The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 is a $1.7 trillion

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funding the

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for the 2023 fiscal year. It includes funding for a range of domestic and foreign policy priorities, including support for Ukraine, defense spending, and aid for regions affected by natural disasters. It also includes provisions related to advanced transportation research, health care, electoral reform, and restrictions on the use of the social media app

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. Congress passed the Act on December 23, 2022, and President

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signed it into law on December 29.

Additional provisions

In addition to the 12 annual regular appropriations bills (divisions A through L), the Act has several other provisions, including: * Division M: the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, including: ** a section similar to the proposed Asset Seizure for Ukraine Reconstruction Act, a bill allowing the use of assets seized from Russian oligarchs to fund the rebuilding of Ukraine (Section 1708) * Division N: the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 * Division O: extenders and technical corrections * Division P: the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022, comprising: ** Title I: the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022, the largest reform to the counting of

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since 1886 ** Title II: the Presidential Transition Improvement Act * Division Q: aviation-related matters * Division R: the No TikTok on Government Devices Act, a bill banning the use of the video-sharing app

on federal computers and portable devices * Division S: oceans-related matters * Division T: the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 * Division U: the Joseph Maxwell Cleland and Robert Joseph Dole Memorial Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2022 * Division V: the STRONG Veterans Act of 2022 * Division W: the Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022 * Division X: extension of authorization for special assessment for Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund * Division Y: the CONTRACT Act of 2022 * Division Z: the COVS Act * Division AA: financial-services matters * Division BB:

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and commerce * Division CC: water-related matters * Division DD: public land management * Division EE: post office designations * Division FF: the Health Extenders, Improving Access to Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, and Strengthening Public Health Act of 2022, including: ** Title II: a funding increase of $1.5 billion to ARPA-H * Division GG: the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an

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bill that raises acquisition filings fees for large transactions, including: ** Title III: a title similar to the proposed State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act, an antitrust bill preventing multiple state antitrust lawsuits from being transferred to a separate

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at a company's request * Division HH: agriculture * Division II: the

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, a bill to increase workplace accommodations for pregnant workers * Division JJ: North Atlantic Right Whales * Division KK: the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, a bill requiring organizations to provide time and space for breastfeeding parents * Division LL: the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act * Division MM: the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act

References

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