Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

Became Public Law No: 118-35.

Jan 19, 2024

This act provides continuing fiscal year 2024 appropriations for federal agencies through March 1, 2024 (for four specified agencies) and March 8, 2024 (for most other agencies), preventing a government shutdown. It extends funding and authorities for several public health programs, including the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, Community Health Center Fund, National Health Services Corps, Special Diabetes Programs for Type I Diabetes and Indians, and provisions allowing state and tribal health personnel reassignment during public health emergencies. The act also extends authorities related to medical countermeasures development and antitrust exemptions, extends the U.S. Parole Commission authority, and authorizes the Department of Defense to obligate funds for procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine.

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Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 This act provides continuing FY2024 appropriations for federal agencies. The act also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including several public health programs. DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 (Sec. 101) This section provides continuing FY2024 appropriations for federal agencies. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2024 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires. The CR provides funding through March 1, 2024, for agencies and programs that were funded in the following four FY2023 appropriations acts: the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023. (Under the current CR, these agencies and programs are funded through January 19, 2024.) For most other federal agencies and programs, the CR provides funding through March 8, 2024. (Under the current CR, these agencies and programs are funded through February 2, 2024.) The CR generally funds most programs and activities at the FY2023 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. For example, the CR includes exceptions for the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration. In addition, the CR allows the Department of Defense to obligate specified funds from the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine. The CR also extends the authority for the U.S. Parole Commission. DIVISION B--OTHER MATTERS TITLE I--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Subtitle A--Public Health Extenders (Sec. 101) This section extends through March 8, 2024, funding for the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, the Community Health Center Fund, and the National Health Services Corps. (The program supports education and training of medical students in primary care residency programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. The fund supports (1) grants for outpatient health care facilities that serve medically underserved populations; and (2) the National Health Service Corps, which provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to health care providers who agree to work in areas with health care provider shortages.) (Sec. 102) This section extends funding through March 8, 2024, for the Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians. (The Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes supports research on the prevention and cure of Type I diabetes, and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians supports diabetes treatment and prevention for tribal populations.) (Sec. 103) This section extends through March 8, 2024, the authority that allows states and tribes to request the temporary reassignment of state and local health department personnel who are funded through certain federal programs to immediately address a public health emergency. It also extends through March 8, 2024, provisions that prohibit the disclosure of information about Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs that could compromise national security (e.g., information regarding biomedical threats). The section extends provisions that authorize HHS to engage with developers of medical countermeasures, and that provide for related antitrust exemptions, for the purpose of furthering product development. Additionally, the section extends through March 8, 2024, the National Advisory Committee on Child