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Yes: 1,208 • No: 693
Sponsored By: Representative Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6]
Became Law
Provides FY2024 funding across defense, health, and foreign operations while tightening domestic‑sourcing rules and oversight. This law sets detailed account-level appropriations, Buy American requirements, expanded Inspector General reviews, and frequent congressional reporting for many programs.
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176 provisions identified: 110 benefits, 30 costs, 36 mixed.
The Defense Health Program gets $39.9 billion, including up to $19.76 billion for TRICARE contracts and major funding for research and procurement. Up to $172 million supports the joint DOD‑VA Lovell Federal Health Care Center. Injured or ill service members (Category II or III) get expanded assisted reproductive services, including embryo storage with no time limit.
The law funds Job Corps operations ($1.6 billion), YouthBuild ($105 million), and ex‑offender training ($115 million). It adds $300.859 million for dislocated workers and $107.834 million for pilot projects. It provides $285 million for registered apprenticeships and up to $2 million in excess equipment for training. If insured unemployment rises above 3,075,000 in FY2024, extra UI funds unlock at $28.6 million for each 100,000 increase.
The CDFI Fund receives $324 million, with set amounts for Native communities, the Bank Enterprise Award, healthy food financing, small‑dollar loan support, and more. At least $188 million is available for financial and technical help through September 30, 2025. Separately, at least $252 million supports financing for micro, small, and medium‑sized businesses that benefit the poor, with a focus on women.
At least $3.3 billion in Foreign Military Financing must be granted to Israel and disbursed within 30 days of enactment. At least $725.3 million is for buying defense items and services in Israel, including research and development.
At least $121 million assists Burma with non‑lethal support like civilian protection, humanitarian delivery, genocide and human‑rights investigations, local governance outside military control, and trauma care. Funds may also support programs for deserters from the junta after consultation with Congress. Prior authorities and limits still apply as specified.
The law sets $850.170 million for CBP procurement: $283.5 million for border technology, $380.9 million for trade and travel assets, $92.114 million for facilities, $75.983 million for operations assets, and $17.673 million for mission support. DHS must produce bimonthly estimates of anticipated southwest border arrivals by adults, families, and unaccompanied children, get independent validation, use the numbers in budgets, and share them with agencies and Congress. If DHS fails to provide the estimates for those uses, its reprogramming and transfer authority is paused until it does.
At least $300 million supports partners to counter Russian influence in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia, with some funds usable through September 30, 2025. Separately, $300 million through September 30, 2025 supports Ukraine with training, equipment (including lethal assistance), logistics, supplies, salaries, intelligence support, replacement of U.S. weapons, and recovery or disposal. Defense must notify committees at least 15 days before obligating funds, report quarterly, and can accept and report foreign contributions.
At least $575 million backs family planning and reproductive health. Up to $200 million can be shifted to fight a severe international disease outbreak, and up to $70 million can go to an Emergency Reserve Fund, after a Secretary determination and consultation. At least $960 million funds global food security and agriculture, with at least half for Feed the Future focus countries and at least $25 million to spur private‑sector investment.
The law sets $2.9 billion for democracy programs worldwide. At least $117.040 million goes to the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
At least $100 million funds USAID’s Local Works to back small, local, and other eligible groups. Funds remain available through September 30, 2028. An entity is eligible if it received less than $5 million from USAID over the past five fiscal years, and university departments can be considered separately.
At least $125 million backs international and law‑enforcement efforts to stop fentanyl and similar drugs, focused on flows from China, Mexico, and others. State must name a senior coordinator, report on PRC cooperation within 90 days, update quarterly through September 30, 2025, and explain how aid to Mexico aligns within 60 days. DoD gets $1.177061 billion for counter‑drug work: $702.962 million for counter‑narcotics, $138.313 million for demand reduction, $305.786 million for National Guard programs, and $30 million for Guard schools. New projects need prior written notice to Appropriations Committees.
At least $300 million in Foreign Military Financing supports Taiwan, and at least $4 million supports training through the American Institute in Taiwan. FMF funds may cover direct loan and loan guarantee costs for Taiwan. At least $1.8 billion backs the Indo‑Pacific Strategy. At least $400 million counters PRC influence, with up to 10% held in reserve; some funds remain available through September 30, 2025. Transfers require consultation and committee notification.
During FY2024, the President may use up to $125 million for emergency foreign aid under section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act. At least $135 million supports the Prevention and Stabilization Fund under the Global Fragility Act, with consultation before allocations; FMF funds may be used through September 30, 2025. The law also provides $142.5 million through September 30, 2025 for Defense overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid.
The law provides $350.999 million for Cooperative Threat Reduction to cut weapons threats, available through September 30, 2026. It provides $1.091844 billion for chemical agent and munitions destruction, including at least $57.875 million for emergency preparedness and $1.00256 billion for RDT&E through September 30, 2025. It also provides $232.806 million for Army cleanup at formerly used defense sites, transferable to needed cleanup accounts.
At least $111 million funds international anti‑trafficking programs, including the Program to End Modern Slavery, with at least $89.5 million from the INL account. Programs must follow country recommendations in the Trafficking in Persons Report and fund training for U.S. embassy staff. Funds are coordinated with the State Department’s trafficking office and are in addition to that office’s operating funds.
Agencies must follow stricter rules before moving or reshaping money. Emergency funds in this law are usable only after the President designates them and sends notice to Congress. Most funds expire at year‑end, and no more than 20% can be obligated in the last two months. Money cannot be transferred to other agencies or reprogrammed without prior consultation and written notice. Agencies must submit operating plans within 45 days showing how they will spend at the program level.
FEMA gets $3.497 billion for federal assistance, plus $20.261 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund that stays available until spent. Admin costs on certain FEMA grants are capped at 5% of the grant. Applications must open within 60 days of enactment, applicants must file within 80 days of an announcement, and FEMA must decide within 65 days of receipt. If FEMA announces awards too soon without required briefings, $1 million is cut from its operations.
The law provides $32.5 million for the U.N. Population Fund with strict conditions, and it blocks use in China or for abortions. It directs development aid to disability rights and services abroad; USAID may use up to 5% for management. It sets a floor of at least $451 million for global water and sanitation, with at least $225.5 million for sub‑Saharan Africa.
The National Flood Insurance Program runs through September 30, 2024, as if it started September 30, 2023. The law also provides $239.983 million for flood mapping and floodplain work, available until September 30, 2025. Admin costs are capped at 4%, and up to $5 million supports a homeowner affordability provision.
At least $922 million supports the Nita M. Lowey Basic Education Fund, including secondary education; $150 million should support girls’ education in conflict areas. Another $152 million funds multilateral education partnerships. At least $271 million supports higher education, including at least $33 million for U.S.–developing country university partnerships and at least $35 million for specified programs; these funds require committee notification and may override some assistance limits.
USAID can use up to $170 million to hire people on limited appointments in the U.S. and overseas. This hiring authority ends on September 30, 2025, and some appointments may be extended up to four years. USAID may hire up to 40 personal services contractors in the U.S. (no more than 15 per bureau) and fund disaster surge staff. Up to $86 million supports crisis operations staffing, and small‑business exceptions apply for certain task orders.
The IRS must protect taxpayer data and fight identity theft. It also must train employees on taxpayer rights, courtesy, cross‑cultural relations, ethics, and fair tax law use. These rules apply now and aim to improve how taxpayers are treated.
The law provides $1.0 billion for National Guard and Reserve equipment, available through September 30, 2026. Guard and Reserve leaders must send modernization priorities within 30 days. The funds cannot buy manned fixed‑wing aircraft or missiles, munitions, or ammunition. It also funds multi‑year military procurement, including $3.288 billion for Army aircraft and $4.622 billion for Army missiles through FY2026, and $33.665 billion through FY2028 for listed accounts, and bars building U.S. naval vessels in foreign shipyards.
The law creates an Economic Resilience Initiative funded from the Economic Support Fund. It sets minimum amounts: $55 million for strategic infrastructure, $50 million for critical minerals, $60 million for USAID resilience programs, and $50 million for digital and cyber work. These funds can be moved to certain finance agencies after consultation and committee notification.
Treasury may lend up to $21 billion to the IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust through December 31, 2031. Prior appropriations can cover loan costs. The law also authorizes a $591 million U.S. contribution to the African Development Fund’s 16th replenishment, subject to appropriation.
The Price‑Anderson framework now runs through December 31, 2065. The law raises certain statutory liability amounts from $500 million to $2 billion.
Health programs paid for by this law cannot cover abortions. Exceptions apply for rape, incest, or a life‑threatening pregnancy. States, localities, and private groups may use non‑federal money (not Medicaid matching funds) for abortion coverage. The law also blocks funds to entities that punish providers for refusing to perform or refer for abortions.
The law cancels specific unobligated DHS balances across many accounts, including past‑year funds. It also rescinds a small amount ($699,662) from the DHS Nonrecurring Expenses Fund.
DoD may not create new FFRDCs in FY2024. The law caps professional technical staff costs at $2,857,803,000 and sets a $456,803,000 cap for defense studies and analysis FFRDCs. It reduces total FFRDC funding by $27,197,000 (not for NIP/MIP). DoD must also give Congress 30 days’ notice before starting a special access program.
For FY2024, $14.224 billion in the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund, and any investment income, cannot be spent. This shrinks emergency funds that support children’s coverage through Medicaid and CHIP. Programs may face tighter limits this year.
The law cancels unused pandemic and Inflation Reduction Act money. It rescinds $1.768 billion under ARPA section 7402, $283 million under ARPA section 3301, $100 million under ARPA section 4011, $10 million under ARPA section 4010, and $10.2 billion under an IRA provision. Some rescissions must occur by September 30, 2024.
The law cancels set amounts from several foreign assistance and related accounts. Examples include $475 million from the Millennium Challenge Corporation and $902.34 million from Consular and Border Security Programs. Emergency‑designated funds are not cut.
The law cancels $4.309 billion of unobligated American Rescue Plan funds tied to several HHS sections. HHS must report the rescinded amounts by account and amount within 60 days.
At least $1.425 billion supports Egypt: at least $125 million from ESF, including at least $40 million for higher education and $15 million for scholarships, and at least $1.3 billion from FMF available through September 30, 2025. Of the FMF, $320 million is withheld until the Secretary certifies Egypt meets set requirements; the Secretary may waive the hold for defined security reasons with a detailed explanation.
The Defense Secretary must revoke blanket Buy American waivers for product types when a partner discriminates against U.S. goods and must report FY2024 foreign purchases and waiver use to Congress. The Defense Department can transfer up to $6 billion among accounts for higher-priority, unforeseen needs, with OMB approval and prompt notice to Congress. DoD cannot destroy certain small arms or ammo unless certified unsafe or unserviceable.
The law cancels and repurposes multiple unobligated balances. It directs $320 million in Secret Service Operations and Support to be paid from specified unobligated balances, and moves $364 million to FEMA Federal Assistance. It also permanently cancels $387.5 million from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund and other amounts, with some actions due by September 30, 2024.
The law provides $47 million to expand legal counsel services for military sexual assault victims, with funds movable to the services. Defense accounts can reimburse National Guard and Reserve pay and expenses when members support international intelligence activities. The Secretary of Defense may grant $5 million to the Fisher House Foundation to build and furnish lodging near hospitals for military families, if it serves the national interest.
Agencies cannot collect or store personal browsing data about who uses federal websites, or hire others to collect your data on private sites. Non‑identifying totals, voluntary reports, law‑enforcement uses, and security fixes are allowed. The government also cannot force providers to disclose the content of your stored messages in ways that violate the Fourth Amendment.
You may bring in a prescription drug from Canada for personal use if you are not in the business of importing drugs. The amount must be a 90‑day supply or less. Controlled substances and biological products are not allowed. The drug must comply with U.S. food and drug laws.
Medicare Advantage plans cannot be blocked from participating just because they do not provide, pay for, cover, or refer for abortions. The Secretary must adjust plan payments in advance using an actuarial estimate of expected costs. This does not change what Medicare covers. Plans must tell enrollees where to find information on all Medicare‑covered services.
Dual-status military technician positions in the Guard and Reserves cannot be cut just to meet civilian hiring caps. Cuts can only happen if the military force structure is reduced.
The law funds $60 million for Native American programs and $97.396 million for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs. Most grant money must go to jobs and training, and most housing funds must support permanent housing. You qualify for farmworker services if your family income is at or below 150% of the poverty line.
For contracts over $1,000,000, employers cannot force arbitration for Title VII claims or sexual assault/harassment torts, and must ensure covered subcontractors follow the rule. A national‑security waiver requires a public notice at least 15 business days before award. Employers on federally funded awards also cannot gag lawful whistleblowing to federal investigators. Classified information nondisclosure rules still apply.
At least $93 million is available for assistance to Laos. Up to $1.5 million may help people with severe disabilities in areas sprayed with Agent Orange. Funds may also assess dioxin contamination and plan cleanup with the Government of Laos.
Before asking DoD for border support, DHS must do an alternatives analysis and a cost‑benefit review. DHS must report to Congress within 30 days after the request, and again within 30 days after assistance is granted. DHS must then report quarterly while the assistance continues.
State must review Foreign Military Sales reforms in the Indo‑Pacific within 180 days. The review must assess how reforms work and major equipment needs for the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Taiwan. The Secretary must consult Congress before sending the review.
The law sets aside $18.5 million for cooperative development and $31.5 million for American Schools and Hospitals Abroad. It provides at least $15 million for program impact evaluations, with $10 million run with USAID’s Chief Economist. Up to $50 million may support private-sector partnerships through September 30, 2026. At least $25 million funds people‑to‑people reconciliation programs run by USAID.
The HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund can also buy medicines and supplies for child survival, malaria, TB, and new diseases. The President may fund certain NGO programs despite country limits, with prior notice to Congress and existing bans still in place. Some foreign aid funds stay available four more years if first obligated on time. Spending from recovered balances over $2,000,000 needs normal notification. State and USAID must report on use of this four‑year authority by October 31, 2024.
Within 120 days, State must report whether funded international bodies post audits, protect whistleblowers, enforce travel limits, combat anti‑Israel bias, report diverted funds, and vet staff. Reports must be posted online. Within 180 days, State must decide and publish whether each aid recipient government made significant fiscal‑transparency progress in an annual public report.
The government cannot use these funds for the Belt and Road Initiative or PRC dual‑use infrastructure projects. It also cannot support PRC‑developed tech unless the Secretary of State finds, after consultation, no harm to U.S. national security.
No funds support the Russian central government. The U.S. also opposes actions that recognize Russia’s control over Ukrainian land, with the ban lasting until Ukraine regains sovereignty. DoD cannot make contracts or deals with Rosoboronexport or its subsidiaries. A waiver needs a vital national security finding, strict certifications about Syria and Ukraine, and a report; any waiver is reviewed by the DoD Inspector General within 90 days.
DHS cannot create or collect new border crossing fees at land ports of entry. The ban covers pedestrians, cyclists, drivers, and passengers. DHS also cannot study adding such fees.
No funds may support or justify torture by U.S. officials or contractors. Funds may be used to help stop torture by foreign police, military, or security forces.
Appropriated funds cannot be used to run propaganda or pay grantees or contractors to influence laws or rules. Normal executive‑legislative contacts are still allowed. The ban includes advocacy for tax increases or restrictions on legal consumer products.
Funds support the Office of International Religious Freedom and aid for persecuted minorities. At least $94 million promotes global internet freedom, with coordinated spending plans due within 90 days and safeguards against misuse. Money can also help protect threatened activists and journalists, including those tied to U.S. international media.
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Social Security must report every quarter. They must list non‑competitive awards over $500,000 with the recipient, amount, purpose, and justification. They must also show unobligated, committed, and unspent balances by source year. Reports are due within 30 days after each quarter.
Payments to State’s Working Capital Fund for new service centers need committee notification. Within 45 days of first obligation, the Secretary must certify a bureau follows financial and grants rules or submit a plan to fix it. Agencies may keep up to 50% of unused FY2024 salaries‑and‑expenses money for use through September 30, 2025, if they get Appropriations Committee approval and follow reprogramming rules.
State must certify in 15 days that oversight tools are in place to prevent diversion to Hamas and other extremists. Agencies must report every 90 days on amounts, purposes, and who runs programs, and can fund third‑party monitoring. Intelligence checks run every 90 days through September 30, 2025. For the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, State must certify GAO access 30 days before obligation, vet recipients, bar funding that honors terrorists, withhold security aid until benchmarks are reported, and require yearly audits. Up to $1.4 million supports USAID OIG audits, and GAO must audit the program.
Funds support public reporting of resource payments and audits, and civil society participation. The U.S. will oppose international financing for extraction/export if a country hides company payment disclosures, unless it already has laws for public payment disclosure, independent audits, and public access to contracts and bids. The U.S. also bars visas for corrupt officials and their immediate family, with narrow exceptions and recurring reports through September 30, 2025.
Up to $100 million from the Economic Support Fund is set aside for public‑private partnership foundations for conservation and food security. The funds can be used only if Congress creates those foundations by December 31, 2024.
Agencies using this law’s money must follow the Privacy Act when handling personal records. Inspectors General must get timely access to agency records. If access is denied, the IG must alert Congress within five days.
For fiscal year 2024, the Aviation Security Capital Fund can buy and install explosives detection systems and use other agreements to fund airport security projects. The law also lowers the nationwide cap on passenger security fee collections to $760 million, applied as of October 1, 2023. Together, this supports security upgrades and may reduce what is collected in passenger security fees.
The Secretary of State may move certain State Department funds into consular programs when needed to keep services running and must report transfers to Congress. Transfers cannot come from emergency‑designated money. For FY2024, fees in the Fraud Prevention and Detection Account may also pay consular service costs.
During fiscal year 2025, if DC has no continuing resolution or regular appropriation, local funds flow at this Act’s rates for DC projects and activities. The funding stops when a DC continuing resolution starts or when the FY2025 DC appropriation is enacted. This does not apply where other law already provides funds or bars continuation.
The State Department must prioritize mission work that supports U.S. commercial ties, protects business interests, and resolves disputes. Up to $50 million may shift to the Capital Investment Fund. Up to $50 million of Worldwide Security Protection money may move for emergency evacuations and rewards when the Secretary reports the need to Congress.
The law provides $287.576 million for Treasury Departmental Offices in fiscal year 2024. At least $9 million must be used to administer financial assistance.
NIH leaders may move up to 3% of identified HIV research money among institutes and centers. They must notify Congress at least 15 days before a transfer.
The law adds $88.084 million for Elementary and Secondary Education Act “Innovation and Improvement” projects. Funds must match the projects and amounts listed in the bill’s Community Project Funding table. These funds are not subject to section 302 of this Act.
U.S. funds and certain export‑finance tools may not support foreign projects that expand export commodity production likely to flood world markets and hurt U.S. producers. The Export‑Import Bank can allow an exception if U.S. jobs or industry benefits outweigh harm, with notice. There are exceptions for poor countries, food security, research that helps U.S. producers, and post‑conflict recovery.
DoD cannot buy certain steel plate for its facilities unless the steel was melted and rolled in the U.S. or Canada and meets specs. DoD also must buy welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain made in the U.S. from mostly U.S. components. A Service Secretary can waive these rules case by case if domestic supply is not available in time.
The Social Security Administration cannot process credits for work done under someone else’s Social Security number if that work led to your conviction under section 208(a)(6) or (7). This stops those quarters of coverage from being counted.
The government cannot use this Act’s money or prior Acts’ money to repair or maintain Department of Defense military family housing. This also applies to areas in the housing used for official business. Military families in these homes face a funding bar on maintenance.
In 2024, pay for the Vice President and Executive Schedule officials stays at the December 31, 2023 rate. For wage‑grade workers, raises are limited: no increase until the wage survey takes effect, and later increases are capped by GS and locality formulas. Premium pay mostly stays at September 30, 2023 levels.
The law cancels $75 million for Employment and Training Services for Oct 1, 2023 through Sep 30, 2024. It also cancels $25 million of unused money in the Education Department’s Nonrecurring Expenses Fund by September 30, 2024. For AmeriCorps, an education award for at least 1,200 hours in one year is now 70% of the full award.
For fiscal year 2024, each State’s vocational rehabilitation allotment equals what it got in 2023. The law also rescinds $286.8 million from Rehabilitation Services. FY2025 allotments go back to normal formula rules.
A contractor that fails to file the required annual veterans employment report cannot get a new federal contract or a renewal. Defense nonappropriated fund stores must buy malt beverages and wine for base resale within the base’s State (or D.C.); special rules apply for multi‑state and non‑contiguous bases. These rules take effect now.
The law permanently cancels $206 million of unused immigration fee funds under 8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2). The cancellation must occur by September 30, 2024.
Assistance to a list of countries requires regular notice to the Appropriations Committees before money is spent. Central‑government aid to Haiti needs a State Department certification by January 1, 2025, with basic‑needs and security exceptions and a ban on funding Haiti’s armed forces. Funds cannot support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary certifies specific peace and anti‑terror steps; the President may waive for national security. Fifteen percent of title IV aid for Mexico is withheld until the Secretary certifies action on fentanyl, cartels, joint operations, and extraditions.
Foreign assistance funds cannot pay for abortions as family planning, involuntary sterilization, or related research. The President may certify and block obligations where use would violate these bans.
Federal funds from this law cannot buy needles or syringes for illegal drug use. States and local health departments may allow such purchases only during significant hepatitis or HIV outbreaks and only after consulting CDC and following local law. Federal funds also cannot support syringe distribution in places local health or police deem inappropriate.
Agencies cannot pay award or incentive fees to contractors with poor performance unless narrow exceptions apply. New multiyear defense deals using bulk buys over $20,000,000 a year or with unfunded liabilities over $20,000,000 are blocked, and contracts over $500,000,000 need specific authorization. The law also requires notices and other budget checks before certain actions.
DoD cannot reimburse contractor bonuses tied to merger restructuring. Agencies cannot give awards to corporations with unpaid federal taxes or with a federal felony conviction in the past 24 months, unless suspension or debarment was considered and further action deemed unnecessary. Within 180 days, DoD must report on excessive contractor payments and related enforcement steps.
Title X clinics must encourage family involvement when minors seek family planning. Clinics must counsel minors on resisting coercion. They must still follow state laws on reporting abuse, molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
For H‑2B jobs, the required wage is the higher of the employer’s actual wage for similar workers or the local prevailing wage based on the best data at filing. Private wage surveys count unless their methods are not sound. Seafood employers can bring H‑2B workers any time in a 120‑day start window, but entries after day 90 require a new local job‑market check, public notices, and an offer to any equally or better‑qualified U.S. worker who applies. For FY2024, DHS may raise the H‑2B cap after consulting Labor if U.S. workers cannot meet needs.
Defense must take SBIR and STTR set‑asides proportionally from all programs that fund outside research. Each service and agency must report the detailed set‑asides with their annual budget documents. This increases transparency and changes how funds are carved out.
At least $40 million of INL funds boosts rural security in key coca‑producing areas. 20% of INL funds require certification of coca reduction and cooperation on counternarcotics and extradition. 20% of FMF requires certification on human‑rights accountability and protections, with limited exceptions. Funds cannot pay reparations to conflict victims, compensation to demobilized combatants, or cash subsidies tied to 2016 peace agrarian reforms.
At least $7 million helps governments improve budget transparency and supports local groups that promote it. The law provides $50 million for democracy programs for Venezuela. For election‑related work, half the funds can be used only after the Secretary of State reports that elections allow diaspora voting, credible observers, and fair opposition access. The National Endowment for Democracy can use funds under its own law, despite other legal limits.
DHS may move funds to ICE to detain people prioritized for removal, despite other timing limits. ICE cannot continue detention contracts if a facility’s last two overall scores are below “adequate.” New DHS pilots using more than 10 FTEs or $5,000,000 need a written plan, pre‑obligation report, and a report within 90 days of completion. DHS cannot spend from its Nonrecurring Expenses Fund until the full‑year DHS appropriations are enacted and must give 15 days’ notice before use. CBP must submit a Procurement and Construction expenditure plan within 90 days, and no such funds can be used before the plan is sent.
No funds pay for U.S. delegations or contributions to UN bodies chaired by governments that support international terrorism, unless the Secretary issues and reports a national‑interest waiver. The U.S. withholds its share of the UN Regular Budget for the Human Rights Council until the Secretary reports that U.S. participation is in the national interest and the Council is making key reforms. The Secretary must report to Congress on Council resolutions by September 30, 2024.
The law funds anti‑corruption entities ($61.5 million), programs to reduce violence against women ($70 million), locally‑led development, and youth programs in Central America. For El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, up to 60% of some central‑government funds may be spent only after the Secretary of State certifies progress on anti‑corruption, human rights, security, economic, and migration steps. Exceptions include judicial anti‑corruption, gender‑based violence, human rights and humanitarian aid, women’s economic empowerment, and food security.
Agencies must follow this law’s funding tables. State and USAID can shift up to 10% (5% for ESF Global Programs); bigger changes need a written finding and notice to Congress. Direct aid to foreign governments must meet anti‑corruption rules, and aid over $10,000,000 or cash support needs advance consultation and ongoing notice. New aid deals must exempt U.S. funds from foreign taxes or get reimbursed, and up to 200% of unreimbursed FY2024 taxes can be withheld from FY2025 aid by September 30, 2025. Major program changes and reprogrammings above the lesser of $1,000,000 or 10% need 15 days’ notice. DoD‑to‑State programs need justification and notice, and certain aircraft may be moved after a Secretary finding and committee notice.
Agencies must follow the program lists and dollar amounts in the law’s explanatory‑statement tables as if they were in the Act. The law restricts transfers of those listed amounts and tightens some transfer rules in titles III and IV. This limits agency flexibility and protects specified funding.
Funds may not be used to enforce DOL’s ‘corresponding employment’ and ‘three‑fourths guarantee’ rules. For H‑2B admissions, the law uses the ‘temporary need’ definition in 8 CFR. This changes compliance and admission standards for H‑2B employers and workers.
The law keeps E‑Verify authority in place through September 30, 2024.
DoD cannot shift civilian work to contractors unless a public‑private competition shows savings of at least 10% of personnel costs or $10,000,000, whichever is less. Contractors cannot win by offering lower employer health insurance contributions than DoD civilian benefits. Some exceptions apply for procurement‑list activities and certain tribe‑owned firms.
DoD cannot buy ball or roller bearings with these funds unless they are U.S.‑made, with narrow waivers. DoD cannot buy foreign‑made supercomputers unless the Defense Secretary certifies a national security need and notifies Congress. The Defense Secretary may waive some foreign‑source limits to protect cooperative programs and reciprocal trade, but not for ships, bearings, food, or certain textiles.
During this fiscal year, DoD may compete depot maintenance, repair, and related production between public depots and private firms. Senior acquisition officials must certify cost estimates are comparable for public and private bids. A‑76 rules do not apply to these competitions.
The law bars U.S. help to swap IMF Special Drawing Rights for any government found to have committed genocide in the past year or to have repeatedly supported terrorism, unless Congress approves. Treasury must tell U.S. directors at global lenders to oppose aid and try to stop those swaps. The President may waive this in the national interest and must report to Congress. These rules end 10 years after enactment.
The law stops the SEC from using this law’s money to finish or enforce any rule that makes companies disclose political donations, gifts to tax-exempt groups, or trade association dues. This takes effect now. It limits new disclosure rules paid with these funds.
Within 45 days, the Secretary of State must allocate CHIPS international funds per the explanatory table and notify Congress. The Secretary must report quarterly on uncommitted, committed, and unobligated balances. Money moved to EXIM or USDFC may pay for the costs of loans and loan guarantees.
Treasury must push IFIs to evaluate at least 35% of loans and programs and keep protections at or above World Bank 2015 safeguards. It must encourage public beneficial ownership data and whistleblower protections. New IFI capital increases face added U.S. review steps. Transfers to the U.S. Development Finance Corporation are limited and capped when coming from MCC. Enterprise Funds need advance notice and plans before using or distributing assets.
DoD must follow Buy American rules when spending this money. If someone is convicted for falsely using a “Made in America” label, DoD must decide whether to bar them from contracts. Congress also states DoD should buy American‑made products when practical.
The government makes $50 million available until spent to the Consular and Border Security Programs. The funds help reduce passport backlogs and lower visa wait times.
The Navy must continue pay and allowances for Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis. Pay continues until the Navy decides on his separation.
The IRS can use funds to improve its 1‑800 phone service. The agency must add staff and improve facilities to cut wait times. It should prioritize victims of tax‑related crimes.
The law provides $1.8 million to cover the cost of direct repatriation loans. Total new loan principal backed by this subsidy may not exceed about $5.17 million.
The Army may give free medical care and transport to civilian patients from American Samoa, CNMI, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. The Army must first decide the care helps its Hawaii graduate medical education programs. Care is nonreimbursable and begins only if the Secretary directs it.
If a federal contract offers prescription drug coverage, it must also cover contraceptives. Some religious plans and carriers that object for religious reasons are exempt. Plans cannot punish staff who refuse to provide contraceptives for religious or moral reasons. This rule does not require abortion coverage.
Communities using DOD noise‑mitigation grants can also fund air conditioning that complements noise insulation at covered sites. This applies to grants under the 2022 program.
Federal agencies may use Operations and Support funds to provide emergency back‑up care. This can help with sudden child or adult care needs if your agency offers it.
The Education Department gets $2.3 million to contact Direct Loan borrowers who may qualify for cancellation. It will target borrowers who made some of the 120 payments under non‑qualifying plans and help them enroll in qualifying plans. The Department must improve employment certification and create a central electronic way to certify payments.
The National Guard may let people or groups use Distance Learning Project equipment when space is available. Users pay fees set case‑by‑case, and the money goes back to support the project.
The immigration authority that helps certain foreign healthcare workers serve rural areas now runs through September 30, 2024.
The National Guard can waive all or part of fees for leases of personal property that last one year or less. Eligible youth, social, or fraternal nonprofits may receive waivers case‑by‑case.
Defense can move Mentor‑Protege pilot funds to other accounts in this Act to carry out approved mentor‑protege agreements. Transfers can only support those agreements. The Defense Secretary must list these transfers in the fiscal year 2025 budget materials.
When an employer changes its address for payroll taxes, the IRS must send a notice to both the old and new address. The IRS must also give special consideration to settlement offers from taxpayers who were victims of fraud by a third‑party payroll provider.
The U.S. withholds aid to any government in default on a U.S. loan for more than one year unless the President finds it in the national interest after consulting Congress. Money from this law also cannot be used by any foreign government to pay its debts to international lenders or to China.
The State Department and USAID must improve records management and cybersecurity. They must tell departing staff that federal records belong to the Government and speed up records searches and FOIA responses.
The law provides $8.965 million that DOD can shift into cleanup and similar work. It also sets at least $12 million to fix environmental harms on Indian lands caused by DOD activities. Money can fund training, technical help, debris removal, and planning for mitigation.
Certain programs are exempt from an older restriction on aid, including democracy support, Trade and Development Agency activities, Export-Import Bank financing, Development Finance Corporation support, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service work, and humanitarian aid.
DHS must notify Congress before using Treasury Forfeiture Fund transfers and cannot obligate the money until that notice. The Defense Department cannot remove a Chinese military company from its list without following the law and giving Congress 15 days’ notice. Funds cannot be used in ways that violate a named defense law.
At least $20 million supports forensic anthropology to find and identify victims of genocide and similar crimes. At least $10 million funds transitional justice work, including training investigators and preserving evidence. At least $10 million funds DNA forensics to fight human trafficking in Central America and Mexico.
At least $69 million supports the Civil Air Patrol. $55.1 million is for operations and programs, $11.9 million for aircraft, and $2 million for vehicles. The Air Force is urged to waive reimbursement when CAP supports counter-drug work for government agencies.
At least $5 million in this Act moves to ICE to run the Blue Campaign in fiscal year 2024. DHS must notify Congress before spending the funds.
The law provides $49 million to DoD for grants. If the Defense Secretary finds it in the national interest, $24 million goes to the USO and $25 million goes to the American Red Cross.
IRS funds cannot pay bonuses or support rehiring unless the process considers the person’s conduct and federal tax compliance. This rule applies right away.
Agencies funded by this law must consult Congress before reorganizing or changing overseas workforce levels. Agency Chief Information Officers must help plan IT budgets and approve IT allocations with financial officials.
The law provides an extra $31 million for CBP operations and support. This amount may be lowered by certain 2024 collections. If collections are above $31 million, the extra stays in the account. DHS must also send Congress a monthly budget and staffing report within 30 days after each month.
The law moves several PEPFAR oversight and reporting deadlines to March 25, 2025. Inspectors General and other required studies and reports get more time.
The Labor, HHS, and Education secretaries may move unspent prior‑year balances into current accounts. The money must be used for the same purpose and within the original time limits.
Agencies funded by this law cannot pay for first‑class or business‑class travel that breaks federal travel rules. Employee travel must follow 41 C.F.R. 301‑10.122 to 301‑10.125.
Agencies must post any report they send to Congress on their public website within 45 days, unless posting would harm security or reveal privileged data. Agencies that get money from this law must also submit quarterly budget reports within 45 days after each quarter.
The Secretary of Labor now has a protective security program. Trained officers can protect the Secretary, some family at official events, and other leaders when a clear threat exists. Officers may carry firearms and work with local police.
Any ad or educational message from a funded agency must say it was paid for by U.S. taxpayers. Grantees must state in public materials the federal dollar amount and percent of costs, and the share from non‑government sources.
USAID gets a Buying Power Maintenance Account to offset bad exchange rates and rising overseas costs. Up to $50 million of unobligated operating funds can be moved into it and stay available until spent. The law also creates an Enduring Welcome Administrative Expenses Account and requires reports every 60 days through September 30, 2025.
The Secretary of State can let state offices and the U.S. Postal Service collect and keep the passport execution fee. The fee amount does not change. This may slightly change where you pay when you apply.
If the DHS Inspector General finds a 287(g) agreement was materially violated, ICE cannot use operations funds to keep that delegation in place.
The government cannot use these funds to target U.S. citizens for exercising First Amendment rights. The IRS cannot target groups based on ideology. Tax return privacy rules under the tax code must be followed.
No funds go to the Taliban. Money supports higher education for Afghan students outside Afghanistan and learning options for women and girls inside Afghanistan, like online schooling and better internet access. At least $5 million funds programs to document abuses against women. A report to Congress is due within 45 days.
Members of Congress and listed top federal officials must go through the same passenger and baggage screening as other travelers. Funds cannot be used to change who these screening rules apply to.
USAID can use Economic Support Fund and related money to cover the cost of loan guarantees for Egypt, Jordan, small island developing states, and Ukraine. These guarantees support financing and are not treated as ‘assistance’ for certain legal limits. They require consultation and notifications to Congress.
The law stops agencies from using funds to enforce NDAs that block legal whistleblower reports. NDAs must say they do not override rights to talk to Congress, Inspectors General, or the Office of Special Counsel, or to report concerns allowed by law. Intelligence forms for non‑government people may still include rules to protect classified information. Older NDAs that already met past rules can still be enforced.
The government cannot use these funds to promote tobacco or e-cigarette sales or to seek weaker foreign marketing rules. An exception applies if a rule treats similar tobacco products unevenly.
The Air Force can give excess relocatable housing units to federally recognized tribes at no cost. Tribes must have requests submitted by Operation Walking Shield and must remove the units within a time set by the Secretary.
Donations to the Corporation for National and Community Service must add to current program money, not replace it. This protects funding for AmeriCorps and related service programs.
The law provides $64.977 million to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account. No other money may be added to this account in FY2024 under 10 U.S.C. 1705(d). This funds training and development for the acquisition workforce.
At least $7 million is reserved for scholar rescue programs. The funds support fellowships and placements for scholars at risk overseas. The State Department’s human rights office runs the program.
Research and evaluation funds for ACF and certain BLS activities stay available to obligate through September 30, 2028. Offices can use one Treasury account when funded by multiple sources. Unspent amounts at the end of awards can be deobligated and reobligated in the same or next year for the same research.
The non‑minister religious worker visa program remains in place through September 30, 2024. Eligible workers and sponsoring groups can keep using this path until then.
CNCS must use public notice-and-comment to make major program changes. During fiscal year 2024, CNCS staff must keep grant-selection details confidential. The law also updates a program reference to focus on an approved national service position.
Up to $20 million can fund support services for the Institute of Education Sciences. This includes IT, HR, legal, grants administration, finance, and security. It helps the research office operate smoothly.
The National Defense Stockpile gets $50 million, available until September 30, 2026. The Defense Secretary must give Congress a detailed plan, and spending can start 30 days after that plan is submitted.
Members of Congress do not receive a cost‑of‑living pay increase for fiscal year 2024. Their pay is frozen for this year.
Defense resale stores cannot sell tobacco for less than the most competitive local price. Overseas store prices must be within the range set for U.S. military retail prices. This likely raises tobacco prices in military outlets that were below local rates.
No funds may close or realign the Guantanamo Bay naval station. No funds may build or modify any U.S. facility to hold certain detainees from Guantanamo. Work at the Guantanamo Bay site itself is not limited.
A prior Historic Preservation Fund line is reduced from $12.5 million to $10 million. This is a $2.5 million cut.
Foreign Military Financing for Pakistan only supports counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. $33 million is withheld until the Secretary of State reports Dr. Shakil Afridi is released and cleared of charges.
Agencies cannot spend over $500,000 on a single conference or send more than 50 U.S.-based staff to one overseas conference without a national-interest finding and advance notice to Congress. Representation and entertainment spending must support official business, focus on protocol events, and not be employee-only or mainly recreational. Certain foreign assistance funds cannot pay for alcohol or recreational entertainment.
No funds may assist the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, except for POW/MIA recovery work. No U.S. help may go to the Azov Battalion. The Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation cannot receive equipment, technical support, or other aid.
Agencies must run networks that block sexually explicit sites and pornography. State and USAID cannot set up or use non-.gov email or systems without automated records management. Libraries must make the required Children’s Internet Protection Act certifications to get federal library funds. Law enforcement work is exempt from the blocking rules.
The NLRB cannot use these funds to issue new rules that allow electronic voting in union representation elections.
The Education Department may hold back up to 0.5% of certain Higher Education Act funds to run independent evaluations and analyze outcomes. The holdback lasts through September 30, 2026. The Secretary must send Congress a plan 30 days before first using the reserved funds. Some student aid accounts are excluded from this holdback.
Agencies must remit to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund the average OPM cost to process certain retirements. This applies in FY2024 to specific early or incentivized retirements. The money stays available to OPM to cover processing costs.
AmeriCorps programs must cover at least 24% of costs from nonfederal sources for their first three grant years. Only veterans can use the education award for the purpose in section 148(a)(4). Programs under section 189D can use child-protection background checks, and State Commissions can access criminal history info for these checks.
The Secretary can sell or transfer property at the Treasure Island and Gary Job Corps centers and use net proceeds for projects there. Money obligated for the Atlanta Job Corps build can be paid through fiscal year 2029 for valid past bills. At the same time, Job Corps funds cannot pay any salary or bonus above the Executive Level II rate.
Agencies cannot pay employees in the continental U.S. unless they are citizens or meet narrow status rules. Some categories must file affidavits, and false statements carry penalties. For this fiscal year, DoD can hire and pay foreign‑national employees, but their raises are capped by U.S. civilian or host‑nation percentage increases. The DoD rule does not apply in Turkey or to State Department foreign service national pay.
In true emergencies that threaten health or welfare, agencies may skip advance notifications but must tell Congress within 3 days and explain why. Every funded federal entity must also keep and enforce a drug‑free workplace policy during fiscal year 2024.
Agencies cannot use these funds to create a unique personal health ID unless Congress passes a law allowing it. Researchers cannot use these funds to create or destroy human embryos or put them at higher risk than allowed by federal rules. Agencies also cannot use these funds to promote legalizing Schedule I drugs, except for significant medical evidence or federally sponsored clinical trials.
No funds go to Lebanon’s police or military if either is controlled by a designated foreign terrorist group. Some aid to address Syria-related security needs is allowed after Congress is consulted. The Secretary of State must submit a spend plan before any aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces to ensure equipment is used as intended.
State and the U.S. Agency for Global Media can shift up to 5% between related accounts, but no account can rise by more than 10%, and reprogramming rules apply. NGOs and contractors must provide audit documents on time or lose funding. Aid agreements over $1,000,000 under certain authorities need advance notice to Congress. Democracy programs are protected from foreign prior-approval and forced disclosure of partner names in risky settings.
USAID grantees may keep local‑currency balances in interest‑bearing accounts and use the interest for the same program. State and USAID must consult Congress before starting or changing partner vetting programs and should offer a direct vetting option for prime awardees. Agencies may restrict or cancel awards based on vetting results.
All federal funding notices and awards must follow the grant rules in 2 CFR part 200. Agencies must report and justify large conferences, notify oversight officials of mid‑sized ones, and may not use grant or contract funds for unrelated conference costs.
Recipient governments must keep aid‑generated local currency and cash transfers in separate accounts under a written agreement. The U.S. must get at least 15 days’ notice before cash transfers are obligated. Agencies must add more foreign‑aid information to ForeignAssistance.gov and collect regular feedback from people who get aid, then act on and report that feedback.
For fiscal year 2024, Treasury and the IRS cannot change how they decide 501(c)(4) social welfare status. The definitions and standard from January 1, 2010 apply to all groups.
The law rescinds $1 million of unused Community Development Fund money for certain economic development grants. It raises two Transit Infrastructure Grant totals by $1 million each. Community Project Funding items named in the statement are protected from rescission.
This year, Defense Working Capital Funds cannot buy new inventory items that belong in procurement accounts, except up to the amounts Congress put into those funds in this law. The FY2025 budget must show certain end‑item equipment in procurement, not in Working Capital categories. This changes Defense budgeting and purchase classification, not household benefits.
Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6]
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Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]
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Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]
NM • D
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Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
OK • R
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Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
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Rep. Peltola, Mary Sattler [D-AK-At Large]
AK • D
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All Roll Calls
Yes: 1,208 • No: 693
senate vote • 3/23/2024
On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2882)
Yes: 74 • No: 24
senate vote • 3/23/2024
On the Motion to Table H.R. 2882
Yes: 47 • No: 51
senate vote • 3/23/2024
On the Motion to Table H.R. 2882
Yes: 47 • No: 51
senate vote • 3/23/2024
On the Motion to Table H.R. 2882
Yes: 47 • No: 51
senate vote • 3/23/2024
On the Motion to Table H.R. 2882
Yes: 51 • No: 47
senate vote • 3/23/2024
On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amdt to the Senate Amdt to H.R. 2882 with Schmitt Amdt No. 1795)
Yes: 47 • No: 51
senate vote • 3/23/2024
On the Motion to Table H.R. 2882
Yes: 51 • No: 47
senate vote • 3/23/2024
On the Motion to Table H.R. 2882
Yes: 51 • No: 47
senate vote • 3/23/2024
On the Motion to Refer H.R. 2882
Yes: 34 • No: 63
senate vote • 3/22/2024
On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amdt to the Senate Amdt to H.R. 2882 with Lee Amdt No. 1722)
Yes: 45 • No: 51
senate vote • 3/22/2024
On the Motion to Proceed H.R. 2882
Yes: 78 • No: 18
house vote • 3/22/2024
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree
Yes: 286 • No: 134
house vote • 2/5/2024
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Yes: 350 • No: 58
118-hr-5009, Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
defense modernization is the central aim of this law, which funds broad FY2025 procurement, R&D, military construction, and personnel needs while adding new acquisition rules, supply‑chain requirements, and family supports to speed fielding and resilience. - Families and service members benefit from child‑development staffing and pay reforms, permanent portability of military‑spouse occupational licenses, TRICARE zero cost‑sharing for contraceptives, and a three‑year gamete cryopreservation pilot with reimbursements up to $500 for sperm and $10,000 for egg retrieval and storage. - Defense industry and acquisition change how the Pentagon buys tech. The law creates a faster software and covered‑hardware pathway, expands Other Transaction Authority and prototyping pilots, demands supply‑chain visibility and domestic sourcing, and sets a default rapid‑prototyping award cap of $50 million. - Nuclear, missile‑defense, and partner posture get new authorities and limits. It creates senior nuclear deterrence offices, bars reducing deployed ICBMs below 400 for FY2025, directs missile‑defense expansion including an East Coast interceptor site by 2030 subject to appropriations, and authorizes Israel co‑production ceilings such as up to $110 million for Iron Dome.
118-hr-82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023
Repeals the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision to restore Social Security benefits for many public‑sector retirees. It removes statutory cross‑references to those rules and directs the Social Security Administration to update benefit calculations and payments. - Public‑sector retirees with pensions from jobs not covered by Social Security will stop having their spousal or survivor benefits reduced. Many people who lost part of their Social Security because of these offsets can see higher monthly checks. - Workers whose own Social Security benefits were cut by the Windfall Elimination Provision will no longer face that penalty when their benefit is computed. That raises the primary insurance amount used to set their monthly benefit. - The Social Security Administration must adjust primary insurance amounts and monthly insurance benefits for months after December 2023, so changes take effect starting January 2024.
118-hres-771, Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists.
118-hr-2407, Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
118-hr-1282, Major Richard Star Act
118-hr-1088, Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act
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