H.R. 7776: James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Became law, 23 Dec 2022 · Public Law 117-263. Introduced 16 May 2022.

Official title: To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes.

Vote results

• House, 8 Dec 2022: Passed, 350 Yea, 80 Nay, 0 Present, 2 Not voting. The House’s roll call
• Senate, 15 Dec 2022: Motion Agreed to, 83 Yea, 11 Nay, 0 Present, 6 Not voting. The Senate’s roll call
• President: Signed 23 Dec 2022 · Public Law 117-263

How each member voted

White House

Signed (1): Joseph Biden (D, President).

Not in office (2): Donald Trump (R, President); Mike Pence (R, Vice President).

Senate

Yea (83): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT); Richard C. Shelby (R-AL); Charles E. Schumer (D-NY); Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD); James M. Inhofe (R-OK); Thomas R. Carper (D-DE); Jack Reed (D-RI); Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Sherrod Brown (D-OH); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Patty Murray (D-WA); Robert Menendez (D-NJ); Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Jerry Moran (R-KS); Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); John Thune (R-SD); Rob Portman (R-OH); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); John Boozman (R-AR); John Cornyn (R-TX); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA); Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY); Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI); Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Christopher Murphy (D-CT); Jon Tester (D-MT); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Bill Cassidy (R-LA); Martin Heinrich (D-NM); Ben Ray Luján (D-NM); Gary C. Peters (D-MI); James E. Risch (R-ID); Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH); Mark R. Warner (D-VA); Michael F. Bennet (D-CO); Christopher A. Coons (D-DE); Joe Manchin, III (D-WV); Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); John Hoeven (R-ND); Ron Johnson (R-WI); James Lankford (R-OK); Marco Rubio (R-FL); Tim Scott (R-SC); Todd Young (R-IN); Brian Schatz (D-HI); Tom Cotton (R-AR); Kevin Cramer (R-ND); Steve Daines (R-MT); Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Deb Fischer (R-NE); Tim Kaine (D-VA); Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME); Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ); Joni Ernst (R-IA); Mike Rounds (R-SD); Ben Sasse (R-NE); Dan Sullivan (R-AK); Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV); Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH); John Kennedy (R-LA); Roger Marshall (R-KS); Jacky Rosen (D-NV); Tina Smith (D-MN); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS); Mitt Romney (R-UT); Rick Scott (R-FL); Mark Kelly (D-AZ); John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO); Tommy Tuberville (R-AL); Jon Ossoff (D-GA); Alex Padilla (D-CA); Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA).

Nay (11): Edward J. Markey (D-MA); Ron Wyden (D-OR); Bernard Sanders (I-VT); Jeff Merkley (D-OR); Mike Lee (R-UT); Rand Paul (R-KY); Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY); Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Cory A. Booker (D-NJ); Mike Braun (R-IN); Josh Hawley (R-MO).

Not voting (6): Richard Burr (R-NC); Roy Blunt (R-MO); John Barrasso (R-WY); Ted Cruz (R-TX); Thom Tillis (R-NC); Bill Hagerty (R-TN).

Not in office (2): Kamala D. Harris (D-CA); Kelly Loeffler (R-GA).

House

Yea (350): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4); Fred Upton (R-MI-6); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); David E. Price (D-NC-4); Jim Cooper (D-TN-5); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-42); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18); Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40); Bobby L. Rush (D-IL-1); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19); Steve Chabot (R-OH-1); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kevin Brady (R-TX-8); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Ron Kind (D-WI-3); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Brad Sherman (D-CA-30); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-5); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); James R. Langevin (D-RI-2); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Tim Ryan (D-OH-13); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-50); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-16); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-6); Albio Sires (D-NJ-8); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23); Jerry McNerney (D-CA-9); Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-7); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Jackie Speier (D-CA-14); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); John Garamendi (D-CA-3); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Karen Bass (D-CA-37); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7); Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4); Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Billy Long (R-MO-7); David B. McKinley (R-WV-1); Steven M. Palazzo (R-MS-4); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-7); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Rodney Davis (R-IL-13); Lois Frankel (D-FL-21); Richard Hudson (R-NC-8); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-5); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-52); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15); Juan Vargas (D-CA-51); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-7); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); John Katko (R-NY-24); Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI-14); Ted Lieu (D-CA-33); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); Kathleen M. Rice (D-NY-4); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-21); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-18); James Comer (R-KY-1); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Anthony G. Brown (D-MD-4); Ted Budd (R-NC-13); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); Liz Cheney (R-WY-AL); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Val Butler Demings (D-FL-10); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-18); Stephanie N. Murphy (D-FL-7); Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-1); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-4); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Conor Lamb (D-PA-17); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Cynthia Axne (D-IA-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-10); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Elaine G. Luria (D-VA-2); Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-3); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-9); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Van Taylor (R-TX-3); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22); Fred Keller (R-PA-12); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-25); Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-7); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-15); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-26); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Yvette Herrell (R-NM-2); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-1); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53); Kaiali’i Kahele (D-HI-2); Young Kim (R-CA-39); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-10); Peter Meijer (R-MI-3); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-8); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-48); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Connie Conway (R-CA-22); Mayra Flores (R-TX-34); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-19); Joseph Sempolinski (R-NY-23); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1).

Nay (80): Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10); Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Barbara Lee (D-CA-13); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-28); Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Peter Welch (D-VT-AL); John A. Yarmuth (D-KY-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-4); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-27); Mo Brooks (R-AL-5); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); David Schweikert (R-AZ-6); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Alan S. Lowenthal (D-CA-47); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Tom Rice (R-SC-7); Mark Takano (D-CA-41); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11); Jody B. Hice (R-GA-10); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Andy Levin (D-MI-9); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Katie Porter (D-CA-45); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Dan Bishop (R-NC-9); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Madison Cawthorn (R-NC-11); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Marie Newman (D-IL-3); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-AL); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Michael F. Doyle (D-PA-18).

Not voting (2): Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16); Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1).

Not in office (17): Don Young (R-AK-AL); Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL-20); Devin Nunes (R-CA-22); Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1); Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22); Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11); Tom Reed (R-NY-23); Steve Stivers (R-OH-15); Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-2); Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2); Filemon Vela (D-TX-34); A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4); Charlie Crist (D-FL-13); Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19); Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1); Debra A. Haaland (D-NM-1); Ron Wright (R-TX-6).

Summary

Main subject: Authorizes fiscal year 2023 appropriations and sets policy for the Department of Defense, military construction, Department of Energy national security programs and intelligence activities, and also contains divisions on non-defense matters, homeland security, water resources, the Department of State, oceans and atmosphere, and the Coast Guard. Division A, Division B, Division C, Division D, Division E, Division F, Division G, Division H, Division I, Division J, Division K

Its core areas: Defense procurement, research, and operation and maintenance authorizations, with acquisition policy and industrial base; Military personnel strengths, pay, benefits, and policy; Military health care and TRICARE; Military construction and Department of Energy national security programs; Inspector General independence and federal oversight; Taiwan assistance, foreign affairs provisions, and Department of State organization and personnel; Financial data standards for federal financial regulators; Intelligence community authorities; Department of Homeland Security grants, procurement and cybersecurity; Army Corps of Engineers water resources projects and studies; Coral reef conservation, ocean exploration and marine mammals; Coast Guard authorizations, workforce and vessel safety.

Unexpected Items: 408 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (140)

• Sec. 594: Disinterment of remains of Andrew Chabrol from Arlington National Cemetery: Directs the Secretary of the Army to disinter the remains of one named individual from Arlington National Cemetery by September 30, 2023, after notifying next of kin.
• Sec. 734: Termination of veterans’ advisory board on radiation dose reconstruction: Removes the requirement to establish the advisory board on radiation dose reconstruction created under the Veterans Benefit Act of 2003, by striking the subsection that required it.
• Sec. 1042: Department of Defense support for funerals and memorial events for Members and former Members of Congress: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide support, including transportation, for funerals and memorial events for Members and former Members of Congress, paid from operation and maintenance funds.
• Sec. 2902: Numu Newe Special Management Area: Establishes the Numu Newe Special Management Area of about 217,845 acres of public land in Churchill and Mineral Counties, Nevada, under the Secretary of the Interior. It requires a management plan to protect cultural, historic and natural resources.
• Sec. 2903: National conservation areas: Establishes the Numunaa Nobe National Conservation Area (about 160,224 acres, Churchill County, Nevada) and the Pistone-Black Mountain National Conservation Area (about 3,415 acres, Mineral County, Nevada), and withdraws the land from entry and mining laws.
• Sec. 2905: Wilderness areas in Churchill County, Nevada: Designates the Clan Alpine Mountains (about 128,362 acres), Desatoya Mountains (about 32,537 acres) and Cain Mountain (about 7,664 acres) Wilderness areas in Churchill County, Nevada, withdraws them from entry and mining laws, and sets how they are managed.
• Sec. 2906: Release of wilderness study areas: Finds that named wilderness study areas in Churchill County, Nevada, have been adequately studied and releases the portions not designated as wilderness from wilderness study review.
• Sec. 2907: Land conveyances and exchanges: Directs conveyance, for no consideration, of about 6,892 acres of Federal land to Churchill County, Nevada, and 212 acres to the city of Fallon, for public purposes, and directs the Secretary of the Interior to seek a land exchange with the County.
• Sec. 2908: Checkerboard resolution: Directs the Secretary of the Interior to consolidate Federal and non-Federal land ownership in Churchill County, Nevada, through equal-value land exchanges, and amends the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 to add Churchill County and a reimbursement use for these costs.
• Sec. 2922: Conveyances to Lander County, Nevada: Directs conveyance to Lander County, Nevada, for no consideration, of selected Federal parcels for watershed protection, recreation and parks, and of parcels identified as "Kingston Airport" for airport improvement, with the County paying only survey costs for the airport parcels.
• Sec. 2932: Designation of wilderness areas: Designates about 6,386 acres and about 7,766 acres of Federal land in Nevada as additions to the Cain Mountain and Desatoya Mountains Wilderness areas and applies the Wilderness Act to them.
• Sec. 2933: Release of wilderness study areas: Finds that about 10,777 acres of the Augusta Mountain and about 1,088 acres of the Desatoya wilderness study areas in Lander County have been adequately studied, and releases them from wilderness study review.
• Sec. 3501: Authorization of appropriations for the Maritime Administration: Authorizes fiscal year 2023 appropriations for Maritime Administration programs, including $112,848,000 for the Merchant Marine Academy, $53,780,000 for State maritime academies and $750,000,000 for the Port Infrastructure Development Program, with a line of $1,200,000 for evaluating the training ship State of Michigan, and changes Tanker Security Program funding and vessel numbers.
• Sec. 3502: Secretary of Transportation responsibility with respect to cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by other Federal departments and agencies: Requires the Maritime Administration to issue a final rule within 270 days to implement and enforce the cargo requirements of 46 U.S.C. 55305(d), and adds an annual report to congressional committees.
• Sec. 3511: Exemption of certain students from requirement to obtain merchant mariner license: Amends the rule exempting certain Merchant Marine Academy students from the merchant mariner license requirement to cover those unable to obtain it solely due to a documented medical or psychological condition, including a mental health condition arising from sexual assault or harassment.
• Sec. 3512: Board of Visitors: Changes the Merchant Marine Academy Board of Visitors: adds a maritime labor organization representative seat, two additional meetings, notice periods, and staff attendance rules.
• Sec. 3513: Protection of cadets from sexual assault onboard vessels: Requires the Maritime Administrator to set criteria for commercial vessels carrying Merchant Marine Academy cadets on Sea Year, covering sexual harassment and assault prevention and response, with annual owner certification, removal of cadets from non-compliant vessels, and interim rulemaking without notice and comment.
• Sec. 3514: Service academy faculty parity of use of United States Government works: Amends 17 U.S.C. 105 to add the Merchant Marine Academy to the service academies covered by the rule on use of Government works, and defines which Secretary acts for each academy.
• Sec. 3515: Reports on matters relating to the United States Merchant Marine Academy: Requires reports every 180 days on implementation of National Academy of Public Administration recommendations for the Merchant Marine Academy, an Inspector General audit, a prioritization plan, and an agreement on capital improvements at the Academy.
• Sec. 3516: Study on Capital Improvement Program at the USMMA: Directs the Comptroller General to study the Merchant Marine Academy Capital Improvement Program and report findings within 18 months.
• Sec. 3517: Requirements relating to training of Merchant Marine Academy cadets on certain vessels: Requires operators of vessels in the Maritime Security Program, Cable Security Fleet or Tanker Security Fleet to carry two Merchant Marine Academy cadets, if available, and follow cadet-protection requirements, with corrective action or withheld payments for noncompliance.
• Sec. 3521: United States marine highway program: Rewrites the United States marine highway program in title 46, including route designation, grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for marine highway projects, and a map of routes.
• Sec. 3522: Port infrastructure development grants: For fiscal year 2023, requires port infrastructure development grants to treat shore power projects at certain ports as eligible projects.
• Sec. 3523: Project selection criteria for port infrastructure development program: Lets the Secretary consider geographic isolation and economic dependence when scoring fiscal year 2023 port infrastructure grant projects in noncontiguous States or territories.
• Sec. 3524: Infrastructure improvements identified in the report on strategic seaports: Allows the Secretary to consider infrastructure improvements from the strategic seaports report when making fiscal year 2023 port infrastructure development grants.
• Sec. 3525: GAO review of Government efforts to promote growth and modernization of United States Merchant Fleet: Directs the Comptroller General to review federal efforts and financial support programs for the growth and modernization of the U.S. maritime industry and report within 18 months.
• Sec. 3526: GAO review of Federal efforts to enhance port infrastructure resiliency and disaster preparedness: Directs the Comptroller General to review federal efforts to help ports make intermodal connectors resilient to weather-related disasters and report within 18 months.
• Sec. 3527: Study on foreign investment in shipping: Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade to assess and report on foreign state subsidies and support to shipping industries within one year.
• Sec. 3528: Report on alternate marine fuel bunkering facilities at ports: Requires the Maritime Administrator to publish a report within one year on port infrastructure needed to support bunkering of liquefied natural gas, hydrogen, ammonia, or other new marine fuels.
• Sec. 3529: Study of cybersecurity and national security threats posed by foreign manufactured cranes at United States ports: Requires the Maritime Administrator to study whether foreign manufactured cranes at U.S. ports pose cybersecurity or national security threats and report within one year.
• Sec. 3531: Improving Protections for Midshipmen: Adds sexual assault and harassment data tracking, a student advisory board, a Sexual Assault Advisory Council, a Special Victims Advisor and training at the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
• Sec. 3532: Maritime Technical Advancement Act: Revises the maritime workforce training center of excellence designation and grant program, limits eligible entities by location, and changes small shipyard grant allocation limits.
• Sec. 3533: Ensuring diverse mariner recruitment: Requires the Secretary of Transportation to deliver a strategy within six months to improve representation of women and listed groups in the mariner workforce.
• Sec. 3534: Low emissions vessels training: Requires a strategy to ensure enough trained U.S. citizen mariners for low and zero emission vessels, with a report after commercially viable technology exists.
• Sec. 3541: Waiver of navigation and vessel inspection laws: Amends the process for waiving navigation and vessel inspection laws, adding vessel-specific waivers, publication of requests and denials, and added waiver reporting details.
• Sec. 3542: National maritime strategy: Requires a study by a research center on national maritime strategy elements, then requires a national maritime strategy and updates every five years, rescinding a prior strategy.
• Sec. 3543: Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance Program: Amends the Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance Program, adds a competitive grant program, and requires a United States Center for Maritime Innovation within one year.
• Sec. 3544: Definition of qualified vessel: Changes the trade description in the definition of qualified vessel for the capital construction fund program from specific trades to foreign or domestic trade of the United States.
• Sec. 3545: Establishing a capital construction fund: Changes the trade description in section 53503(b) of title 46 from specific trades to foreign or domestic trade of the United States.
• Sec. 3546: Recapitalization of National Defense Reserve Fleet: Directs completion of a roll-on, roll-off cargo vessel design for the National Defense Reserve Fleet and an agreement for construction of up to ten such vessels, barring use of funds for used vessels.
• Sec. 3547: Sense of Congress on Merchant Marine: States the sense of Congress that the United States Merchant Marine is part of national infrastructure and its members are essential workers.
• Sec. 3548: Analysis of effects of chemicals in stormwater runoff on Pacific salmon and steelhead: Requires an analysis and report on tire-related chemicals in stormwater runoff at ports and their effects on Pacific salmon and steelhead.
• Sec. 3549: Report on effective vessel quieting measures: Requires a public report within one year identifying and evaluating controls and practices for reducing vessel-generated underwater noise.
• Sec. 5101: Annual report from Advisory Committee on Women Veterans: Changes the annual report of the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans from every even-numbered year to every year.
• Sec. 5102: Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to create a 15-member advisory committee on veterans in U.S. outlying areas and freely associated states, with at least one member for each of eight listed areas, ending after 10 years.
• Sec. 5111: Secretary of Veterans Affairs study on dissemination of information on Department of Veterans Affairs home loan benefits: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study how lenders and veterans are informed about VA-guaranteed home loans and to report on the results within six months.
• Sec. 5112: GAO study on post-market surveillance of medical devices by Department of Veterans Affairs: Directs the Comptroller General to study the efforts of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health on post-market surveillance of implantable medical devices and to report within one year.
• Sec. 5113: Department of Veterans Affairs report on supportive services and housing insecurity: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress within one year on how often supportive services are offered to and used by veterans, and on any correlation between a lack of such programs and veterans falling back into housing insecurity.
• Sec. 5114: Report on handling of certain records of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Requires the VA Inspector General to report within one year on how closely VA procedures are followed in helping veterans obtain or reconstruct service records damaged or destroyed in the July 1973 fire at the National Processing Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
• Sec. 5121: Improved application of employment and reemployment rights of all members of uniformed services: Rewrites the definition of "Federal executive agency" in section 4303 of title 38 (employment and reemployment rights of uniformed service members). It lists included entities and excludes certain agencies and commissioned corps.
• Sec. 5122: Competitive pay for health care providers of Department of Veterans Affairs: Requires each VA medical center director to submit an annual locality pay survey and basic pay rates for covered positions, and requires the Secretary to report to Congress on those rates at least once per fiscal year.
• Sec. 5123: Definition of land use revenue under West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016: Amends the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 so that, to the extent specified in advance in an appropriations Act, funds received as compensation for an easement are included in the definition of land use revenue.
• Sec. 5124: Technical corrections to Honoring our PACT Act of 2022: Makes corrections to the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 and title 38. It removes one subparagraph from the list of conditions presumed service-connected and changes a competitive procedure citation for VA space acquisition.
• Sec. 5125: Improving pilot program on acceptance by the Department of Veterans Affairs of donated facilities and related improvements: Changes the VA pilot program for donated facilities. It lets VA provide additional funds from unobligated construction account balances, allows escalation clauses, and caps those added amounts at 40 percent of the amount previously appropriated for the facility.
• Sec. 5126: Improvement of Vet Centers at Department of Veterans Affairs: Sets requirements for Vet Centers: evaluate counselor productivity expectations, build a staffing model and working group, and run a three-year food insecurity grant pilot. It authorizes $15,000,000 per fiscal year for the pilot. ($15,000,000)
• Sec. 5127: Information on certain veterans with prior medical occupations; program on intermediate care technicians of Department of Veterans Affairs: Requires VA web portals to let veterans who served in medical occupations share their experience for civilian credentialing. Also requires a VA program to train, certify and employ covered veterans as intermediate care technicians.
• Sec. 5301: Access for Veterans to Records: Requires the Archivist to submit a plan to reduce the records request backlog at the National Personnel Records Center and authorizes $60,000,000 for the National Archives and Records Administration for backlogs, cybersecurity and digital preservation. ($60,000,000)
• Sec. 5302: ONDCP supplemental strategies: Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy law to require performance measures and targets for the Southwest Border, Northern Border, and Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategies.
• Sec. 5303: Performance Enhancement: Amends title 31 to change what agency annual performance plans must describe, including resources, milestones and goal leaders, and which agency officers prepare that part of the plan.
• Sec. 5305: Fairness for Federal firefighters: Creates a presumption that listed illnesses are work-caused for federal employees in fire protection activities with at least 5 years of service, directs further review of additional illnesses, and changes workers' compensation procedures.
• Sec. 5402: Reauthorization: Reauthorizes the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, which funds State assistive technology programs, and authorizes $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. It also sets minimum grant amounts for named territories, such as not less than $30,000 for a protection and advocacy system in American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, or the Northern Mariana Islands. ($44,000,000)
• Sec. 5403: Effective date: Sets the effective date of Title LIV, the Assistive Technology Act reauthorization, at 6 months after the date of enactment.
• Sec. 5601: Designation of small State and rural advocate: Amends the Stafford Act so the small State and rural advocate assists States in presenting data on local impacts in disaster declaration requests, and directs a GAO review of FEMA's individual assistance declaration factors.
• Sec. 5602: Flexibility: Amends the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to require waiver of certain FEMA assistance debts owed by individuals or households, and requires a report on FEMA internal processes for distributing covered assistance.
• Sec. 5603: Preliminary damage assessment: Requires FEMA to report on its preliminary damage assessment process, convene an advisory panel on improving it, and issue regulations implementing the panel's recommendations.
• Sec. 5604: Letter of deviation authority: Exempts flight instructors, owners, lessors and lessees from obtaining an FAA letter of deviation authority for flight training in experimental aircraft when listed conditions are met.
• Sec. 5605: Recognizing FEMA support: States congressional findings about FEMA support and says FEMA should be encouraged to study adding collapsible shelters to its disaster preparedness stockpile.
• Sec. 5705: Fair hiring in banking: Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Federal Credit Union Act to add exceptions to the bar on employment of people with certain criminal offenses at insured institutions, and sets consent application procedures.
• Sec. 5707: Flexibility in addressing rural homelessness: Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to add rural-area projects for emergency lodging, unit repairs, and staff training as eligible activities.
• Sec. 5708: Master account and services database: Requires the Federal Reserve Board to publish a public, searchable online database of entities with Federal Reserve bank master accounts and of access requests, updated quarterly.
• Sec. 5901: Extension of admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H–2B workers: Extends from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2024 a date in the law governing admission of certain H-2B nonimmigrant workers to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
• Sec. 5902: Eligibility of Portuguese traders and investors for E–1 and E–2 nonimmigrant visas: Treats Portugal as a foreign state whose traders and investors can qualify for E-1 and E-2 visas if Portugal gives similar status to U.S. nationals, and changes E-visa eligibility for people who acquired nationality through a financial investment.
• Sec. 5903: Incentives for States to create sexual assault survivors' bill of rights: Directs the Attorney General to increase a violence-against-women formula grant for States with a sexual assault survivors' bill of rights law, authorizes $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027, and reauthorizes the Missing Americans Alert program. ($20,000,000)
• Sec. 5904: Extending the statute of limitations for certain money laundering offenses: Sets a 7-year statute of limitations for certain money laundering offenses tied to a specified category of unlawful activity, applying to past conduct whose limitation period has not expired and to future conduct.
• Sec. 5911: Financial assistance for construction of test beds and specialized facilities: Lets the Commerce Secretary, through the NIST Director, award financial assistance for construction of test beds and specialized facilities by Manufacturing USA institutes, with selection preference for proposals from institutes with certain covered entities as members.
• Sec. 5912: Reports on arctic research, budget, and spending: Requires a report on federal Arctic research programs and their funding, and annual agency budget descriptions and summary reports on Arctic research through fiscal year 2034.
• Sec. 5913: National research and development strategy for distributed ledger technology: Directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy to develop a national research and development strategy for distributed ledger technology, with National Science Foundation research awards and a NIST applied research project.
• Sec. 5914: Technical corrections: Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize establishing certain facilities if feasible and to expand a research reactor subprogram to provide fuel services to research reactors.
• Sec. 5921: FedRAMP Authorization Act: Establishes the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program in the General Services Administration for security assessment of cloud computing products, with a FedRAMP Board, an advisory committee and reporting, ending after 5 years.
• Sec. 5932: Findings and purpose: States congressional findings on threats to federal judges and sets the purpose of the subtitle as improving the safety and security of federal judges and their families.
• Sec. 5933: Definitions: Defines terms for the judicial security and privacy subtitle, including who counts as an at-risk individual, which personal details count as covered information, and what a data broker is.
• Sec. 5934: Protecting covered information in public records: Bars government agencies and data brokers from posting or selling covered information of Federal judges and their families, sets removal within 72 hours of a request, authorizes Attorney General grants to States, and sets a fine of up to $4,000 on government agencies that violate a court order. ($4,000)
• Sec. 5935: Training and education: Allows judiciary appropriations to be used for biannual security training for Federal judges and their family members.
• Sec. 5936: Vulnerability management capability: Authorizes the Federal judiciary to run a vulnerability management program for judges and authorizes the Marshals Service to expand its Office of Protective Intelligence, and requires a Department of Justice report on judge security.
• Sec. 5937: Rules of construction: Sets rules of construction for the judicial security and privacy subtitle, including press protections and a direction that the subtitle be broadly construed in favor of protecting covered information.
• Sec. 5939: Effective date: Makes the judicial security subtitle effective on enactment, but delays three subsections of section 5934 (grants, data broker rules, data security) until 120 days after enactment.
• Sec. 5941: Secretary of Agriculture report on improving supply chain shortfalls and infrastructure needs at wholesale produce markets: Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report on supply chain shortfalls and infrastructure needs at 5 of the largest and 8 sampled wholesale produce markets.
• Sec. 5942: Extension of deadline for transfer of parcels of land in New Mexico: Changes the deadline in a prior defense authorization act for transferring parcels of land in New Mexico from 2022 to 2032.
• Sec. 5943: Ending global wildlife poaching and trafficking: Amends the wildlife trafficking law: changes the definition of country of concern, moves reports from annual to biennial, adds Task Force duties, and extends the Task Force and report authority to September 30, 2028.
• Sec. 5944: Cost-sharing requirements applicable to certain Bureau of Reclamation dams and dikes: Changes a prior law so that, for one year, the Federal cost share for dam safety modifications applies to certain Bureau of Reclamation dams as well as dikes, and moves a covered construction cutoff date from December 31, 1945 to December 31, 1948.
• Sec. 5945: Transfer of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property in Norfolk, Virginia: Directs the Secretary of Commerce to convey two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration properties in Norfolk, Virginia, to the City of Norfolk for flood management, for at least fair market value, and authorizes a 40-year land lease to Mobile County, Alabama.
• Sec. 5946: Other matters: Names a reef in the Channel Island National Marine Sanctuary "Brennan Reef" and bans possessing or selling shark fins, with an exemption for smooth dogfish and spiny dogfish.
• Sec. 5949: Prohibition on certain semiconductor products and services: Bars executive agencies from buying electronic parts or services that include covered semiconductor products, starting five years after enactment, with waivers, reports, a traceability initiative, and an authorization of $3,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2023 through 2033 for the Federal Acquisition Security Council. ($3,000,000)
• Sec. 6306: Copyright protection for civilian faculty of the National Intelligence University: Amends the federal copyright law (title 17) so the Director of National Intelligence may direct civilian faculty at the National Intelligence University to give the Federal Government a royalty-free license to their works, and adds that university to the covered institutions.
• Sec. 6806: Report on international norms, rules, and principles applicable in space: Requires the Chair of the National Space Council, consulting with the Director of National Intelligence and others, to report on voluntary international norms, rules, and principles applicable in space.
• Sec. 6823: National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations: Allows a privately funded museum planned for Ashburn, Virginia, to be recognized, upon completion, as the "National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations"; no funding amount is stated.
• Sec. 7225: Agency inventories and artificial intelligence use cases: Requires the head of each federal agency to keep an inventory of the agency's artificial intelligence use cases and to make those inventories available to the public, for a period of 5 years.
• Sec. 7226: Rapid pilot, deployment and scale of applied artificial intelligence capabilities to demonstrate modernization activities related to use cases: Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to identify 4 new artificial intelligence use cases for agency modernization and to start pilot programs for them.
• Sec. 7233: Strategic guidance: Directs the Administrator of General Services to coordinate with agencies on a strategic plan for managing batteries in the Federal electric vehicle fleet, including charging, reuse, recycling and disposal guidelines.
• Sec. 7234: Study of Federal fleet vehicles: Requires the Comptroller General to report on how the costs and benefits of operating electric vehicles in the Federal fleet compare with those of internal combustion engine vehicles.
• Sec. 8232: Report on solar energy opportunities: Requires an assessment of opportunities to install photovoltaic solar panels at Corps of Engineers projects and authorizes $10,000,000 for it. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 8501: Regional water programs: Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to create a San Francisco Bay Program Office and grant program and a Puget Sound Recovery National Program Office and task force. Also changes the Lake Pontchartrain Basin definition from a 5,000 to a 10,000 square mile area.
• Sec. 8502: Nonpoint source management programs: Sets Clean Water Act section 319 nonpoint source management program authorization at $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027; this is an EPA grant program, not an Army Corps of Engineers water resources project. ($200,000,000)
• Sec. 8503: Wastewater assistance to colonias: Extends wastewater assistance for colonias to border States and local governments, sets the Federal share at not less than 80 percent, and raises the authorization from $25,000,000 to $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2023 through 2027. ($100,000,000)
• Sec. 10501: Modifications to National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System: Changes the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System to add National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration roles, a memorandum of understanding, and an authorization of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2023 through 2024.
• Sec. 10601: Learning excellence and good examples from new developers: Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to make its operational weather and Earth-system models and associated data publicly available under an open license, and authorizes $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. ($2,000,000)
• Sec. 11324: Modifications to Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund administration: Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act and the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act, setting an available-amount formula starting from $12,786,434 adjusted by the Consumer Price Index, and removing 'full-time' from authorized expense paragraphs. ($12,786,434)
• Sec. 11326: Actions by National Marine Fisheries Service to increase energy production: Directs the National Marine Fisheries Service to act on its backlog of letters of authorization for the Gulf of Mexico, and states the sense of Congress on issuing a rule and prioritizing applications.
• Sec. 11327: Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force: Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to add Task Force members and observers, provide vessel inspection assistance, and require a report on authority gaps.
• Sec. 11329: Definitions: Defines terms such as forced labor, human trafficking, illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, seafood and the Seafood Import Monitoring Program for the seafood import and fisheries subtitle.
• Sec. 11330: Enhancement of Seafood Import Monitoring Program Message Set in Automated Commercial Environment system: Requires the Secretary of Commerce, with Customs and Border Protection, to develop a strategy within 6 months to improve the quality and verifiability of Seafood Import Monitoring Program data in the Automated Commercial Environment system.
• Sec. 11331: Data sharing and aggregation: Adds data-harmonization duties to an interagency working group on illegal fishing and bars aggregated harvest reports for Northern red snapper under the Seafood Import Monitoring Program.
• Sec. 11332: Import audits: Requires audit procedures for seafood imports, expansion of the NOAA Marine Forensics Laboratory, and use of predictive analytics to prioritize audits of imports from listed nations.
• Sec. 11333: Availability of fisheries information: Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Act to allow fisheries information to be shared with Federal agencies administering programs against illegal fishing or forced labor, without public release unless related to enforcement.
• Sec. 11334: Report on Seafood Import Monitoring Program: Requires an annual report to Congress on National Marine Fisheries Service efforts to prevent imports of seafood from illegal fishing or forced labor, with listed contents, and public posting.
• Sec. 11335: Authorization of appropriations: Authorizes $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 for the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to carry out enforcement actions under section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. ($20,000,000)
• Sec. 11336: Denial of port privileges: Rewrites the denial-of-port-privileges provision of the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act, directing withholding of vessel clearance and denial of entry for vessels of nations with specified negative certifications or repeated listings.
• Sec. 11337: Identification and certification criteria: Amends the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act to change criteria for listing nations for illegal fishing, add forced labor as a consideration, and set timing and recordkeeping rules for certification.
• Sec. 11338: Equivalent conservation measures: Rewrites identification, consultation and certification provisions of section 610 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act on bycatch and shark conservation by foreign fleets.
• Sec. 11339: Capacity building in foreign fisheries: Directs the Secretary of Commerce to carry out multi-year international cooperation and capacity-building projects against illegal fishing, fraud, forced labor and bycatch, and amends Maritime SAFE Act provisions.
• Sec. 11340: Training of United States observers: Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Act to require that each U.S. fishery observer be trained to identify indicators of forced labor and human trafficking and refer the information to authorities.
• Sec. 11341: Regulations: Requires the Secretary of Commerce to issue regulations within 1 year to carry out the illegal fishing and forced labor prevention subtitle.
• Sec. 11504: At-sea recovery operations pilot program: Creates a pilot program of up to 5 years for remotely controlled or autonomous vessels used in spaceflight component recovery, allowing the Secretary to modify or waive regulations.
• Sec. 11523: Land conveyance, Sharpe Army Depot, Lathrop, California: Requires the Maritime Administration to complete, within 1 year, a land conveyance already required by section 2833 of the FY2021 defense authorization law.
• Sec. 11524: Prohibition on entry and operation: Bars vessels owned or operated by Russian nationals or operated by the Russian government from entering U.S. navigable waters or transferring cargo in U.S. ports while Executive Order 14065 is in effect, with exceptions.
• Sec. 11702: Requirement for appointments: Requires that appointments under section 221(c) of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 be given only to U.S. citizens.
• Sec. 11703: Repeal of requirement to promote ensigns after 3 years of service: Replaces the requirement to promote ensigns after 3 years of service with a rule that an ensign found not fully qualified has the commission revoked and is separated.
• Sec. 11708: Acquisition of aircraft for agency air, atmosphere, and weather reconnaissance and research mission: Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to acquire aircraft for agency air reconnaissance and research, allows a contract for up to 6 replacements for WP-3D aircraft, and authorizes $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. ($800,000,000)
• Sec. 11808: Lighthouse service amendments: Repeals a list of early twentieth-century Lighthouse Service statutes and transfers one 1922 Act provision into title 14 as section 548, replacing references to the Commissioner of Lighthouses with the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
• Sec. 871: Codification of Small Business Administration scorecard: Moves a Small Business Administration scorecard provision into the Small Business Act and adds contracting-award measures, covering each Federal agency and Governmentwide rather than only the Department of Defense.
• Sec. 873: Access to data on bundled or consolidated contracts: Amends the Small Business Act's provisions on bundled contracts to also cover consolidated contracts, and requires Federal agencies to provide related data to the Small Business Administration Administrator.
• Sec. 2911: Definitions: Defines County as Lander County, Nevada, Secretary as the Secretary of the Interior, and State as Nevada for the Lander County subtitle, which covers land conveyances and wilderness designations.
• Sec. 2921: Definitions: Defines the map titled "Lander County Selected Lands" (dated August 4, 2020) and the Secretary concerned for the Lander County land conveyance part.
• Sec. 2931: Definitions: Defines the map titled "Lander County Wilderness Areas Proposal" (dated April 19, 2021) and the wilderness areas designated by the following section.
• Sec. 5304: Appeals to merit systems protection board relating to FBI reprisal allegations; salary of Special Counsel: Lets FBI employees appeal reprisal determinations to the Merit Systems Protection Board and changes the pay level of the Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel.
• Sec. 5322: Establishment of public website on government policy and supporting positions: Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to build and maintain a public website listing policy and supporting positions in the Federal Government, and ends publication of the Plum Book beginning January 1, 2026.
• Sec. 7227: Enabling entrepreneurs and agency missions: Raises a figure in subsection (c) of section 880 of the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act from $10,000,000 to $25,000,000, extends that section's date to 2027, and extends DHS other transaction authority to September 30, 2024. ($25,000,000)
• Sec. 11312: Per-incident limitation: Raises the per-incident limits on Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund expenditures in the Internal Revenue Code from $1,000,000,000 to $1,500,000,000 and from $500,000,000 to $750,000,000.
• Sec. 11319: Study on impacts on shipping and commercial, Tribal, and recreational fisheries from development of renewable energy on West Coast: Directs a National Academies study of effects of West Coast renewable energy development on shipping and on Tribal, commercial, and recreational fisheries, including offshore wind decision-making.
• Sec. 11328: Safety standards: Changes fiscal-year ranges for authorizations in the fishing vessel safety and Maritime Debris Act provisions to fiscal year 2023.

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• Sec. 130: Contracts for design and construction of the DDG(X) destroyer program: If other source selection procedures are used for the DDG(X) program, detailed design and construction contracts go only to designated "eligible shipbuilders," one vessel each, with no eligible shipbuilder having fewer than 30 percent of design labor hours.
• Sec. 222: Outreach to historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions regarding National Security Innovation Network programs that promote entrepreneurship and innovation at institutions of higher education: Authorizes a pilot program of outreach and technical assistance to connect historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions to Department of Defense commercialization and innovation activities, with a briefing to Congress. No dollar amount is stated.
• Sec. 223: Report and pilot program based on recommendations regarding defense research capacity at historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions: Requires a report on a National Academies publication's recommendations and a 10-year program to raise research capacity of eligible institutions. Eligibility is limited to historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions classified as R2 (high research activity). No dollar amount is stated.
• Sec. 336: Study on alternative uses for Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility: Directs the Secretary of Defense to seek an agreement with a federally funded research and development center meeting listed criteria to study alternative uses of the Red Hill facility.
• Sec. 360: Independent study relating to fuel distribution logistics across United States Indo-Pacific Command: Directs the Secretary of Defense to seek a contract with a federally funded research and development center meeting listed criteria to study fuel distribution logistics in one command's area, using a named prior report as baseline.
• Sec. 621: Allowable travel and transportation allowances: complex overhaul: Adds travel and transportation allowances for members assigned to or from a naval vessel undergoing nuclear refueling or defueling and any concurrent complex overhaul, even within the same area.
• Sec. 736: Establishment of partnership program between United States and Ukraine for military trauma care and research: Directs the Secretary of Defense to seek a partnership with Ukraine's government for a joint military trauma care and research program, including training, exchanges, and support for a Ukrainian program similar to the Wounded Warrior Program.
• Sec. 739: Standardization of policies relating to service in Armed Forces by individuals diagnosed with HBV: Requires the Secretary of Defense to review regulations and set standardized policies and guidance for service in the Armed Forces by individuals diagnosed with Hepatitis B Virus.
• Sec. 1658: Middle East integrated air and missile defense: Directs the Secretary of Defense to seek cooperation with Middle East allies and partners on an integrated air and missile defense architecture against attacks from Iran and groups linked to Iran, and to submit a strategy.
• Sec. 2702: Authorization to fund certain demolition and removal activities through Department of Defense Base Closure Account: Allows Base Closure Account funds to be used to demolish or remove certain non-historic Navy buildings on a closed or realigned installation where radiological sampling or remediation has been the subject of substantiated fraud allegations, whether or not the buildings are radiologically impacted.
• Sec. 2862: Inclusion in Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program of certain projects for ROTC training: Adds projects that support Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet training at a "covered educational institution" to the Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program. The term is defined by institution type, affiliation and distance from a major military installation.
• Sec. 2869: Lease or use agreement for category 3 subterranean training facility: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to seek a lease or use agreement of at least 5 years with a "category 3 subterranean training facility" defined by location, capacity and design features. It also repeals section 375 of the FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
• Sec. 6812: Increased intelligence-related engineering, research, and development capabilities of minority institutions: Directs the Director of National Intelligence to develop a plan to increase intelligence-related research and development at "covered institutions" and allows a competitive program of contracts, grants or other agreements for them, subject to appropriations.
• Sec. 8109: Updates to certain water control manuals: Authorizes the Secretary to update water control manuals for water resources projects in a State, on request of a Governor who declared a statewide drought disaster in 2021.
• Sec. 8114: Cost sharing provisions for the territories and Indian Tribes: Extends a cost-share waiver provision to organizations composed primarily of indigenous people from a specific community that assist their social, cultural and educational development.
• Sec. 8126: Maintenance dredging permits: Directs the Secretary to prioritize reissuing regional general permits for maintenance dredging that expired before May 1, 2021.
• Sec. 8208: Western infrastructure study: Directs a comprehensive study of measures at or upstream of covered reservoirs and requires it to include all covered reservoirs located in the South Pacific Division of the Corps of Engineers. No dollar figure is set.
• Sec. 8209: Recreation and economic development at Corps facilities in Appalachia: Requires a plan to implement recreation and economic development opportunities at Corps of Engineers facilities in distressed or at-risk counties in Appalachia.
• Sec. 8210: Ouachita River watershed, Arkansas and Louisiana: Directs the Secretary to review projects in the Ouachita River watershed in Arkansas and Louisiana under section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970.
• Sec. 8211: Report on Santa Barbara streams, Lower Mission Creek, California: Requires a report with an updated economic review of the remaining portions of the Santa Barbara streams, Lower Mission Creek flood project in California, accounting for work done by the non-Federal interest.
• Sec. 8212: Disposition study on Salinas Dam and Reservoir, California: Requires that, in the Salinas Dam disposition study, the County of San Luis Obispo be given right of first refusal for any conveyance of the project.
• Sec. 8213: Excess lands report for Whittier Narrows Dam, California: Requires a report identifying property at Whittier Narrows Dam that could be transferred to the City of Pico Rivera, California, to replace recreational facilities affected by dam safety construction.
• Sec. 8214: Comprehensive central and southern Florida study: Authorizes a feasibility study for resiliency and comprehensive improvements to existing water resources projects in the central and southern Florida area.
• Sec. 8215: Northern estuaries ecosystem restoration, Florida: Directs the Secretary to develop a proposed comprehensive plan for restoring the northern estuaries in Florida, including eliminating harmful discharges from Lake Okeechobee.
• Sec. 8221: Houston Ship Channel Expansion Channel Improvement Project, Texas: Directs the Secretary to expedite a study of modifications to the Houston Ship Channel Expansion project to add barge lanes from Bolivar Roads to Morgan's Point.
• Sec. 8222: Sabine–Neches waterway navigation improvement project, Texas: Directs the Secretary to expedite review and coordination of the Sabine–Neches Waterway, Texas, navigation feasibility study.
• Sec. 8223: Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia: Sets a December 31, 2023 deadline for a post-authorization change report on Anchorage F modifications to the Norfolk Harbor and Channels navigation project in Virginia.
• Sec. 8224: Coastal Virginia, Virginia: Authorizes the Secretary to accept and expend funds from Federal agencies owning property in the Coastal Virginia project area to include analysis of their property in the feasibility study.
• Sec. 8228: Automated fee machines: Directs the Secretary to consider alternatives to automated fee machines for collecting fees at developed recreation sites and facilities in West Virginia.
• Sec. 8229: Review of recreational hazards: Requires a safety review and installation of sirens, strobe lights, and signage at covered sites at Buford Dam in Georgia, Mississippi River banks in Louisiana, and the Murderkill River project in Delaware.
• Sec. 8384: Treatment of credit between projects: Allows a credit under section 7007(d) of the 2007 Water Resources Development Act to be applied to reduce amounts owed under deferred payment agreements for projects authorized by section 7012(a)(1) of that Act.
• Sec. 9403: Centers of Excellence in Foreign Affairs and Assistance: Requires a feasibility study on creating Centers of Excellence in Foreign Affairs and Assistance within institutions that serve individuals belonging to an underrepresented group.
• Sec. 9604: Promoting peace, education, and cultural exchange through music diplomacy: Adds music and performing arts exchange programs to exchange authorities, authorizes private-sector partnerships to recognize musicians, and requires a strategy on music-related exchange programs.
• Sec. 9702: Increasing housing availability for certain employees assigned to the United States Mission to the United Nations: Raises a number in the United Nations Participation Act housing provision from 30 to 41 for certain employees assigned to the United States Mission to the United Nations.
• Sec. 11221: Pribilof Island transition completion actions: Requires the Coast Guard to notify the Alaska Native Village Corporation for St. Paul Island of an unneeded fuel tank and transfer its ownership on request, and allows a hangar lease with repair costs offset under the lease.
• Sec. 11242: Calculation of active service: Counts service described in writing by a Coast Guard Personnel Service Center representative as active service toward retirement, limited to officers who entered after January 1, 1997, were temporarily separated, and retired before January 1, 2024.
• Sec. 11250: Support for Coast Guard Academy: Lets the Commandant award sole-source contracts and cooperative agreements to, lease Academy property to, and transfer nonappropriated fund assets to a nonprofit that the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association established to support Coast Guard athletics.
• Sec. 11417: Audit of certain military housing conditions of enlisted members of Coast Guard in Key West, Florida: Requires the Commandant, with the Secretary of the Navy, to audit housing conditions of enlisted Coast Guard members at one named Naval Air Station annex in Key West, Florida, and report on resources needed there.
• Sec. 11510: Exemptions for certain passenger vessels: Exempts passenger vessels meeting three criteria from requirements under sections 3508 and 3509 of title 46, notwithstanding any other law.
• Sec. 11525: Floating dry docks: Expands an exception in section 55122(a) of title 46 to cover a floating dry dock with a purchase letter of intent signed before enactment, for transport between Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• Sec. 11710: Conveyance of certain property of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Juneau, Alaska: Authorizes conveyance at fair market value of a 2.4-acre parcel at 250 Egan Drive, Juneau, Alaska, to the City and Borough of Juneau (right of first refusal), or transfer to the Coast Guard if it expresses interest.
• Sec. 324: Pilot program on use of sustainable aviation fuel: Directs the Secretary of Defense to run a sustainable aviation fuel pilot, requiring at least one selected facility to have an onsite refinery near a major commercial airport that is seeking to increase use of sustainable aviation fuel.
• Sec. 575: Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces with enrollment changes due to base closures, force structure changes, or force relocations: Requires the Secretary of Defense to give financial assistance to local educational agencies that meet set enrollment-change and military-dependent-share criteria, capped at $15,000,000 per agency per fiscal year. ($15,000,000)
• Sec. 1105: Temporary extension of authority to provide security for former Department of Defense officials: Until January 1, 2024, changes the threat standard for security for former Department of Defense officials from 'imminent and credible' to 'serious and credible', lengthens the protection period from two years to three, and adds congressional leadership as a report recipient.
• Sec. 2870: Limitation on use of funds for closure of combat readiness training centers: Bars use of fiscal year 2023 Air Force funds to close, or prepare to close, any combat readiness training center, unless the Secretary of the Air Force submits a certification and a report.
• Sec. 8378: Land transfer and trust land for Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma: Directs the transfer of about 247 acres near Sardis Lake, Oklahoma, to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the Choctaw Nation, which pays fair market value. No gaming is allowed on the land.
• Sec. 8392: Enhanced development program: Directs the Secretary to fully implement enhanced development opportunities at lakes located primarily in Oklahoma under two existing authorities.
• Sec. 8393: Recreational opportunities at certain projects: Lets the Secretary modify or temporarily deviate from the water control plans for Ball Mountain Lake and Townshend Lake, Vermont, to enhance recreation, and states a sense of Congress about operating them for recreation.
• Sec. 8395: Mississippi River mat sinking unit: Directs the Secretary to expedite replacement of one specific piece of equipment, the Mississippi River mat sinking unit.
• Sec. 8396: Sense of Congress on lease agreement: States the sense of Congress that a specific recreation lease between the Secretary and the City of Corona, California, for the Corona Municipal Airport is a valid lease.
• Sec. 8397: Expedited completion of projects and studies: Directs the Secretary to expedite completion of a list of named Corps of Engineers projects, studies, and continuing-authorities projects in many states and territories.
• Sec. 11309: Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria: Creates a Coast Guard program and oil spill planning criteria that apply only to the Western Alaska and Prince William Sound Captain of the Port Zones, with a program manager and Seventeenth Coast Guard District verifications.
• Sec. 11317: Port Coordination Council for Point Spencer: Amends the Port Coordination Council for Point Spencer, adding members (including the Denali Commission and spill and salvage organizations) and revising its duties about land and coastline use at Point Spencer.
• Sec. 11321: Notification of communication outages: Requires upgrade of the Rescue 21 system in Alaska to 98 percent availability, plus an outage maintenance plan, mariner notification plans, and a contingency plan for Alaska.
• Sec. 11502: Requirements for DUKW amphibious passenger vessels: Requires a rulemaking on added safety standards, plus interim requirements, for vessels derived from one specific amphibious vessel design, with a waiver for reserve buoyancy requirements.

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• Sec. 8157: Inland waterway projects: Changes the cost share for inland waterway navigation projects from one-half to 65 percent of costs in one provision and 35 percent in another, starting October 1, 2022, and shortens a 2020 Act reference from fiscal years 2021 through 2031 to 2021 through 2022.

Funds a specific named project or event (67)

• Sec. 1255: Extension of authority to transfer funds for Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup: Extends from fiscal year 2022 to fiscal year 2023 an existing authority to transfer funds, which the section heading describes as being for Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup. No dollar amount is stated.
• Sec. 1271: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Operations Headquarters: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to use up to $50,000,000 each fiscal year from Army operation and maintenance funds for the NATO Special Operations Headquarters. ($50,000,000)
• Sec. 1277: Modification and extension of United States-Israel cooperation to counter unmanned aerial systems: Raises a dollar limit in section 1278 of the FY2020 defense authorization act from $25,000,000 to $40,000,000 for the cooperation program on countering unmanned aerial systems named in the heading, and extends its sunset to December 31, 2026. ($40,000,000)
• Sec. 1421: Authority for transfer of funds to joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois: Allows the Secretary of Defense to transfer $168,000,000 of Defense Health Program operation and maintenance funds to the joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, for operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. ($168,000,000)
• Sec. 1422: Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home: Authorizes $152,360,000 for fiscal year 2023 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, of which $75,360,000 is for operation, maintenance, construction and renovation and $77,000,000 is for major construction. ($152,360,000)
• Sec. 1659: Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli cooperative missile defense program co-development and co-production: Allows up to $80,000,000 of fiscal year 2023 Missile Defense Agency procurement funds to go to the Government of Israel for Iron Dome components, plus up to $40,000,000 for David's Sling and up to $80,000,000 for Arrow 3. ($80,000,000)
• Sec. 2205: Transfer of customers from Navy electrical utility system at former Naval Air Station Barber’s Point, Hawaii, to new electrical system in Kalaeloa, Hawaii: Directs the Navy, subject to appropriations, to pay the reasonable costs of moving customers from the Navy electrical system at former Naval Air Station Barber’s Point to a new system in Kalaeloa, Hawaii, operated by Hawaiian Electric, and allows disposal of the Navy system afterward.
• Sec. 2901: Military land withdrawal for Fallon Range Training Complex: Withdraws Fallon Range Training Complex land for Navy use and directs payments from Navy operation and maintenance funds: $20,000,000 to Churchill County, $20,000,000 to the Walker River Paiute Tribe, and $10,000,000 each to build and endow the Numu Newe Cultural Center.
• Sec. 3101: National Nuclear Security Administration: Authorizes fiscal year 2023 funds for the National Nuclear Security Administration and lists five new plant projects at named sites, with amounts from $19,000,000 to $57,420,000.
• Sec. 3102: Defense environmental cleanup: Authorizes fiscal year 2023 funds for defense environmental cleanup and lists four new plant projects at named sites in Idaho and Washington, with amounts from $480,000 to $10,000,000.
• Sec. 3126: Authorization of workforce development and training partnership programs within National Nuclear Security Administration: Lets the National Nuclear Security Administration authorize management and operating contractors at two named sites to fund workforce development and training partnership programs, including grants, curriculum, equipment, scholarships and fellowships, to support plutonium pit production.
• Sec. 4101: Procurement: Sets the fiscal year 2023 procurement funding table by line item, including line items for construction projects at named Army ammunition plants and a line for Civil Air Patrol aircraft.
• Sec. 4201: Research, development, test, and evaluation: Sets fiscal year 2023 research, development, test, and evaluation funding lines in a table (in thousands of dollars). Some lines fund named projects, facilities and organizations, such as 'CPF—Building 2, Doriot Climatic Chambers, Exterior Repair' at [3,630].
• Sec. 4301: Operation and maintenance: Operation and maintenance funding table that includes line-item increases for named items, such as Army Caisson platoon facility improvements (lines of [5,000] and [15,000], in thousands) and restoration of the USS Ashland, USS Germantown, USS Gunston Hall, USS Tortuga and USS Vicksburg.
• Sec. 5533: Funding: Authorizes appropriations to the American Institute in Taiwan for the Taiwan Fellowship Program: $2,900,000 for fiscal year 2023 and $2,400,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each later fiscal year.
• Sec. 5563: Financial Intermediary Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response: Authorizes United States participation in the Financial Intermediary Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response and lets the President contribute to it, capped at 33 percent of total contributions over five years.
• Sec. 5575: General authorization of appropriations: Allows foreign assistance funds in fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for programs and support to named groups in Burma, including non-lethal assistance to Ethnic Armed Organizations.
• Sec. 5584: Promoting freedom of information and countering censorship and surveillance in North Korea: Authorizes an additional $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 to the United States Agency for Global Media for North Korea broadcasting and grants, including restoring antennas damaged by Typhoon Yutu in 2018. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 5599A: Feasibility study on United States support for and participation in the international counterterrorism academy in Côte d’Ivoire: Requires the Secretary of State to conduct a feasibility study on United States assistance for infrastructure, training and equipment for a named counterterrorism academy in Côte d'Ivoire; the section sets no dollar amount.
• Sec. 7121: President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition: Authorizes an annual named cybersecurity competition run by the CISA Director, allows use of funds for its expenses, and caps prizes at $10,000 per award by the Director, $25,000 per award by the Secretary, and $100,000 total per fiscal year.
• Sec. 7123: National Computer Forensics Institute reauthorization: Extends the authorization period of the National Computer Forensics Institute from 2017 through 2022 to 2023 through 2028, restates its training mission, and allows the Secret Service Director to pay for education, training, or equipment it provides.
• Sec. 8110: National coastal mapping study: Authorizes a national coastal mapping study that includes a demonstration project in the North Carolina coastal region, and authorizes $25,000,000 to carry out the section. ($25,000,000)
• Sec. 8113: Tribal assistance: Directs the Secretary to revise and carry out a village development plan for The Dalles Dam and authorizes housing, land acquisition, funding agreements and conveyance without consideration for the Tribes the section names.
• Sec. 8129: Studies for periodic nourishment: Requires that a periodic nourishment study for the Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass Plant in Delaware consider continued reimbursement of the Federal share of operation and maintenance costs to the non-Federal interest.
• Sec. 8142: Forecasting models for the Great Lakes: Authorizes $10,000,000 to complete and maintain a model suite to forecast water levels in the Great Lakes. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 8143: Monitoring and assessment program for saline lakes in the Great Basin: Authorizes a program to monitor and assess saline lake ecosystems in the Great Basin, including the Great Salt Lake, and authorizes $10,000,000. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 8144: Chattahoochee River program: Establishes an environmental assistance program for the Chattahoochee River Basin with a 75 percent Federal cost share and authorizes $40,000,000. ($40,000,000)
• Sec. 8145: Lower Mississippi River Basin demonstration program: Establishes an environmental assistance program for the Lower Mississippi River Basin with a 75 percent Federal cost share and authorizes $40,000,000. ($40,000,000)
• Sec. 8146: Washington Aqueduct: Authorizes capital improvements for the Washington Aqueduct and Treasury borrowing of up to $40,000,000 per fiscal year, repaid by customers named as the District of Columbia, Arlington County and Fairfax County. ($40,000,000)
• Sec. 8148: Advance payment in lieu of reimbursement for certain Federal costs: Authorizes advance payment of the Federal share of land, easement, right-of-way and relocation costs for seven listed projects when land costs are projected to exceed the non-Federal share.
• Sec. 8154: Temporary relocation assistance pilot program: Creates a temporary relocation assistance pilot program limited to five listed projects, crediting non-Federal relocation payments toward the non-Federal share up to $20,000 per household. ($20,000)
• Sec. 8159: Support of Army civil works missions: Authorizes the Secretary to use contracts or cooperative agreements with four named universities for research on water resources in specified states and river basins.
• Sec. 8201: Authorization of proposed feasibility studies: Authorizes the Secretary to conduct feasibility studies for a list of named water resources projects and project modifications in specific places, with special rules for several of them.
• Sec. 8216: Study on shellfish habitat and seagrass, Florida Central Gulf Coast: Requires a study and report on shellfish habitat and seagrass restoration in the Florida Central Gulf Coast and authorizes $2,000,000 for it. ($2,000,000)
• Sec. 8225: West Virginia hydropower: Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate modifications adding hydropower or energy storage capacity at seven named West Virginia dams and lakes, and to carry out demonstration projects.
• Sec. 8317: South Platte River and Tributaries, Adams and Denver Counties, Colorado: Directs an expedited agreement providing reimbursement of the non-Federal interest for the South Platte River and Tributaries project from that project's allocation of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act construction funds, if sufficient funds are available.
• Sec. 8321: Murrieta Creek, California: Raises the authorized cost ceilings for the Murrieta Creek, California project from $89,850,000 to $277,194,000 in total, with the Federal share changing from $57,735,000 to $180,176,100 and the non-Federal share from $32,115,000 to $97,017,900.
• Sec. 8327: Delaware shore protection and restoration: Sets a 90 percent Federal share for a Delaware dredged-material project, creates Delaware-specific shore repair authority, authorizes $10,000,000 for Indian River Inlet recreation facilities, and sets reprogramming limits of $100,000 per action and $200,000 per year. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 8332: Port Everglades, Florida: Raises the authorized costs for the Port Everglades, Florida navigation project: total from $337,003,000 to $776,909,000, Federal from $229,770,000 to $529,700,000, and non-Federal from $107,233,000 to $247,209,000.
• Sec. 8335: Little Wood River, Gooding, Idaho: Raises the authorized amount for the Little Wood River, Gooding, Idaho project from $9,000,000 to $40,000,000, sets a 90 percent Federal share for planning, design and reconstruction, and waives the 5 percent cash contribution requirement for it. ($40,000,000)
• Sec. 8345: Upper Mississippi River restoration program: Raises a dollar limit in the Upper Mississippi River restoration program authority from $40,000,000 to $75,000,000. ($75,000,000)
• Sec. 8375: Environmental infrastructure: Adds paragraphs (274) through (405) to section 219(f) of the 1992 Water Resources Development Act, each authorizing a stated dollar amount for water, wastewater or environmental infrastructure in a named place, and raises amounts for other named places in subsection (b).
• Sec. 8401: Project authorizations: Authorizes a list of named water resources projects, such as harbor, flood, storm damage and ecosystem restoration projects, with a federal and non-federal cost estimate for each.
• Sec. 8403: Facility investment: Lets the Secretary use available revolving fund amounts to design and construct a lab and office facility for a Mandatory Center of Expertise in Branson, Missouri, and related infrastructure, with reimbursement of the fund.
• Sec. 9106: Cultural Antiquities Task Force: Authorizes the Secretary of State to use up to $1,200,000 for grants to carry out the activities of the Cultural Antiquities Task Force. ($1,200,000)
• Sec. 9303: Establishment of United States embassies in Solomon Islands, Kiribati, and Tonga and a diplomatic presence in Vanuatu: Directs establishment of embassies in Kiribati and Tonga, an upgrade in Solomon Islands, and a presence in Vanuatu, and authorizes $40,200,000 for fiscal year 2023 and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. ($40,200,000)
• Sec. 9601: United States participation in international fairs and expositions: Authorizes up to $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for participation in international fairs and expositions, including a United States pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. ($25,000,000)
• Sec. 10202: Regional Ocean Partnerships: Designates four named regional ocean partnerships and authorizes funding to be divided evenly among them, $10,100,000 for fiscal year 2023 rising to $10,520,404 for 2027, plus $1,000,000 a year for Tribal participation.
• Sec. 11103: Authorization for certain programs and services: Sets aside amounts within the Coast Guard authorization for named programs, including $25,000,000 for the child care subsidy program, $1,300,000 for behavioral health services, $3,000,000 for the Aqua Alert Notification System pilot program, and $1,000,000 for the Arctic Security Cutter evaluation.
• Sec. 11104: Availability of amounts for acquisition of additional vessels: Authorizes amounts for specific named vessel acquisitions, including $300,000,000 for a twelfth National Security Cutter, $350,000,000 for a Great Lakes icebreaker, and $650,000,000 for Offshore Patrol Cutters.
• Sec. 11105: Shoreside infrastructure and facilities: Authorizes funds for named Coast Guard facilities, including up to $60,000,000 per phase for the Cape May training center barracks, $127,000,000 for the Coast Guard Yard, and up to $1,200,000 for repairs at Coast Guard Station New York.
• Sec. 11106: Coast Guard yard resilient infrastructure and construction improvement: Authorizes $273,000,000 for improvements to Coast Guard Yard facilities and $236,000,000 for a new floating drydock at the Yard over fiscal years 2023 through 2028.
• Sec. 11204: Coast Guard Yard: Directs how amounts authorized in sections 11105(a)(2) and 11106 are used at the Coast Guard Yard, and requires improvements there including a large-capacity drydock, a new warehouse and paint facility, and a travel lift.
• Sec. 11232: Report on Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point hangar: Requires a report on facilities requirements for a hangar at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Oahu, Hawaii, including a description of the $45,000,000 phase one design funded by an earlier act. ($45,000,000)
• Sec. 11261: Transfer and conveyance: Directs the Coast Guard to transfer about 4 acres of its Dauphin Island, Alabama property to HHS for FDA use and to convey the rest of the roughly 35.63-acre parcel, without consideration, to the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium. Directs certain unobligated HHS funds to the related costs.
• Sec. 11265: Feasibility study on construction of Coast Guard station at Port Mansfield: Requires the Commandant to begin a feasibility study, and report on it, for building a new Coast Guard station at Port Mansfield, Texas, including life-cycle costs and a cost-benefit analysis.
• Sec. 11266: Procurement of tethered aerostat radar system for Coast Guard Station South Padre Island: Requires the Secretary, subject to appropriations, to procure at least one tethered aerostat radar system, or similar technology, for Coast Guard use at and around Coast Guard Station South Padre Island.
• Sec. 391: Implementation of recommendations relating to animal facility sanitation and plan for housing and care of horses: Directs the Secretary of the Army to implement recommendations for named animal facilities and to submit a plan for housing and care of the horses of a named Army unit.
• Sec. 392: Continued designation of Secretary of the Navy as executive agent for Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School: Requires the Secretary of the Navy to continue as executive agent for a named school through fiscal year 2023 and provide support for its continued operation.
• Sec. 1050: Department of Defense support for recently enacted commissions: Allows the Secretary of Defense to provide services, funds, facilities and staff, on a reimbursable basis, to five commissions established under named sections of the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
• Sec. 1201: Payment of personnel expenses necessary for participation in training program conducted by Colombia under the United States-Colombia Action Plan for Regional Security: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay training supplies, travel, subsistence and similar expenses, and special compensation, for personnel taking part in a training program run by Colombia under the United States-Colombia Action Plan for Regional Security.
• Sec. 1212: Defense Operational Resilience International Cooperation Pilot Program: Authorizes a pilot program named the Defense Operational Resilience International Cooperation Pilot Program, with $10,000,000 available each year for fiscal years 2023 through 2025, and bars funds for the 'Defense Environmental International Cooperation Program' during that period. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 8304: Lakes program: Adds four named lakes and ponds (in Massachusetts, New York, Georgia and Texas) to the list of sites under the Lakes program of section 602(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986.
• Sec. 8306: Maintenance of navigation channels: Adds five named harbors and channels in Missouri, Puerto Rico, Washington and Texas to the list of projects for maintenance of navigation channels.
• Sec. 8307: Project reauthorizations: Reauthorizes three previously deauthorized named projects (New York Harbor drift removal, Rio Nigua and Rio Grande De Loiza) and requires a feasibility study for each.
• Sec. 8351: Missouri River interception-rearing complexes: Authorizes construction of interception-rearing complexes at two named Missouri River sites, Plowboy Bend A and Pelican Bend B, notwithstanding section 129 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, subject to a risk analysis and mitigation.
• Sec. 11304: Pilot program to establish a Cetacean Desk for Puget Sound region: Establishes a four-year pilot program for a Cetacean Desk located and manned within the Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service, with up to one full-time equivalent position.

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• Sec. 664: Complex overhaul pay: briefing: Requires a Navy briefing on establishing complex overhaul pay, defined as a special monthly pay of $200 per month for members assigned to a naval vessel undergoing nuclear refueling or defueling and any concurrent complex overhaul. ($200)
• Sec. 8103: Shoreline and riverbank protection and restoration mission: Amends the Corps shoreline and riverine program to set the non-Federal cost share at 10 percent for projects benefitting economically disadvantaged communities, and lists 11 named locations to be prioritized.
• Sec. 8111: Tribal partnership program: Amends the Tribal partnership program: raises authorization figures from $18,500,000 to $26,000,000, makes the first $200,000 of study costs a Federal expense, and sets a 100 percent Federal share for certain activities.
• Sec. 8141: Corps records relating to harmful algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee, Florida: Requires the Secretary to note microcystin exposure in the service record of Corps members or employees who perform duty at five listed structures when microcystin in Lake Okeechobee exceeds 8 parts per billion.
• Sec. 8151: Materials, services, and funds for repair, restoration, or rehabilitation of certain public recreation facilities: Authorizes the Secretary to accept materials, services and funds to repair public recreation facilities at Corps reservoirs in the Upper Missouri River Basin during low water, and authorizes $20,000,000 for reimbursement. ($20,000,000)
• Sec. 8311: Acequias irrigation systems: Directs the Secretary to carry out measures for community ditch and Acequia systems in New Mexico, sets a 25 percent non-Federal share (Federal share 90 percent for economically disadvantaged communities), and authorizes $80,000,000. ($80,000,000)
• Sec. 8312: Port of Nome, Alaska: Sets the non-Federal share of general navigation features for the Port of Nome, Alaska project at 10 percent during construction, and makes the default cost-share rule in section 101(a)(2) not apply to it.
• Sec. 8315: Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, and ice and glacial damage, Alaska: Establishes an Alaska-only program for storm damage, coastal erosion, and ice and glacial damage projects, including community relocation, with a 10 percent non-Federal share for economically disadvantaged communities.
• Sec. 8319: Los Angeles County, California: Allows an environmental assistance program for water-related infrastructure in Los Angeles County, California, with a 75 percent Federal share, and authorizes $50,000,000. ($50,000,000)
• Sec. 8336: Chicago shoreline protection: Authorizes the Secretary to provide 65 percent of the cost of the locally preferred plan for shoreline revetment at Morgan Shoal and Promontory Point on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Illinois.
• Sec. 8337: Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin project, Brandon Road, Will County, Illinois: Changes the Federal share for the Brandon Road, Will County, Illinois project from 80 percent to 90 percent and lets non-Federal interests avoid joint and several liability for non-Federal obligations.
• Sec. 8341: Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, Louisiana: Sets the Federal share of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, Louisiana ecosystem restoration project at 100 percent.
• Sec. 8342: Camp Ellis, Saco, Maine: Sets a $45,000,000 maximum Federal spending limit for the Camp Ellis, Saco, Maine shore damage mitigation project, allows Federal participation in periodic nourishment, and treats the navigation works as Federally constructed. ($45,000,000)
• Sec. 8343: Lower Mississippi River comprehensive management study: Sets the Federal share of the Lower Mississippi River comprehensive study, and any related feasibility study, at 100 percent.
• Sec. 8349: Argentine, East Bottoms, Fairfax-Jersey Creek, and North Kansas Levees units, Missouri River and tributaries at Kansas Cities, Missouri and Kansas: Sets a 90 percent Federal share for planning, design and construction of access manholes or other features in the Fairfax portion of the Kansas Cities flood control project.
• Sec. 8350: Lower Missouri River streambank erosion control evaluation and demonstration projects: Authorizes streambank erosion demonstration projects on the Missouri River between Sioux City, Iowa, and its confluence with the Mississippi River, with $15,000,000 authorized. ($15,000,000)
• Sec. 8353: Northern Missouri: Allows an environmental assistance program for water-related infrastructure in northern Missouri, defined as four counties, with a 75 percent Federal share, and authorizes $50,000,000. ($50,000,000)
• Sec. 8355: Middle Rio Grande flood protection, Bernalillo to Belen, New Mexico: Sets the non-Federal share of the Middle Rio Grande flood risk management project, Bernalillo to Belen, New Mexico, at 25 percent.
• Sec. 8357: Arkansas River corridor, Oklahoma: Sets an authorized total cost of $128,400,000 for construction of projects under the Arkansas River corridor, Oklahoma authority, and authorizes additional feasibility studies. ($128,400,000)
• Sec. 8358: Copan Lake, Oklahoma: Directs the Secretary to release the Copan Public Works Authority's rights to 4,750 acre-feet of storage and relieve it of related financial obligations, and gives the City of Bartlesville first refusal at no more than 110 percent of initial investment cost per acre-foot.
• Sec. 8359: Southwestern Oregon: Allows an environmental assistance program for water-related infrastructure in southwestern Oregon, defined as seven counties, with a 75 percent Federal share, and authorizes $50,000,000. ($50,000,000)
• Sec. 8361: Lower Blackstone River, Rhode Island: Sets a $15,000,000 maximum Federal spending limit for the Lower Blackstone River, Rhode Island ecosystem restoration project and sets cost rules for fish passage at hydropower dams. ($15,000,000)
• Sec. 8372: Lower Mud River, Milton, West Virginia: Sets a 90 percent Federal share for the Milton, West Virginia flood control project, requires crediting non-Federal land values, and makes the project eligible for additional construction funding without a new investment decision.
• Sec. 8373: Northern West Virginia: Renames the central West Virginia program as northern West Virginia, defines it as 27 listed counties, and raises its authorization limit from $100,000,000 to $120,000,000. ($120,000,000)
• Sec. 8374: Southern West Virginia: Defines southern West Virginia as 28 listed counties and raises the authorization limit for the program from $120,000,000 to $140,000,000. ($140,000,000)
• Sec. 8376: Additional assistance for critical projects: Changes the authorized dollar amounts and scope of existing assistance programs for named places and regions, such as raising the Northeastern Minnesota figure from $54,000,000 to $80,000,000.
• Sec. 8402: Special rules: Sets the federal share at 90 percent for project costs above the agreed total on the South Shore of Staten Island project, and requires a deauthorization request for the Charleston Peninsula project if no project partnership agreement is signed within the covered period.
• Sec. 9717: Locality pay for Federal employees working overseas under Domestic Employee Teleworking Overseas agreements: Sets the locality pay for civil service employees working overseas under Domestic Employee Teleworking Overseas agreements at the lesser of two computed amounts, with payment to begin within 60 days of enactment.
• Sec. 10001: Reauthorization of Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000: Requires block grants of not less than $500,000 each fiscal year to each covered State, defined as Florida, Hawaii, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, for coral reef management and restoration. ($500,000)
• Sec. 403: Additional authority to vary Space Force end strength: Lets the Secretary of the Air Force vary Space Force end strength by up to 5 percent upward or 10 percent downward, notwithstanding the general variance limits in 10 U.S.C. 115(g), until December 31, 2023.
• Sec. 9215: Post-employment restrictions on Senate-confirmed officials at the Department of State: Extends post-employment restrictions for certain Senate-confirmed State Department officials, with a 3-year limit for representing foreign governmental entities generally and no time limit for entities of the six listed countries of concern.
• Sec. 9802: Extension of existing authorities: Extends several State Department and related authorities to dates in 2024 and 2026, limits Foreign Service overseas locality pay to two-thirds of the D.C. rate, and names specific countries for the Inspector General and Security Review Committee authorities.

Exception or delay for a subset (85)

• Sec. 354: Inapplicability of advance billing dollar limitation for relief efforts following major disasters or emergencies: Removes the dollar limitation on advance billing under the existing law for relief efforts following a declared major disaster or emergency.
• Sec. 506: Exclusion of officers serving as lead special trial counsel from limitations on authorized strengths for general and flag officers: For two years after enactment, exempts a general or flag officer serving as lead special trial counsel from the authorized-strength limits on general and flag officers.
• Sec. 512: Expansion of eligibility to serve as an instructor in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps: Lets the Secretary pay a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps institution more than one-half of an instructor's pay scale amount if the institution is in an educationally and economically deprived area and the Secretary finds it in the national interest.
• Sec. 526: Temporary exemption from end strength grade restrictions for the Space Force: Exempts the Space Force from two title 10 end-strength grade restriction provisions (sections 517 and 523) until January 1, 2024.
• Sec. 582: Authorizations for certain awards: Waives time limits so the President may award the Medal of Honor to two individuals named in the text.
• Sec. 592: Notification on manning of afloat naval forces: modifications; codification: Bars the Navy from assigning more than one crew to certain surface combatant vessels starting October 1, 2025, and exempts littoral combat ships configured for mine countermeasures if a certification is submitted.
• Sec. 593: Clarification of authority of NCMAF to update Chaplains Hill at Arlington National Cemetery: Lets the Secretary of the Army permit one organization, NCMAF, to carry out authorized actions at Chaplains Hill without regard to a time limitation in title 38.
• Sec. 603: Cold weather duty: authorization of assignment or special duty pay; travel allowance for members of the Armed Forces assigned to Alaska: Reimburses airfare to the home of record, through December 31, 2023, only for service members assigned to a duty location in Alaska, and adds cold weather locations to assignment pay authority.
• Sec. 720: Modification of requirement to transfer research and development and public health functions to Defense Health Agency: Lets the Secretary of Defense allow a military department to keep, until February 1, 2024, certain research and development or public health functions that would otherwise move to the Defense Health Agency, if they meet unique-need criteria.
• Sec. 872: Modifications to the SBIR and STTR programs: Until a certification that an automated capability is operational, limits the due diligence assessments under the SBIR/STTR due diligence program to small businesses selected as presumptive award recipients, rather than all applicants.
• Sec. 883: Existing agreement limits for Operation Warp Speed: Provides that the value of Department of Defense contract modifications and orders made on or after March 1, 2020 to address COVID-19 through vaccines and other therapeutic measures does not count toward contract limits set before that date, except for guaranteed minimums.
• Sec. 1024: Modification to limitation on decommissioning or inactivating battle force ships before end of expected service life: Changes the timing of waiver certifications for decommissioning battle force ships, and states that the changes do not apply to any battle force ship proposed to be decommissioned or inactivated during fiscal year 2023.
• Sec. 1244: Temporary authorizations related to Ukraine and other matters: Exempts Department of Defense agreements related to Ukraine (covered agreements) awarded on a fixed-price incentive basis from certified cost and pricing data requirements, along with other temporary procurement authorities, until September 30, 2024.
• Sec. 2106: Extension and modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects: Keeps the fiscal year 2018 authorizations for two listed projects (a Kunsan Air Base hangar and Kwajalein family housing) in effect past their normal expiration, and modifies scope for those projects.
• Sec. 2204: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 project: Keeps the fiscal year 2018 authorization for one listed Navy project (Navy-Commercial Tie-in Hardening, Joint Region Marianas, Guam, original authorized amount $37,180,000) in effect past its normal expiration. ($37,180,000)
• Sec. 2304: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects: Keeps the fiscal year 2018 authorizations for listed Air Force projects (including Tyndall, Joint Base San Antonio, F. E. Warren and overseas contingency projects) in effect past their normal expiration.
• Sec. 2404: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects: Keeps the fiscal year 2018 authorizations for two listed Defense Agencies projects (Iwakuni bulk storage tanks and a Ramey Unit school replacement) in effect past their normal expiration.
• Sec. 2608: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects: Keeps the fiscal year 2018 authorizations for three listed Air Force National Guard projects (Indiana, South Dakota, Wisconsin) in effect past their normal expiration.
• Sec. 2831: Authorized land and facilities transfer to support contracts with federally funded research and development centers: Lets a military department lease land and facilities, and convey facilities, to a federally funded research and development center for no consideration. It exempts these leases from competitive selection and from several property-management laws.
• Sec. 2844: Land exchange, Marine Reserve Training Center, Omaha, Nebraska: Authorizes a land exchange of the Marine Reserve Training Center in Omaha, Nebraska, with a Nebraska community college district. It exempts this exchange from the federal screening process for additional Federal use.
• Sec. 2874: Prohibition on joint use of Homestead Air Reserve Base with civil aviation: Bars the Secretary of the Air Force, on or before September 30, 2026, from entering an agreement that would allow joint use of Homestead Air Reserve Base by the Air Force and civil aircraft.
• Sec. 4001: Authorization of amounts in funding tables: Authorizes amounts in the funding tables and requires merit-based or competitive selection for funds committed to specific entities, except for items in section 4201 marked with the abbreviation CPF.
• Sec. 5548: Authorization to transfer excess Coast Guard vessels: Authorizes the President to transfer up to two ISLAND class cutters to the Government of Ecuador as excess defense articles, and provides that the value of such a transfer is not counted against the annual total of excess defense articles transferred.
• Sec. 5564: General provisions: Authorizes $5,000,000,000 over five years for the subtitle's activities and states that a section of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 does not apply to assistance made available under this subtitle.
• Sec. 5571: Imposition of sanctions with respect to human rights abuses and perpetration of a coup in Burma: Exempts from the Burma sanctions transactions related to the disposition of investments made under agreements between United States persons and the Government of Burma entered into before May 21, 1997.
• Sec. 5579: Sanctions exception relating to importation of goods: Excludes sanctions on the importation of goods from the authorities and requirements to impose sanctions under the Burma subtitle.
• Sec. 7132: One-stop pilot program: Allows a pilot program at up to six foreign airports under which passengers arriving from those airports continue on U.S. flights without additional security re-screening, notwithstanding the existing screening statute.
• Sec. 8130: Beneficial use of dredged material; management plans: Requires dredged material management plans for federally authorized harbors in Ohio to include a prohibition on use of funds for open-lake disposal and to maximize beneficial use.
• Sec. 8158: Corps of Engineers Western Water Cooperative Committee: Establishes a Western Water Cooperative Committee with members from listed Western States, limits its recommendations to those States, and requires that recommendations not adversely affect water resources within the State of Missouri.
• Sec. 8202: Expedited completion: Directs the Secretary to expedite completion of feasibility studies, post-authorization change reports, and assessments for a list of named projects, and allows them to proceed directly to preconstruction planning if justified.
• Sec. 8203: Expedited modifications of existing feasibility studies: Directs the Secretary to expedite five named feasibility studies and modifies each study's scope, allowing them to proceed directly to preconstruction planning if justified.
• Sec. 8218: Great Lakes recreational boating: Requires, notwithstanding subsection (f) of section 455 of the 1999 Act, a Federal-expense report updating the economic benefits of recreational boating in the Great Lakes basin.
• Sec. 8220: Disposition study on hydropower in the Willamette Valley, Oregon: Directs a disposition study on deauthorizing hydropower at the Willamette Valley hydropower project and makes new construction expenditures assigned to hydropower non-reimbursable until the report issues.
• Sec. 8308: Special rule for certain beach nourishment projects: For four listed beach projects, the Secretary must pay at Federal expense any added cost caused by a legal requirement to use a borrow source other than the least-cost option, and leave that cost out of the cost-benefit analysis.
• Sec. 8313: St. George, Alaska: Directs the Secretary to waive payments owed to the United States by the City of St. George, Alaska, arising from a 1993 Court of Federal Claims judgment, despite the terms of the local cooperation agreement.
• Sec. 8326: South San Francisco Bay Shoreline, California: Bars the Secretary from requiring the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline project's non-Federal interest to contribute more than the standard cash share, apart from betterments or a locally preferred plan, and bars suspending construction solely over a funding shortfall.
• Sec. 8334: New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Georgia and South Carolina: Provides that cost increases from a project feature at New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam are not counted in total project cost for purposes of the section 902 cost limit.
• Sec. 8338: Southeast Des Moines, Southwest Pleasant Hill, Iowa: Transfers a levee segment between two Des Moines projects and authorizes conveying listed Federal easements by quitclaim deed without consideration to the City of Des Moines or the Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority.
• Sec. 8339: City of El Dorado, Kansas: Directs the Secretary to amend the City of El Dorado, Kansas water storage contract so interest accruing since June 30, 1991 is charged as simple rather than compound interest.
• Sec. 8340: Algiers Canal Levees, Louisiana: Directs the Secretary to resume operation, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation and replacement of the Algiers Canal Levees, Louisiana at full Federal expense.
• Sec. 8360: Yaquina River, Oregon: Bars the Secretary from requiring the non-Federal interest for the Yaquina River, Oregon navigation project to provide a floating plant or an equivalent payment for maintaining the project.
• Sec. 8363: Colleton County, South Carolina: Allows the non-Federal interest for the Colleton County, South Carolina project to receive credit for construction costs incurred before enactment, despite the general credit limit in section 221(a)(4)(C)(i).
• Sec. 8367: North Padre Island, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas: Makes the North Padre Island, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas ecosystem restoration project ineligible for repair and restoration assistance under section 5(a) of the Act of August 18, 1941.
• Sec. 8370: Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams: Sets the non-Federal share of the Waterbury Dam, Vermont rehabilitation project, including any required study, at the same share assigned for the dam's initial construction, notwithstanding subsection (c).
• Sec. 8371: Puget Sound nearshore ecosystem restoration, Washington: Requires the Secretary to treat removal and replacement of the Highway 101 causeway and bridges at the Duckabush River Estuary site as a project feature with costs shared as construction.
• Sec. 8377: Conveyances: Authorizes or directs conveyances of Corps of Engineers property to named local entities, some without consideration, and provides that the federal property screening provisions of 10 U.S.C. 2696 do not apply to these conveyances.
• Sec. 9201: Department of State paid Student Internship Program: Requires conversion of unpaid Department of State internship programs to paid ones, but exempts unpaid programs that are part of the Virtual Student Federal Service internship program.
• Sec. 11216: Great Lakes barge inspection exemption: Amends 46 U.S.C. 3302(m) so that its barge provision also covers a "Great Lakes barge", extending an existing inspection-related exception to that subset of barges.
• Sec. 11223: Acquisition of icebreaker: Lets the Commandant acquire one U.S.-built available icebreaker and exempts that acquisition from several title 14 acquisition requirements; the authority expires 3 years after enactment.
• Sec. 11320: Use of devices broadcasting on AIS for purposes of marking fishing gear: Suspends enforcement against individuals using automatic identification system devices to mark fishing equipment, within four listed Coast Guard districts, for up to 2 years or until the FCC issues a final rule.
• Sec. 11325: Load lines: Makes load line requirements not apply to defined 'covered fishing vessels' (fish tender vessels operating in the Thirteenth and Seventeenth Coast Guard Districts) from enactment until 3 years after a GAO report is submitted.
• Sec. 11503: Exoneration and limitation of liability for small passenger vessels: Makes the exoneration and limitation of liability provisions of chapter 305 of title 46 inapplicable to covered small passenger vessels, and sets a minimum two-year period for claims against them.
• Sec. 11505: Historic wood sailing vessels: Lets a captain of a port waive a vessel egress requirement for up to 2 years for 16 listed historic sailing vessels, with a separate waiver process for other historic wood sailing vessels.
• Sec. 11508: Articulated tug-barge manning: Directs the Secretary to allow amended certificates of inspection that do not require engine room watch setting for certain articulated tug-barge towing vessels, despite the watch-setting law.
• Sec. 11520: Limitation on recovery for certain injuries incurred in aquaculture activities: Excludes aquaculture workers with state workers' compensation available from the definition of seaman for recovery purposes, applying to injuries on or after enactment.
• Sec. 11801: Terms and vacancies: Changes Commissioner term lengths in title 46 and says the amendments do not apply to Commissioners covered by a section of a 2014 Act.
• Sec. 377: Clarification of calculation for certain workload carryover of Department of the Army: Directs the Secretary of Defense to authorize the Secretary of the Army to use a workload carryover calculation that applies a material end of period exclusion for Army depots and arsenals.
• Sec. 8102: Emergency response to natural disasters: Bars denial of a Great Lakes State Governor's request for advance measures assistance solely because the damage is caused by erosion, and makes assistance for temporary-standard advance measures under such requests a Federal expense.
• Sec. 8368: Nueces County, Texas: Requires the Secretary, on request, to release or convey navigation easements in Nueces County, Texas, to the easement holder without consideration when no longer needed for navigation.
• Sec. 11267: Prohibition on major acquisition contracts with entities associated with Chinese Communist Party: Bars major acquisition contracts until a certification about economic interests in PRC-owned defense-industry entities is received, and states the bar does not apply to interests in entities owned or controlled by Taiwan.
• Sec. 11316: Additional exceptions to regulations for towing vessels: Requires a review and revised policy on exceptions to towing vessel regulations (subchapter M) for oil spill response vessels, vessels of opportunity, and fishing vessels acting as vessels of opportunity.
• Sec. 11509: Fishing vessel safety: Extends fishing vessel safety requirements to vessels at least 50 feet, built before July 1, 2013 and 25 years or older, and repeals section 4503a, while preserving existing alternative compliance agreements.
• Sec. 389: Pilot programs for tactical vehicle safety data collection: Sets up Army and Navy pilot programs for data recorders on military tactical vehicles, and lets each Secretary exempt a specified vehicle type from the pilot if a cyber-risk certification is submitted to the Armed Services Committees.
• Sec. 1086: Combating military reliance on Russian energy: Requires energy plans to reduce Russian energy use at main operating bases in the European Command area, and makes subsection (d) of 10 U.S.C. 2914 inapplicable to projects carried out under this section or its installation energy plans.
• Sec. 1092: National Commission on the Future of the Navy: Establishes a legislative-branch Commission on the Future of the Navy to study Navy force structure and shipbuilding, and makes 10 U.S.C. 2215 inapplicable to Department of Defense fund transfers to the Commission.
• Sec. 1411: Reform of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act: Replaces the Strategic Materials Protection Board with a Strategic and Critical Materials Board of Directors and states that the Federal Advisory Committee Act does not apply to that Board.
• Sec. 1532: Establishment of Cyber Operations Designator and rating for the Navy: Requires Navy cyber mission force members to hold the new designator or rating from October 1, 2025, but exempts members already assigned under earlier orders and intelligence, language, or administrative support positions, and allows waivers up to 10 percent.
• Sec. 1608: Review of Space Development Agency exemption from Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System: Requires a review of whether the Space Development Agency should be exempt from the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System, and requires the recommendation to be implemented within 60 days of submission.
• Sec. 1639: Prohibition on reduction of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States: Bars use of fiscal year 2023 funds to reduce ICBM alert level or quantity below 400, but exempts maintenance, sustainment, safety, security, reliability, and transition to the Sentinel missile.
• Sec. 1674: Study of weapons programs that allow Armed Forces to address hard and deeply buried targets: Orders a study on hard and deeply buried targets and limits funds for retiring more than 25 percent of B83-1 bombs until the study is submitted, with an exception for safety, surveillance, sustainment, life extension, or modification programs.
• Sec. 2821: Standardization of military installation Housing Requirements and Market Analyses: Requires Housing Requirements and Market Analyses at military installations at least every five years, but the prioritization rule does not apply to military departments that already required them every five years.
• Sec. 5274: Submission of reports that specifically identify non-governmental organizations or business entities: Gives non-governmental organizations and business entities named in Inspector General reports 30 days to respond, with the response attached to the report, except for entities that refused to provide information or assistance to the Inspector General.
• Sec. 5590: Imposition of sanctions with respect to the sale, supply, or transfer of gold to or from Russia: Requires sanctions on foreign persons in significant gold transactions with Russia, but exempts transactions for agricultural commodities, food, medicine, medical devices, or humanitarian assistance, and allows a presidential national interest waiver.
• Sec. 5947: Enhancing transparency on international agreements and non-binding instruments: Requires monthly reports and public posting of international agreements and non-binding instruments, but excludes listed categories such as military operations, assistance agreements, and project annexes from the public posting requirements.
• Sec. 6432: Establishment of advisory board for National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: Establishes a six-member advisory board for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and states that the Federal Advisory Committee Act does not apply to it.
• Sec. 7101: Enhancements to funding and administration of Nonprofit Security Grant Program of the Department of Homeland Security: Revises the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, authorizing $360,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2023 through 2028, and exempts changes to the program's application materials and forms from the Paperwork Reduction Act.
• Sec. 8124: Reserve component training at water resources development projects: Lets reserve component units and members perform services and furnish supplies for Corps of Engineers water resources projects without reimbursement, except for members employed full-time by the Corps.
• Sec. 10015: Working groups: Lets the Coral Reef Task Force co-chairpersons create working groups, allows nongovernmental organizations to participate, and states the Federal Advisory Committee Act does not apply to those working groups.
• Sec. 11211: Disposition of infrastructure related to E–LORAN: Allows the Coast Guard Commandant to dismantle or dispose of LORAN-C property notwithstanding other law, after a 90-day notice period, with an exception for actions necessary for the safety of human life.
• Sec. 11255: Modification of prohibition on operation or procurement of foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems: Amends the prohibition on foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems to exempt the Commandant for counter-UAS testing and training and for intelligence, electronic warfare, and information warfare uses, with a case-by-case waiver.
• Sec. 11313: Access to Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Sets exceptions to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund access limit, allowing up to $50,000,000 per fiscal year for certain activities and Coast Guard advances of up to $100,000,000 each.
• Sec. 11314: Cost-reimbursable agreements: Lets the President enter cost-reimbursable agreements with States, political subdivisions, and Indian tribes to use the Fund for removal costs, and states that certain title 31 provisions do not apply to them.
• Sec. 11407: Healthcare system review and strategic plan: Requires a review of the Coast Guard healthcare system and a strategic plan, creates a Review Committee, and states the Federal Advisory Committee Act does not apply to that committee.
• Sec. 11607: Surveillance requirements: Requires video and audio surveillance systems on certain oceangoing non-passenger commercial vessels, but exempts fishing vessels, fish processing vessels, and fish tender vessels.
• Sec. 11608: Master key control: Requires owners of inspected vessels to use a master key control system, but exempts vessels subject to section 3507(f) of title 46 from this requirement.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (5)

• Sec. 525: Rescission of COVID-19 vaccination mandate: Requires the Secretary of Defense, within 30 days of enactment, to rescind the COVID-19 vaccination requirement for members of the Armed Forces set by a specific August 24, 2021 memorandum.
• Sec. 741: Limitation on reduction of military medical manning end strength: certification requirement and other reforms: Bars reductions to military medical end strength for five years, with listed exceptions, and bars the Secretary of Defense from implementing the plan under section 703(d)(1) of the FY2017 NDAA until the later of one year after enactment or completion of a risk analysis.
• Sec. 8155: Continuation of construction: Bars the Secretary from deferring or terminating construction of Corps projects solely because they exceed the section 902 maximum cost during a covered period ending December 31, 2024, and requires resumption of certain deferred projects.
• Sec. 11516: Nonoperating individual: Replaces a date set as 2 years after enactment of the FY2021 defense authorization law with January 1, 2025 in section 8313(b) of that law, moving that date later.
• Sec. 11804: Transportation worker identification credential technical amendments: Bars the Secretary from implementing the TWIC-Reader Requirements rule for covered facilities handling certain dangerous cargoes before May 8, 2026, alongside terminology amendments.

Changes a government process (12)

• Sec. 903: Limitation on use of funds pending demonstration of product to identify, task, and manage congressional reporting requirements: Caps obligation of fiscal year 2023 Office of the Secretary of Defense operation and maintenance funds at 90 percent until a product for managing congressional reporting requirements is demonstrated, including integration with Microsoft Office.
• Sec. 1093: Dynamic airspace pilot program: Directs the Federal Aviation Administration, with the Department of Defense, to set up a pilot program for dynamic scheduling of special activity airspace and to streamline how the Department requests such airspace.
• Sec. 1604: Tactically responsive space capability: Rewrites the Space Force tactically responsive space program, extending its support requirements from fiscal year 2023 to fiscal years 2023 through 2026 and renaming it from a launch program to a space program.
• Sec. 7116: DHS economic security council: Establishes a standing DHS economic security council and creates an Assistant Secretary position within the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, appointed by the President without Senate advice and consent.
• Sec. 9704: Boards of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, and the Open Technology Fund: Requires the boards of grantees under the International Broadcasting Act to be bipartisan, have at least 5 non-public-sector members, and bars grantee employees from being Federal employees.
• Sec. 9705: Broadcasting entities no longer required to consolidate into a single private, nonprofit corporation: Rewrites section 310 of the International Broadcasting Act to authorize incorporating grantees, state they are not Federal agencies, and set how grantee chief executives are named.
• Sec. 9709: Increasing the maximum annual lease payment available without approval by the Secretary: Raises the maximum annual lease payment available without approval by the Secretary from $50,000 to $100,000. ($100,000)
• Sec. 9712: Provision of parking services and retention of parking fees: Allows the Department to provide parking services, including electric vehicle charging, charge fees up to cost, and retain the fees in a Department account until expended.
• Sec. 9713: Diplomatic reception areas: Allows the Secretary to sell goods and services at fair market value in diplomatic reception areas and use the proceeds for their administration and support.
• Sec. 9714: Return of supporting documents for passport applications through United States Postal Service certified mail: Requires an option for passport applicants to have supporting documents returned by certified mail, at a fee covering the postal price plus processing cost.
• Sec. 11259: National Coast Guard Museum funding plan: Changes who certifies the National Coast Guard Museum funding plan, replacing the Inspector General of the department in which the Coast Guard operates with 'a third party entity qualified to undertake such a certification process'.
• Sec. 1027: Withholding of certain information about sunken military crafts: Allows the Secretary concerned to withhold from public disclosure information about the location or artifacts of a sunken military craft when disclosure would increase the risk of unauthorized disturbance.

Condition defined by a narrow set of criteria (2)

• Sec. 651: Prohibition of the sale of certain goods from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in commissaries and exchanges: Bars the sale at commissaries and military exchanges of goods made with forced labor from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or from entities using labor from or transferred from that region under certain programs.
• Sec. 817: Modification to prohibition on operation or procurement of foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems: Bars the Secretary of Defense from entering into, extending, or renewing contracts on or after October 1, 2024 with entities that operate equipment from a covered unmanned aircraft system company, defined to include a named company, listed entities, and entities tied to four named countries.

Program name includes a political figure’s name (9)

• Sec. 1: Short title: Gives the Act the short title "James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023" and says references to the earlier title mean this one.
• Sec. 128: Procurement authorities for John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler ships: Allows the Navy to contract in fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for up to eight oiler ships in a program whose class name refers to a named public figure.
• Sec. 745: Kyle Mullen Navy SEAL medical training review: Directs the Department of Defense Inspector General to review medical training and care for individuals undergoing Navy SEAL training, including a review of deaths over the prior twenty years; the section is titled for a named individual.
• Sec. 1083: Ronald V. Dellums Memorial Fellowship in STEM: Directs the Secretary of Defense to set up a STEM fellowship program named for a former Member of Congress, with financial assistance for at least 30 students, at least 50 percent of whom attend historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions.
• Sec. 1090: Sense of Congress on redesignation of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies as the James M. Inhofe Center for Africa Strategic Studies: Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense Africa Center for Strategic Studies should be renamed after a sitting Senator.
• Sec. 1204: Modification of existing authorities to provide for an Irregular Warfare Center and a Regional Defense Fellowship Program: Modifies authorities for the Irregular Warfare Center and Regional Defense Fellowship Program, and includes a sense of Congress that the Center should be named after a former Senator.
• Sec. 6317: Improvements to program on recruitment and training: Rewrites the intelligence community recruitment and training program, which funds academic training for selected individuals, and names it the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program.
• Sec. 8379: John P. Murtha Locks and Dam: Designates Locks and Dam 4 on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania as the "John P. Murtha Locks and Dam" and treats references to the locks and dam as references to that name.
• Sec. 11001: Short title; table of contents: Gives the division the short title "Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022", which names a person.

What it does

• Sec. 101: Authorizes funds to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 for Department of Defense procurement, as specified in the funding table in section 4101.
• Sec. 201: Authorizes funds to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 for Department of Defense research, development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the funding table in section 4201.
• Sec. 125: Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into multiyear contracts for up to 15 Arleigh Burke class Flight III guided missile destroyers.
• Sec. 331: Requires the Secretary of Defense to complete the defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility by a deadline approved by the State of Hawaii Department of Health, with quarterly status reports.
• Sec. 401: Authorizes end strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 2023, including the Army at 452,000 and the Navy at 354,000.
• Sec. 525: Requires the Secretary of Defense to rescind, within 30 days of enactment, the mandate that members of the Armed Forces be vaccinated against COVID-19.
• Sec. 2901: Withdraws approximately 790,825 acres of public land in Nevada for the Fallon Range Training Complex for use by the Secretary of the Navy, ending on November 6, 2047.
• Sec. 5202: Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require written reasons to Congress for removal or transfer of an Inspector General and to require 15 days' notice before an Inspector General is placed on non-duty status, with stated exceptions.
• Sec. 5502: Authorizes up to $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 for Taiwan Foreign Military Financing grants, and allows loans and loan guarantees for Taiwan of up to $2,000,000,000 each.
• Sec. 7101: Authorizes $360,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028 for Nonprofit Security Grant Program grants, and requires a program office within the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
• Sec. 8201: Authorizes feasibility studies for listed flood risk management, navigation, ecosystem restoration and other water resources projects across the United States.
• Sec. 9502: Establishes in the Department of State a Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy headed by an ambassador-rank official appointed with Senate advice and consent.
• Sec. 10001: Reauthorizes the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, including a national coral reef resilience strategy, coral reef action plans, block grants and $45,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
• Sec. 11101: Amends title 14, United States Code, to authorize Coast Guard appropriations for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, including $10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and $10,750,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 for operations and support.

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 15 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.

Changed after House passage

Compares the bill as passed by the House, 8 Jun 2022, with the final text passed by both chambers. About 70% of the wording the House passed stands in the final text.

Less than a tenth of the final text’s wording was in the text the House passed: 1,574 of its sections were not in it.

Removed before the final vote (13)

• Sec. 105: Removal of manmade obstruction to aquatic ecosystem restoration projects:
• Sec. 108: Preliminary analysis:
• Sec. 113: Flood easement database:
• Sec. 117: National low-head dam inventory:
• Sec. 122: Sense of Congress on COVID–19 impacts to coastal and inland navigation:
• Sec. 125: Funding to review mitigation banking proposals from non-Federal public entities:
• Sec. 133: Sense of Congress on the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, Louisiana:
• Sec. 213: Colebrook River Reservoir, Connecticut:
• Sec. 337: Central West Virginia:
• Sec. 501: Definitions:
• Sec. 502: Columbia River Basin Trust:
• Sec. 503: Columbia River Basin Task Force:
• Sec. 504: Administration:

Sources

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