Spending Bill - Version 3

Spending Bill - Version 3

• 1. 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. ll Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. COLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on llllllllllllll A BILL Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Relief Act, 5 2025’’. 6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 7 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. DIVISION A—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 2. 2 DIVISION B—DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 DIVISION C—HEALTH Sec. 3001. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS Sec. 3101. Extension for community health centers, National Health Service Corps, and teaching health centers that operate GME programs. Sec. 3102. Extension of special diabetes programs. Sec. 3103. National health security extensions. TITLE II—MEDICARE Sec. 3201. Extension of increased inpatient hospital payment adjustment for certain low-volume hospitals. Sec. 3202. Extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program. Sec. 3203. Extension of add-on payments for ambulance services. Sec. 3204. Extension of funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection. Sec. 3205. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs. Sec. 3206. Extension of the work geographic index floor. Sec. 3207. Extension of certain telehealth flexibilities. Sec. 3208. Extending acute hospital care at home waiver authorities. Sec. 3209. Extension of temporary inclusion of authorized oral antiviral drugs as covered part D drugs. Sec. 3210. Medicare improvement fund. TITLE III—HUMAN SERVICES Sec. 3301. Sexual risk avoidance education extension. Sec. 3302. Personal responsibility education extension. Sec. 3303. Extension of funding for family-to-family health information centers. TITLE IV—MEDICAID Sec. 3401. Eliminating certain disproportionate share hospital payment cuts. DIVISION D—EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS Sec. 4101. Extension of agricultural programs. DIVISION E—OTHER MATTERS Sec. 5101. Commodity futures trading commission whistleblower program. Sec. 5102. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. Sec. 5103. Additional special assessment. Sec. 5104. National cybersecurity protection system authorization. Sec. 5105. Extension of temporary order for fentanyl-related substances. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 3. 3 1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 2 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 3 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 4 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi5 sion. 6 DIVISION A—FURTHER CONTINUING 7 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 8 SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 9 (division A of Public Law 118–83) is amended— 10 (1) by striking the date specified in section 11 106(3) and inserting ‘‘March 14, 2025’’; 12 (2) in section 126 to read as follows: 13 ‘‘SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 14 are provided for ‘District of Columbia—Federal Payment 15 for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the Dis16 trict of Columbia’ at a rate for operations of $90,000,000, 17 of which not less than $50,000,000 shall be for costs asso18 ciated with the Presidential Inauguration to be held in 19 January 2025: Provided, That such amounts may be ap20 portioned up to the rate for operations necessary to main21 tain emergency planning and security activities.’’; and 22 (3) by adding after section 152 the following 23 new sections: 24 ‘‘SEC. 153. Amounts made available by section 101 25 for ‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At26 mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 4. 4 1 Construction’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper2 ations necessary to maintain the acquisition schedule for 3 Geostationary Earth Orbit in an amount not to exceed 4 $625,000,000. 5 ‘‘SEC. 154. Amounts made available by section 101 6 for ‘Department of Justice—Justice Operations, Manage7 ment and Accountability—Justice Information Sharing 8 Technology’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper9 ations necessary to carry out proactive vulnerability detec10 tion and penetration testing activities. 11 ‘‘SEC. 155. In addition to amounts otherwise pro12 vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart13 ment of Justice for ‘Federal Bureau of Investigation— 14 Salaries and Expenses’, $16,668,000, for an additional 15 amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2026, to conduct risk reduction and modifica17 tion of National Security Systems: Provided, That such 18 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 19 emergency requirement pursuant to section 20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 22 ‘‘SEC. 156. (a) Amounts made available by section 23 101 to the Department of Defense for ‘Procurement— 24 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’, may be apportioned 25 up to the rate for operations necessary for ‘Columbia Class VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 5. 5 1 Submarine (AP)’ in an amount not to exceed 2 $5,996,130,000. 3 ‘‘(b) Amounts made available by section 101 to the 4 Department of Defense for ‘Procurement—Shipbuilding 5 and Conversion, Navy’ may be apportioned up to the rate 6 for operations necessary for ‘Columbia Class Submarine’ 7 in an amount not to exceed $2,922,300,000. 8 ‘‘SEC. 157. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise pro9 vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart10 ment of Defense for ‘Procurement—Shipbuilding and 11 Conversion, Navy’, $5,691,000,000, for an additional 12 amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2029, for the Virginia Class Submarine pro14 gram and for workforce wage and non-executive salary im15 provements for other nuclear-powered vessel programs: 16 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 17 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec18 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer19 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 20 ‘‘(b) Amounts appropriated by subsection (a) may be 21 used to incrementally fund contract obligations for the im22 provement of workforce wages and non-executive level sal23 aries on new or existing contracts pertaining to the Vir24 ginia Class Submarine program or to other nuclear-pow25 ered vessel programs. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 6. 6 1 ‘‘SEC. 158. In addition to amounts otherwise pro2 vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart3 ment of Defense for ‘Operation and Maintenance—De4 fense-Wide’, $913,440,000, for an additional amount for 5 fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 6 2026, to conduct risk reduction and modification of Na7 tional Security Systems: Provided, That the amount pro8 vided by this section may be transferred to accounts under 9 the headings ‘Operation and Maintenance’, ‘Procurement’, 10 and ‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation’: Pro11 vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to the pre12 ceding proviso shall be merged with and available for the 13 same purpose and for the same time period as the appro14 priations to which the funds are transferred: Provided fur15 ther, That any transfer authority provided herein is in ad16 dition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 17 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 18 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 19 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 ‘‘SEC. 159. (a) Amounts made available by section 22 101 for ‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense 23 Activities—Environmental and Other Defense Activities— 24 Other Defense Activities’ may be apportioned up to the VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 7. 7 1 rate for operations necessary to sustain specialized secu2 rity activities. 3 ‘‘(b) The Director of the Office of Management and 4 Budget and the Secretary of Energy shall notify the Com5 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 6 and the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of 7 the authority provided in subsection (a). 8 ‘‘SEC. 160. In addition to amounts otherwise pro9 vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart10 ment of Energy for ‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities— 11 Environmental and Other Defense Activities—Other De12 fense Activities’, $1,750,000, for an additional amount for 13 fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 14 2026, to conduct risk reduction and modification of Na15 tional Security Systems: Provided, That such amount is 16 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re17 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal18 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 19 ‘‘SEC. 161. During the period covered by this Act, 20 section 10609(a) of the Northwestern New Mexico Rural 21 Water Projects Act (subtitle B of title X of Public Law 22 111–11) shall be applied by substituting ‘$1,640,000,000’ 23 for ‘$870,000,000’ and ‘2025’ for ‘2024’. 24 ‘‘SEC. 162. In addition to amounts otherwise pro25 vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the DepartVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 8. 8 1 ment of the Treasury for ‘Departmental Offices—Office 2 of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence—Salaries and Ex3 penses’, $908,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 4 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2026, to 5 conduct risk reduction and modification of National Secu6 rity Systems: Provided, That such amount is designated 7 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 8 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg9 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 10 ‘‘SEC. 163. Section 302 of title III of Public Law 11 108-494 shall be applied by substituting the date specified 12 in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘December 31, 2024’ each 13 place it appears. 14 ‘‘SEC. 164. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section 15 747 of title VII of division B of Public Law 118–47 shall 16 be applied through the date specified in section 106(3) of 17 this Act by— 18 ‘‘(1) substituting ‘2024’ for ‘2023’ each place it 19 appears; 20 ‘‘(2) substituting ‘2025’ for ‘2024’ each place it 21 appears; 22 ‘‘(3) substituting ‘2026’ for ‘2025’; and 23 ‘‘(4) substituting ‘section 747 of division B of 24 Public Law 118–47, as in effect on September 30, VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 9. 9 1 2024’ for ‘section 747 of division E of Public Law 2 117–328’ each place it appears. 3 ‘‘(b) Subsection (a) shall not take effect until the first 4 day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after 5 January 1, 2025. 6 ‘‘SEC. 165. Amounts made available by section 101 7 for ‘Department of Education—Student Aid Administra8 tion’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations nec9 essary to ensure the continuation of student loan servicing 10 activities and student aid application and eligibility deter11 mination processes. 12 ‘‘SEC. 166. During the period covered by this Act, 13 section 123 of division A of Public Law 118–42 and the 14 provisions carrying the same restriction in prior Acts mak15 ing appropriations to the Department of Defense for mili16 tary construction shall not apply to unobligated balances 17 from prior year appropriations made available under the 18 heading ‘Department of Defense—Military Construction, 19 Army’ and such balances may be obligated for an access 20 road project at Arlington National Cemetery. 21 ‘‘SEC. 167. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the sec22 ond proviso under the heading ‘Department of Veterans 23 Affairs—Veterans Health Administration—Medical Serv24 ices’ shall not apply during the period covered by this Act. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 10. 10 1 ‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 101, the second proviso 2 under the heading ‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Vet3 erans Health Administration—Medical Community Care’ 4 shall not apply during the period covered by this Act. 5 ‘‘(c) Notwithstanding section 101, the second proviso 6 under the heading ‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Vet7 erans Health Administration—Medical Support and Com8 pliance’ shall not apply during the period covered by this 9 Act. 10 ‘‘SEC. 168. Notwithstanding section 101, the fifth 11 and sixth provisos under the heading ‘Millennium Chal12 lenge Corporation’ in division F of Public Law 118–47 13 shall be applied by substituting ‘December 31, 2025’ for 14 ‘December 31, 2024’ each place it appears. 15 ‘‘SEC. 169. Amounts made available by section 101 16 for ‘Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation Ad17 ministration—Operations’ may be apportioned up to the 18 rate for operations necessary to fund mandatory pay in19 creases and other inflationary adjustments, to maintain 20 and improve air traffic services, to hire and train air traf21 fic controllers, and to continue aviation safety oversight, 22 while avoiding service reductions.’’. 23 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Further Con24 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2025’’. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 11. 11 1 DIVISION B—DISASTER RELIEF 2 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIA3 TIONS ACT, 2025 4 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 5 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 6 fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other pur7 poses, namely: 8 TITLE I 9 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 10 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 11 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 12 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Sec14 retary’’, $30,780,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, for necessary expenses related to losses of rev16 enue, quality or production of crops (including milk, on17 farm stored commodities, crops prevented from planting, 18 and harvested adulterated wine grapes), trees, bushes, and 19 vines, as a consequence of droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, 20 floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, 21 freeze, including a polar vortex, smoke exposure, and ex22 cessive moisture occurring in calendar years 2023 and 23 2024 under such terms and conditions as determined by 24 the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this title as 25 ‘‘Secretary’’): Provided, That of the amounts provided in VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 12. 12 1 this paragraph under this heading in this Act, the Sec2 retary shall use up to $2,000,000,000 to provide assist3 ance to producers of livestock, as determined by the Sec4 retary, for losses incurred during calendar years 2023 and 5 2024 due to drought, wildfires, or floods: Provided further, 6 That the Secretary may provide assistance for such losses 7 in the form of block grants to eligible States and terri8 tories and such assistance may include compensation to 9 producers, as determined by the Secretary, for timber (in10 cluding payments to non-Federal forest landowners), cit11 rus, pecan, and poultry (including infrastructure) losses, 12 and for agricultural producers who have suffered losses 13 due to the failure of Mexico to deliver water to the United 14 States in accordance with the 1944 Water Treaty: Pro15 vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 16 heading in this Act, the Secretary shall offer individualized 17 technical assistance to interested non-insured producers to 18 help them apply for assistance made available under this 19 heading: Provided further, That of the amounts made 20 available under this paragraph under this heading in this 21 Act, the Secretary may use up to $30,000,000, for reim22 bursement for administrative and operating expenses 23 available for crop insurance contracts for 2022 and 2023 24 reinsurance years in a manner consistent with Section 771 25 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 13. 13 1 117–328): Provided further, That of the amounts made 2 available under this paragraph under this heading in this 3 Act, and without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq., the 4 Secretary shall use $3,000,000 to carry out regular testing 5 for the purposes of verifying and validating the method6 ology and protocols of the inspection of molasses at any 7 United States ports of entry, including whether the molas8 ses meets each statutory requirement without the use of 9 additives or blending, relevant definitional explanatory 10 notes, and each property typical of molasses in the United 11 States as directed in Senate Report 118–193: Provided 12 further, That at the election of a processor eligible for a 13 loan under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Im14 provement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272) or 15 a cooperative processor of dairy, the Secretary shall make 16 payments for losses in 2023 and 2024 to such processors 17 (to be paid to producers, as determined by such proc18 essors) in lieu of payments to producers and under the 19 same terms and conditions as payments made to proc20 essors pursuant to title I of the Additional Supplemental 21 Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 22 116–20) under the heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture— 23 Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Mar24 keting—Office of the Secretary’’, as last amended by sec25 tion 791(c) of title VII of division B of the Further ConVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 14. 14 1 solidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 2 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3 760.1503(j) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, in the 4 event that a processor described in the preceding proviso 5 does not elect to receive payments under such clause, the 6 Secretary shall make direct payments to producers under 7 this heading in this Act: Provided further, That the total 8 amount of payments received under this paragraph under 9 this heading in this Act for producers who did not obtain 10 a policy or plan of insurance for an insurable commodity 11 for the applicable crop year under the Federal Crop Insur12 ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the crop incurring 13 the losses or did not file the required paperwork and pay 14 the service fee by the applicable State filing deadline for 15 a noninsurable commodity for the applicable crop year 16 under Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program for 17 the crop incurring the losses shall not exceed 70 percent 18 of the loss as determined by the Secretary, except the Sec19 retary shall provide payments not to exceed 90 percent 20 of the producer’s revenue losses as determined by the Sec21 retary if the Secretary determines a de minimis amount 22 of a producer’s revenue loss is attributable to crops for 23 which the producer did not insure or obtain Noninsured 24 Crop Disaster Assistance Program coverage: Provided fur25 ther, That the amount provided in this paragraph under VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 15. 15 1 this heading in this Act shall be subject to the terms and 2 conditions set forth in the first, second, sixth, seventh, 3 eighth, ninth, tenth, and 12th provisos under this heading 4 in title I of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropria5 tions Act, 2022 (division B of Public Law 117–43), except 6 that such ninth proviso under such heading shall be ap7 plied by substituting ‘‘2023 and 2024’’ for ‘‘2020 and 8 2021’’ and the Secretary shall apply a separate payment 9 limit for economic assistance payments: Provided further, 10 That not later than 120 days after the enactment of this 11 Act, and for each fiscal quarter thereafter until the 12 amounts provided under this heading in this Act are ex13 pended, the Secretary shall report to the Committees on 14 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 15 Senate on the implementation of any programs provided 16 for under this heading in this Act specifying the type, 17 amount, and method of such assistance by State and terri18 tory: Provided further, That of the amounts provided in 19 this paragraph, $10,000,000,000 shall be made available 20 for the Secretary to make economic assistance available 21 pursuant to section 2102 of this title in this Act: Provided 22 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 23 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec24 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer25 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 16. 16 1 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Sec2 retary’’, $220,000,000, to remain available until expended, 3 for the Secretary to provide assistance in the form of block 4 grants to eligible States to provide compensation to pro5 ducers for necessary expenses related to crop, timber, and 6 livestock losses, including on-farm infrastructure, as a 7 consequence of any weather event in 2023 or 2024 that 8 a State, in its sole discretion, determines warrants such 9 relief: Provided, That eligible States are those States with 10 a net farm income for 2023 of less than $250,000,000, 11 as recorded in the data in the Economic Research Service 12 publication ‘‘Farm Income and Wealth Statistics’’ as of 13 December 3, 2024, and fewer than eight thousand farms 14 and an average farm size of fewer than one thousand acres 15 per farm, as recorded in the National Agricultural Statis16 tics Service publication ‘‘Farms and Land in Farms 2023 17 Summary (February, 2024)’’: Provided further, That the 18 Secretary shall work with eligible States on any necessary 19 terms and conditions of the block grants, fully taking in 20 account the needs of each State: Provided further, That 21 any such terms and conditions may not impose additional 22 costs on producers: Provided further, That such amount 23 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 24 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 17. 17 1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 2 1985. 3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 5 General’’, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended, 6 for audits, investigations, and other oversight of projects 7 and activities carried out with funds made available to the 8 Department of Agriculture in this Act: Provided, That 9 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 10 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 11 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 13 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili16 ties’’, $42,500,000, to remain available until expended: 17 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 18 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec19 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer20 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 18. 18 1 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 2 PROGRAMS 3 FARM SERVICE AGENCY 4 EMERGENCY FOREST RESTORATION PROGRAM 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Forest 6 Restoration Program’’, $356,535,000, to remain available 7 until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 8 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 9 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg10 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM 12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Conserva13 tion Program’’, $828,000,000, to remain available until 14 expended: Provided, That such amount is designated by 15 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur16 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 17 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 18 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 19 EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM 20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Watershed 21 Protection Program’’ for necessary expenses for the Emer22 gency Watershed Protection Program, $920,000,000, to 23 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 24 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 25 emergency requirement pursuant to section VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 19. 19 1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 4 RURAL DEVELOPMENT DISASTER ASSISTANCE FUND 5 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Rural Develop6 ment Disaster Assistance Fund’’ as authorized under sec7 tion 6945 of title 7, United States Code, as amended by 8 this Act, $362,500,000, to remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That section 6945(b) of title 7, United 10 States Code, shall apply to amounts provided under this 11 heading in this Act: Provided further, That amounts pro12 vided under this heading in this Act may not be trans13 ferred pursuant to section 2257 of title 7, United States 14 Code: Provided further, That such amount is designated 15 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 16 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg17 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 18 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 19 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 20 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Commodity Assistance 22 Program’’ for the emergency food assistance program as 23 authorized by section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 24 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) and section 204(a)(1) of the 25 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 20. 20 1 7508(a)(1)), $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That such funds shall be for 3 infrastructure needs related to the consequences of a 4 major disaster declaration pursuant to the Robert T. Staf5 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 6 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in calendar years 2023 and 2024: 7 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 8 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 9 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 12 SEC. 2101. Section 10101 of the Disaster Relief and 13 Recovery Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (division 14 B of Public Law 110–329; 7 U.S.C. 6945) is amended— 15 (1) in subsection (b)— 16 (A) in the first sentence— 17 (i) by striking ‘‘for authorized activi18 ties’’ and inserting ‘‘, in the form of loans, 19 grants, loan guarantees, or cooperative 20 agreements, for any authorized activity’’; 21 (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ between ‘‘Presi22 dent’’ and ‘‘the Secretary of Agriculture’’ 23 and inserting a comma; and VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 21. 21 1 (iii) by inserting after ‘‘the Secretary 2 of Agriculture’’ the following: ‘‘, or the 3 Governor of a State or Territory’’; 4 (B) in the second sentence, inserting after 5 ‘‘to carry out the activity’’, the following: ‘‘, but 6 shall not be limited to the original form of as7 sistance, if any’’; and 8 (C) by inserting after the first sentence, as 9 so amended, the following: ‘‘The cost of such 10 direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost 11 of modifying loans, shall be as defined in sec12 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 13 1974.’’; and 14 (2) in subsection (c), to read as follows— 15 ‘‘(c) WAIVER OF ACTIVITY OR PROJECT LIMITA16 TIONS.—For any activity or project for which amounts in 17 the Rural Development Disaster Assistance Fund will be 18 obligated under subsection (b)— 19 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of Agriculture may waive 20 any limits on population, income, age, and duplica21 tion with respect to replacement of damaged or de22 stroyed utilities, or cost-sharing otherwise applicable, 23 except that, if the amounts proposed to be obligated 24 in connection with the disaster would exceed the 25 amount specified in subsection (h), the notification VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 22. 22 1 required by that subsection shall include information 2 and justification with regard to any waivers to be 3 granted under this subsection; 4 ‘‘(2) the Secretary of Agriculture may use alter5 native sources of income data provided by local, re6 gional, State, or Federal government sources to de7 termine program eligibility; and 8 ‘‘(3) with respect to grants authorized by 7 9 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19), the Secretary of Agriculture 10 shall not require the applicant to demonstrate that 11 it is unable to finance the proposed project from its 12 own resources, or through commercial credit at rea13 sonable rates and terms, or other funding sources 14 without grant assistance.’’. 15 (3) Amounts provided by this section are des16 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency 17 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 18 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 19 Act of 1985. 20 SEC. 2102. (a)(1) With respect to the 2024 crop year, 21 if the Secretary determines that the expected gross return 22 per acre for an eligible commodity determined under para23 graph (2) is less than the expected cost of production per 24 acre for that eligible commodity determined under para25 graph (3), the Secretary shall, not later than 90 days after VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 23. 23 1 the date of enactment of this Act, make a 1-time economic 2 assistance payment to each producer of that eligible com3 modity during that crop year. 4 (2) The expected gross return per acre for an 5 eligible commodity referred to in paragraph (1) shall 6 be equal to— 7 (A) in the case of wheat, corn, grain sor8 ghum, barley, oats, cotton, rice, and soybeans, 9 the product obtained by multiplying— 10 (i) the projected average farm price 11 for the applicable eligible commodity for 12 the 2024–2025 marketing year contained 13 in the most recent World Agricultural Sup14 ply and Demand Estimates published be15 fore the date of enactment of this Act by 16 the World Agricultural Outlook Board; and 17 (ii) the national average harvested 18 yield per acre for the applicable eligible 19 commodity for the most recent 10 crop 20 years, as determined by the Secretary; and 21 (B) in the case of each eligible commodity 22 not specified in subparagraph (A), a com23 parable estimate of gross returns, as deter24 mined by the Secretary. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 24. 24 1 (3) The expected cost of production per acre for 2 an eligible commodity referred to in paragraph (1) 3 shall be equal to— 4 (A) in the case of wheat, corn, grain sor5 ghum, barley, oats, cotton, rice, and soybeans, 6 the total costs listed for the 2024 crop year 7 with respect to the applicable eligible com8 modity contained in the most recent data prod9 uct entitled ‘‘national average cost-of-produc10 tion forecasts for major U.S. field crops’’ pub11 lished by the Economic Research Service; and 12 (B) in the case of each eligible commodity 13 not specified in subparagraph (A), a com14 parable total estimated cost-of-production, as 15 determined by the Secretary. 16 (4)(A) The amount of an economic assistance 17 payment to a producer for an eligible commodity 18 under paragraph (1) shall be equal to 26 percent of 19 the product obtained by multiplying— 20 (i) the economic loss for that eligible 21 commodity determined under subpara22 graph (B); and 23 (ii) the eligible acres of that eligible 24 commodity on the farm determined under 25 subparagraph (C). VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 25. 25 1 (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), 2 the economic loss for an eligible commodity 3 shall be equal to the difference between— 4 (i) the expected cost of production per 5 acre for that eligible commodity, as deter6 mined under paragraph (3); and 7 (ii) the expected gross return per acre 8 for that eligible commodity, as determined 9 under paragraph (2). 10 (C) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), 11 the eligible acres of an eligible commodity on a 12 farm shall be equal to the sum obtained by add13 ing— 14 (i) the acreage planted on the farm to 15 that eligible commodity for harvest, graz16 ing, haying, silage, or other similar pur17 poses for the 2024 crop year; and 18 (ii) an amount equal to 50 percent of 19 the acreage on the farm that was pre20 vented from being planted during the 2024 21 crop year to that eligible commodity be22 cause of drought, flood, or other natural 23 disaster, or other condition beyond the con24 trol of the producers on the farm, as deter25 mined by the Secretary. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 26. 26 1 (D) For purposes of subparagraph (C)(i), 2 the Secretary shall consider acreage planted to 3 include any land devoted to planted acres for 4 accepted skip-row planting patterns, as deter5 mined by the Secretary. 6 (E) If the Secretary determines there is in7 sufficient data to determine the comparable es8 timate of gross returns with respect to an eligi9 ble commodity under paragraph (2)(B) or a 10 comparable total estimated cost-of-production 11 with respect to an eligible commodity under 12 paragraph (3)(B), the Secretary shall use data 13 related to a similarly situated commodity for 14 purposes of determining the payment amount 15 under this paragraph. 16 (5) In no case shall the amount of an economic 17 assistance payment to a producer for an eligible 18 commodity under paragraph (1) be equal to less 19 than the product obtained by multiplying— 20 (A) 8 percent of the reference price for the 21 eligible commodity described in section 22 1111(19) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 23 U.S.C. 9011(19)); VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 27. 27 1 (B) the national average payment yield for 2 the eligible commodity described in section 3 1111(15) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 9011(15)); and 4 (C) the number of eligible acres for the eli5 gible commodity described in paragraph (4)(C). 6 (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), sections 7 1001, 1001A, 1001B, and 1001C of the Food Security 8 Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308, 1308–1, 1308–2, 1308–3) 9 shall apply with respect to assistance provided under this 10 section. 11 (2) The total amount of payments received, di12 rectly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity (ex13 cept a joint venture or general partnership) under 14 this section may not exceed— 15 (A) $125,000, if less than 75 percent of 16 the average gross income of the person or legal 17 entity for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 tax years 18 is derived from farming, ranching, or 19 silviculture activities; and 20 (B) $250,000, if not less than 75 percent 21 of the average gross income of the person or 22 legal entity for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 tax 23 years is derived from farming, ranching, or 24 silviculture activities. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 28. 28 1 (3) The payment limitations under paragraph 2 (2) shall be separate from annual payment limita3 tions under any other program. 4 (c) In this section: 5 (1) The terms ‘‘extra-long staple cotton’’ and 6 ‘‘producer’’ have the meanings given those terms in 7 section 1111 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 8 U.S.C. 9011). 9 (2) The term ‘‘cotton’’ means extra-long staple 10 cotton and upland cotton. 11 (3)(A) The term ‘‘eligible commodity’’ means a 12 loan commodity (as defined in section 1201(a) of the 13 Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9031(a)). 14 (B) The term ‘‘eligible commodity’’ does 15 not include graded wool, nongraded wool, mo16 hair, or honey. 17 (4) The terms ‘‘legal entity’’ and ‘‘person’’ have 18 the meanings given those terms in section 1001(a) 19 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 20 1308(a)). 21 (5) The term ‘‘rice’’ means long grain rice and 22 medium grain rice. 23 (6) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 24 of Agriculture. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 29. 29 1 (d) Amounts provided by this section are designated 2 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 3 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg4 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 5 TITLE II 6 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 7 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 8 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Develop11 ment Assistance Programs’’, $1,510,000,000, to remain 12 available until expended, pursuant to sections 209 and 703 13 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act (42 14 U.S.C. 3149 and 3233), for economic adjustment assist15 ance related to flood mitigation, disaster relief, long-term 16 recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in areas that 17 received a major disaster designation as a result of hurri18 canes, wildfires, severe storms and flooding, tornadoes, 19 and other natural disasters occurring in calendar years 20 2023 and 2024 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re21 lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 22 seq.): Provided, That within the amount appropriated 23 under this heading in this Act, up to 3 percent of funds 24 may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for admin25 istration and oversight activities: Provided further, That VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 30. 30 1 within the amount appropriated under this heading in this 2 Act, $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the Delta Re3 gional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.): Provided fur4 ther, That the Delta Regional Authority shall notify the 5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent6 atives and the Senate 15 days prior to the obligation of 7 the amounts made available under the preceding proviso: 8 Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is au9 thorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such tem10 porary personnel as may be necessary to implement the 11 requirements under this heading in this Act, without re12 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov13 erning appointments in the competitive service: Provided 14 further, That within the amount appropriated under this 15 heading in this Act, $7,000,000 shall be transferred to 16 ‘‘Departmental Management—Office of Inspector Gen17 eral’’ for carrying out investigations and audits related to 18 the funding provided under this heading in this Act: Pro19 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con20 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 21 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 31. 31 1 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 2 ADMINISTRATION 3 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, 5 and Facilities’’ for necessary expenses related to the con6 sequences of hurricanes, typhoons, flooding, wildfires, and 7 other disasters in calendar years 2023 and 2024, 8 $244,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 9 2026, as follows: 10 (1) $144,000,000 for repair and replacement of 11 observing assets, real property, and equipment; for 12 marine debris assessment and removal; and for map13 ping, charting, and geodesy services; and 14 (2) $100,000,000 for necessary expenses re15 lated to the consequences of tornadoes, hurricanes, 16 typhoons, flooding, and wildfires in calendar year 17 2024; 18 Provided, That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad19 ministration shall submit a spending plan to the Commit20 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 21 and the Senate not later than 45 days after the date of 22 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount 23 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 24 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 32. 32 1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 2 1985. 3 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Acquisi5 tion and Construction’’ for necessary expenses related to 6 the consequences of hurricanes, typhoons, wildfires, volca7 noes, and other disasters in calendar years 2022, 2023 8 and 2024, $499,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, as follows: 10 (1) $100,000,000 for repair and replacement of 11 observing assets, real property, and equipment; and 12 (2) $399,000,000 for the acquisition of hurri13 cane hunter aircraft and related expenses as author14 ized under section 11708 of division K of Public 15 Law 117–263: 16 Provided, That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad17 ministration shall submit a spending plan to the Commit18 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 19 and the Senate not later than 45 days after the date of 20 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount 21 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 22 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 23 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 24 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 33. 33 1 FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Fisheries Disaster As3 sistance’’ for necessary expenses associated with fishery 4 resource disaster relief as authorized by law, 5 $300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That notwithstanding section 312(a)(3)(A) of the 7 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage8 ment Act (18 U.S.C. 1861a(a)(3)(A)), any request for a 9 fishery resource disaster determination in Tribal salmon 10 and urchin fisheries received by the Secretary prior to 11 September 30, 2025, may be evaluated by the Secretary: 12 Provided further, That a portion of the amounts provided 13 under this heading in this Act shall be used to provide 14 additional assistance up to the historical percentage for 15 positively determined disasters announced in calendar year 16 2024 that were partially funded: Provided further, That 17 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 18 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 22 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex25 penses’’, $12,000,000, to remain available until September VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 34. 34 1 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the protection 2 of the residences of the Supreme Court Justices: Provided, 3 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 4 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 6 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 8 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili10 ties’’, $64,795,500, to remain available until expended, for 11 necessary expenses related to the consequences of major 12 disasters: Provided, That such amount is designated by 13 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur14 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 15 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 16 SCIENCE 17 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 18 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 19 RESTORATION 20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction and En22 vironmental Compliance and Restoration’’ for repair and 23 replacement of National Aeronautics and Space Adminis24 tration facilities damaged by hurricanes, tropical storms, 25 typhoons, and tornadoes in calendar years 2023 and 2024, VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 35. 35 1 $740,200,000, to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That up to 20 percent of such amount may be 3 transferred to ‘‘Space Operations’’ for necessary expenses 4 related to communications facilities and equipment, re5 quired remediation, and alternative operations caused by 6 Typhoon Mawar: Provided further, That except as pro7 vided in the preceding proviso, the amounts appropriated 8 under this heading in this Act shall not be available for 9 transfer under any transfer authority provided for the Na10 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration in an appro11 priation Act for fiscal year 2025: Provided further, That 12 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall 13 submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not 15 later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act: 16 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 17 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 18 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 20 TITLE III 21 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 23 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main25 tenance, Army’’, $451,894,000, to remain available until VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 36. 36 1 September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related to the 2 consequences of severe storms, straight-line winds, torna3 does, microbursts, and hurricanes in calendar years 2023 4 and 2024: Provided, That such amount is designated by 5 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur6 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 7 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 8 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main10 tenance, Navy’’, $1,454,153,000, to remain available until 11 September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related to the 12 consequences of Hurricanes Ian, Nicole, Idalia, Helene, 13 and Milton, Typhoon Mawar, and severe storms in cal14 endar year 2023: Provided, That such amount is des15 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re16 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal17 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main20 tenance, Marine Corps’’, $8,900,000, to remain available 21 until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 22 to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton: 23 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 24 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to secVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 37. 37 1 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main5 tenance, Air Force’’, $912,778,000, to remain available 6 until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 7 to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and 8 Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such amount is des9 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re10 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal11 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main14 tenance, Space Force’’, $90,230,000, to remain available 15 until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 16 to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and 17 Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such amount is des18 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re19 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal20 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main23 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $1,208,000, to remain available 24 until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 25 to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton: VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 38. 38 1 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 2 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec3 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer4 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main7 tenance, Army Reserve’’, $19,594,000, to remain available 8 until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 9 to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and 10 microbursts in calendar year 2024: Provided, That such 11 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 12 emergency requirement pursuant to section 13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 15 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main17 tenance, Air Force Reserve’’, $1,319,000, to remain avail18 able until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses re19 lated to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Mil20 ton and Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such amount is 21 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re22 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal23 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 39. 39 1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL 2 GUARD 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main4 tenance, Army National Guard’’, $26,065,000, to remain 5 available until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses 6 related to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Mil7 ton, Typhoon Mawar, and severe storms in calendar years 8 2023 and 2024: Provided, That such amount is designated 9 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 10 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg11 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main14 tenance, Air National Guard’’, $2,209,000, to remain 15 available until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses 16 related to the consequences of Hurricane Helene and Ty17 phoon Mawar: Provided, That such amount is designated 18 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 19 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg20 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 PROCUREMENT 22 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am24 munition, Army’’, $125,100,000, to remain available until 25 September 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 40. 40 1 consequences of Hurricane Helene: Provided, That such 2 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 3 emergency requirement pursuant to section 4 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 5 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 6 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 8 Air Force’’, $129,722,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the 10 consequences of Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such 11 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 12 emergency requirement pursuant to section 13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 15 PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE 16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Space 17 Force’’, $37,994,000, to remain available until September 18 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the con19 sequences of Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such 20 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 21 emergency requirement pursuant to section 22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 23 Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 41. 41 1 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 2 EVALUATION 3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 4 ARMY 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop6 ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $41,400,000, to re7 main available until September 30, 2026, for necessary ex8 penses related to the consequences of severe storms and 9 wave overwash: Provided, That such amount is designated 10 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 11 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg12 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 13 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 14 AIR FORCE 15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop16 ment, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, $69,278,000, to 17 remain available until September 30, 2026, for necessary 18 expenses related to the consequences of Typhoon Mawar: 19 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 20 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec21 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer22 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 42. 42 1 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 2 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro4 gram’’, $17,362,000, to remain available until September 5 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related to the con6 sequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Provided, 7 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 8 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 9 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 10 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 TITLE IV 12 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 13 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 14 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 15 INVESTIGATIONS 16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Investigations’’, 17 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for nec18 essary expenses related to the completion, or initiation and 19 completion, of flood and storm damage reduction, includ20 ing shore protection, studies that are currently authorized, 21 to reduce risks from future floods and hurricanes, at full 22 Federal expense: Provided, That amounts made available 23 under this heading in this Act shall be for high-priority 24 studies of projects in States and insular areas with a 25 major disaster, including for glacial lake outbursts, in calVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 43. 43 1 endar year 2022, 2023, or 2024: Provided further, That 2 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 3 Act and not less than three business days prior to public 4 release, the Chief of Engineers shall submit directly to the 5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent6 atives and the Senate a detailed work plan for the funds 7 provided under this heading in this Act, including a list 8 of study locations, new studies selected to be initiated, the 9 total cost for each study selected for funding, the remain10 ing cost for each ongoing study selected for funding, and 11 a schedule by fiscal year of the proposed use of such funds: 12 Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army shall not 13 deviate from the work plan, once the plan has been sub14 mitted to such Committees: Provided further, That funds 15 included in a submitted work plan shall be deemed allo16 cated to specific projects and subject to the reprogram17 ming requirements specified in section 101(6) of the En18 ergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Ap19 propriations Act, 2024: Provided further, That beginning 20 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 21 Act and until all amounts provided under this heading in 22 this Act have been expended, the Assistant Secretary of 23 the Army for Civil Works shall provide a quarterly report 24 directly to such Committees detailing the allocation, obli25 gation, and expenditure of the funds provided under this VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 44. 44 1 heading in this Act: Provided further, That such amount 2 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 3 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 4 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 5 1985. 6 CONSTRUCTION 7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 8 $700,000,000, to remain available until expended, for nec9 essary expenses to address emergency situations at Corps 10 of Engineers projects, construct Corps of Engineers 11 projects, and rehabilitate and repair damages caused by 12 natural disasters to Corps of Engineers projects: Provided, 13 That of the amount provided under this heading in this 14 Act, $100,000,000 shall be used for continuing authorities 15 projects to reduce the risk of flooding and storm damage, 16 notwithstanding project number or program cost limita17 tions: Provided further, That of the amount provided 18 under this heading in this Act, $300,000,000 shall be to 19 complete, or initiate and complete, without regard to new 20 start or new investment decision considerations, a useful 21 increment of work for water-related environmental infra22 structure assistance in States and insular areas that were 23 impacted by disasters occurring in or prior to calendar 24 year 2024: Provided further, That of the amount provided 25 under this heading in this Act, $300,000,000 shall be for VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 45. 45 1 projects that have previously received funds under this 2 heading in chapter 4 of title X of the Disaster Relief Ap3 propriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 113–2), 4 title IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 5 (Public Law 115–123), or title IV of the Disaster Relief 6 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division B of 7 Public Law 117–43), and for which non-Federal interests 8 have entered into binding agreements with the Secretary 9 as of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 10 That each project receiving funds pursuant to the pre11 ceding proviso shall be subject to the terms and conditions 12 of such chapter 4 of title X of the Disaster Relief Appro13 priations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 113–2), title 14 IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 15 (Public Law 115–123), or title IV of the Disaster Relief 16 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division B of 17 Public Law 117–43), and as specifically modified by sec18 tion 111 of the Energy and Water Development and Re19 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of 20 Public Law 118–42), as applicable: Provided further, That 21 of the amount provided under this heading in this Act, 22 such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of 23 eligible construction costs for coastal harbors and chan24 nels, and for inland harbors eligible to be derived from 25 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund under section 101 VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 46. 46 1 or section 104 of the Water Resources and Development 2 Act of 2020 shall be derived from the general fund of the 3 Treasury: Provided further, That for projects receiving 4 funding under this heading in this Act, the limitation con5 cerning total project costs in section 902 of the Water Re6 sources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–662) 7 shall not apply to funds provided under this heading in 8 this Act: Provided further, That for any projects using 9 funding provided under this heading in this Act, the non10 Federal cash contribution for projects shall be financed 11 in accordance with the provisions of section 103(k) of Pub12 lic Law 99–662 over a period of 30 years from the date 13 of completion of the project, separable element, or useful 14 increment: Provided further, That any projects initiated 15 using funds provided under this heading in this Act shall 16 be initiated only after non-Federal interests have entered 17 into binding agreements with the Secretary requiring, 18 where applicable, the non-Federal interests to pay 100 19 percent of the operation, maintenance, repair, replace20 ment, and rehabilitation costs of the project and to hold 21 and save the United States free from damages due to the 22 construction or operation and maintenance of the project, 23 except for damages due to the fault or negligence of the 24 United States or its contractors: Provided further, That 25 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 47. 47 1 Act and not less than three business days prior to public 2 release, the Chief of Engineers shall submit directly to the 3 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent4 atives and the Senate a detailed work plan for the funds 5 provided under this heading in this Act, including a list 6 of project locations, the total cost for all projects, and a 7 schedule by fiscal year of proposed use of such funds: Pro8 vided further, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 9 the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to such 10 Committees: Provided further, That funds included in a 11 submitted work plan shall be deemed allocated to specific 12 projects and subject to the reprogramming requirements 13 specified in section 101(7) of the Energy and Water De14 velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 15 2024: Provided further, That beginning not later than 60 16 days after the date of enactment of this Act and until all 17 amounts provided under this heading in this Act have been 18 expended, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 19 Works shall provide a quarterly report directly to such 20 Committees detailing the allocation, obligation, and ex21 penditure of the funds provided under this heading in this 22 Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 23 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur24 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 25 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 48. 48 1 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Mississippi River and 3 Tributaries’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, for necessary expenses to address emergency situ5 ations at Corps of Engineers projects, and to construct, 6 and rehabilitate and repair damages to Corps of Engineers 7 projects, caused by natural disasters: Provided, That be8 ginning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 9 of this Act and until all amounts provided under this head10 ing in this Act have been expended, the Assistant Sec11 retary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a quar12 terly report directly to the Committees on Appropriations 13 of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 14 the allocation, obligation, and expenditure of the funds 15 provided under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 16 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 17 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 18 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 19 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 20 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and 22 Coastal Emergencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the 23 Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), $745,000,000, 24 to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses 25 to prepare for flood, hurricane, and other natural disasters VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 49. 49 1 and support emergency operations, repairs, and other ac2 tivities in response to such disasters, as authorized by law: 3 Provided, That funding provided under this heading in 4 this Act utilized to repair authorized shore protection 5 projects shall restore such projects to their full project 6 profile at full Federal expense: Provided further, That be7 ginning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 8 of this Act and until all amounts provided under this head9 ing in this Act have been expended, the Chief of Engineers 10 shall provide a quarterly report directly to the Committees 11 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 12 Senate detailing the allocation, obligation, and expenditure 13 of the funds provided under this heading in this Act: Pro14 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con15 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 16 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 17 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 18 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 19 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 20 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related 22 Resources’’, $74,464,000, to remain available until ex23 pended, of which $27,930,000 shall be for necessary ex24 penses related to the consequences of natural disasters 25 that occurring in or prior to calendar year 2024: Provided, VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 50. 50 1 That $46,534,000 shall be available for deposit into the 2 Aging Infrastructure Account established by section 3 9603(d)(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 4 of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)), and shall be made avail5 able for reserved or transferred works that have suffered 6 a critical failure, in accordance with section 40901(2)(A) 7 of division D of Public Law 117–58: Provided further, 8 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 9 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 13 ENERGY PROGRAMS 14 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Strategic Petroleum 16 Reserve’’, $60,000,000, to remain available until ex17 pended, for necessary expenses related to damages caused 18 by natural disasters: Provided, That such amount is des19 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re20 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal21 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 51. 51 1 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 2 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 3 ADMINISTRATION 4 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Activities’’, 6 $1,884,000, to remain available until expended, for nec7 essary expenses related to damages caused by Hurricanes 8 Helene and Milton: Provided, That such amount is des9 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re10 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal11 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 13 ACTIVITIES 14 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Environ16 mental Cleanup’’, $2,415,000, to remain available until 17 expended, for necessary expenses related to damages 18 caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Provided, That 19 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 20 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 22 Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 52. 52 1 TITLE V 2 THE JUDICIARY 3 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex6 penses’’, $13,597,000, to remain available until expended, 7 for protection of the residences of the Supreme Court Jus8 tices: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 9 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 10 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 13 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 14 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Loans Pro17 gram Account’’ for the cost of direct loans authorized by 18 section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, $2,249,000,000, 19 to remain available until expended, of which $50,000,000 20 shall be transferred to ‘‘Small Business Administration— 21 Office of Inspector General’’ for audits and reviews of dis22 aster loans and the disaster loans programs, and of which 23 $613,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Small Business Ad24 ministration—Salaries and Expenses’’ for administrative 25 expenses to carry out the disaster loan program authorized VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 53. 53 1 by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided, That 2 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 3 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 5 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 6 TITLE VI 7 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 8 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 9 INVESTIGATIONS 10 COAST GUARD 11 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup13 port’’, $102,500,000, to remain available until September 14 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the con15 sequences of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and 16 other disasters, including for minor repairs, maintenance, 17 and environmental remediation costs: Provided, That the 18 Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide to the 19 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent20 atives and the Senate an expenditure plan and quarterly 21 updates for the expenditure of such funds: Provided fur22 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 23 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 24 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 25 Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 54. 54 1 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Con3 struction, and Improvements’’, $210,200,000, to remain 4 available until September 30, 2029, for necessary expenses 5 related to the consequences of disasters: Provided, That 6 the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide to the 7 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent8 atives and the Senate an expenditure plan and quarterly 9 updates for the expenditure of such funds: Provided fur10 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 11 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 15 RECOVERY 16 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 17 DISASTER RELIEF FUND 18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief 20 Fund’’, $29,000,000,000, to remain available until ex21 pended, of which $28,000,000,000 shall be for major dis22 asters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis23 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 24 5121 et seq.): Provided, That $4,000,000 shall be trans25 ferred to ‘‘Office of Inspector General—Operations and VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 55. 55 1 Support’’ for audits and investigations funded under 2 ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Re3 lief Fund’’: Provided further, That such amount is des4 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re5 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal6 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7 HERMIT’S PEAK/CALF CANYON FIRE ASSISTANCE 8 ACCOUNT 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Hermit’s Peak/Calf 11 Canyon Fire Assistance Account’’, $1,500,000,000, to re12 main available until expended: Provided, That $1,000,000 13 shall be transferred to ‘‘Office of Inspector General—Op14 erations and Support’’ for oversight of activities author15 ized by the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance 16 Act: Provided further, That the amounts provided under 17 this heading in this Act shall be subject to the reporting 18 requirement in the third proviso of section 136 of the Con19 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (division A of Public 20 Law 117–180): Provided further, That amounts provided 21 under this heading in this Act shall be subject to the same 22 authorities and conditions as if such amounts were pro23 vided by title III of the Department of Homeland Security 24 Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118– 25 47): Provided further, That such amount is designated by VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 56. 56 1 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur2 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 4 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 5 SERVICES 6 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 7 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Con9 struction, and Improvements’’, $14,020,000, to remain 10 available until September 30, 2029, for necessary expenses 11 relating to the consequences of disasters: Provided, That 12 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 13 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 14 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 16 TITLE VII 17 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 18 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 19 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Management of Lands 21 and Resources’’, $58,115,000, to remain available until 22 expended, for necessary expenses related to the con23 sequences of natural disasters occurring in and prior to 24 calendar year 2024: Provided, That such amount is des25 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency reVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 57. 57 1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 4 CONSTRUCTION 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 6 $500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for nec7 essary expenses related to the consequences of natural dis8 asters occurring in and prior to calendar year 2024: Pro9 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 10 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec11 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer12 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 13 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 14 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Historic Preservation 16 Fund’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, 17 for necessary expenses related to the consequences of nat18 ural disasters occurring in and prior to calendar year 19 2024, including costs to States, Tribes, and territories 20 necessary to complete compliance activities required by 21 section 306108 of title 54, United States Code, and costs 22 needed to administer the program: Provided, That funds 23 appropriated under this heading in this Act shall be used 24 for historic and cultural resource preservation work that 25 meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 58. 58 1 Guidelines as published in the Federal Register (Vol. 48, 2 No. 190, September 29, 1983), to include Reconstruction 3 of National Register listed or eligible sites: Provided fur4 ther, That grants using funds appropriated under this 5 heading in this Act shall only be available for areas that 6 have received a major disaster declaration pursuant to the 7 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist8 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That 9 such grants shall not be subject to a non-Federal matching 10 requirement: Provided further, That such amount is des11 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re12 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal13 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14 CONSTRUCTION 15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 16 $2,262,871,000, to remain available until expended, for 17 necessary expenses related to the consequences of disas18 ters, including hurricanes, tropical storms, tornadoes, and 19 other severe storms, wildfire, fire, and flooding occurring 20 in and prior to calendar year 2024: Provided, That such 21 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 22 emergency requirement pursuant to section 23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 59. 59 1 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investiga4 tions, and Research’’, $2,743,000, to remain available 5 until expended, for necessary expenses related to the con6 sequences of natural disasters occurring in and prior to 7 calendar year 2024: Provided, That such amount is des8 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re9 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal10 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 INDIAN AFFAIRS 12 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 13 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian 15 Programs’’, $17,765,000, to remain available until ex16 pended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 17 of natural disasters occurring in and prior to calendar 18 year 2024: Provided, That such amount is designated by 19 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur20 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 21 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 22 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION 23 EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION 24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Education Construc25 tion’’, $153,000,000, to remain available until expended, VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 60. 60 1 for necessary expenses related to the consequences of nat2 ural disasters occurring in and prior to calendar year 3 2024: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 4 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 5 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 6 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex10 penses’’, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, 11 for oversight of the Department of the Interior activities 12 funded by this Act: Provided, That such amount is des13 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re14 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal15 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 16 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 17 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 18 PROGRAM 19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Leaking Underground 20 Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’, $17,000,000, to re21 main available until expended, for necessary expenses re22 lated to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and 23 Hilary: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 24 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 61. 61 1 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As5 sistance Grants’’, $3,000,000,000 to remain available 6 until expended, of which $1,230,000,000 shall be for cap7 italization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 8 Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con9 trol Act, and of which $1,770,000,000 shall be for capital10 ization grants under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 11 Water Act: Provided, That notwithstanding section 604(a) 12 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and section 13 1452(a)(1)(D) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, funds ap14 propriated under this paragraph in this Act shall be pro15 vided to States or territories in EPA Regions 3, 4, and 16 9 in amounts determined by the Administrator of the En17 vironmental Protection Agency for wastewater treatment 18 works and drinking water facilities impacted by Hurri19 canes Helene and Milton and Hawaii wildfires: Provided 20 further, That notwithstanding the requirements of section 21 603(i) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and sec22 tion 1452(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, for the 23 funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act, each 24 State shall use not less than 30 percent of the amount 25 of its capitalization grants to provide additional subsidizaVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 62. 62 1 tion to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of prin2 cipal, negative interest loans or grants, or any combination 3 of these: Provided further, That the funds appropriated 4 under this paragraph in this Act shall be used for eligible 5 projects whose purpose is to reduce flood or fire damage 6 risk and vulnerability or to enhance resiliency to rapid hy7 drologic change or natural disaster at treatment works, 8 as defined by section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution 9 Control Act, or any eligible facilities under section 1452 10 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other eligible 11 tasks at such treatment works or facilities necessary to 12 further such purposes: Provided further, That the funds 13 provided under this paragraph in this Act shall not be sub14 ject to the matching or cost share requirements of section 15 1452(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided further, 16 That funds provided under this paragraph in this Act shall 17 not be subject to the matching or cost share requirements 18 of sections 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3), or 202 of the Federal 19 Water Pollution Control Act: Provided further, That the 20 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 21 may retain up to $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated 22 under this paragraph in this Act for management and 23 oversight: Provided further, That such amount is des24 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency reVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 63. 63 1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As4 sistance Grants’’, $85,000,000, to remain available until 5 expended, for capitalization grants for the Clean Water 6 State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water 7 Pollution Control Act: Provided, That notwithstanding 8 section 604(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 9 funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act shall 10 be provided to States or territories in EPA Regions 3 and 11 4 impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton in amounts 12 determined by the Administrator of the Environmental 13 Protection Agency to improve the resilience of decentral14 ized wastewater treatment systems to flooding, to assess 15 the potential to connect homes served by decentralized 16 wastewater treatment systems to centralized wastewater 17 systems, and to fund such connections: Provided further, 18 That notwithstanding the requirements of section 603(i) 19 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, for the funds 20 appropriated under this paragraph in this Act, each State 21 shall use 100 percent of the amount of its capitalization 22 grants to provide additional subsidization to eligible recipi23 ents in the form of forgiveness of principal, grants, nega24 tive interest loans, other loan forgiveness, and through 25 buying, refinancing, or restructuring debt or any combinaVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 64. 64 1 tion thereof: Provided further, That funds appropriated 2 under this paragraph in this Act shall not be subject to 3 the matching or cost share requirements of sections 4 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3), or 202 of the Federal Water Pollu5 tion Control Act: Provided further, That the Administrator 6 of the Environmental Protection Agency may retain up to 7 $3,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this para8 graph in this Act for management and oversight: Provided 9 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 10 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec11 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer12 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As14 sistance Grants’’, $60,000,000, to remain available until 15 expended, for necessary expenses to address water emer16 gencies under section 1442(b) of the Safe Drinking Water 17 Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–1(b)) or section 504(a) of the Fed18 eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1364) in 19 States or territories in EPA Regions 3 and 4 impacted 20 by Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Provided, That notwith21 standing section 1442(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 22 funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act may 23 be used to provide technical assistance and grants regard24 less of whether the emergency situation presents a sub25 stantial danger to public health: Provided further, That VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 65. 65 1 notwithstanding section 1442(b) of the Safe Drinking 2 Water Act, funds appropriated under this paragraph in 3 this Act may be used to provide grants regardless of 4 whether such grants will be used to support actions that 5 would not otherwise be taken without emergency assist6 ance: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 7 this paragraph in this Act may be used to provide tech8 nical assistance and grants under section 1442(b) of the 9 Safe Drinking Water Act to any appropriate recipient, as 10 determined by the Administrator of the Environmental 11 Protection Agency, to assist in responding to and alle12 viating an emergency situation affecting a privately owned 13 water system: Provided further, That funds appropriated 14 under this paragraph in this Act may be used to take ac15 tions authorized under section 504(a) of the Federal 16 Water Pollution Control Act that the Administrator of the 17 Environmental Protection Agency deems necessary to pro18 tect the health or welfare of persons affected by a water 19 emergency, including other necessary actions and for pro20 viding technical assistance and grants to address such 21 water emergency: Provided further, That the Adminis22 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency may retain 23 up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 24 paragraph in this Act for management and oversight: Pro25 vided further, That such amount is designated by the ConVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 66. 66 1 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 2 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As5 sistance Grants’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until 6 expended, for grants and other activities authorized by 7 subsections (a) through (c) of section 103 of the Clean 8 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7403) or section 105 of such Act (42 9 U.S.C. 7405) for necessary expenses related to the con10 sequences of Hurricanes Milton and Helene, including re11 pair or replacement of damaged air monitoring equipment: 12 Provided, That funds appropriated under this paragraph 13 in this Act may be awarded noncompetitively: Provided 14 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 15 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec16 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer17 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 18 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As19 sistance Grants’’, $95,000,000, to remain available until 20 expended, for the hazardous waste financial assistance 21 grants program and other solid waste management activi22 ties for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 23 Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Provided, That none of the 24 funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act shall 25 be subject to section 3011(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 67. 67 1 Act: Provided further, That the Administrator of the Envi2 ronmental Protection Agency may retain up to $500,000 3 of the funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act 4 for management and oversight: Provided further, That 5 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 6 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 8 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 9 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 10 FOREST SERVICE 11 FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS 12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Forest Service Oper13 ations’’, $68,100,000, to remain available until expended, 14 for necessary expenses related to the consequences of cal15 endar year 2022, 2023, and 2024 wildfires, hurricanes, 16 and other natural disasters: Provided, That such amount 17 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 18 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 19 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 20 1985. 21 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Forest and Rangeland 23 Research’’, $26,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 25 of calendar year 2022, 2023, and 2024 wildfires, hurriVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 68. 68 1 canes, and other natural disasters: Provided, That such 2 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 3 emergency requirement pursuant to section 4 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 5 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 6 STATE, PRIVATE, AND TRIBAL FORESTRY 7 For an additional amount for ‘‘State, Private, and 8 Tribal Forestry’’, $208,000,000, to remain available until 9 expended, for necessary expenses related to the con10 sequences of calendar year 2022, 2023, and 2024 11 wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural disasters: Pro12 vided, That of the amounts made available under this 13 heading in this Act, $14,000,000 shall be to provide For14 est Health Protection assistance to States for an emerging 15 eastern spruce budworm outbreak approaching the north16 eastern U.S. border: Provided further, That with respect 17 to the preceding proviso, an award of financial assistance 18 from the Forest Service will not be subject to a non-Fed19 eral cost-share requirement: Provided further, That such 20 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 21 emergency requirement pursuant to section 22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 23 Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 69. 69 1 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest Sys3 tem’’, $2,523,000,000, to remain available until expended: 4 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 5 heading in this Act, $2,448,000,000 shall be for necessary 6 expenses related to the consequences of calendar year 7 2022, 2023, and 2024 wildfires, hurricanes, and other 8 natural disasters: Provided further, That of the amounts 9 made available under this heading in this Act, 10 $75,000,000 shall be for the construction or maintenance 11 of shaded fuel breaks in the Pacific Regions: Provided fur12 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 13 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 14 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 16 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Improvement 18 and Maintenance’’, $3,525,000,000, to remain available 19 until expended, for necessary expenses related to the con20 sequences of calendar year 2022, 2023, and 2024 21 wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural disasters: Pro22 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 23 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec24 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer25 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 70. 70 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 2 SEC. 2701. Notwithstanding section 3304 of title 5, 3 United States Code, and without regard to the provisions 4 of sections 3309 through 3318 of such title 5, the Sec5 retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, 6 acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may re7 cruit and directly appoint highly qualified individuals into 8 the competitive service to address critical hiring needs for 9 the planning and execution of the projects and activities 10 funded in this title: Provided, That such authority shall 11 not apply to positions in the Excepted Service or the Sen12 ior Executive Service: Provided further, That any action 13 authorized herein shall be consistent with the merit prin14 ciples of section 2301 of such title 5, and the Department 15 of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall 16 comply with the public notice requirements of section 3327 17 of such title 5: Provided further, That the authority under 18 this section shall terminate on September 30, 2029: Pro19 vided further, That amounts provided by this section are 20 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re21 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal22 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 23 SEC. 2702. Not later than 45 days after the date of 24 enactment of this Act, the agencies receiving funds appro25 priated by this title shall provide a detailed operating plan VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 71. 71 1 of anticipated uses of funds made available in this title 2 by State and Territory, and by program, project, and ac3 tivity, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 4 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no such 5 funds shall be obligated before the operating plans are 6 provided to such Committees: Provided further, That such 7 plans shall be updated, including obligations and expendi8 tures to date, and submitted to such Committees on Ap9 propriations every 60 days until all such funds are ex10 pended. 11 TITLE VIII 12 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 13 SERVICES 14 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 15 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 16 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States 18 for the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’, 19 $250,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 20 2026, for necessary expenses directly related to the con21 sequences of major disasters and emergencies declared 22 pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 23 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occur24 ring in 2023 and 2024 (referred to under this heading 25 in this Act as ‘‘covered disaster or emergency’’), including VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 72. 72 1 activities authorized under section 319(a) of the Public 2 Health Service Act: Provided, That the Secretary of 3 Health and Human Services shall allocate such funds to 4 States, territories, and Tribes based on assessed need not5 withstanding sections 658J and 658O of the Child Care 6 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990: Provided fur7 ther, That not to exceed 2 percent of funds appropriated 8 in this paragraph may be reserved, to remain available 9 until expended, for Federal administration costs: Provided 10 further, That such funds may be used for alteration, ren11 ovation, construction, equipment, and other capital im12 provement costs, including for child care facilities without 13 regard to section 658F(b) of such Act, and for other ex14 penditures related to child care, as necessary to meet the 15 needs of areas affected by a covered disaster or emergency: 16 Provided further, That funds made available in this para17 graph may be used without regard to section 658G of such 18 Act and with amounts allocated for such purposes ex19 cluded from the calculation of percentages under sub20 section 658E(c)(3) of such Act: Provided further, That 21 notwithstanding section 658J(c) of such Act, funds allot22 ted to a State may be obligated by the State in that fiscal 23 year or the succeeding three fiscal years: Provided further, 24 That Federal interest provisions will not apply to the ren25 ovation or construction of privately-owned family child VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 73. 73 1 care homes, and the Secretary of Health and Human 2 Services shall develop parameters on the use of funds for 3 family child care homes: Provided further, That the Sec4 retary shall not retain Federal interest after a period of 5 10 years (from the date on which the funds are made 6 available to purchase or improve the property) in any facil7 ity renovated or constructed with funds made available in 8 this paragraph: Provided further, That funds made avail9 able in this paragraph shall not be available for costs that 10 are reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management 11 Agency, under a contract for insurance, or by self-insur12 ance: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this 13 paragraph may be made available to restore amounts, ei14 ther directly or through reimbursement, for obligations in15 curred for such purposes, prior to the date of enactment 16 of this Act: Provided further, That such amount is des17 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re18 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal19 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States 21 for the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’, 22 $250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 23 2025: Provided, That amounts made available in this 24 paragraph shall be available without regard to require25 ments in sections 658E(c)(3)(E) or 658G of the Child VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 74. 74 1 Care and Development Block Grant Act: Provided further, 2 That payments made to States, territories, Indian Tribes, 3 and Tribal organizations from amounts made available in 4 this paragraph shall be obligated in this fiscal year or the 5 succeeding two fiscal years: Provided further, That 6 amounts made available in this paragraph shall be used 7 to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and 8 local public funds expended to provide child care services 9 for eligible individuals: Provided further, That such 10 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 11 emergency requirement pursuant to section 12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14 GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 15 SEC. 2801. Not later than 45 days after the date of 16 enactment of this Act, the agencies receiving funds appro17 priated by this title in this Act shall provide a detailed 18 operating plan of anticipated uses of funds made available 19 in this title in this Act by State and territory, and by pro20 gram, project, and activity, to the Committees on Appro21 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 22 Provided, That no such funds shall be obligated before the 23 operating plans are provided to such Committees: Pro24 vided further, That such plans shall be updated, including 25 obligations to date and anticipated use of funds made VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 75. 75 1 available in this title in this Act, and submitted to such 2 Committees quarterly until all such funds expire. 3 TITLE IX 4 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 5 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex8 penses’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, 9 for audits and investigations related to Hurricanes Helene 10 and Milton, and other disasters declared pursuant to the 11 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist12 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in calendar years 2023 13 and 2024: Provided, That such amount is designated by 14 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur15 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 16 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 17 TITLE X 18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 19 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 21 Navy and Marine Corps’’, $1,127,281,000, to remain 22 available until September 30, 2029, for necessary expenses 23 related to the consequences of Typhoon Mawar: Provided, 24 That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 25 the Secretary of the Navy, or their designee, shall submit VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 76. 76 1 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate form 1391 for each specific 3 project and an expenditure plan for funds provided under 4 this heading in this Act: Provided further, That such funds 5 may be obligated or expended for design and military con6 struction projects not otherwise authorized by law: Pro7 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con8 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 9 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 13 Air Force’’, $487,300,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2029, for necessary expenses related to the 15 consequences of Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That not later 16 than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 17 of the Air Force, or their designee, shall submit to the 18 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent19 atives and the Senate form 1391 for each specific project 20 and an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 21 heading in this Act: Provided further, That such funds 22 may be obligated or expended for design and military con23 struction projects not otherwise authorized by law: Pro24 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con25 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 77. 77 1 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 5 Army National Guard’’, $21,000,000, to remain available 6 until September 30, 2029, for necessary expenses related 7 to the consequences of Typhoon Mawar and severe storms 8 in calendar year 2023: Provided, That not later than 60 9 days after enactment of this Act, the Director of the Army 10 National Guard, or their designee, shall submit to the 11 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent12 atives and the Senate form 1391 for each specific project 13 and an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 14 heading in this Act: Provided further, That such funds 15 may be obligated or expended for design and military con16 struction projects not otherwise authorized by law: Pro17 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con18 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 19 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 22 CORPS 23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing Con24 struction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $27,399,000, to re25 main available until September 30, 2029, for necessary exVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 78. 78 1 penses related to the consequences of Typhoon Mawar: 2 Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of 3 this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, or their designee, shall 4 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 5 of Representatives and the Senate an expenditure plan for 6 funds provided under this heading in this Act: Provided 7 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 8 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec9 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 12 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing Oper14 ation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 15 $102,168,000, to remain available until September 30, 16 2026, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 17 of Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That not later than 60 days 18 after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, 19 or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on Ap20 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen21 ate an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 22 heading in this Act: Provided further, That such amount 23 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 24 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 79. 79 1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 2 1985. 3 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 4 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 5 MEDICAL SERVICES 6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Services’’, 7 $19,258,000, to remain available until September 30, 8 2027, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 9 of Hurricanes Milton and Helene: Provided, That such 10 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 11 emergency requirement pursuant to section 12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE 15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Support and 16 Compliance’’, $330,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the 18 consequences of Hurricanes Milton and Helene: Provided, 19 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 20 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 22 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 23 MEDICAL FACILITIES 24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, 25 $41,660,000, to remain available until September 30, VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 80. 80 1 2029, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 2 of Hurricanes Milton and Helene and other Federally de3 clared disasters occurring in 2023 and 2024: Provided, 4 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 5 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 6 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 7 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 8 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 9 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Cemetery 10 Administration’’ for necessary expenses related to the con11 sequences of Hurricanes Milton and Helene, $693,000, to 12 remain available until September 30, 2029: Provided, 13 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 14 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 17 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 18 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, Major 20 Projects’’, $4,000,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2029, for necessary expenses related to the 22 consequences of Hurricanes Milton and Helene: Provided, 23 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 24 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 81. 81 1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, Minor 5 Projects’’, $2,020,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2029, for necessary expenses related to the 7 consequences of Hurricanes Milton and Helene: Provided, 8 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 9 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 TITLE XI 13 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 14 AGENCY 15 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 16 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 17 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 18 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 19 CONSTRUCTION 20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 21 $250,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That funds provided under this heading in this Act 23 shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 24 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria25 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: ProVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 82. 82 1 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con2 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 3 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 4 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 5 TITLE XII 6 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 7 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 8 EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM 9 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency Relief 10 Program’’ as authorized under section 125 of title 23, 11 United States Code, $8,086,020,000, to remain available 12 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding subsection 13 (e) of section 120 of title 23, United States Code, for any 14 obligations made on or after March 26, 2024, for fiscal 15 year 2024, this fiscal year, and hereafter, the Federal 16 share for Emergency Relief funds made available under 17 section 125 of such title to respond to damage caused by 18 the cargo ship Dali to the Francis Scott Key Bridge lo19 cated in Baltimore City and Baltimore and Anne Arundel 20 Counties, Maryland, including reconstruction of that 21 bridge and its approaches, shall be 100 percent: Provided 22 further, That consistent with section 668.105(e) of title 23 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regula24 tion), any insurance proceeds, judgments, settlements, 25 penalties, fines, or other compensation for damages, inVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 83. 83 1 cluding interest, from whatever source derived, recovered 2 by a State, a political subdivision of a State, or a toll au3 thority for repair, including reconstruction, of the Francis 4 Scott Key Bridge located in Baltimore City and Baltimore 5 and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland, in response to, or 6 as a result of, the damage caused by the cargo ship Dali 7 to that bridge and its approaches, shall be used upon re8 ceipt to reduce liability on the repair, including reconstruc9 tion, of such bridge and its approaches from the emer10 gency fund authorized under section 125 of title 23, 11 United States Code: Provided further, That any funds re12 covered and used to reduce liability pursuant to the pre13 ceding proviso shall not exceed the total amount of liability 14 on the repair, including reconstruction, of the Francis 15 Scott Key Bridge located in Baltimore City and Baltimore 16 and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland, and its ap17 proaches, from the emergency fund authorized under sec18 tion 125 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 19 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 20 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 22 Deficit Control Act of 1985. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 84. 84 1 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 2 DEVELOPMENT 3 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop7 ment Fund’’, $12,039,000,000, to remain available until 8 expended, for the same purposes and under the same 9 terms and conditions as funds appropriated under such 10 heading in title VIII of the Disaster Relief Supplemental 11 Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–43), except 12 that such amounts shall be for major disasters that oc13 curred in 2023 or 2024 and the fourth, tenth, 15th, 16th, 14 20th, and 21st provisos under such heading in such Act 15 shall not apply: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing 16 and Urban Development shall allocate all funds provided 17 under this heading in this Act for the total estimate for 18 unmet needs including additional mitigation for qualifying 19 disasters and publish such allocations in the Federal Reg20 ister no later than January 15, 2025: Provided further, 21 That the amount obligated for each qualifying disaster 22 area shall be no less than the amounts specified in such 23 Federal Register publication, unless such allocation is re24 jected by the grantee: Provided further, That a grantee 25 shall submit a plan to the Secretary for approval detailing VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 85. 85 1 the proposed use of all funds, including criteria for eligi2 bility and how the use of these funds will address long3 term recovery and restoration of infrastructure and hous4 ing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the most 5 impacted and distressed areas: Provided further, That un6 obligated balances remaining as of the date of enactment 7 of this Act included under Treasury Appropriation Fund 8 Symbol 86 X 0162 from Public Laws 108–324, 109–148, 9 109–234, 110–252, 110–329, 111–212, 112–55, and 10 113–2 shall also be available for the purposes authorized 11 under this heading in this Act (except that the amount 12 for each set-aside provided herein shall not be exceeded), 13 notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 14 were appropriated: Provided further, That of the amounts 15 made available under this heading in this Act, 16 $45,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department of 17 Housing and Urban Development—Management and Ad18 ministration—Program Offices’’ for salaries and expenses 19 of the Office of Community Planning and Development for 20 necessary costs, including information technology costs, of 21 administering and overseeing the obligation and expendi22 ture of amounts made available for activities authorized 23 under title I of the Housing and Community Development 24 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) related to disaster 25 relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 86. 86 1 and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the 2 most impacted and distressed areas resulting from a 3 major disaster in this, prior, or future Acts (‘‘this, prior, 4 or future disaster Acts’’): Provided further, That of the 5 amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 6 $1,850,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department of Hous7 ing and Urban Development—Information Technology 8 Fund’’ for the disaster recovery data portal: Provided fur9 ther, That of the amounts made available under this head10 ing in this Act, $7,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘De11 partment of Housing and Urban Development—Office of 12 Inspector General’’ for necessary costs of overseeing and 13 auditing amounts made available in this, prior, or future 14 disaster Acts: Provided further, That of the amounts made 15 available under this heading in this Act, $25,000,000 shall 16 be made available for capacity building and technical as17 sistance, including assistance on contracting and procure18 ment processes, to support recipients of allocations from 19 this, prior, or future disaster Acts: Provided further, That 20 amounts made available under this heading in this Act 21 may be used by a grantee to assist utilities as part of a 22 disaster-related eligible activity under section 105(a) of 23 the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 24 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)): Provided further, That recipients of 25 funds made available in this, prior, or future disaster Acts VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 87. 87 1 that use such funds to supplement other Federal assist2 ance may adopt, without review or public comment, any 3 environmental review, approval, or permit performed by 4 a Federal agency, and such adoption shall satisfy the re5 sponsibilities of the recipient with respect to such environ6 mental review, approval or permit, so long as the actions 7 covered by the existing environmental review, approval, or 8 permit and the actions proposed for these supplemental 9 funds are substantially the same: Provided further, That 10 the Secretary or a State may, upon receipt of a request 11 for release of funds and certification, immediately approve 12 the release of funds for any activity or project if the recipi13 ent has adopted an environmental review, approval or per14 mit under the previous proviso or if the activity or project 15 is categorically excluded from review under the National 16 Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 17 seq.), notwithstanding section 104(g)(2) of the Housing 18 and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 19 5304(g)(2)): Provided further, That such amount and 20 amounts repurposed under this heading that were pre21 viously designated by the Congress as an emergency re22 quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 23 budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 24 Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 25 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 88. 88 1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 TITLE XIII 4 GENERAL PROVISIONS 5 SEC. 21301. Each amount appropriated or made 6 available by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise 7 appropriated for the fiscal year involved. 8 SEC. 21302. No part of any appropriation contained 9 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 10 the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 11 SEC. 21303. Unless otherwise provided for by this 12 Act, the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to 13 appropriations accounts shall be available under the au14 thorities and conditions applicable to such appropriations 15 accounts for fiscal year 2025. 16 SEC. 21304. Each amount designated in divisions A 17 or B by the Congress as being for an emergency require18 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 19 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall 20 be available (or repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if 21 applicable) only if the President subsequently so des22 ignates all such amounts and transmits such designations 23 to the Congress. 24 SEC. 21305. Any amount appropriated by divisions 25 A or B, designated by the Congress as an emergency reVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 89. 89 1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 3 and subsequently so designated by the President, and 4 transferred pursuant to transfer authorities provided by 5 this division shall retain such designation. 6 SEC. 21306. Budgetary Effects.— 7 (1) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The 8 budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding 9 division shall not be entered on either PAYGO score10 card maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the 11 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 12 (2) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg13 etary effects of division C and each succeeding divi14 sion shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard 15 maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. 16 Res. 71 (115th Congress). 17 (3) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EF18 FECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget 19 Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint ex20 planatory statement of the committee of conference 21 accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and sec22 tion 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emer23 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary ef24 fects of division C and each succeeding division shall 25 not be estimated— VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 90. 90 1 (A) for purposes of section 251 of such 2 Act; 3 (B) for purposes of an allocation to the 4 Committee on Appropriations pursuant to sec5 tion 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 6 1974; and 7 (C) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of 8 section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act 9 of 2010 as being included in an appropriation 10 Act. 11 (4) BALANCES ON THE PAYGO SCORECARDS.— 12 Effective on the date of the adjournment of the sec13 ond session of the 118th Congress, and for the pur14 poses of the annual report issued pursuant to section 15 5 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 16 U.S.C. 934) after such adjournment and for deter17 mining whether a sequestration order is necessary 18 under such section, the balances on the PAYGO 19 scorecards established pursuant to paragraphs (4) 20 and (5) of section 4(d) of such Act shall be zero. 21 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Relief 22 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025’’. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 91. 91 1 DIVISION C—HEALTH 2 SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the 4 ‘‘Health Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2025’’. 5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6 this division is as follows: Sec. 3001. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS Sec. 3101. Extension for community health centers, National Health Service Corps, and teaching health centers that operate GME programs. Sec. 3102. Extension of special diabetes programs. Sec. 3103. National health security extensions. TITLE II—MEDICARE Sec. 3201. Extension of increased inpatient hospital payment adjustment for certain low-volume hospitals. Sec. 3202. Extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program. Sec. 3203. Extension of add-on payments for ambulance services. Sec. 3204. Extension of funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection. Sec. 3205. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs. Sec. 3206. Extension of the work geographic index floor. Sec. 3207. Extension of certain telehealth flexibilities. Sec. 3208. Extending acute hospital care at home waiver authorities. Sec. 3209. Extension of temporary inclusion of authorized oral antiviral drugs as covered part D drugs. Sec. 3210. Medicare improvement fund. TITLE III—HUMAN SERVICES Sec. 3301. Sexual risk avoidance education extension. Sec. 3302. Personal responsibility education extension. Sec. 3303. Extension of funding for family-to-family health information centers. TITLE IV—MEDICAID Sec. 3401. Eliminating certain disproportionate share hospital payment cuts. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 92. 92 1 TITLE I—PUBLIC HEALTH 2 EXTENDERS 3 SEC. 3101. EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, 4 NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND 5 TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE 6 GME PROGRAMS. 7 (a) EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CEN8 TERS.—Section 10503(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and 9 Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)) is amend10 ed— 11 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 12 the end; 13 (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘, 14 $4,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 15 through 2023’’ and all that follows through ‘‘and 16 ending on December 31, 2024; and’’ and inserting 17 a semicolon; and 18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 19 ‘‘(G) $4,000,000,000 for each of fiscal 20 years 2019 through 2023; 21 ‘‘(H) $526,027,397 for the period begin22 ning on October 1, 2023, and ending on No23 vember 17, 2023, $690,410,959 for the period 24 beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending 25 on January 19, 2024, $536,986,301 for the peVerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 93. 93 1 riod beginning on January 20, 2024, and end2 ing on March 8, 2024, and $3,592,328,767 for 3 the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and 4 ending on December 31, 2024; and 5 ‘‘(I) $1,050,410,959 for the period begin6 ning on January 1, 2025, and ending on March 7 31, 2025.’’. 8 (b) EXTENSION FOR THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERV9 ICE CORPS.—Section 10503(b)(2) of the Patient Protec10 tion and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2)) 11 is amended— 12 (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 13 the end; 14 (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period 15 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 16 (3) by adding at the end the following: 17 ‘‘(J) $85,068,493 for the period beginning 18 on January 1, 2025, and ending on March 31, 19 2025.’’. 20 (c) TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE 21 GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Section 22 340H(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 23 256h(g)(1)) is amended— VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 94. 94 1 (1) by striking ‘‘not to exceed $230,000,000’’ 2 and all that follows through ‘‘and ending on Decem3 ber 31, 2024,’’; and 4 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert5 ing the following: ‘‘, not to exceed— 6 ‘‘(A) $230,000,000, for the period of fiscal 7 years 2011 through 2015; 8 ‘‘(B) $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 9 2016 and 2017; 10 ‘‘(C) $126,500,000 for each of fiscal years 11 2018 through 2023; 12 ‘‘(D) $16,635,616 for the period beginning 13 on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 14 17, 2023, $21,834,247 for the period beginning 15 on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 16 19, 2024, $16,982,192 for the period beginning 17 on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 18 2024, and $164,136,986 for the period begin19 ning on October 1, 2023, and ending on De20 cember 31, 2024; and 21 ‘‘(E) $43,150,685 for the period beginning 22 on January 1, 2025, and ending on March 31, 23 2025.’’. 24 (d) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—Amounts appro25 priated pursuant to the amendments made by this section VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 95. 95 1 shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public 2 Law 117–328 for funds for programs authorized under 3 sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act 4 (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.). 5 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3014(h) 6 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 7 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘under sub8 paragraphs (E) and (F) of section 10503(b)(1) of 9 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 10 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1))’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 11 10503(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and Afford12 able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)) for fiscal 13 year 2015 and each subsequent fiscal year (or period 14 thereof)’’; and 15 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and section 16 101(d) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 17 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘section 101(d) of division G of 18 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, and sec19 tion 3101(d) of the Health Extensions and Other 20 Matters Act, 2025’’. 21 SEC. 3102. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS. 22 (a) EXTENSION OF SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS 23 FOR TYPE I DIABETES.—Section 330B(b)(2) of the Pub24 lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2)) is amend25 ed— VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 96. 96 1 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 2 the end; 3 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 4 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 6 ‘‘(F) $39,261,745 for the period beginning 7 on January 1, 2025, and ending on March 31, 8 2025, to remain available until expended.’’. 9 (b) EXTENDING FUNDING FOR SPECIAL DIABETES 10 PROGRAMS FOR INDIANS.—Section 330C(c)(2) of the 11 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2)) is 12 amended— 13 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 14 the end; 15 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 16 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 18 ‘‘(F) $39,261,745 for the period beginning 19 on January 1, 2025, and ending on March 31, 20 2025, to remain available until expended.’’. 21 SEC. 3103. NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY EXTENSIONS. 22 (a) Section 319(e)(8) of the Public Health Service 23 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d(e)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘De24 cember 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 97. 97 1 (b) Section 319L(e)(1)(D) of the Public Health Serv2 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e(e)(1)(D)) is amended by strik3 ing ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 4 2025’’. 5 (c) Section 319L–1(b) of the Public Health Service 6 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘De7 cember 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 8 (d)(1) Section 2811A(g) of the Public Health Service 9 Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10b(g)) is amended by striking 10 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 11 (2) Section 2811B(g)(1) of the Public Health Service 12 Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10c(g)(1)) is amended by striking 13 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 14 (3) Section 2811C(g)(1) of the Public Health Service 15 Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10d(g)(1)) is amended by striking 16 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 17 (e) Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Serv18 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(c)(4)(B)) is amended by 19 striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 20 2025’’. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 98. 98 1 TITLE II—MEDICARE 2 SEC. 3201. EXTENSION OF INCREASED INPATIENT HOS3 PITAL PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN 4 LOW-VOLUME HOSPITALS. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.——Section 1886(d)(12) of the So6 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)) is amend7 ed— 8 (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter pre9 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2025’’ and 10 inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025’’; 11 (2) in subparagraph (C)(i)— 12 (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 13 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting 14 ‘‘March 31, 2025’’; 15 (B) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘Decem16 ber 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’; 17 and 18 (C) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘Janu19 ary 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025’’; 20 and 21 (3) in subparagraph (D)— 22 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 23 striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting 24 ‘‘March 31, 2025’’; and VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 99. 99 1 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘December 2 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 3 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwithstanding any other 4 provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human 5 Services may implement the amendments made by this 6 section by program instruction or otherwise. 7 SEC. 3202. EXTENSION OF THE MEDICARE-DEPENDENT 8 HOSPITAL (MDH) PROGRAM. 9 (a) IN GENERAL.——Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the 10 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G)) is 11 amended— 12 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2025’’ 13 and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025’’; and 14 (2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘January 1, 15 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025’’. 16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1886(b)(3)(D) of 18 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 19 1395ww(b)(3)(D)) is amended— 20 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 21 striking ‘‘January 1, 2025’’ and inserting 22 ‘‘April 1, 2025’’; and 23 (B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘December 24 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 100. 100 1 (2) PERMITTING HOSPITALS TO DECLINE RE2 CLASSIFICATION.—Section 13501(e)(2) of the Omni3 bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 4 1395ww note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 5 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 6 SEC. 3203. EXTENSION OF ADD-ON PAYMENTS FOR AMBU7 LANCE SERVICES. 8 Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 9 1395m(l)) is amended— 10 (1) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘January 11 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025’’; and 12 (2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘January 1, 13 2025’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘April 1, 14 2025’’ in each such place. 15 SEC. 3204. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEAS16 URE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION. 17 Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 18 U.S.C. 1395aaa(d)(2)) is amended— 19 (1) in the first sentence— 20 (A) by striking ‘‘$9,000,000’’ and inserting 21 ‘‘$11,030,000’’; and 22 (B) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and 23 inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’; and 24 (2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Decem25 ber 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 101. 101 1 SEC. 3205. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND AS2 SISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 3 (a) STATE HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PRO4 GRAMS.—Subsection (a)(1)(B)(xiv) of section 119 of the 5 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 6 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b–3 note) is amended by striking 7 ‘‘December 31, 2024, $18,750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘March 8 31, 2025, $22,500,000’’. 9 (b) AREA AGENCIES ON AGING.—Subsection 10 (b)(1)(B)(xiv) of such section 119 is amended by striking 11 ‘‘December 31, 2024, $18,750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘March 12 31, 2025, $22,500,000’’. 13 (c) AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS.— 14 Subsection (c)(1)(B)(xiv) of such section 119 is amended 15 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024, $6,250,000’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘March 31, 2025, $8,500,000’’. 17 (d) COORDINATION OF EFFORTS TO INFORM OLDER 18 AMERICANS ABOUT BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER FED19 ERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS.—Subsection (d)(2)(xiv) of 20 such section 119 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 21 2024, $18,750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025, 22 $22,500,000’’. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 102. 102 1 SEC. 3206. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 2 FLOOR. 3 Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 4 U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘Janu5 ary 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025’’. 6 SEC. 3207. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TELEHEALTH FLEXI7 BILITIES. 8 (a) REMOVING GEOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS AND 9 EXPANDING ORIGINATING SITES FOR TELEHEALTH 10 SERVICES.—Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act 11 (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is amended— 12 (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘end13 ing December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘ending 14 March 31, 2025’’; and 15 (2) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii), by striking ‘‘ending 16 on December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on 17 March 31, 2025’’. 18 (b) EXPANDING PRACTITIONERS ELIGIBLE TO FUR19 NISH TELEHEALTH SERVICES.—Section 1834(m)(4)(E) 20 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(E)) 21 is amended by striking ‘‘ending on December 31, 2024’’ 22 and inserting ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’. 23 (c) EXTENDING TELEHEALTH SERVICES FOR FED24 ERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS AND RURAL 25 HEALTH CLINICS.—Section 1834(m)(8)(A) of the Social 26 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(8)(A)) is amended by VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 103. 103 1 striking ‘‘ending on December 31, 2024’’ and inserting 2 ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’. 3 (d) DELAYING THE IN-PERSON REQUIREMENTS 4 UNDER MEDICARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 5 FURNISHED THROUGH TELEHEALTH AND TELE6 COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.— 7 (1) DELAY IN REQUIREMENTS FOR MENTAL 8 HEALTH SERVICES FURNISHED THROUGH TELE9 HEALTH.—Section 1834(m)(7)(B)(i) of the Social 10 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(7)(B)(i)) is 11 amended, in the matter preceding subclause (I), by 12 striking ‘‘on or after’’ and all that follows through 13 ‘‘described in section 1135(g)(1)(B))’’ and inserting 14 ‘‘on or after April 1, 2025’’. 15 (2) MENTAL HEALTH VISITS FURNISHED BY 16 RURAL HEALTH CLINICS.—Section 1834(y)(2) of the 17 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(y)(2)) is 18 amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2025’’ and all that 19 follows through the period at the end and inserting 20 ‘‘April 1, 2025.’’. 21 (3) MENTAL HEALTH VISITS FURNISHED BY 22 FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS.—Section 23 1834(o)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 24 1395m(o)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘January VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 104. 104 1 1, 2025’’ and all that follows through the period at 2 the end and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025.’’. 3 (e) ALLOWING FOR THE FURNISHING OF AUDIO4 ONLY TELEHEALTH SERVICES.—Section 1834(m)(9) of 5 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(9)) is 6 amended by striking ‘‘ending on December 31, 2024’’ and 7 inserting ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’. 8 (f) EXTENDING USE OF TELEHEALTH TO CONDUCT 9 FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER PRIOR TO RECERTIFICATION 10 OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPICE CARE.—Section 11 1814(a)(7)(D)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 12 1395f(a)(7)(D)(i)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘ending on 13 December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on March 31, 14 2025’’. 15 (g) PROGRAM INSTRUCTION AUTHORITY.—The Sec16 retary of Health and Human Services may implement the 17 amendments made by this section through program in18 struction or otherwise. 19 SEC. 3208. EXTENDING ACUTE HOSPITAL CARE AT HOME 20 WAIVER AUTHORITIES. 21 Section 1866G(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 22 U.S.C. 1395cc–7(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Decem23 ber 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 105. 105 1 SEC. 3209. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY INCLUSION OF AU2 THORIZED ORAL ANTIVIRAL DRUGS AS COV3 ERED PART D DRUGS. 4 Section 1860D–2(e)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act 5 (42 U.S.C. 1395w–102(e)(1)(C)) is amended by striking 6 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 7 SEC. 3210. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND. 8 Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 9 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking 10 ‘‘$3,197,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,251,000,000’’. 11 TITLE III—HUMAN SERVICES 12 SEC. 3301. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION EXTEN13 SION. 14 Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 15 710) is amended— 16 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘December 17 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’; and 18 (2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘December 19 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 20 SEC. 3302. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION EXTEN21 SION. 22 Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 23 713) is amended— 24 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 106. 106 1 (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 2 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘December 31, 3 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’; and 4 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking 5 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 6 31, 2025’’; and 7 (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘December 31, 8 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 9 SEC. 3303. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FAMILY-TO-FAM10 ILY HEALTH INFORMATION CENTERS. 11 Section 501(c)(1)(A)(viii) of the Social Security Act 12 (42 U.S.C. 701(c)(1)(A)(viii)) is amended— 13 (1) by striking ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and inserting 14 ‘‘$3,000,000’’; and 15 (2) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2025’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘April 1, 2025’’. 17 TITLE IV—MEDICAID 18 SEC. 3401. ELIMINATING CERTAIN DISPROPORTIONATE 19 SHARE HOSPITAL PAYMENT CUTS. 20 Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 21 U.S.C. 1396r- 4(f)(7)(A)) is amended— 22 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘January 1’’ and 23 inserting ‘‘April 1’’; and 24 (2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘January 1’’ and 25 inserting ‘‘April 1’’. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 107. 107 1 DIVISION D—EXTENSION OF 2 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 3 SEC. 4101. EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS. 4 (a) EXTENSION.— 5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro6 vided in this section and the amendments made by 7 this section, notwithstanding any other provision of 8 law, the authorities (including any limitations on 9 such authorities) provided by each provision of the 10 Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 11 115–334; 132 Stat. 4490) and each provision of law 12 amended by that Act (and for mandatory programs 13 at such funding levels) as in effect (including pursu14 ant to section 102 of division B of the Further Con15 tinuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 16 2024 (Public Law 118–22)) on September 30, 2024, 17 shall continue and be carried out until the date spec18 ified in paragraph (2). 19 (2) DATE SPECIFIED.—With respect to an au20 thority described in paragraph (1), the date specified 21 in this paragraph is the later of— 22 (A) September 30, 2025; 23 (B) the date specified with respect to such 24 authority in the Agriculture Improvement Act 25 of 2018 (Public Law 115–334; 132 Stat. 4490) VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 108. 108 1 or a provision of law amended by that Act 2 (Public Law 115–334; 132 Stat. 4490); or 3 (C) the date in effect with respect to such 4 authority pursuant to section 102 of division B 5 of the Further Continuing Appropriations and 6 Other Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118– 7 22)). 8 (b) DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS.—Programs carried 9 out using the authorities described in subsection (a)(1) 10 that are funded by discretionary appropriations (as de11 fined in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emer12 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c))) shall 13 be subject to the availability of appropriations. 14 (c) COMMODITY PROGRAMS.— 15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of law appli16 cable to a covered commodity (as defined in section 17 1111 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 18 9011)), a loan commodity (as defined in section 19 1201 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 9031)), sugarcane, or 20 sugar beets for the 2024 crop year pursuant to title 21 I of that Act (7 U.S.C. 9011 et seq.), each amend22 ment made by subtitle C of title I of the Agriculture 23 Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–334; 24 132 Stat. 4511), and section 102 of division B of 25 the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 109. 109 1 Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–22) shall be 2 applicable to the 2025 crop year for that covered 3 commodity, loan commodity, sugarcane, or sugar 4 beets. 5 (2) EXTRA LONG STAPLE COTTON.—Section 6 1208(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 7 9038 (a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘2026’’. 9 (3) EXTENSION OF PAYMENT AMOUNT.—Sec10 tion 1116(d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 11 U.S.C. 9016(d)) is amended, in the matter pre12 ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2024’’ and in13 serting ‘‘2025’’. 14 (4) DAIRY.— 15 (A) DAIRY MARGIN COVERAGE.— 16 (i) DURATION.—Section 1409 of the 17 Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9059) 18 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 19 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 20 2025’’. 21 (ii) AVAILABILITY OF PREMIUM DIS22 COUNT.—With respect to coverage for cal23 endar year 2025, section 1407(g) of the 24 Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 25 9057(g)) shall only apply to a participating VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 110. 110 1 dairy operation with respect to which the 2 premium was reduced in accordance with 3 that section (as applied to such partici4 pating dairy operation pursuant to section 5 102(c)(2)(B)(ii) of division B of the Fur6 ther Continuing Appropriations and Other 7 Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118– 8 22)) for calendar year 2024. 9 (B) DAIRY FORWARD PRICING PROGRAM.— 10 Section 1502(e)(2) of the Food, Conservation, 11 and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8772(e)(2)) 12 is amended by striking ‘‘2027’’ and inserting 13 ‘‘2028’’. 14 (5) SUSPENSION OF PERMANENT PRICE SUP15 PORT AUTHORITIES.—The provisions of law specified 16 in— 17 (A) subsections (a) and (b) of section 1602 18 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 19 9092)— 20 (i) shall not be applicable to the 2025 21 crops of covered commodities (as defined 22 in section 1111 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 23 9011)), cotton, and sugar; and 24 (ii) shall not be applicable to milk 25 through December 31, 2025; and VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 111. 111 1 (B) section 1602(c) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 2 9092(c)) shall not be applicable to the crops of 3 wheat planted for harvest in calendar year 4 2025. 5 (d) OTHER PROGRAMS.— 6 (1) TRADE.—Section 302(h)(2) of the Bill 7 Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f– 8 1(h)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 9 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 10 (2) GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY.— 11 Section 7502 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 12 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2019; 13 132 Stat. 4817) is amended to read as follows: 14 ‘‘SEC. 7502. GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY. 15 ‘‘Except as otherwise specifically authorized by law 16 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Fed17 eral land and facilities at El Reno, Oklahoma, adminis18 tered by the Secretary (as of the date of enactment of this 19 Act) as the Grazinglands Research Laboratory, shall not 20 at any time, in whole or in part, be declared to be excess 21 or surplus Federal property under chapter 5 of subtitle 22 I of title 40, United States Code, or otherwise be conveyed 23 or transferred in whole or in part, for the period beginning 24 on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 25 September 30, 2025.’’. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 112. 112 1 (3) ENERGY.—Section 9010(b) of the Farm Se2 curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3 8110(b)) is amended in paragraphs (1)(A) and 4 (2)(A) by striking ‘‘2024’’ each place it appears and 5 inserting ‘‘2025’’. 6 (e) EXCEPTIONS.— 7 (1) COMMODITIES.—Subsection (a) does not 8 apply with respect to mandatory funding under the 9 following provisions of law: 10 (A) Section 1614(c)(4) of the Agricultural 11 Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9097(c)(4)). 12 (B) Section 12314(h) of the Agricultural 13 Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 2101 note; Public Law 14 113–79). 15 (C) Section 12315(f) of the Agricultural 16 Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 7101 note; Public Law 17 113–79). 18 (D) Section 12316(a) of the Agricultural 19 Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 7101 note; Public Law 20 113–79). 21 (2) CONSERVATION.— 22 (A) MANDATORY FUNDING.—Subsection 23 (a) does not apply with respect to mandatory 24 funding under the following provisions of law 25 for fiscal years 2024 and 2025: VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 113. 113 1 (i) Section 1240O(b)(3) of the Food 2 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb– 3 2(b)(3)). 4 (ii) Section 1240R(f)(1) of the Food 5 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb– 6 5(f)(1)). 7 (iii) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 8 section 1241(a)(1) of the Food Security 9 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(1)). 10 (iv) Section 2408(g)(1) of the Agri11 culture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 12 U.S.C. 8351 note). 13 (B) LIMITATIONS.—Subsection (a) does 14 not apply with respect to limitations under the 15 following provisions of law: 16 (i) Section 1240G of the Food Secu17 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–7). 18 (ii) Section 1240L(f) of the Food Se19 curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 20 24(f)). 21 (3) NUTRITION.—Subsection (a) does not apply 22 with respect to the mandatory funding in section 23 203D(d)(5) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act 24 of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507(d)(5)). VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 114. 114 1 (4) RURAL DEVELOPMENT.—Subsection (a) 2 does not apply with respect to the mandatory fund3 ing in section 313B(e)(2) of the Rural Electrifica4 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940c–2(e)(2)). 5 (5) RESEARCH.—Subsection (a) does not apply 6 with respect to mandatory funding under the fol7 lowing provisions of law: 8 (A) Section 1446(b)(1) of the National Ag9 ricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 10 Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222a(b)(1)). 11 (B) Section 1672E(d)(1) of the Food, Ag12 riculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 13 (7 U.S.C. 5925g(d)(1)). 14 (C) Section 7601(g)(1)(A) of the Agricul15 tural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5939(g)(1)(A)). 16 (6) ENERGY.—Subsection (a) does not apply 17 with respect to mandatory funding under the fol18 lowing provisions of law: 19 (A) Section 9002(k)(1) of the Farm Secu20 rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 21 U.S.C. 8102(k)(1)). 22 (B) Section 9003(g)(1)(A) of the Farm Se23 curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 24 U.S.C. 8103(g)(1)(A)). VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 115. 115 1 (C) Section 9005(g)(1) of the Farm Secu2 rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 3 U.S.C. 8105(g)(1)). 4 (7) HORTICULTURE.—Subsection (a) does not 5 apply with respect to mandatory funding under the 6 following provisions of law: 7 (A) Section 7407(d)(1) of the Farm Secu8 rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 9 U.S.C. 5925c(d)(1)). 10 (B) Section 2123(c)(4) of the Organic 11 Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 12 6522(c)(4)). 13 (C) Section 10606(d)(1)(C) of the Farm 14 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 15 U.S.C. 6523(d)(1)(C)). 16 (D) Section 10109(c)(1) of the Agriculture 17 Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 18 334). 19 (8) MISCELLANEOUS.—Subsection (a) does not 20 apply with respect to mandatory funding under the 21 following provisions of law: 22 (A) Section 209(c) of the Agricultural 23 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1627a(c)). VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 116. 116 1 (B) Section 12605(d) of the Agriculture 2 Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 7632 3 note). 4 (f) REPORTS.— 5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 6 any requirement under a provision of law described 7 in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) to submit a re8 port on a recurring basis, and the final report under 9 which was required to be submitted during fiscal 10 year 2024, shall continue, and the requirement shall 11 be carried out, on the same recurring basis, until the 12 later of the dates specified in paragraph (2) of that 13 subsection. 14 (2) APPROPRIATIONS REQUIRED.—If discre15 tionary appropriations (as defined in section 250(c) 16 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con17 trol Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c))) are required to 18 carry out a reporting requirement described in para19 graph (1), the application of that paragraph to that 20 reporting requirement shall be subject to the avail21 ability of appropriations. 22 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend23 ments made by this section shall be applied and adminis24 tered as if this section and those amendments had been 25 enacted on September 30, 2024. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00116 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 117. 117 1 DIVISION E—OTHER MATTERS 2 SEC. 5101. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 3 WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1(b) of Public Law 117– 5 25 (135 Stat. 297; 136 Stat. 2133; 136 Stat. 5984) is 6 amended, in paragraphs (3) and (4), by striking ‘‘October 7 1, 2024’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘March 14, 8 2025’’. 9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 10 subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on September 11 30, 2024. 12 SEC. 5102. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AND AS13 SETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. 14 Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 15 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘Decem16 ber 20, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 14, 2025’’. 17 SEC. 5103. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. 18 Section 3014 of title 18, United States Code, is 19 amended by striking ‘‘December 23, 2024’’ and inserting 20 ‘‘March 14, 2025’’. 21 SEC. 5104. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION SYS22 TEM AUTHORIZATION. 23 Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity En24 hancement Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1525(a)) is amended VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00117 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml

• 118. 118 1 by striking ‘‘December 20, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 2 14, 2025’’. 3 SEC. 5105. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ORDER FOR 4 FENTANYL-RELATED SUBSTANCES. 5 Effective as if included in the enactment of the Tem6 porary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency 7 Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act (Public Law 116– 8 114), section 2 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘De9 cember 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:47 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00118 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KSALMON\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\CRD.XML December 20, 2024 (2:47 p.m.) I:\FY25\CRS\CR2\CRD.XML l:\v7\122024\7122024.020.xml