H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Passed House, 14 Jul 2022. Introduced 27 May 2022.

Official title: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

Vote results

• House, 14 Jul 2022: Passed, 329 Yea, 101 Nay, 0 Present, 1 Not voting. The House’s roll call
• President: Not presented to the President.

How each member voted

House

Yea (329): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); 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); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); 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); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-28); 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); 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); Judy Chu (D-CA-27); 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); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7); Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-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); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); 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); 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); 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); 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); 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); 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); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); 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); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); 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); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-3); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); 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); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); 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); Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); 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); 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); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-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); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Connie Conway (R-CA-22); Mayra Flores (R-TX-34); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1); Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22); Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2); A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4); Charlie Crist (D-FL-13).

Nay (101): Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10); Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Barbara Lee (D-CA-13); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); 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); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); 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); Mo Brooks (R-AL-5); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2); David Schweikert (R-AZ-6); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); 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); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11); Jody B. Hice (R-GA-10); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-18); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); 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); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-18); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Andy Levin (D-MI-9); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Katie Porter (D-CA-45); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Van Taylor (R-TX-3); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Dan Bishop (R-NC-9); Mike Garcia (R-CA-25); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); 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); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Marie Newman (D-IL-3); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-AL); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Michael F. Doyle (D-PA-18).

Not voting (1): Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7).

Not in office (18): 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); Don Young (R-AK-AL); Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL-20); Devin Nunes (R-CA-22); Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1); Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11); Tom Reed (R-NY-23); Steve Stivers (R-OH-15); Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-2); Filemon Vela (D-TX-34); 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 Department of Defense military activities, military construction and Department of Energy national security programs, prescribes military personnel strengths, and adds divisions on foreign policy, the Coast Guard, financial regulators and public lands. Division A, Division B, Division C, Division D, Division E, Division F, Division G, Division H, Division I

Its core areas: Defense procurement, research and development, and operation and maintenance authorizations; Active and reserve military end strengths and personnel policy; Military pay, bonuses, family benefits and TRICARE health care; Acquisition policy and the defense industrial base; Military construction and housing; Department of Energy national security programs; Funding tables for defense and energy programs; Foreign assistance, arms sales limits and sanctions provisions; Financial services, anti-money laundering and financial regulators' data standards; Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration provisions; Coast Guard authorization; Public land designations and mineral withdrawals.

Unexpected Items: 407 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 (213)

• Division A, Sec. 227: Radar obstruction research, development, test, and evaluation program: Directs the Secretary of Defense, with other agencies, to run a research and testing program on keeping weather radar working despite obstructions such as wind turbines and buildings, ending by September 30, 2026 at the latest.
• Sec. 737: Affiliates Sharing Pilot Program: Changes the start of a 3-year period in a title 31 provision on an affiliates sharing pilot program to run from the date the Secretary of the Treasury issues rules, instead of the date of enactment of that paragraph.
• Sec. 738: Housing first report: Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to report to House and Senate committees within 180 days on housing first policies and homelessness.
• Sec. 809: Preference for offerors that meet certain requirements: Requires the Secretary of Defense to prioritize contract offerors that have agreements with labor organizations, no-replacement-worker agreements, or collective bargaining agreements.
• Sec. 855: Microloan program; definitions: Amends the Small Business Act microloan program by adding a definition of "State" that covers the states, the District of Columbia and listed territories.
• Sec. 874: Duties of small business development center counselors: Directs the Small Business Administration to set up a cyber counseling certification program for small business development center employees and to reimburse certification costs up to $350,000 in any fiscal year. ($350,000)
• Sec. 1079M: Report on desalinization technology: Requires the Secretary of the Navy to report on applying desalinization technology for defense and national security purposes to provide drought relief to areas with sharp declines in water resources.
• Sec. 1093: Sense of Congress regarding crisis at the Southwest border: States the sense of Congress about illegal crossings and trafficking at the Southwest border, including that border security is a national security matter and that Defense Department personnel are commended; it provides no funds.
• Sec. 1111: Purchase of retired handguns by Federal law enforcement officers: Directs the General Services Administrator to set up a program under which a Federal law enforcement officer may buy a retired handgun from the agency that issued it, at fair market value.
• Sec. 1112: National Digital Reserve Corps: Creates a National Digital Reserve Corps in the General Services Administration to assign reservists to digital and cybersecurity needs of Executive agencies, and authorizes $30,000,000 for it. ($30,000,000)
• Sec. 1122: 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 Government policy and supporting positions and their occupants, and ends publication of the Plum Book on January 1, 2026.
• Sec. 1269: Restriction of entities from using Federal funds from engaging, entering into, and awarding public works contracts: Adds provisions to title 40 barring Federal funds, and funds passed through State and local governments, from going to covered entities for public works projects such as buildings, roads and bridges.
• Sec. 1348: Establishment of the Office of City and State Diplomacy: Establishes an Office of City and State Diplomacy in the Department of State, headed by an Ambassador-at-Large, to coordinate Federal support for State and municipal governments' engagements with foreign governments, and authorizes detailees to those governments.
• Sec. 1360: Unpaid Peruvian agrarian reform bonds: Urges the Secretary of State to encourage the Peruvian Government to negotiate in good faith with United States pension funds and bondholders over payment of unpaid agrarian reform bonds.
• Sec. 1663: Unidentified aerial phenomena reporting procedures: Sets up a secure system for reporting unidentified aerial phenomena, overrides nondisclosure agreements for such reports, bars legal action and reprisals against reporters, and creates a private right of action in the Court of Federal Claims.
• Sec. 2818: Modification of prohibition on ownership or trading of stocks in certain companies by certain officials of the Department of Defense: Changes the stock ownership and trading prohibition for certain Department of Defense officials from companies among the 10 largest contract recipients to companies receiving more than $1,000,000,000 in Department revenue in the preceding calendar year. ($1,000,000,000)
• Sec. 2881: Recognition of Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as a national memorial, memorial garden, and K9 memorial, respectively, of Navy SEALs and their predecessors: Recognizes the Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as a national memorial, memorial garden, and K9 memorial of Navy SEALs and their predecessors.
• Sec. 2882: Ensuring that contractor employees on Army Corps projects are paid prevailing wages as required by law: Requires the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to give Army Corps districts uniform guidance on prevailing wage (Davis-Bacon) requirements, including a 30-day deadline to investigate complaints and public availability of certified payrolls.
• Sec. 3501: Authorization of the Maritime Administration: Authorizes fiscal year 2023 appropriations to the Department of Transportation for merchant marine programs, including $99,748,000 for the United States Merchant Marine Academy and amounts for named items such as the training ship State of Michigan.
• Sec. 3502: Secretary of Transportation responsibility with respect to cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by other Federal departments and agencies: Requires the Maritime Administrator to issue a final rule within 90 days on cargo carried on vessels for other Federal agencies' programs and adds an annual report to congressional committees.
• Sec. 3503: United States marine highway program: Rewrites the United States marine highway program, covering route and project designation and grants, contracts or cooperative agreements with up to an 80 percent Federal share.
• Sec. 3504: Multistate, State, and regional transportation planning: Allows the Secretary to develop strategies encouraging States and regions to include marine highway transportation in transportation planning.
• Sec. 3511: Appointment of Superintendent of United States Merchant Marine Academy: Provides that the Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy is appointed by the Secretary of Transportation under the Maritime Administrator's direction.
• Sec. 3512: Exemption of certain students from requirement to obtain merchant mariner license: Lets the Secretary modify or waive the merchant mariner license requirement for Merchant Marine Academy students who cite reasonable concerns such as fear for safety at sea, medical condition or inability to obtain sea time.
• Sec. 3513: Protection of cadets from sexual assault onboard vessels: Directs the Maritime Administrator to set sexual assault and harassment prevention criteria for commercial vessels carrying Merchant Marine Academy cadets, require annual owner certification, and allow removal of cadets from non-compliant vessels.
• Sec. 3514: Requirements relating to training of Merchant Marine Academy cadets on certain vessels: Requires operators of vessels in the Maritime Security, Cable Security and Tanker Security programs to carry two Merchant Marine Academy cadets per voyage and follow cadet-protection requirements, with payment withholding for violations.
• Sec. 3515: Reports on matters relating to the United States Merchant Marine Academy: Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report on implementation of National Academy of Public Administration recommendations for the Merchant Marine Academy and on its sexual harassment policy.
• Sec. 3521: Waiver of navigation and vessel-inspection laws: Amends the waiver of navigation and vessel-inspection laws to make waivers vessel-specific and to require owner, operator, cargo and national-defense explanation information.
• Sec. 3522: Certificates of numbers for undocumented vessels: Allows certificates of numbers for undocumented vessels to be issued in hard copy or digital form, with hard copies remaining pocket-sized.
• Sec. 3524: Cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by the United States Government: Amends cargo preference law to set vessel documentation eligibility requirements, allow seizure and forfeiture of vessels placed under foreign registry in violation of agreements, and require annual audits and reports.
• Sec. 5101: Maximum rate of interest on debts incurred before military service applicable to military dependents: Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act interest-rate provision so it also covers debts of a servicemember's dependents, and requires dependents to document their dependency status.
• Sec. 5102: Report on handling of certain records of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General to report within one year on how VA procedures for reconstructing service records damaged in the July 1973 records center fire are followed.
• Sec. 5103: Sense of Congress regarding women who served as cadet nurses during World War II: States the sense of Congress, and expresses gratitude, regarding women who served in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II.
• Sec. 5104: Sense of Congress regarding Korean and Korean-American Vietnam war veterans: States the sense of Congress that Korean and Korean-American Vietnam War veterans who served alongside U.S. forces fought with honor and valor.
• Sec. 5105: Use of veterans with medical occupations in response to national emergencies: Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to update web portals to identify veterans with military medical occupations, share that information with States and others, and start a program training covered veterans as intermediate care technicians.
• Sec. 5106: Pilot program to employ veterans in positions relating to conservation and resource management activities: Establishes a two-year pilot program to employ veterans in Federal conservation and resource management positions at the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
• Sec. 5107: Elimination of Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission of Department of Veterans Affairs: Amends the VA Asset and Infrastructure Review Act of 2018 by striking every section except sections 204(b) and 207, eliminating the Department of Veterans Affairs review commission process.
• Sec. 5108: Eligibility requirements for reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished to veterans: Amends VA emergency treatment reimbursement eligibility so no prior-care requirement applies to emergency treatment furnished within 60 days after a veteran enrolls in VA health care, for treatment one year after enactment or later.
• Sec. 5109: Improving processing by the Department of Veterans Affairs of disability claims for post-traumatic stress disorder: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to update and standardize training, annual analyses and guidance for staff who process post-traumatic stress disorder disability compensation claims.
• Sec. 5110: Registry of individuals exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on military installations: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a registry of people who may have been exposed to PFAS from aqueous film-forming foam on military installations, with a public information campaign and periodic reports to Congress.
• Sec. 5111: Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to set up a 15-member advisory committee on veterans residing in listed U.S. territories and freely associated states, with at least one member from each listed area.
• Sec. 5112: Report on barriers to veteran participation in Federal housing programs: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to report to Congress within one year on barriers veterans face in receiving Federal housing program benefits.
• Sec. 5113: Department of Veterans Affairs report on supportive services and housing insecurity: Requires a report within one year on which supportive services are offered to and used by veterans, and on any correlation between a lack of those services and veterans falling back into housing insecurity.
• Sec. 5114: Inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall of the names of the lost crew members of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969: Requires the Secretary of Defense to authorize adding the names of 74 named ship crew members to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall within 18 months, and states the Commemorative Works Act does not apply to these activities.
• Sec. 5115: Provision of health care benefits for certain individuals who served in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea: Entitles certain people who served in Vietnam in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea and later became U.S. citizens to Department of Veterans Affairs hospital, domiciliary care and medical services in the United States.
• Sec. 5116: Grants for provision of transition assistance to members and former members of the Armed Forces after separation, retirement, or discharge: Creates a five-year Department of Labor grant program for nonprofits that coordinate transition assistance for servicemembers, former members and spouses, with grants capped at 50 percent of costs, and authorizes $10,000,000. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 5117: Study on incidence and mortality of cancer among former aircrew of the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek an agreement with the National Academies for a study of cancer incidence and mortality among former Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps aircrew, and requires a follow-up report.
• Sec. 5118: Feasibility study on inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall of the names of the lost crew members of the USS Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969: Requires the Secretary of Defense to study the feasibility, cost and space needed to add the names of 74 named ship crew members to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
• Sec. 5119: Limitation on copayments for contraception: Amends Department of Veterans Affairs copayment rules so veterans cannot be charged for contraceptive items that must be covered without cost-sharing under the Public Health Service Act.
• Sec. 5120: Requirement for timely scheduling of appointments at medical facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs: Requires Department of Veterans Affairs facilities to schedule an appointment during the same telephone call in which an enrolled veteran requests it, for requests made 120 days or more after enactment.
• Sec. 5121: Provision by Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers of recommendations and opinions regarding veteran participation in State marijuana programs: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to authorize Department health care providers to give recommendations and opinions on participation in State marijuana programs and to complete related forms.
• Sec. 5122: Annual report from the advisory committee on women veterans: Changes the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans' report schedule from even-numbered years to every year.
• Sec. 5123: VA payments or allowances for beneficiary travel: Amends Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiary travel law to change the Secretary's authority from "may" to "shall" and to set payment rates at "at least" the stated level.
• Sec. 5124: Improvement of Vet Centers at Department of Veterans Affairs: Requires Department of Veterans Affairs reviews of Vet Center counselor productivity expectations, a staffing model, hiring changes and a GAO infrastructure report, and creates a pilot grant program on food insecurity authorized at $15,000,000 per year. ($15,000,000)
• Sec. 5125: Secretary of Veterans Affairs study on VA Home Loan Benefit: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study how the Department informs lenders and veterans about VA-guaranteed home loans and to report within 6 months.
• Sec. 5126: GAO study on post-market surveillance of medical devices by Department of Veterans Affairs: Directs the Comptroller General to study Veterans Health Administration post-market surveillance of implantable medical devices and report within one year.
• Sec. 5127: Competitive pay for health care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Requires each Department of Veterans Affairs medical center director to submit an annual locality pay survey and basic pay rates for covered positions, and requires an annual report to Congress on those rates.
• Sec. 5128: Department of Veterans Affairs program to provide grants for certain veterans service organizations affected by the COVID–19 Pandemic: Creates a Department of Veterans Affairs grant program, capped at $50,000 per grant, for chartered veterans service organizations that lost 50 percent or more of revenue in 2020, and authorizes $25,000,000. ($25,000,000)
• Sec. 5129: Inclusion of veterans in housing planning: Amends public housing agency plan and comprehensive housing affordability strategy laws to include veterans, and directs HUD to revise consolidated plan regulations to match.
• Sec. 5130: Annual report on housing assistance to veterans: Requires HUD to submit an annual report on its veteran-related activities and a periodic housing needs assessment of very low-income veteran families, with $1,000,000 authorized for the assessment. ($1,000,000)
• Sec. 5131: Payments to individuals who served during World War II in the United States Merchant Marine: Establishes the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to pay a one-time $25,000 to eligible World War II merchant mariners, and authorizes $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2022.
• Sec. 5132: Expansion of eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II: Adds veterans of World War II to the list of veterans eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs hospital care, medical services and nursing home care.
• Sec. 5133: Pilot program on cybersecurity training for veterans and military spouses: Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to create a pilot program giving no-cost cybersecurity training to eligible veterans, servicemembers and military spouses, and extends a cybersecurity workforce assessment date from 2022 to 2025.
• Sec. 5134: Department of Veterans Affairs awareness campaign on fertility services: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to run an awareness campaign on fertility services covered by Department medical benefits and to report on the campaign within 180 days.
• Sec. 5205: Clarifications regarding scope of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services: Amends employment and reemployment rights law for uniformed service members to treat procedural protections as rights or benefits and to make agreements to arbitrate claims under that chapter unenforceable unless all parties consent after a complaint is filed.
• Sec. 5303: Department of Defense civilian pilots: Directs the FAA to revise its pilot-rating rule so Department of Defense civilian pilots are eligible for ratings based on their DoD pilot, instructor or examiner qualifications, as military pilots are.
• Sec. 5305: Port infrastructure development grants: Requires the Secretary of Transportation to treat projects providing shore power at ports serving certain passenger vessels as eligible for port infrastructure development grants for fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
• Sec. 5309: Menstrual products in public buildings: Requires federal agencies and other building authorities to stock menstrual products free of charge in covered restrooms of covered public buildings.
• Sec. 5310: Fly America Act exception: Creates an exception to the Fly America Act so agency funds may pay a foreign air carrier to transport certain federal personnel and their dependents when no U.S. carrier will transport up to three accompanying dogs or cats.
• Sec. 5313: Definitions: Adds a definition of "transportation demand management" to the highway definitions in title 23 of the U.S. Code.
• Sec. 5314: Permitting use of highway trust fund for construction of certain noise barriers: Rewrites the rule on Highway Trust Fund use for Type II highway noise barriers, adds exceptions, makes them eligible for Surface Transportation Block Grant funds, and allows multipurpose barriers.
• Sec. 5315: Establishment of Southern New England Regional Commission: Establishes a Southern New England Regional Commission covering listed counties in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts, and applies the existing regional commission appropriations authorization to it from fiscal year 2023.
• Sec. 5317: Disadvantaged business enterprises: Replaces the definition of "small business concern" in the disadvantaged business enterprise provision of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with a reference to the Small Business Act.
• Sec. 5318: Secretary of Agriculture report on improving supply chain shortfalls and infrastructure needs at wholesale produce markets: Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report within one year on supply chain shortfalls and infrastructure needs at the 5 largest wholesale produce markets and a sample of 8 others.
• Sec. 5323: Centers of excellence for domestic maritime workforce training and education: Revises the maritime workforce training centers of excellence program, authorizes maritime career training grants with $30,000,000 authorized to be appropriated, and changes the allocation limit for small shipyard grants. ($30,000,000)
• Sec. 5325: Flight instruction or testing: Provides that authorized flight instructors, and additional pilots in Phase I testing of experimental aircraft, are not deemed to be operating an aircraft for compensation or hire, and directs the FAA to conform its rules.
• Sec. 5326: High-speed broadband deployment initiative: Adds a high-speed broadband deployment initiative to the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, allowing the Secretary to make grants for broadband projects.
• Sec. 5414: Nationwide Emergency Declaration medical supplies enhancement: Allows the President, during a nationwide emergency declaration period, to deem face masks, protective equipment, drugs, devices and other medical supplies scarce and critical materials under the Defense Production Act, and requires related reports.
• Sec. 5419: Capacity building for community development and affordable housing: Amends the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 to replace a list of named organizations with non-Federal entities, including nonprofits providing technical assistance to community development and housing groups.
• Sec. 5420: Affordable housing construction as eligible activity under Community Development Block Grant Program: Adds new construction of affordable housing as an eligible activity under the Community Development Block Grant Program, applying only to amounts appropriated after enactment.
• Sec. 5441: Grant program for grandfamily housing: Creates a grant program for owners of intergenerational (grandfamily) dwelling units and authorizes $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024. ($50,000,000)
• Sec. 5442: Flexibility in Addressing Rural Homelessness: Adds rural homelessness projects (short-term emergency lodging, unit repairs, staff training) as eligible activities under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
• Sec. 5443: Promoting diversity and inclusion in the appraisal profession: Creates an Appraisal Subcommittee grant program to promote diversity in the appraisal profession and authorizes $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. ($50,000,000)
• Sec. 5448: Grants to eligible entities for enhanced protection of senior investors and senior policyholders: Rewrites a grant program for state securities commissions and insurance departments to protect seniors from financial fraud, with grants capped at $500,000 and $10,000,000 authorized for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 5450: Bureau servicemember and veteran credit reporting ombudsperson: Creates a servicemember and veteran credit reporting ombudsperson position at the Bureau, and reduces the Federal Reserve surplus fund dollar amount by $18,000,000 effective September 30, 2032. ($18,000,000)
• Sec. 5454: Securing America’s Vaccines for Emergencies: Amends the Defense Production Act to cover medical materials, requires a strategy on securing medical supply chains, and lets the President make supply chain security payments to eligible entities.
• Sec. 5457: Community development block grant disaster recovery program: Adds new sections 123 and 124 to the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. They set up a Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery program and fund, with rules for allocations, plans, waivers and oversight, and authorize 'such sums as are necessary'.
• Sec. 5501: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity amendment: Amends the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to state that nothing in it precludes or limits the applicability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
• Sec. 5502: Inclusion of Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa: Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act (employment services) to add the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, and sets their allotment by the percentage Guam received in fiscal year 1983.
• Sec. 5504: Brennan Reef: Designates a reef in the Channel Island National Marine Sanctuary as 'Brennan Reef' in honor of the late Rear Admiral Richard T. Brennan of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
• Sec. 5505: Establishment of Fund: Directs a cooperative agreement to set up the Community Resilience and Restoration Fund at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, authorizes $100,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2023 through 2028, and requires not less than $10,000,000 annually for projects for Indian Tribes. ($100,000,000)
• Sec. 5509: New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection: Creates a New York-New Jersey Watershed Restoration Program and grant program at the Department of the Interior and authorizes $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028. ($20,000,000)
• Sec. 5510: Authorization of appropriations for the National Maritime Heritage Grant Program: Authorizes $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for the National Maritime Heritage Grant Program. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 5602: Removal or transfer of inspectors general; placement on non-duty status: Changes the Inspector General Act to require a written rationale to Congress for removing, transferring, or placing an Inspector General on non-duty status.
• Sec. 5603: Vacancy in position of inspector general: Sets who may serve in an acting capacity when an Inspector General position is vacant or the Inspector General is on non-duty status.
• Sec. 5604: Office of inspector general whistleblower complaints: Amends the Inspector General Act on whistleblower complaints handled within Offices of Inspector General.
• Sec. 5611: Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an inspector general: Requires the President to explain to congressional committees why no nomination has been made for a vacant inspector general position after 210 days.
• Sec. 5622: Additional information to be included in requests and reports to Congress: Adds information the Integrity Committee must include in notices and reports to Congress about allegations of wrongdoing.
• Sec. 5623: Availability of information to Congress on certain allegations of wrongdoing closed without referral: Requires a written description to congressional committees when the Integrity Committee closes, without referral, an allegation made by a member of Congress.
• Sec. 5624: Semiannual report: Replaces the Integrity Committee's semiannual report requirement with a detailed list of contents.
• Sec. 5625: Additional reports: Requires the Integrity Committee chair to report serious problems in an Office of Inspector General to that Inspector General, who then reports to the President, Congress, and the agency head.
• Sec. 5626: Requirement to report final disposition to Congress: Adds the appropriate congressional committees as recipients of the Integrity Committee's final disposition reports.
• Sec. 5627: Investigations of Offices of Inspectors General of establishments by the Integrity Committee: Changes who investigates an Office of Inspector General of an establishment on behalf of the Integrity Committee.
• Sec. 5631: Notice of ongoing investigations when there is a change in status of Inspector General: Requires the acting Inspector General to report on ongoing investigations and work to two congressional committees within 15 days after an Inspector General is removed, placed on non-duty status, or transferred.
• Sec. 5641: CIGIE report on expenditures: Requires the Chairperson of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to submit an annual report on the Council's expenditures.
• Sec. 5651: Notice of refusal to provide information or assistance to inspectors general: Requires an Inspector General to notify congressional committees if requested information or assistance is not provided within 30 days.
• Sec. 5671: Training resources for inspectors general: Adds professional development and training for Inspectors General to the Council's functions.
• Sec. 5672: Definition of appropriate congressional committees: Defines 'appropriate congressional committees' in the Inspector General Act and replaces older committee references throughout it.
• Sec. 5673: Semiannual reports: Rewrites the contents required in Inspector General semiannual reports.
• Sec. 5674: Submission of reports that specifically identify non-governmental organizations or business entities: Gives non-governmental organizations and business entities identified in Inspector General reports 30 days to submit a written response that is attached to the report.
• Sec. 5675: Review relating to vetting, processing, and resettlement of evacuees from Afghanistan and the Afghanistan special immigrant visa program: Directs the Inspectors General of Homeland Security and State to review vetting, processing, and resettlement of Afghanistan evacuees and the Afghanistan special immigrant visa program.
• Sec. 5676: Investigations of department of justice personnel: Amends Section 8E of the Inspector General Act to strike a paragraph on investigations of Department of Justice personnel.
• Sec. 5677: Law enforcement authority of the Inspector General of the United States International Development Finance Corporation: Adds the International Development Finance Corporation to the Inspector General Act's list of offices with law enforcement authority.
• Sec. 5678: Inspector General for the Office of Management and Budget: Establishes an Office of Inspector General for the Office of Management and Budget and requires the President to appoint an Inspector General within 120 days.
• Sec. 5701: 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.
• Sec. 5702: Minimum wage for Federal contractors: Enacts into law Executive Order 14026 and its regulations setting a minimum wage for Federal contractors.
• Sec. 5703: Federal wildland firefighter recruitment and retention: Directs a recruitment and retention bonus program for Federal wildland firefighters, with bonuses of not less than $1,000. ($1,000)
• Sec. 5705: Limitations on exception of competitive service positions: Limits moving positions out of the competitive service except into specified schedules as in effect on September 30, 2020.
• Sec. 5801: Afghan Allies Protection: Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act so that an alien wounded or seriously injured in qualifying employment counts the employment period only until the injury occurred.
• Sec. 5802: Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success: Treats Portugal as a qualifying foreign state for E nonimmigrant trader and investor visas if reciprocal status is provided, and changes E visa eligibility criteria.
• Sec. 5804: National research and development strategy for distributed ledger technology: Directs a national research and development strategy for distributed ledger technology, National Science Foundation research awards, and a National Institute of Standards and Technology applied research project.
• Sec. 5808: Prohibition of Federal funding for induced or required undermining of security of consumer communications goods: Bars any Federal agency from using funds to require or induce private consumer software and hardware providers to add security weaknesses or to undermine end-to-end encryption.
• Sec. 5809: Foreign state computer intrusions: Amends title 28 so a foreign state is not immune from U.S. court jurisdiction in money-damages cases brought by U.S. nationals over computer intrusions, applying to pending and new actions.
• Sec. 5812: Requirement for cut flowers and cut greens displayed in certain Federal buildings to be produced in the United States: Prohibits displaying cut flowers or cut greens in public areas of certain Executive Office of the President, State Department and Defense Department buildings unless produced in the United States, with a waiver for foreign gifts, effective 1 year after enactment.
• Sec. 5816: PFAS data call: Amends section 8(a)(7) of the Toxic Substances Control Act to add a fully-fluorinated-carbon-atom criterion to the PFAS reporting provision.
• Sec. 5817: Prohibition on contracting with persons with willful or repeated violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938: Requires the Secretary of Labor to start debarment proceedings against contract applicants with two or more willful or repeated Fair Labor Standards Act violations, and directs changes to databases and the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
• Sec. 5819: Requirement for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to annually report complaints of sexual harassment: Amends the Fair Housing Act to require annual tabulations of housing discrimination complaints by basis, including sexual harassment, and directs the Attorney General to establish an initiative on sexual harassment in housing.
• Sec. 5820: Department of Labor study on factors affecting employment opportunities for immigrants and refugees with professional credentials obtained in foreign countries: Directs the Secretary of Labor to study factors affecting U.S. employment for immigrants and refugees with foreign-obtained professional credentials and to report within 18 months.
• Sec. 5822: Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness: Requires the Bureau of Prisons to submit annual disaster damage reports and a corrective action plan, and amends title 18 to add three National Institute of Corrections members and a public field hearing.
• Sec. 5823: Nondiscrimination in Federal hiring for veteran medical cannabis users; Authorized provision of information on State-approved marijuana programs to veterans: Makes it unlawful to exclude a veteran from Federal employment solely for cannabis use, and authorizes VA providers to give information on and recommend State-approved marijuana programs.
• Sec. 5827: Study and report on feasability of suspension of mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers of certain foreign surveillance companies: Directs the Secretary of Commerce to study the feasibility of suspending mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers by U.S. persons of certain foreign targeted-digital-surveillance entities and to report to Congress.
• Sec. 5831: Liu Xiaobo Fund for Study of the Chinese language: Establishes the "Liu Xiaobo Fund for Study of the Chinese Language" at the State Department, authorizes $10,000,000 per fiscal year, and reduces the Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide table amount by $10,000,000. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 5832: Access for Veterans to Records: Requires a National Personnel Records Center backlog plan and authorizes $60,000,000 for the National Archives and Records Administration for records backlogs, cybersecurity, and digital preservation. ($60,000,000)
• Sec. 5833: Japanese American confinement education grants: Amends Public Law 109–441 to raise an authorization from $38,000,000 to $80,000,000 and sets aside up to $10,000,000 for grants of at least $750,000 each to Japanese American organizations, with priority for those with fewer than 100 employees.
• Sec. 5836: Congressional notification for rewards paid using cryptocurrencies: Requires the Secretary of State to notify congressional committees 15 days before paying a State Department reward in a form that includes cryptocurrency, and to report on cryptocurrency use in the Rewards program.
• Sec. 5839: Blackwater Trading Post Land: Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take about 55.3 acres in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the Gila River Indian Community, treat it as part of the Reservation, and bar gaming on it.
• Sec. 5840: Authorizations relating to veterinary care overseas: Authorizes the State Department to contract for veterinary care and rabies vaccines overseas for dogs and cats of U.S. Government officers, employees, and dependents from high-risk rabies countries.
• Sec. 5841: Crisis counseling assistance and training: Amends the Stafford Act so section 502(a)(6) also covers section 416 crisis counseling assistance, applying only to amounts appropriated on or after enactment.
• Sec. 5847: Transfer of NOAA property in Norfolk, Virginia: Requires the Secretary of Commerce to transfer two NOAA properties in Norfolk, Virginia, totaling about 6.3 acres, to the City of Norfolk without consideration.
• Sec. 5848: Elimination of sentencing disparity for cocaine offenses: Repeals the increased penalty provisions for cocaine base offenses in the Controlled Substances Act and the Import and Export Act, applies to sentences imposed after enactment, and lets courts reduce past sentences.
• Sec. 5850: Support for Afghan Special Immigrant Visa and Refugee Applicants: States the sense of Congress on Afghan special immigrant visa and refugee applicants and directs the State Department to surge capacity to cut their application processing times.
• Sec. 5853: Supplement to Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey: Requires the Office of Personnel Management to add a supplement to the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey on employee experiences with workplace harassment and discrimination, repeated every 2 years, with results published.
• Sec. 5854: Certain activities relating to intimate visual depictions: Adds a federal criminal offense for distributing intimate visual depictions without consent, with a penalty of up to 5 years' imprisonment, forfeiture and restitution.
• Sec. 5855: Waiver of special use permit application fee for veterans’ special events: Waives the special use permit application fee for veterans' special events at war memorials on National Park Service land in the District of Columbia and its environs.
• Sec. 5856: Regional water programs: Creates a San Francisco Bay restoration grant program and a Puget Sound recovery office and task force, amends the Lake Pontchartrain program, and treats existing Lake Pontchartrain appropriations as made under the amended program.
• Sec. 5858: Review of standard occupational classification system: Directs the Office of Management and Budget to categorize public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation in the Standard Occupational Classification System within 30 days.
• Sec. 5859: United States Fire Administration on-site investigations of major fires: Authorizes the U.S. Fire Administration to send investigators to the site of major fires and to issue public reports with recommendations.
• Sec. 5860: Multilateral agreement to establish an independent international center for research on the information environment: Directs the Secretary of State to seek a multilateral agreement with allies to establish an international research center on the information environment and authorizes $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 5873: GAO study on Foreign Service Institute’s School of Language Studies: Directs the Comptroller General to study whether the Foreign Service Institute's School of Language Studies curriculum and instruction prepares U.S. Government employees for work abroad.
• Sec. 5875: Amendments to the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014: Amends the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 to require an interagency working group on semiconductor supply chain issues and reports on supply of palladium, neon gas, helium and C4F6.
• Sec. 5877: Sense of Congress regarding the life and legacy of Senator Joseph Maxwell Cleland: States findings on the life and service of Joseph Maxwell Cleland and records Congress's sorrow at his death; it has no operative program or funding.
• Sec. 5879: 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. 5880: Support for Afghans applying for student visas: Waives the residence-in-Afghanistan requirement for student (F) nonimmigrant status for nationals of Afghanistan for two years, renewable in 18-month increments.
• Sec. 5881: Immigration age-out protections: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to change how an alien's age is determined for child status, priority date retention, and dependent nonimmigrant status.
• Sec. 5882: Medicare Improvement Fund: Amends the Social Security Act to change the Medicare Improvement Fund amount from $7,500,000,000 to $7,279,000,000.
• Sec. 5883: Clean Water Act effluent limitations guidelines and standards and water quality criteria for PFAS: Sets deadlines for EPA water quality criteria and effluent limitations for PFAS under the Clean Water Act, requires monitoring, and authorizes $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. ($12,000,000)
• Sec. 5884: Amendments to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980: Amends the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 to define the Mi’kmaq Nation, extend Indian Child Welfare Act provisions to named tribes and bands, and change how federal laws apply in Maine.
• Sec. 5885: Sense of Congress that the Department of Veterans Affairs should be prohibited from denying home loans for veterans who legally work in the marijuana industry: States the sense of Congress that veterans should not be denied VA home loans because of income from State-legalized cannabis activities and that the VA should improve communication with lenders.
• Sec. 5886: Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance: Creates a FEMA claims office to compensate injured persons for losses from the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire in New Mexico, sets 100 percent federal cost share for related projects, and authorizes such sums as necessary.
• Sec. 5888: Strategic transformer reserve and resilience: Requires a Department of Energy plan and report on a strategic electric grid transformer reserve, directs transformer resilience activities, and authorizes $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. ($75,000,000)
• Sec. 5889: AI in Counterterrorism Oversight Enhancement: Amends intelligence reform law to require privacy and civil liberties officers to give the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board notice of and access to information on AI-enabled counterterrorism technologies.
• Sec. 5890: Elimination of termination clause for Global Engagement Center: Strikes subsection (j) of section 1287 of Public Law 114–328, which the heading describes as the termination clause for the Global Engagement Center.
• Sec. 5894: Definition of land use revenue under West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016: Amends the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 to add funds received as compensation for an easement to the definition of land use revenue, to the extent specified in advance in an appropriations Act.
• Sec. 5895: Report on the use of data and data science at the Department of State and USAID: Requires a Comptroller General report on the use of data in policy, program and personnel decisions at the Department of State and USAID.
• Sec. 5899: Wastewater assistance to colonias: Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 wastewater assistance for colonias, raising the authorization from $25,000,000 to $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2023 through 2027 and setting the federal share at not less than 80 percent.
• Sec. 5900: Contracts by the President, the Vice President, or a Cabinet Member: Amends title 18 section 431 to add the President, Vice President and Cabinet members to the persons covered by the federal criminal provision on contracts.
• Sec. 5905: Treatment of paycheck protection program loan forgiveness of payroll costs under highway and public transportation project cost-reimbursement contracts: Provides that no cost reduction or cash refund is due on certain highway and transit cost-reimbursement contracts because of forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program payroll costs; the section ends June 30, 2025.
• Sec. 5906: Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act: Authorizes Department of Education competitive grants to States for Seal of Biliteracy programs, with $10,000,000 authorized for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 5907: Presumption of cause of disability or death due to employment in fire protection activities: Amends federal workers' compensation law so that listed diseases are presumed work-caused for federal employees in fire protection activities with 5 years of service, and sets related reports, a rulemaking process and a longer claim-document deadline.
• Sec. 5911: FedRAMP Authorization Act: Establishes the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program within the General Services Administration, with a FedRAMP Board and advisory committee, to standardize security authorization of cloud computing products for agencies; it sunsets after 5 years.
• Sec. 5912: Amendment: Amends section 1115 of title 31 to change what federal agency annual performance plans must describe and requires agency performance, human capital, information, data, and financial officers to collaborate on that portion of the plan.
• Sec. 5913: Improving investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases: Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 on children's advocacy centers and State chapters, and authorizes $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2029. ($40,000,000)
• Sec. 5915: Designation of El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial: Designates a specific Healing Garden in El Paso, Texas as the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial, states it is not a National Park System unit, and does not authorize federal funds for it.
• Sec. 5916: Administrator of General Services study on counterfeit items on e-commerce platforms of the General Services Administration: Requires the Administrator of General Services to study annually the number of counterfeit items on General Services Administration e-commerce platforms and report the findings to House committees.
• Sec. 5918: Limitation on availability of funds for certain contractors or grantees that require nondisparagement or nondisclosure clause related to sexual harassment and sexual assault: Bars use of fiscal year 2023 funds for federal contracts or grants over $1,000,000 awarded after enactment unless the contractor or grantee agrees not to require or enforce nondisparagement or nondisclosure clauses on sexual harassment and sexual assault. ($1,000,000)
• Sec. 5922: Survivors’ bill of rights: Requires the Attorney General to increase a State's STOP Violence Against Women formula grant if the State has a law giving sexual assault survivors the rights in 18 U.S.C. 3772; an increase may be given no more than 4 times.
• Sec. 5923: Admission of essential scientists and technical experts to promote and protect National Security Innovation Base: Lets the Secretary of Homeland Security grant special immigrant status to certain scientists and technical experts, capped at 10 principal aliens per year in fiscal years 2023-2032 and 100 per year from fiscal year 2033.
• Sec. 5924: Delaware River Basin Conservation reauthorization: Amends the Delaware River Basin Conservation grant program: sets the Federal share at 90 percent (up to 100 percent by waiver) for projects serving small, rural, or disadvantaged communities, repeals a land-acquisition funding prohibition, and extends the sunset from 2023 to 2030.
• Sec. 6303: Sense of Congress: Expresses the sense of Congress that global institutions and U.S. agencies should promote the One Health approach and support conservation and animal health in developing countries.
• Sec. 6304: Statement of policy: States U.S. policy to support alternative protein sources and to reduce the commercial trade in live wildlife for human consumption, including through United Nations action.
• Sec. 6305: Prevention of future zoonotic spillover event: Directs State and USAID to work with foreign governments and others to close wildlife markets and reduce live wildlife trade, authorizes such sums as necessary for USAID for fiscal years 2023 through 2032, and authorizes additional USAID hiring.
• Sec. 6306: Law enforcement attache deployment: Requires the Fish and Wildlife Service to hire and deploy at least 50 law enforcement attaches at U.S. embassies and other facilities, and authorizes $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032. ($150,000,000)
• Sec. 6307: Reservation of rights: States that the wildlife title does not restrict legal and regulated hunting, fishing or trapping, or the lawful transport of legally harvested fish or wildlife trophies.
• Division G, Sec. 401: Terms and vacancies: Changes terms and vacancy rules for Federal Maritime Commission commissioners, including a longer term and 3 terms instead of 2.
• Division G, Sec. 507: Cargo waiting time reduction: Directs the supply chain task force to evaluate cargo backlogs and, within 90 days, plan to reduce cargo processing delays, and directs the Commandant to report on backlogs and on an October 2021 oil spill investigation.
• Division G, Sec. 513: Land conveyance, Sharpe Army Depot, Lathrop, California: Requires the Maritime Administration to complete, within 1 year, a land conveyance at Sharpe Army Depot in Lathrop, California that was required by an earlier defense authorization act.
• Division G, Sec. 516: St. Lucie River railroad bridge: Directs the Commandant to implement Coast Guard recommendations for the St. Lucie River railroad bridge from a 2018 waterways analysis.
• Division G, Sec. 517: Assistance related to marine mammals: Authorizes grants for reducing vessel strike and noise impacts on marine mammals at $10,000,000 per year and a North Atlantic right whale monitoring program at $17,000,000 per year, both for fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
• Division H, Sec. 903: Discretionary surplus fund: Reduces the dollar amount specified in section 7(a)(3)(A) of the Federal Reserve Act by $137,000,000, effective September 30, 2022. ($137,000,000)
• Sec. 106: Department of defense study on impacts that the expansion of wilderness designations in the western united states would have on the readiness of the armed forces of the united states with respect to aviation training: Directs the Secretary of Defense to study how expanded wilderness designations in the Western United States would affect Armed Forces readiness for aviation training, and to report to the Armed Services Committees within 180 days.
• Division I, Sec. 213: California Public Lands Remediation Partnership: Establishes the California Public Lands Remediation Partnership, with named federal, state and local members, to coordinate cleanup of Federal land in California affected by illegal marijuana cultivation or other illegal activities, with authority to make grants and hire staff.
• Sec. 141: Charging stations at commissary stores and military exchanges: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to furnish electric vehicle charging stations at commissary stores and military exchanges for commercial use, including operation by for-profit contractors.
• Division A, Sec. 222: Pilot program on research and development of plant-based protein for the Navy: Requires the Navy to run a pilot offering plant-based protein options at forward operating bases, at no fewer than two naval facilities, with named facilities given as examples for priority.
• Sec. 549B: Exclusion of evidence obtained without prior authorization: Adds a rule that information obtained by or with the help of an Armed Forces member in violation of section 1385 of title 18 cannot be received as evidence in any court, grand jury, agency or other U.S., State or local proceeding.
• Sec. 1079J: Assessment, plan, and reports on the automated surface observing system: Directs the Secretary of Defense, with the FAA and NOAA, to assess and plan upgrades to the automated surface observing system used for weather forecasting and aviation safety, and requires reports and a GAO report.
• Sec. 1096: 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.
• Sec. 1099J: Training and information for first responders regarding aid for victims of trauma-related injuries: Requires the Secretary of Defense to share best practices with, and offer training to, State and local first responders on aiding victims of trauma-related injuries.
• Sec. 1106: GAO Report on Federal Employee Paid Leave Act: Requires the Comptroller General to report by January 1, 2024 on how the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act and the Paid Parental Leave Technical Corrections Act of 2020 are being implemented.
• Sec. 1240: Condemning detention and indictment of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza: Sets out findings and a sense of Congress condemning the detention and indictment of a named Russian opposition figure and urging the United States Government to work for his release.
• Sec. 2883: Inclusion of climate resilience services in the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund: Adds climate resilience of installations and civilian infrastructure, and military support against illegal wildlife trafficking, illegal timber trafficking and illegal fishing, to the purposes of the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund.
• Sec. 2884: Interagency Regional Coordinator for Resilience Pilot Project: Creates a Department of Defense pilot program with four Interagency Regional Coordinators, at least one each for the East, West and Gulf coasts, to improve resilience of communities that support military installations.
• Sec. 3523: Recapitalization of National Defense Reserve Fleet: Directs the Maritime Administrator to complete a roll-on, roll-off cargo vessel design for the National Defense Reserve Fleet and, subject to appropriations, have an entity contract for up to ten such vessels.
• Sec. 3532: National maritime transportation report and strategy: Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a national maritime transportation report by October 31, 2023, and a strategy by October 31, 2024, on the U.S. merchant marine and shipbuilding base.
• Sec. 5704: Study and report on returnship programs: Requires the Secretary of Defense to study and report by September 30, 2023 on returnship programs for the Department of Defense civilian workforce.
• Sec. 5803: Expansion of study of PFAS contamination: Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to expand its PFAS drinking water study and run an exposure assessment at military installations, and allows the Secretary of Defense to transfer up to $20,000,000 a year in fiscal years 2023 and 2024 to pay for it. ($20,000,000)
• Sec. 5921: Report to Congress by Secretary of State on government-ordered internet or telecommunications shutdowns: Requires the Secretary of State to report within 180 days on government-ordered internet or telecommunications shutdowns in foreign countries over the prior 5 years, their impact, and an engagement strategy.
• Sec. 6252: Extension of National Guard authorities to Mayor of the District of Columbia: Replaces the President with the Mayor of the District of Columbia as commander-in-chief and as the authority for officer appointments, calls to duty, and courts martial of the District of Columbia National Guard.
• Sec. 6302: Country-driven approach to end the commercial trade in live wildlife and associated wildlife markets: Requires the Secretary of State to publicly release a list of countries willing to end the commercial trade in live wildlife and wildlife markets for human consumption, and to work with them on zoonoses plans.
• Sec. 7145: Greater Thompson Divide Fugitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program: Establishes a Bureau of Land Management pilot program to inventory, lease, cap or destroy fugitive coal mine methane emissions within a defined area in four Colorado counties.
• Division G, Sec. 308: Qualified vessel: Adds ferries and passenger vessels with a capacity of 50 or more to the vessels eligible under the title 46 shipbuilding financing program.
• Division G, Sec. 309: Establishing a capital construction fund: Adds transportation on ferries and passenger vessels with a capacity of 50 or more to the short sea transportation covered by the capital construction fund provision.
• Division G, Sec. 503: Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force: Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to add agency members and observers to the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force and to authorize Task Force technical assistance on vessel inspections.
• Division I, Sec. 105: Sense of Congress: Expresses the sense of Congress on military aviation training on Federal public lands in Colorado, naming the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site.

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• Sec. 229B: Department of Defense advanced technology investment incentive pilot program: Creates a five-year pilot in which the Secretary of Defense partners with a person meeting set criteria, who invests equity in domestic small or nontraditional businesses developing technology the Secretary considers necessary.
• Sec. 565: Pilot grant program to supplement the transition assistance program of the Department of Defense: Creates a pilot grant program at five military installations for entities that meet listed criteria, including online training capability for rural veterans, to supplement the Transition Assistance Program.
• Sec. 593: Clarification of authority of NCMAF to update Chaplains Hill at Arlington National Cemetery: Lets the Secretary of the Army allow a named organization to carry out Chaplains Hill updates at Arlington National Cemetery without the time limitation in title 38.
• Sec. 599B: Task Force on Historical and Current Barriers to African American Participation and Equal Treatment in the Armed Services: Establishes a Department of Defense task force to study barriers to African American participation in the Armed Services and recommend remedies, including calculation of repair for descendants of enslaved Africans.
• Division A, Sec. 605: Revival and redesignation of provision establishing benefits for certain members assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency: Revives and redesignates a title 37 section establishing benefits for certain members assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency.
• Sec. 790: Pilot program to improve military readiness through nutrition and wellness initiatives: Sets up a six-month nutrition pilot in one unit and requires a single contractor that both runs the activities and makes the dietary supplements at its own certified facility, using listed selection criteria.
• Sec. 851: Recognition of an association of eligible entities that provide procurement technical assistance: Requires the Secretary to recognize an association of procurement technical assistance entities if more than a majority belong to it, to consult it on regulations, and raises a funding figure in section 4955(a)(1) from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
• Sec. 921: Establishment of Space National Guard: Establishes a Space National Guard, and a reserve component of the Space Force, limited to States, Territories, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia where the Space Force operates or where there are significant space launch or mission control facilities.
• Sec. 2702: Authorization to fund certain demolition and removal activities through Department of Defense Base Closure Account: Allows the Base Closure Account to pay for demolition of non-historic Navy buildings on a closed or realigned installation where radiological sampling or remediation has been subject to substantiated fraud allegations, whether or not the buildings are radiologically impacted.
• Sec. 2821: Authorized land and facilities transfer to support contracts with Federally Funded Research and Development Centers: Allows military departments to lease land, facilities and improvements to federally funded research and development centers sponsored by the Department of Defense for no consideration, for up to 50 years, and to convey facilities and improvements for no consideration.
• Sec. 2872: Inclusion in Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program of certain projects for ROTC training: Adds Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program eligibility for projects that train Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets at a college or university meeting listed criteria: a part B or 1890 institution, not affiliated with a consortium, and located at least 40 miles from a major military installation.
• Sec. 2874: Lease or use agreement for category 3 subterranean training facility: Directs 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 near air assault and special forces units and by listed capacities.
• Sec. 3121: Extension of deadline for transfer of parcels of land in New Mexico: Extends from 2022 to 2032 the deadline in an earlier law for transfer of parcels of land in New Mexico.
• Sec. 5302: Acquisition of icebreaker: Lets the Coast Guard Commandant acquire an available icebreaker, exempts that acquisition from sections 1131, 1132, 1133 and 1171 of title 14, and authorizes up to $150,000,000 of fiscal year 2023 funds for it. ($150,000,000)
• Sec. 5304: Pilot program for spaceflight recovery operations at sea: Creates a five-year pilot program for remotely controlled or unmanned spaceflight recovery vessels at sea, and bars the Secretary from proposing or issuing rules on automated and autonomous commercial vessels during a covered period.
• Sec. 5935: Consultation requirement: Treats the labor organization certified by the Federal Labor Relations Authority on June 29, 2011, or its successor, as the exclusive representative of non-supervisory TSA screening personnel once chapter 71 of title 5 applies.
• Division G, Sec. 218: Pribilof Island transition completion actions: Extends deadlines under the Pribilof Island Transition Completion Act and directs transfer of a Coast Guard fuel tank on St. Paul Island to the Alaska Native Village Corporation for St. Paul Island if the tank is not needed.
• Division G, Sec. 306: Exoneration and limitation of liability for small passengers vessels: Applies vessel owner liability exoneration and limitation rules to covered small passenger vessels, a definition that includes wooden vessels built before March 11, 1996, and lengthens claim notice periods to 2 years.
• Division G, Sec. 514: Center of Expertise for Marine Environmental Response: Requires a Center of Expertise for Marine Environmental Response to be established within 1 year, located near listed features including a higher education institution with particular marine science facilities and expertise.
• Sec. 139A: Procurement authority for commercial engineering software: Authorizes Air Force contracts for commercial engineering software, requires a dedicated budget program element, and requires a report analyzing specific physics-based simulation capability manufacturers.
• Division A, Sec. 216: Digital mission operations platform for the Space Force: Authorizes Air Force contracts for a digital mission operations platform for the Space Force defined by simulated-mission and physics-based collaboration features.
• Division A, Sec. 219: Measures to increase the capacity of historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions to achieve very high research activity status: Creates a competitive grant pilot program, lasting up to 10 years, limited to historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions classified as R2, to raise research capacity toward R1 status.
• Division A, Sec. 223: Allowable uses of funds under the Commercial Weather Data Pilot Program of the Air Force: Limits fiscal year 2023 Air Force Commercial Weather Data Pilot Program funds to piloting and demonstrating radio occultation data for weather models.
• Sec. 599C: Plan to combat racial bias, discrimination, and harassment against Asian American service members, civilians, and contractor personnel: Requires a Department of Defense report and plan on bias, discrimination and harassment against Asian American service members, civilians and contractor personnel, with implementation of its recommendations within 2 years.
• Sec. 617: Air Force rated officer retention demonstration program: Creates a demonstration program offering retention incentives, including aviation bonuses averaging up to $50,000 annually, only to certain Air Force rated officers. ($50,000)
• Sec. 6703: Homeland security capabilities preservation: Requires a plan for at least three years of Federal assistance to urban areas defined by their past Urban Area Security Initiative funding history, without naming those areas.
• Sec. 7144: Thompson Divide lease credits: Lets the Secretary issue credits against bid, royalty or rental payments on Federal oil and gas leases to holders who relinquish all Thompson Divide leases, with separate treatment for holders of Wolf Creek Storage Field development rights.
• Division G, Sec. 206: Pilot project for enhancing Coast Guard cutter readiness through condition-based maintenance: Requires a Coast Guard pilot project using commercially developed condition-based maintenance standards, a full ship digital twin, and artificial intelligence-based maintenance planning on selected cutters.

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• Division A, Sec. 703: TRICARE Dental for Selected Reserve: Creates a dental benefits plan for the Selected Reserve with no premium and no charge for covered care, setting those member costs to zero.
• Sec. 705: Temporary requirement for contraception coverage parity under the TRICARE program: For one year, bars cost-sharing for prescription contraceptives and covered contraception services under TRICARE pharmacy, TRICARE Select and TRICARE Prime, setting beneficiary cost-sharing to zero.

Funds a specific named project or event (56)

• Sec. 118: Funding for additional Joint Strike Fighter aircraft: Increases the Navy aircraft procurement authorization for Joint Strike Fighter CV by $354,000,000 for three additional aircraft, offset by reductions of various operation and maintenance lines. ($354,000,000)
• Sec. 138: Funding for C–130 Modular Airborne Firefighting System: Increases Air Force C-130 aircraft procurement, line 049, by $60,000,000 for the modular airborne firefighting system, and reduces Defense-wide operation and maintenance, line 440, by $60,000,000. ($60,000,000)
• Sec. 139: Requirement to maintain fleet of manned intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft: Requires the Air Force to transfer up to $18,500,000 from Air National Guard operation and maintenance and up to $13,000,000 from Air National Guard military personnel for the RC-26B manned surveillance platform, alongside a fleet maintenance requirement.
• Division A, Sec. 225: Funding for advanced above water sensors: Increases Navy research and development funding for advanced above water sensors (PE 0604501N), line 129, by $24,004,000, offset by an equal reduction to Defense-wide operation and maintenance, line 440. ($24,004,000)
• Sec. 228: Funding for research and development relating to rare earth elements: Raises the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund authorization by $2,000,000 for the domestic industrial base for rare earth metallization related to permanent magnet production, and cuts an Army line by the same amount. ($2,000,000)
• Sec. 229: Funding for National Defense Education Program: Increases the authorization for the National Defense Education Program (line 006) by $5,000,000 and reduces a Washington Headquarters Services operation and maintenance line by $5,000,000. ($5,000,000)
• Sec. 229A: Funding for high energy laser and certain emerging technology initiatives: Raises two Army research lines, one for a Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems high energy laser by $25,000,000 and one for 10kw-50kw DE-MSHORAD by $70,000,000, each offset by an equal reduction within the same line.
• Sec. 229C: Funding for development of measures to prevent infections caused by severe fractures: Increases the Army medical advanced technology line by $5,000,000 for procedures and tools to prevent infections after severe bone fractures, and reduces an Office of the Secretary of Defense line by $5,000,000. ($5,000,000)
• Sec. 229D: Funding for research into the effects of head-supported mass on cervical spine health: Increases the Army medical advanced technology line by $5,000,000 for research into head-supported mass and cervical spine health, and reduces an Office of the Secretary of Defense line by $5,000,000. ($5,000,000)
• Sec. 229E: Requirement for separate program element for the multi-medicine manufacturing platform program: Requires the Navy's budget materials for fiscal year 2025 and after to show a separate program element for the Office of Naval Research multi-medicine manufacturing platform program.
• Division A, Sec. 242: Funding for robotics supply chain research: Increases the Defense-wide Manufacturing Science and Technology Program line by $15,000,000 for Robotics Supply Chain Research and reduces the Army Integrated Personnel and Pay System line by $15,000,000. ($15,000,000)
• Division A, Sec. 243: Funding for enterprise digital transformation with commercial physics simulation: Increases the Air Force Tech Architecture line by $9,000,000 for Enterprise Digital Transformation with Commercial Physics Simulation and reduces the Stand-In Attack Weapon line by $9,000,000. ($9,000,000)
• Division A, Sec. 302: Funding for Army Community Services: Increases the Army base operations support line by $20,000,000 for Army Community Services, offset by two $10,000,000 reductions to Army Administration and Army Other Service Support. ($20,000,000)
• Sec. 392: Use of amounts available to Department of Defense for operation and maintenance for removal of munitions and explosives of concern in Guam: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to use operation and maintenance amounts to remove munitions and explosives of concern from military installations in Guam, and requires a report on amounts needed.
• Sec. 393: Funding for Utility Helicopter Mods: Increases the Army aircraft procurement authorization for Utility Helicopter Mods, Line 026, by $10,000,000 for 60kVA Generators, and reduces Operations and Maintenance, Army, Other Service Support, Line 490, by $10,000,000. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 394: Sense of Congress regarding the use of working dogs to detect early stages of diseases: States the sense of Congress that a named Army research effort with the University of Pennsylvania on scent detection dogs has shown promising results and that the Department of Defense should fund its Phase 3.
• Sec. 519E: Enhancement of National Guard Youth Challenge Program: Lets the Secretary of Defense give additional assistance in fiscal year 2023 to a State's National Guard Youth Challenge Program for start-up costs, special projects, workforce development and emergency costs, capped at $5,000,000 in total. ($5,000,000)
• Sec. 569C: Activities to assist the transition of members of the Armed Forces and veterans into careers in education: Renames and modifies the Troops-to-Teachers program as the Veterans-to-Classrooms Program, adds covered school positions, raises bonus and stipend amounts, and authorizes $240,000,000 for the program with an equal reduction to an operation and maintenance line. ($240,000,000)
• Sec. 569D: Funding for Skillbridge: Increases the Office of Secretary of Defense funding table line by $5,000,000 for the Skillbridge program, offset by a $5,000,000 reduction to a Washington Headquarters Services line. ($5,000,000)
• Sec. 569E: Funding for Skillbridge for law enforcement training: Increases the Office of Secretary of Defense funding table line by $5,000,000 for Skillbridge training of members of the Armed Forces to become law enforcement officers, offset by a $5,000,000 reduction to another line. ($5,000,000)
• Sec. 785: Funding for pancreatic cancer research: Increases Defense Health Program research funding by $5,000,000 for the CRDMP Program for Pancreatic Cancer Research, with a matching $5,000,000 reduction to Defense-wide operation and maintenance. ($5,000,000)
• Sec. 788: Funding for post-traumatic stress disorder: Increases the Defense Health Program authorization by $2,500,000 for post-traumatic stress disorder, offset by a $2,500,000 reduction to Private Sector Care. ($2,500,000)
• Sec. 789: Increased collaboration with NIH to combat triple negative breast cancer: Directs Department of Defense collaboration with the National Institutes of Health on triple negative breast cancer and increases Defense Health Program funding by $10,000,000 for it, offset by a $10,000,000 reduction to Private Sector Care. ($10,000,000)
• Sec. 1028: Prohibition on deactivation of Navy Combat Documentation Detachment 206: Bars the use of fiscal year 2023 Navy funds to deactivate, or prepare to deactivate, Navy Combat Documentation Detachment 206.
• Sec. 1099E: Availability of modular small arms range for Army Reserve in Puerto Rico: Directs the Secretary of the Army to ensure a modular small arms range is made available for the Army Reserve in Puerto Rico; no dollar amount is stated.
• Sec. 1227: State Department authorization for pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka: Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for a United States pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, with cost-matching, notification and certification conditions, ending December 31, 2025.
• Sec. 1308: Seize the Initiative: Establishes a fund called the "Seize The Initiative Fund" for the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command and authorizes $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 for its allowable uses. ($1,000,000,000)
• Sec. 1411: 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 DOD-VA demonstration fund, for use on operations of a named federal health care center. ($168,000,000)
• Sec. 1412: Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home: Authorizes $152,360,000 for fiscal year 2023 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, split between operation, maintenance, construction and renovation and major construction. ($152,360,000)
• Sec. 1624: Funding for research and development of advanced naval nuclear fuel system based on low-enriched uranium: Increases the National Nuclear Security Administration's nonproliferation R&D authorization by $20,000,000 for low-enriched uranium research and development for naval pressurized water reactors, offset by two $10,000,000 reductions in other nonproliferation lines. ($20,000,000)
• Sec. 1651: Report on missile defense interceptor site in contiguous United States: Requires a report on a missile defense interceptor site in the contiguous United States that refers to Fort Drum, New York, as the conditionally designated preferred site, and caps fiscal year 2023 planning and design funds for the site at $5,000,000. ($5,000,000)
• Sec. 1709: Ukraine Critical Munitions Acquisition Fund: Establishes a revolving Treasury fund named for Ukraine to buy critical munitions, allows up to $500,000,000 per fiscal year to be transferred into it from Department of Defense funds, and ends the authority on December 31, 2024. ($500,000,000)
• Sec. 2104: Demolition of District of Columbia Fort McNair Quarters 4, 13, and 15: Requires the Secretary of the Army to demolish three named quarters at Fort McNair within one year after the current occupants move out. No dollar amount is stated.
• Sec. 2205: Transfer of customers from electrical utility system of the Navy 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 off the Navy electrical system at the former Naval Air Station Barber's Point to a new system in Kalaeloa, Hawaii, and allows disposal of the old system. No dollar amount is stated.
• Sec. 2808: Prohibition on availability of funds for special operations forces military construction: Bars fiscal year 2023 Department of Defense funds from being used by the Commander of Special Operations Command for military construction in Baumholder, Germany, unless the Secretary of Defense issues a waiver with a justification to the defense committees.
• Sec. 3119: Funding for W80–4 life extension program: Increases the National Nuclear Security Administration authorization for the W80–4 Life Extension Program by $5,000,000 and reduces the Maintenance and Repair of Facilities, Deferred Maintenance line by $5,000,000. ($5,000,000)
• Sec. 4101: Procurement: The procurement funding table includes, under Procurement of Ammunition, Army, Industrial Facilities, separate line items for construction projects at named ammunition plants (for example Radford AAP, Scranton AAP, Iowa AAP and Lake City AAP). Figures are in thousands of dollars.
• Sec. 5428: United States contribution to the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust at the International Monetary Fund: Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to contribute $200,000,000 to the International Monetary Fund's Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust and authorizes $200,000,000 to be appropriated for it. ($200,000,000)
• Sec. 5869: Feasibility study on United States support for and participation in the international counterterrorism academy in Cote d’Ivoire: Requires a State Department feasibility study on providing U.S. assistance for infrastructure, training and equipment to institutionalize one named counterterrorism academy in Jacqueville, Cote d'Ivoire.
• Sec. 5887: Open Technology Fund grants: Authorizes the Open Technology Fund to make grants for internet freedom technologies in closed countries and authorizes $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. ($5,000,000)
• Sec. 5904: Taiwan Fellowship Program: Creates a Taiwan Fellowship Program for federal employees and authorizes appropriations to the American Institute in Taiwan: $2,900,000 for fiscal year 2023 (of which $500,000 is for launching the Program) and $2,400,000 for each later fiscal year.
• Sec. 6612: Capital investments, grants, and technology support for MDIs and CDFIs: Authorizes $4,000,000,000 for the Emergency Capital Investment Fund, directs at least $1,000,000,000 of it to CDFI grants, and allows up to $250,000,000 for technology grants and up to $100,000,000 for new-institution grants to minority depository institutions and CDFIs. ($4,000,000,000)
• Sec. 6613: Supporting Young Entrepreneurs Program: Creates a Supporting Young Entrepreneurs Program in the CDFI Fund that may use up to $100,000,000 from the Emergency Capital Investment Fund for awards to CDFIs, with a stated focus on named groups of entrepreneurs. ($100,000,000)
• Sec. 6735: President’s cup cybersecurity competition: Authorizes the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director to hold an annual named cybersecurity competition, permits use of appropriated amounts for it, and caps each award at $10,000 (Director) or $25,000 (Secretary).
• Sec. 7118: Camp Hale National Historic Landscape: Authorizes $10,000,000 in appropriations for historic interpretation, preservation, and restoration activities in and around the Camp Hale National Historic Landscape. ($10,000,000)
• Division G, Sec. 103: Shoreside infrastructure and facilities: Authorizes up to $585,000,000 per fiscal year for Coast Guard shoreside facilities, and sets aside up to $175,000,000 for the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, up to $60,000,000 for barracks at Training Center Cape May, and up to $1,200,000 for Fort Wadsworth, New York.
• Division G, Sec. 104: Availability of amounts for acquisition of additional cutters: Authorizes $300,000,000 for a twelfth National Security Cutter and $210,000,000 for 3 Fast Response Cutters in each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, plus $350,000,000 for a Great Lakes icebreaker and $20,000,000 for icebreaking cutter design.
• Sec. 509: Port Coordination Council for Point Spencer: Changes the membership of the Point Spencer Port Coordination Council and authorizes $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund interest for Port Clarence and Point Spencer oil spill infrastructure. ($5,000,000)
• Division I, Sec. 214: Trinity Lake visitor center: Authorizes the Forest Service to establish a visitor center in Weaverville, California, to serve the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area; no dollar amount is stated.
• Division I, Sec. 215: Del Norte County visitor center: Authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to establish a visitor center in Del Norte County, California, serving Redwood National and State Parks and the Smith River National Recreation Area; no dollar amount is stated.
• Division A, Sec. 215: Activities to support the use of metal additive manufacturing for the subsurface fleet of the Navy: Authorizes the Navy to use a stated portion of the shipbuilding concept advance design program element (PE 0603563N) for metal additive manufacturing activities for the Navy subsurface fleet.
• Sec. 778: Grant program for increased cooperation on post-traumatic stress disorder research between United States and Israel: Directs the Secretary of Defense to award grants for joint PTSD research between United States entities and entities in Israel, run under a 1972 United States-Israel agreement; no dollar amount is set.
• Division A, Sec. 801: Writing award to encourage curiosity and persistence in overcoming obstacles in acquisition: Creates a writing award at the Defense Acquisition University paying $10,000 to each recipient, up to five a year, funded from the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account. ($10,000)
• Sec. 1099F: Independent epidemiological analysis of health effects from exposure to Department of Defense activities in Vieques: Directs the Secretary of Defense to seek an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for epidemiological studies of health effects from Department of Defense activities in two named locations, with a report within two years.
• Sec. 5870: Memorial for those who lost their lives in the attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26, 2021: Changes the Secretary of Defense's authority from "may" to "shall" for a memorial to those who lost their lives in the August 26, 2021 attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport, due within 1 year.
• Sec. 5897: Department of State fellowships for rule of law activities in Central America: Directs the Secretary of State to set up a fellowship program called the Central American Network for Democracy and authorizes $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. ($10,000,000)

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• Sec. 559A: Increase in the number of individuals from the District of Columbia who may be appointed to military service academies: Raises the limit on individuals from the District of Columbia who may be appointed to each of the three military service academies from 5 (“Five”) to 15 (“Fifteen”).
• Sec. 613: Special pay and allowances for members of the Armed Forces assigned to cold weather operations: Sets $300 per month special pay for cold weather operations, a $125 per month broadband allowance for members at permanent duty stations in Alaska, and a one-time air travel allowance for members stationed in Alaska. ($125)
• Sec. 813: Subcontracting requirements for certain contracts awarded to educational institutions: Requires contracts awarded to educational institutions under the cited authority to include subcontracting of at least 2 percent of the award to minority institutions, starting October 1, 2026.
• Sec. 869: Amendments to contracting authority for certain small business concerns: Raises contracting thresholds for 8(a), women-owned, HUBZone and service-disabled veteran small business programs, for example from $7,000,000 to $10,000,000 and from $3,000,000 to $8,000,000, and ties a veteran-owned threshold to those figures.
• Sec. 3111: Plutonium pit production capacity: Requires the Secretary of Energy to ensure Los Alamos National Laboratory can produce 30 war reserve plutonium pits a year and the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility can produce 50, with surge capacity at each.
• Sec. 5942: Hazardous duty payments: Subject to appropriations, requires the TSA Administrator to pay a one-time $3,000 bonus to each at-risk employee, defined as certain TSA employees with substantial public contact during the COVID-19 national emergency. ($3,000)
• Sec. 6611: Strengthening diverse and mission-driven community financial institutions: Requires the CDFI Fund to reserve 40 percent of its assistance to community development financial institutions for minority lending institutions, and creates an Office of Minority Lending Institutions and a Treasury office for diverse and mission-driven institutions.
• Sec. 6617: Access to the discount window of the Federal Reserve System for MDIs and CDFIs: Requires the Federal Reserve Board to set up a process, within 1 year, giving minority depository institutions and community development financial institutions discount window access at the seasonal credit interest rate.
• Sec. 6640: Investments in minority depository institutions and impact banks: Sets a 30 percent voting-securities control threshold for impact banks and minority depository institutions, while the text keeps 25 per centum for other insured depository institutions, and gives de novo ones 3 years to meet capital requirements.
• Sec. 1334: Modification and extension of United States-Israel cooperation to counter unmanned aerial systems: Raises a funding limit in the United States-Israel program to counter unmanned aerial systems from $25,000,000 to $40,000,000, adds directed energy capabilities, and extends the sunset to December 31, 2026. ($40,000,000)
• Sec. 6132: Support for democratic governance, elections, and civil society: Authorizes $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 for U.S. efforts in Libya on elections, governance, civil society, anti-corruption and independent media. ($30,000,000)
• Sec. 210: Great Lakes winter shipping: Sets proposed icebreaking standards for the Great Lakes (waterways open 90 percent of hours, or 70 percent in severe ice years), requires a GAO report, a 5-season Coast Guard pilot program, and public data collection on Great Lakes icebreaking.

Exception or delay for a subset (84)

• Sec. 131: Prohibition on certain reductions to B–1 bomber aircraft squadrons: Bars certain reductions to B-1 bomber squadron capability and personnel through September 30, 2026, but exempts any bomb wing where the Air Force has begun replacing B-1 aircraft with B-21 aircraft.
• Sec. 367: Clarification of calculation for certain workload carryover of Department of Army: Directs that the calculation of workload carryover for Department of the Army depots and arsenals use a material end of period exclusion.
• Sec. 582: Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to David R. Halbruner for acts of valor on September 11-12, 2012: Waives the time limits on awarding the Medal of Honor so the President may award it to one named individual for actions on September 11-12, 2012.
• Sec. 592: Disinterments from national cemeteries: Directs the Secretary of the Army to disinter the remains of one named individual from Arlington National Cemetery by September 30, 2023, and changes the interment reconsideration date to November 21, 1997.
• Sec. 595: Pilot program on car sharing on military installations in Alaska: Directs a two-year pilot program allowing car sharing on military installations in Alaska only.
• Division A, Sec. 604: Allowance for gym membership for certain members of the Armed Forces who reside more than 10 miles from a military installation: Authorizes a monthly gym membership allowance only for members of certain armed forces who live more than 10 miles from a military installation and furnish proof of a membership.
• Sec. 615: Inflation bonus pay: Requires a monthly inflation bonus in 2023 of at least 2.4 percent of pay, only for service members whose basic pay for 2023 is less than $45,000. ($45,000)
• Sec. 616: Establishing complex overhaul pay: Establishes complex overhaul pay of $200 per month for members assigned to a naval vessel undergoing nuclear refueling or defueling and any concurrent complex overhaul. ($200)
• Sec. 631: Prohibition on sale of Chinese goods in commissary stores and military exchanges: Requires the Secretary of Defense to prohibit sale at commissary stores and military exchanges of goods made, assembled, or imported from China, or containing materials from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
• Sec. 651: Elimination of cap on additional retired pay for extraordinary heroism for members of the Army and Air Force who served during the Vietnam Era: Removes the cap on additional retired pay for extraordinary heroism only for Army and Air Force members who served during the Vietnam Era, leaving the cap in place for others.
• Sec. 722: Modification of certain deadline and requirement to transfer research and development functions to Defense Health Agency: Moves a transfer deadline from September 30, 2022 to September 30, 2023 and limits the transfer to those elements of the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command the Secretary determines appropriate.
• Sec. 723: Modification of requirement to transfer public health functions to Defense Health Agency: Lets a military department Secretary keep a public health element or function out of the Defense Health Agency transfer when the Secretary of Defense finds it meets a unique-need and direct-support standard.
• Sec. 726: Improvements relating to Medical Officer of the Marine Corps position: Creates the position of Medical Officer of the Marine Corps and excludes the officer serving in it from the Navy's rear admiral (lower half) distribution limit and from active duty general and flag officer strength limits.
• Sec. 807: Enhanced domestic content requirement for major defense acquisition programs: Sets domestic-content cost thresholds of 60, 65 and 75 percent for articles bought under major defense acquisition programs, but excludes articles made wholly or predominantly of iron or steel and does not apply to national technology and industrial base member countries.
• Sec. 846: Existing agreement limits for Operation Warp Speed: Exempts certain COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic awards to a consortium made on or after March 1, 2020 from counting toward limits set before that date, and restricts follow-on awards for those awards.
• Sec. 859K: Extension of participation in 8(a) program: Lets certain small business concerns that took part in the 8(a) program during a set period elect a one-year extension of their participation, with regulations due in 45 days without notice requirements.
• Sec. 859N: Native Hawaiian Organizations: Extends the application of section 8020 of the 2006 appropriations act from agencies of the Department of Defense to agencies and departments of the Federal Government and requires implementing regulations within 180 days.
• Sec. 868: Prohibition on contracting with employers that violated the National Labor Relations Act: Bars Department of Defense contracts with employers found to have violated section 8(a) of the National Labor Relations Act in the prior three years, with exceptions for employers that have settled or whose employees are all represented by a labor organization, applying to contracts from September 30, 2023.
• Sec. 2809B: Local hire requirements for military construction contracts: Directs, to the extent practicable, a contracting preference for military construction bidders certifying that at least 51 percent of employees will live in the same State or within 60 miles of the work site, and requires contractors to be licensed in that State.
• Sec. 2851: Extension of time frame for land conveyance, Sharpe Army Depot, Lathrop, California: Extends the time frame for the land conveyance at Sharpe Army Depot, Lathrop, California, from one year to three years by amending the Fiscal Year 2021 defense authorization law.
• Sec. 4001: Authorization of amounts in funding tables: Requires merit-based or competitive selection for funds committed on the basis of funding table amounts, but exempts projects in section 4201 identified with the abbreviation "CPF" (Community Project Funding).
• Sec. 5204: Exemption of certain Homeland Security fees for certain immediate relatives of an individual who received the Purple Heart: Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to exempt certain immediate relatives of a Purple Heart recipient from the fee, and any associated biometrics fee, on the naturalization application and a special immigrant petition.
• Sec. 5422: Prohibition on consumer reports containing adverse information related to certain student loans: Bars consumer reports from containing adverse information on certain forgiven federal student loans, and separately on private education loans taken for attending a school owned by a named company.
• Sec. 5934: Transition rules: Notwithstanding the general premium pay limit in 5 U.S.C. 5547, lets Federal Air Marshals and criminal investigators hired before enactment receive premium pay up to the prior maximum level, and sets availability pay and overtime rules for Federal Air Marshals.
• Sec. 7113: Williams Fork Mountains potential wilderness: Designates an area as potential wilderness and makes full wilderness designation take effect only after a livestock grazing determination for two named vacant allotments and any related range improvements, which may use motorized or mechanized equipment.
• Sec. 7120: Rocky Mountain National Park potential wilderness boundary adjustment: Removes approximately 15.5 acres from the Rocky Mountain National Park potential wilderness boundary, stated to provide for ongoing maintenance and use of portions of the Trail River Ranch and associated property.
• Division G, Sec. 304: Fishing vessel safety: Changes fishing vessel safety rules, repeals section 4503a, and states that existing alternative compliance and safety agreements are not affected.
• Division G, Sec. 504: Limitation on recovery for certain injuries incurred in aquaculture activities: Excludes aquaculture workers who have state workers' compensation available from the definition of 'seaman' for maritime injury claims, for injuries on or after enactment.
• Division G, Sec. 511: Nonapplicability: Exempts the passenger vessel American Queen and any other passenger vessel whose construction began before enactment from certain passenger vessel safety requirements when operating inside the boundary line.
• Division G, Sec. 518: Manning and crewing requirements for certain vessels, vehicles, and structures: Lets the Secretary exempt foreign-owned or foreign-controlled vessels, rigs and platforms from certain offshore manning regulations for renewable 12-month periods, and ends existing exemptions after 120 days.
• Division I, Sec. 103: Administrative provisions: Provides that the Colorado wilderness designations do not restrict military helicopter overflights, flight testing or flight training routes, and lets the Colorado Army National Guard's aviation training site conduct training maneuvers over the potential wilderness areas.
• Division I, Sec. 232: Administration of wilderness: Lets the Secretary keep authorizing one competitive equestrian event, permitted since 2012, in the Chinquapin Wilderness created by section 231.
• Division I, Sec. 243: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Utility facilities and rights-of-way: Provides that the title does not affect, and does not prohibit upgrading or replacing, the named company's rights-of-way and listed utility facilities in four named areas, and requires the Secretary to publish access plans for that company.
• Division I, Sec. 414: Management: Exempts the Puente Hills landfill, materials recovery facility, and intermodal facility from a provision of title 54, United States Code (section 100903) within the San Gabriel National Recreation Area.
• Sec. 424: Administration of Wilderness Areas and Additions: Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to authorize one named running event to continue within certain designated wilderness areas, in the manner it was operated and permitted in 2015.
• Division A, Sec. 503: Exclusion of lead special trial counsel from limitations on general officers and flag officers on active duty: Exempts a general or flag officer serving as lead special trial counsel from the limits on the number of general and flag officers on active duty.
• Division A, Sec. 512: Grade of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau: Sets the grade of the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau at general and directs that the position be designated as excluded from the general and flag officer limits.
• Sec. 555: Authority to waive tuition at United States Air Force Institute of Technology for certain private sector civilians: Lets the Director and Chancellor of the Air Force Institute of Technology waive tuition for a student enrolled under this section who attends a professional continuing education course.
• Sec. 583: Authorization for posthumous award of Medal of Honor to Master Sergeant Roderick W. Edmonds for acts of valor during World War II: Waives time limits so the President may award the Medal of Honor posthumously to one named individual for acts on January 27, 1945.
• Sec. 584: Rescission of Medals of Honor awarded for acts at Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1890: Rescinds each Medal of Honor awarded for acts at Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1890, and removes those names from the Medal of Honor Roll.
• Sec. 585: Sense of Congress regarding service of Gary Andrew Cyr: States findings about one named individual's 1971 service and a House view that the Army should consider revisiting decorating him.
• Sec. 587: Authorization for award of Medal of Honor to E. Royce Williams for acts of valor during the Korean War: Waives time limits so the President may award the Medal of Honor to one named individual for actions on November 18, 1952.
• Sec. 588: Authorization for award of Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr. for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War: Waives time limits so the President may award the Medal of Honor to one named individual for actions from March 31 through April 3, 1967.
• Division A, Sec. 607: Allowable travel and transportation allowances: complex overhaul: Adds travel and transportation allowances for assignments to or from naval vessels undergoing nuclear refueling or defueling and concurrent complex overhaul.
• Sec. 1349: Transfer of excess OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigates to Egypt: Authorizes the grant transfer of two named frigates to the Government of Egypt, subject to certifications, and excludes their value from the annual aggregate cap on excess defense article transfers.
• Sec. 2855: Land exchange, Marine Reserve Training Center, Omaha, Nebraska: Exempts the Marine Reserve Training Center land exchange authority from the screening process for additional Federal use required by section 2696(b) of title 10.
• Sec. 5506: Leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf: Authorizes offshore energy leasing in three named planning areas notwithstanding two September 2020 Presidential memoranda that withdrew areas from leasing, and limits the reach of later withdrawals.
• Sec. 510: Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria: Requires separate oil spill response planning criteria for vessels in the Western Alaska Captain of the Port Zone, with Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound vessels kept under existing requirements.
• Sec. 111: Requirements relating to EA–18G aircraft of the Navy: Bars the Navy from retiring or storing EA–18G aircraft and sets a minimum inventory of 158, but exempts individual aircraft the Secretary finds no longer mission capable after accidents or mishaps.
• Sec. 119B: Prohibition on availability of funds for disposal of Littoral Combat Ships: Bars use of fiscal year 2023 Navy funds to dispose of or dismantle a Littoral Combat Ship, but exempts transfers of such a ship to the military forces of an ally or partner nation.
• Sec. 123: Requirements relating to F–22 aircraft: Bars the Air Force from retiring F–22 aircraft and sets a minimum inventory of 186, but exempts individual aircraft the Secretary finds no longer mission capable after accidents or mishaps.
• Sec. 126: Minimum inventory of C–130 aircraft: Requires the Air Force to keep at least 271 C–130 aircraft and keeps the National Guard's C–130 count from falling during fiscal year 2023, with exceptions for aircraft no longer mission capable because of a mishap or other damage.
• Sec. 128: Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of C–40 aircraft: Bars use of fiscal year 2023 Air Force funds to retire or store C–40 aircraft, but exempts individual aircraft the Secretary finds no longer mission capable because of a Class A mishap.
• Sec. 364: Continuation of requirement for biennial report on core depot-level maintenance and repair: Exempts the biennial report on core depot-level maintenance and repair from a general law (section 1080(a) of the Fiscal Year 2016 defense authorization act) that otherwise applies to reporting requirements.
• Sec. 365: Continuation of requirement for annual report on funds expended for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads: Exempts the annual report on funds spent on depot-level maintenance and repair workloads from a general law (section 1080(a) of the Fiscal Year 2016 defense authorization act) that otherwise applies to reporting requirements.
• Sec. 533: Standards for imposition of commanding officer’s non-judicial punishment: Requires commanding officers to get legal guidance and offer counsel access before imposing certain non-judicial punishments, but exempts two listed punishments and lets a commander waive the steps for operational necessity.
• Sec. 647: Expansion of the space-available travel program to allow certain disabled veterans to travel with a caregiver or dependent on certain aircraft: Adds caregivers of veterans with a total permanent service-connected disability to space-available travel eligibility and exempts spending on new equipment for those travelers from the existing funding limit.
• Sec. 832: Defense Acquisition University reforms: Changes Defense Acquisition University structure and sets a five-year maximum term for its President, but the term limit does not apply to the President serving on January 1, 2022.
• Sec. 1037: Consideration of human rights records of recipients of support of special operations to combat terrorism: Bars funds for support to foreign forces or groups with credible gross human rights violations, with a waiver for extraordinary circumstances and no application to countries that took corrective steps or for disaster relief or emergencies.
• Sec. 1038: Consideration of human rights records of recipients of support of Special Operations for irregular warfare: Bars funds for support to foreign units or members with credible gross human rights violations, with a waiver for extraordinary circumstances and no application where the country took corrective steps or for disaster relief or emergencies.
• Sec. 1042: Security clearances for recently separated members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense: Treats prior security clearances as active for one year for separated service members and Defense civilians working for contractors, but excludes those whose clearance is under review and members separated under other than honorable conditions.
• Sec. 1063: Continuation of requirement for annual report on National Guard and reserve component equipment: Exempts the annual report on National Guard and reserve component equipment from a general law (section 1080(a) of the Fiscal Year 2016 defense authorization act) that otherwise applies to reporting requirements.
• Sec. 1083: Combating military reliance on Russian energy: Sets a goal of ending Russian energy use at main operating bases in the European Command area and requires energy plans, and makes one subsection of section 2914 of title 10 inapplicable to projects carried out under this section.
• Sec. 1094: National Commission on the Future of the Navy: Creates an eight-member National Commission on the Future of the Navy to study force structure and shipbuilding, and exempts it from the termination requirement of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
• Sec. 1636: Prohibition on reduction of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States: Bars fiscal year 2023 funds from being used to reduce the alert level or the number of deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles below 400, but exempts maintenance, safety and reliability work, and the transition to the Sentinel missile.
• Sec. 2809: Requirements relating to certain military construction projects: Adds subcontract and contract publication and notification requirements for military construction projects, and excludes classified construction projects from those requirements.
• Sec. 2811: Standardization of military installation Housing Requirements and Market Analyses: Requires a Housing Requirements and Market Analysis at each U.S. installation at least every five years, with the installation prioritization rule not applying to a military department that already required five-year analyses.
• Sec. 3120: Requirements for specific request for new or modified nuclear weapons: Revises the funding-request requirements for new or modified nuclear weapons and rewrites the exceptions for proliferation-related research and exploratory concept work.
• Sec. 5406: Payment choice: Requires retailers to accept cash for sales under $2,000, but for five years does not require acceptance of $50 or larger bills, and allows other exceptions such as converting cash to a card. ($50)
• Sec. 5417: Diversity advisory group: Establishes a Securities and Exchange Commission Diversity Advisory Group to study board diversity strategies and exempts the group from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
• Sec. 5438: Fair hiring in banking: Sets exceptions to the ban on banking employment for people with certain offenses, including offenses older than set periods, expunged convictions, and de minimis offenses, and sets consent application procedures for the FDIC and credit unions.
• Sec. 5456: Prohibition on insider trading: Makes trading on wrongfully obtained material nonpublic information unlawful, but exempts transactions meeting the Rule 10b5–1 requirements and lets the Commission exempt other persons, securities, or transactions.
• Sec. 5843: Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2021: Bars foreign assistance to governmental entities tied to rights violations against journalists, but makes an exception for humanitarian or disaster relief assistance and for assistance to bring responsible members to justice.
• Sec. 5849: 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 bars sanctions on persons selling agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices or providing humanitarian assistance.
• Sec. 5866: Federal Contracting for Peace and Security: Bars agencies from covered contracts with companies operating in Russia, but exempts contracts for U.S. consular and diplomatic posts in Russia, contracts benefiting Ukraine, humanitarian contracts, licensed operations, and contractors granted a good-faith exemption.
• Sec. 5910: Foreign corruption accountability sanctions and criminal enforcement: Authorizes visa-related sanctions on foreign persons engaged in public corruption against a United States person, but the sanctions do not apply where admitting the person would further law enforcement objectives or is needed to meet UN Headquarters Agreement obligations.
• Sec. 5933: Conversion of TSA personnel: Freezes TSA personnel management systems and policies for covered employees until conversion to title 5, but allows changes to pay adjustments, policies on matters not already addressed, and policies on emerging transportation security threats.
• Sec. 6124: Sanctions described: Describes the property-blocking and visa sanctions for Libya-related persons, and exempts activities under National Security Act reporting requirements and authorized intelligence or law enforcement activities, plus admissions needed to meet UN Headquarters Agreement obligations.
• Sec. 6522: Imposition of sanctions with respect to human rights abuses and perpetration of a coup in Burma: Requires sanctions on persons connected to the Burmese military and the 2021 coup, but bars sanctions on transactions for sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices and for humanitarian assistance in Burma.
• Sec. 6701: Nonprofit security grant program improvement: Revises the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, and exempts changes to its application materials, forms, and core documentation from the Paperwork Reduction Act. It also sets authorization levels of $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 and $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.
• Sec. 7001: Restrictions on transfers of defense articles and services, design and construction services, and major defense equipment to Saudi Arabia: Restricts arms transfers to Saudi intelligence, internal security, and law enforcement agencies in 120-day periods unless a certification is made, but excepts transfers for defense of Saudi territory from external threats and defense of U.S. personnel and facilities in Saudi Arabia.
• Division G, Sec. 515: Prohibition on entry and operation: Bars vessels owned or operated by Russian nationals or the Russian government from U.S. waters and ports, but allows an exception where the Secretary of State determines it is in the national security interest, and provisional entry for safety.
• Division G, Sec. 607: Surveillance requirements: Requires video and audio surveillance on certain oceangoing non-passenger commercial vessels, but exempts fishing vessels, fish processing vessels, and fish tender vessels.
• Division G, Sec. 608: Master key control: Requires master key control systems on vessels subject to inspection, but exempts vessels subject to section 3507(f).

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (4)

• Sec. 866: Temporary suspension of COVID–19 vaccine mandate for Department of Defense contractors: Orders a GAO study and bars the Secretary of Defense from implementing a COVID–19 vaccine requirement for Department of Defense contractors until the GAO report is submitted.
• Sec. 915: Clarification of roles and responsibilities for force modernization efforts of the Army: If the Secretary of the Army does not submit the required plan within 180 days, provisions of Army Directive 2022–07 that modify Army Directive 2020–15 would have no force or effect, and the Army Futures Command roles in the earlier directive would apply.
• Sec. 5857: Limitation on licenses and other authorizations for export of certain items removed from the jurisdiction of the United States Munitions List and made subject to the jurisdiction of the Export Administration Regulations: Bars Commerce Department export licenses for certain items moved to the Export Administration Regulations by a January 23, 2020 Federal Register publication unless Congress is notified 15 or 30 days ahead and does not enact a disapproval resolution.
• Division G, Sec. 301: Nonoperating individual: Replaces a date set at 2 years after enactment with January 1, 2025 in section 8313(b) of the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act, moving a deadline later.

Changes a government process (3)

• Sec. 864: Security clearance bridge pilot program: Creates a pilot program letting the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency administer employees' personal security clearances while a company's facility clearance is pending, limited to 25 companies in fiscal year 2023 rising to 125 in fiscal year 2027, with participants selected by the Defense Innovation Unit.
• Division G, Sec. 216: National Coast Guard Museum funding plan: Changes who certifies the National Coast Guard Museum funding plan, replacing the department's Inspector General with a qualified third party entity.
• Sec. 1029: Withholding of certain information about sunken military crafts: Lets the Secretary concerned withhold from public disclosure information about the location or character of a sunken military craft when disclosure would raise the risk of unauthorized disturbance.

Condition defined by a narrow set of criteria (1)

• Sec. 857: Prohibition on covered airport contracts with certain entities: Bars the Secretary of Defense from awarding contracts for passenger boarding bridge infrastructure or equipment at covered military airports to contractors meeting the stated ownership and court-finding criteria.

Program name includes a political figure’s name (4)

• Sec. 599N: Sense of Congress regarding Ulysses S. Grant: States the sense of Congress that the leadership and military victories of Ulysses S. Grant deserve honor.
• Sec. 1082: Ronald V. Dellums Memorial Fellowship for Women of Color in STEAM: Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a scholarship and internship fellowship program named for Ronald V. Dellums, with scholarships capped at $10,000 per student per academic year.
• Division G, Sec. 1: Short title; table of contents: Gives Division G the short title “Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022,” a name that refers to a person.
• Sec. 1208: General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Exchange Program: Directs the Commander of United States Army Special Operations Command to seek a training program with special operations forces of the Polish Army, named for a historical figure, and to report progress within 120 days.

What it does

• Division A, Sec. 101: Authorizes fiscal year 2023 appropriations for Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, and Defense-wide procurement, as specified in the funding table in section 4101.
• Sec. 112: Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter multiyear contracts for up to 15 Arleigh Burke class Flight III guided missile destroyers, with payments after fiscal year 2023 subject to appropriations.
• Division A, Sec. 401: Authorizes active duty end strengths as of September 30, 2023, including 473,000 for the Army, 348,220 for the Navy, 177,000 for the Marine Corps, 323,400 for the Air Force and 8,600 for the Space Force.
• Sec. 921: Establishes a Space National Guard as part of the organized militia of the States and territories and as the reserve component of the Space Force.
• Sec. 1001: Allows the Secretary of Defense to transfer up to $6,000,000,000 between fiscal year 2023 authorizations, only for higher-priority items and not for items Congress has denied.
• Sec. 2101: Authorizes Army military construction projects at listed installations, such as $168,000,000 for East Camp Grafenwoehr, Germany, using amounts specified in the funding table in section 4601.
• Sec. 4001: Authorizes the obligation and expenditure of amounts shown in the funding tables, subject to the availability of appropriations, and requires merit-based or competitive procedures for funds committed to a specific entity, except for items marked as Community Project Funding in section 4201.
• Sec. 5401: Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a rule within one year covering persons who provide corporate formation, trust, third-party payment, and certain legal or accounting services, and to prescribe anti-money laundering requirements for them; authorizes $53,300,000 for this purpose.
• Sec. 5462: Bars Federal banking regulators from ending deposit insurance or taking other adverse action against a depository institution solely because it provides financial services to a cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider.
• Sec. 5933: Ends the Transportation Security Administration personnel management system for covered employees and places them under title 5, United States Code, effective on a date set by the Secretary and no later than December 31, 2022.
• Sec. 6401: Bars the sale, export or transfer of defense articles or services to a country when the Secretary of State has credible information its government has committed or is committing genocide or violations of international humanitarian law, unless the Secretary makes the certifications listed in the section.
• Sec. 6522: Requires the President, within 60 days, to impose sanctions on foreign persons the President determines meet listed criteria tied to the Burmese military and the February 2021 coup.
• Division G, Sec. 101: Amends 14 U.S.C. 4902 to replace fiscal year 2020 and 2021 Coast Guard authorization amounts with amounts for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, including $9,282,360,000 and $10,210,596,000 in one subparagraph.
• Division H, Sec. 101: Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate data standards by rule for information reported to member agencies of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, including a common nonproprietary legal entity identifier.
• Sec. 7161: Withdraws approximately 1,006,545 acres of Federal land in Arizona from entry under the public land laws, location under the mining laws, and operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights.

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