Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

What H.R. 2882 does, in plain terms

Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 This act provides FY2024 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It also extends several expiring programs and authorities. Specifically, the act includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2024 appropriations bills: the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024; the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024; the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024; the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024; the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2024; and the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024. (Sec. 3) This section provides that references to this Act included in any division of this act refer only to the provisions of that division unless the act expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) This section provides that the explanatory statement regarding this act that was printed in the Congressional Record has the same effect as a joint explanatory statement of a conference committee. (Sec. 5) This section specifies that the sums in this act are appropriated for FY2024. (Sec. 6) This section specifies that funds designated by this act as emergency spending are only available if the President subsequently designates all of the funds as emergency spending and transmits the designations to Congress. (Sec. 7) This section prohibits a cost-of-living adjustment for Members of Congress during FY2024. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024 This division provides FY2024 appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military activities. TITLE I--MILITARY PERSONNEL This title provides appropriations for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force. It also provides appropriations for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. TITLE II--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE This title provides appropriations for Operation and Maintenance (O&M) for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, other DOD agencies, Reserve Components, and Army and Air National Guard. It also provides appropriations for the Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Train and Equip Fund, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; Environmental Restoration; Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid; the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program; and the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund. TITLE III--PROCUREMENT This title provides appropriations for procurement, including for Aircraft; Missiles; Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles; Ammunition; Other Procurement; Spacecraft, Rockets, and Related Equipment; Shipbuilding and Conversion; Defense-Wide Procurement; Defense Production Act Purchases; and National Guard and Reserve Equipment. TITLE IV--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION This title provides appropriations for the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and other DOD agencies. It also provides appropriations for Operational Test and Evaluation. TITLE V--REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS This title provides appropriations for the Defense Working Capital Funds. TITLE VI--OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS This title provides appropriations for other DOD programs, including the Defense Health Program, Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, and the Office of the Inspector General. TITLE VII--RELATED AGENCIES This title provides appropriations for (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund, and (2) the Intelligence Community Management Account. TITLE VIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Sec. 8001) This section prohibits funds provided by this division from being used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by Congress. (Sec. 8002) This section exempts DOD from laws prohibiting the compensation or employment of foreign nationals and specifies conditions that must be met for the exemption. (Sec. 8003) This section prohibits funds provided by this division from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless this division expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 8004) This section limits the obligation of certain funds provided by this division during the last two months of the fiscal year. It includes exceptions for obligations for the support of active duty training of reserve components or summer camp training of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. (Sec. 8005) This section specifies authorities and restrictions for transferring or reprogramming specified funds provided by this division for other military functions. (Sec. 8006) This section requires tables included in the explanatory statement accompanying this division to be treated as if they were included in the text of this division. The section also specifies authorities and restrictions for transferring funds between accounts. (Sec. 8007) This section requires DOD to submit a report to Congress to establish the baseline for the application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for FY2024. Funds provided by this division may not be reprogrammed or transferred until the report is provided or DOD certifies to Congress that the reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement. The section includes exceptions for (1) the Environmental Restoration accounts, and (2) Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug activities. (Sec. 8008) This section prohibits cash balances in DOD Working Capital Funds from exceeding the level necessary for cash disbursements to be made from the funds. It also sets forth requirements and limitations for transfers of balances in the funds to specified accounts and obligations to procure or increase the value of war reserve material inventory. (Sec. 8009) This section prohibits funds provided by this division from being used to initiate a special access program without notifying Congress in advance. (Sec. 8010) This section establishes authorities, restrictions, and requirements for using funds provided by this division to initiate or terminate certain multiyear procurement contracts. (Sec. 8011) This section appropriates O&M funds for the costs of humanitarian and civic assistance provided in conjunction with military operations. This section also allows the Army to authorize medical services at Army medical facilities in Hawaii, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam if the action is beneficial for graduate medical education programs conducted at the facilities. (Sec. 8012) This section requires DOD to submit a report to Congress on excessive contractor payments that exceed certain thresholds. (Sec. 8013) This section prohibits funds provided by this division from being used to directly or indirectly influence congressional action on legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress. (Sec. 8014) This section restricts the use of funds to reduce or prepare to reduce deployed and non-deployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below levels set forth in a specified report provided to Congress pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. (Sec. 8015) This section permits funds appropriated in Title III of this division for the DOD Pilot Mentor-Protege Program to be transferred to any other account contained in this division to implement a developmental assistance agreement under the program. (Sec. 8016) This section prohibits DOD from purchasing certain anchor and mooring chains unless they are manufactured in the United States. It permits a waiver if adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet DOD requirements on a timely basis, and DOD certifies to Congress that the acquisition must be made for national security purposes. (Sec. 8017) This section prohibits funds provided by this division from being used to support the procurement of malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale on a military installation located in the United States, unless the beverages are procured within the state in which the installation is located and specified conditions are met. (Sec. 8018) This section prohibits DOD funds from being used to demilitarize or dispose of certain surplus firearms and small arms ammunition or ammunition components. The section includes an exception for certain items that are unserviceable or unsafe for further use. (Sec. 8019) This section limits funding for a single relocation of any DOD entity into or within the National Capital Region. It permits DOD to waive the limitation by certifying to Congress that a relocation is required in the best interest of the government. (Sec. 8020) This section provides specified funds for incentive payments for federal contracts involving contractors, subcontractors, or suppliers that are Native American organizations or Native American-owned economic enterprises. (Sec. 8021) This section permits the Air Force to convey to Indian tribes located in Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington relocatable military housing units currently located at Grand Forks, Malmstrom, Mountain Home, Ellsworth, and Minot Air Force Bases that are excess to the needs of the Air Force. It also requires the Operation Walking Shield Program to resolve any housing unit conflicts arising among requests of Indian tribes for these conveyances. (Sec. 8022) This section requires specified Defense-Wide O&M funds to be used for activities and assistance related to the mitigation of environmental impacts on Native American lands resulting from DOD activities. (Sec. 8023) This section prohibits funds provided by this division for the Defense Media Activity from being used for national or international political or psychological activities. (Sec. 8024) This section requires specified appropriations for the Army's Working Capital Fund account to be used to maintain competitive rates at the arsenals. (Sec. 8025) This section provides appropriations from Air Force accounts to the Civil Air Patrol Corporation, including from O&M--Air Force to support Civil Air Patrol Corporation O&M, readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand reduction activities involving youth programs; Aircraft Procurement--Air Force; and Other Procurement--Air Force for vehicle procurement. It also specifies that the Air Force should waive reimbursement for funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities in support of federal, state, and local government agencies. (Sec. 8026) This section sets forth funding levels and restrictions regarding DOD federally funded research and development centers. (Sec. 8027) This section specifies the committees that are included as congressional defense committees for the purposes of this division. (Sec. 8028) This section specifies the committees that are included as congressional intelligence committees for the purposes of this division. (Sec. 8029) This section permits DOD to acquire the modification, depot maintenance, and repair of aircraft, vehicles, and vessels; and production of components and other defense-related articles through competition between DOD depot maintenance activities and private firms. (Sec. 8030) This section requires DOD to comply with the Buy American Act. (Sec. 8031) This section prohibits DOD from using funds provided by this division to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel plating not melted and rolled in the United States or Canada. It permits DOD to waive the prohibition if adequate domestic supplies are not available and an acquisition is necessa

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