136 STAT. 4459
PUBLIC LAW 117ā328āDEC. 29, 2022
Public Law 117ā328
117th Congress
An Act
Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023,
and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the āāConsolidated Appropriations
Act, 2023āā.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.
Sec. 6. Adjustments to compensation.
DIVISION AāAGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
Title IāAgricultural Programs
Title IIāFarm Production and Conservation Programs
Title IIIāRural Development Programs
Title IVāDomestic Food Programs
Title VāForeign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VIāRelated Agency and Food and Drug Administration
Title VIIāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION BāCOMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
Title IāDepartment of Commerce
Title IIāDepartment of Justice
Title IIIāScience
Title IVāRelated Agencies
Title VāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION CāDEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
Title IāMilitary Personnel
Title IIāOperation and Maintenance
Title IIIāProcurement
Title IVāResearch, Development, Test and Evaluation
Title VāRevolving and Management Funds
Title VIāOther Department of Defense Programs
Title VIIāRelated Agencies
Title VIIIāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION DāENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
Title IāCorps of EngineersāCivil
Title IIāDepartment of the Interior
Title IIIāDepartment of Energy
Consolidated
Appropriations
Act, 2023.
Dec. 29, 2022
[H.R. 2617]
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136 STAT. 4460
PUBLIC LAW 117ā328āDEC. 29, 2022
Title IVāIndependent Agencies
Title VāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION EāFINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
Title IāDepartment of the Treasury
Title IIāExecutive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President
Title IIIāThe Judiciary
Title IVāDistrict of Columbia
Title VāIndependent Agencies
Title VIāGeneral ProvisionsāThis Act
Title VIIāGeneral ProvisionsāGovernment-wide
Title VIIIāGeneral ProvisionsāDistrict of Columbia
DIVISION FāDEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, 2023
Title IāDepartmental Management, Intelligence, Situational Awareness, and Over-
sight
Title IIāSecurity, Enforcement, and Investigations
Title IIIāProtection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Title IVāResearch, Development, Training, and Services
Title VāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION GāDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
Title IāDepartment of the Interior
Title IIāEnvironmental Protection Agency
Title IIIāRelated Agencies
Title IVāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION HāDEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
Title IāDepartment of Labor
Title IIāDepartment of Health and Human Services
Title IIIāDepartment of Education
Title IVāRelated Agencies
Title VāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION IāLEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
Title IāLegislative Branch
Title IIāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION JāMILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
Title IāDepartment of Defense
Title IIāDepartment of Veterans Affairs
Title IIIāRelated Agencies
Title IVāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION KāDEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND
RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
Title IāDepartment of State and Related Agency
Title IIāUnited States Agency for International Development
Title IIIāBilateral Economic Assistance
Title IVāInternational Security Assistance
Title VāMultilateral Assistance
Title VIāExport and Investment Assistance
Title VIIāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION LāTRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
Title IāDepartment of Transportation
Title IIāDepartment of Housing and Urban Development
Title IIIāRelated Agencies
Title IVāGeneral ProvisionsāThis Act
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136 STAT. 4461
PUBLIC LAW 117ā328āDEC. 29, 2022
DIVISION MāADDITIONAL UKRAINE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, 2023
DIVISION NāDISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2023
DIVISION OāEXTENDERS AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
Title IāNational Cybersecurity Protection System Authorization Extension
Title IIāNDAA Technical Corrections
Title IIIāImmigration Extensions
Title IVāEnvironment and Public Works Matters
Title VāSafety Enhancements
Title VIāExtension of Temporary Order for Fentanyl-Related Substances
Title VIIāFederal Trade Commission Oversight of Horseracing Integrity and Safety
Authority
Title VIIIāUnited States Parole Commission Extension
Title IXāExtension of FCC Auction Authority
Title XāBudgetary Effects
DIVISION PāELECTORAL COUNT REFORM AND PRESIDENTIAL
TRANSITION IMPROVEMENT
DIVISION QāAVIATION RELATED MATTERS
DIVISION RāNO TIKTOK ON GOVERNMENT DEVICES
DIVISION SāOCEANS RELATED MATTERS
DIVISION TāSECURE 2.0 ACT OF 2022
DIVISION UāJOSEPH MAXWELL CLELAND AND ROBERT JOSEPH DOLE
MEMORIAL VETERANS BENEFITS AND HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT
ACT OF 2022
DIVISION VāSTRONG VETERANS ACT OF 2022
DIVISION WāUNLEASHING AMERICAN INNOVATORS ACT OF 2022
DIVISION XāEXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
FOR DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMSā FUND
DIVISION YāCONTRACT ACT OF 2022
DIVISION ZāCOVS ACT
DIVISION AAāFINANCIAL SERVICES MATTERS
DIVISION BBāCONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE
DIVISION CCāWATER RELATED MATTERS
DIVISION DDāPUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT
DIVISION EEāPOST OFFICE DESIGNATIONS
DIVISION FFāHEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
DIVISION GGāMERGER FILING FEE MODERNIZATION
DIVISION HHāAGRICULTURE
DIVISION IIāPREGNANT WORKERS
DIVISION JJāNORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES
DIVISION KKāPUMP FOR NURSING MOTHERS ACT
DIVISION LLāSTATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, AND TERRITORIAL FISCAL
RECOVERY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND DISASTER RELIEF FLEXIBILITY
DIVISION MMāFAIRNESS FOR 9/11 FAMILIES ACT
SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to āāthis
Actāā contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as
referring only to the provisions of that division.
1 USC 1 note.
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136 STAT. 4462
PUBLIC LAW 117ā328āDEC. 29, 2022
SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the
Senate section of the Congressional Record on or about December
19, 2022, and submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate, shall have the same effect with respect
to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through
L of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a
committee of conference.
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2023.
SEC. 6. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment
shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments
for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2023.
DIVISION AāAGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT,
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$65,067,000 of which not to exceed $7,432,000 shall be available
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,396,000
shall be available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed
$5,190,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal Relations,
of which $1,000,000 shall be to establish a Tribal Public Health
Resource Center at a land grant university with existing indigenous
public health expertise to expand current partnerships and collabo-
rative efforts with indigenous groups, including but not limited
to, tribal organizations and institutions such as tribal colleges,
tribal technical colleges, tribal community colleges and tribal univer-
sities, to improve the delivery of culturally appropriate public health
services and functions in American Indian communities focusing
on indigenous food sovereignty; not to exceed $9,280,000 shall be
available for the Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement,
of which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed
$28,422,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Administration, of which $26,716,000 shall be available
for Departmental Administration to provide for necessary expenses
for management support services to offices of the Department and
for general administration, security, repairs and alterations, and
other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided
for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart-
ment: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency
Agriculture,
Rural
Development,
Food and Drug
Administration,
and Related
Agencies
Appropriations
Act, 2023.
2 USC 4501 note.
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136 STAT. 4463
PUBLIC LAW 117ā328āDEC. 29, 2022
in the Administration mission area for salaries and expenses are
available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the
Office; not to exceed $4,609,000 shall be available for the Office
of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovern-
mental Affairs to carry out the programs funded by this Act,
including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison
within the executive branch; and not to exceed $8,738,000 shall
be available for the Office of Communications: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer funds
appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any
other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That
no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased
by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed
$22,000 of the amount made available under this paragraph for
the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for,
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the amount
made available under this heading for Departmental Administration
shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act
for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required
by 5 U.S.C. 551ā558: Provided further, That funds made available
under this heading for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs shall be
transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded
by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided
further, That no funds made available under this heading for the
Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be
obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act,
unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by
USDA agency: Provided further, That during any 30 day notification
period referenced in section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall take no action to begin implementation of the action
that is subject to section 716 of this Act or make any public
announcement of such action in any form.
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist,
$28,181,000, of which $8,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative
agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That
of the amounts made available under this heading, $500,000 shall
be available to carry out section 224 of subtitle A of the Department
of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), as
amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115ā334.
OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals,
$16,703,000.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, $14,967,000.
Time period.
Notification.
Time period.
Notification.
Reimbursements.
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136 STAT. 4464
PUBLIC LAW 117ā328āDEC. 29, 2022
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, $92,284,000, of which not less than $77,428,000 is for
cybersecurity requirements of the department.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, $7,367,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Civil Rights, $1,466,000: Provided, That funds made available
by this Act to an agency in the Civil Rights mission area for
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative
support staff for the Office.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$37,595,000.
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to
Public Law 92ā313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services
to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs
and activities of the Department which are included in this Act,
and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations
suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and
for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-
culture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $40,581,000,
to remain
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