,000,000 Carson
Fmt 6659
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Marion County Prosecutors Office Marion County, Marion County Prosecutor’s Office Second Chance $96,000 Carson
IN. Workshops.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Bell County ................................... Bell County, TX Bell County Sheriff’s Department 2021 Equipment $1,563,000 Carter (TX) 168
Modernization Plan.
Sfmt 6602 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Belton ............................... Belton, TX ......... City of Belton Public Safety Equipment .................. $374,000 Carter (TX)
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Lackawanna County Government Lackawanna Lackawanna County Gun and Gang Reduction and $2,000,000 Cartwright
County, PA. Intelligence Project (GGRIP).
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Graham County Sheriff’s Depart- Robbinsville, NC Graham County In-Car Radios for Patrol Cars ....... $91,000 Cawthorn
ment.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Graham County Sheriff’s Depart- Robbinsville, NC Graham County Sheriff Body-Worn Camera Project $53,000 Cawthorn
ment.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Safelight, Inc. ............................... Hendersonville, Safelight Child Advocacy Center ............................. $300,000 Cawthorn
NC.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Family Service of Rhode Island Providence, RI ... Police Go Team Critical Services and Expansion .... $413,000 Cicilline
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(FSRI).
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of New York, Office to Pre- New York, NY .... Crisis Management System (CMS) .......................... $3,000,000 Clarke (NY)
HR097 vent Gun Violence.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Kansas City, Missouri Health De- Kansas City, MO Aim4Peace Hospital-based Violence Intervention $250,000 Cleaver
partment. Program.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Lower Richland Alumni Founda- Columbia, SC .... The Lower Richland Alumni Foundation Community $800,000 Clyburn
tion. Cares Project.
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Cocaine and Alcohol Awareness Memphis, TN ..... Cocaine and Alcohol Awareness Program, Incor- $671,000 Cohen
Program, Incorporated. porated (CAAP, Inc) Community Corrections Pro-
gram.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Orange County .............................. Orange County, Coordinated Reentry Center—Programs and Serv- $5,000,000 Correa
CA. ices.
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Fresno Police Department Fresno, CA ......... Advance Peace Fresno—Violence Prevention and $300,000 Costa
Intervention Program.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Clearwater, Florida ........... Clearwater, FL ... Clearwater Police Department Mental Health Co- $144,000 Crist
PO 00000 Responder Program.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Largo, FL ........................... Largo, FL ........... Police Officers Body-Worn Cameras for Largo Po- $230,000 Crist
lice Department.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Village of Maywood ...................... Village of May- Maywood Alternative Policing Strategies, Junior $621,000 Davis, Danny K. (IL)
wood, IL. (MAPS, JR).
Frm 00169 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... JEVS Human Services ................... Philadelphia, PA The Choice is Yours ................................................. $400,000 Dean
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of New Haven ........................ New Haven, CT New Haven Community Crisis Response Team $2,000,000 DeLauro
(NH–CCRT).
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Community Leaders Roundtable Burien, WA ........ Snohomish County Community-Based Diversion $246,000 DelBene
Fmt 6659 of Seattle, d.b.a. CHOOSE 180. with CHOOSE 180.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Samadhi Center Inc. .................... Kingston, NY ..... Samadhi Center SNUGS Program ............................ $430,000 Delgado
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Broward County Sheriff’s Office ... Broward County, Broward County Mental Health Diversion Project ... $563,000 Deutch
FL. 169
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Deerfield Beach, Florida ... Deerfield Beach, Security Technology Enhancements ......................... $595,000 Deutch
Sfmt 6602 FL.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Eastern Michigan University ........ Ypsilanti, MI ..... Prisoner Reentry Services ........................................ $250,000 Dingell
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Educate Youth Ypsilanti ............... Ypsilanti, MI ..... Police Community Relations Training Program ....... $149,000 Dingell
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of El Paso ............................. El Paso, TX ....... El Paso Police Department Body-Worn Camera Pro- $525,000 Escobar
gram.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... County of El Paso, Texas ............. El Paso County, The Crisis Intervention Team ................................... $2,015,000 Escobar
TX.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Simi Valley ........................ Simi Valley, CA Simi Valley Radio Replacement ............................... $1,000,000 Garcia (CA)
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Homestead Police Department ..... Homestead, FL .. Homestead Police Department Body-Worn Camera $750,000 Gimenez
Program.
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Miami-Dade Police Department ... Doral, FL ........... Operation Safe Ride—Public Safety Program ........ $2,010,000 Gimenez
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Bexar County Sheriff’s Office ....... San Antonio, TX Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Animal Cruelty Inves- $82,000 Gonzales, Tony (TX)
tigations Unit.
HR097 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... San Antonino Police Department San Antonio, TX San Antonio Mental Health Unit Expansion ............ $1,000,000 Gonzales, Tony (TX)
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of McAllen ............................. Mcallen, TX ....... City of Mcallen Police Forensics Equipment ........... $250,000 Gonzalez, Vicente (TX)
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Municipality of Utuado ................. Utuado, PR ........ Law Enforcement Equipment and Technology for $116,000 González-Colón
the Utuado Municipal Police.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office Baton Rouge, LA East Baton Rouge Rapid DNA System .................... $686,000 Graves (LA)
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Louisiana Office of State Police .. Baton Rouge, LA Less-Than-Lethal Technology Training Center $2,300,000 Graves (LA)
Equipment.
PO 00000 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Tracy Police Department .. Tracy, CA ........... City of Tracy Crime Reduction Program .................. $255,000 Harder (CA)
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... New Britain Police Department .... New Britain, CT Improving Community Youth & Police Relations in $15,000 Hayes
New Britain.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Wolcott Police Department ........... Wolcott, CT ........ Fixed Network Equipment Upgrade for Wolcott Po- $3,200,000 Hayes
lice Department.
Frm 00170 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Nevada Department of Public Carson City, NV From Supervision to Success—Recidivism Reduc- $235,000 Horsford
Safety Parole and Probation. tion Program.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Bowie State University ................. Bowie, MD ......... Institute for Restorative Justice and Practices ....... $750,000 Hoyer
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Houston Police Department .......... Houston, TX ....... Houston Police Department Advocates for Violent $975,000 Jackson Lee; Fletcher
Fmt 6659 Crime Victims.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Alliance for Gun Responsibility Seattle, WA ....... Restorative Justice for Youth—South King County $300,000 Jayapal
Foundation.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Burien ............................... Burien, WA ........ City of Burien Enhanced Youth Services ................. $300,000 Jayapal 170
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Johnstown Police Department ...... Johnstown, PA ... Johnstown Police Department Mobile Office Tech- $79,000 Joyce (PA)
Sfmt 6602 nology Project.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... State of Hawaii, Department of Honolulu, HI ...... DLNR/Division of Conservation and Resources En- $340,000 Kahele
Land and Natural Resources. forcement Academy Program.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Lucas County Sheriff’s Office ...... Lucas County, Lucas County Jail Mental Health Evaluation and $2,000,000 Kaptur
OH. Stabilization Wing Planning and Design.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Syracuse ........................... Syracuse, NY ..... Body-Worn Cameras for the City of Syracuse ......... $140,000 Katko
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... University Park Police Department University Park, University Park Police Department Body-Worn $20,000 Kelly (IL)
IL. Cameras.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Genesee County ............................ Genesee County, Genesee County Justice Partnership for Reform ..... $768,000 Kildee
MI.
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Stanton ............................. Stanton, CA ....... North Orange County Public Safety Task Force ...... $5,000,000 Kim (CA)
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Stafford Township Police Depart- Stafford Town- On POINT—Proactive Outreach in Needs and $32,000 Kim (NJ)
ment. ship, NJ. Treatment Program Expansion.
HR097 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Portage County Sheriff’s Office .... Portage County, Body-Worn and In-Car Cameras for Patrol ............. $616,000 Kind
WI.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Village of Hoffman Estates .......... Hoffman Es- Village of Hoffman Estates Domestic Violence $150,000 Krishnamoorthi
tates, IL. Project.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... County of Placer ........................... Auburn, CA ........ Placer County Body-Worn Camera Program ............ $580,000 LaMalfa
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Allegheny Police Chiefs Inc. ......... Gibsonia, PA ..... Body-Worn Camera and Technology Project ............ $550,000 Lamb
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Detroit—Detroit Police De- Detroit, MI ......... Ceasefire Detroit Violence Reduction Program ........ $715,000 Lawrence
partment.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Oak Park Department of Public Oak Park, MI ..... Oak Park Body-Worn and In Car Cameras .............. $560,000 Lawrence
Safety.
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... National Institute for Criminal Oakland, CA ...... Youth ALIVE! and Community & Youth Outreach $500,000 Lee (CA)
Justice Reform. (CYO).
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Alexandria (LA) ................. Alexandria, LA ... City of Alexandria Police Body-Worn Camera Up- $276,000 Letlow
PO 00000 grade Project.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Los Angeles, Office of City Los Angeles, CA CIRCLE 24/7: Crisis and Incident Response $1,500,000 Lieu
Homelessness Initiatives. through Community-Led Engagement.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of San Jose Police Depart- San Jose, CA ..... Mobile Crisis Assessment Team .............................. $1,000,000 Lofgren
ment.
Frm 00171 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... New York City Police Department New York, NY .... Critical Response Command K9-Training and $350,000 Malliotakis
Equipment.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... New York City Police Department New York, NY .... Forensic Equipment ................................................. $2,000,000 Malliotakis
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... New York City Police Department New York, NY .... Personal Protective Equipment ................................ $550,000 Malliotakis
Fmt 6659 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Deerpark Town Police Dept. ......... Town of Deer Park Body-Worn Cameras ................................ $30,000 Maloney (NY)
Deerpark, NY.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Ramsey County ............................. Ramsey County, Ramsey County Community Violence Prevention $900,000 McCollum
MN. Project. 171
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA ... Richmond, Virginia Gun Violence Prevention $996,000 McEachin
Sfmt 6602 Framework.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Stockton ............................ Stockton, CA ..... Safer Streets—Safer Communities: Group Gun Vio- $1,000,000 McNerney
lence Reduction, Ceasefire, and Firearms Re-
duction Program.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Calhoun County Sherriff’s Depart- Battle Creek, MI Calhoun County Safe Schools Initiative .................. $1,700,000 Meijer
ment.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... The City of Grand Rapids ............ Grand Rapids, Cure Violence Grand Rapids .................................... $600,000 Meijer
MI.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Schuylkill County .......................... Pottsville, PA ..... Schuylkill County Intermediate Punishment Facility $1,064,000 Meuser
Equipment.
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Huntington ........................ Huntington, WV Hydraulic Lift and Associated Equipment for Motor $4,000 Miller (WV)
Vehicle Investigations.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Essex County Sheriff’s Depart- Essex County, STAR Program (Supporting Transitions and Re- $850,000 Moulton
HR097 ment. MA. entry).
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Orlando ............................. Orlando, FL ....... City of Orlando Police Department Next Generation $1,200,000 Murphy (FL); Demings
Body-Worn Cameras.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Ak-Chin Indian Community Police Maricopa, AZ ..... Ak-Chin Indian Community Police Department $500,000 O’Halleran
Department. Equipment Modernization.
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Forrest County Sheriff’s Office ..... Hattiesburg, MS Forrest County Sheriff’s Office Radios & Body-Worn $500,000 Palazzo
Cameras.
PO 00000 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Newark Community Street Team, Newark, NJ ........ Newark Community Street Team High Risk Inter- $471,000 Payne
Inc.. vention Expansion.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Adams County Government .......... Adams County, Expanding Services to Domestic Violence Victims $2,000,000 Perlmutter; Crow; Neguse
CO. in Adams County.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Thornton ............................ Thornton, CO ..... Body-Worn Cameras for the Thornton Police De- $310,000 Perlmutter
Frm 00172 partment.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Hennepin County .......................... Hennepin Coun- Hennepin County Family Dependency Treatment $500,000 Phillips
ty, MN. Court.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Law Enforcement Planning Com- St. Thomas, VI .. Modular Medical Examiner’s Office Suite–Equip- $659,000 Plaskett
Fmt 6659 mission. ment.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Durham County Government ........ Durham County, Community Violence Intervention Project ................ $250,000 Price (NC)
NC.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Carroll County Sheriff’s Office ..... Carroll County, Body-Worn Cameras, In-Car Cameras, for Carrol $1,429,000 Raskin 172
MD. County Sheriff’s Office.
Sfmt 6602 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Spokane Sheriff’s Department ..... Spokane, WA ..... Spokane Sheriff’s Department Rapid DNA Tech- $480,000 Rodgers (WA)
nology.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office Centre, AL ......... Cherokee County Training Facility Equipment ......... $340,000 Rogers (AL)
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Raleigh/Wake City-County Bureau Raleigh, NC ....... Raleigh/Wake City-County Bureau of Identification $500,000 Ross
of Identification. DNA Testing Equipment.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... New Hanover County Sheriff’s De- Castle Hayne, Forensic DNA Technology ......................................... $400,000 Rouzer
partment. NC.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Baltimore .......................... Baltimore, MD ... 9-1-1 Diversion Pilot Expansion .............................. $2,000,000 Ruppersberger; Sarbanes
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Lifebridge Health, Inc. .................. Baltimore, MD ... LifeBridge Health Community Violence Cessation .. $600,000 Ruppersberger; Sarbanes
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... University of Maryland Medical Baltimore, MD ... University of Maryland Medical Center R Adams $497,000 Ruppersberger
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Center R Adams Cowley Shock Cowley Shock Trauma Violence Prevention Pro-
Trauma Violence Prevention gram.
Program.
HR097 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... NMI Judiciary ................................ Saipan, MP ....... Technical Assistance to Determine the Viability of $303,000 Sablan
a Mental Health Treatment Court with a Spe-
cific Docket for Veterans.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Glendale ............................ Glendale, CA ..... Expansion of Forensic Testing Services for the $700,000 Schiff
Verdugo Regional Crime Laboratory.
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DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Selma, Alabama ............... Selma, AL .......... Community Oriented Policing Services in Selma, $550,000 Sewell
Alabama.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Lansing Police Department .......... Lansing, MI ....... Lansing Police Department—Lansing Crisis As- $1,342,000 Slotkin
Jkt 045130 sessment Team (LCAT).
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Albuquerque, Family and Albuquerque, NM Trauma Recovery Center—Services for Victims of $1,000,000 Stansbury
Community Services. Violent Crime.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Napa ................................. Napa, CA ........... Napa County Public Safety Radio and Communica- $1,800,000 Thompson (CA)
tion Upgrade Project.
PO 00000 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Vallejo Police Department Vallejo, CA ........ Vallejo Police Department Community Mobile Men- $900,000 Thompson (CA)
tal Health Response Unit Pilot Program.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... UTEC, Inc. ..................................... Lowell, MA ......... Supports for Proven Risk Youth and Young Adults $500,000 Trahan
in Haverhill.
Frm 00173 DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Kings County ................................ Hanford, CA ...... King’s County Deputy Sheriff’s Body-Worn Camera $413,000 Valadao
Project.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Hollywood .......................... Hollywood, FL .... Hollywood Police Department Body-Worn Cameras $1,702,000 Wasserman Schultz; Wilson (FL)
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... City of Manassas Police Depart- Manassas, VA ... Law Enforcement Mental Health and Domestic Vio- $270,000 Wexton
Fmt 6659 ment. lence Case Management Team.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... Prince William County Police De- Prince William Police Use of Force Assessment, Evaluation, and $250,000 Wexton
partment. County, VA. Analysis.
DOJ OJP-Byrne .......... The City of Opa-Locka Police De- Opa-Locka, FL ... Opa-Locka Gunshot Detection Violence Reduction $109,000 Wilson (FL) 173
partment. Initiative.
Sfmt 6602 NASA SSMS ................. Rancho Cucamonga Public Li- Rancho Second Story and Beyond Project ............................ $1,000,000 Aguilar
brary. Cucamonga,
CA.
NASA SSMS ................. Rush University Medical Center ... Chicago, IL ........ REACH for Information Technology Training ........... $650,000 Davis, Danny K. (IL)
NASA SSMS ................. Oklahoma State University ........... Stillwater, OK .... 6G Innovations ......................................................... $1,000,000 Lucas
NASA SSMS ................. Oklahoma State University ........... Stillwater, OK .... Rapid Assured Fully Transparent Integrated Circuit $1,200,000 Lucas
Platform Project.
NASA SSMS ................. Louisiana State University, Na- New Orleans, LA Aerospace Systems and Technology Development .. $5,000,000 Scalise
tional Center for Advanced
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COMPLIANCE WITH RULE XIII, CL. 3(e) (RAMSEYER RULE)
In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the Committee notes that the accom-
panying bill does not propose to repeal or amend a statue or part
thereof.
TRANSFERS OF FUNDS
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the following is submitted describing the trans-
fers of funds provided in the accompanying bill:
In title I, under Bureau of the Census, Periodic Censuses and
Programs, language is included to transfer funds to the Depart-
ment of Commerce, Office of Inspector General.
Under U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Salaries and Ex-
penses, language is included to transfer funds to the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund, the Federal Employees Health
Benefit Fund, the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Fund,
and the Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General.
Under National Institute of Standards and Technology, Scientific
and Technical Research and Services, language is included allow-
ing for transfers to the Working Capital Fund.
Under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oper-
ations, Research, and Facilities, language is included to transfer
funds from the Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Re-
search Pertaining to American Fisheries fund.
Under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pro-
curement, Acquisition, and Construction, language is included to
transfer funds to the Department of Commerce, Office of the In-
spector General.
Under Departmental Management, Nonrecurring Expenses
Fund, language is included to transfer funds to appropriations
within the Department, as may be necessary to carry out tech-
nology modernization projects.
Under Office of the Inspector General, language is included to
transfer funds from the Public Safety Trust Fund.
Section 103 provides language for the transfer of funds between
Department of Commerce appropriations in certain circumstances.
In title II, under General Administration, Justice Information
Sharing Technology, language is included allowing for the transfer
of funds.
Under Executive Office for Immigration Review, language is in-
cluded to transfer funds to the Executive Office for Immigration
Review from fees deposited in the Immigration Examinations Fee
account.
Under Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Ac-
tivities, language is included allowing for the transfer of funds in
certain circumstances.
Under Legal Activities, United States Trustee System Fund, lan-
guage is included allowing for the transfer of funds.
Under Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, Community Rela-
tions Service, language is included allowing for the transfer of
funds in certain circumstances.
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Under National Security Division, Salaries and Expenses, lan-
guage is included to allow the transfer of funds in certain cir-
cumstances.
Under Federal Prison System, Salaries and Expenses, language
is included to allow the transfer of funds to the Department of
Health and Human Services.
Under State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office on Vi-
olence Against Women, Violence Against Women Prevention and
Prosecution Programs, language is included to allow the transfer of
funds in certain circumstances.
Under State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, State and
Local Law Enforcement Assistance, language is included to allow
the transfer of funds in certain circumstances.
Under State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Public Safety
Officer Benefits, language is included to allow the transfer of funds
in certain circumstances.
Under Community Oriented Policing Services, Community Ori-
ented Policing Services Programs, language is included to allow the
transfer of funds to the Office of Justice Programs.
Section 211 provides language for the transfer of funds between
certain grant funds and the National Institute of Justice and the
Bureau of Justice Statistics.
In title III, under National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion, Administrative Provisions, language is included allowing for
the transfer of funds between appropriations.
Under National Science Foundation, Administrative Provisions,
language is included allowing for the transfer of funds among ap-
propriations.
Under United States Trade Representative, Trade Enforcement
Trust Fund, language is included providing for the transfer of
funds.
Under General Provisions, Section 508 provides for the transfer
of funds in certain circumstances.
Under General Provisions, Section 510 provides for the transfer
of funds to the Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General.
CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following statements are submitted
describing the effect of provisions in the accompanying bill that di-
rectly or indirectly change the application of existing law.
Language is included for a number of accounts placing limita-
tions on representation and reception allowances in order to re-
strict the amount of money that would otherwise be spent on these
activities. The bill also provides that a number of appropriations
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year.
While these provisions are not specifically authorized for all of the
items, it is deemed desirable to include such language for certain
programs in order to provide for orderly administration and effec-
tive use of funds.
In title I, Department of Commerce, under International Trade
Administration, Operations and Administration, language is in-
cluded providing that funds may be used for engaging in trade pro-
motion activities abroad, including facilitating business invest-
ments, expenses of grants and cooperative agreements, for the pur-
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poses of promoting exports of U.S. firms. Language is also provided
allowing for full medical coverage for dependent members of imme-
diate families of employees stationed overseas and employees tem-
porarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of
the International Trade Administration; employment of Americans
and aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad and ex-
penses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construc-
tion of temporary demountable exhibition structures for use
abroad; and payment of tort claims. In addition, language is in-
cluded regarding official representation expenses abroad, purchase
of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, obtaining insur-
ance on official motor vehicles, and rental of tie lines. Language is
also recommended deriving a portion of available funds from fees.
Furthermore, language is included designating funding for China
antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compliance
activities. Moreover, language is included providing for two-year
availability for a portion of the funds. Finally, language is included
regarding the contributions under the Mutual Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange Act of 1961.
Under Bureau of Industry and Security, Operations and Admin-
istration, the language provides for no-year availability of funds.
Language is included regarding the costs associated with the per-
formance of export administration field activities both domestically
and abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of imme-
diate families of employees stationed overseas; employment of
Americans and aliens by contract for services abroad; payment of
tort claims; official representation expenses abroad; awards of com-
pensation to informers; and purchase of passenger motor vehicles
for official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use without
regard to any price limitation established by law. In addition, lan-
guage is included regarding the Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961. Finally, language is recommended providing
that payments and contributions collected and accepted for mate-
rials or services may be retained for use in covering the cost of
those activities and other communications.
Under Economic Development Administration, Economic Devel-
opment Assistance Programs, the language provides for no-year
availability of funds.
Also, under Salaries and Expenses, language is included regard-
ing the monitoring of approved projects.
Under Minority Business Development Agency, Minority Busi-
ness Development, language is included making funds available for
fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprises,
including expenses of grants, contracts and other agreements.
Under Economic and Statistical Analysis, Salaries and Expenses,
language is included providing for two-year availability of funds.
Under Bureau of the Census, Current Surveys and Programs,
language is included providing that funds may be used for col-
lecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing and publishing statistics
and for promotion, outreach and marketing activities.
Also, under Periodic Censuses and Programs, language is in-
cluded providing three-year availability of funds. Language is also
included providing that funds may be used for collecting, compiling,
analyzing, preparing and publishing statistics and for promotion,
outreach and marketing activities. In addition, language is in-
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cluded providing for a transfer to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’
account for activities associated with carrying out investigations
and audits related to the Bureau of the Census.
Under National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration (NTIA), Salaries and Expenses, language is included per-
mitting the Secretary of Commerce to charge Federal agencies for
costs in spectrum management, analysis, operations, and related
services; and to use such collections in telecommunications re-
search. The language also allows the Secretary to retain and use
as offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously trans-
ferred for telecommunications research, engineering and activities
by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA. Finally,
language is included providing that funds so transferred shall re-
main available until expended.
Also, under Public Telecommunications Facilities, Planning and
Construction, language is included allowing recoveries and unobli-
gated balances of funds previously appropriated to be available for
the administration of all open grants until their expiration.
Under United States Patent and Trademark Office, Salaries and
Expenses, language is included providing that appropriated funds
be reduced as offsetting collections are assessed and collected. Lan-
guage is including making funds available until expended and pro-
viding that funds received in excess of appropriations be deposited
in a Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund, to be available until
expended pursuant to the Director submitting a spending plan sub-
ject to section 505 of this Act, after which the funds shall be trans-
ferred to the Salaries and Expenses account. In addition, language
is included limiting representation expenses. Language is also in-
cluded regarding basic pay and certain retirement benefits. Addi-
tional language is included regarding USPTO’s financial state-
ments. Furthermore, language is included providing that fees and
surcharges charged are available to USPTO pursuant to section
42(c) of title 35, United States Code. Finally, the language provides
that an amount be transferred to the Office of Inspector General
(OIG).
Under National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Scientific and Technical Research and Services, language is in-
cluded providing for no-year availability of funds. In addition, lan-
guage is included allowing transfers to the Working Capital Fund.
Language is included limiting funds for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. Finally, language is included allowing NIST
to provide local transportation for a certain fellowship program.
Also, under Industrial Technology Services, language is included
providing no-year availability of funds. The language also des-
ignates an amount for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership
and the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation.
In addition, under Construction of Research Facilities, language
is included providing for no-year availability of funds. Language is
also included regarding the submission of certain materials in sup-
port of construction budget requests.
Under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), Operations, Research, and Facilities, language is included
allowing for two-year availability for funds. Language is also in-
cluded allowing maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and
vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organiza-
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tions for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to coopera-
tive agreements; and relocation of facilities. Language is included
allowing fees and donations received by a particular office to be re-
tained and used for expenses related to certain activities. In addi-
tion, language is included that provides that certain funds be de-
rived from various sources and restricting their use to certain ac-
tivities. Moreover, language is included specifying that deviations
from amounts included in the report accompanying the Act shall be
subject to section 505 of this Act. Finally, language is included pro-
viding for retired pay expenses.
Also, under Procurement, Acquisition and Construction, language
is included providing for three-year availability for funds, except
for construction funds, which are available until expended. Lan-
guage is also included providing that certain funds be derived from
various sources. In addition, language is included specifying that
deviations from amounts included in the report accompanying the
Act shall be subject to section 505 of this Act. Language is included
regarding the submission of certain materials in support of con-
struction budget requests. Language is included transferring an
amount to the OIG.
In addition, under Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, language is
included providing for two-year availability of funds. Language is
also included allowing the Secretary of Commerce to issue grants
to specific States and Federally recognized tribes for conservation
projects for listed endangered or threatened salmon and steelhead
populations, populations at risk to be so listed, and for maintaining
populations necessary for the exercise of tribal treaty fishing
rights, and for conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead
habitat, to be allocated under scientific and merit principles and
not available for marketing activities; and requiring a State match.
Furthermore, under Fishermen’s Contingency Fund, language is
included providing for the appropriation of funds to be derived from
receipts collected pursuant to Title IV of Public Law 95–372 and
provides that these funds are available until expended.
Additionally, under Fishery Disaster Assistance language is in-
cluded providing two-year availability of funds.
Moreover, under Fisheries Finance Program Account, language is
included placing limitations on individual fishing quota loans and
traditional direct loans.
Under Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses, lan-
guage is included limiting funds for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. Further, language is included requiring reimburse-
ment for Commerce employees detailed to offices within the Office
of the Secretary of the Department of Commerce for more than 90
days. Finally, language is included that limits the Department of
Commerce’s ability to transfer funds into Salaries and Expenses ex-
cept in certain circumstances.
In addition, under Renovation and Modernization, language is in-
cluded making available funds for expenses towards Department of
Commerce facilities renovation and modernization.
Additionally, under the Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, language
is included making available funds available for a three-year period
for expenses towards the modernization of its business application
system. Further, language is included providing new authorities for
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the Department of Commerce to transfer funds for technology mod-
ernization projects, subject to congressional notification.
Moreover, under the Office of Inspector General, language is in-
cluded making funds available for purposes of carrying out provi-
sions of the Inspector General Act of 1978. Additionally, funds are
provided from the Public Safety Trust Fund for activities associated
with carrying out investigations and audits related to the First Re-
sponder Network Authority.
Under Department of Commerce, General Provisions, the fol-
lowing general provisions that fall within the rule are rec-
ommended:
Section 101 makes funds available for advanced payments only
upon certification of officials designated by the Secretary that such
payments are considered to be in the public interest.
Section 102 makes appropriations for the Department available
for hire of passenger motor vehicles, for services, and for uniforms
and allowances as authorized by law.
Section 103 provides language for the transfer of funds between
Department of Commerce appropriations in certain circumstances
and requires the Secretary of Commerce to notify the Committee
of certain actions.
Section 104 extends Congressional notification requirements for
NOAA satellite programs and includes life cycle cost amounts for
certain satellites.
Section 105 provides for reimbursement for services within De-
partment of Commerce buildings.
Section 106 clarifies that grant recipients under the Department
of Commerce may continue to deter child pornography, copyright
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over their networks.
Section 107 provides the Administrator with the authority to
avail NOAA of needed resources, with the consent of those sup-
plying the resources, to carry out responsibilities of any statute ad-
ministered by NOAA.
Section 108 prohibits the National Technical Information Service
from charging customers for certain publications, except under cer-
tain conditions and requires charges be limited to recovering costs.
Section 109 authorizes NOAA to receive payments from other en-
tities to defray some costs of permitting and regulatory activities.
Section 110 provides authority for the programs of the Bureau of
Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Census to enter into co-
operative agreements in order to assist in improving statistical
methodology and research.
In title II, Department of Justice, under General Administration,
Salaries and Expenses, language is included providing for an
amount for security and construction of Department of Justice fa-
cilities, which shall remain available until expended.
Also, under Justice Information Sharing Technology, language is
included providing that funds be available until expended. Lan-
guage is also included allowing transfers up to a certain amount
to this account for information technology initiatives, and that
these funds may be transferred subject to requirements in this Act
and shall be available until expended.
In addition, under Executive Office for Immigration Review, lan-
guage is included providing that an amount shall be derived by
transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Review fees de-
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posited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee’’ account. Language
is also included making an amount available for a four-year period
for certain purposes.
Moreover, under Office of Inspector General, language is in-
cluded providing for not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential character. Language is also included
making certain funds available for two years.
Under United States Parole Commission, Salaries and Expenses,
language is included providing that upon the expiration of a term
of office of a Commissioner, the Commissioner may continue to act
until a successor has been appointed.
Under Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Ac-
tivities, language is included providing not to exceed a certain
amount for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under
the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate
of, the Attorney General. Language is also included providing for
the administration of pardons and clemency petitions. Language is
also included providing for rental of space in the District of Colum-
bia. Language is included making an amount available until ex-
pended for litigation support and information technology contracts.
In addition, language is included making certain funds available to
INTERPOL available until expended. Also, language is included
limiting the amount of funds for official representation and recep-
tion expenses available to INTERPOL Washington and to the
Criminal Division. Additional language is included providing funds
for the Civil Rights Division related to additional expenses related
to enforcement of authorities under Titles 34 and Titles 18 of
United States Code, including compliance with consent decrees or
judgments. Furthermore, language is included providing funds to
the Civil Rights Division for expenses associated with election mon-
itoring, authority to reimburse the Office of Personnel Management
for such expenses, and availability of such funds until expended.
Language is also included regarding the transfer of funds for Civil
Division litigation activities, which shall be subject to the provi-
sions of section 505 of this Act. Finally, language is included for ex-
penses associated with processing cases under the National Child-
hood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.
Also, under Salaries and Expenses, Antitrust Division, language
is included providing for no-year availability of funds and the use
of offsetting collections, and limiting the amount of funds for offi-
cial representation and reception expenses. The language also pro-
vides that fees collected for premerger notification filings, regard-
less of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for nec-
essary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available
until expended.
In addition, under Salaries and Expenses, United States Attor-
neys, language is included regarding inter-governmental and coop-
erative agreements. Additional language is included for additional
expenses related to enforcement of authorities under Titles 18 and
34 of the United States Code, including compliance with consent
decrees or judgments. Language is also included extending the
availability of certain funds. Finally, language is included requiring
each United States Attorney to establish or participate in a task
force on human trafficking.
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Furthermore, under United States Trustee System Fund, lan-
guage is included regarding refunds due depositors. Language is
also included regarding transfer and deposit of funds into the
Chapter 7 Trustee Fund and the special fund established under 28
U.S.C. 1931(a), and for providing for the extended availability of
certain funds and the use of offsetting collections. Moreover, under
Fees and Expenses of Witnesses, language is included regarding
contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses.
In addition, language is included regarding funds for construction
of buildings for safesites, armored and other vehicles, and tele-
communication equipment. The language also provides for no-year
availability of funds. Under Salaries and Expenses, Community Re-
lations Service, language is included regarding the transfer of
funds for conflict resolution and violence prevention activities,
which shall be subject to the provisions of section 505 of this Act.
Under United States Marshals Service, Salaries and Expenses,
language is included limiting official reception and representation
expenses, and providing for no-year availability for part of the ap-
propriation.
Also, under Construction, language is included providing for no-
year availability of funds.
In addition, under Federal Prisoner Detention, language is in-
cluded providing for no-year availability of funds. Language is in-
cluded limiting the amount of funds considered ‘‘funds appropriated
for State and local law enforcement assistance’’. Language is also
included providing that the United States Marshals Service shall
be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien Trans-
portation System.
Under National Security Division, Salaries and Expenses, lan-
guage is included providing for the no-year availability of funds for
IT systems. Language is also included providing that upon a deter-
mination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances re-
quire additional funding for the activities of the National Security
Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to this
heading from available appropriations for the current fiscal year
for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to
such circumstances. The language provides that such a transfer
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act.
Under Interagency Law Enforcement, Interagency Crime and
Drug Enforcement, language is included providing for no-year
availability for some of the funds. Language is also included re-
garding authorities under which funds may be used.
Under Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and Expenses,
language is included providing for no-year availability of certain
funds. Additional language is provided related to funding for the
Corruption/Civil Rights Section for enforcement of authorities
under Titles 18 and 34 of the United States Code, including compli-
ance with consent decrees or judgments. Language is included pro-
viding for a limitation on official reception and representation ex-
penses.
Under Construction, language is included specifying the purpose
of the appropriation and making it available until expended.
Under Drug Enforcement Administration, Salaries and Expenses,
language is included providing for funds to meet unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential character. Language is also included allow-
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ing conduct of drug education and training programs, including
travel and related expenses for participants in such programs and
the distribution of items of token value that promote the goals of
such programs. In addition, language is included providing for no-
year availability of certain funds. Language is included providing
for a limitation on official reception and representation expenses.
Finally, language is included permitting use of some of the appro-
priation to reimburse expenses incurred to clean up and safely dis-
pose of certain substances which may present a danger to public
health or the environment.
Under Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Sal-
aries and Expenses, language is included allowing training of State
and local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse-
ment, including training in connection with the training and acqui-
sition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants detection, and
allowing provision of laboratory assistance to State and local law
enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement. Language is
also included limiting official reception and representation ex-
penses. In addition, language is included providing funds for the
payment of attorneys’ fees. Additional language is included prohib-
iting expenses to investigate or act upon applications for relief from
Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United
States Code. Language is further included regarding expenses to
investigate applications filed by corporations for relief from section
925(c) of title 18, United States Code. In addition, language is in-
cluded providing for no-year availability of certain funds. Moreover,
language is included that prohibits funds to transfer the functions,
missions or activities of ATF to other agencies or departments.
Under Federal Prison System, Salaries and Expenses, language
is included making certain funds available for the First Step Act
of 2018, and for transfer of some of that funding to the National
Institute of Justice for evaluations of programs and activities re-
lated to that Act. Language also provides for the transfer to the De-
partment of Health and Human Services funds necessary for med-
ical relief for inmates. Language is also included that provides au-
thority to the Director to enter into contracts to furnish health
care. In addition, language is included placing a limitation on funds
for reception and representation expenses. Furthermore, language
is included extending the availability of certain funds. Finally, lan-
guage is included providing authority for the Federal Prison Sys-
tem to accept donated property and services.
Also, in Building and Facilities, language is included providing
for no-year availability of funds. Language is also included stating
labor of prisoners may be used for work under this heading.
Additionally, under Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, lan-
guage is included authorizing Federal Prison Industries, Incor-
porated, to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and
borrowing authority available, and in accord with the law, and to
make such contracts and commitments, without regard to fiscal
year limitations, as may be necessary in carrying out the program
set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora-
tion.
Furthermore, under Limitation on Administrative Expenses, Fed-
eral Prison Industries, Incorporated, language is included making
available funds for its administrative expenses, and for certain
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services, to be computed on an accrual basis to be determined in
accordance with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting
system, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, pay-
ment of claims, and expenditures that such accounting system re-
quires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired
or produced, including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses
in connection with acquisition, construction, operation, mainte-
nance, improvement, protection, or disposition of facilities and
other property belonging to the corporation or in which it has an
interest.
Under State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office on Vi-
olence Against Women, Violence Against Women Prevention and
Prosecution Programs, language is included making funds available
until expended. Language is also included placing a limitation on
funds to be made available for expenses related to evaluation,
training, and technical assistance. In addition, language is included
providing for specific appropriations for various programs within
the Office on Violence Against Women. Furthermore, language is
included making available certain unobligated balances for speci-
fied programs. The language also applies certain conditions to spec-
ified grants. It provides for certain funds to be transferred to ‘‘Re-
search, Evaluation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office
of Justice Programs.
Under Office of Justice Programs, Research, Evaluation and Sta-
tistics, language is included to provide for no-year availability of
funds. Language is also included to provide for specific appropria-
tions for various programs within the Office of Justice Programs.
Also, under State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance, lan-
guage is included to provide for no-year availability of funds. Lan-
guage is also included to provide for certain specified uses of fund-
ing within Byrne Justice Assistance Grants including Public Safety
Innovation Grants, Law Enforcement Training, grants to improves
reporting on the use of force, hit rates data collection demonstra-
tion grants, police report in jurisdictions responding to litigation,
Byrne Discretionary Community Projects, and the application of
certain sections and special rules. In addition, language is included
regarding Federal immigration and other detainees housed in State
and local detention facilities. Language is also included regarding
DNA training and education for law enforcement, correctional per-
sonnel, and court officers. Language is included regarding certain
time limitations under the Second Chance Act. Additional language
is included regarding pattern and practice investigations, inde-
pendent prosecution of law enforcement, community-based im-
provement of law enforcement and pilot programs to improve man-
agement and address police misconduct. There is further language
included regarding the following grant programs; Community-
Based Hate Crime Initiative, Law Enforcement Accountability,
Emergency Law Enforcement Assistance, Red Flag and Gun Li-
censing Laws, Gun Buyback and Relinquishment Pilot, Public De-
fender Improvement, Regional Sexual Assault Investigative Train-
ing Academies, Legal Representation Pilot for Immigrant Children
and Families, Study of Lethality Assessment, Crisis Stabilization
and Community Reentry, Pretrial Incarceration Reduction Pilot
and Police Misconduct Database. Furthermore, language is in-
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cluded regarding local government use of funds to increase the
number of law enforcement officers.
In addition, under Juvenile Justice Programs, language is in-
cluded providing for no-year availability of funds. Language is also
included waiving a provision of law with respect to funding for
missing and exploited children programs. Finally, the language de-
lineates certain amounts for various programs under this heading,
including juvenile indigent defense.
Furthermore, language is included waiving a provision of law
that terminated the COPS Hiring Program after September 2000.
The language also provides for certain funds to be transferred to
‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’.
Furthermore, under Public Safety Officer Benefits, language is
included providing for no-year availability of funds. Language is
also included providing for the transfers of funds in emergent cir-
cumstances, which shall be subject to the provisions of section 505
of this Act.
Within the COPS Hiring program, language is included regard-
ing the Tribal Resources grant program, Tribal Access Program,
Community Policing, the Regional Information Sharing System, Ci-
vilian Review Boards, Law Enforcement Mental Health and
Wellness Act, and a law enforcement technologies and interoper-
able communications program. In addition, the language includes
Police Act grants, Anti-Methamphetamine and Anti-Heroin Task
Forces as well as grants under the STOP School Violence Act.
Under Department of Justice, General Provisions, the following
general provisions that fall within the rule are recommended:
Section 201 makes available additional reception and representa-
tion funding for the Attorney General from the amounts provided
in this title.
Section 202 prohibits the use of funds to require any person to
perform or facilitate the performance of an abortion.
Section 203 establishes that the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons (BOP) is obliged to provide escort services to an inmate receiv-
ing an abortion outside of a Federal facility, except where this obli-
gation conflicts with the preceding section.
Section 204 establishes the Committee’s requirements and proce-
dures for transfer proposals.
Section 205 prohibits the use of certain funds for transporting
prisoners classified as maximum or high security, other than to a
facility certified by the Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure.
Section 206 prohibits the use of funds for the purchase or rental
by Federal prisons of audiovisual equipment, services and mate-
rials used primarily for recreational purposes, except for those
items and services needed for inmate training, religious, or edu-
cational purposes.
Section 207 requires review by the Deputy Attorney General and
the Department Investment Review Board prior to the obligation or
expenditure of funds for major information technology projects.
Section 208 requires the Department to follow reprogramming
procedures prior to any deviation from the program amounts speci-
fied in this title or the reuse of specified deobligated funds provided
in previous years.
Section 209 prohibits funding from being used for certain public-
private competitions.
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Section 210 prohibits U.S. Attorneys from holding dual or addi-
tional responsibilities that exempt U.S. Attorneys from statutory
residency requirements.
Section 211 permits up to 2 percent of grant and reimbursement
program funds made available to OJP to be used for training and
technical assistance, and up to 2 percent of grant or reimbursement
funds made available to that office to be used for criminal justice
research, evaluation and statistics.
Section 212 gives the Attorney General the authority to waive
matching requirements for Second Chance Act adult and juvenile
reentry demonstration projects; State, tribal and local reentry
courts; and drug treatment programs.
Section 213 waives the requirement that the Attorney General
reserve certain funds from amounts provided for offender incarcer-
ation.
Section 214 prohibits funds, other than funds for the National In-
stant Criminal Background Check System established under the
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, from being used to facili-
tate the transfer of an operable firearm to a known or suspected
agent of a drug cartel where law enforcement personnel do not con-
tinuously monitor or control such firearm.
Section 215 provides authority to use certain grant funding for
Performance Partnership Pilots.
Section 216 clarifies that amounts credited to and made available
in the Department of Justice Working Capital Fund as an offset-
ting collection pursuant to section 11013 of Public Law 107–273
shall be so credited and available.
Section 217 prohibits the use of case closure metrics for immigra-
tion judge performance evaluations.
Section 218 prohibits the use of funds to relocate ATF’s Canine
Training Center or National Canine Division.
Section 219 prohibits funds made available under this Act for the
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program or
Community Oriented Policing Services from being used unless the
Attorney General certifies that the State or unit of local govern-
ment (1) maintains adequate policies and procedures designed to
eliminate racial profiling in law enforcement, and has eliminated
any existing practices that permit or encourage racial profiling in
law enforcement; (2) requires each law enforcement officer in the
State or unit of local government to complete training programs on
racial profiling, implicit bias, de-escalation, use of force and a duty
to intervene in cases where another law enforcement officer is
using excessive force against a civilian, and procedural justice; (3)
has in effect a law that prohibits law enforcement officers in the
State or other jurisdiction from using a chokehold or carotid hold;
(4) has in effect a law that prohibits law enforcement officers in the
State or other jurisdiction from using less lethal force; (5) has in
effect a law that prohibits law enforcement officers in the State or
other jurisdiction from using deadly force, (6) has in effect a law
that prohibits the issuance of a ‘‘no-knock warrant’’ in a drug case;
(7) has provided the United States Attorney General a law enforce-
ment practice report that includes information on the race, eth-
nicity, age, and gender of the officers and employees of the law en-
forcement agency and of members of the public involved in, (A)
traffic violation stops, (B) pedestrian stops, (C) frisk and body
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searches, (D) instances where officers or employees of the law en-
forcement agency used deadly force; and (8) will not make such
funds available to a law enforcement agency that has entered into
or renewed any contractual arrangement, including a collective bar-
gaining agreement with a labor organization, that (A) would pre-
vent the Attorney General from seeking or enforcing equitable or
declaratory relief against a law enforcement agency engaging in a
pattern or practice of unconstitutional misconduct or, (B) conflicts
with any terms or conditions contained in a consent decree.
Section 220 prohibits Department of Justice funding from being
made available to any law enforcement agency of any State, unit
of local government, or Federally recognized Tribal government un-
less the Attorney General has certified that such agency has begun
or completed the process of receiving accreditation from a law en-
forcement accreditation organization approved by the Attorney
General.
Section 221 prohibits the awarding of funds under the Byrne
JAG or COPS programs unless the United States Attorney General
certifies that the recipient State or unit of local government has in
effect a law prohibiting sexual activity while acting under color of
law.
Section 222 establishes a National Task Force on Law Enforce-
ment Oversight.
In title III, Science, under Office of Science and Technology Pol-
icy, language is included providing that certain funds be available
for reception and representation expenses, and rental of conference
rooms.
Under National Space Council, language is included providing
that certain funds be available for reception and representation ex-
penses.
Under National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Science,
language is included providing for the two-year availability of
funds. Language is also included regarding a limitation on formula-
tion and development costs of a certain program with an associated
notification requirement and language is also included concerning
a planetary science mission.
Also, under Aeronautics, language is included providing for the
two-year availability of funds.
In addition, under Space Technology, language is included pro-
viding for the two-year availability of funds.
Under Exploration, language is included providing for the two-
year availability of funds. Language is also included that delineates
amounts for program components. Language is also included de-
scribing certain reports and requiring the inclusion of estimates in
future budget requests.
In Space Operations, language is included providing for the two-
year availability of funds.
Additionally, under Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math-
ematics Engagement, language is included providing for the multi-
year availability of funds. Language is also included delineating
amounts for program components.
Under Safety, Security and Mission Services, language is in-
cluded providing for the two-year availability of funds. Language is
also included to limit official reception and representation ex-
penses.
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Under Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restora-
tion, language is included providing for the multi-year availability
of funds. Language is also included restricting receipts and expend-
itures made pursuant to enhanced use lease arrangements and re-
quiring the inclusion of estimates in future budget requests.
Under Office of Inspector General, language is included providing
for the two-year availability of certain funds.
In the Administrative Provisions, language is included regarding:
availability of funds for announced prizes; limitations on transfers
of funds among NASA accounts; the submission of a spending plan;
and language limiting obligation of certain funds pending submis-
sion of certain reports.
Under National Science Foundation, Research and Related Ac-
tivities, language is included that provides for the multi-year avail-
ability of funds. Language is also included that governs funding
availability for polar research and operation support. In addition,
language is included providing that certain receipts may be cred-
ited to this appropriation.
Also, under Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construc-
tion, language is included providing for no-year availability of
funds.
In addition, under Education and Human Resources, language is
included providing for the multi-year availability of funds.
Furthermore, under Agency Operations and Award Management,
language is included regarding contracts for maintenance and oper-
ation of facilities and other services. Language is also included lim-
iting representation expenses.
Under Office of the National Science Board, language is included
limiting funds for official reception and representation.
Under Office of Inspector General, language is included providing
for the multi-year availability of certain funds.
Under Administrative Provision, language is included regarding
transfers of funds. Also, language is included requiring the Director
to submit notification of certain activities 30 days in advance.
In title IV, Related Agencies, under Commission on Civil Rights,
Salaries and Expenses, language is included prohibiting expenses
to employ in excess of a specific level of full-time individuals or to
reimburse Commissioners for certain billable days. Language is
also included prohibiting certain unauthorized activities. In addi-
tion, language is included for a Commission on the Social Status
of Black Men and Boys. Finally, language is included authorizing
the Chair to accept donations or gifts to carry out the work of the
Commission.
Under Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Salaries and
Expenses, language is included designating an amount for pay-
ments to State and local enforcement agencies. Language is also in-
cluded limiting funds for official reception and representation ex-
penses. Finally, language is included authorizing the Chair to ac-
cept donations or gifts to carry out the work of the Commission.
Under International Trade Commission, Salaries and Expenses,
language is included limiting funds for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. Language is also included providing for no-
year availability of funds.
Under Legal Services Corporation, Payment to the Legal Services
Corporation, language is included regarding pay for officers and
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employees. Language is also included delineating amounts for spe-
cific programs and regarding authorities to transfer funds. In addi-
tion, language is included designating the Legal Services Corpora-
tion as an agency of the Federal Government for the purposes of
reprogramming.
Under Administrative Provision, Legal Services Corporation, lan-
guage is included that prohibits the use of funds for certain activi-
ties.
Under Office of the United States Trade Representative, Salaries
and Expenses, language is included providing for the no-year avail-
ability of some funds. Language is also included limiting funds for
official reception and representation expenses.
Also, under Trade Enforcement Trust Fund, language is included
regarding certain notifications.
Under State Justice Institute, Salaries and Expenses, language
is included limiting funds for reception and representation ex-
penses. Language is also included providing for multi-year avail-
ability of certain funds. In addition, language is included desig-
nating the State Justice Institute as an agency of the Federal Gov-
ernment for the purposes of reprogramming.
In title V, General Provisions, the following general provisions
that fall within the rule are recommended:
Section 501 prohibits the use of funds for publicity or propaganda
purposes unless expressly authorized by law.
Section 502 prohibits any appropriation contained in this Act
from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal
year unless expressly authorized.
Section 503 provides that the expenditure of any appropriation
contained in this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contracts shall be limited to those contracts where such ex-
penditures are a matter of public record and available for public in-
spection, except where otherwise provided under existing law or
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
Section 504 provides that if any provision of this Act or the appli-
cation of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held
invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of other provi-
sions shall not be affected.
Section 505 prohibits a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates
or initiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates a pro-
gram, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any
means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied
or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes or
renames offices, programs, or activities; (6) contracts out or
privatizes any function or activity presently performed by Federal
employees; (7) augments funds for existing programs, projects, or
activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, or
reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, project, or activity,
or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results from any gen-
eral savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel,
which would result in a change in existing programs, projects, or
activities as approved by Congress, unless the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of
such reprogramming of funds.
Section 506 provides that if it is determined that any person in-
tentionally affixes a ‘‘Made in America’’ label to any product that
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was not made in America that person shall not be eligible to re-
ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available
in this Act. The section further provides that to the extent prac-
ticable, with respect to purchases of promotional items, funds made
available under this Act shall be used to purchase items manufac-
tured, produced, or assembled in the United States or its territories
or possessions.
Section 507 requires quarterly reporting on the status of bal-
ances of appropriations.
Section 508 provides that any costs incurred by a department or
agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in this Act,
or, for the Department of Commerce, from actions taken for the
care and protection of loan collateral or grant property, shall be ab-
sorbed within the budgetary resources available to the department
or agency, and provides transfer authority between appropriation
accounts to carry out this provision, subject to reprogramming pro-
cedures.
Section 509 prohibits funds made available in this Act from being
used to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products
or to seek the reduction or removal of foreign restrictions on the
marketing of tobacco products, except for restrictions that are not
applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type.
This provision is not intended to impact routine international trade
services to all U.S. citizens, including the processing of applications
to establish foreign trade zones.
Section 510 limits the obligation of receipts deposited into the
Crime Victims Fund to $2,650,000,000 during fiscal year 2021, and
provides for a transfer of $10,000,000 to the Department of Justice,
Office of Inspector General for oversight and auditing of the fund.
It also provides for a tribal set-aside.
Section 511 prohibits the use of Department of Justice funds for
programs that discriminate against or denigrate the religious or
moral beliefs of students participating in such programs.
Section 512 prohibits the transfer of funds made available in this
Act to any department, agency or instrumentality of the United
States Government, except for transfers made by, or pursuant to
authorities provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
Section 513 requires certain timetables of audits performed by
Inspectors General of the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National
Science Foundation and the Legal Services Corporation and sets
limits and restrictions on the awarding and use of grants or con-
tracts funded by amounts appropriated by this Act.
Section 514 prohibits funds for acquisition of certain information
systems unless the acquiring department or agency has reviewed
and assessed certain risks. Any acquisition of such an information
system is contingent upon the development of a risk mitigation
strategy and a determination that the acquisition is in the national
interest. Each department or agency covered by this section shall
consult with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other
relevant agencies when reviewing supply chain risks and making
a determination that the acquisition is in the national interest.
Each department or agency covered by this section is directed to
ensure it is following the criteria established by the FBI and the
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National Institute of Standards and Technology when acquiring or
renewing certain information systems. Each department or agency
covered under this section shall submit a quarterly report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate describing
reviews and assessments of risk made pursuant to this section and
any associated findings or determinations.
Section 515 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act
to support or justify the use of torture by any official or contract
employee of the United States Government.
Section 516 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act
to include certain language in trade agreements.
Section 517 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act
to authorize or issue a national security letter (NSL) in contraven-
tion of certain laws authorizing the FBI to issue NSLs.
Section 518 requires congressional notification regarding any
project within the Departments of Commerce or Justice, the Na-
tional Science Foundation or the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration totaling more than $75,000,000 that has cost in-
creases of 10 percent or more.
Section 519 deems funds for intelligence or intelligence related
activities as authorized by Congress during fiscal year 2021 until
the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year
2021.
Section 520 prohibits contracts or grant awards in excess of
$5,000,000 unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies
that the organization has filed all Federal tax returns, has not
been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, and has no unpaid Federal tax assessment.
Section 521 provides for rescissions of unobligated balances from
the Departments of Commerce and Justice.
Section 522 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act
for the purchase of first class or premium air travel in contraven-
tion of certain Federal regulations.
Section 523 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act
to pay for the attendance of more than 50 department or agency
employees, who are stationed in the United States, at any single
conference outside the United States, unless the conference is a law
enforcement training or operational event where the majority of
Federal attendees are law enforcement personnel stationed outside
the United States.
Section 524 requires tracking and reporting of undisbursed bal-
ances in expired grant accounts.
Section 525 requires, when practicable, the use of funds in this
Act to purchase light bulbs that have the ‘‘Energy Star’’ or ‘‘Federal
Energy Management Program’’ designation.
Section 526 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act
by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) or the National
Space Council (NSC) to engage in bilateral activities with China or
a Chinese-owned company unless the activities are authorized by
subsequent legislation or NASA, OSTP or NSC after consultation
with the Federal Bureau of Investigation have made a certification
pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
Section 527 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act
to establish or maintain a computer network that does not block
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pornography, except for law enforcement or victim assistance pur-
poses.
Section 528 requires each department and agency funded in the
bill to submit spending plans.
Section 529 prohibits the use of funds to pay for unsatisfactory
contractor performance.
Section 530 prohibits the use of funds by the Department of Jus-
tice or the Drug Enforcement Administration in contravention of a
certain section of the Agricultural Act of 2014.
Section 531 prohibits the Department of Justice from preventing
certain States or territories from implementing their laws regard-
ing the use of medical marijuana.
Section 532 requires quarterly reports from the Department of
Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
and the National Science Foundation on official travel to China.
Section 533 requires not less than 10 percent of the funds pro-
vided for certain programs be provided to persistent poverty coun-
ties.
Section 534 requires a report regarding a national headquarters
for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Section 535 prohibits funds from being used to prevent a Member
of Congress from entering Federal facilities to conduct oversight.
APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW
The Committee, in a number of instances, has found it necessary
to recommend funding for ongoing activities and programs for
which authorizations have not been enacted to date. Pursuant to
clause 3(f)(1)(B) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Represent-
atives, the following table lists the appropriations in the accom-
panying bill that are not authorized by law for the period con-
cerned:
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Department of Commerce:
PO 00000
International Trade Administration:
Operations and Administration:
Export Promotion Activities ........................................................................................................................... 1996 such sums .......... 264,885 *
Bureau of Industry and Security:
Frm 00192 Operations and Administration .............................................................................................................................. 1994 such sums .......... 34,747 143,410
Economic Development Administration:
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... 2008 Such sums .......... 30,832 50,610
Economic Development Assistance Programs ....................................................................................................... ............................ Various ................ ...................................... 382,500
Public Works and Economic Development Act Programs ............................................................................. 2008 500,000 .............. 349,100 (396,350)
Fmt 6659 Minority Business Development Agency:
Minority Business Development ............................................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 70,023
Economics and Statistics Administration: 192
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 120,500
Sfmt 6602 National Telecommunications and Information Administration:
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... 1993 17,900 ................ 18,493 89,531
National Institute of Standards and Technology:
Scientific and Technical Research and Services .................................................................................................. 2013 676,700 .............. 609,514 915,570
Industrial technology services ............................................................................................................................... 2013 241,709 .............. 140,316 331,500
Manufacturing extension partnerships ......................................................................................................... 2013 (165,100) ............ (126,088) (275,000)
Construction of research facilities ........................................................................................................................ 2013 121,300 .............. 58,874 100,000
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
Operations, Research and Facilities:
National Ocean Service ................................................................................................................................. 1993 121,183 .............. 150,864 706,500
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Coastal Science, Assessment, Response and Restoration .................................................................. ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (101,000)
Competitive Research .......................................................................................................................... ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (28,000)
Coastal Zone Management and Services ............................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a (62,000)
HR097 Coastal Zone Management Grants ...................................................................................................... 1999 (50,500) .............. (52,700) (82,500)
National Oceans and Security Fund .................................................................................................... 2019 such sums .......... (30,000) (38,000)
Coral Reef Program .............................................................................................................................. 2004 (16,000) .............. (26,100) (38,000)
Sanctuaries and Marine Protected Areas ............................................................................................ 2005 (40,000) .............. (58,750) (61,500)
National Estuarine Research Reserve System.. ................................................................................... 1999 (4,600) ................ (4,300) (30,500)
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National Marine Fisheries Services: ............................ ............................. ...................................... 1,044,590
Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles and Other Species .............................................................................. ............................ ............................. ...................................... (146,500)
Species Recoveries Grants ................................................................................................................... 1992 † .......................... † (7,500)
Atlantic Salmon .................................................................................................................................... 1992 † .......................... † (6,500)
Pacific Salmon ..................................................................................................................................... 1992 † .......................... † (70,500)
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Fisheries and Ecosystem Science Programs and Services .................................................................. ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (162,000)
Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys and Assessments ...................................................................... ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (192,500)
Observers and Training ........................................................................................................................ ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (55,468)
PO 00000 Fisheries Management Programs and Services ................................................................................... ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (133,750)
Salmon Management Activities ........................................................................................................... ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (66,000)
Regional Councils and Fisheries Commissions ................................................................................... ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (43,000)
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants ...................................................................................................... 2012 3,400 .................. 1,157 (3,372)
Enforcement ......................................................................................................................................... ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (78,500)
Frm 00193 Habitat Conservation and Restoration ................................................................................................ ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (61,500)
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research ............................................................................................................. 1993 1,589,081 ........... 202,172 ‡
Climate Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes ................................................................................ 1993 (109,877) ............ (79,948) (120,000)
Regional Climate Data and Information ............................................................................................. ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (59,000)
Fmt 6659 Climate Competitive Research ............................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a (74,000)
Ocean and Coastal Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes ............................................................. ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (37,500)
Ocean Exploration and Research ......................................................................................................... 2015 (59,436) .............. (28,000) (44,500)
Integrated Ocean Acidification ............................................................................................................ 2012 (20,000) .............. (6,359) (17,000) 193
High Performance Computing Initiatives ............................................................................................. 1996 (4,500) ................ (6,500) (18,000)
Sfmt 6602 National Weather Service: 1993 395,822 .............. † †
Observations ......................................................................................................................................... ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (245,750)
Central Processing ............................................................................................................................... 1993 ∫ .......................... ∫ (108,472)
Analyze, Forecast and Support ............................................................................................................ ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (565,097)
Dissemination ....................................................................................................................................... 1993 ∫ .......................... ∫ (117,646)
Science and Technology Integration .................................................................................................... ............................ Various ................ ...................................... (181,148)
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service: ............................ ............................. ...................................... 348,086
Office of Satellite and Production Operations ..................................................................................... 1993 † .......................... † (202,000)
Product Development, Readiness and Application .............................................................................. 1993 † .......................... † (47,000)
Office of Space Commerce .................................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a (10,000)
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Group on Earth Observations ............................................................................................................... 1993 n/a ...................... n/a (1,000)
National Centers for Environmental Information ................................................................................. 1993 39,596 ................ 32,646 (88,086)
Mission Support:
HR097 Mission Support Services ..................................................................................................................... 1993 75,750 ................ 71,433 323,232
NOAA Office of Education .................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 41,084
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations:
Marine Operations and Maintenance ................................................................................................... 1993 68,518 ................ 61,222 194,000
Aviation Operations and Aircraft Services ........................................................................................... 1993 10,336 ................ 9,872 37,500
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authorizations
Autonomous Uncrewed Technology Operations .................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 14,500
Procurement, Acquisition and Construction:
PO 00000
National Ocean Service:
National Estuarine Research Reserve Construction ............................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a 4,000
Marine Sanctuaries Construction ......................................................................................................... 2005 6,000 .................. 10,000 4,000
Frm 00194 Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research:
Research Supercomputing/CCRI .......................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 53,500
National Weather Service:
Observations ......................................................................................................................................... 1993 † .......................... 84,516 24,000
Fmt 6659 Central Processing ............................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 68,000
Dissemination ....................................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 9,934
Facilities Construction and Major Repairs .......................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 17,000
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service:
194
Common Ground Services .................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 73,633
Geostationary Earth Orbit .................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 623,247
Sfmt 6602
Low Earth Orbit .................................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 512,730
Space Weather ..................................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 203,506
Systems/Services Architecture and Engineering .................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 68,500
Satellite CDA Facility ........................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 2,450
Mission Support:
NOAA Construction ............................................................................................................................... 1993 94,500 ................ 64,500 43,000
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations:
Fleet Capital Improvements and Technology Infusion ........................................................................ 1997 such sums .......... n/a 95,500
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Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery ........................................................................................................ 2009 90,000 ................ 80,000 65,000
Fishermen’s Contingency Fund ............................................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a 349
Fisheries Disaster Assistance .............................................................................................................. 2013 such sums .......... 5,000 0
HR097 Fisheries Finance Program Account ..................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a ¥18,000
Departmental Management:
Salaries and Expenses ......................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 87,500
Renovation and Modernization ............................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 1,100
Office of Inspector General .................................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 37,087
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Department of Justice:
General Administration:
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... 2009 181,561 .............. 105,805 148,264
Justice Information Sharing Technology ................................................................................................................ 2009 204,152 .............. 80,000 113,024
Executive Office for Immigration Review ............................................................................................................... 2009¶ n/a ...................... n/a 891,190
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Office of Inspector General .................................................................................................................................... 2009 81,922 ................ 80,681 127,184
United States Parole Commission:
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... 2009 12,711 ................ 12,570 14,238
PO 00000 Legal Activities:
Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities .................................................................................................. 2009 764,526 .............. 805,655 1,077,673
Salaries and Expenses, Antitrust Division ............................................................................................................. 2009 162,488 .............. 157,788 201,176
Salaries and Expenses, United States Attorneys ................................................................................................... 2009 1,829,194 ........... 1,851,336 2,534,248
Salaries and Expenses, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission ......................................................................... 2009 1,429 .................. 1,823 2,434
Frm 00195 Fee and Expenses of Witnesses ............................................................................................................................. 2009 203,755 .............. 168,300 224,000
Salaries and Expenses, Community Relations Service .......................................................................................... 2009 10,977 ................ 9,873 22,000
Assets Forfeiture Fund (discretionary) ................................................................................................................... 2009 22,000 ................ 20,990 20,514
United States Marshals Service ...................................................................................................................................... 2009 900,178 .............. 954,000 3,805,000
Fmt 6659 Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... ............................ § ......................... (960,000) (1,625,000)
Construction ........................................................................................................................................................... ............................ § ........................ (4,000) (15,000)
Federal Prison Detention ........................................................................................................................................ 2009 1,858,509 ........... 1,355,319 (2,165,000)
National Security Division: 195
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 123,093
Sfmt 6602 Interagency Law Enforcement:
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement ............................................................................................................ 2009 744,593 .............. 515,000 550,458
Federal Bureau of Investigation ..................................................................................................................................... 2009 6,480,608 ........... 7,301,191 10,281,753
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... ............................ § ........................ (7,182,700) (10,219,858)
Construction ........................................................................................................................................................... ............................ § ........................ (153,491) (61,895)
Drug Enforcement Administration:
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... 2009 1,930,462 ........... 1,959,084 2,408,522
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives:
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... 2009 1,038,939 ........... 1,078,215 1,554,461
Construction ........................................................................................................................................................... 2009
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Federal Prison System ..................................................................................................................................................... 2009 5,698,292 ........... 6,171,561 8,052,700
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... ............................ § ........................ (5,600,792) (7,865,000)
Building and Facilities ........................................................................................................................................... ............................ § ........................ (575,807) (185,000)
HR097 Office on Violence Against Women:
Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs:
STOP Grants ........................................................................................................................................................... 2018 222,000 .............. 222,000 223,000
Transitional Housing Assistance ............................................................................................................................ 2018 35,000 ................ 35,000 50,000
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women ......................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 2,500
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Consolidated Youth-oriented Program ................................................................................................................... ............................ Various ................ ...................................... 22,000
PO 00000 Engaging Men and Youth in Prevention .............................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 5,000
Improving Criminal Justice Response .................................................................................................................... 2018 73,000 ................ 53,000 70,000
Homicide Reduction Initiative .............................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a (4,000)
Domestic Violence Firearms Lethality Reduction Initiative ................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a (4,000)
Sexual Assault Victims Services ............................................................................................................................ 2018 40,000 ................ 35,000 100,000
Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement ....................................................................................... 2018 50,000 ................ 40,000 47,000
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Violence on College Campuses .............................................................................................................................. 2018 12,000 ................ 20,000 38,000
Civil Legal Assistance ............................................................................................................................................ 2018 57,000 ................ 45,000 65,000
Elder Abuse Grant Program ................................................................................................................................... 2018 9,000 .................. 5,000 6,000
Fmt 6659 Family Civil Justice ................................................................................................................................................ ............................ Various ................ ...................................... 20,000
Education and Training for Disabled Female Victims .......................................................................................... 2018 9,000 .................. 6,000 10,000
National Resource Center on Workplace Responses ............................................................................................. 2018 1,000 .................. 500 2,000
Research on Violence Against Indian Women ....................................................................................................... 2015 1,000 .................. 940 2,000
196
Indian Country-Sexual Assault Clearinghouse ....................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 1,000
Sfmt 6602 Tribal Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction ........................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a 5,500
Rape Survivor Child Custody Act ........................................................................................................................... 2019 5,000 .................. 1,500 3,500
National Deaf Services Line ................................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 5,000
Restorative Justice Responses and Evaluations ................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 20,300
Support to Transgender Victims ............................................................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a 2,000
Tech Assist for Community-Based Organizations ................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 5,000
Emerging Issues Related to Violence Against Women .......................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 5,000
Tribal Special Assistant US Attorneys ................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 3,000
Office on Justice Programs:
Research Evaluation and Statistics:
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Bureau of Justice Statistics ................................................................................................................................... 1995 33,000 ................ 32,335 50,000
National Institute of Justice .................................................................................................................................. 1995 33,000 ................ 58,879 45,000
Domestic Radicalization Research ....................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (12,000)
HR097 Study of Clearinghouse for Online Extremism ..................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (500)
Data on Stops and Searches ............................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (500)
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance:
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants ............................................................................................................ 2012 1,095,000 ........... 470,000 684,469
Officer Robert Wilson III VALOR Initiative ........................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (13,000)
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Smart Policing ...................................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (8,000)
Smart Prosecution ................................................................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a (10,000)
NamUS .................................................................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a (2,400)
Training Program to Improve Responses to People with Mental Illness ............................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a (10,000)
John R. Justice Grant Program ............................................................................................................ 2014 n/a ...................... Such sums (4,000)
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Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution ............................................................................................. 2010 40,000 ................ 15,000 (17,000)
National Center for Forensics .............................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a (4,000)
Project Safe Neighborhoods ................................................................................................................. 2021 n/a ...................... 20,000 (20,000)
PO 00000 Capital Litigation Improvement and Wrongful Conviction Review ...................................................... 2021 n/a ...................... 7,000 (15,000)
Community Based Violence Prevention Initiatives .............................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a (6,000)
National Center for Restorative Justice ............................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (6,000)
Family Alternative Sentencing Pilot Program ...................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (7,000)
Child Advocacy Training ...................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (1,000)
Frm 00197 Rural Violent Crime Initiative .............................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a (9,000)
Managed Access Systems .................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (3,000)
Public Safety Innovation Grants .......................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (5,000)
Technical Assistance to Law Enforcement-Use of Force Reporting .................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (15,000)
Fmt 6659 Data Collection Programs on Hit Rates for Stops and Searches ....................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (5,000)
Police Reform in Jurisdictions Responding to Litigation .................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (7,200)
Law Enforcement Training ................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (42,000)
Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants ................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (102,769) 197
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program ............................................................................................................. 2011 950,000 .............. n/a 244,000
Sfmt 6602 Adam Walsh Act Implementation .......................................................................................................................... 2009 Such sums .......... 18,000 20,500
National Sex Offender Public Website ................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 1,000
Paul Coverdell Forensic Science ............................................................................................................................ 2021 n/a ...................... 33,000 33,000
DNA Initiative.
Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grants ....................................................................... 2021 n/a ...................... 8,000 (13,000)
State and Local Forensic Activities ..................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (19,000)
Community Teams to Reduce the Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Backlog ................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 60,000
CASA–Special Advocates ........................................................................................................................................ 2018 12,000 ................ 12,000 14,000
Indian Tribe Assistance ......................................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 50,000
Second Chance Act/Reoffender Reentry.
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Children of Incarcerated Parents Demo Grants .................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a (5,000)
Project Hope Opportunity Probation with Enforcement ....................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (5,000)
Opioid Initiative.
HR097 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment ............................................................................................. 2000 Such sums .......... 63,000 (40,000)
Mentally Ill Offender Act ...................................................................................................................... 2021 Such sums .......... 35,000 (45,000)
Hate Crimes Prevention Act Grants ....................................................................................................................... 2012 n/a ...................... 5,000 70,000
Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice ............................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a 30,000
Community Trust Initiative .................................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 95,000
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Body-won Camera Partnership ............................................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a (35,000)
PO 00000
Justice Reinvestment Initiative ............................................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a (35,000)
Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program ........................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a (25,000)
Law Enforcement Accountability Grants ................................................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a 400,000
Pattern and Practice Investigations .................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (100,000)
Independent Investigation of Law Enforcement Officers .................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (250,000)
Community-Based Improvement to Law Enforcement ......................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (25,000)
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Pilot Programs to Address Police Misconduct ..................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (25,000)
Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance .................................................................................................. 2016 20,000 ................ n/a 10,000
Community Violence Intervention Initiative ........................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 90,000
Fmt 6659 Red Flag and Gun Licensing Laws ........................................................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a 40,000
Gun Buyback and Relinquishment Pilot Program ................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 10,000
Public Defender Improvement Program ................................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 25,000 198
Regional Sexual Assault Investigative Training Academies .................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 20,000
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Study of Lethality Assessment Programs .............................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 2,000
Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry ......................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 10,000
Pretrial Incarceration Reduction Pilot Program ..................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 10,000
Police Misconduct Database .................................................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 5,000
Juvenile Justice Programs:
Youth Mentoring Grants ......................................................................................................................................... 2007 Such sums ......... §§ 110,000
Title V—Delinquency Prevention Incentive Grants .................................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 60,000
Prevention of Trafficking of Girls .......................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (6,000)
Tribal Youth ............................................................................................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a (14,000)
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Children of Incarcerated Parents Web Portal ........................................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a (500)
Girls in the Justice System .................................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (9,000)
Opioid Affected Youth Initiative ............................................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a (12,000)
HR097 Children Exposed to Violence ................................................................................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a (10,000)
Training for Judicial Personnel .............................................................................................................................. 2018 2,300 .................. 2,000 5,000
Alternatives to Youth Incarceration Initiative ........................................................................................................ n/a n/a ...................... n/a 50,000
Community Violence Intervention Initiative ........................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 10,000
Juvenile Accountability Block Grant ....................................................................................................................... 2012 Such sums ......... n/a 20,000
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Community Oriented Policing Services:
COPS Hiring Grants ................................................................................................................................................ 2009 1,047,117 ........... 1,000,000 245,000
Regional information sharing activities .............................................................................................. 2003 100,000 .............. 29,000 (44,000)
Tribal Access Program ......................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a (3,000)
Community Policing Development/Training and Technical Assistance ................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 35,000
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POLICE Act ............................................................................................................................................................. ............................ ............................. ...................................... 11,000
Anti-Methamphetamine Task Forces ...................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 15,000
Anti-Heroin Task Forces ......................................................................................................................................... n/a n/a ...................... n/a 35,000
PO 00000 Community Policing Development/Training and Technical Assistance ................................................................. n/a n/a ...................... n/a 56,881
Science:
National Space Council .......................................................................................................................................... 1990 1,200 .................. 2 1,965
National Aeronautics and Space Administration:
Science ................................................................................................................................................................... 2017 5,500,000 ........... 5,764,900 7,969,500
Aeronautics ............................................................................................................................................................. 2017 640,000 .............. 660,000 935,000
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Space Technology ................................................................................................................................................... 2017 686,000 .............. 686,500 1,280,000
Exploration .............................................................................................................................................................. 2017 4,330,000 ........... 4,324,000 7,229,300
Space Operations ................................................................................................................................................... 2017 5,023,000 ........... 4,950,700 3,961,300
Fmt 6659 STEM Engagement ................................................................................................................................................. 2017 115,000 .............. 100,000 147,000
Safety, Security and Mission Services ................................................................................................................... 2017 2,788,600 ........... 2,768,600 3,030,000
Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration ............................................................................ 2017 388,000 .............. 360,700 390,300 199
Office of Inspector General .................................................................................................................................... 2017 37,400 ................ 37,900 46,000
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Research and Related Activities ............................................................................................................................ 2013 6,637,879 ........... 5,983,280 7,708,249
Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction ....................................................................................... 2013 236,764 .............. 196,170 249,000
Education and Human Resources .......................................................................................................................... 2013 1,041,762 ........... 895,610 1,289,270
Agency Operations and Award Management ......................................................................................................... 2013 363,670 .............. 299,400 390,017
Office of the National Science Board .................................................................................................................... 2013 4,906 .................. 4,440 4,600
Office of Inspector General .................................................................................................................................... 2013 15,049 ................ 14,200 20,420
Related Agencies:
Commission on Civil Rights:
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... 1995 9,500 .................. 8,904 13,000
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International Trade Commission:
Salaries and Expenses. .......................................................................................................................................... 2004 57,240 ................ 58,925 118,500
Legal Services Corporation:
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Marine Mammal Commission:
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... 1999 1,750 .................. 1,240 4,000
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... 2004 33,108 ................ 41,552 72,800
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[In thousands of dollars]
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Authorization
Last year of au- Appropriations in last Appropriations in this
Program level in year of
thorization year of authorization bill
authorizations
State Justice Institute:
Salaries and Expenses ........................................................................................................................................... 2008 7,000 .................. 3,760 7,600
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* The recommendation does not provide a specific amount for this program.
† Authorization provides a single amount for activities spread across multiple NOAA Control Table lines.
‡ The National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–423) authorized Weather and Air Chemistry Research Programs. Other programs are unauthorized.
∫ The last time the NWS was comprehensively authorized was 1993. Though specific programs, like the Tsunami Warning and Education Program, are currently authorized the recommendation does not provide
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¶ The authorization authorizes funding for the ‘‘Administrative Review and Appeals’’ account, which encompassed the activities of the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the Office of Pardon Attorney.
The recommendation separates these into different accounts.
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# This was formerly the ‘‘General Administration, Detention Trustee’’ account.
** The authorization for this program expired in FY 2011. Since the government was funded by a full-year continuing resolution, the Committee did not provide a specific appropriation for this program.
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§§ The authorization for this program expired in FY 2007. Since the government was funded by a full-year continuing resolution, the Committee did not provide a specific appropriation for this program.
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COMPARISON WITH THE BUDGET RESOLUTION
Section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act requires the
report accompanying a bill providing new budget authority to con-
tain a statement comparing the levels in the bill to the suballoca-
tions submitted under section 302(b) of the Act for the most re-
cently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for the appli-
cable fiscal year.
[In millions of dollars]
302(b) Allocations This Bill
Budget Authority Outlays Budget Authority Outlays
Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee Al-
locations to its subcommittees: Subcommittee on
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Discretionary .......................................................... 81,315 77,900 81,315 1 77,685
Mandatory .............................................................. 326 339 326 1 339
1 Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
FIVE-YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS
In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–
344), as amended, the following table contains five-year projections
associated with the budget authority provided in the accompanying
bill:
[In millions of dollars]
Outlays
Projection of outlays associated wtih the recommendation:
2022 .................................................................................. .................... .................... .................... 1 47,497
2023 .................................................................................. .................... .................... .................... 19,617
2024 .................................................................................. .................... .................... .................... 7,411
2025 .................................................................................. .................... .................... .................... 3,776
2026 and future years ...................................................... .................... .................... .................... 3,479
1 Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
In accordance with section 308(a)(1)(C) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, as amended, the Congressional Budget Office
has provided the following estimates of new budget authority and
outlays provided by the accompanying bill for financial assistance
to State and local governments:
[In millions of dollars]
Budget Authority Outlays
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 2022 ............................................ 3,028 1 34
1 Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
PROGRAM DUPLICATION
No provision of this bill establishes or reauthorizes a program of
the Federal Government known to be duplicative of another Fed-
eral program, a program that was included in any report from the
Government Accountability Office to Congress pursuant to section
21 of Public Law 111–139, or a program related to a program iden-
tified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
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COMMITTEE HEARINGS
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(6) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the following hearings were used to develop or
consider the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2022:
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies held an oversight hearing on March 18, 2021, entitled
‘‘COVID Outbreaks and Management Challenges: Evaluating the
Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Pandemic Response and the Way For-
ward.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Michael Carvajal, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies held an oversight hearing on March 24, 2021, entitled
‘‘Management, Performance Challenges, and COVID Response at
the Department of Justice.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony
from:
Michael Horowitz, Inspector General of the Department of Jus-
tice
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies held a budget hearing on April 14, 2021, entitled ‘‘The
National Science Foundation’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request.’’
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, National Science Foun-
dation
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies held an oversight hearing on April 15, 2021, entitled ‘‘In-
creasing Risks of Climate Change and NOAA’s Role in Providing
Climate Services.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Dr. Steven Volz, Assistant Administrator for NOAA’s National
Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service performing
the duties of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental
Observation and Prediction
Ms. Nicole R. LeBoeuf, Acting Assistant Administrator for the
National Ocean Service
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies held an oversight hearing on April 21, 2021, entitled
‘‘Oversight of the Economic Development Administration’s Role in
Pandemic Response.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Dennis Alvord, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Eco-
nomic Development
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies held an oversight hearing on April 29, 2021, entitled ‘‘Vio-
lent Extremism and Domestic Terrorism in America: The Role and
Response of DOJ.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Jill Sanborn, Executive Assistant Director, FBI National Security
Branch
Brad Wiegmann, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Na-
tional Security Division
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies held a budget hearing on May 4, 2021, entitled ‘‘Fiscal
Year 2022 Budget Request for The Department of Justice.’’ The
Subcommittee received testimony from:
The Honorable Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General of the
United States
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The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies held a budget hearing on May 6, 2021, entitled ‘‘Fiscal
Year 2022 Budget Request for the Department of Commerce.’’ The
Subcommittee received testimony from:
The Honorable Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies held a budget hearing on May 19, 2021, entitled ‘‘Fiscal
Year 2022 Budget Request for NASA.’’ The Subcommittee received
testimony from:
The Honorable Bill Nelson, Administrator, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL)
AUTHORITY
The following table provides a detailed summary, for each de-
partment and agency, comparing the amounts recommended in the
bill with fiscal year 2021 enacted amounts and budget estimates
presented for fiscal year 2022:
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TITLE I · DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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Operations and administration ........................ . 541,000 570,315 577,415 +36,415 +7, 100
Offsetting fee collections ....... , ...... , ... ,.,., .... . -11,000 -11,000 -11,000
Direct appropriation .. ,.,,,,,, ..... , , , . , , ........ . 530,000 559,315 566,415 +36,415 +7, 100
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Bureau of Industry and Security
Operations and administration ........................ . 92,100 62,410 63,410 -28,690 +1,000
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Defense function ............... , .... ,, .... , ..... ,. 40,900 80,000 80,000 +39, 100
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Total, Bureau of Industry and Security ....... . 133,000 142,410 143,410 +10,410 +1,000
Economic Development Administration
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Economic Development Assistance Programs ............. . 305,500 382,500 382,500 +77, 000
Salaries and expenses, ... , , . , , ... , , . , , , . , , ........... . 40,500 50,610 50,610 +10, 110
Total, Economic Developme·nt Administration ..... .
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Minority Business Development Agency
Minority Business Development .... , .. , ... ,., ... ,.,,, ... 48,000 70,023 70,023 +22,023
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Economic and Statistical Analysis
Salaries and expenses ................................ . 111,855 125,567 120,500 +8,645 -5,067
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Bureau of the Census
Current Surveys and Programs ......................... . 288,403 309,865 +21,462 +309,865
Periodic censuses and programs ....................... . 818,241 1,132,537 +314,296 +1,132,537
Censuses and Survey Programs ......................... .
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Subtotal .................................. . . 818,241 1,442,402 1,132,537 +314,296 -309,865
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Total , Bureau of the Census .................... . 1,106,644 1,442,402 1,442,402 +335,758 205
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National Telecommunications and Information
Administration
Salaries and expenses ................................ . 45,500 89,531 89,531 +44,031
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
Salaries and expenses, current year fee funding ...... . 3,695,295 3,993,851 3,993,851 +298,556
Offsetting fee collections ......... ·:, ..........,.•.·.· .... . -3,695,295 -3,993,851 -3,993,851 -298,556
Total, United States Patent and Trademark Office
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
Scientific and Technical Research and Services ....... . 788,000 915,570 937,570 +149,570 +22,000
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(transfer out) ................................... . (-9,000) (-9,000) (-9,000)
Industrial Technology Services ....................... . 166,500 441,650 331,500 +165,000 -110, 150
Manufacturing extension partnerships ............. . (150,000) (275,000) (275,000) (+125,000)
Manufacturing USA ................................ . (16,500) (166,650) (56,500) (+40,000) (-110, 150)
Construction of research facilities ................... · 80,000 140,000 100,000 +20,000 -40,000
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Working Capital Fund (by transfer) ................... . (9,000) (9,000) (9,000)
Total, National Institute of Standards and
Technology ........................... , ....... . 1,034,500 1,497,220 1,369,070 +334,570 -128,150
206
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Operations, Research, and Facilities .............. . 3,840,300 4,689,381 4,425,787 +585,487 -263,594
(by transfer) .......................... , ......... . (246,171) (246,171) (246,171)
Promote and Develop Fund (transfer out) .......... . (-246,171) ( -246, 171) (-246,171)
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3,840,300 4, 425,787 +585,487 -263,594
Procurement, Acquisition and Construction .. ,, ........ . 1,532,558 2,226,982 1,985,000 +452,442 -·241, 982
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery ...................... . 65,000 65,000 65,000
Fishermen• s Contingency Fund, ........................ . 349 349 349
Fisheries Finance Program Account .................... . -7,600 -18,000 -18,000 -10,400
Total, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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Administration ................... , ........... . 5,430,607 6,963,712 6,458,136 +1,027,529 -505,576
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Departmental Management
Salaries and expenses ................................ . 73,000 91,746 87,500 +14,500 -4,246
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Renovation and Modernization ......................... . 1,123 1,100 1,100 -23
DOC Nonrecurring Expenses Fund ....................... . 20,000 126,900 126,900 +106,900
Office of Inspector General .......................... . 34,000 37,087 37,087 +3,087
Collection from the Public Safety Trust Fund ..... . (-2,000) (-2,000) (-2,000)
Public Safety Trust Fund transfer ................ . (2,000) (2,000) (2,000)
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Total, Departmental Management ................. . 128,123 256,833 252,587 +124,464 -4,246
Total, title I, Department of Commerce ......... . 8,914,229 11 , 580,123 10,945,184 +2,030,955 -634,939 207
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(by transfer) .................................. . 257,171 257,171 257,171
(transfer out) ................................. . -257,171 -257,171 -257,171
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TITLE II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
General Administration
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Salaries and expenses ................................ . 119,000 143,264 148,264 +29,264 +5,000
Justice Information Shari_ng Technology ............... . 34,000 113,024 113,024 +79,024
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Total, General Administration .................. . 153,000 256,288 261,288 +108,288 +5,000
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Executive Office for Immigration Review .............. . 734,000 891,190 891,190 +157, 190
Transfer from immigration examinations fee account -4,000 -4,000 -4,000
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Direct appropriation ......................... . 730,000 887,190 887,190 +157, 190 208
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Office of Inspector General, ......... ,, .............. . 110,565 127,184 127,184 +16,619
United States Parole Commission
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Salaries and expenses ................................ . 13,539 14,238 14,238 +699
Legal Activities
Salaries and expenses, general legal activities ...... . 960,000 1,064,173 1,077,673 +117,673 +13,500
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund ............... . 17,000 21,738 21,738 +4,738
Salaries and expenses, Antitrust Division ............ . 184,524 201,176 201,176 +16,652
Offsetting fee collections - current year ........ . -150,000 -138,000 -138,000 +12,000
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Direct appropriation ......................... . 34,524 63, 176 63,176 +28,652
Salaries and expenses, United States Attorneys ....... . 2,342,177 2,539,248 2,534,248 +192,071 -5,000
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United States Trustee System Fund .................... . 232,361 246,593 246,593 +14,232
Offsetting fee collections ....................... . -318,000 -413,000 -450,000 -132,000 -37,000
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Direct appropriation ......................... . -85,639 -166,407 -203,407 -117,768 -37,000
Salaries and expenses, Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission ......................................... . 2,366 2,434 2,434 +68
Fees and expenses of witnesses ....................... . 270,000 270,000 270,000
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Salaries and expenses, Community Relations Service ... . 18,000 20,039 22,000 +4,000 +1,961
Assets Forfeiture Fund ...... ,,,,,, ...... , ............ . 20,514 20,514 20,514
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Total, Legal Activities.,, ..... , ............... . 3,578,942 3,834,915 3,808,376 +229,434 -26,539
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United States Marshals Service
Salaries and expenses ................................ . 1,496,000 1,640,550 1,625,000 +129,000 -15,550
Construction ......................................... . 15,000 15,000 15,000
Federal Prisoner Detention ........................... . 2,046,609 2,170,015 2,165,000 +118,391 -5,015
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Total, United States Marshals Service .......... . 3,557,609 3,825,565 3,805,000 +247, 391 -20,565
National Security Division
Sa 1ari es and expenses ................................ . 117,451 123,093 123,093 +5,642
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Interagency Law Enforcement
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement ............ . 550,458 550,458 550,458
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Salaries and expenses ................................ . 3,955,042 4,143,762 4,146,196 +191, 154 +2,434
Counterintelligence and national security ........ . 5,793,644 6,070,096 6,073,662 +280,018 +3,566
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Subtotal, Salaries and expenses .............. . 9,748,686 10,213,858 10,219,858 +471, 172 +6,000
Construction .. , .......... , ............... , ....... , ... . 566,100 61,895 61,895 -504,205
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Total, Federal Bureau of Investigation ......... . 10,314,786 10,275,753 10,281,753 -33,033 +6,000
Orug Enforcement Administration
Salaries and expenses ...............•................. 2,796,762 2,920, 181 2,920,181 +123,419
Diversion control fund .. , .. ,, .................... . -460,499 -511,659 -511,659 -51, 160
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Construction ........ , .. , .... , .......... , .... , ........ . 50,000 -50,000
Total, Drug Enforcement Administration ....... .
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Salaries and expenses .............. ,., ............... . 1,483,887 1,554,461 1,554,461 +70,574
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Explosives .........................•... , ..... . 1,483,887 1,554,461 1,554,461 +70,574
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Salaries and expenses ............................... , . 7,708,375 7,670,393 7,865,000 +156,625 +194,607
Buildings and facilities ............................. . 127,000 178,994 185,000 +58,000 +6,006
Limitation on administrative expenses, Federal Prison 211
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Industries, Incorporated ........................... . 2,700 2,700 2,700
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Total, Federal Prison System ........... . 7,838,075 7,852,087 8,052,700 +214,625 +200,613
State and Local Justice Activities
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Office on Violence Against Women:
Prevention and prosecution programs .............. .
(by transfer) .................................. . (435,000) (435,000) (435,000)
Crime Victims Fund (transfer out) ................ . (-435,000) (-435, 000) (-435,000)
Violence Against Women Prevention & Prosecution
Programs ...................................... . 78,500 565,000 318,800 +240,300 -246,200
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·Research, evaluation and statistics ............ , .. 82,000 86,000 95,000 +13,000 +9,000
State and local justice assistance ...... , .... ,., .. 1,914,000 2,049,000 3,045,469 +1, 131,469 +996,469
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Juvenile justice programs .... , ................... . 346,000 796,000 494,000 +148,000 -302,000
Public safety officer benefits:
Death benefits ..............................•. 119,000 122,000 122,000 +3,000
Disability and education benefits ............ . 24,800 34,800 34,800 +10,000
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Community Oriented Policing Services:
COPS programs .................................... . 386,000 651,000 450,881 +64, 881 -200, 119
--------------- --------------- --------------- ---------- ·---- --------
Total, State and Local Justice Activities ...... . 2,950,300 4,303,800 4,560,950 +1,610,650 +257, 150
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EO 13929 Database .................................... . 5,000 -5,000
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Total, title II, Department of Justice ......... . 33,789,875 36,013,554 36,435,213 +2,645,338 +421,659
(by transfer) .................................. . 435,000 435,000 435,000
(transfer out) ................... , . , ....... , , .. . -435,000 -435,000 -435,000
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Office of Science and Technology Policy .............. . 5,544 6,652 7,152 +1,608 +500
National Space Council ............................... .
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Science ... , .......................................... . 7,301,000 7,931,400 7,969,500 +668,500 +38, 100
Aeronautics .......................................... . 828,700
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Space Technology ..................................... . 1,100,000 1,425,000 1,280,000 +180,000 -145,000
Exploration ..................•... , .... , , ...... , ...... . 6,555,400 6,880,400 7,279,300 +723,900 +398,900
Space Operations .......... : ......................... . 3,988,200 4,017,400 3,961,300 -26, 9_00 -56,100
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
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Engagement ................ -...................... , , .. 127,000 147,000 147,000 +20,000
Safety, Security and Mission Services ................ . 2,936,500 3,049,200 3,030,000 +93,500 -19,200
Construction and environmental compliance and
restoration .............................. , ......... . 390,278 390,300 390,300 +22
Office of Inspector General .......................... . 44,200 46,000 46,000 +1,800
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Total, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration ............................... . 23,271,278 24,801,500 25,038,400 +1, 767,122 +236,900
National Science Foundation
Research and related activities ...................... . 6,838,769 8,062,710 7,618,729 +779,960 -443,961
Defense function ................................. . 71,000 77,000 77,000 +6,000
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Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction .. 241,000 249,000 249,000 +8,000
Education and Human Resources ........................ . 968,000 1,287,270 1,274,270 +306,270 -13,000
Agency Operations and Award Management ............... . 345,640 468,300 390,017 +44,377 -78,283
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Office of the National Science Board ................. . 4,500 4,600 4,600 +100
Office of Inspector General .......................... . 17,850 20,420 20,420 +2,570
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Total, National Science Foundation ............. . 8,486,759 10,169,300 .9 ,634, 036 +1,147,277 -535,264
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Total, Title III, Science ...................... . 31 ,765, 546 34,979,417 34,681,553 +2,916,007 -297,864
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TITLE IV - RELATED AGENCIES
Commission on Civil Rights
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Salaries and expenses ........ , ........................ 12,500 13,000 13,000 +500
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Salaries and expenses ................................. 404,490 445,933 445,933 +41,443
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International Trade Commission
Salaries and expenses ................................. 103,000 103,000 118,500 +15,500 +15,500
Legal Services Corporation
Payment to the Legal Services Corporation ............. 465,000 600,000 600,000 +135,000 215
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Marine Mammal Commission
Salaries and expenses ................................. 3,769 4,200 4,000 +231 -200
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
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Salaries and expenses ................................. 55,000 58,000 57,800 +2,800 -200
Trade Enforcement Trust Fund .......................... 15,000 15,000 15,000
State Justice Institute
Salaries and expenses ................................ . 7,000 7,600 7,600 +600
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Total, title IV, Related Agencies .............. . 1,065,759 1,246,733 1,261,833 +196,074 +15, 100
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TITLE V - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Crime Victims Fund (transfer out) (Sec. 510) ........ ,. (-10,000) (-10,000) (-10, 000)
Department of Justice DIG {by transfer) .......... . (10,000) (10,000) (10,000)
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DOC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Procurement Acquisition and Construction
(rescission) ....................................... . -39,250 +39,250
Economic Development Assistance Programs (rescission). -10,000 -24,000 +10,000 +24,000
NOAA, Fisheries Enforcement Asset Forfeiture Fund
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(rescission) ........................ , .............. . -5,000 +5,000
DOJ, Working Capital Fund (rescission) ............... . -188,000 -108,400 -108,400 +79,600
FBI, Salaries and Expenses:
nondefense (rescission) .......................... . -32,456 +32,456
defense (rescission) ............................. . -47,544 +47,544 216
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DOJ, Federal Prison System, Buildings and Facilities
(rescission) ....................................... . -535,000 +535,000
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DOJ Modernization and Repairs ........................ . -15,000 +15,000
Office of Justice programs (rescission) .............. . -127,000 -90,000 -90,000 +37,000
COPS (rescission) .................................... .
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DOJ, Violence against women prevention and prosecution
programs ........................................... . -15,000 -15,000 -15,000
United States Marshals Service, Federal Prisoner
Detention Sec. 541 (emergency) .................... . 125,000 -125,000
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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and Expenses
Sec. 542 (Defense, emergency) ...................... . 106,380 -106, 380
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and Epenses
Sec. 542 (emergency) ............................... . 72,620 -72,620
Federal Prison System, Salaries and Expenses Sec. 543
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(emergency) ........................................ . 300,000 -300,000
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Total, title V, General Provisions ............. . 179,000 -841,650 -228,400 -407,400 +613,250
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Grand tota1 .......................................... . 75,714,409 82,978,177 83,095,383 +7,380,974 +117,206
Appropriations ................................... . (75,535,409) (83,819,827) (83,323,783) (+7,788,374) (-496,044)
Resci ssi ans ...................................... . (-425,000) (-841, 650) (-228,400) (+196,600) (+613,250)
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Emergency appropriati ans ......................... . (604,000) (-604,000)
(by transfer) ........................................ . 702,171 702,171 702,171
(transfer out) ....................................... . -702, 171 -702, 171 -702,171
PTO pre-funding payments (Hea1th benefits fund) .. . -99,000 -104,000 -104,000 -5,000
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Crime Victims Fund (Sec. 510) .................... . -3,499,000 -1,235,000 -1,285,000 +2,214,000 -50,000
Independent counse1 .............................. . 1,000 1,000 +1,000
Medicare-eligib1e retiree hea1th fund
contri but i ans, NOAA . . .- .•................••.•..•. 1,591 1,617 1,617 +26
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MINORITY VIEWS
We appreciate the efforts of the Majority in producing a Com-
merce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations
bill that addresses many priorities of Members on both sides of the
aisle. We also want to thank Chairman Cartwright and his staff for
their diligent efforts to incorporate many of our Members’ proposed
modifications into his Manager’s Amendment.
We are pleased that the bill prioritizes funding for the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and we note that the bill
provides funding above last year’s level and the Administration’s
request for the Space Launch System (SLS) and also supports deep
space exploration technologies. The independent agencies and pro-
grams within the Department of Commerce that ensure compliance
with our trade laws and agreements are also well funded.
In addition to these key priorities, the bill addresses issues im-
pacting all of our communities. It increases funding for drug court
programs and other vital initiatives that address the opioid epi-
demic, as well as DNA programs that are helping to analyze the
backlog of sexual assault evidence and solve cold cases. Most sig-
nificantly, we appreciate the inclusion of funding to establish a new
Forensic Nursing Center of Excellence program. Increasing the
number of sexual assault nurse examiners, particularly in rural
and under-resourced areas, is critical to ensuring that survivors are
able to access appropriate care and that nurse examiners are
equipped to serve as expert witnesses to help bring offenders to
justice.
Still, we have substantial unaddressed concerns with this bill.
The bill imposes new, unauthorized conditions on many State and
Local Law Enforcement Assistance programs, including the Byrne
Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) program, and on all of the Com-
munity Oriented Policing Services programs. It also imposes these
unauthorized conditions on the Byrne Discretionary and COPS
Technology and Equipment community projects. Besides encum-
bering Members’ community projects, these conditions will effec-
tively halt funding for many authorized programs with strong bi-
partisan support.
This funding supports training and equipment purchases across
the United States, as well as many other programs, including ac-
tive shooter response training under the POLICE Act (P.L. 114–
199) and suicide prevention measures for police officers under the
Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (P.L. 115–113).
Conditioning needed funding for local police departments on poli-
cies far outside the control of law enforcement is inappropriate, and
it may impede communities’ efforts to pursue their own police re-
form agendas.
We are also concerned that this bill eliminates several long-
standing riders that historically have enjoyed bipartisan support.
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For example, four Second Amendment protections are not retained
and language protecting taxpayer dollars from being used by the
Department of Justice for abortions is removed. These modifica-
tions are particularly objectionable and should be reversed before
the bill is finalized.
Finally, in addition to encumbering over $1.1 billion with unat-
tainable pre-conditions, this bill simply spends too much. With a
topline increase of over $10 billion and double-digit percentage in-
creases across many of the agencies in this bill, the spending level
is irresponsible in the absence of a broader agreement on the fed-
eral budget. The lack of fiscal discipline in this bill also jeopardizes
the future viability of the Crime Victims Fund. Despite the Sub-
committee’s substantial allocation, the bill diverts increasingly
scarce Crime Victims Fund balances to pay for discretionary pro-
grams.
We do commit, as always, to working with the Majority in good
faith as we proceed through the legislative process, to cure these
and other deficiencies.
KAY GRANGER.
ROBERT ADERHOLT.
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