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“LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the in the House of Representatives section section on pages H5891-H5892 on June 24.
The Department is one of the oldest in the US, focused primarily on law enforcement and the federal prison system. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, detailed wasteful expenses such as $16 muffins at conferences and board meetings.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the adoption of House Resolution 1204, the Senate amendment to H.R. 4346 is considered as agreed to with an amendment consisting of the text of the Rules Committee print 117-
53.
Senate amendment:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
United States Marshals Service
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'',
$10,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, for expenses necessary to address threats to the Supreme Court of the United States.
TITLE II
THE JUDICIARY
Supreme Court of the United States
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'',
$9,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, for expenses necessary to address threats to the Supreme Court of the United States.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT
Sec. 301. Each amount appropriated or made available by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year involved.
Sec. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 303. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appropriations accounts shall be available under the authorities and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts for fiscal year 2022.
Sec. 304. Each amount provided by this Act is designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022''.
The text of the House amendment to the Senate amendment is as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment, insert the following:
SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the cost of insulin, a lifesaving medication for the approximately 7,400,000 Americans who need it, is often prohibitive;
(2) in 2020, nearly 1 in 6 adults reported delaying, skipping, reducing the amount of, or otherwise not getting prescription drugs because of the costs of the drugs; and
(3) increased barriers to accessing necessary medication can lead to lower medication use and increase in cost of related hospitalizations and emergency room visits.
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF VACCINES AGAINST COVID-19 TO LIST OF
TAXABLE VACCINES.
(a) In General.--Section 4132(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(Q) Any vaccine against COVID-19.''.
(b) Effective Date.--
(1) Sales, etc.--The amendment made by this section shall apply to sales and uses on or after the later of--
(A) the first day of the first month which begins more than 4 weeks after the date of the enactment of this Act, or
(B) the date on which the Secretary of Health and Human Services lists any vaccine against COVID-19 for purposes of compensation for any vaccine-related injury or death through the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
(2) Deliveries.--For purposes of paragraph (1) and section 4131 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of sales on or before the effective date described in such paragraph for which delivery is made after such date, the delivery date shall be considered the sale date.
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