DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND JUSTICE, SCIENCE,  AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2024

JULY 13, 2023.—Ordered to be printed

Mrs. SHAHEEN, from the Committee on Appropriations,  submitted the following R E P O R T  [To accompany S. 2321]

The Committee on Appropriations reports an original bill (S.  2321) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.—The Committee recognizes the value of the Baldrige Program and its impact on the performance of organizations that adopt its best practices. Therefore, the Committee provides no less than the fiscal year 2023 enacted level for the Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. The Committee commends the Baldrige program’s efforts to improve the adoption of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and encourages the program to build more partnerships and self-assessment tools to help organizations with their cybersecurity risk management.