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[113th Congress Public Law 235]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

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      CONSOLIDATED AND FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

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Public Law 113-235
113th Congress

                                 An Act

 
Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
 30, 2015, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Dec. 16, 2014 -  [H.R. 83]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Consolidated and 
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Consolidated and Further Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2015''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.
Sec. 6. Availability of funds.
Sec. 7. Technical allowance for estimating differences.
Sec. 8. Adjustments to compensation.
Sec. 9. Study of electric rates in the insular areas.
Sec. 10. Amendments to the Consolidated Natural Resources Act.
Sec. 11. Payments in lieu of taxes.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
      ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

Title I--Agricultural Programs
Title II--Conservation Programs
Title III--Rural Development Programs
Title IV--Domestic Food Programs
Title V--Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VI--Related Agency and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII--General Provisions
Title VIII--Ebola Response and Preparedness

      DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

Title I--Department of Commerce
Title II--Department of Justice
Title III--Science
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions
Title VI--Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014
Title VII--Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014

       DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

Title I--Military Personnel
Title II--Operation and Maintenance
Title III--Procurement
Title IV--Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
Title V--Revolving and Management Funds

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Title VI--Other Department of Defense Programs
Title VII--Related Agencies
Title VIII--General Provisions
Title IX--Overseas Contingency Operations
Title X--Ebola Response and Preparedness

     DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

Title I--Corps of Engineers--Civil
Title II--Department of the Interior
Title III--Department of Energy
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

  DIVISION E--FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 
                                ACT, 2015

Title I--Department of the Treasury
Title II--Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to 
           the President
Title III--The Judiciary
Title IV--District of Columbia
Title V--Independent Agencies
Title VI--General Provisions--This Act
Title VII--General Provisions--Government-Wide
Title VIII--General Provisions--District of Columbia

    DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
                    AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

Title I--Department of the Interior
Title II--Environmental Protection Agency
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions

    DIVISION G--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
        EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

Title I--Department of Labor
Title II--Department of Health and Human Services
Title III--Department of Education
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions
Title VI--Ebola Response and Preparedness

         DIVISION H--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

Title I--Legislative Branch
Title II--General Provisions

  DIVISION I--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
                    AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

Title I--Department of Defense
Title II--Department of Veterans Affairs
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--Overseas Contingency Operations
Title V--General Provisions

    DIVISION J--DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
                    PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

Title I--Department of State and Related Agency
Title II--United States Agency for International Development
Title III--Bilateral Economic Assistance
Title IV--International Security Assistance
Title V--Multilateral Assistance
Title VI--Export and Investment Assistance
Title VII--General Provisions
Title VIII--Overseas Contingency Operations
Title IX--Ebola Response and Preparedness

 DIVISION K--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
                    AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

Title I--Department of Transportation

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Title II--Department of Housing and Urban Development
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions--This Act

           DIVISION L--FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, 2015

    DIVISION M--EXPATRIATE HEALTH COVERAGE CLARIFICATION ACT OF 2014

                        DIVISION N--OTHER MATTERS

                DIVISION O--MULTIEMPLOYER PENSION REFORM

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of Contents.

           TITLE I--MODIFICATIONS TO MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN RULES

        Subtitle A--Amendments to Pension Protection Act of 2006

Sec. 101. Repeal of sunset of PPA funding rules.
Sec. 102. Election to be in critical status.
Sec. 103. Clarification of rule for emergence from critical status.
Sec. 104. Endangered status not applicable if no additional action is 
           required.
Sec. 105. Correct endangered status funding improvement plan target 
           funded percentage.
Sec. 106. Conforming endangered status and critical status rules during 
           funding improvement and rehabilitation plan adoption periods.
Sec. 107. Corrective plan schedules when parties fail to adopt in 
           bargaining.
Sec. 108. Repeal of reorganization rules for multiemployer plans.
Sec. 109. Disregard of certain contribution increases for withdrawal 
           liability purposes.
Sec. 110. Guarantee for pre-retirement survivor annuities under 
           multiemployer pension plans.
Sec. 111. Required disclosure of multiemployer plan information.

          Subtitle B--Multiemployer Plan Mergers and Partitions

Sec. 121. Mergers.
Sec. 122. Partitions of eligible multiemployer plans.

   Subtitle C--Strengthening the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Sec. 131. Premium increases for multiemployer plans.

        TITLE II--REMEDIATION MEASURES FOR DEEPLY TROUBLED PLANS

Sec. 201. Conditions, limitations, distribution and notice requirements, 
           and approval process for benefit suspensions under 
           multiemployer plans in critical and declining status.

           DIVISION P--OTHER RETIREMENT-RELATED MODIFICATIONS

Sec. 1. Substantial cessation of operations.
Sec. 2. Clarification of the normal retirement age.
Sec. 3. Application of cooperative and small employer charity pension 
           plan rules to certain charitable employers whose primary 
           exempt purpose is providing services with respect to 
           children.

                      DIVISION Q--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

Sec. 1. Budgetary Effects.

SEC. 3. <<NOTE: 1 USC 1 note.>>  REFERENCES.

    Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ``this 
Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of that division.
SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.

    The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the House 
of Representatives section of the Congressional Record on or about 
December 11, 2014 by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House, shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of 
funds and implementation of divisions A through K of this Act as if it 
were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference.

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SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2015.
SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

    (a) Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only 
if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and 
transmits such designations to the Congress.
    (b) Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the 
President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 
designations to the Congress.
SEC. 7. TECHNICAL ALLOWANCE FOR ESTIMATING DIFFERENCES.

    If, for fiscal year 2015, new budget authority provided in 
appropriations Acts exceeds the discretionary spending limit for any 
category set forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with 
the Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discretionary 
spending limit in such category for fiscal year 2015 shall be made by 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the amount of the 
excess but the total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 
percent of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits for all 
categories for that fiscal year.
SEC. 8. <<NOTE: 2 USC 4501 note.>>  ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be 
made under section 610(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 31) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of 
Congress) during fiscal year 2015.
SEC. 9. <<NOTE: 48 USC 1492a.>>  STUDY OF ELECTRIC RATES IN THE 
                    INSULAR AREAS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Comprehensive energy plan.--The term ``comprehensive 
        energy plan'' means a comprehensive energy plan prepared and 
        updated under subsections (c) and (e) of section 604 of the Act 
        entitled ``An Act to authorize appropriations for certain 
        insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes'', 
        approved December 24, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 1492).
            (2) Energy action plan.--The term ``energy action plan'' 
        means the plan required by subsection (d).
            (3) Freely associated states.--The term ``Freely Associated 
        States'' means the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic 
        of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
            (4) Insular areas.--The term ``insular areas'' means 
        American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (6) Team.--The term ``team'' means the team established by 
        the Secretary under subsection (b).

    (b) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, within the Empowering

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Insular Communities activity, establish a team of technical, policy, and 
financial experts--
            (1) to develop an energy action plan addressing the energy 
        needs of each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States; 
        and
            (2) to assist each of the insular areas and Freely 
        Associated States in implementing such plan.

    (c) Participation of Regional Utility Organizations.--In 
establishing the team, the Secretary shall consider including regional 
utility organizations.
    (d) Energy Action Plan.--In accordance with subsection (b), the 
energy action plan shall include--
            (1) recommendations, based on the comprehensive energy plan 
        where applicable, to--
                    (A) reduce reliance and expenditures on fuel shipped 
                to the insular areas and Freely Associated States from 
                ports outside the United States;
                    (B) develop and utilize domestic fuel energy 
                sources; and
                    (C) improve performance of energy infrastructure and 
                overall energy efficiency;
            (2) a schedule for implementation of such recommendations 
        and identification and prioritization of specific projects;
            (3) a financial and engineering plan for implementing and 
        sustaining projects; and
            (4) benchmarks for measuring progress toward implementation.

    (e) Reports to Secretary.--Not later than 1 year after the date on 
which the Secretary establishes the team and annually thereafter, the 
team shall submit to the Secretary a report detailing progress made in 
fulfilling its charge and in implementing the energy action plan.
    (f) Annual Reports to Congress.--Not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the Secretary receives a report submitted by the team 
under subsection (e), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a summary of the report of the team.
    (g) Approval of Secretary Required.--The energy action plan shall 
not be implemented until the Secretary approves the energy action plan.
SEC. 10. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSOLIDATED NATURAL RESOURCES ACT.

    Section 6 of Public Law 94-241 <<NOTE: 48 USC 1806.>>  (90 Stat. 
263; 122 Stat. 854) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``December 31, 2014, 
        except as provided in subsections (b) and (d)'' and inserting 
        ``December 31, 2019''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in the third sentence of paragraph (2), by 
                striking ``not to extend beyond December 31, 2014, 
                unless extended pursuant to paragraph 5 of this 
                subsection'' and inserting `` `ending on December 31, 
                2019' '';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (5); and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5).

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SEC. 11. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.

    (a) For payments in lieu of taxes under chapter 69 of title 31, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2015, $372,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary of the Interior.
    (b) The amount made available in subsection (a) shall be in addition 
to amounts made available for payments in lieu of taxes by the Carl 
Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015.

     DIVISION <<NOTE: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
  Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015.>>  A--
   AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

                                 TITLE I

                          AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                  Production, Processing and Marketing

                         Office of the Secretary

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $45,805,000, 
of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $502,000 shall be available for 
the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency 
Coordination; not to exceed $1,209,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Advocacy and Outreach; not to exceed $25,928,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, of which 
$25,124,000 shall be available for Departmental Administration to 
provide for necessary expenses for management support services to 
offices of the Department and for general administration, security, 
repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 
not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient 
work of the Department; not to exceed $3,869,000 shall be available for 
the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry 
out the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving 
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch; and 
not to exceed $7,750,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Communications:  Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 
of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary:  
Provided further, That no appropriation for any office shall be 
increased or decreased by more than 5 percent:  Provided further, That 
not to exceed $11,000 of the amount made available under this paragraph 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 
for, as determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, That the amount 
made available under this heading for Departmental Administration shall 
be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel 
expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 
551-558:  Provided further, That funds made available under this heading 
for the Office of

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the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred 
to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to 
maintain personnel at the agency level:  Provided further, That no funds 
made available under this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary 
for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the date 
of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the 
allocation of these funds by USDA agency.

                          Executive Operations

                      office of the chief economist

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, 
$17,377,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative 
agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155.

                        national appeals division

    For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
$13,317,000.

                  office of budget and program analysis

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, 
$9,392,000.

                 Office of the Chief Information Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $45,045,000, of which not less than $28,000,000 is for 
cybersecurity requirements of the Department.

                  Office of the Chief Financial Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 
$6,028,000.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Civil Rights, $898,000.

                         Office of Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $24,070,000.

                  Agriculture Buildings and Facilities

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 
92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 delegation of 
authority from the Administrator of General Services to the Department 
of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities of the 
Department which are included in this Act, and for alterations and other 
actions needed for the Department

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and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations 
suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and for 
the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture 
buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $55,866,000, to remain 
available until expended, for buildings operations and maintenance 
expenses:  Provided, That the Secretary may use unobligated prior year 
balances of an agency or office that are no longer available for new 
obligation to cover shortfalls incurred in prior or current year rental 
payments for such agency or office.

                     Hazardous Materials Management

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply 
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,600,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That appropriations and funds available 
herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be 
transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in meeting all 
requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 
lands.

                       Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, including 
employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, $95,026,000, 
including such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other 
arrangements with public agencies and private persons pursuant to 
section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and including not 
to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, 
including the payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 
of the Inspector General pursuant to Public Law 95-452 and section 1337 
of Public Law 97-98.

                      Office of the General Counsel

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$44,383,000.

                            Office of Ethics

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $3,654,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Research, Education, and Economics, $898,000.

                        Economic Research Service

    For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
$85,373,000.

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                National Agricultural Statistics Service

    For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, $172,408,000, of which up to $47,842,000 shall be available 
until expended for the Census of Agriculture:  Provided, That amounts 
made available for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct 
Current Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f).

                      Agricultural Research Service

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service and for 
acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 
cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges where the lands 
exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of 
money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 
value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 
$1,132,625,000: <<NOTE: 7 USC 2254.>>   Provided, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of 
aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only:  
Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost 
of constructing any one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for 
headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and 
except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to 
exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during 
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building or $375,000, whichever is greater:  Provided 
further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall 
not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities at 
Beltsville, Maryland:  Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural 
Research Center:  Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall 
not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 
April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a):  Provided further, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available for granting easements at any Agricultural 
Research Service location for the construction of a research facility by 
a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural 
Research Service and a condition of the easements shall be that upon 
completion the facility shall be accepted by the Secretary, subject to 
the availability of funds herein, if the Secretary finds that acceptance 
of the facility is in the interest of the United States:  Provided 
further, That funds may be received from any State, other political 
subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing 
or operating any research facility or research project of the 
Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law:  Provided further, 
That subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of 
Agriculture considers appropriate to protect the interest of the United 
States, the Secretary may enter into a lease of Agricultural Research 
Service land in order to allow for the drilling of not more than three 
irrigation wells; the term of the lease may not exceed 20 years, but the 
Secretary may renew the lease for one or more additional 20-year 
periods.

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                        buildings and facilities

    For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as 
necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of the 
Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $45,000,000 to 
remain available until expended.

               National Institute of Food and Agriculture

                    research and education activities

    For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative 
forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, 
$786,874,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified in the table titled ``National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture, Research and Education Activities'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act):  Provided, That funds for research grants for 
1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capacity 
building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and 
food research initiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment, 
multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution challenge 
grants, and grants management systems shall remain available until 
expended:  Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive 
funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000:  
Provided further, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native and 
Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made available to individual 
eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 
awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii:  Provided 
further, That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be 
made available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 
3221 and 3222:  Provided further, That not more than 5 percent of the 
amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry out the 
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be 
retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs 
incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that authority.

               native american institutions endowment fund

    For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by 
Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                          extension activities

    For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, 
the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and American 
Samoa, $471,691,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table titled ``National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture, Extension Activities'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act):  Provided, That funds for facility improvements at 
1890 institutions shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 
for cooperative extension receive no less than

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$1,000,000:  Provided further, That funds for cooperative extension 
under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and 
(c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 93-471 shall be available for 
retirement and employees' compensation costs for extension agents.

                          integrated activities

    For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 
programs, including necessary administrative expenses, $30,900,000, 
which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table titled ``National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated 
Activities'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided, That 
funds for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016.

   Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $898,000.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                          salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances and for 
expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 
$871,315,000, of which $470,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant 
diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds 
(``contingency fund'') to the extent necessary to meet emergency 
conditions; of which $11,520,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be used for the cotton pests program for cost share purposes or 
for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which $35,339,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical 
Services; of which $697,000 shall be for activities under the authority 
of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of 
which $52,340,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used to 
support avian health; of which $4,251,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; of which 
$156,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for specialty 
crop pests; of which, $8,826,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which 
$54,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for tree and 
wood pests; of which $3,973,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to 
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the scrapie 
program for indemnities; of which $1,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for the wildlife damage management program for 
aviation safety:  Provided, That of amounts available under this heading 
for wildlife services methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain 
available until

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expended:  Provided further, That of amounts available under this 
heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain available 
until expended:  Provided further, That no funds shall be used to 
formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the 
current fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by the States 
of at least 40 percent:  Provided further, That this appropriation shall 
be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the 
purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement 
only:  Provided further, That in addition, in emergencies which threaten 
any segment of the agricultural production industry of this country, the 
Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to 
the agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as may be 
deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 
arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of 
animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with 
sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 
for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged 
with such transferred amounts:  Provided further, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
repair and alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 
otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 
of the building.
    In fiscal year 2015, the agency is authorized to collect fees to 
cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, or 
services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domestic and 
international organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, 
provided that such fees are structured such that any entity's liability 
for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or 
services provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall be 
reimbursed to this account, to remain available until expended, without 
further appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
services.

                        buildings and facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase 
of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and 
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

    For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 
$81,192,000:  Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
replacement value of the building.
    Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, as 
established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).

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                  limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $60,709,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:  Provided, 
That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events 
occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.

    funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 
U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program expenses as 
authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for: 
(1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 
this Act; and (3) not more than $20,186,000 for formulation and 
administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 
1961.

                   payments to states and possessions

    For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments 
of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 
204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 
$1,235,000.

         Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers and 
Stockyards Administration, $43,048,000:  Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of 
altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
percent of the current replacement value of the building.

         limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

    Not to exceed $50,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing services:  
Provided, That if grain export activities require additional supervision 
and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation 
may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

              Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food 
Safety, $816,000.

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                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

    For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and 
the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed $50,000 for 
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 
Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,016,474,000; and in 
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees collected 
for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
138f):  Provided, That funds provided for the Public Health Data 
Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available until 
expended:  Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent 
positions shall be employed during fiscal year 2015 for purposes 
dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane 
Methods of Slaughter Act:  Provided further, That the Food Safety and 
Inspection Service shall continue implementation of section 11016 of 
Public Law 110-246 as further clarified by the amendments made in 
section 12106 of Public Law 113-79:  Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of 
altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
percent of the current replacement value of the building.

Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Farm 
and Foreign Agricultural Services, $898,000.

                           Farm Service Agency

                          salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, $1,200,180,000:  
Provided, That not more than 50 percent of the $132,364,000 made 
available under this heading for information technology related to farm 
program delivery, including the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of 
Agricultural Systems (MIDAS) and other farm program delivery systems, 
may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for each 
project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and performance 
capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, 
(b) the estimated lifecycle cost, including estimates for development as 
well as maintenance and operations, and (c) key milestones to be met; 
(2) demonstrates that each project/investment is, (a) consistent with 
the Farm Service Agency Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being 
managed in accordance with applicable lifecycle management policies and 
guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable Department's capital 
planning and investment control requirements; and (3) has been submitted 
to the Government Accountability Office:  Provided further, That the 
agency shall submit a report by the end of the

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fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015 to the Committees on Appropriations 
and the Government Accountability Office, that identifies for each 
project/investment that is operational (a) current performance against 
key indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current performance of 
service level agreements or other technical metrics, (c) current 
performance against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed 
breakdown of current and planned spending on operational enhancements or 
upgrades, and (e) an assessment of whether the investment continues to 
meet business needs as intended as well as alternatives to the 
investment:  Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to use 
the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for all programs 
administered by the Agency:  Provided further, That other funds made 
available to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 
merged with this account:  Provided further, That funds made available 
to county committees shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency 
shall be used to close Farm Service Agency county offices:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency 
shall be used to permanently relocate county based employees that would 
result in an office with two or fewer employees without prior 
notification and approval of the Committees on Appropriations.

                         state mediation grants

    For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act 
of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $3,404,000.

               grassroots source water protection program

    For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-2), $5,526,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                         dairy indemnity program

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to 
dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a dairy 
indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That such program is carried out by the 
Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program described in 
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387, 114 Stat. 
1549A-12).

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating (7 
U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), 
Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll

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weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 
1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488) 
to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as 
follows: $2,000,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and 
$1,500,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,393,443,000 for 
unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans and $1,252,004,000 for direct 
operating loans; emergency loans, $34,667,000; Indian tribe land 
acquisition loans, $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 
$150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and 
for boll weevil eradication program loans, $60,000,000:  Provided, That 
the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the 
purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, including 
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm operating loans, 
$63,101,000 for direct operating loans, $14,770,000 for unsubsidized 
guaranteed operating loans, and emergency loans, $856,000, to remain 
available until expended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $314,918,000, of which $306,998,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
    Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance 
Program Account for farm ownership, operating and conservation direct 
loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these programs:  
Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

                         Risk Management Agency

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, $74,829,000:  
Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
1506(i).

                              CORPORATIONS

    The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to 
make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and 
to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth 
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation or 
agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                 Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

    For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended.

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                    Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                  reimbursement for net realized losses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to 
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses 
sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 of the 
Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11):  Provided, That of the funds 
available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the 
conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural Service, up to 
$5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural 
Service for information resource management activities of the Foreign 
Agricultural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit 
Corporation business.

                       hazardous waste management

                        (limitation on expenses)

    For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup 
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the 
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and 
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 
6961).

                                TITLE II

                          CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

   Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Natural Resources and Environment, $898,000.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                         conservation operations

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act of 
April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including preparation of conservation 
plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and water 
(including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special measures 
for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent floods and 
the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural related 
pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; 
classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; 
acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in the plant 
materials program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost 
not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent 
and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
$846,428,000,

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to remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 
for construction and improvement of buildings and public improvements at 
plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations and 
improvements to other buildings and other public improvements shall not 
exceed $250,000:  Provided further, That when buildings or other 
structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such 
land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a:  Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, $5,600,000, shall 
remain available until expended for the authorities under 16 U.S.C. 
1001-1005 and 1007-1009 for authorized ongoing watershed projects with a 
primary purpose of providing water to rural communities.

                    watershed rehabilitation program

    Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection and 
Flood Prevention Act, $12,000,000 is provided.

                                TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

           Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Rural Development, $898,000.

                 Rural Development Salaries and Expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and 
implementation of programs in the Rural Development mission area, 
including activities with institutions concerning the development and 
operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 
$224,201,000:  Provided, That no less than $15,000,000 shall be for the 
Comprehensive Loan Accounting System:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities that 
support the Rural Development mission area:  Provided further, That any 
balances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, 
Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service 
salaries and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with 
this appropriation.

                          Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, to 
be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as follows: 
$900,000,000 shall be for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $26,279,000 for section 504 housing 
repair loans; $28,398,000 for

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section 515 rental housing; $150,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 
multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single 
family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help 
housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 524 site 
development loans.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $66,420,000 shall be for 
direct loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $3,687,000; and repair, 
rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 
$9,800,000:  Provided, That to support the loan program level for 
section 538 guaranteed loans made available under this heading the 
Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the projected cost of 
such loan guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act 
of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not 
be subsidized:  Provided further, That applicants in communities that 
have a current rural area waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 
1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural area for 
purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided under this heading:  
Provided further, That of the amounts available under this paragraph for 
section 502 direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a 
program funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant authorized by 
section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2015.
    In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $15,936,000, to remain available 
until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm 
labor housing grants and contracts:  Provided, That any balances 
available for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred to and 
merged with this account.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $415,100,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses''.

                        rental assistance program

    For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursuant to 
the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements entered into in lieu 
of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as authorized by 
section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $1,088,500,000; and, in 
addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) 
of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to 
carry out the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the 
Act:  Provided, That rental assistance agreements entered into or 
renewed during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a 1-year 
period:  Provided further, That rental assistance contracts will not be 
renewed within the 12-month contract period:  Provided further, That any 
unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 1-year agreements may 
be transferred and used for the purposes of any debt reduction; 
maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 
preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized under title V 
of the Act:  Provided further, That rental assistance provided under 
agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2015 for a farm

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labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of 
the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until such 
assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, if 
such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or 
the project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not receiving 
such assistance:  Provided further, That such recaptured rental 
assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another farm 
labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of 
the Act.

           multi-family housing revitalization program account

    For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under section 
542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding subsection (b) of 
such section, and for additional costs to conduct a demonstration 
program for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental 
housing properties described in this paragraph, $24,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $7,000,000, shall be available for rural housing 
vouchers to any low-income household (including those not receiving 
rental assistance) residing in a property financed with a section 515 
loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 2005:  Provided further, 
That the amount of such voucher shall be the difference between 
comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent 
for such unit:  Provided further, That funds made available for such 
vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual appropriations:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, administer such vouchers with current regulations and 
administrative guidance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers 
administered by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development:  Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that 
the amount made available for vouchers in this or any other Act is not 
needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds for the 
demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of multi-
family rental housing properties described in this paragraph:  Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$17,000,000 shall be available for a demonstration program for the 
preservation and revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-
family rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-
family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for 
the purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to 
preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable 
housing for low-income residents and farm laborers including reducing or 
eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 
or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance including 
advances, payments and incentives (including the ability of owners to 
obtain reasonable returns on investment) required by the Secretary:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation 
and revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 
consistent with the terms of the restructuring:  Provided further, That 
if the Secretary determines that additional funds for vouchers described 
in this paragraph are needed, funds for the preservation and 
revitalization demonstration program may be used for such vouchers:  
Provided further, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 
authorize a multi-

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family rental housing loan restructuring program similar to the 
demonstration program described herein, the Secretary may use funds made 
available for the demonstration program under this heading to carry out 
such legislation with the prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That in 
addition to any other available funds, the Secretary may expend not more 
than $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available under this 
heading, for administrative expenses for activities funded under this 
heading.

                   mutual and self-help housing grants

    For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $27,500,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                     rural housing assistance grants

    For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural housing 
preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $32,239,000, to remain available until expended.

               rural community facilities program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in section 
381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$2,200,000,000 for direct loans and $73,222,000 for guaranteed loans.
    For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying 
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, $3,500,000, to remain available until expended.
    For the cost of grants for rural community facilities programs as 
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $26,778,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That $4,000,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for a Rural Community 
Development Initiative:  Provided further, That such funds shall be used 
solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit 
community-based housing and community development organizations, low-
income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, community facilities, 
community and economic development projects in rural areas:  Provided 
further, That such funds shall be made available to qualified private, 
nonprofit and public intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a 
program of financial and technical assistance:  Provided further, That 
such intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other 
sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 
not less than funds provided:  Provided further, That $5,778,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be to provide grants for 
facilities in rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe 
economic depression (Public Law 106-387), with up to 5 percent for 
administration and capacity building in the State rural development 
offices:  Provided further, That $4,000,000

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of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 
306(a)(19) of such Act:  Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 
the funds made available under this heading.

                   Rural Business--Cooperative Service

                     rural business program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural business 
development programs authorized by section 310B and described in 
subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 310B of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $74,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for one grant to a 
qualified national organization to provide technical assistance for 
rural transportation in order to promote economic development and 
$3,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 
2009aa et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose as 
described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used for 
administrative expenses:  Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for business grants to 
benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 
for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical 
assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic 
development:  Provided further, That for purposes of determining 
eligibility or level of program assistance the Secretary shall not 
include incarcerated prison populations:  Provided further, That 
sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act are not applicable to funds made available under this heading.

               intermediary relending program fund account

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by the 
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), 
$18,889,000.
    For the cost of direct loans, $5,818,000, as authorized by the 
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which 
$531,000 shall be available through June 30, 2015, for Federally 
Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which $1,021,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2015, for Mississippi Delta Region counties 
(as determined in accordance with Public Law 100-460):  Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $4,439,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2152]]

            rural economic development loans program account

                     (including rescission of funds)

    For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 
section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of 
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 
$33,077,000.
    Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936, $179,000,000 shall not be obligated and $179,000,000 are 
rescinded.

                  rural cooperative development grants

    For rural cooperative development grants authorized under section 
310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932), $22,050,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative 
agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas 
program:  Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants 
for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or groups 
of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups and a majority 
of the boards of directors or governing boards of which are comprised of 
individuals who are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of 
which $10,750,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
value-added agricultural product market development grants, as 
authorized by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a).

                    rural energy for america program

    For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under the same terms 
and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $1,350,000:  Provided, 
That the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974.

                         Rural Utilities Service

             rural water and waste disposal program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for the 
rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management 
programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B 
and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $464,857,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 
available for the rural utilities program described in section 
306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed $993,000 shall be 
available for the rural utilities program described in section 306E of 
such Act:  Provided, That $66,500,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be for loans and grants including water and waste 
disposal systems grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, Federally Recognized

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Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the Department of 
Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii):  Provided further, That 
funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to 
section 325 of Public Law 105-83:  Provided further, That not more than 
2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alaska for 
training and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 percent 
of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to 
section 325 of Public Law 105-83 for training and technical assistance 
programs:  Provided further, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical assistance 
grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) 
of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of extreme need, 
of which $6,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified 
nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance organization, with 
experience in working with small communities on water and waste water 
problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural 
communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the 
planning, financing, development, operation, and management of water and 
waste water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a 
qualified national Native American organization to provide technical 
assistance for rural water systems for tribal communities:  Provided 
further, That not to exceed $15,919,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be for contracting with qualified national 
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical 
assistance for rural water systems:  Provided further, That not to 
exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste management grants:  Provided 
further, That $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, 
High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized under 
section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a):  
Provided further, That any prior year balances for high-energy cost 
grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural 
Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account:  Provided further, 
That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 
this heading.

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                      (including transfer of funds)

    The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by 
sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
935 and 936) shall be made as follows: loans made pursuant to section 
306 of that Act, rural electric, $5,000,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 
loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 5 percent rural 
telecommunications loans, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 
and for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural 
telecommunications loans,

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$690,000,000:  Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the 
construction, acquisition, or improvement of fossil-fueled electric 
generating plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon 
sequestration systems.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $34,478,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

         distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program

    For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication loans, 
$24,077,000.
    For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural 
areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $22,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made 
available for grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act:  Provided further, That funding provided under 
this heading for grants under 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act may only be provided to entities that meet all of the 
eligibility criteria for a consortium as established by this section.
    For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 of the 
Rural Electrification Act, $4,500,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    In addition, $10,372,000, to remain available until expended, for a 
grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural areas eligible 
for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 950aaa.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $816,000.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        child nutrition programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 
and 21; $21,300,170,000 to remain available through September 30, 2016, 
of which such sums as are made available under section 14222(b)(1) of 
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246), as 
amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available for the same 
time period and purposes as provided herein:  Provided, That of the 
total amount available, $17,004,000 shall be available to carry out 
section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.):  
Provided

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further, That of the total amount available, $25,000,000 shall be 
available to provide competitive grants to State agencies for subgrants 
to local educational agencies and schools to purchase the equipment 
needed to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help 
support the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school 
breakfast program:  Provided further, That of the total amount 
available, $16,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 
out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111-80).

special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                  (wic)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $6,623,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not less than 
$60,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer counselors and other 
related activities, $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure, 
$30,000,000 shall be used for management information systems, and 
$25,000,000 shall be used for WIC electronic benefit transfer systems 
and activities:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided in 
this account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 
except in accordance with the cost containment and competitive bidding 
requirements specified in section 17 of such Act:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided shall be available for activities that 
are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act:  Provided further, 
That upon termination of a federally mandated vendor moratorium and 
subject to terms and conditions established by the Secretary, the 
Secretary may waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request 
of a State agency.

                supplemental nutrition assistance program

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $81,837,570,000, of which $3,000,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2016, shall be placed in 
reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become 
necessary to carry out program operations:  Provided, That funds 
provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008:  Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide 
nutrition education services to State agencies and Federally Recognized 
Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian 
Reservations:  Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be 
required by law:  Provided further, That funds made available for 
Employment and Training under this heading shall remain available 
through September 30, 2016:  Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading for a study on Indian tribal administration of 
nutrition programs, as provided in title IV of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (Public Law 113-79), and a study of the removal of cash benefits in 
Puerto Rico, as provided in title IV of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113-79) shall be available

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until expended:  Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading for section 28(d)(1) and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 shall remain available through September 30, 2016:  Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading for employment and 
training pilot projects, as provided in title IV of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014 (Public Law 113-79), shall remain available through September 
30, 2018:  Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct 
studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to program 
integrity provided that such activities are authorized by the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008.

                      commodity assistance program

    For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and the 
Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section 4(a) of the 
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); 
the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the 
nuclear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the 
Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188); 
and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 
17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $278,501,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2016, of which $2,800,000 shall be to 
begin service in seven additional States that have plans approved by the 
Department for the commodity supplemental food program but are not 
currently participating:  Provided, That none of these funds shall be 
available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
donated to the program:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, effective with funds made available in fiscal 
year 2015 to support the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as 
authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002, such funds shall remain available through September 30, 2016:  
Provided further, That of the funds made available under section 27(a) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary 
may use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribution of 
commodities.

                    nutrition programs administration

    For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition 
Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance program, 
$150,824,000:  Provided, That of the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 
shall be used for the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107-171, as 
amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110-246.

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                                 TITLE V

                 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                          salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including not to exceed $250,000 for representation allowances and for 
expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 
U.S.C. 1766), $181,423,000:  Provided, That the Service may utilize 
advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made 
on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and 
institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food 
production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign 
assistance programs of the United States Agency for International 
Development:  Provided further, That funds made available for middle-
income country training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug 
International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship program, 
and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation 
solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international 
currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, shall remain available until expended.

   food for peace title i direct credit and food for progress program 
                                 account

              (including rescission and transfer of funds)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program of title 
I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480) and the Food for Progress Act 
of 1985, $2,528,000, shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses'':  
Provided, That of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to title I 
of the Food for Peace Act, $13,000,000 are rescinded:  Provided further, 
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                     food for peace title ii grants

    For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480), for 
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title 
II of said Act, $1,466,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts made 
available under this heading shall be used to provide not less than the 
minimum level of funding required by section 412(e)(2) of the Food for 
Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(2)) to carry out nonemergency food 
assistance programs under title II of such Act.

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   mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition 
                             program grants

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 3107 
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-
1), $191,626,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, 
facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing such 
section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided herein.

  commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program 
                                 account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit 
Corporation's Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,748,000; 
to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $6,394,000 shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $354,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.

                                TITLE VI

             RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                 Department of Health and Human Services

                      food and drug administration

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of 
space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92-313 for 
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the 
District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency 
expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the 
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate, 
not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 
107-188; $4,443,356,000:  Provided, That of the amount provided under 
this heading, $798,000,000 shall be derived from prescription drug user 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended; $128,282,000 shall be derived from 
medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be 
credited to this account and remain available until expended; 
$312,116,000 shall be derived from human generic drug user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-42, and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended; $21,014,000 shall be derived from 
biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-52, 
and shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended; $22,464,000 shall be derived from animal drug

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user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-12, and shall be credited to this 
account and remain available until expended; $6,944,000 shall be derived 
from animal generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-21, and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; 
$566,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended:  Provided further, That in addition and 
notwithstanding any other provision under this heading, amounts 
collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, 
human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological product user fees, 
animal drug user fees, and animal generic drug user fees that exceed the 
respective fiscal year 2015 limitations are appropriated and shall be 
credited to this account and remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical device, human 
generic drug, biosimilar biological product, animal drug, and animal 
generic drug assessments for fiscal year 2015, including any such fees 
collected prior to fiscal year 2015 but credited for fiscal year 2015, 
shall be subject to the fiscal year 2015 limitations:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal year 2015 of user 
fees specified under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2016, 
prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees 
assessed for fiscal year 2016 for which the Secretary accepts payment in 
fiscal year 2015 shall not be included in amounts under this heading:  
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used to develop, 
establish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
9701:  Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) 
$903,403,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
Affairs; (2) $1,337,948,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation 
and Research and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
Affairs; (3) $344,267,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $173,976,000 shall be for the Center for 
Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of 
Regulatory Affairs; (5) $420,548,000 shall be for the Center for Devices 
and Radiological Health and for related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $63,331,000 shall be for the National Center 
for Toxicological Research; (7) $531,527,000 shall be for the Center for 
Tobacco Products and for related field activities in the Office of 
Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $163,079,000 shall be for Rent and 
Related activities, of which $47,116,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, 
other than the amounts paid to the General Services Administration for 
rent; (9) not to exceed $227,674,000 shall be for payments to the 
General Services Administration for rent; and (10) $277,603,000 shall be 
for other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food 
and Drugs, the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, the Office of 
Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory 
Policy, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and 
central services for these offices:  Provided further, That not to 
exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by 
the Commissioner:  Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursuant 
to section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
379dd(n)) shall only be from

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amounts made available under this heading for other activities:  
Provided further, That of the amounts that are made available under this 
heading for ``other activities'', and that are not derived from user 
fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Department of Health and Human Services--Office of 
Inspector General'' for oversight of the programs and operations of the 
Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise 
made available for oversight of the Food and Drug Administration:  
Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one specified 
activity to another with the prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263b, 
export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority 
review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed 
recall fees, food reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer 
program fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-31, outsourcing facility fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-62, prescription drug wholesale distributor 
licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), and 
third-party logistics provider licensing and inspection fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 360eee-3(c)(1), shall be credited to this account, to 
remain available until expended.

                        buildings and facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, 
and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by the Food and 
Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided, $8,788,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                           INDEPENDENT AGENCY

                       Farm Credit Administration

                  limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $60,500,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249:  Provided, 
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with 
receiverships:  Provided further, That the agency may exceed this 
limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                                TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

             (including rescissions and transfers of funds)

    Sec. 701.  Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture 
for the current fiscal year under this Act shall be available for the 
purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to 
exceed 71 passenger motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for replacement 
only, and for the hire of such vehicles:  Provided, That

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notwithstanding this section, the only purchase of new passenger 
vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to be necessary 
for transportation safety, to reduce operational costs, and for the 
protection of life, property, and public safety.
    Sec. 702.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances of 
discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or any other available 
unobligated discretionary balances that are remaining available of the 
Department of Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of 
financial, administrative, and information technology services of 
primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, such 
transferred funds to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
none of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of 
the agency administrator:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall 
be available for obligation without written notification to and the 
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress:  Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
Act or made available to the Department's Working Capital Fund shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the 
Department's National Finance Center without written notification to and 
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress as required by section 719 of this Act:  Provided further, That 
of annual income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department 
of Agriculture allocated for the National Finance Center, the Secretary 
may reserve not more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 
of capital equipment, including equipment for the improvement and 
implementation of a financial management plan, information technology, 
and other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any 
unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Center:  Provided 
further, That none of the amounts reserved shall be available for 
obligation unless the Secretary submits written notification of the 
obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further, That the limitation 
on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congressional 
Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the 
Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency that 
significantly impacts the operations of the National Finance Center; or 
to evacuate employees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven to 
continue operations of the National Finance Center.
    Sec. 703.  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. 704.  No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay 
negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar 
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and 
nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost 
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to 
carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This does 
not preclude appropriate

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payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions 
when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all 
agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.
    Sec. 705.  Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the 
cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the current fiscal 
year shall remain available until expended to disburse obligations made 
in the current fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural 
Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrification and 
Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural Housing Insurance 
Fund program account.
    Sec. 706.  None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information 
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief 
Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information 
Technology Investment Review Board:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 
 Provided further, That none of the funds available to the Department of 
Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated for projects 
over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief 
Information Officer:  Provided further, That the Chief Information 
Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without written 
approval from the Chief Information Officer for projects up to $250,000 
based upon the performance of an agency measured against the performance 
plan requirements described in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    Sec. 707.  Funds made available under section 1240I and section 
1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and section 524(b) of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year 
shall remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in 
the current fiscal year.
    Sec. 708.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any former 
RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed 
loan under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit 
utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under such 
Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 313(b)(2)(B) of such 
Act in the same manner as a borrower under such Act.
    Sec. 709.  Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to section 
12033 and section 15101 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008, $125,000,000 are rescinded.
    Sec. 710.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not 
more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropriations made 
available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service 
Agency shall remain available through September 30, 2016, for 
information technology expenses:  Provided, That except as otherwise 
specifically provided by law, unobligated balances from appropriations 
made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Rural 
Development mission area shall remain available through September 30, 
2016, for information technology expenses.
    Sec. 711.  The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize a State agency 
to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the maximum

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amount of liquid infant formula specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when issuing 
liquid infant formula to participants.
    Sec. 712.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the 
employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 713.  In the case of each program established or amended by the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79), other than by title I or 
subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for which indefinite 
amounts were provided in that Act, that is authorized or required to be 
carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation--
            (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related 
        administrative expenses, including technical assistance, 
        associated with the implementation of the program, without 
        regard to the limitation on the total amount of allotments and 
        fund transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
        Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and
            (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be 
        considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of 
        applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments and 
        fund transfers contained in such section.

    Sec. 714.  Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than 
$2,000,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities 
related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task forces 
of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with 
negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
awarded grants.
    Sec. 715.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay 
indirect costs charged against any agricultural research, education, or 
extension grant awards issued by the National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture that exceed 30 percent of total Federal funds provided under 
each award:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants awarded 
competitively by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be 
available to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded 
under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
    Sec. 716.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out the following:
            (1) The Watershed Rehabilitation program authorized by 
        section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed and Flood Protection Act (16 
        U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)) in excess of $73,000,000.
            (2) The Environmental Quality Incentives Program as 
        authorized by sections 1240-1240H of the Food Security Act of 
        1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-3839aa-8) in excess of $1,347,000,000:  
        Provided, That this limitation shall apply only to funds 
        provided by section 1241(a)(5)(B) of the Food Security Act of 
        1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(5)(B)).
            (3) The Conservation Stewardship Program as authorized by 
        sections 1238D-1238G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
        3838d-3838g) in excess of 7,741,000 acres.
            (4) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program authorized by 
        section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act

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        of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111) in excess of $23,000,000 in new 
        obligational authority.
            (5) The Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical and Biobased Product 
        Manufacturing Assistance program as authorized by section 9003 
        of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
        8103) in excess of $30,000,000.

    Sec. 717.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out a program under subsection 
(b)(2)(A)(vii) of section 14222 of Public Law 110-246 in excess of 
$959,000,000, as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 
Commodities--$465,000,000; State Option Contracts--$5,000,000; Removal 
of Defective Commodities--$2,500,000:  Provided, That none of the funds 
made available in this Act or any other Act shall be used for salaries 
and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year section 19(i)(1)(E) of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, as amended, except in an 
amount that excludes the transfer of $122,000,000 of the funds to be 
transferred under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Public Law 110-246, 
until October 1, 2015:  Provided further, That $122,000,000 made 
available on October 1, 2015, to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, as amended, shall be 
excluded from the limitation described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(viii) of 
section 14222 of Public Law 110-246:  Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act 
shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any employee of the 
Department of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
to carry out clause 3 of section 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act 
of 1935 (Public Law 74-320, 7 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any 
surplus removal activities or price support activities under section 5 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act:  Provided further, That 
of the available unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(vii) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110-246, $203,000,000 are rescinded.
    Sec. 718.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who prepare 
or submit appropriations language as part of the President's budget 
submission to the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or 
reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees proposals 
that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the 
budget unless such budget submission identifies which additional 
spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals 
are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee of 
conference for the fiscal year 2016 appropriations Act.
    Sec. 719. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal 
year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the 
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming, 
transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized by the Economy Act, 
or in the case of the Department of Agriculture, through use of the 
authority provided by section 702(b)

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of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 
section 8 of Public Law 89-106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that--
            (1) creates new programs;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
        project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
        restricted;
            (4) relocates an office or employees;
            (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or
            (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
        presently performed by Federal employees;

unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives approval 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 
least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use 
of such authority.
    (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 
through a reprogramming or use of the authorities referred to in 
subsection (a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less, that--
            (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
            (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
        project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as 
        approved by Congress; or
            (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
        personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
        activities, or projects as approved by Congress;

unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives approval 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 
least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds 
or the use of such authority.
    (c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall notify in writing and receive approval from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before 
implementing any program or activity not carried out during the previous 
fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act or 
specifically funded by any other Act.
    (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for--
            (1) modifying major capital investments funding levels, 
        including information technology systems, that involves 
        increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for 
        the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of 
        the total cost, whichever is less;
            (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant 
        positions or agency activities or functions to establish a 
        center,

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        office, branch, or similar entity with five or more personnel; 
        or
            (3) carrying out activities or functions that were not 
        described in the budget request;

unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 
in advance of using the funds for these purposes.
    (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used for any 
activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services receives from the Committee on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of 
receipt of the notification as required in this section.
    Sec. 720.  Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may 
assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed business and industry loan in 
an amount that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 
portion of the loan.
    Sec. 721.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug 
Administration, or the Farm Credit Administration shall be used to 
transmit or otherwise make available to any non-Department of 
Agriculture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, or non-Farm 
Credit Administration employee questions or responses to questions that 
are a result of information requested for the appropriations hearing 
process.
    Sec. 722.  Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the 
funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive branch agency to 
produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or 
distribution in the United States unless the story includes a clear 
notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that 
the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that executive 
branch agency.
    Sec. 723.  No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be 
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act or any 
other Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more than 
60 days in a fiscal year unless the individual's employing agency or 
office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the 
salary and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.
    Sec. 724.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who provide nonrecourse 
marketing assistance loans for mohair under section 1201 of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79).
    Sec. 725.  There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to carry out 
section 1621 of Public Law 110-246.
    Sec. 726.  There is hereby appropriated $600,000 for the purposes of 
section 727 of division A of Public Law 112-55.
    Sec. 727.  Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of the Food and 
Drug Administration, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a detailed spending plan by program, 
project, and activity for all the funds made available under this Act 
including appropriated user fees, as defined in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act).

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    Sec. 728.  Funds made available under title II of the Food for Peace 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be used to provide assistance to 
recipient nations if adequate monitoring and controls, as determined by 
the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, are 
in place to ensure that emergency food aid is received by the intended 
beneficiaries in areas affected by food shortages and not diverted for 
unauthorized or inappropriate purposes.
    Sec. 729.  The Secretary shall continue the pilot program in effect 
for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and reviewing section 502 single 
family direct loans. The Secretary shall continue agreements with 
current intermediary organizations and not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act enter into additional agreements that increase the 
number of participating intermediary organizations to not less than 10. 
The Secretary shall work with these organizations to increase the 
effectiveness of the section 502 single family direct loan program in 
rural communities and shall set aside and make available from the 
national reserve section 502 loans an amount necessary to support the 
work of such intermediaries and provide a priority for review of such 
loans.
    Sec. 730.  For loans and loan guarantees that do not require budget 
authority and the program level has been established in this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may increase the program level for such loans 
and loan guarantees by not more than 25 percent:  Provided, That prior 
to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary notifies, 
in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
at least 15 days in advance.
    Sec. 731.  None of the funds made available by this or any other Act 
may be used to write, prepare, or publish a final rule or an interim 
final rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement or enforce the 
proposed rule entitled ``Implementation of Regulations Required Under 
Title XI, of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Conduct in 
Violation of the Act'' published by the Department of Agriculture in the 
Federal Register on June 22, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 35338 et seq.) unless 
the combined annual cost to the economy of such rules does not exceed 
$100,000,000:  Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to publish a final or interim final rule in 
furtherance of, or otherwise to implement, sections 201.2(l), 201.2(t), 
201.2(u), 201.3(c), 201.210, 201.211, 201.213, or 201.214, as proposed 
to be added to title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations, by such 
proposed rule:  Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
by this or any other Act may be used to implement, enforce, or to take 
regulatory action other than rescission or repeal based on, or in 
furtherance of, 201.2(o), 201.3(a), or 201.215(a), of title 9 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act), or to write, prepare, or publish a final or interim final 
rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement, the definitions or 
criteria specified in such sections:  Provided further, That sections 
201.2(o), 201.3(a), and 201.215(a), of title 9 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act) are 
hereby indefinitely declared null and void and shall have no force under 
the laws, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall, within 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, rescind sections 201.2(o), 201.3(a), 
and

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201.215(a), of title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect 
on such date).
    Sec. 732.  None of the credit card refunds or rebates transferred to 
the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 729 of the Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107-76) shall be 
available for obligation without written notification to, and the prior 
approval of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress:  Provided, That the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be 
available for obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and 
information technology services of primary benefit to the agencies of 
the Department of Agriculture.
    Sec. 733.  For <<NOTE: 7 USC 1508 note.>>  the 2014 fiscal year and 
each fiscal year thereafter, losses under section 1501 of Public Law 
113-79 shall not be considered the same loss for the purposes of 7 
U.S.C. 7333(i)(3) and 7 U.S.C. 1508(n).

    Sec. 734.  Of the funds made available to the Food and Drug 
Administration, Salaries and Expenses, Office of the Commissioner, 
$20,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until the Food and 
Drug Administration finalizes the draft guidance of January 2013 
entitled ``Guidance for Industry: Abuse-Deterrent Opioids- Evaluation 
and Labeling'':  Provided, That if the Food and Drug Administration 
fails to finalize such guidance by June 30, 2015, such funds shall be 
made available for obligation to the Food and Drug Administration's 
Office of Criminal Investigation for the purpose of assisting Federal, 
state, and local agencies to combat the diversion and illegal sales of 
controlled substances.
    Sec. 735.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out section 307(b) of division C of the 
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 
(Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-640) in excess of $4,000,000.
    Sec. 736.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to procure processed poultry products imported into the United States 
from the People's Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 
et seq.), the Child and Adult Food Care Program under section 17 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 
section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast program 
under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).
    Sec. 737.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available by this 
Act and notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is 
appropriated $4,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
implement non-renewable agreements on eligible lands, including flooded 
agricultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water Bank 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1301-1311).
    Sec. 738. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, on behalf of the United States may hereafter, whenever the 
Secretary deems desirable, relinquish to the State of Arkansas all or 
part of the jurisdiction of the United States over the lands and 
properties encompassing the Jefferson Labs campus in the State of 
Arkansas that are under the supervision or control of the Secretary.

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    (b) Terms.--Relinquishment of jurisdiction under this section may be 
accomplished, under terms and conditions that the Secretary deems 
advisable--
            (1) by filing with the Governor of the State of Arkansas a 
        notice of relinquishment to take effect upon acceptance thereof; 
        or
            (2) as the laws of such State may otherwise provide.

    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Jefferson Labs campus'' 
means the lands and properties of the National Center for Toxicological 
Research and the Arkansas Regional Laboratory.
    (d) Agreement Regarding Jefferson County Technology Research and 
Commercialization Center.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may hereafter enter into an 
        agreement with the State of Arkansas or an agency of such State 
        or a public or private entity with respect to the establishment 
        or operation of a technology research and commercialization 
        center in Jefferson County, Arkansas, proximate to the Jefferson 
        Labs campus.
            (2) Receipt and expenditure of funds.--Pursuant to such 
        agreement, the Secretary may hereafter receive and retain funds 
        from such entity and use such funds, in addition to such other 
        funds as are made available by this act or future acts for the 
        operation of the National Center for Toxicological Research, for 
        the purposes listed in paragraph (3). Funds received from such 
        entity shall be deemed to be appropriated for such purposes and 
        shall remain available until expended.
            (3) Purposes.--
                    (A) In general.--Funds described by paragraph (2) 
                shall be available to defray--
                          (i) the costs of creating, upgrading, and 
                      maintaining connections between such center and 
                      roads, communications facilities, and utilities 
                      that are on the Jefferson Labs campus; and
                          (ii) the costs of upgrades, relocation, 
                      repair, and new constructions of roads, 
                      communications facilities, and utilities on such 
                      campus as may be necessary for such agreement.
                    (B) Other acts.--For purposes of this and any 
                subsequent Act, the operation of the National Center for 
                Toxicological Research shall be deemed to include the 
                purposes listed in subparagraph (A).

    Sec. 739.  The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic Area 
Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 2015, an amount of funds made 
available in title III as follows: (a) with respect to funds under the 
headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account, Mutual and 
Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural Community Facilities Program Account, 
Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural Water and Waste 
Disposal Program Account the set aside shall equal the amount obligated 
in REAP Zones with respect to funds provided under such headings during 
the 2008 fiscal year; and (b) with respect to funds under the headings 
of Rural Business Program Account, and Rural Housing Assistance Grants 
the set aside shall equal the amount obligated in REAP Zones with 
respect to funds provided under such headings in the most recent fiscal 
year funds were obligated under the heading.

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    Sec. 740.  In response to an eligible community where the drinking 
water supplies are inadequate due to a natural disaster, as determined 
by the Secretary, including drought or severe weather, the Secretary may 
provide potable water through the Emergency Community Water Assistance 
Grant Program for an additional period of time not to exceed 120 days 
beyond the established period provided under the Program in order to 
protect public health.
    Sec. 741.  Hereafter, <<NOTE: 21 USC 471 note.>>  none of the funds 
appropriated by this or any other Act may be used to carry out section 
410 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of 
the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).

    Sec. 742.  There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United 
States a fund to be known as the ``Nonrecurring expenses fund'' (the 
Fund): <<NOTE: 7 USC 2250b.>>   Provided, That unobligated balances of 
expired discretionary funds appropriated in this or any succeeding 
fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Department of 
Agriculture (except the Forest Service) by this or any other Act may be 
transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the 
last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the purposes for 
which appropriated) into the Fund:  Provided further, That amounts 
deposited in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition 
to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, for 
facilities infrastructure capital acquisition necessary for the 
operation of the Department of Agriculture, subject to approval by the 
Office of Management and Budget:  Provided further, That amounts in the 
Fund may be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in 
advance of the planned use of funds.

    Sec. 743.  There is hereby appropriated for the ``Emergency 
Watershed Protection Program'', $78,581,000, to remain available until 
expended; for the ``Emergency Forestry Restoration Program'', 
$3,203,000, to remain available until expended; and for the ``Emergency 
Conservation Program'', $9,216,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That funds under this section are for necessary expenses 
resulting from a major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.), and are designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 744.  Of the funding provided in section 743 of division A of 
Public Law 113-76, not more than $75,000 may be used for administrative 
purposes, including a modification to an existing contract to allow 
reimbursement for travel and other administrative purposes.
    Sec. 745.  Of the unobligated balances identified by Treasury 
Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X1401, $1,530,000 are rescinded.
    Sec. 746.  The unobligated balances identified by Treasury 
Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X2271 are rescinded.
    Sec. 747.  Section 501(f)(1)(C)(ii)(II) of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7401(f)(1)(C)(ii)(II)) is 
amended by striking ``section 514'' and inserting ``a commodity 
promotion law''.
    Sec. 748.  Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to section 
9004(d)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act

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of 2002, as amended, (7 U.S.C. 8104(d)(1)), $8,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded.
    Sec. 749.  Funds provided by this or any prior Appropriations Act 
for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) 
shall be made available without regard to section 7128 of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching 
requirements in laws in effect on the date before the date of enactment 
of such section:  Provided, That the requirements of 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(9) 
shall continue to apply.
    Sec. 750.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel--
            (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 
        Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
            (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal 
        Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 
        note; Public Law 104-127); or
            (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code 
        of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).

    Sec. 751.  For the period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act through school year 2015-2016, with respect to the school lunch 
program established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or the school breakfast program established 
under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) and final 
regulations published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal 
Register on January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 4088 et seq.), the Secretary 
shall allow States to grant an exemption from the whole grain 
requirements that took effect on or after July 1, 2014, and the States 
shall establish a process for evaluating and responding, in a reasonable 
amount of time, to requests for an exemption:  Provided, That school 
food authorities demonstrate hardship, including financial hardship, in 
procuring specific whole grain products which are acceptable to the 
students and compliant with the whole grain-rich requirements:  Provided 
further, That school food authorities shall comply with the applicable 
grain component or standard with respect to the school lunch or school 
breakfast program that was in effect prior to July 1, 2014.
    Sec. 752.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to implement any regulations under the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), the Healthy, Hunger-Free 
Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-296), or any other law that would 
require a reduction in the quantity of sodium contained in federally 
reimbursed meals, foods, and snacks sold in schools below Target 1 (as 
described in section 220.8(f)(3) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or successor regulations)) until the latest scientific research 
establishes the reduction is beneficial for children.
    Sec. 753. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act may be used to exclude or restrict, or to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to exclude or restrict, the eligibility of any 
variety of fresh, whole, or cut vegetables (except for vegetables with 
added sugars, fats, or oils) from being provided under the Special 
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children under 
section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act

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of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) (in this section referred to as the 
``program'').
    (b) Not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
each State agency shall carry out the program in a manner consistent 
with subsection (a).
    (c) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall commence under section 17(f)(11)(C) 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(11)(C)) the next 
regular review of the supplemental foods available under this program, 
including a review of the nutrient value of all vegetables.
    (d) If, upon completing the review under subsection (c), the 
Secretary of Agriculture recommends that a vegetable be eligible for 
purchase under the program, none of the funds made available under this 
Act or any other Act may be used to exclude or restrict the eligibility 
of that variety of vegetable (except if that vegetable has added sugars, 
fats, or oils) from being purchased under the program, and subsection 
(a) shall continue to be effective.
    (e) If the review in subsection (c) recommends that any vegetable 
shall not be available for purchase under the program, based upon the 
nutritional content of the vegetable and the nutrition needs of WIC 
participants, subsection (a) shall expire upon the publication of the 
regularly scheduled review.
    (f) Not later than 90 days after completing the review under 
subsection (c), the Secretary of Agriculture shall make publicly 
available all scientific research and data used to make the final 
recommendations and explain the results of the review by submitting a 
report containing such information to the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, the Committee on Education and 
Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
    (g) Upon completion of the review under subsection (c) by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct an audit of the review which shall include an audit of the 
scientific research and data used to conduct the review.

                               TITLE VIII

                     EBOLA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS

                 Department of Health and Human Services

                      food and drug administration

                          salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to the Ebola virus domestically and 
internationally, and to develop necessary medical countermeasures and 
vaccines, including the review, regulations, post market surveillance of 
vaccines and therapies, and administrative activities, $25,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That of the amounts provided, 
$4,800,000 is for

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the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research; $2,400,000 is for the 
Center for Devices and Radiological Health; $400,000 is for the Office 
of the Commissioner; $1,900,000 is for the Center for Drug Evaluation 
and Research; $500,000 is for the Office of Regulatory Affairs; and 
$15,000,000 is for the Medical Countermeasures Initiative.
    This division may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2015''.

   DIVISION <<NOTE: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
  Appropriations Act, 2015. Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 
      2015.>>  B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

                                 TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                   International Trade Administration

                      operations and administration

    For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the 
Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for engaging in trade 
promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants and 
cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of United 
States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44, 
United States Code; full medical coverage for dependent members of 
immediate families of employees stationed overseas and employees 
temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of 
the International Trade Administration between two points abroad, 
without regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States Code; 
employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by contract for 
services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, and 
expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction 
of temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment 
of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 
section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in 
foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official representation 
expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use 
abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on 
official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $472,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016, of which $10,000,000 is to be 
derived from fees to be retained and used by the International Trade 
Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 
Code:  Provided, That, of amounts provided under this heading, not less 
than $16,400,000 shall be for China antidumping and countervailing duty 
enforcement and compliance activities:  Provided further, That the 
provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 
108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these 
activities; and that for the purpose of this Act, contributions under 
the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 shall include payment for assessments for services provided as part 
of these activities.

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                     Bureau of Industry and Security

                      operations and administration

    For necessary expenses for export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs 
associated with the performance of export administration field 
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for 
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas; 
employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by contract for 
services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the 
first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when 
such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for 
official representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to 
informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized 
by section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 
401(b)); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use and 
motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehicles 
eligible for purchase without regard to any price limitation otherwise 
established by law, $102,500,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) 
and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in 
carrying out these activities:  Provided further, That payments and 
contributions collected and accepted for materials or services provided 
as part of such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost 
of such activities, and for providing information to the public with 
respect to the export administration and national security activities of 
the Department of Commerce and other export control programs of the 
United States and other governments.

                   Economic Development Administration

                economic development assistance programs

    For grants for economic development assistance as provided by the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, for trade adjustment 
assistance, for the cost of loan guarantees authorized by section 26 of 
the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3721), 
for grants authorized by section 27 (15 U.S.C. 3722) of such Act, and 
for grants, $213,000,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for projects to facilitate the relocation, to the 
United States, of a source of employment located outside the United 
States; of which $4,000,000 shall be for loan guarantees under such 
section 26; and of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants under such 
section 27:  Provided, That the costs for loan guarantees, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds 
for loan guarantees under such section 26 are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
exceed $70,000,000.

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of administering the economic development 
assistance programs as provided for by law, $37,000,000:

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 Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects approved 
pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title II 
of the Trade Act of 1974, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act 
of 1977.

                  Minority Business Development Agency

                      minority business development

    For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in fostering, 
promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, including 
expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with public or 
private organizations, $30,000,000.

                    Economic and Statistical Analysis

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and 
statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016.

                          Bureau of the Census

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, 
preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $248,000,000:  
Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used for 
promotion, outreach, and marketing activities:  Provided further, That 
the Bureau of the Census shall collect data for the Annual Social and 
Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey using the same 
health insurance questions included in previous years, in addition to 
the revised questions implemented in the Current Population Survey 
beginning in February 2014.

                     periodic censuses and programs

    For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, 
preparing and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs 
provided for by law, $840,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2016:  Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be 
used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities:  Provided 
further, That within the amounts appropriated, $1,551,000 shall be 
transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' account for 
activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits 
related to the Bureau of the Census.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), $38,200,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall 
charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management, 
analysis, operations, and related services, and

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such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for costs 
of such spectrum services, to remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use 
as offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously 
transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs incurred in 
telecommunications research, engineering, and related activities by the 
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its 
assigned functions under this paragraph, and such funds received from 
other Government agencies shall remain available until expended.

     public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction

    For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and 
unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated are available for 
the administration of all open grants until their expiration.

                United States Patent and Trademark Office

                          salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of suits 
instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 
Property and Director of the USPTO, $3,458,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections of fees and 
surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any law are 
received during fiscal year 2015, so as to result in a fiscal year 2015 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0:  Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2015, should the total amount of such offsetting 
collections be less than $3,458,000,000 this amount shall be reduced 
accordingly:  Provided further, That any amount received in excess of 
$3,458,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 and deposited in the Patent and 
Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall submit a spending 
plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso 
and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  
Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with the 
preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office Salaries and Expenses account:  Provided further, That 
from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 shall be made available 
in fiscal year 2015 for official reception and representation expenses:  
Provided further, That in fiscal year 2015 from the amounts made 
available for ``Salaries and Expenses'' for the USPTO, the amounts 
necessary to pay (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay 
contributed by the USPTO and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by 
section 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Personnel 
Management

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(OPM) for USPTO's specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject to 
subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of 
the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for USPTO's 
specific use of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement 
health benefits coverage for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in 
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 
Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as 
appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those 
accounts:  Provided further, That any differences between the present 
value factors published in OPM's yearly 300 series benefit letters and 
the factors that OPM provides for USPTO's specific use shall be 
recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO's financial statements, where 
applicable:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO are 
available for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) of title 35, United 
States Code, as amended by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents 
Act (Public Law 112-29):  Provided further, That within the amounts 
appropriated, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the ``Office of 
Inspector General'' account for activities associated with carrying out 
investigations and audits related to the USPTO.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

             scientific and technical research and services

    For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST), $675,500,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ``Working 
Capital Fund'':  Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, That 
NIST may provide local transportation for summer undergraduate research 
fellowship program participants.

                     industrial technology services

    For necessary expenses for industrial technology services, 
$138,100,000, to remain available until expended, of which $130,000,000 
shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of 
which $8,100,000 shall be for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology 
Consortia.

                   construction of research facilities

    For construction of new research facilities, including architectural 
and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance of existing 
facilities, not otherwise provided for the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278c-
278e), $50,300,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That <<NOTE: 15 USC 1513b note.>>  the Secretary of Commerce shall 
include in the budget justification materials that the Secretary submits 
to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 
submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each National Institute of 
Standards and Technology construction project having

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a total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and 
simultaneously the budget justification materials shall include an 
estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project for each of 
the 5 subsequent fiscal years.

             National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  operations, research, and facilities

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including maintenance, 
operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; grants, contracts, or other 
payments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting 
activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of 
facilities, $3,202,398,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016, except that funds provided for cooperative enforcement shall 
remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That fees and 
donations received by the National Ocean Service for the management of 
national marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries 
and expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, United States Code:  Provided further, That in 
addition, $116,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund 
entitled ``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining 
to American Fisheries'', which shall only be used for fishery activities 
related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program, Cooperative Research, 
Annual Stock Assessments, Survey and Monitoring Projects, 
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants, and Fish Information Networks:  
Provided further, That of the $3,333,398,000 provided for in direct 
obligations under this heading $3,202,398,000 is appropriated from the 
general fund, $116,000,000 is provided by transfer, and $15,000,000 is 
derived from recoveries of prior year obligations:  Provided further, 
That the total amount available for National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration corporate services administrative support costs shall not 
exceed $220,300,000:  Provided further, That any deviation from the 
amounts designated for specific activities in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided 
under this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act:  Provided further, That in 
addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired 
Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for 
payments for the medical care of retired personnel and their dependents 
under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 55), such sums as may 
be necessary.

                procurement, acquisition and construction

    For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, 
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, $2,179,225,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017, except that funds provided for construction of 
facilities shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the 
$2,192,225,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading, 
$2,179,225,000 is appropriated from the general

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fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year 
obligations:  Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts 
designated for specific activities in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided 
under this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 
set forth in section 505 <<NOTE: 15 USC 1513a note.>>  of this Act:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget 
justification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in 
support of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the 
budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration procurement, acquisition or construction project having a 
total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget 
justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements 
for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years:  
Provided further, That, within the amounts appropriated, $1,302,000 
shall be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' account for 
activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits 
related to satellite procurement, acquisition and construction.

                     pacific coastal salmon recovery

    For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific 
salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016:  Provided, That, of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of 
Commerce may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, 
Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Federally recognized tribes 
of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska), for projects 
necessary for conservation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 
listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified by a State as 
at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining populations necessary for 
exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, 
or for conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, 
based on guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce:  
Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific 
and other merit principles and shall not be available for marketing 
activities:  Provided further, That funds disbursed to States shall be 
subject to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind 
contributions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds.

                      fishermen's contingency fund

    For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95-372, 
not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from receipts collected pursuant 
to that Act, to remain available until expended.

                    fisheries finance program account

    Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2015, obligations of direct loans may not exceed 
$24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed 
$100,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant 
Marine Act of 1936.

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                         Departmental Management

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the management of the Department of 
Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $4,500 for 
official reception and representation, $56,000,000: <<NOTE: 15 USC 
1543.>>   Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall maintain a task 
force on job repatriation and manufacturing growth and shall produce an 
annual report on related incentive strategies, implementation plans and 
program results:  Provided further, That within amounts provided, the 
Secretary of Commerce may use up to $2,500,000 to engage in activities 
to provide businesses and communities with information about and 
referrals to relevant Federal, State, and local government programs.

                      renovation and modernization

    For necessary expenses for the renovation and modernization of 
Department of Commerce facilities, $4,500,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                       office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), $30,596,000.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce

    Sec. 101.  During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations 
and funds made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act shall 
be available for the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 
(15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act, 
and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for advanced payments 
not otherwise authorized only upon the certification of officials 
designated by the Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 
public interest.
    Sec. 102.  During the current fiscal year, appropriations made 
available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
    Sec. 103.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce in 
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
transfers:  Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or 
disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, and 
equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other law 
appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce.

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    Sec. 104.  The requirements set forth by section 105 of the 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2012 (Public Law 112-55), as amended by section 105 of title I of 
division B of Public Law 113-6, are hereby adopted by reference and made 
applicable with respect to fiscal year 2015:  Provided, That the life 
cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is $11,323,400,000 and 
the life cycle cost for the Geostationary Operational Environmental 
Satellite R-Series Program is $10,829,500,000.
    Sec. 105.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
may furnish services (including but not limited to utilities, 
telecommunications, and security services) necessary to support the 
operation, maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, firms, or 
organizations are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings 
Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy in the 
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other buildings, the 
maintenance, operation, and protection of which has been delegated to 
the Secretary from the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a 
reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as 
reimbursement for services provided under this section or the authority 
under which the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to 
$200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund which initially 
bears the costs of such services.
    Sec. 106.  Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent a 
grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright 
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks.
    Sec. 107.  The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration is authorized to use, with their consent, with 
reimbursement and subject to the limits of available appropriations, the 
land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, local 
government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or possession, or of 
any political subdivision thereof, or of any foreign government or 
international organization, for purposes related to carrying out the 
responsibilities of any statute administered by the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.
    Sec. 108.  The Department of Commerce shall provide a monthly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate on any official travel to China by any employee of the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, including the purpose of such travel.
    Sec. 109.  The National Technical Information Service shall not 
charge any customer for a copy of any report or document generated by 
the Legislative Branch unless the Service has provided information to 
the customer on how an electronic copy of such report or document may be 
accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a customer still require 
the Service to provide a printed or digital copy of the report or 
document, the charge shall be limited to recovering the Service's cost 
of processing, reproducing, and delivering such report or document.
    Sec. 110.  To carry out the responsibilities of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Administrator of NOAA is 
authorized to: (1) enter into grants and cooperative agreements with; 
(2) use on a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, 
personnel, and facilities provided by; and (3)

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receive and expend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 
Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local government, tribal 
government, territory, or possession or any subdivisions thereof:  
Provided, That funds received for permitting and related regulatory 
activities pursuant to this section shall be deposited under the heading 
``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Operations, Research, 
and Facilities'' and shall remain available until September 30, 2016 for 
such purposes:  Provided further, That all funds within this section and 
their corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act.
    Sec. 111.  The Secretary of Commerce may waive the requirement for 
bonds under 40 U.S.C. 3131 with respect to contracts for the 
construction, alteration, or repair of vessels, regardless of the terms 
of the contracts as to payment or title, when the contract is made under 
the Coast and Geodetic Survey Act of 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.).
     This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce 
Appropriations Act, 2015''.

TITLE <<NOTE: Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2015.>>  II

                          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department of 
Justice, $111,500,000, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security 
and construction of Department of Justice facilities shall remain 
available until expended.

                 justice information sharing technology

    For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, including 
planning, development, deployment and departmental direction, 
$25,842,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the 
Attorney General may transfer up to $35,400,000 to this account, from 
funds available to the Department of Justice for information technology, 
for enterprise-wide information technology initiatives:  Provided 
further, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in 
addition to any other transfer authority contained in this Act.

                    administrative review and appeals

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and clemency 
petitions and immigration-related activities, $351,072,000, of which 
$4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 
Immigration Review fees deposited in the ``Immigration Examinations 
Fee'' account.

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                       office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$88,577,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential character.

                     United States Parole Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as 
authorized, $13,308,000.

                            Legal Activities

             salaries and expenses, general legal activities

    For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department of 
Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $20,000 for 
expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under the direction of, 
and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 
General; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the District 
of Columbia, $885,000,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 for 
litigation support contracts shall remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of the amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues 
payments, not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington for official reception 
and representation expenses:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General 
that emergent circumstances require additional funding for litigation 
activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 
amounts to ``Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities'' from 
available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 
of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances:  
Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  Provided 
further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 
shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries and 
expenses associated with the election monitoring program under section 8 
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the 
Office of Personnel Management for such salaries and expenses:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts provided under this heading for the 
election monitoring program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until 
expended.
    In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department of 
Justice associated with processing cases under the National Childhood 
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $7,833,000, to be appropriated 
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

                salaries and expenses, antitrust division

    For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred 
laws, $162,246,000, to remain available until expended:

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 Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees 
collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino 
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the 
year of collection (and estimated to be $100,000,000 in fiscal year 
2015), shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 
appropriation, and shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 
reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 
2015, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at $62,246,000.

             salaries and expenses, united states attorneys

    For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agreements, 
$1,960,000,000:  Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, not to 
exceed $7,200 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided further, That not to exceed 
$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
That each United States Attorney shall establish or participate in a 
United States Attorney-led task force on human trafficking.

                    united states trustee system fund

    For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as 
authorized, $225,908,000, to remain available until expended and to be 
derived from the United States Trustee System Fund:  Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits to the Fund shall 
be available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due 
depositors:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, $225,908,000 of offsetting collections pursuant to section 
589a(b) of title 28, United States Code, shall be retained and used for 
necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available 
until expended:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 
during fiscal year 2015, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 
appropriation from the Fund estimated at $0.

       salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission

    For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,326,000.

                     fees and expenses of witnesses

    For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for 
the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel 
expenses, including advances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, 
$270,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected witness 
safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase and maintenance 
of armored and other vehicles for witness security caravans; and not to 
exceed $11,000,000 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and 
upgrade of secure telecommunications equipment and a secure automated 
information network

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to store and retrieve the identities and locations of protected 
witnesses.

           salaries and expenses, community relations service

    For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 
$12,250,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, 
upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 
require additional funding for conflict resolution and violence 
prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 
General may transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Service, 
from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the 
Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances:  Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                         assets forfeiture fund

    For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) of 
section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, $20,514,000, to be 
derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.

                     United States Marshals Service

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, 
$1,195,000,000, of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed 
$15,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

                              construction

    For construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized by the 
United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related support, 
$9,800,000, to remain available until expended.

                       federal prisoner detention

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners in the 
custody of the United States Marshals Service as authorized by section 
4013 of title 18, United States Code, $495,307,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United 
States Code, shall be applied for fiscal year 2015 as if the following 
were inserted after the final period: ``The Attorney General shall use 
$1,100,000,000 of the excess unobligated balances available in fiscal 
year 2015 for necessary expenses related to United States prisoners in 
the custody of the United States Marshals Service as authorized by 
section 4013 of title 18, United States Code.'':  Provided further, That 
any use of such unobligated balances shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 505 of this Act:  Provided further, That not to 
exceed $20,000,000

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shall be considered ``funds appropriated for State and local law 
enforcement assistance'' pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, United 
States Code:  Provided further, That the United States Marshals Service 
shall be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien 
Transportation System:  Provided further, That any unobligated balances 
available from funds appropriated under the heading ``General 
Administration, Detention Trustee'' shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation under this heading.

                       National Security Division

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the National 
Security Division, $93,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 for 
information technology systems shall remain available until expended:  
Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a 
determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 
require additional funding for the activities of the National Security 
Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to this heading 
from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the 
Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances:  Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                       Interagency Law Enforcement

                 interagency crime and drug enforcement

    For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and 
prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug 
trafficking and affiliated money laundering organizations not otherwise 
provided for, to include inter-governmental agreements with State and 
local law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking, 
$507,194,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 
under this heading may be used under authorities available to the 
organizations reimbursed from this appropriation.

                     Federal Bureau of Investigation

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 
detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United 
States, $8,326,569,000, of which not less than $8,500,000 shall be for 
the National Gang Intelligence Center, and of which not to exceed 
$216,900,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That not 
to exceed $184,500 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 shall 
be for a comprehensive review of the implementation of the 
recommendations related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation that were 
proposed in the report issued

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by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.

                              construction

    For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, furniture, 
and information technology requirements, related to construction or 
acquisition of buildings, facilities and sites by purchase, or as 
otherwise authorized by law; conversion, modification and extension of 
Federally-owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects; 
and operation and maintenance of secure work environment facilities and 
secure networking capabilities; $110,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                     Drug Enforcement Administration

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration, 
including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a 
confidential character pursuant to section 530C of title 28, United 
States Code; and expenses for conducting drug education and training 
programs, including travel and related expenses for participants in such 
programs and the distribution of items of token value that promote the 
goals of such programs, $2,033,320,000; of which not to exceed 
$75,000,000 shall remain available until expended and not to exceed 
$90,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses.

           Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 
and Explosives, for training of State and local law enforcement agencies 
with or without reimbursement, including training in connection with the 
training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants 
detection; and for provision of laboratory assistance to State and local 
law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $1,201,000,000, 
of which not to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for 
the payment of attorneys' fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 
18, United States Code, and not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applications for 
relief from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 
18, United States Code:  Provided further, That such funds shall be 
available to investigate and act upon applications filed by corporations 
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of 
title 18, United States Code:  Provided further, That no funds made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the 
functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or Departments.

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                          Federal Prison System

                          salaries and expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the 
administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and 
correctional institutions, and for the provision of technical assistance 
and advice on corrections related issues to foreign governments, 
$6,815,000,000:  Provided, That <<NOTE: 42 USC 250a.>>  the Attorney 
General may transfer to the Health Resources and Services Administration 
such amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that 
Administration for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and 
correctional institutions:  Provided further, That the Director of the 
Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into contracts with a 
fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the 
amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, 
furnish health services to individuals committed to the custody of the 
Federal Prison System:  Provided further, That not to exceed $5,400 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available 
for necessary operations until September 30, 2016:  Provided further, 
That, of the amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make payments in 
advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 
expenses:  Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 
System may accept donated property and services relating to the 
operation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which 
has operated such program in the past, notwithstanding the fact that 
such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 
Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre-release services, 
halfway houses, or other custodial facilities.

                        buildings and facilities

    For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new 
facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and 
equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; 
and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and 
facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account, 
$106,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $25,000,000 
shall be available only for costs related to construction of new 
facilities, and of which not less than $81,000,000 shall be available 
only for modernization, maintenance and repair:  Provided, That labor of 
United States prisoners may be used for work performed under this 
appropriation.

                 federal prison industries, incorporated

    The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available, and in accord with the law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United

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States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth 
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation.

   limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries, 
                              incorporated

    Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison 
Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its administrative 
expenses, and for services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, to be computed on an accrual basis to be determined 
in accordance with the corporation's current prescribed accounting 
system, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of 
claims, and expenditures which such accounting system requires to be 
capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced, 
including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with 
acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
protection, or disposition of facilities and other property belonging to 
the corporation or in which it has an interest.

               State and Local Law Enforcement Activities

                    Office on Violence Against Women

       violence against women prevention and prosecution programs

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women, as 
authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) (``the 1968 Act''); the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994 Act''); the 
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 
Act''); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the 
Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-21); the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 
et seq.) (``the 1974 Act''); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386) (``the 2000 Act''); the 
Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); and the Violence Against 
Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); 
and for related victims services, $430,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not 
to exceed 5 percent of funds made available under this heading may be 
used for expenses related to evaluation, training, and technical 
assistance:  Provided further, That of the amount provided--
            (1) $195,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against 
        women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act;
            (2) $26,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance 
        grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
        stalking, or sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of 
        the 1994 Act;
            (3) $3,000,000 is for the National Institute of Justice for 
        research and evaluation of violence against women and related 
        issues addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence

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        Against Women, which shall be transferred to ``Research, 
        Evaluation and Statistics'' for administration by the Office of 
        Justice Programs;
            (4) $10,000,000 is for a grant program to provide services 
        to advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic 
        violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 
        assistance to children and youth exposed to such violence; 
        programs to engage men and youth in preventing such violence; 
        and assistance to middle and high school students through 
        education and other services related to such violence:  
        Provided, That unobligated balances available for the programs 
        authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303 and 41305 of the 1994 
        Act, prior to its amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available 
        for this program:  Provided further, That 10 percent of the 
        total amount available for this grant program shall be available 
        for grants under the program authorized by section 2015 of the 
        1968 Act:  Provided further, That the definitions and grant 
        conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 
        program;
            (5) $50,000,000 is for grants to encourage arrest policies 
        as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act, of which $4,000,000 is 
        for a homicide reduction initiative;
            (6) $30,000,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance, as 
        authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act;
            (7) $33,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child 
        abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 
        40295 of the 1994 Act;
            (8) $12,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent crimes 
        against women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of the 
        2005 Act;
            (9) $42,500,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as 
        authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act;
            (10) $4,500,000 is for enhanced training and services to end 
        violence against and abuse of women in later life, as authorized 
        by section 40802 of the 1994 Act;
            (11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support families in the 
        justice system, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act:  
        Provided, That unobligated balances available for the programs 
        authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 
        the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be 
        available for this program;
            (12) $6,000,000 is for education and training to end 
        violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as 
        authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 Act;
            (13) $500,000 is for the National Resource Center on 
        Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, as 
        authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act;
            (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on violence 
        against Indian women, including as authorized by section 904 of 
        the 2005 Act:  Provided, That such funds may be transferred to 
        ``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'' for administration by 
        the Office of Justice Programs; and
            (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that provides 
        training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual 
        assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women.

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                       Office of Justice Programs

                   research, evaluation and statistics

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (``the 1974 Act''); the Missing Children's 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 
Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108-21); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
405); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the 
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647); the Second 
Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Victims of Crime Act of 
1984 (Public Law 98-473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam Walsh Act''); the PROTECT Our 
Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401); subtitle D of title II of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); 
the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180); the 
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) 
(``the 2013 Act''); and other programs, $111,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which--
            (1) $41,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs, 
        and other activities, as authorized by part C of title I of the 
        1968 Act: <<NOTE: 42 USC 3732 note.>>   Provided, That beginning 
        not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
        as part of each National Crime Victimization Survey, the 
        Attorney General shall include statistics relating to honor 
        violence;
            (2) $36,000,000 is for research, development, and evaluation 
        programs, and other activities as authorized by part B of title 
        I of the 1968 Act and subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act;
            (3) $30,000,000 is for regional information sharing 
        activities, as authorized by part M of title I of the 1968 Act; 
        and
            (4) $4,000,000 is for activities to strengthen and enhance 
        the practice of forensic sciences, of which $3,000,000 is for 
        transfer to the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
        to support Scientific Area Committees.

               state and local law enforcement assistance

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Justice for All Act of 
2004 (Public Law 108-405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-164); the 
Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the Adam Walsh Child 
Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam Walsh 
Act''); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106-386); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 
(Public Law 110-180); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); the Second Chance 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Prioritizing Resources

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and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-473); the Mentally 
Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and 
Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416); the Violence Against Women 
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); and 
other programs, $1,241,000,000, to remain available until expended as 
follows--
            (1) $376,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
        Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of 
        title I of the 1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), and the 
        special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g) of title I of 
        the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of 
        which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, $15,000,000 is for a 
        Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience 
        and Survivability Initiative (VALOR), $4,000,000 is for use by 
        the National Institute of Justice for research targeted toward 
        developing a better understanding of the domestic radicalization 
        phenomenon, and advancing evidence-based strategies for 
        effective intervention and prevention, $5,000,000 is for an 
        initiative to support evidence-based policing, $2,500,000 is for 
        an initiative to enhance prosecutorial decision-making, 
        $3,000,000 is for competitive grants to distribute firearm 
        safety materials and gun locks, $750,000 is for the purposes 
        described in the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert 
        Program (section 240001 of the 1994 Act), $10,500,000 is for an 
        Edward Byrne Memorial criminal justice innovation program, and 
        $2,500,000 is for a program to improve juvenile indigent 
        defense;
            (2) $185,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance 
        Program, as authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)):  Provided, That no 
        jurisdiction shall request compensation for any cost greater 
        than the actual cost for Federal immigration and other detainees 
        housed in State and local detention facilities;
            (3) $42,250,000 for victim services programs for victims of 
        trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 
        106-386, for programs authorized under Public Law 109-164, or 
        programs authorized under Public Law 113-4;
            (4) $41,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 
        1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;
            (5) $8,500,000 for mental health courts and adult and 
        juvenile collaboration program grants, as authorized by parts V 
        and HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender 
        Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 
        Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416);
            (6) $10,000,000 for grants for Residential Substance Abuse 
        Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by part S of title 
        I of the 1968 Act;
            (7) $2,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Improvement Grant 
        Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public Law 108-405, and 
        for grants for wrongful conviction review;
            (8) $13,000,000 for economic, high technology and Internet 
        crime prevention grants, including as authorized by section 401 
        of Public Law 110-403;
            (9) $2,000,000 for a student loan repayment assistance 
        program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law 110-315;

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            (10) $20,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, as 
        authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities;
            (11) $8,000,000 for an initiative relating to children 
        exposed to violence;
            (12) $22,250,000 for the matching grant program for law 
        enforcement armor vests, as authorized by section 2501 of title 
        I of the 1968 Act:  Provided, That $1,500,000 is transferred 
        directly to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's 
        Office of Law Enforcement Standards for research, testing and 
        evaluation programs;
            (13) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public 
        Website;
            (14) $5,000,000 for competitive and evidence-based programs 
        to reduce gun crime and gang violence;
            (15) $73,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal 
        and mental health records for the National Instant Criminal 
        Background Check System, of which no less than $25,000,000 shall 
        be for grants made under the authorities of the NICS Improvement 
        Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180);
            (16) $12,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences 
        Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act;
            (17) $125,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs and 
        activities, of which--
                    (A) $117,000,000 is for a DNA analysis and capacity 
                enhancement program and for other local, State, and 
                Federal forensic activities, including the purposes 
                authorized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog 
                Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-546) (the Debbie 
                Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program):  Provided, That up to 
                4 percent of funds made available under this paragraph 
                may be used for the purposes described in the DNA 
                Training and Education for Law Enforcement, Correctional 
                Personnel, and Court Officers program (Public Law 108-
                405, section 303);
                    (B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes described in the 
                Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program 
                (Public Law 108-405, section 412); and
                    (C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam 
                Program grants, including as authorized by section 304 
                of Public Law 108-405;
            (18) $41,000,000 for a grant program for community-based 
        sexual assault response reform;
            (19) $6,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate 
        program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;
            (20) $30,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes;
            (21) $68,000,000 for offender reentry programs and research, 
        as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-
        199), without regard to the time limitations specified at 
        section 6(1) of such Act, of which not to exceed $6,000,000 is 
        for a program to improve State, local, and tribal probation or 
        parole supervision efforts and strategies, and $5,000,000 is for 
        Children of Incarcerated Parents Demonstrations to enhance and 
        maintain parental and family relationships for incarcerated 
        parents as a reentry or recidivism reduction strategy:  
        Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made available in this 
        paragraph may be used for performance-based

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        awards for Pay for Success projects, of which up to $5,000,000 
        shall be for Pay for Success programs implementing the Permanent 
        Supportive Housing Model;
            (22) $5,000,000 for a veterans treatment courts program;
            (23) $11,000,000 for a program to monitor prescription drugs 
        and scheduled listed chemical products;
            (24) $13,000,000 for prison rape prevention and prosecution 
        grants to States and units of local government, and other 
        programs, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 
        2003 (Public Law 108-79);
            (25) $2,000,000 to operate a National Center for Campus 
        Public Safety;
            (26) $27,500,000 for a justice reinvestment initiative, for 
        activities related to criminal justice reform and recidivism 
        reduction, of which not less than $750,000 is for a task force 
        on Federal corrections;
            (27) $4,000,000 for additional replication sites employing 
        the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with Enforcement model 
        implementing swift and certain sanctions in probation, and for a 
        research project on the effectiveness of the model;
            (28) $12,500,000 for the Office of Victims of Crime for 
        supplemental victims' services and other victim-related programs 
        and initiatives, including research and statistics, and for 
        tribal assistance for victims of violence; and
            (29) $75,000,000 for the Comprehensive School Safety 
        Initiative, described in the explanatory statement described in 
        section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
        consolidated Act):  Provided, That section 213 of this Act shall 
        not apply with respect to the amount made available in this 
        paragraph:

  Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the funds 
made available under this heading to increase the number of law 
enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve a net 
gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform non-
administrative public sector safety service.

                        juvenile justice programs

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974 (``the 1974 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Violence Against Women and Department of 
Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 
Act''); the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); 
the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of 
Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-21); the Victims of Child 
Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Adam 
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) 
(``the Adam Walsh Act''); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110-401); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 
(Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); and other juvenile justice 
programs, $251,500,000, to remain available until expended as follows--
            (1) $55,500,000 for programs authorized by section 221 of 
        the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance to 
        assist small, nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants 
        process:  Provided, That of the amounts provided under this

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        paragraph, $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 
        grant program to support emergency planning among State, local 
        and tribal juvenile justice residential facilities;
            (2) $90,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;
            (3) $15,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized by 
        section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, pursuant to sections 261 
        and 262 thereof--
                    (A) $5,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth 
                Program;
                    (B) $3,000,000 shall be for gang and youth violence 
                education, prevention and intervention, and related 
                activities;
                    (C) $6,000,000 shall be for community-based violence 
                prevention initiatives, including for public health 
                approaches to reducing shootings and violence; and
                    (D) $1,000,000 shall be for grants and technical 
                assistance in support of the National Forum on Youth 
                Violence Prevention;
            (4) $19,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of 
        Child Abuse Act of 1990;
            (5) $68,000,000 for missing and exploited children programs, 
        including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a) of the 
        1974 Act (except that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our 
        Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401) shall not apply for 
        purposes of this Act);
            (6) $1,500,000 for child abuse training programs for 
        judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 
        222 of the 1990 Act;
            (7) $500,000 for an Internet site providing information and 
        resources on children of incarcerated parents; and
            (8) $2,000,000 for competitive grants focusing on girls in 
        the juvenile justice system:

  Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may be used for 
research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit the 
programs or activities authorized:  Provided further, That not more than 
2 percent of the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (4) and 
(6) may be used for training and technical assistance:  Provided 
further, That the two preceding provisos shall not apply to grants and 
projects authorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to 
missing and exploited children programs.

                     public safety officer benefits

    For payments and expenses authorized under section 1001(a)(4) of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, such 
sums as are necessary (including amounts for administrative costs), to 
remain available until expended; and $16,300,000 for payments authorized 
by section 1201(b) of such Act and for educational assistance authorized 
by section 1218 of such Act, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a 
determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 
require additional funding for such disability and education payments, 
the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to ``Public Safety 
Officer Benefits'' from available appropriations for the Department of 
Justice as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances:  Provided 
further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be 
treated

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as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.

                  Community Oriented Policing Services

              community oriented policing services programs

    For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322); the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); and the Violence 
Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''), $208,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That any balances made available 
through prior year deobligations shall only be available in accordance 
with section 505 of this Act:  Provided further, That of the amount 
provided under this heading--
            (1) $7,000,000 is for anti-methamphetamine-related 
        activities, which shall be transferred to the Drug Enforcement 
        Administration upon enactment of this Act;
            (2) $180,000,000 is for grants under section 1701 of title I 
        of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) for the hiring and rehiring 
        of additional career law enforcement officers under part Q of 
        such title notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section:  
        Provided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such title 
        (42 U.S.C. 3796dd-3(c)), funding for hiring or rehiring a career 
        law enforcement officer may not exceed $125,000 unless the 
        Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services 
        grants a waiver from this limitation:  Provided further, That 
        within the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 
        $33,000,000 is for improving tribal law enforcement, including 
        hiring, equipment, training, and anti-methamphetamine 
        activities:  Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated 
        under this paragraph, $7,500,000 is for community policing 
        development activities in furtherance of the purposes in section 
        1701:  Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated 
        under this paragraph, $5,000,000 is for the collaborative reform 
        model of technical assistance in furtherance of the purposes in 
        section 1701;
            (3) $7,000,000 is for competitive grants to State law 
        enforcement agencies in States with high seizures of precursor 
        chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and 
        laboratory dump seizures:  Provided, That funds appropriated 
        under this paragraph shall be utilized for investigative 
        purposes to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 
        precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphetamine 
        traffickers;
            (4) $7,000,000 is for competitive grants to statewide law 
        enforcement agencies in States with high rates of primary 
        treatment admissions for heroin and other opioids:  Provided, 
        That these funds shall be utilized for investigative purposes to 
        locate or investigate illicit activities, including activities 
        related to the distribution of heroin or unlawful distribution 
        of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin and prescription 
        opioid traffickers through statewide collaboration; and
            (5) $7,000,000 is for competitive grants to support regional 
        anti-gang task forces.

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                General Provisions--Department of Justice

    Sec. 201.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this 
title for official reception and representation expenses, a total of not 
to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Department of Justice 
in this title shall be available to the Attorney General for official 
reception and representation expenses.
    Sec. 202.  None of the funds appropriated by this title shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother 
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of 
rape:  Provided, That should this prohibition be declared 
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 
shall be null and void.
    Sec. 203.  None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be 
used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the 
performance of, any abortion.
    Sec. 204.  Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the 
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort 
services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service outside 
the Federal facility:  Provided, That nothing in this section in any way 
diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the 
philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
    Sec. 205.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice in 
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be 
increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:  Provided, That 
any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section.
    Sec. 206.  The <<NOTE: 5 USC 3104 note.>>  Attorney General is 
authorized to extend through September 30, 2015, the Personnel 
Management Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney General 
pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107-296; 28 U.S.C. 599B) without limitation on the number of 
employees or the positions covered.

    Sec. 207.  None of the funds made available under this title may be 
used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the United States Marshals 
Service for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner 
pursuant to conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a 
prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as 
appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.
    Sec. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services, or to rent or 
purchase audiovisual or electronic media or equipment used primarily for 
recreational purposes.
    (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, maintenance, or 
purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or equipment for inmate 
training, religious, or educational programs.
    Sec. 209.  None of the funds made available under this title shall 
be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced information technology 
program having total estimated development costs in excess of 
$100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and

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the investment review board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the information 
technology program has appropriate program management controls and 
contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is 
compatible with the enterprise architecture of the Department of 
Justice.
    Sec. 210.  The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in 
section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts 
designated for specific activities in this Act and in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), and to any use of deobligated balances of funds 
provided under this title in previous years.
    Sec. 211.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve a public-private 
competition under the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or 
any successor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for work 
performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal Prison 
Industries, Incorporated.
    Sec. 212.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United 
States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the 
Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 
from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, United 
States Code.
    Sec. 213.  At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in 
addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or authorized 
to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated by this 
title under the headings ``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'', 
``State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'', and ``Juvenile Justice 
Programs''--
            (1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to the Office of 
        Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may be used 
        by such Office to provide training and technical assistance; and
            (2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant or 
        reimbursement programs under such headings, except for amounts 
        appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or 
        statistical programs administered by the National Institute of 
        Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be 
        transferred to and merged with funds provided to the National 
        Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to be 
        used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, 
        without regard to the authorizations for such grant or 
        reimbursement programs.

    Sec. 214.  Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney General 
has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the Attorney General may, 
with respect to funds appropriated in this or any other Act making 
appropriations for fiscal years 2012 through 2015 for the following 
programs, waive the following requirements:
            (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and local 
        reentry demonstration projects under part FF of title I of the 
        Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
        3797w(g)(1)), the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 
        part.
            (2) For State, Tribal, and local reentry courts under part 
        FF of title I of such Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w-2(e)(1)

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        and (2)), the requirements under section 2978(e)(1) and (2) of 
        such part.
            (3) For the prosecution drug treatment alternatives to 
        prison program under part CC of title I of such Act of 1968 (42 
        U.S.C. 3797q-3), the requirements under section 2904 of such 
        part.
            (4) For grants to protect inmates and safeguard communities 
        as authorized by section 6 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 
        2003 (42 U.S.C. 15605(c)(3)), the requirements of section 
        6(c)(3) of such Act.

    Sec. 215.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 
20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts 
made available by this or any other Act.
    Sec. 216.  None of the funds made available under this Act, other 
than for the national instant criminal background check system 
established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention 
Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note), may be used by a Federal law enforcement 
officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an 
individual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or suspects that 
the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unless law enforcement 
personnel of the United States continuously monitor or control the 
firearm at all times.
    Sec. 217. (a) None of the income retained in the Department of 
Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 102-140 
(105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation 
during fiscal year 2015, except up to $40,000,000 may be obligated for 
implementation of a unified Department of Justice financial management 
system.
    (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances 
transferred to the capital account of the Department of Justice Working 
Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 102-140 (105 Stat. 784; 
28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 
2015, and any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act.
    (c) In addition to the amount otherwise provided by this Act in the 
first proviso under the heading ``United States Marshals Service--
Federal Prisoner Detention'', not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess 
unobligated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, 
United States Code, shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 
2015, and any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act.
    (d) Of amounts available in the Assets Forfeiture Fund in fiscal 
year 2015, $154,700,000 shall be for payments associated with joint law 
enforcement operations as authorized by section 524(c)(1)(I) of title 
28, United States Code.
    (e) The Attorney General shall submit a spending plan to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act 
detailing the planned distribution of Assets Forfeiture Fund joint law 
enforcement operations funding during fiscal year 2015.
    (f) Subsections (a) through (d) of this section shall sunset on 
September 30, 2015.

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    Sec. 218.  No funds provided in this Act shall be used to deny the 
Inspector General of the Department of Justice timely access to all 
records, documents, and other materials in the custody or possession of 
the Department or to prevent or impede the Inspector General's access to 
such records, documents and other materials, unless in accordance with 
an express limitation of section 6(a) of the Inspector General Act, as 
amended, consistent with the plain language of the Inspector General 
Act, as amended. The Inspector General of the Department of Justice 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations within five calendar 
days any failures to comply with this requirement.
    Sec. 219.  Discretionary funds that are made available in this Act 
for the Office of Justice Programs may be used to participate in 
Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under section 526 of division 
H of Public Law 113-76.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2015''.

TITLE <<NOTE: Science Appropriations Act, 2015.>>  III

                                 SCIENCE

                 Office of Science and Technology Policy

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and 
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 
6601 et seq.), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, and rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $5,555,000.

              National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                                 science

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of science research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance 
and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft 
control, and communications activities; program management; personnel 
and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $5,244,700,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That the formulation and development 
costs (with development cost as defined under section 30104 of title 51, 
United States Code) for the James Webb Space Telescope shall not exceed 
$8,000,000,000:  Provided further, That should the individual identified 
under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 30104 of title 51, United States 
Code, as responsible for the James Webb Space Telescope determine that 
the development cost of the program is likely to exceed that limitation, 
the individual shall immediately notify the Administrator and the 
increase shall be treated as if it meets the 30 percent threshold 
described in subsection (f) of section 30104:  Provided further, That

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$100,000,000 shall be for pre-formulation and/or formulation activities 
for a mission that meets the science goals outlined for the Jupiter 
Europa mission in the most recent planetary science decadal survey.

                               aeronautics

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of aeronautics research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $651,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016.

                            space technology

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of space research and technology development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $596,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016.

                               exploration

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of exploration research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $4,356,700,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That not less than $1,194,000,000 shall 
be for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle:  Provided further, That not 
less than $2,051,300,000 shall be for the Space Launch System, which 
shall have a lift capability not less than 130 metric tons and which 
shall have an upper stage and other core elements developed 
simultaneously:  Provided further, That of the funds made available for 
the Space Launch System, $1,700,000,000 shall be for launch vehicle 
development and $351,300,000 shall be for exploration ground systems:  
Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA) shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, concurrent with the annual budget 
submission, a 5 year budget

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profile and funding projection that adheres to a 70 percent Joint 
Confidence Level (JCL) and is consistent with the Key Decision Point C 
(KDP-C) for the Space Launch System and with the future KDP-C for the 
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle:  Provided further, That in complying 
with the preceding proviso NASA shall include budget profiles and 
funding projections that conform to the KDP-C management agreement for 
development completion of the Space Launch System by December 2017, and 
the management agreement for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle upon 
completing KDP-C:  Provided further, That in no case shall the JCL of 
the Space Launch System or the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle be less 
than the guidance outlined in NASA Procedural Requirements 7120.5E:  
Provided further, That funds made available for the Orion Multi-Purpose 
Crew Vehicle and Space Launch System are in addition to funds provided 
for these programs under the ``Construction and Environmental Compliance 
and Restoration'' heading:  Provided further, That $805,000,000 shall be 
for commercial spaceflight activities:  Provided further, That 
$306,400,000 shall be for exploration research and development.

                            space operations

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of space operations research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support and services; space 
flight, spacecraft control and communications activities, including 
operations, production, and services; maintenance and repair, facility 
planning and design; program management; personnel and related costs, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$3,827,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016.

                                education

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of aerospace and aeronautical education research and 
development activities, including research, development, operations, 
support, and services; program management; personnel and related costs, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$119,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, of which 
$18,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to Stimulate 
Competitive Research and $40,000,000 shall be for the National Space 
Grant College program.

                  safety, security and mission services

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of science, aeronautics, space technology, exploration, 
space operations and education research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design;

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space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, 
United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and 
operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $2,758,900,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016.

        construction and environmental compliance and restoration

    For necessary expenses for construction of facilities including 
repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or 
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, and environmental 
compliance and restoration, $419,100,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020:  Provided, That of the $429,100,000 provided for in 
direct obligations under this heading, $419,100,000 is appropriated from 
the general fund and $10,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior 
year obligations: <<NOTE: 51 USC 20145 note.>>   Provided further, That 
proceeds from leases deposited into this account shall be available for 
a period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided in annual 
appropriations Acts: <<NOTE: 51 USC 30103 note.>>   Provided further, 
That such proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be 
available for obligation for fiscal year 2015 in an amount not to exceed 
$9,584,100:  Provided further, That each annual budget request shall 
include an annual estimate of gross receipts and collections and 
proposed use of all funds collected pursuant to section 20145 of title 
51, United States Code.

                       office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $37,000,000, of which 
$500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016.

                        administrative provisions

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized shall remain 
available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is claimed or 
the offer is withdrawn.
    Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the 
current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 
such transfers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 
available for the same purposes and the same time period as the 
appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this 
provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
    The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided by NASA at 
the theme, program, project and activity level. The spending plan, as 
well as any subsequent change of an amount

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established in that spending plan that meets the notification 
requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section.

                           (transfer of funds)

    The unexpired balances of a previous account, for activities for 
which funds are provided in this Act, may be transferred to the new 
account established in this Act that provides such activities. Balances 
so transferred shall be merged with the funds in the newly established 
account, but shall be available under the same terms, conditions and 
period of time as previously appropriated.

                       National Science Foundation

                     research and related activities

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), and Public Law 86-209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services as authorized by section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and 
purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition of 
aircraft; and authorized travel; $5,933,645,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016, of which not to exceed $520,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for polar research and operations 
support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for operational 
and science support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program:  Provided, That receipts for scientific 
support services and materials furnished by the National Research 
Centers and other National Science Foundation supported research 
facilities may be credited to this appropriation:  Provided further, 
That not less than $159,690,000 shall be available for activities 
authorized by section 7002(c)(2)(A)(iv) of Public Law 110-69.

          major research equipment and facilities construction

    For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facilities, 
and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized 
travel, $200,760,000, to remain available until expended.

                      education and human resources

    For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics and 
engineering education and human resources programs and activities 
pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 
et seq.), including services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia, $866,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That not less than $60,890,000 shall be 
available for activities authorized by section 7030 of Public Law 110-
69.

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                 agency operations and award management

    For agency operations and award management necessary in carrying out 
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); 
services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and 
reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Security for security guard 
services; $325,000,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 
official reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, That 
contracts may be entered into under this heading in fiscal year 2015 for 
maintenance and operation of facilities and for other services to be 
provided during the next fiscal year:  Provided further, That of the 
amount provided for costs associated with the acquisition, occupancy, 
and related costs of new headquarters space, not more than $27,370,000 
shall remain available until expended.

                  office of the national science board

    For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized 
travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts and 
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved 
in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 
(42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), 
$4,370,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                       office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, $14,430,000, of which 
$400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016.

                        administrative provision

    Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the 
current fiscal year for the National Science Foundation in this Act may 
be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. Any 
transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section.
     This title may be cited as the ``Science Appropriations Act, 
2015''.

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                                TITLE IV

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       Commission on Civil Rights

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $9,200,000:  Provided, That none of 
the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in 
excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Excepted 
Service exclusive of one special assistant for each Commissioner:  
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, 
with the exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 
days:  Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense that is not 
explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 
1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a).

                 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 
1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Genetic 
Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110-233), 
the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-325), and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-2), including services as 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, 
United States Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
$30,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for 
authorized services to the Commission, $364,500,000:  Provided, That the 
Commission is authorized to make available for official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds:  
Provided further, That the Commission may take no action to implement 
any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until such 
time as the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance with 
the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this Act:  Provided 
further, That the Chair is authorized to accept and use any gift or 
donation to carry out the work of the Commission.

                     International Trade Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to

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exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$84,500,000, to remain available until expended.

                       Legal Services Corporation

                payment to the legal services corporation

    For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the 
purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, $375,000,000, of 
which $343,150,000 is for basic field programs and required independent 
audits; $4,350,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which such 
amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct additional audits of 
recipients; $18,500,000 is for management and grants oversight; 
$4,000,000 is for client self-help and information technology; 
$4,000,000 is for a Pro Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan 
repayment assistance:  Provided, That the Legal Services Corporation may 
continue to provide locality pay to officers and employees at a rate no 
greater than that provided by the Federal Government to Washington, DC-
based employees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 2996(d)):  Provided further, That the authorities 
provided in section 205 of this Act shall be applicable to the Legal 
Services Corporation:  Provided further, That, for the purposes of 
section 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
considered an agency of the United States Government.

          administrative provision--legal services corporation

    None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, 
or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 
505, and 506 of Public Law 105-119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same terms 
and conditions set forth in such sections, except that all references in 
sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead 
to 2014 and 2015, respectively.

                        Marine Mammal Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as authorized 
by title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 
et seq.), $3,340,000.

            Office of the United States Trade Representative

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and the 
employment of experts and consultants as authorized by section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code, $54,250,000, of which $1,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $124,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.

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                         State Justice Institute

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as authorized 
by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 
10701 et seq.) $5,121,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses:  Provided 
further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 
Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the United States 
Government.

                                 TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                         (including rescissions)

    Sec. 501.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the 
Congress.
    Sec. 502.  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. 503.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for 
public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, 
or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 504.  If any provision of this Act or the application of such 
provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the 
remainder of the Act and the application of each provision to persons or 
circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not 
be affected thereby.
    Sec. 505.  None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 
under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or initiates a new program, 
project or activity; (2) eliminates a program, project or activity; (3) 
increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office 
or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs or 
activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
presently performed by Federal employees; (7) augments existing 
programs, projects or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 
project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) 
results from any general savings, including savings from a reduction in 
personnel, which would result in a change in existing programs, projects 
or activities as approved by Congress; unless the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days

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in advance of such reprogramming of funds by agencies (excluding 
agencies of the Department of Justice) funded by this Act and 45 days in 
advance of such reprogramming of funds by agencies of the Department of 
Justice funded by this Act.
    Sec. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a court or 
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a 
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same 
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is 
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive 
any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, 
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures 
described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to authorized 
purchases of promotional items, funds made available by this Act shall 
be used to purchase items that are manufactured, produced, or assembled 
in the United States, its territories or possessions.
    (2) The term ``promotional items'' has the meaning given the term in 
OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, Item (1)(f)(3).
    Sec. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National 
Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the status 
of balances of appropriations at the account level. For unobligated, 
uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed balances the quarterly 
reports shall separately identify the amounts attributable to each 
source year of appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 
balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall 
separately identify amounts by the year of obligation.
    (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be submitted within 
30 days of the end of each quarter.
    (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any aspect of a 
reporting requirement described in subsection (a) due to a limitation of 
a current accounting system, the department or agency shall fulfill such 
aspect to the maximum extent practicable under such accounting system 
and shall identify and describe in each quarterly report the extent to 
which such aspect is not fulfilled.
    Sec. 508.  Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under 
this Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions taken in 
response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be absorbed 
within the total budgetary resources available to such department or 
agency:  Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between 
appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this section is 
provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in this Act:  
Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  Provided 
further, That for the Department of Commerce, this section shall also 
apply to actions taken for the care and protection of loan collateral or 
grant property.
    Sec. 509.  None of the funds provided by this Act shall be available 
to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek 
the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the 
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except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or 
tobacco products of the same type.
    Sec. 510.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 
deposited or available in the Fund established by section 1402 of 
chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473 (42 U.S.C. 10601) in any 
fiscal year in excess of $2,361,000,000 shall not be available for 
obligation until the following fiscal year:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available 
from the Fund for obligation $10,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended to the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General for 
oversight and auditing purposes.
    Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or denigrate the 
religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs for 
which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the 
parents or legal guardians of such students.
    Sec. 512.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 513.  Any funds provided in this Act used to implement E-
Government Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
section 505 of this Act.
    Sec. 514. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of Commerce, 
the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Legal Services 
Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are appropriated 
by this Act, and shall submit reports to Congress on the progress of 
such audits, which may include preliminary findings and a description of 
areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initiating such an 
audit and every 180 days thereafter until any such audit is completed.
    (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit described in 
subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Secretary, 
Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 
shall make the results of the audit available to the public on the 
Internet website maintained by the Department, Administration, 
Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results shall be made 
available in redacted form to exclude--
            (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 5, 
        United States Code; and
            (2) sensitive personal information for any individual, the 
        public access to which could be used to commit identity theft or 
        for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes.

    (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by amounts 
appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the Secretary of 
Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator, Director, or 
President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds derived from the 
grant or contract will be made available through a subcontract or in any 
other manner to another person who has a financial interest in the 
person awarded the grant or contract.
    (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this section 
shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of 
the Office of Government Ethics, determines that

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a uniform set of rules and requirements, substantially similar to the 
requirements in such subsections, consistently apply under the executive 
branch ethics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and 
entities.
    Sec. 515. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used by the Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the 
National Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact 
information system, as defined for security categorization in the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Federal 
Information Processing Standard Publication 199, ``Standards for 
Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems'' 
unless the agency has--
            (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information 
        systems against criteria developed by NIST to inform acquisition 
        decisions for high-impact and moderate-impact information 
        systems within the Federal Government;
            (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive 
        awardee against available and relevant threat information 
        provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other 
        appropriate agencies; and
            (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
        or other appropriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 
        any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated with the 
        acquisition of such system, including any risk associated with 
        such system being produced, manufactured, or assembled by one or 
        more entities identified by the United States Government as 
        posing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, those that 
        may be owned, directed, or subsidized by the People's Republic 
        of China.

    (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 
this Act may be used to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact 
information system reviewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the 
head of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has--
            (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and supply chain 
        risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for any 
        identified risks;
            (2) determined that the acquisition of such system is in the 
        national interest of the United States; and
            (3) reported that determination to the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

    Sec. 516.  None of the funds made available in this Act shall be 
used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of torture by 
any official or contract employee of the United States Government.
    Sec. 517. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or treaty, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this 
Act or any other Act may be expended or obligated by a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States to pay administrative 
expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United States in 
connection with requiring an export license for the export to Canada of 
components, parts, accessories or attachments for firearms listed in 
Category I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 
(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it 
existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 
wholesale

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in any transaction, provided that the conditions of subsection (b) of 
this section are met by the exporting party for such articles.
    (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license--
            (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper's 
        Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or 
        from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United 
        States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles 
        enumerated in subsection (a); and
            (2) does not permit the export without a license of--
                    (A) fully automatic firearms and components and 
                parts for such firearms, other than for end use by the 
                Federal Government, or a Provincial or Municipal 
                Government of Canada;
                    (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
                complete breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in 
                Category I, other than for end use by the Federal 
                Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of 
                Canada; or
                    (C) articles for export from Canada to another 
                foreign destination.

    (c) In accordance with this section, the District Directors of 
Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or temporary export 
without a license of any unclassified articles specified in subsection 
(a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the United States, or 
temporary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in the 
United States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen.
    (d) The President may require export licenses under this section on 
a temporary basis if the President determines, upon publication first in 
the Federal Register, that the Government of Canada has implemented or 
maintained inadequate import controls for the articles specified in 
subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such articles has 
and continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in the 
escalation of a conflict in another nation. The President shall 
terminate the requirements of a license when reasons for the temporary 
requirements have ceased.
    Sec. 518.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving 
appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act shall obligate or 
expend in any way such funds to pay administrative expenses or the 
compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to deny any 
application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified 
pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import 
United States origin ``curios or relics'' firearms, parts, or 
ammunition.
    Sec. 519.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement the text 
of--
            (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States-
        Singapore Free Trade Agreement;
            (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States-
        Australia Free Trade Agreement; or
            (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States-Morocco 
        Free Trade Agreement.

    Sec. 520.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of any 
of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to 
issue national security letters: The Right to

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Financial Privacy Act; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The 
Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA 
PATRIOT Act; and the laws amended by these Acts.
    Sec. 521.  If at any time during any quarter, the program manager of 
a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments of Commerce or 
Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the 
National Science Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has 
reasonable cause to believe that the total program cost has increased by 
10 percent or more, the program manager shall immediately inform the 
respective Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The Secretary, 
Administrator, or Director shall notify the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall 
include in such notice: the date on which such determination was made; a 
statement of the reasons for such increases; the action taken and 
proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of the project; 
changes made in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree to 
which such changes have contributed to the increase in total program 
costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the total project or 
procurement costs; and a statement validating that the project's 
management structure is adequate to control total project or procurement 
costs.
    Sec. 522.  Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the 
transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence related 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for 
purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
414) during fiscal year 2015 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015.
    Sec. 523.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount 
greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount 
unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 
agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge 
and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal tax returns 
required during the three years preceding the certification, has not 
been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certification, been 
notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability 
remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an 
installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been approved by 
the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is 
the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding.

                              (rescissions)

    Sec. 524. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Commerce, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not 
later than September 30, 2015, from the following accounts in the 
specified amounts--
            (1) ``Departmental Management, Franchise Fund'', $2,906,000; 
        and
            (2) ``Economic Development Administration, Economic 
        Development Assistance Programs'', $5,000,000.

    (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of 
Justice, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later than

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September 30, 2015, from the following accounts in the specified 
amounts--
            (1) ``Working Capital Fund'', $99,000,000;
            (2) ``Tactical Law Enforcement Wireless Communications'', 
        $2,000,000;
            (3) ``Detention Trustee'', $23,000,000;
            (4) ``Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund'', 
        $193,000,000;
            (5) ``Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, General Legal 
        Activities'', $10,000,000;
            (6) ``Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, Antitrust 
        Division'', $6,000,000;
            (7) ``Salaries and Expenses, United States Attorneys'', 
        $9,000,000;
            (8) ``United States Marshals Service, Federal Prisoner 
        Detention'', $188,000,000;
            (9) ``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 
        Salaries and Expenses'', $3,200,000;
            (10) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office on 
        Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Prevention and 
        Prosecution Programs'', $16,000,000;
            (11) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office of 
        Justice Programs'', $82,500,000; and
            (12) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Community 
        Oriented Policing Services'', $40,000,000.

    (c) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report no later than September 1, 2015, specifying the amount 
of each rescission made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b).
    Sec. 525.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to purchase first class or premium airline travel in contravention of 
sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 526.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees 
from a Federal department or agency at any single conference occurring 
outside the United States unless such conference is a law enforcement 
training or operational conference for law enforcement personnel and the 
majority of Federal employees in attendance are law enforcement 
personnel stationed outside the United States.
    Sec. 527.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with 
the principal negotiating objective of the United States with respect to 
trade remedy laws to preserve the ability of the United States--
            (1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, including 
        antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard laws;
            (2) to avoid agreements that--
                    (A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and 
                international disciplines on unfair trade, especially 
                dumping and subsidies; or
                    (B) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and 
                international safeguard provisions, in order to ensure 
                that United States workers, agricultural producers, and 
                firms can compete fully on fair terms and enjoy the 
                benefits of reciprocal trade concessions; and

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            (3) to address and remedy market distortions that lead to 
        dumping and subsidization, including overcapacity, 
        cartelization, and market-access barriers.

    Sec. 528.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, or 
assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its 
territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee 
who--
            (1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed 
        Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 
        States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of 
        Defense.

    Sec. 529. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to construct, acquire, or 
modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or 
possessions to house any individual described in subsection (c) for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the 
effective control of the Department of Defense.
    (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba.
    (c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
            (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of the 
        Armed Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is--
                    (A) in the custody or under the effective control of 
                the Department of Defense; or
                    (B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
                Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

    Sec. 530.  To the extent practicable, funds made available in this 
Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are ``Energy Star'' 
qualified or have the ``Federal Energy Management Program'' designation.
    Sec. 531.  The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track undisbursed 
balances in expired grant accounts and include in its annual performance 
plan and performance and accountability reports the following:
            (1) Details on future action the department, agency, or 
        instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in 
        expired grant accounts.
            (2) The method that the department, agency, or 
        instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired 
        grant accounts.
            (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in expired grant 
        accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of the United 
        States.
            (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the total 
        number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances (on 
        the first day of each fiscal year) for the department, agency, 
        or instrumentality and the total finances that have not been 
        obligated to a specific project remaining in the accounts.

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    Sec. 532. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) or the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, 
promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or 
contract of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate 
bilaterally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned company unless 
such activities are specifically authorized by a law enacted after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors at facilities 
belonging to or utilized by NASA.
    (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and (b) shall not 
apply to activities which NASA or OSTP has certified--
            (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of technology, 
        data, or other information with national security or economic 
        security implications to China or a Chinese-owned company; and
            (2) will not involve knowing interactions with officials who 
        have been determined by the United States to have direct 
        involvement with violations of human rights.

    (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate no later than 30 days prior to the activity in question and 
shall include a description of the purpose of the activity, its agenda, 
its major participants, and its location and timing.
    Sec. 533.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or fail to act on, 
an application for the importation of any model of shotgun if--
            (1) all other requirements of law with respect to the 
        proposed importation are met; and
            (2) no application for the importation of such model of 
        shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the 
        Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that the 
        shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily adaptable 
        to sporting purposes.

    Sec. 534. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary 
for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any 
other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or 
adjudication activities.
    Sec. 535.  The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science 
Foundation shall submit spending plans, signed by the respective 
department or agency head, to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 45 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 536.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the 
Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.
    Sec. 537.  None of the funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ``Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery'' may be used for

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grant guidelines or requirements to establish minimum riparian buffers.
    Sec. 538.  None of the funds made available in this Act to the 
Department of Justice may be used, with respect to the States of 
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 
District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, 
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, 
Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode 
Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and 
Wisconsin, to prevent such States from implementing their own State laws 
that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of 
medical marijuana.
    Sec. 539.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
in contravention of section 7606 (``Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp 
Research'') of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79) by the 
Department of Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration.
    Sec. 540. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used to relinquish the responsibility of the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration during fiscal year 2015 with respect to 
Internet domain name system functions, including responsibility with 
respect to the authoritative root zone file and the Internet Assigned 
Numbers Authority functions.
    (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall expire on September 30, 
2015.
    Sec. 541. (a) In General.--During the <<NOTE: 19 USC prec. 2271 
note.>>  period beginning on January 1, 2015, and ending on December 31, 
2015, the provisions of chapter 3 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.), as in effect on December 31, 2014, shall 
apply, except that in applying and administering such provisions, 
section 256(b) of that Act shall be applied and administered by 
substituting ``$16,000,000 for the period beginning on January 1, 2015, 
and ending December 31, 2015'' for ``$16,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2003 through 2007, and $4,000,000 for the 3-month period beginning 
on October 1, 2007''.

    (b) Termination.--During the period beginning on January 1, 2015, 
and ending on December 31, 2015, section 285 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2271 note), as in effect on December 31, 2014, shall apply, 
except that in applying and administering that section, subsection (b) 
of that section shall be applied and administered as if paragraph (1) 
read as follows:
            ``(1) Assistance for firms.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), assistance may not be provided under 
                chapter 3 after December 31, 2015.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
                any assistance approved under chapter 3 on or before 
                December 31, 2015, may be provided--
                          ``(i) to the extent funds are available 
                      pursuant to such chapter for such purpose; and
                          ``(ii) to the extent the recipient of the 
                      assistance is otherwise eligible to receive such 
                      assistance.''.

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 TITLE <<NOTE: Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 
  2014.>>  VI--TRAVEL PROMOTION, ENHANCEMENT, AND MODERNIZATION ACT OF 
2014
SEC. 601. <<NOTE: 22 USC 2121 note.>>  SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and 
Modernization Act of 2014''.
SEC. 602. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

    Subsection (b)(2)(A) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 
2131(b)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``promotion 
                and marketing'' and inserting ``promotion or 
                marketing''; and
                    (B) by inserting after the first sentence the 
                following: ``At least 5 members of the board shall have 
                experience working in United States multinational 
                entities with marketing budgets. At least 2 members of 
                the board shall be audit committee financial experts (as 
                defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 
                accordance with section 407 of Public Law 107-204 (15 
                U.S.C. 7265)). All members of the board shall be a 
                current or former chief executive officer, chief 
                financial officer, or chief marketing officer, or have 
                held an equivalent management position.''; and
            (2) in clause (x), by striking ``intercity passenger 
        railroad business'' and inserting ``land or sea passenger 
        transportation sector''.
SEC. 603. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    Subsection (c)(3) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 
2131(c)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (I); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following:
                    ``(G) a description of, and rationales for, the 
                Corporation's efforts to focus on specific countries and 
                populations;
                    ``(H)(i) a description of, and rationales for, the 
                Corporation's combination of media channels employed in 
                meeting the promotional objectives of its marketing 
                campaign;
                    ``(ii) the ratio in which such channels are used; 
                and
                    ``(iii) a justification for the use and ratio of 
                such channels; and''.
SEC. 604. BIANNUAL REVIEW OF PROCEDURES TO DETERMINE FAIR MARKET 
                        VALUE OF GOODS AND SERVICES.

    Subsection (d)(3) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 
2131(d)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``80 percent'' and 
        inserting ``70 percent''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) Maintenance of an in-kind contributions 
                policy.--The Corporation shall maintain an in-kind 
                contributions policy.

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                    ``(F) Formalized procedures for in-kind 
                contributions policy.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                date of enactment of the Travel Promotion, Enhancement, 
                and Modernization Act of 2014, the Secretary of 
                Commerce, in coordination with the Corporation, shall 
                establish formal, publicly available procedures 
                specifying time frames and conditions for--
                          ``(i) making and agreeing to revisions of the 
                      Corporation's in-kind contributions policy; and
                          ``(ii) addressing and resolving disagreements 
                      between the Corporation and its partners, 
                      including the Secretary of Commerce, regarding the 
                      in-kind contributions policy.
                    ``(G) Biannual review of procedures to determine 
                fair market value of goods and services.--The 
                Corporation and the Secretary of Commerce (or their 
                designees) shall meet on a biannual basis to review the 
                procedures to determine the fair market value of goods 
                and services received from non-Federal sources by the 
                Corporation under subparagraph (B).''.
SEC. 605. EXTENSION OF TRAVEL PROMOTION ACT OF 2009.

    (a) In General.--The Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(5)(A)(iv), by striking ``all States 
        and the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``all States and 
        territories of the United States and the District of 
        Columbia,''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``2015'' and 
                inserting ``2020''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ``fiscal year 
                2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, or 2015'' and inserting ``each 
                of the fiscal years 2011 through 2020''.

    (b) Sunset of Travel Promotion Fund Fee.--Section 217(h)(3)(B)(iii) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)(B)(iii)) is 
amended by striking ``September 30, 2015'' and inserting ``September 30, 
2020''.
SEC. 606. ACCOUNTABILITY; PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.

    The Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131), as amended by 
this Act, is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as 
        subsections (h), (e), (i), and (j), respectively;
            (2) by moving subsection (e) (as so redesignated) so that it 
        follows subsection (d);
            (3) in paragraph (2) of subsection (c), by striking 
        ``$5,000,000'' and inserting ``$500,000''; and
            (4) by inserting after subsection (e), as redesignated, the 
        following:

    ``(f) Accountability.--
            ``(1) Performance plans and measures.--Not later than 90 
        days after the date of the enactment of the Travel Promotion, 
        Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014, the Corporation 
        shall--
                    ``(A) establish performance metrics including, time 
                frames, evaluation methodologies, and data sources for 
                measuring--

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                          ``(i) the effectiveness of marketing efforts 
                      by the Corporation, including its progress in 
                      achieving the long-term goals of increased 
                      traveler visits to and spending in the United 
                      States;
                          ``(ii) whether increases in visitation and 
                      spending have occurred in response to external 
                      influences, such as economic conditions or 
                      exchange rates, rather than in response to the 
                      efforts of the Corporation; and
                          ``(iii) any cost or benefit to the economy of 
                      the United States; and
                    ``(B) conduct periodic program evaluations in 
                response to the data resulting from measurements under 
                subparagraph (A).
            ``(2) GAO accountability.--Not later than 60 days after the 
        date on which the Corporation receives a report from the 
        Government Accountability Office with recommendations for the 
        Corporation, the Corporation shall submit a report to Congress 
        that describes the actions taken by the Corporation in response 
        to the recommendations in such report.

    ``(g) Procurement Requirements.--The Corporation shall--
            ``(1) establish a competitive procurement process; and
            ``(2) certify in its annual report to Congress under 
        subsection (c)(3) that any contracts entered into were in 
        compliance with the established competitive procurement 
        process.''.
SEC. 607. REPEAL OF ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY.

    The Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131), as amended by 
this Act, is further amended by striking subsection (e) (as redesignated 
by section 606(1) of this Act).

 TITLE <<NOTE: Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 
 2014.>>  VII--REVITALIZE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING AND INNOVATION ACT OF 
2014
SEC. 701. <<NOTE: 15 USC 271 note.>>  SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Revitalize American Manufacturing 
and Innovation Act of 2014''.
SEC. 702. <<NOTE: 15 USC 2785.>>  FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) In 2012, manufacturers contributed $2.03 trillion to the 
        economy, or \1/8\ of United States Gross Domestic Product.
            (2) For every $1.00 spent in manufacturing, another $1.32 is 
        added to the economy, the highest multiplier effect of any 
        economic sector.
            (3) Manufacturing supports an estimated 17,400,000 jobs in 
        the United States--about 1 in 6 private-sector jobs. More than 
        12,000,000 Americans (or 9 percent of the workforce) are 
        employed directly in manufacturing.
            (4) In 2012, the average manufacturing worker in the United 
        States earned $77,505 annually, including pay and benefits. The 
        average worker in all industries earned $62,063.
            (5) Taken alone, manufacturing in the United States would be 
        the 8th largest economy in the world.

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            (6) Manufacturers in the United States perform two-thirds of 
        all private-sector research and development in the United 
        States, driving more innovation than any other sector.
SEC. 703. ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 
271 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) <<NOTE: 15 USC 271 note.>>  by redesignating section 34 
        as section 35; and
            (2) by inserting after section 33 (15 U.S.C. 278r) the 
        following:
``SEC. 34. <<NOTE: 15 USC 278s.>>  NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING 
                      INNOVATION.

    ``(a) Establishment of Network for Manufacturing Innovation 
Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish within the 
        Institute a program to be known as the `Network for 
        Manufacturing Innovation Program' (referred to in this section 
        as the `Program').
            ``(2) Purposes of program.--The purposes of the Program 
        are--
                    ``(A) to improve the competitiveness of United 
                States manufacturing and to increase the production of 
                goods manufactured predominantly within the United 
                States;
                    ``(B) to stimulate United States leadership in 
                advanced manufacturing research, innovation, and 
                technology;
                    ``(C) to facilitate the transition of innovative 
                technologies into scalable, cost-effective, and high-
                performing manufacturing capabilities;
                    ``(D) to facilitate access by manufacturing 
                enterprises to capital-intensive infrastructure, 
                including high-performance electronics and computing, 
                and the supply chains that enable these technologies;
                    ``(E) to accelerate the development of an advanced 
                manufacturing workforce;
                    ``(F) to facilitate peer exchange of and the 
                documentation of best practices in addressing advanced 
                manufacturing challenges;
                    ``(G) to leverage non-Federal sources of support to 
                promote a stable and sustainable business model without 
                the need for long-term Federal funding; and
                    ``(H) to create and preserve jobs.
            ``(3) Support.--The Secretary, acting through the Director, 
        shall carry out the purposes set forth in paragraph (2) by 
        supporting--
                    ``(A) the Network for Manufacturing Innovation 
                established under subsection (b); and
                    ``(B) the establishment of centers for manufacturing 
                innovation.
            ``(4) Director.--The Secretary shall carry out the Program 
        through the Director.

    ``(b) Establishment of Network for Manufacturing Innovation.--
            ``(1) In general.--As part of the Program, the Secretary 
        shall establish a network of centers for manufacturing 
        innovation.

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            ``(2) Designation.--The network established under paragraph 
        (1) shall be known as the `Network for Manufacturing Innovation' 
        (referred to in this section as the `Network').

    ``(c) Centers for Manufacturing Innovation.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, a `center 
        for manufacturing innovation' is a center that--
                    ``(A) has been established by a person or group of 
                persons to address challenges in advanced manufacturing 
                and to assist manufacturers in retaining or expanding 
                industrial production and jobs in the United States;
                    ``(B) has a predominant focus on a manufacturing 
                process, novel material, enabling technology, supply 
                chain integration methodology, or another relevant 
                aspect of advanced manufacturing, such as nanotechnology 
                applications, advanced ceramics, photonics and optics, 
                composites, biobased and advanced materials, flexible 
                hybrid technologies, and tool development for 
                microelectronics;
                    ``(C) as determined by the Secretary, has the 
                potential--
                          ``(i) to improve the competitiveness of United 
                      States manufacturing, including key advanced 
                      manufacturing technologies such as nanotechnology, 
                      advanced ceramics, photonics and optics, 
                      composites, biobased and advanced materials, 
                      flexible hybrid technologies, and tool development 
                      for microelectronics;
                          ``(ii) to accelerate non-Federal investment in 
                      advanced manufacturing production capacity in the 
                      United States; or
                          ``(iii) to enable the commercial application 
                      of new technologies or industry-wide manufacturing 
                      processes; and
                    ``(D) includes active participation among 
                representatives from multiple industrial entities, 
                research universities, community colleges, and such 
                other entities as the Secretary considers appropriate, 
                which may include industry-led consortia, career and 
                technical education schools, Federal laboratories, 
                State, local, and tribal governments, businesses, 
                educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
            ``(2) Activities.--Activities of a center for manufacturing 
        innovation may include the following:
                    ``(A) Research, development, and demonstration 
                projects, including proof-of-concept development and 
                prototyping, to reduce the cost, time, and risk of 
                commercializing new technologies and improvements in 
                existing technologies, processes, products, and research 
                and development of materials to solve precompetitive 
                industrial problems with economic or national security 
                implications.
                    ``(B) Development and implementation of education, 
                training, and workforce recruitment courses, materials, 
                and programs.
                    ``(C) Development of innovative methodologies and 
                practices for supply chain integration and introduction 
                of new technologies into supply chains.
                    ``(D) Outreach and engagement with small and medium-
                sized manufacturing enterprises, including women

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                and minority owned manufacturing enterprises, in 
                addition to large manufacturing enterprises.
                    ``(E) Such other activities as the Secretary, in 
                consultation with Federal departments and agencies whose 
                missions contribute to or are affected by advanced 
                manufacturing, considers consistent with the purposes 
                described in subsection (a)(2).
            ``(3) Additional centers for manufacturing innovation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The National Additive 
                Manufacturing Innovation Institute and other 
                manufacturing centers formally recognized as 
                manufacturing innovation centers pursuant to Federal law 
                or executive actions, or under pending interagency 
                review for such recognition as of the date of enactment 
                of the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation 
                Act of 2014, shall be considered centers for 
                manufacturing innovation, but such centers shall not 
                receive any financial assistance under subsection (d).
                    ``(B) Network participation.--A manufacturing center 
                that is substantially similar to those established under 
                this subsection but that does not receive financial 
                assistance under subsection (d) may, upon request of the 
                center, be recognized as a center for manufacturing 
                innovation by the Secretary for purposes of 
                participation in the Network.

    ``(d) Financial Assistance to Establish and Support Centers for 
Manufacturing Innovation.--
            ``(1) In general.--In carrying out the Program, the 
        Secretary shall award financial assistance to a person or group 
        of persons to assist the organization in planning, establishing, 
        or supporting a center for manufacturing innovation.
            ``(2) Application.--A person or group of persons seeking 
        financial assistance under paragraph (1) shall submit to the 
        Secretary an application therefor at such time, in such manner, 
        and containing such information as the Secretary may require. 
        The application shall, at a minimum, describe the specific 
        sources and amounts of non-Federal financial support for the 
        center on the date financial assistance is sought, as well as 
        the anticipated sources and amounts of non-Federal financial 
        support during the period for which the center could be eligible 
        for continued Federal financial assistance under this section.
            ``(3) Open process.--In soliciting applications for 
        financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
        ensure an open process that will allow for the consideration of 
        all applications relevant to advanced manufacturing regardless 
        of technology area.
            ``(4) Selection.--
                    ``(A) Competitive, merit review.--In awarding 
                financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
                shall use a competitive, merit review process that 
                includes peer review by a diverse group of individuals 
                with relevant expertise from both the private and public 
                sectors.
                    ``(B) Participation in process.--
                          ``(i) In general.--No political appointee may 
                      participate on a peer review panel. The Secretary 
                      shall implement a conflict of interest policy that 
                      ensures

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                      public transparency and accountability, and 
                      requires full disclosure of any real or potential 
                      conflicts of interest on the parts of individuals 
                      that participate in the merit selection process.
                          ``(ii) Definition.--For purposes of this 
                      subparagraph, the term `political appointee' means 
                      any individual who--
                                    ``(I) is employed in a position 
                                described under sections 5312 through 
                                5316 of title 5, United States Code, 
                                (relating to the Executive Schedule);
                                    ``(II) is a limited term appointee, 
                                limited emergency appointee, or 
                                noncareer appointee in the Senior 
                                Executive Service, as defined under 
                                paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), 
                                respectively, of section 3132(a) of 
                                title 5, United States Code; or
                                    ``(III) is employed in a position in 
                                the executive branch of the Government 
                                of a confidential or policy-determining 
                                character under schedule C of subpart C 
                                of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of 
                                Federal Regulations.
                    ``(C) Performance measurement, transparency, and 
                accountability.--For each award of financial assistance 
                under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
                          ``(i) make publicly available at the time of 
                      the award a description of the bases for the 
                      award, including an explanation of the relative 
                      merits of the winning applicant as compared to 
                      other applications received, if applicable; and
                          ``(ii) develop and implement metrics-based 
                      performance measures to assess the effectiveness 
                      of the activities funded.
                    ``(D) Collaboration.--In awarding financial 
                assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, 
                acting through the National Program Office established 
                under subsection (f)(1), collaborate with Federal 
                departments and agencies whose missions contribute to or 
                are affected by advanced manufacturing.
                    ``(E) Considerations.--In selecting a person who 
                submitted an application under paragraph (2) for an 
                award of financial assistance under paragraph (1), the 
                Secretary shall consider, at a minimum, the following:
                          ``(i) The potential of the center for 
                      manufacturing innovation to advance domestic 
                      manufacturing and the likelihood of economic 
                      impact, including the creation or preservation of 
                      jobs, in the predominant focus areas of the center 
                      for manufacturing innovation.
                          ``(ii) The commitment of continued financial 
                      support, advice, participation, and other 
                      contributions from non-Federal sources, to provide 
                      leverage and resources to promote a stable and 
                      sustainable business model without the need for 
                      long-term Federal funding.
                          ``(iii) Whether the financial support provided 
                      to the center for manufacturing innovation from 
                      non-Federal sources significantly exceeds the 
                      requested Federal financial assistance.

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                          ``(iv) How the center for manufacturing 
                      innovation will increase the non-Federal 
                      investment in advanced manufacturing research in 
                      the United States.
                          ``(v) How the center for manufacturing 
                      innovation will engage with small and medium-sized 
                      manufacturing enterprises, to improve the capacity 
                      of such enterprises to commercialize new processes 
                      and technologies.
                          ``(vi) How the center for manufacturing 
                      innovation will carry out educational and 
                      workforce activities that meet industrial needs 
                      related to the predominant focus areas of the 
                      center.
                          ``(vii) How the center for manufacturing 
                      innovation will advance economic competitiveness 
                      and generate substantial benefits to the Nation 
                      that extend beyond the direct return to 
                      participants in the Program.
                          ``(viii) Whether the predominant focus of the 
                      center for manufacturing innovation is a 
                      manufacturing process, novel material, enabling 
                      technology, supply chain integration methodology, 
                      or other relevant aspect of advanced manufacturing 
                      that has not already been commercialized, 
                      marketed, distributed, or sold by another entity.
                          ``(ix) How the center for manufacturing 
                      innovation will strengthen and leverage the assets 
                      of a region.
                          ``(x) How the center for manufacturing will 
                      encourage the education and training of veterans 
                      and individuals with disabilities.
            ``(5) Limitations on awards.--
                    ``(A) In general.--No award of financial assistance 
                may be made under paragraph (1) to a center of 
                manufacturing innovation after the 7-year period 
                beginning on the date on which the Secretary first 
                awards financial assistance to that center under that 
                paragraph.
                    ``(B) Matching funds and preferences.--The total 
                Federal financial assistance awarded to a center of 
                manufacturing innovation, including the financial 
                assistance under paragraph (1), in a given year shall 
                not exceed 50 percent of the total funding of the center 
                in that year, except that the Secretary may make an 
                exception in the case of large capital facilities or 
                equipment purchases. The Secretary shall give weighted 
                preference to applicants seeking less than the maximum 
                Federal share of funds allowed under this paragraph.
                    ``(C) Funding decrease.--The amount of financial 
                assistance provided to a center of manufacturing 
                innovation under paragraph (1) shall decrease after the 
                second year of funding for the center, and shall 
                continue to decrease thereafter in each year in which 
                financial assistance is provided, unless the Secretary 
                determines that--
                          ``(i) the center is otherwise meeting its 
                      stated goals and metrics under this section;
                          ``(ii) unforeseen circumstances have altered 
                      the center's anticipated funding; and
                          ``(iii) the center can identify future non-
                      Federal funding sources that would warrant a 
                      temporary

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                      exemption from the limitations established in this 
                      subparagraph.

    ``(e) Funding.--
            ``(1) General rule.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
        funds are authorized to be appropriated by the Revitalize 
        American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014 for carrying 
        out this section.
            ``(2) Authority.--
                    ``(A) NIST industrial technical services account.--
                To the extent provided for in advance by appropriations 
                Acts, the Secretary may use not to exceed $5,000,000 for 
                each of the fiscal years 2015 through 2024 to carry out 
                this section from amounts appropriated to the Institute 
                for Industrial Technical Services.
                    ``(B) Energy efficiency and renewable energy 
                account.--To the extent provided for in advance by 
                appropriations Acts, the Secretary of Energy may 
                transfer to the Institute not to exceed $250,000,000 for 
                the period encompassing fiscal years 2015 through 2024 
                for the Secretary to carry out this section from amounts 
                appropriated for advanced manufacturing research and 
                development within the Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
                Energy account for the Department of Energy.

    ``(f) National Program Office.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish, within 
        the Institute, the National Office of the Network for 
        Manufacturing Innovation Program (referred to in this section as 
        the `National Program Office'), which shall oversee and carry 
        out the Program.
            ``(2) Functions.--The functions of the National Program 
        Office are--
                    ``(A) to oversee the planning, management, and 
                coordination of the Program;
                    ``(B) to enter into memorandums of understanding 
                with Federal departments and agencies whose missions 
                contribute to or are affected by advanced manufacturing, 
                to carry out the purposes described in subsection 
                (a)(2);
                    ``(C) to develop, not later than 1 year after the 
                date of enactment of the Revitalize American 
                Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, and update not 
                less frequently than once every 3 years thereafter, a 
                strategic plan to guide the Program;
                    ``(D) to establish such procedures, processes, and 
                criteria as may be necessary and appropriate to maximize 
                cooperation and coordinate the activities of the Program 
                with programs and activities of other Federal 
                departments and agencies whose missions contribute to or 
                are affected by advanced manufacturing;
                    ``(E) to establish a clearinghouse of public 
                information related to the activities of the Program; 
                and
                    ``(F) to act as a convener of the Network.
            ``(3) Recommendations.--In developing and updating the 
        strategic plan under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall 
        solicit recommendations and advice from a wide range of 
        stakeholders, including industry, small and medium-sized 
        manufacturing enterprises, research universities, community 
        colleges, and

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        other relevant organizations and institutions on an ongoing 
        basis.
            ``(4) Report to congress.--Upon completion, the Secretary 
        shall transmit the strategic plan required under paragraph 
        (2)(C) to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
        of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and 
        Technology of the House of Representatives.
            ``(5) Hollings manufacturing extension partnership.--The 
        Secretary shall ensure that the National Program Office 
        incorporates the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
        into Program planning to ensure that the results of the Program 
        reach small and medium-sized entities.
            ``(6) Detailees.--Any Federal Government employee may be 
        detailed to the National Program Office without reimbursement. 
        Such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil 
        service status or privilege.

    ``(g) Reporting and Auditing.--
            ``(1) Annual reports to the secretary.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall require each 
                recipient of financial assistance under subsection 
                (d)(1) to annually submit a report to the Secretary that 
                describes the finances and performance of the center for 
                manufacturing innovation for which such assistance was 
                awarded.
                    ``(B) Elements.--Each report submitted under 
                subparagraph (A) shall include--
                          ``(i) an accounting of expenditures of amounts 
                      awarded to the recipient under subsection (d)(1); 
                      and
                          ``(ii) consistent with the metrics-based 
                      performance measures developed and implemented by 
                      the Secretary under this section, a description of 
                      the performance of the center for manufacturing 
                      innovation with respect to--
                                    ``(I) its goals, plans, financial 
                                support, and accomplishments; and
                                    ``(II) how the center for 
                                manufacturing innovation has furthered 
                                the purposes described in subsection 
                                (a)(2).
            ``(2) Annual reports to congress.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not less frequently than once 
                each year until December 31, 2024, the Secretary shall 
                submit a report to Congress that describes the 
                performance of the Program during the most recent 1-year 
                period.
                    ``(B) Elements.--Each report submitted under 
                subparagraph (A) shall include, for the period covered 
                by the report--
                          ``(i) a summary and assessment of the reports 
                      received by the Secretary under paragraph (1);
                          ``(ii) an accounting of the funds expended by 
                      the Secretary under the Program, including any 
                      temporary exemptions granted from the requirements 
                      of subsection (d)(5)(C);
                          ``(iii) an assessment of the participation in, 
                      and contributions to, the Network by any centers 
                      for manufacturing innovation not receiving 
                      financial assistance under subsection (d)(1); and
                          ``(iv) an assessment of the Program with 
                      respect to meeting the purposes described in 
                      subsection (a)(2).

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            ``(3) Assessments by gao.--
                    ``(A) Assessments.--Not less frequently than once 
                every 2 years, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
                Congress an assessment of the operation of the Program 
                during the most recent 2-year period.
                    ``(B) Final assessment.--Not later than December 31, 
                2024, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a 
                final report regarding the overall success of the 
                Program.
                    ``(C) Elements.--Each assessment submitted under 
                subparagraph (A) or (B) shall include, for the period 
                covered by the report--
                          ``(i) a review of the management, 
                      coordination, and industry utility of the Program;
                          ``(ii) an assessment of the extent to which 
                      the Program has furthered the purposes described 
                      in subsection (a)(2);
                          ``(iii) such recommendations for legislative 
                      and administrative action as the Comptroller 
                      General considers appropriate to improve the 
                      Program; and
                          ``(iv) an assessment as to whether any prior 
                      recommendations for improvement made by the 
                      Comptroller General have been implemented or 
                      adopted.

    ``(h) Additional Authorities.--
            ``(1) Appointment of personnel and contracts.--The Secretary 
        may appoint such personnel and enter into such contracts, 
        financial assistance agreements, and other agreements as the 
        Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to carry out the 
        Program, including support for research and development 
        activities involving a center for manufacturing innovation.
            ``(2) Transfer of funds.--Of amounts available under the 
        authority provided by subsection (e), the Secretary may transfer 
        to other Federal agencies such sums as the Secretary considers 
        necessary or appropriate to carry out the Program. No funds so 
        transferred may be used to reimburse or otherwise pay for the 
        costs of financial assistance incurred or commitments of 
        financial assistance made prior to the date of enactment of the 
        Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014.
            ``(3) Authority of other agencies.--In the event that the 
        Secretary exercises the authority to transfer funds to another 
        agency under paragraph (2), such agency may accept such funds to 
        award and administer, under the same conditions and constraints 
        applicable to the Secretary, all aspects of financial assistance 
        awards under this section.
            ``(4) Use of resources.--In furtherance of the purposes of 
        the Program, the Secretary may use, with the consent of a 
        covered entity and with or without reimbursement, the land, 
        services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of such covered 
        entity.
            ``(5) Acceptance of resources.--In addition to amounts 
        appropriated to carry out the Program, the Secretary may accept 
        funds, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities from any 
        covered entity to carry out the Program, subject to the same 
        conditions and constraints otherwise applicable to the

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        Secretary under this section and such funds may only be 
        obligated to the extent provided for in advance by 
        appropriations Acts.
            ``(6) Covered entity.--For purposes of this subsection, a 
        covered entity is any Federal department, Federal agency, 
        instrumentality of the United States, State, local government, 
        tribal government, territory, or possession of the United 
        States, or of any political subdivision thereof, or 
        international organization, or any public or private entity or 
        individual.

    ``(i) Patents.--Chapter 18 of title 35, United States Code, shall 
apply to any funding agreement (as defined in section 201 of that title) 
awarded to new or existing centers for manufacturing innovation.''.
SEC. 704. NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.

    Section 102 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 
U.S.C. 6622) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: 
        ``In furtherance of the Committee's work, the Committee shall 
        consult with the National Economic Council.'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (7) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(7) develop and update a national strategic plan for 
        advanced manufacturing in accordance with subsection (c).''; and
            (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:

    ``(c) National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President shall submit to Congress, 
        and publish on an Internet website that is accessible to the 
        public, the strategic plan developed under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Development.--The Committee shall develop, and update 
        as required under paragraph (4), in coordination with the 
        National Economic Council, a strategic plan to improve 
        Government coordination and provide long-term guidance for 
        Federal programs and activities in support of United States 
        manufacturing competitiveness, including advanced manufacturing 
        research and development.
            ``(3) Contents.--The strategic plan described in paragraph 
        (2) shall--
                    ``(A) specify and prioritize near-term and long-term 
                objectives, including research and development 
                objectives, the anticipated time frame for achieving the 
                objectives, and the metrics for use in assessing 
                progress toward the objectives;
                    ``(B) describe the progress made in achieving the 
                objectives from prior strategic plans, including a 
                discussion of why specific objectives were not met;
                    ``(C) specify the role, including the programs and 
                activities, of each relevant Federal agency in meeting 
                the objectives of the strategic plan;
                    ``(D) describe how the Federal agencies and 
                Federally funded research and development centers 
                supporting advanced manufacturing research and 
                development will foster the transfer of research and 
                development results into new manufacturing technologies 
                and United States-

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                based manufacturing of new products and processes for 
                the benefit of society to ensure national, energy, and 
                economic security;
                    ``(E) describe how such Federal agencies and centers 
                will strengthen all levels of manufacturing education 
                and training programs to ensure an adequate, well-
                trained workforce;
                    ``(F) describe how such Federal agencies and centers 
                will assist small and medium-sized manufacturers in 
                developing and implementing new products and processes;
                    ``(G) analyze factors that impact innovation and 
                competitiveness for United States advanced 
                manufacturing, including--
                          ``(i) technology transfer and 
                      commercialization activities;
                          ``(ii) the adequacy of the national security 
                      industrial base;
                          ``(iii) the capabilities of the domestic 
                      manufacturing workforce;
                          ``(iv) export opportunities and trade 
                      policies;
                          ``(v) financing, investment, and taxation 
                      policies and practices;
                          ``(vi) emerging technologies and markets;
                          ``(vii) advanced manufacturing research and 
                      development undertaken by competing nations; and
                          ``(viii) the capabilities of the manufacturing 
                      workforce of competing nations; and
                    ``(H) elicit and consider the recommendations of a 
                wide range of stakeholders, including representatives 
                from diverse manufacturing companies, academia, and 
                other relevant organizations and institutions.
            ``(4) Updates.--Not later than May 1, 2018, and not less 
        frequently than once every 4 years thereafter, the President 
        shall submit to Congress, and publish on an Internet website 
        that is accessible to the public, an update of the strategic 
        plan submitted under paragraph (1). Such updates shall be 
        developed in accordance with the procedures set forth under this 
        subsection.
            ``(5) Requirement to consider strategy in the budget.--In 
        preparing the budget for a fiscal year under section 1105(a) of 
        title 31, United States Code, the President shall include 
        information regarding the consistency of the budget with the 
        goals and recommendations included in the strategic plan 
        developed under this subsection applying to that fiscal year.
            ``(6) AMP steering committee input.--The Advanced 
        Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee of the President's 
        Council of Advisors on Science and Technology shall provide 
        input, perspective, and recommendations to assist in the 
        development and updates of the strategic plan under this 
        subsection.''.
SEC. 705. REGIONAL INNOVATION PROGRAM.

    Section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3722) is amended to read as follows:

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``SEC. 27. REGIONAL INNOVATION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a regional 
innovation program to encourage and support the development of regional 
innovation strategies, including regional innovation clusters.
    ``(b) Cluster Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--As part of the program established under 
        subsection (a), the Secretary may award grants on a competitive 
        basis to eligible recipients for activities relating to the 
        formation and development of regional innovation clusters.
            ``(2) Permissible activities.--Grants awarded under this 
        subsection may be used for activities determined appropriate by 
        the Secretary, including the following:
                    ``(A) Feasibility studies.
                    ``(B) Planning activities.
                    ``(C) Technical assistance.
                    ``(D) Developing or strengthening communication and 
                collaboration between and among participants of a 
                regional innovation cluster.
                    ``(E) Attracting additional participants to a 
                regional innovation cluster.
                    ``(F) Facilitating market development of products 
                and services developed by a regional innovation cluster, 
                including through demonstration, deployment, technology 
                transfer, and commercialization activities.
                    ``(G) Developing relationships between a regional 
                innovation cluster and entities or clusters in other 
                regions.
                    ``(H) Interacting with the public and State and 
                local governments to meet the goals of the cluster.
            ``(3) Eligible recipient defined.--In this subsection, the 
        term `eligible recipient' means--
                    ``(A) a State;
                    ``(B) an Indian tribe;
                    ``(C) a city or other political subdivision of a 
                State;
                    ``(D) an entity that--
                          ``(i) is a nonprofit organization, an 
                      institution of higher education, a public-private 
                      partnership, a science or research park, a Federal 
                      laboratory, or an economic development 
                      organization or similar entity; and
                          ``(ii) has an application that is supported by 
                      a State or a political subdivision of a State; or
                    ``(E) a consortium of any of the entities described 
                in subparagraphs (A) through (D).
            ``(4) Application.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An eligible recipient shall 
                submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
                such manner, and containing such information and 
                assurances as the Secretary may require.
                    ``(B) Components.--The application shall include, at 
                a minimum, a description of the regional innovation 
                cluster supported by the proposed activity, including a 
                description of--
                          ``(i) whether the regional innovation cluster 
                      is supported by the private sector, State and 
                      local governments, and other relevant 
                      stakeholders;

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                          ``(ii) how the existing participants in the 
                      regional innovation cluster will encourage and 
                      solicit participation by all types of entities 
                      that might benefit from participation, including 
                      newly formed entities and those rival existing 
                      participants;
                          ``(iii) the extent to which the regional 
                      innovation cluster is likely to stimulate 
                      innovation and have a positive impact on regional 
                      economic growth and development;
                          ``(iv) whether the participants in the 
                      regional innovation cluster have access to, or 
                      contribute to, a well-trained workforce;
                          ``(v) whether the participants in the regional 
                      innovation cluster are capable of attracting 
                      additional funds from non-Federal sources; and
                          ``(vi) the likelihood that the participants in 
                      the regional innovation cluster will be able to 
                      sustain activities once grant funds under this 
                      subsection have been expended.
                    ``(C) Special consideration.--The Secretary shall 
                give special consideration to applications from regions 
                that contain communities negatively impacted by trade.
            ``(5) Special consideration.--The Secretary shall give 
        special consideration to an eligible recipient who agrees to 
        collaborate with local workforce investment area boards.
            ``(6) Cost share.--The Secretary may not provide more than 
        50 percent of the total cost of any activity funded under this 
        subsection.
            ``(7) Outreach to rural communities.--The Secretary shall 
        conduct outreach to public and private sector entities in rural 
        communities to encourage those entities to participate in 
        regional innovation cluster activities under this subsection.
            ``(8) Funding.--The Secretary may accept funds from other 
        Federal agencies to support grants and activities under this 
        subsection.

    ``(c) Regional Innovation Research and Information Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--As part of the program established under 
        subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish a regional 
        innovation research and information program--
                    ``(A) to gather, analyze, and disseminate 
                information on best practices for regional innovation 
                strategies (including regional innovation clusters), 
                including information relating to how innovation, 
                productivity, and economic development can be maximized 
                through such strategies;
                    ``(B) to provide technical assistance, including 
                through the development of technical assistance guides, 
                for the development and implementation of regional 
                innovation strategies (including regional innovation 
                clusters);
                    ``(C) to support the development of relevant metrics 
                and measurement standards to evaluate regional 
                innovation strategies (including regional innovation 
                clusters), including the extent to which such strategies 
                stimulate innovation, productivity, and economic 
                development; and
                    ``(D) to collect and make available data on regional 
                innovation cluster activity in the United States, 
                including data on--

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                          ``(i) the size, specialization, and 
                      competitiveness of regional innovation clusters;
                          ``(ii) the regional domestic product 
                      contribution, total jobs and earnings by key 
                      occupations, establishment size, nature of 
                      specialization, patents, Federal research and 
                      development spending, and other relevant 
                      information for regional innovation clusters; and
                          ``(iii) supply chain product and service flows 
                      within and between regional innovation clusters.
            ``(2) Research grants.--The Secretary may award research 
        grants on a competitive basis to support and further the goals 
        of the program established under this subsection.
            ``(3) Dissemination of information.--Data and analysis 
        compiled by the Secretary under the program established in this 
        subsection shall be made available to other Federal agencies, 
        State and local governments, and nonprofit and for-profit 
        entities.
            ``(4) Regional innovation grant program.--The Secretary 
        shall incorporate data and analysis relating to any grant under 
        subsection (b) into the program established under this 
        subsection.

    ``(d) Interagency Coordination.--
            ``(1) In general.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
        Secretary shall ensure that the activities carried out under 
        this section are coordinated with, and do not duplicate the 
        efforts of, other programs at the Department of Commerce or 
        other Federal agencies.
            ``(2) Collaboration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall explore and 
                pursue collaboration with other Federal agencies, 
                including through multiagency funding opportunities, on 
                regional innovation strategies.
                    ``(B) Small businesses.--The Secretary shall ensure 
                that such collaboration with Federal agencies 
                prioritizes the needs and challenges of small 
                businesses.

    ``(e) Evaluation.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
        enactment of the Revitalize American Manufacturing and 
        Innovation Act of 2014, the Secretary shall enter into a 
        contract with an independent entity, such as the National 
        Academy of Sciences, to conduct an evaluation of the program 
        established under subsection (a).
            ``(2) Requirements.--The evaluation shall include--
                    ``(A) whether the program is achieving its goals;
                    ``(B) any recommendations for how the program may be 
                improved; and
                    ``(C) a recommendation as to whether the program 
                should be continued or terminated.

    ``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Regional innovation cluster.--The term `regional 
        innovation cluster' means a geographically bounded network of 
        similar, synergistic, or complementary entities that--
                    ``(A) are engaged in or with a particular industry 
                sector and its related sectors;
                    ``(B) have active channels for business transactions 
                and communication;

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                    ``(C) share specialized infrastructure, labor 
                markets, and services; and
                    ``(D) leverage the region's unique competitive 
                strengths to stimulate innovation and create jobs.
            ``(2) State.--The term `State' means one of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth 
        of the Northern Mariana Islands, or any other territory or 
        possession of the United States.

    ``(g) Funding.--
            ``(1) General rule.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
        funds are authorized to be appropriated by the Revitalize 
        American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014 for carrying 
        out this section.
            ``(2) Authority.--To the extent provided for in advance by 
        appropriations Acts, the Secretary may use not to exceed 
        $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015 through 2019 to 
        carry out this section from amounts appropriated for economic 
        development assistance programs.''.

    This division may be cited as the ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015''.

 DIVISION <<NOTE: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015.>>  C--
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

                                 TITLE I

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

                        Military Personnel, Army

    For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Army on active duty (except members of reserve components provided 
for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of the Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to section 156 of 
Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the 
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $41,116,129,000.

                        Military Personnel, Navy

    For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for 
elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for members of the Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to section 156 of 
Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the 
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $27,453,200,000.

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                    Military Personnel, Marine Corps

    For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided 
for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 
97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of 
Defense Military Retirement Fund, $12,828,931,000.

                      Military Personnel, Air Force

    For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve components 
provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of the 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to section 
156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the 
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $27,376,462,000.

                         Reserve Personnel, Army

    For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty under 
sections 10211, 10302, and 3038 of title 10, United States Code, or 
while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve 
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, 
and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States 
Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $4,317,859,000.

                         Reserve Personnel, Navy

    For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active duty under 
section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in 
connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 
10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while 
performing drills or equivalent duty, and expenses authorized by section 
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $1,835,924,000.

                     Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps

    For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve on active 
duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States 
Code, in connection with performing duty specified

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in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for 
members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, and expenses 
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for 
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$660,424,000.

                      Reserve Personnel, Air Force

    For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active duty 
under sections 10211, 10305, and 8038 of title 10, United States Code, 
or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, 
United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in 
section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other 
duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United 
States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 
Retirement Fund, $1,653,148,000.

                     National Guard Personnel, Army

    For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while on duty 
under sections 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of 
title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty under section 
12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of 
title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while 
performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses 
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for 
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$7,643,832,000.

                   National Guard Personnel, Air Force

    For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty under 
sections 10211, 10305, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, 
United States Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in 
connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 
10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while 
performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses 
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for 
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$3,118,709,000.

                                TITLE II

                        OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                     Operation and Maintenance, Army

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law, 
$31,961,920,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $12,478,000 can be

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used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the 
approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments may be 
made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes.

                     Operation and Maintenance, Navy

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, as 
authorized by law, $37,590,854,000:  Provided, That not to exceed 
$15,055,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to 
be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, 
and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for 
confidential military purposes.

                 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized by law, 
$5,610,063,000.

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law, 
$34,539,965,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $7,699,000 can be used 
for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the 
approval or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments 
may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military 
purposes.

                 Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department 
of Defense (other than the military departments), as authorized by law, 
$30,824,752,000:  Provided, That not more than $15,000,000 may be used 
for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized under section 
166a of title 10, United States Code:  Provided further, That not to 
exceed $36,000,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary 
of Defense, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for 
confidential military purposes:  Provided further, That of the funds 
provided under this heading, not less than $35,045,000 shall be made 
available for the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement 
Program, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be available for 
centers defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D):  Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
used to plan or implement the consolidation of a budget or 
appropriations liaison office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 
the office of the Secretary of a military department, or the service 
headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a legislative affairs or 
legislative liaison office:  Provided further, That $8,881,000, to 
remain available until expended, is available only for expenses relating 
to certain classified activities, and may

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be transferred as necessary by the Secretary of Defense to operation and 
maintenance appropriations or research, development, test and evaluation 
appropriations, to be merged with and to be available for the same time 
period as the appropriations to which transferred:  Provided further, 
That any ceiling on the investment item unit cost of items that may be 
purchased with operation and maintenance funds shall not apply to the 
funds described in the preceding proviso:  Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.

                 Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the 
dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and 
communications, $2,513,393,000.

                 Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the 
dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and 
communications, $1,021,200,000.

             Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities and 
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 
equipment; and communications, $270,846,000.

              Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and 
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 
equipment; and communications, $3,026,342,000.

             Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard

    For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Army 
National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related 
expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs 
to structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses (other 
than mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty, 
for Army National Guard division, regimental, and battalion commanders 
while inspecting units in

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compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifically 
authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping 
the Army National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, 
modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment 
(including aircraft), $6,175,951,000.

              Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard

    For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Air 
National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related 
expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs 
to structures and facilities; transportation of things, hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air National 
Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, modification, 
maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment, including those 
furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the Department of 
Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same basis as 
authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on active Federal 
duty, for Air National Guard commanders while inspecting units in 
compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifically 
authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau, $6,408,558,000.

           United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

    For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States Court of 
Appeals for the Armed Forces, $13,723,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 
may be used for official representation purposes.

                     Environmental Restoration, Army

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the Department of the Army, $201,560,000, to remain available 
until transferred:  Provided, That the Secretary of the Army shall, upon 
determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, 
reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 
and debris of the Department of the Army, or for similar purposes, 
transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other 
appropriations made available to the Department of the Army, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same 
time period as the appropriations to which transferred:  Provided 
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds 
transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 
provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this 
appropriation:  Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided elsewhere in this Act.

                     Environmental Restoration, Navy

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the Department of the Navy, $277,294,000, to remain available 
until transferred:  Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall, upon 
determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, 
reduction and recycling of hazardous waste,

[[Page 128 STAT. 2240]]

removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the Navy, or 
for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this 
appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department 
of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
and for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 
 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of the 
funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 
purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this 
appropriation:  Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided elsewhere in this Act.

                  Environmental Restoration, Air Force

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the Department of the Air Force, $408,716,000, to remain 
available until transferred:  Provided, That the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall, upon determining that such funds are required for 
environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, 
removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air 
Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 
this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the 
Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and to be available for 
the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to 
which transferred:  Provided further, That upon a determination that all 
or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be 
transferred back to this appropriation:  Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.

                 Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the Department of Defense, $8,547,000, to remain available until 
transferred:  Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, upon 
determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, 
reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 
and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes, 
transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other 
appropriations made available to the Department of Defense, to be merged 
with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time 
period as the appropriations to which transferred:  Provided further, 
That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from 
this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, 
such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation:  Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2241]]

         Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the Department of the Army, $250,853,000, to remain available 
until transferred:  Provided, That the Secretary of the Army shall, upon 
determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, 
reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 
and debris at sites formerly used by the Department of Defense, transfer 
the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations 
made available to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 
appropriations to which transferred:  Provided further, That upon a 
determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this 
appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation:  Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.

             Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid

    For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and 
Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense (consisting of the 
programs provided under sections 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of 
title 10, United States Code), $103,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016.

                  Cooperative Threat Reduction Account

    For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet Union and, with 
appropriate authorization by the Department of Defense and Department of 
State, to countries outside of the former Soviet Union, including 
assistance provided by contract or by grants, for facilitating the 
elimination and the safe and secure transportation and storage of 
nuclear, chemical and other weapons; for establishing programs to 
prevent the proliferation of weapons, weapons components, and weapon-
related technology and expertise; for programs relating to the training 
and support of defense and military personnel for demilitarization and 
protection of weapons, weapons components, and weapons technology and 
expertise, and for defense and military contacts, $365,108,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017.

      Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund

    For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development 
Fund, $83,034,000.

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                                TITLE III

                               PROCUREMENT

                       Aircraft Procurement, Army

    For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground 
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, 
including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and 
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 
purposes, $5,216,225,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2017.

                        Missile Procurement, Army

    For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground 
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, 
including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and 
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 
purposes, $1,208,692,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2017.

        Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army

    For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 
weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ordnance, 
spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the 
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and 
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon 
prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of 
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $1,722,136,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2017.

                     Procurement of Ammunition, Army

    For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including ammunition 
facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired,

[[Page 128 STAT. 2243]]

and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 
in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and 
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 
foregoing purposes, $1,015,477,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2017.

                         Other Procurement, Army

    For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 
vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-tracked combat vehicles; 
the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 
communications and electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 
parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the 
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and 
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon 
prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of 
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $4,747,523,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2017.

                       Aircraft Procurement, Navy

    For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, 
and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and 
private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such lands 
and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of 
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 
$14,758,035,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2017.

                        Weapons Procurement, Navy

    For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and related support 
equipment including spare parts, and accessories therefor; expansion of 
public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and 
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 
equipment layaway, $3,137,257,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2017.

            Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps

    For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including ammunition 
facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United

[[Page 128 STAT. 2244]]

States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 
in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and 
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 
foregoing purposes, $674,100,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2017.

                    Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy

    For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or 
conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament 
thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools and installation 
thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and 
contractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, long lead 
time components and designs for vessels to be constructed or converted 
in the future; and expansion of public and private plants, including 
land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be 
acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 
title, as follows:
            Carrier Replacement Program, $1,219,425,000;
            Virginia Class Submarine, $3,530,254,000;
            Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $2,301,825,000;
            CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $483,600,000;
            DDG-1000 Program, $419,532,000;
            DDG-51 Destroyer, $2,661,907,000;
            DDG-51 Destroyer (AP), $134,039,000;
            Littoral Combat Ship, $1,507,049,000;
            LPD-17, $1,000,000,000;
            LHA Replacement, $29,093,000;
            Joint High Speed Vessel, $200,000,000;
            Moored Training Ship, $737,268,000;
            Moored Training Ship (AP), $64,388,000;
            Ship to Shore Connector, $159,600,000;
            LCAC Service Life Extension Program, $40,485,000; and
            For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first 
        destination transportation, $474,629,000.
            Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Programs, 
        $991,285,000.

    In all: $15,954,379,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2019:  Provided, That additional obligations may be 
incurred after September 30, 2019, for engineering services, tests, 
evaluations, and other such budgeted work that must be performed in the 
final stage of ship construction:  Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading for the construction or conversion of 
any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the United States 
shall be expended in foreign facilities for the construction of major 
components of such vessel:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided under this heading shall be used for the construction of any 
naval vessel in foreign shipyards.

                         Other Procurement, Navy

    For procurement, production, and modernization of support equipment 
and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance 
for new aircraft, new ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for

[[Page 128 STAT. 2245]]

replacement only; expansion of public and private plants, including the 
land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be 
acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government 
and contractor-owned equipment layaway, $5,846,558,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2017.

                        Procurement, Marine Corps

    For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, military equipment, spare parts, and 
accessories therefor; plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, 
and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; vehicles for the 
Marine Corps, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; and expansion of public and private plants, including 
land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be 
acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 
title, $935,209,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2017.

                     Aircraft Procurement, Air Force

    For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and 
equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground handling 
equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; 
specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants, 
Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, 
erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve 
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and 
transportation of things, $12,067,703,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2017.

                     Missile Procurement, Air Force

    For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, 
spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and 
accessories therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices; 
expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and 
installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and 
acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and 
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon 
prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 
purposes including rents and transportation of things, $4,629,662,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2017.

                  Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force

    For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and

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training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 
in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and 
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 
foregoing purposes, $659,909,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2017.

                      Other Procurement, Air Force

    For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground 
guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic and 
communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and spare parts 
therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehicles; and 
expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and 
installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and 
acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and 
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon, 
prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway, $16,781,266,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2017.

                        Procurement, Defense-Wide

    For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense 
(other than the military departments) necessary for procurement, 
production, and modification of equipment, supplies, materials, and 
spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public and 
private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in such plants, 
erection of structures, and acquisition of land for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve 
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 
$4,429,303,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2017.

                    Defense Production Act Purchases

    For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant to sections 
108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2078, 2091, 2092, and 2093), $51,638,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                                TITLE IV

               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army

    For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, 
lease, and operation of facilities and equipment,

[[Page 128 STAT. 2247]]

$6,675,565,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2016.

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy

    For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, 
lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $15,958,460,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2016:  Provided, 
That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are available for the V-
22 may be used to meet unique operational requirements of the Special 
Operations Forces.

          Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force

    For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, 
lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $23,643,983,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2016.

        Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense 
(other than the military departments), necessary for basic and applied 
scientific research, development, test and evaluation; advanced research 
projects as may be designated and determined by the Secretary of 
Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and 
operation of facilities and equipment, $17,225,889,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That of 
the funds made available in this paragraph, $225,000,000 for the Defense 
Rapid Innovation Program shall only be available for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, to include program management and oversight, to 
conduct research, development, test and evaluation to include proof of 
concept demonstration; engineering, testing, and validation; and 
transition to full-scale production:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense may transfer funds provided herein for the Defense 
Rapid Innovation Program to appropriations for research, development, 
test and evaluation to accomplish the purpose provided herein:  Provided 
further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority available to the Department of Defense:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 30 days 
prior to making transfers from this appropriation, notify the 
congressional defense committees in writing of the details of any such 
transfer.

                Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, 
in the direction and supervision of operational test and evaluation, 
including initial operational test and evaluation which is conducted 
prior to, and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 
testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in

[[Page 128 STAT. 2248]]

connection therewith, $209,378,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2016.

                                 TITLE V

                     REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

                      Defense Working Capital Funds

    For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $1,649,468,000.

                      National Defense Sealift Fund

    For National Defense Sealift Fund programs, projects, and 
activities, and for expenses of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, as 
established by section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 
U.S.C. App. 1744), and for the necessary expenses to maintain and 
preserve a U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs 
of the United States, $485,012,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That none of the funds provided in this paragraph shall be 
used to award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of any of 
the following major components unless such components are manufactured 
in the United States: auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for all 
shipboard services; propulsion system components (engines, reduction 
gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; and spreaders for shipboard 
cranes:  Provided further, That the exercise of an option in a contract 
awarded through the obligation of previously appropriated funds shall 
not be considered to be the award of a new contract:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided in this paragraph shall be used to award 
a new contract for the construction, acquisition, or conversion of 
vessels, including procurement of critical, long lead time components 
and designs for vessels to be constructed or converted in the future:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of the military department 
responsible for such procurement may waive the restrictions in the first 
proviso on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet 
Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such an 
acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national 
security purposes.

                                TITLE VI

                  OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

                         Defense Health Program

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health 
care programs of the Department of Defense as authorized by law, 
$32,069,772,000; of which $30,030,650,000 shall be for operation and 
maintenance, of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2016, and of which up to 
$14,718,018,000 may be available for contracts entered into under the 
TRICARE program; of which $308,413,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2017, shall be for procurement; and of 
which $1,730,709,000, to remain available for

[[Page 128 STAT. 2249]]

obligation until September 30, 2016, shall be for research, development, 
test and evaluation:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of the amount made available under this heading for 
research, development, test and evaluation, not less than $8,000,000 
shall be available for HIV prevention educational activities undertaken 
in connection with United States military training, exercises, and 
humanitarian assistance activities conducted primarily in African 
nations:  Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading for operation and maintenance, procurement, and research, 
development, test and evaluation for the Interagency Program Office, the 
Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) program, and 
the Defense Medical Information Exchange, not more than 25 percent may 
be obligated until the Secretary of Defense submits to the Government 
Accountability Office and the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, and such Committees approve, a plan 
for expenditure that describes: (1) the status of the final request for 
proposal for DHMSM and how the program office used comments received 
from industry from draft requests for proposal to refine the final 
request for proposal; (2) any changes to the deployment timeline, 
including benchmarks, for full operating capability; (3) any refinements 
to the cost estimate for full operating capability and the total life 
cycle cost of the project; (4) an assurance that the acquisition 
strategy will comply with the acquisition rules, requirements, 
guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal 
Government; (5) the status of the effort to achieve interoperability 
between the electronic health record systems of the Department of 
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the scope, 
cost, schedule, mapping to health data standards, and performance 
benchmarks of the interoperable record; and (6) the progress toward 
developing, implementing, and fielding the interoperable electronic 
health record throughout the two Departments' medical facilities.

           Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents and 
munitions in accordance with the provisions of section 1412 of the 
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for 
the destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the 
chemical weapon stockpile, $802,268,000, of which $196,128,000 shall be 
for operation and maintenance, of which no less than $52,102,000 shall 
be for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting 
of $21,016,000 for activities on military installations and $31,086,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016, to assist State and local 
governments; $10,227,000 shall be for procurement, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017, of which $3,225,000 shall be for the Chemical 
Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program to assist State and local 
governments; and $595,913,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016, shall be for research, development, test and evaluation, of which 
$575,808,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chemical Weapons 
Alternatives program.

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         Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department 
of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the Department 
of Defense for military personnel of the reserve components serving 
under the provisions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for 
operation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 
development, test and evaluation, $950,687,000, of which $669,631,000 
shall be for counter-narcotics support; $105,591,000 shall be for the 
drug demand reduction program; and $175,465,000 shall be for the 
National Guard counter-drug program:  Provided, That the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for obligation for 
the same time period and for the same purpose as the appropriation to 
which transferred:  Provided further, That upon a determination that all 
or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be 
transferred back to this appropriation:  Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 
other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.

                     Office of the Inspector General

    For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $311,830,000, of which $309,430,000 shall be for operation and 
maintenance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for 
emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval or 
authority of the Inspector General, and payments may be made on the 
Inspector General's certificate of necessity for confidential military 
purposes; of which $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, shall be for procurement; and of which $1,400,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016, shall be for research, development, 
test and evaluation.

             Support for International Sporting Competitions

    For logistical and security support for international sporting 
competitions (including pay and non-travel related allowances only for 
members of the Reserve Components of the Armed Forces of the United 
States called or ordered to active duty in connection with providing 
such support), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                                TITLE VII

                            RELATED AGENCIES

    Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund

    For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper funding level for 
continuing the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
and Disability System, $514,000,000.

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                Intelligence Community Management Account

    For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Management 
Account, $507,600,000.

                               TITLE VIII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 8001.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the 
Congress.
    Sec. 8002.  During <<NOTE: 10 USC 1584 note.>>  the current fiscal 
year, provisions of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or 
employment of, any person not a citizen of the United States shall not 
apply to personnel of the Department of Defense:  Provided, That salary 
increases granted to direct and indirect hire foreign national employees 
of the Department of Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate 
in excess of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is computed under the 
provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or at a rate 
in excess of the percentage increase provided by the appropriate host 
nation to its own employees, whichever is higher:  Provided further, 
That this section shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign 
service national employees serving at United States diplomatic missions 
whose pay is set by the Department of State under the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980:  Provided further, That the limitations of this provision 
shall not apply to foreign national employees of the Department of 
Defense in the Republic of Turkey.

    Sec. 8003.  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. 8004.  No more than 20 percent of the appropriations in this 
Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year 
shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the fiscal year:  
Provided, That this section shall not apply to obligations for support 
of active duty training of reserve components or summer camp training of 
the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

                           (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8005.  Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such 
action is necessary in the national interest, he may, with the approval 
of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed 
$4,500,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense or 
funds made available in this Act to the Department of Defense for 
military functions (except military construction) between such 
appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with 
and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, 
as the appropriation or fund to which transferred:  Provided, That such 
authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, 
based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which 
originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds 
are requested has been denied by the Congress:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all 
transfers made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in this

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Act:  Provided further, That no part of the funds in this Act shall be 
available to prepare or present a request to the Committees on 
Appropriations for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher priority 
items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which 
originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which 
reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Congress:  Provided 
further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using 
authority provided in this section shall be made prior to June 30, 2015: 
 Provided further, That transfers among military personnel 
appropriations shall not be taken into account for purposes of the 
limitation on the amount of funds that may be transferred under this 
section.
    Sec. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific programs, 
projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and adjustments to 
budget activities corresponding to such programs, projects, and 
activities) contained in the tables titled ``Explanation of Project 
Level Adjustments'' in the explanatory statement regarding this Act, the 
obligation and expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act for those programs, projects, and activities for 
which the amounts appropriated exceed the amounts requested are hereby 
required by law to be carried out in the manner provided by such tables 
to the same extent as if the tables were included in the text of this 
Act.
    (b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described in 
subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of appropriations 
for purposes of section 8005 of this Act:  Provided, That section 8005 
shall apply when transfers of the amounts described in subsection (a) 
occur between appropriation accounts.
    Sec. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Department of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional 
defense committees to establish the baseline for application of 
reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2015:  Provided, 
That the report shall include--
            (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column to 
        display the President's budget request, adjustments made by 
        Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
        appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
            (2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
        by budget activity and program, project, and activity as 
        detailed in the Budget Appendix; and
            (3) an identification of items of special congressional 
        interest.

    (b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer 
until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the 
congressional defense committees, unless the Secretary of Defense 
certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that such 
reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement.

                           (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8008.  During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working 
capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant to 
section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may be maintained in only 
such amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be 
made from such funds:  Provided,

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That transfers may be made between such funds:  Provided further, That 
transfers may be made between working capital funds and the ``Foreign 
Currency Fluctuations, Defense'' appropriation and the ``Operation and 
Maintenance'' appropriation accounts in such amounts as may be 
determined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the Office 
of Management and Budget, except that such transfers may not be made 
unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress of the 
proposed transfer. Except in amounts equal to the amounts appropriated 
to working capital funds in this Act, no obligations may be made against 
a working capital fund to procure or increase the value of war reserve 
material inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the 
Congress prior to any such obligation.
    Sec. 8009.  Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used to 
initiate a special access program without prior notification 30 calendar 
days in advance to the congressional defense committees.
    Sec. 8010.  None <<NOTE: 10 USC 2306b note.>>  of the funds provided 
in this Act shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract 
that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of 
$20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that includes an unfunded 
contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for 
advance procurement leading to a multiyear contract that employs 
economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one 
year, unless the congressional defense committees have been notified at 
least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award:  Provided, That 
no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to 
initiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order quantity 
advance procurement is not funded at least to the limits of the 
Government's liability:  Provided further, That no part of any 
appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate 
multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or component thereof if 
the value of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless 
specifically provided in this Act:  Provided further, That no multiyear 
procurement contract can be terminated without 30-day prior notification 
to the congressional defense committees:  Provided further, That the 
execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a present 
value analysis to determine lowest cost compared to an annual 
procurement:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this 
Act may be used for a multiyear contract executed after the date of the 
enactment of this Act unless in the case of any such contract--
            (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress a 
        budget request for full funding of units to be procured through 
        the contract and, in the case of a contract for procurement of 
        aircraft, that includes, for any aircraft unit to be procured 
        through the contract for which procurement funds are requested 
        in that budget request for production beyond advance procurement 
        activities in the fiscal year covered by the budget, full 
        funding of procurement of such unit in that fiscal year;
            (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not include 
        consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the contractor 
        associated with the production of unfunded units to be delivered 
        under the contract;
            (3) the contract provides that payments to the contractor 
        under the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred 
        costs on funded units; and

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            (4) the contract does not provide for a price adjustment 
        based on a failure to award a follow-on contract.

    Sec. 8011.  Within the funds appropriated for the operation and 
maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appropriated pursuant 
to section 401 of title 10, United States Code, for humanitarian and 
civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. 
Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic assistance 
costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant to authority 
granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code, 
and these obligations shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 
title 10, United States Code:  Provided, That funds available for 
operation and maintenance shall be available for providing humanitarian 
and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams in the Trust 
Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely associated states of 
Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized by 
Public Law 99-239:  Provided further, That upon a determination by the 
Secretary of the Army that such action is beneficial for graduate 
medical education programs conducted at Army medical facilities located 
in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize the provision of 
medical services at such facilities and transportation to such 
facilities, 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.
    Sec. 8012. (a) During fiscal year 2015, the civilian personnel of 
the Department of Defense may not be managed on the basis of any end-
strength, and the management of such personnel during that fiscal year 
shall not be subject to any constraint or limitation (known as an end-
strength) on the number of such personnel who may be employed on the 
last day of such fiscal year.
    (b) The fiscal year 2016 budget request for the Department of 
Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation 
supporting the fiscal year 2016 Department of Defense budget request 
shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) 
and (b) of this provision were effective with regard to fiscal year 
2016.
    (c) As required by section 1107 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 10 U.S.C. 
2358 note) civilian personnel at the Department of Army Science and 
Technology Reinvention Laboratories may not be managed on the basis of 
the Table of Distribution and Allowances, and the management of the 
workforce strength shall be done in a manner consistent with the budget 
available with respect to such Laboratories.
    (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to military 
(civilian) technicians.
    Sec. 8013.  None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before the 
Congress.
    Sec. 8014.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available for the basic pay and allowances of any member of the Army 
participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits paid by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs from the Department of Defense Education 
Benefits Fund when time spent as a full-time student is credited toward 
completion of a service commitment:

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 Provided, That this section shall not apply to those members who have 
reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 1987:  Provided further, 
That this section applies only to active components of the Army.

                           (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8015.  Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the 
Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Proteegee Program may be transferred 
to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for the purpose 
of implementing a Mentor-Proteegee Program developmental assistance 
agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as 
amended, under the authority of this provision or any other transfer 
authority contained in this Act.
    Sec. 8016.  None of the funds in this Act may be available for the 
purchase by the Department of Defense (and its departments and agencies) 
of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and 
under unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured in the United 
States from components which are substantially manufactured in the 
United States:  Provided, That for the purpose of this section, the term 
``manufactured'' shall include cutting, heat treating, quality control, 
testing of chain and welding (including the forging and shot blasting 
process):  Provided further, That for the purpose of this section 
substantially all of the components of anchor and mooring chain shall be 
considered to be produced or manufactured in the United States if the 
aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured in the United 
States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or 
manufactured outside the United States:  Provided further, That when 
adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of 
Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of the service 
responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-
case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations 
that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for 
national security purposes.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8017.  In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, 
there is appropriated $175,000,000, for an additional amount for 
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That such funds shall only be available to the 
Secretary of Defense, acting through the Office of Economic Adjustment 
of the Department of Defense, or for transfer to the Secretary of 
Education, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to make grants, 
conclude cooperative agreements, or supplement other Federal funds to 
construct, renovate, repair, or expand elementary and secondary public 
schools on military installations in order to address capacity or 
facility condition deficiencies at such schools:  Provided further, That 
in making such funds available, the Office of Economic Adjustment or the 
Secretary of Education shall give priority consideration to those 
military installations with schools having the most serious capacity or 
facility condition deficiencies as determined by the Secretary of 
Defense:  Provided further, That a matching share, as outlined by the 
Department of Defense in the guidelines published in the September 9, 
2011,

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Federal Register (76 Fed. Reg. 55883), is required to be provided by the 
local education authority or the State in which the school is located:  
Provided further, That these provisions apply to funds provided under 
this section, and to funds previously provided by Congress to construct, 
renovate, repair, or expand elementary and secondary public schools on 
military installations in order to address capacity or facility 
condition deficiencies at such schools to the extent such funds remain 
unobligated on the date of enactment of this section.
    Sec. 8018.  None of the funds available to the Department of Defense 
may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M-1 Carbines, M-1 Garand 
rifles, M-14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M-1911 
pistols, or to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or 
ammunition components that are not otherwise prohibited from commercial 
sale under Federal law, unless the small arms ammunition or ammunition 
components are certified by the Secretary of the Army or designee as 
unserviceable, unsuitable, or unsafe for further use.
    Sec. 8019.  No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act shall be used during a single fiscal year for any 
single relocation of an organization, unit, activity or function of the 
Department of Defense into or within the National Capital Region:  
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a 
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congressional defense 
committees that such a relocation is required in the best interest of 
the Government.
    Sec. 8020.  Of the funds made available in this Act, $15,000,000 
shall be available for incentive payments authorized by section 504 of 
the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544):  Provided, That a 
prime contractor or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 
award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in section 1544 of 
title 25, United States Code, or a small business owned and controlled 
by an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) of title 
25, United States Code, shall be considered a contractor for the 
purposes of being allowed additional compensation under section 504 of 
the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544) whenever the prime 
contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and involves the 
expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense with respect to any fiscal year:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 41, United States 
Code, this section shall be applicable to any Department of Defense 
acquisition of supplies or services, including any contract and any 
subcontract at any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 
manufactured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor or supplier 
defined in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small 
business owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined 
under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code.
    Sec. 8021.  Funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense Media 
Activity shall not be used for any national or international political 
or psychological activities.
    Sec. 8022.  During the current fiscal year, the Department of 
Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to exceed $350,000,000 
for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10, United States 
Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only from the 
Government of Kuwait, under that section:  Provided, That upon receipt, 
such contributions from the Government of

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Kuwait shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which incurred 
such obligations.
    Sec. 8023. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, not less 
than $39,500,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol 
Corporation, of which--
            (1) $27,400,000 shall be available from ``Operation and 
        Maintenance, Air Force'' to support Civil Air Patrol Corporation 
        operation and maintenance, readiness, counter-drug activities, 
        and drug demand reduction activities involving youth programs;
            (2) $10,400,000 shall be available from ``Aircraft 
        Procurement, Air Force''; and
            (3) $1,700,000 shall be available from ``Other Procurement, 
        Air Force'' for vehicle procurement.

    (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reimbursement for 
any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities in 
support of Federal, State, and local government agencies.
    Sec. 8024. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act are 
available to establish a new Department of Defense (department) 
federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), either as a 
new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by an organization 
managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation 
consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other nonprofit entities.
    (b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, Advisory 
Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any similar entity 
of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except 
when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may be compensated for his 
or her services as a member of such entity, or as a paid consultant by 
more than one FFRDC in a fiscal year:  Provided, That a member of any 
such entity referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed 
travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint 
Travel Regulations, when engaged in the performance of membership 
duties.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
available to the department from any source during fiscal year 2015 may 
be used by a defense FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, 
for construction of new buildings, for payment of cost sharing for 
projects funded by Government grants, for absorption of contract 
overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 
employee participation in community service and/or development.
    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
available to the department during fiscal year 2015, not more than 5,750 
staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded for defense 
FFRDCs:  Provided, That of the specific amount referred to previously in 
this subsection, not more than 1,125 staff years may be funded for the 
defense studies and analysis FFRDCs:  Provided further, That this 
subsection shall not apply to staff years funded in the National 
Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Military Intelligence Program (MIP).
    (e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of the 
department's fiscal year 2016 budget request, submit a report presenting 
the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allocated 
for each defense FFRDC during that fiscal year and the associated budget 
estimates.

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    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total 
amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is hereby reduced by 
$40,000,000.
    Sec. 8025.  None of the funds appropriated or made available in this 
Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate for use 
in any Government-owned facility or property under the control of the 
Department of Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 
States or Canada:  Provided, That these procurement restrictions shall 
apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, American Society of 
Testing and Materials (ASTM) or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) 
specifications of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the military department responsible for the 
procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by 
certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are 
not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 
capability for national security purposes:  Provided further, That these 
restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in being as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 8026.  For <<NOTE: 10 USC 2731 note.>>  the purposes of this 
Act, the term ``congressional defense committees'' means the Armed 
Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed Services 
Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

    Sec. 8027.  During the current fiscal year, the Department of 
Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and repair of 
aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the production of components 
and other Defense-related articles, through competition between 
Department of Defense depot maintenance activities and private firms:  
Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military 
department or Defense Agency concerned, with power of delegation, shall 
certify that successful bids include comparable estimates of all direct 
and indirect costs for both public and private bids:  Provided further, 
That Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 shall not apply to 
competitions conducted under this section.
    Sec. 8028. (a)(1) <<NOTE: 41 USC 8304 note.>>  If the Secretary of 
Defense, after consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 
determines that a foreign country which is party to an agreement 
described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of the agreement by 
discriminating against certain types of products produced in the United 
States that are covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 
rescind the Secretary's blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with 
respect to such types of products produced in that foreign country.

    (2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal 
defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the United 
States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense 
has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for certain products in 
that country.
    (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report 
on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from foreign entities 
in fiscal year 2015. Such report shall separately indicate the dollar 
value of items for which the Buy American

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Act was waived pursuant to any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), 
the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any 
international agreement to which the United States is a party.
    (c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Buy American Act'' 
means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
    Sec. 8029.  During the current fiscal year, amounts contained in the 
Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery 
Account established by section 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) 
shall be available until expended for the payments specified by section 
2921(c)(2) of that Act.
    Sec. 8030. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the Air Force, 
without consideration, to Indian tribes located in the States of Nevada, 
Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 
Washington relocatable military housing units located at Grand Forks Air 
Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mountain Home Air Force Base, 
Ellsworth Air Force Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are excess to 
the needs of the Air Force.
    (b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no cost to the 
Air Force, military housing units under subsection (a) in accordance 
with the request for such units that are submitted to the Secretary by 
the Operation Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 
in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, 
Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any such conveyance shall be subject 
to the condition that the housing units shall be removed within a 
reasonable period of time, as determined by the Secretary.
    (c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall resolve any conflicts 
among requests of Indian tribes for housing units under subsection (a) 
before submitting requests to the Secretary of the Air Force under 
subsection (b).
    (d) In this section, the term ``Indian tribe'' means any recognized 
Indian tribe included on the current list published by the Secretary of 
the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe 
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a-1).
    Sec. 8031.  During the current fiscal year, appropriations which are 
available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may 
be used to purchase items having an investment item unit cost of not 
more than $250,000.
    Sec. 8032. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the 
appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense Working 
Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an investment item for 
the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for sale or anticipated 
sale during the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 
customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds if such an 
item would not have been chargeable to the Department of Defense 
Business Operations Fund during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of 
such an investment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal 
year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense for 
procurement.
    (b) The fiscal year 2016 budget request for the Department of 
Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation 
supporting the fiscal year 2016 Department of Defense budget

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shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress on the basis that any 
equipment which was classified as an end item and funded in a 
procurement appropriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in 
a proposed fiscal year 2016 procurement appropriation and not in the 
supply management business area or any other area or category of the 
Department of Defense Working Capital Funds.
    Sec. 8033.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs 
of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available for obligation 
beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for the 
Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain available until September 
30, 2016: <<NOTE: 50 USC 3521 note.>>   Provided, That funds 
appropriated, transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central 
Intelligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund during this or 
any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until 
expended:  Provided further, That any funds appropriated or transferred 
to the Central Intelligence Agency for advanced research and development 
acquisition, for agent operations, and for covert action programs 
authorized by the President under section 503 of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain available until September 30, 
2016.

    Sec. 8034.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
available in this Act for the Defense Intelligence Agency may be used 
for the design, development, and deployment of General Defense 
Intelligence Program intelligence communications and intelligence 
information systems for the Services, the Unified and Specified 
Commands, and the component commands.
    Sec. 8035.  Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', not less 
than $12,000,000 shall be made available only for the mitigation of 
environmental impacts, including training and technical assistance to 
tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of information, 
documenting of environmental damage, and developing a system for 
prioritization of mitigation and cost to complete estimates for 
mitigation, on Indian lands resulting from Department of Defense 
activities.
    Sec. 8036. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless the entity, in 
expending the funds, complies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of 
this subsection, the term ``Buy American Act'' means chapter 83 of title 
41, United States Code.
    (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has been 
convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ``Made in 
America'' inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the United 
States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall determine, in 
accordance with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, whether 
the person should be debarred from contracting with the Department of 
Defense.
    (c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with 
appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress 
that any entity of the Department of Defense, in expending the 
appropriation, purchase only American-made equipment and products, 
provided that American-made equipment and products are cost-competitive, 
quality competitive, and available in a timely fashion.

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    Sec. 8037.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available for a contract for studies, analysis, or consulting services 
entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal 
unless the head of the activity responsible for the procurement 
determines--
            (1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, only one 
        source is found fully qualified to perform the proposed work;
            (2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an unsolicited 
        proposal which offers significant scientific or technological 
        promise, represents the product of original thinking, and was 
        submitted in confidence by one source; or
            (3) the purpose of the contract is to take advantage of 
        unique and significant industrial accomplishment by a specific 
        concern, or to insure that a new product or idea of a specific 
        concern is given financial support:  Provided, That this 
        limitation shall not apply to contracts in an amount of less 
        than $25,000, contracts related to improvements of equipment 
        that is in development or production, or contracts as to which a 
        civilian official of the Department of Defense, who has been 
        confirmed by the Senate, determines that the award of such 
        contract is in the interest of the national defense.

    Sec. 8038. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), none 
of the funds made available by this Act may be used--
            (1) to establish a field operating agency; or
            (2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces or 
        civilian employee of the department who is transferred or 
        reassigned from a headquarters activity if the member or 
        employee's place of duty remains at the location of that 
        headquarters.

    (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department 
may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by-case basis, if 
the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 
granting of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the 
financial requirements of the department.
    (c) This section does not apply to--
            (1) field operating agencies funded within the National 
        Intelligence Program;
            (2) an Army field operating agency established to eliminate, 
        mitigate, or counter the effects of improvised explosive 
        devices, and, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, other 
        similar threats;
            (3) an Army field operating agency established to improve 
        the effectiveness and efficiencies of biometric activities and 
        to integrate common biometric technologies throughout the 
        Department of Defense; or
            (4) an Air Force field operating agency established to 
        administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Program and Mortuary 
        Operations for the Department of Defense and authorized Federal 
        entities.

    Sec. 8039. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to convert to contractor performance an activity or function 
of the Department of Defense that, on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian employees 
unless--

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            (1) the conversion is based on the result of a public-
        private competition that includes a most efficient and cost 
        effective organization plan developed by such activity or 
        function;
            (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines that, over 
        all performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for 
        performance of the activity or function, the cost of performance 
        of the activity or function by a contractor would be less costly 
        to the Department of Defense by an amount that equals or exceeds 
        the lesser of--
                    (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization's 
                personnel-related costs for performance of that activity 
                or function by Federal employees; or
                    (B) $10,000,000; and
            (3) the contractor does not receive an advantage for a 
        proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of Defense 
        by--
                    (A) not making an employer-sponsored health 
                insurance plan available to the workers who are to be 
                employed in the performance of that activity or function 
                under the contract; or
                    (B) offering to such workers an employer-sponsored 
                health benefits plan that requires the employer to 
                contribute less towards the premium or subscription 
                share than the amount that is paid by the Department of 
                Defense for health benefits for civilian employees under 
                chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.

    (b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection (a) 
of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 of title 
10, United States Code, and notwithstanding any administrative 
regulation, requirement, or policy to the contrary shall have full 
authority to enter into a contract for the performance of any commercial 
or industrial type function of the Department of Defense that--
            (A) is included on the procurement list established pursuant 
        to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (section 8503 of 
        title 41, United States Code);
            (B) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 
        nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit 
        agency for other severely handicapped individuals in accordance 
        with that Act; or
            (C) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 
        firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an Indian tribe, as 
        defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and 
        Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native 
        Hawaiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the 
        Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)).

    (2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or contracts for 
depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 2474 of title 10, 
United States Code.
    (c) The conversion of any activity or function of the Department of 
Defense under the authority provided by this section shall be credited 
toward any competitive or outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that 
may be established by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed to be 
awarded under the authority of, and in compliance with, subsection (h) 
of section 2304 of title 10, United States Code, for the competition or 
outsourcing of commercial activities.

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                              (rescissions)

    Sec. 8040.  Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense 
Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the 
following accounts and programs in the specified amounts:  Provided, 
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
or as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on 
the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended:
            ``Aircraft Procurement, Army'', 2013/2015, $18,242,000;
            ``Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army'', 2013/2015, 
        $5,000,000;
            ``Other Procurement, Army'', 2013/2015, $97,000,000;
            ``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'', 2013/2015, $47,200,000;
            ``Procurement, Marine Corps'', 2013/2015, $40,217,000;
            ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', 2013/2015, $64,600,000;
            ``Missile Procurement, Air Force'', 2013/2015, $13,800,000;
            ``Aircraft Procurement, Army'', 2014/2016, $30,000,000;
            ``Other Procurement, Army'', 2014/2016, $213,998,000;
            ``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'', 2014/2016, $196,622,000;
            ``Weapons Procurement, Navy'', 2014/2016, $63,400,000;
            ``Other Procurement, Navy'', 2014/2016, $1,505,000;
            ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', 2014/2016, $83,400,000;
            ``Missile Procurement, Air Force'', 2014/2016, $157,209,000;
            ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', 2014/2016, $12,100,000;
            ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Army'', 2014/
        2015, $5,000,000;
            ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force'', 
        2014/2015, $37,000,000; and
            ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'', 2014/
        2015, $141,727,000.

    Sec. 8041.  None of the funds available in this Act may be used to 
reduce the authorized positions for military technicians (dual status) 
of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air 
Force Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively imposed 
civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military technicians 
(dual status), unless such reductions are a direct result of a reduction 
in military force structure.
    Sec. 8042.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance to the 
Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically appropriated 
for that purpose.
    Sec. 8043.  Funds appropriated in this Act for operation and 
maintenance of the Military Departments, Combatant Commands and Defense 
Agencies shall be available for reimbursement of pay, allowances and 
other expenses which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations 
for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the National Guard 
and Reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence support to 
Combatant Commands, Defense Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, 
including the activities and programs included within the National 
Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program:  Provided, 
That nothing in this section authorizes deviation from established 
Reserve and National Guard personnel and training procedures.

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    Sec. 8044.  Of the amounts appropriated for ``Working Capital Fund, 
Army'', $225,000,000 shall be available to maintain competitive rates at 
the arsenals.
    Sec. 8045. (a) <<NOTE: 10 USC 374 note.>>  None of the funds 
available to the Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug 
interdiction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other 
department or agency of the United States except as specifically 
provided in an appropriations law.

    (b) <<NOTE: 50 USC 3506 note.>>  None of the funds available to the 
Central Intelligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 
counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other department or 
agency of the United States except as specifically provided in an 
appropriations law.

    Sec. 8046.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than those 
produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin:  Provided, That 
the Secretary of the military department responsible for such 
procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by 
certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic supplies are 
not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 
capability for national security purposes:  Provided further, That this 
restriction shall not apply to the purchase of ``commercial items'', as 
defined by section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
Act, except that the restriction shall apply to ball or roller bearings 
purchased as end items.
    Sec. 8047.  In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available elsewhere in this Act, $44,000,000 is hereby appropriated 
to the Department of Defense:  Provided, That upon the determination of 
the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest, the 
Secretary shall make grants in the amounts specified as follows: 
$20,000,000 to the United Service Organizations and $24,000,000 to the 
Red Cross.
    Sec. 8048.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to purchase 
any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the United States, unless 
the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense 
committees that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 
capability for national security purposes that is not available from 
United States manufacturers.
    Sec. 8049.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the 
Small Business Innovation Research program and the Small Business 
Technology Transfer program set-asides shall be taken proportionally 
from all programs, projects, or activities to the extent they contribute 
to the extramural budget.
    Sec. 8050. (a) <<NOTE: 22 USC 2323.>>  Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, none of the funds available to the Department of 
Defense for the current fiscal year and hereafter may be obligated or 
expended to transfer to another nation or an international organization 
any defense articles or services (other than intelligence services) for 
use in the activities described in subsection (b) unless the 
congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer.

    (b) This section applies to--

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            (1) any international peacekeeping or peace-enforcement 
        operation under the authority of chapter VI or chapter VII of 
        the United Nations Charter under the authority of a United 
        Nations Security Council resolution; and
            (2) any other international peacekeeping, peace-enforcement, 
        or humanitarian assistance operation.

    (c) A notice under subsection (a) shall include the following:
            (1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or services to 
        be transferred.
            (2) A statement of the value of the equipment, supplies, or 
        services to be transferred.
            (3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equipment or 
        supplies--
                    (A) a statement of whether the inventory 
                requirements of all elements of the Armed Forces 
                (including the reserve components) for the type of 
                equipment or supplies to be transferred have been met; 
                and
                    (B) a statement of whether the items proposed to be 
                transferred will have to be replaced and, if so, how the 
                President proposes to provide funds for such 
                replacement.

    Sec. 8051.  None of the funds available to the Department of Defense 
under this Act shall be obligated or expended to pay a contractor under 
a contract with the Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid 
by the contractor to an employee when--
            (1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of the 
        normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; and
            (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated 
        with a business combination.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8052.  During the current fiscal year, no more than $30,000,000 
of appropriations made in this Act under the heading ``Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' may be transferred to appropriations 
available for the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to 
be available for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in connection with 
support and services for eligible organizations and activities outside 
the Department of Defense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United 
States Code.
    Sec. 8053.  During the current fiscal year, in the case of an 
appropriation account of the Department of Defense for which the period 
of availability for obligation has expired or which has closed under the 
provisions of section 1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which 
has a negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obligation or an 
adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any current appropriation 
account for the same purpose as the expired or closed account if--
            (1) the obligation would have been properly chargeable 
        (except as to amount) to the expired or closed account before 
        the end of the period of availability or closing of that 
        account;
            (2) the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to 
        any current appropriation account of the Department of Defense; 
        and

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            (3) in the case of an expired account, the obligation is not 
        chargeable to a current appropriation of the Department of 
        Defense under the provisions of section 1405(b)(8) of the 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public 
        Law 101-510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note):  Provided, That 
        in the case of an expired account, if subsequent review or 
        investigation discloses that there was not in fact a negative 
        unliquidated or unexpended balance in the account, any charge to 
        a current account under the authority of this section shall be 
        reversed and recorded against the expired account:  Provided 
        further, That the total amount charged to a current 
        appropriation under this section may not exceed an amount equal 
        to 1 percent of the total appropriation for that account.

    Sec. 8054. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief 
of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of equipment of the 
National Guard Distance Learning Project by any person or entity on a 
space-available, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such use on a 
case-by-case basis.
    (b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be credited to 
funds available for the National Guard Distance Learning Project and be 
available to defray the costs associated with the use of equipment of 
the project under that subsection. Such funds shall be available for 
such purposes without fiscal year limitation.
    Sec. 8055.  Using funds made available by this Act or any other Act, 
the Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant to a determination under 
section 2690 of title 10, United States Code, may implement cost-
effective agreements for required heating facility modernization in the 
Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Republic of Germany:  
Provided, That in the City of Kaiserslautern and at the Rhine Ordnance 
Barracks area, such agreements will include the use of United States 
anthracite as the base load energy for municipal district heat to the 
United States Defense installations:  Provided further, That at 
Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center and Ramstein Air Base, furnished 
heat may be obtained from private, regional or municipal services, if 
provisions are included for the consideration of United States coal as 
an energy source.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8056.  Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide'', $25,000,000 shall be for 
continued implementation and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special 
Victims' Counsel Program, and $5,709,000 shall be for support of high 
priority Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program requirements and 
activities, including the training and funding of personnel:  Provided, 
That the funds are made available for transfer to the Department of the 
Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force:  
Provided further, That funds transferred shall be merged with and 
available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 
appropriations to which the funds are transferred:  Provided further, 
That this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act.
    Sec. 8057.  None of the funds appropriated in title IV of this Act 
may be used to procure end-items for delivery to military

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forces for operational training, operational use or inventory 
requirements:  Provided, That this restriction does not apply to end-
items used in development, prototyping, and test activities preceding 
and leading to acceptance for operational use:  Provided further, That 
this restriction does not apply to programs funded within the National 
Intelligence Program:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in 
writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate that it is in the national security 
interest to do so.
    Sec. 8058. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-by-case 
basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation on the 
procurement of defense items from foreign sources provided in law if the 
Secretary determines that the application of the limitation with respect 
to that country would invalidate cooperative programs entered into 
between the Department of Defense and the foreign country, or would 
invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of defense 
items entered into under section 2531 of title 10, United States Code, 
and the country does not discriminate against the same or similar 
defense items produced in the United States for that country.
    (b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to--
            (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised 
        after such date under contracts that are entered into before 
        such date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason other 
        than the application of a waiver granted under subsection (a).

    (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding 
construction of public vessels, ball and roller bearings, food, and 
clothing or textile materials as defined by section 11 (chapters 50-65) 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and products classified under headings 
4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 
7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 
8211, 8215, and 9404.
    Sec. 8059. (a) In General.--(1) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used for any training, equipment, or other assistance 
for a unit of a foreign security force if the Secretary of Defense has 
credible information that the unit has committed a gross violation of 
human rights.
            (2) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
        Secretary of State, shall ensure that prior to a decision to 
        provide any training, equipment, or other assistance to a unit 
        of a foreign security force full consideration is given to any 
        credible information available to the Department of State 
        relating to human rights violations by such unit.

    (b) Exception.--The prohibition in subsection (a)(1) shall not apply 
if the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of 
State, determines that the government of such country has taken all 
necessary corrective steps, or if the equipment or other assistance is 
necessary to assist in disaster relief operations or other humanitarian 
or national security emergencies.
    (c) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the 
Secretary of State, may waive the prohibition in subsection (a)(1) if 
the Secretary of Defense determines that such waiver is required by 
extraordinary circumstances.

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    (d) Procedures.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish, and 
periodically update, procedures to ensure that any information in the 
possession of the Department of Defense about gross violations of human 
rights by units of foreign security forces is shared on a timely basis 
with the Department of State.
    (e) Report.--Not more than 15 days after the application of any 
exception under subsection (b) or the exercise of any waiver under 
subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report--
            (1) in the case of an exception under subsection (b), 
        providing notice of the use of the exception and stating the 
        grounds for the exception; and
            (2) in the case of a waiver under subsection (c), describing 
        the information relating to the gross violation of human rights; 
        the extraordinary circumstances that necessitate the waiver; the 
        purpose and duration of the training, equipment, or other 
        assistance; and the United States forces and the foreign 
        security force unit involved.

    (f) Definition.--For purposes of this section the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' means the congressional defense committees 
and the Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 8060.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or other Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may 
be obligated or expended for the purpose of performing repairs or 
maintenance to military family housing units of the Department of 
Defense, including areas in such military family housing units that may 
be used for the purpose of conducting official Department of Defense 
business.
    Sec. 8061.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated in this Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' for any new start advanced concept 
technology demonstration project or joint capability demonstration 
project may only be obligated 45 days after a report, including a 
description of the project, the planned acquisition and transition 
strategy and its estimated annual and total cost, has been provided in 
writing to the congressional defense committees:  Provided, That the 
Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis 
by certifying to the congressional defense committees that it is in the 
national interest to do so.
    Sec. 8062.  The Secretary of Defense shall provide a classified 
quarterly report beginning 30 days after enactment of this Act, to the 
House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Subcommittees on Defense on 
certain matters as directed in the classified annex accompanying this 
Act.
    Sec. 8063.  During <<NOTE: 10 USC 2241 note.>>  the current fiscal 
year and hereafter, none of the funds available to the Department of 
Defense may be used to provide support to another department or agency 
of the United States if such department or agency is more than 90 days 
in arrears in making payment to the Department of Defense for goods or 
services previously provided to such department or agency on a 
reimbursable basis:  Provided, That this restriction shall not apply if 
the department is authorized by law to provide support to such 
department or agency on a nonreimbursable basis, and is providing the 
requested support pursuant to such authority:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case 
basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on

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Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that it is 
in the national security interest to do so.

    Sec. 8064.  Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, a member of the National Guard serving on full-time 
National Guard duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States 
Code, may perform duties in support of the ground-based elements of the 
National Ballistic Missile Defense System.
    Sec. 8065.  None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to 
transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition held by the Department 
of Defense that has a center-fire cartridge and a United States military 
nomenclature designation of ``armor penetrator'', ``armor piercing 
(AP)'', ``armor piercing incendiary (API)'', or ``armor-piercing 
incendiary tracer (API-T)'', except to an entity performing 
demilitarization services for the Department of Defense under a contract 
that requires the entity to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the 
Department of Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) 
rendered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) used 
to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a contract with the Department of 
Defense or the manufacture of ammunition for export pursuant to a 
License for Permanent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by 
the Department of State.
    Sec. 8066.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief of 
the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, may waive payment of all or 
part of the consideration that otherwise would be required under section 
2667 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of personal 
property for a period not in excess of 1 year to any organization 
specified in section 508(d) of title 32, United States Code, or any 
other youth, social, or fraternal nonprofit organization as may be 
approved by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, on 
a case-by-case basis.
    Sec. 8067.  In specifying the amounts requested for the Department 
of the Army for Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, the budget of the 
President submitted to Congress shall request such amounts in the 
Cemeterial Expenses, Army appropriation, and shall not request such 
amounts in the Operation and Maintenance, Army appropriation.
    Sec. 8068.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used 
for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity of the Department 
of Defense that procures malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated 
funds for resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink) 
on a military installation located in the United States unless such malt 
beverages and wine are procured within that State, or in the case of the 
District of Columbia, within the District of Columbia, in which the 
military installation is located:  Provided, That in a case in which the 
military installation is located in more than one State, purchases may 
be made in any State in which the installation is located:  Provided 
further, That such local procurement requirements for malt beverages and 
wine shall apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military 
installations in States which are not contiguous with another State:  
Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt 
beverages, in contiguous States and the District of Columbia shall be 
procured from the most competitive source, price and other factors 
considered.

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                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8069.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $106,189,900 shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer 
such funds to other activities of the Federal Government:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into and 
carry out contracts for the acquisition of real property, construction, 
personal services, and operations related to projects carrying out the 
purposes of this section:  Provided further, That contracts entered into 
under the authority of this section may provide for such indemnification 
as the Secretary determines to be necessary:  Provided further, That 
projects authorized by this section shall comply with applicable 
Federal, State, and local law to the maximum extent consistent with the 
national security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
    Sec. 8070. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act may be used to take any action to modify--
            (1) the appropriations account structure for the National 
        Intelligence Program budget, including through the creation of a 
        new appropriation or new appropriation account;
            (2) how the National Intelligence Program budget request is 
        presented in the unclassified P-1, R-1, and O-1 documents 
        supporting the Department of Defense budget request;
            (3) the process by which the National Intelligence Program 
        appropriations are apportioned to the executing agencies; or
            (4) the process by which the National Intelligence Program 
        appropriations are allotted, obligated and disbursed.

    (b) Nothing in section (a) shall be construed to prohibit the merger 
of programs or changes to the National Intelligence Program budget at or 
below the Expenditure Center level, provided such change is otherwise in 
accordance with paragraphs (a)(1)-(3).
    (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of 
Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of achieving auditable 
financial statements and improving fiscal reporting, study and develop 
detailed proposals for alternative financial management processes. Such 
study shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk assessment 
to ensure that none of the alternative processes will adversely affect 
counterintelligence.
    (d) Upon development of the detailed proposals defined under 
subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 
of Defense shall--
            (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all affected 
        agencies;
            (2) receive certification from all affected agencies 
        attesting that the proposed alternatives will help achieve 
        auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and will not adversely 
        affect counterintelligence; and
            (3) not later than 30 days after receiving all necessary 
        certifications under paragraph (2), present the proposed 
        alternatives and certifications to the congressional defense and 
        intelligence committees.

    (e) This section shall not be construed to alter or affect the 
application of section 1627 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 to the amounts made available by this Act.

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                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8071.  During the current fiscal year, not to exceed 
$200,000,000 from funds available under ``Operation and Maintenance, 
Defense-Wide'' may be transferred to the Department of State ``Global 
Security Contingency Fund'':  Provided, That this transfer authority is 
in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department 
of Defense:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 
fewer than 30 days prior to making transfers to the Department of State 
``Global Security Contingency Fund'', notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing with the source of funds and a detailed 
justification, execution plan, and timeline for each proposed project.
    Sec. 8072.  In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, 
$4,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, to 
remain available for obligation until expended:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, that upon the determination 
of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest, 
these funds shall be available only for a grant to the Fisher House 
Foundation, Inc., only for the construction and furnishing of additional 
Fisher Houses to meet the needs of military family members when 
confronted with the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military 
beneficiary.
    Sec. 8073.  The <<NOTE: 10 USC 2484 note.>>  Secretary of Defense 
shall issue regulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-
related products in military resale outlets in the United States, its 
territories and possessions at a price below the most competitive price 
in the local community:  Provided, That such regulations shall direct 
that the prices of tobacco or tobacco-related products in overseas 
military retail outlets shall be within the range of prices established 
for military retail system stores located in the United States.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8074.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the 
headings ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'' and ``Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', $619,814,000 shall be for the Israeli 
Cooperative Programs:  Provided, That of this amount, $350,972,000 shall 
be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of Israel 
for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-
range rocket threats, subject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement 
Agreement, as amended; $137,934,000 shall be for the Short Range 
Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise missile 
defense research and development under the SRBMD program, of which 
$15,000,000 shall be for production activities of SRBMD missiles in the 
United States and in Israel to meet Israel's defense requirements 
consistent with each nation's laws, regulations, and procedures; 
$74,707,000 shall be for an upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile 
Defense Architecture; and $56,201,000 shall be for the Arrow System 
Improvement Program including development of a long range, ground and 
airborne, detection suite:  Provided further, That funds made available 
under this provision for production of missiles and missile components 
may be transferred to appropriations available for the procurement of 
weapons and equipment, to be merged with and to be available for the 
same time period and the same purposes as the appropriation to which 
transferred:  Provided further, That

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the transfer authority provided under this provision is in addition to 
any other transfer authority contained in this Act.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8075.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', $991,285,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2015, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost 
increases:  Provided, That upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Navy shall transfer funds to the following appropriations in the 
amounts specified:  Provided further, That the amounts transferred shall 
be merged with and be available for the same purposes as the 
appropriations to which transferred to:
            (1) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', 
        2008/2015: Carrier Replacement Program $663,000,000;
            (2) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', 
        2009/2015: LPD-17 Amphibious Transport Dock Program $54,096,000;
            (3) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', 
        2010/2015: DDG-51 Destroyer $65,771,000;
            (4) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', 
        2010/2015: Littoral Combat Ship $35,345,000;
            (5) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', 
        2011/2015: DDG-51 Destroyer $63,373,000;
            (6) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', 
        2011/2015: Littoral Combat Ship $41,700,000;
            (7) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', 
        2011/2015: Joint High Speed Vessel $9,340,000;
            (8) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', 
        2012/2015: CVN Refueling Overhauls Program $54,000,000;
            (9) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', 
        2012/2015: Joint High Speed Vessel $2,620,000; and
            (10) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
        Navy'', 2013/2015: Joint High Speed Vessel $2,040,000.

    Sec. 8076.  Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the 
transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to 
be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 
2015 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015.
    Sec. 8077.  None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity unless 
such program, project, or activity must be undertaken immediately in the 
interest of national security and only after written prior notification 
to the congressional defense committees.
    Sec. 8078.  The <<NOTE: 10 USC 221 note.>>  budget of the President 
for fiscal year 2016 submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code, shall include separate budget 
justification documents for costs of United States Armed Forces' 
participation in contingency operations for the Military Personnel 
accounts, the Operation and Maintenance accounts, the Procurement 
accounts, and the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation accounts:  
Provided, That these documents shall include a description of the 
funding requested for each contingency operation, for each military

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service, to include all Active and Reserve components, and for each 
appropriations account:  Provided further, That these documents shall 
include estimated costs for each element of expense or object class, a 
reconciliation of increases and decreases for each contingency 
operation, and programmatic data including, but not limited to, troop 
strength for each Active and Reserve component, and estimates of the 
major weapons systems deployed in support of each contingency:  Provided 
further, That these documents shall include budget exhibits OP-5 and OP-
32 (as defined in the Department of Defense Financial Management 
Regulation) for all contingency operations for the budget year and the 
two preceding fiscal years.

    Sec. 8079.  None of the funds in this Act may be used for research, 
development, test, evaluation, procurement or deployment of nuclear 
armed interceptors of a missile defense system.
    Sec. 8080.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, to 
reflect savings due to favorable foreign exchange rates, the total 
amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced by $386,268,000.
    Sec. 8081.  None of the funds appropriated or made available in this 
Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation of the 53rd 
Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action 
would reduce the WC-130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the levels 
funded in this Act:  Provided, That the Air Force shall allow the 53rd 
Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to perform other missions in support of 
national defense requirements during the non-hurricane season.
    Sec. 8082.  None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available for integration of foreign intelligence information unless the 
information has been lawfully collected and processed during the conduct 
of authorized foreign intelligence activities:  Provided, That 
information pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled in 
accordance with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment of the 
United States Constitution as implemented through Executive Order No. 
12333.
    Sec. 8083. (a) At the time members of reserve components of the 
Armed Forces are called or ordered to active duty under section 12302(a) 
of title 10, United States Code, each member shall be notified in 
writing of the expected period during which the member will be 
mobilized.
    (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirements of 
subsection (a) in any case in which the Secretary determines that it is 
necessary to do so to respond to a national security emergency or to 
meet dire operational requirements of the Armed Forces.
    Sec. 8084.  Of the amounts appropriated for ``Missile Procurement, 
Air Force'', $125,000,000 shall be available for the acceleration of a 
competitively awarded Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle mission:  
Provided, That competitions shall be open to all certified providers of 
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle-class systems:  Provided further, That 
competitions shall consider bids from two or more certified providers:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
providers may compete any certified launch vehicle in their inventory.

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                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8085.  The Secretary of Defense may transfer funds from any 
available Department of the Navy appropriation to any available Navy 
ship construction appropriation for the purpose of liquidating necessary 
changes resulting from inflation, market fluctuations, or rate 
adjustments for any ship construction program appropriated in law:  
Provided, That the Secretary may transfer not to exceed $16,000,000 
under the authority provided by this section:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary may not transfer any funds until 30 days after the 
proposed transfer has been reported to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, unless a response from 
the Committees is received sooner:  Provided further, That any funds 
transferred pursuant to this section shall retain the same period of 
availability as when originally appropriated:  Provided further, That 
the transfer authority provided by this section is in addition to any 
other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.
    Sec. 8086. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to transfer research and development, acquisition, or other program 
authority relating to current tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) 
from the Army.
    (b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and operational control 
of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in order to 
support the Secretary of Defense in matters relating to the employment 
of unmanned aerial vehicles.
    Sec. 8087.  Up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under the 
heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'' may be made available for 
the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling 
the Pacific Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation activities 
such as humanitarian assistance, and payment of incremental and 
personnel costs of training and exercising with foreign security forces: 
 Provided, That funds made available for this purpose may be used, 
notwithstanding any other funding authorities for humanitarian 
assistance, security assistance or combined exercise expenses:  Provided 
further, That funds may not be obligated to provide assistance to any 
foreign country that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of 
assistance under any other provision of law.
    Sec. 8088.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs 
of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for 
funds appropriated for research and technology, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016.
    Sec. 8089.  For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, United 
States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in this Act under 
the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' shall be considered to 
be for the same purpose as any subdivision under the heading 
``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' appropriations in any prior fiscal 
year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply to the total amount of 
the appropriation.
    Sec. 8090. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit a report to 
the congressional intelligence committees to establish the baseline for 
application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 
2015:  Provided, That the report shall include--

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            (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column to 
        display the President's budget request, adjustments made by 
        Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
        appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
            (2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation by 
        Expenditure Center and project; and
            (3) an identification of items of special congressional 
        interest.

    (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence Program 
in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer until the 
report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional 
intelligence committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 
certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence committees that 
such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement.
    Sec. 8091.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to eliminate, restructure or realign Army Contracting Command-New Jersey 
or make disproportionate personnel reductions at any Army Contracting 
Command-New Jersey sites without 30-day prior notification to the 
congressional defense committees.
    Sec. 8092.  None of the funds made available by this Act for excess 
defense articles, assistance under section 1206 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 119 Stat. 
3456), or peacekeeping operations for the countries designated annually 
to be in violation of the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act 
of 2008 may be used to support any military training or operation that 
includes child soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110-457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c-1), unless such assistance 
is otherwise permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers 
Prevention Act of 2008.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8093.  Of the funds appropriated in the Intelligence Community 
Management Account for the Program Manager for the Information Sharing 
Environment, $20,000,000 is available for transfer by the Director of 
National Intelligence to other departments and agencies for purposes of 
Government-wide information sharing activities:  Provided, That funds 
transferred under this provision are to be merged with and available for 
the same purposes and time period as the appropriation to which 
transferred:  Provided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 
must approve any transfers made under this provision.
    Sec. 8094. (a) None of the funds provided for the National 
Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming or 
transfer of funds in accordance with section 102A(d) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that--
            (1) creates a new start effort;
            (2) terminates a program with appropriated funding of 
        $10,000,000 or more;
            (3) transfers funding into or out of the National 
        Intelligence Program; or
            (4) transfers funding between appropriations,

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unless the congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 days in 
advance of such reprogramming of funds; this notification period may be 
reduced for urgent national security requirements.
    (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence Program 
in this or any prior appropriations Act shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming or transfer of funds 
in accordance with section 102A(d) or the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or decrease of 
the levels specified in the classified annex accompanying the Act unless 
the congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 days in 
advance of such reprogramming of funds; this notification period may be 
reduced for urgent national security requirements.
    Sec. 8095.  The <<NOTE: 50 USC 3103 note.>>  Director of National 
Intelligence shall submit to Congress each year, at or about the time 
that the President's budget is submitted to Congress that year under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a future-years 
intelligence program (including associated annexes) reflecting the 
estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations included in that 
budget. Any such future-years intelligence program shall cover the 
fiscal year with respect to which the budget is submitted and at least 
the four succeeding fiscal years.

    Sec. 8096.  For the purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional 
intelligence committees'' means the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee 
on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
    Sec. 8097.  The <<NOTE: 10 USC 127a note.>>  Department of Defense 
shall continue to report incremental contingency operations costs for 
Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Enduring Freedom, and any named 
successor operations, on a monthly basis and any other operation 
designated and identified by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes 
of section 127a of title 10, United States Code, on a semi-annual basis 
in the Cost of War Execution Report as prescribed in the Department of 
Defense Financial Management Regulation Department of Defense 
Instruction 7000.14, Volume 12, Chapter 23 ``Contingency Operations'', 
Annex 1, dated September 2005.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8098.  During the current fiscal year, not to exceed 
$11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in title II of this Act 
for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', ``Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy'', and ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'' may be transferred 
by the military department concerned to its central fund established for 
Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to section 2493(d) of title 10, United 
States Code.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8099.  Funds appropriated by this Act for operation and 
maintenance may be available for the purpose of making remittances and 
transfer to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund in 
accordance with section 1705 of title 10, United States Code.

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    Sec. 8100. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this 
Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public Web 
site of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Congress 
in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head of the 
agency that it shall serve the national interest.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
        security; or
            (2) the report contains proprietary information.

    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only 
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee or 
Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.
    Sec. 8101. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be expended for any Federal contract for an 
amount in excess of $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to--
            (1) enter into any agreement with any of its employees or 
        independent contractors that requires, as a condition of 
        employment, that the employee or independent contractor agree to 
        resolve through arbitration any claim under title VII of the 
        Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out 
        of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery, 
        intentional infliction of emotional distress, false 
        imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention; or
            (2) take any action to enforce any provision of an existing 
        agreement with an employee or independent contractor that 
        mandates that the employee or independent contractor resolve 
        through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 
        Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of 
        sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery, 
        intentional infliction of emotional distress, false 
        imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention.

    (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be expended for any Federal contract unless the contractor 
certifies that it requires each covered subcontractor to agree not to 
enter into, and not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 
agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), with 
respect to any employee or independent contractor performing work 
related to such subcontract. For purposes of this subsection, a 
``covered subcontractor'' is an entity that has a subcontract in excess 
of $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a).
    (c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with respect to a 
contractor's or subcontractor's agreements with employees or independent 
contractors that may not be enforced in a court of the United States.
    (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the application of subsection 
(a) or (b) to a particular contractor or subcontractor for the purposes 
of a particular contract or subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy 
Secretary personally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 
harm to national security interests of the United States, and that the 
term of the contract or subcontract is not longer than necessary to 
avoid such harm. The determination shall set forth with specificity the 
grounds for the waiver and for the contract or subcontract term 
selected, and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 
waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not avoid harm to 
national security

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interests of the United States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit 
to Congress, and simultaneously make public, any determination under 
this subsection not less than 15 business days before the contract or 
subcontract addressed in the determination may be awarded.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8102.  From within the funds appropriated for operation and 
maintenance for the Defense Health Program in this Act, up to 
$146,857,000, shall be available for transfer to the Joint Department of 
Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public Law 111-84:  
Provided, That for purposes of section 1704(b), the facility operations 
funded are operations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 
Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting 
facilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility as 
described by section 706 of Public Law 110-417:  Provided further, That 
additional funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for 
operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program to the Joint 
Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of Defense 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate.
    Sec. 8103.  The Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
shall not employ more Senior Executive employees than are specified in 
the classified annex.
    Sec. 8104.  None <<NOTE: 10 USC 2241 note.>>  of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act and hereafter may 
be obligated or expended to pay a retired general or flag officer to 
serve as a senior mentor advising the Department of Defense unless such 
retired officer files a Standard Form 278 (or successor form concerning 
public financial disclosure under part 2634 of title 5, Code of Federal 
Regulations) to the Office of Government Ethics.

    Sec. 8105.  Appropriations available to the Department of Defense 
may be used for the purchase of heavy and light armored vehicles for the 
physical security of personnel or for force protection purposes up to a 
limit of $250,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other 
limitations applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles.
    Sec. 8106.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act may be used by the Department of 
Defense or a component thereof in contravention of section 1243 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, relating to 
limitations on providing certain missile defense information to the 
Russian Federation.
    Sec. 8107.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of Defense to take beneficial occupancy of more than 
3,000 parking spaces (other than handicap-reserved spaces) to be 
provided by the BRAC 133 project:  Provided, That this limitation may be 
waived in part if: (1) the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress 
that levels of service at existing intersections in the vicinity of the 
project have not experienced failing levels of service as defined by the 
Transportation Research Board Highway

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Capacity Manual over a consecutive 90-day period; (2) the Department of 
Defense and the Virginia Department of Transportation agree on the 
number of additional parking spaces that may be made available to 
employees of the facility subject to continued 90-day traffic 
monitoring; and (3) the Secretary of Defense notifies the congressional 
defense committees in writing at least 14 days prior to exercising this 
waiver of the number of additional parking spaces to be made available.
    Sec. 8108.  The Secretary of Defense shall report quarterly the 
numbers of civilian personnel end strength by appropriation account for 
each and every appropriation account used to finance Federal civilian 
personnel salaries to the congressional defense committees within 15 
days after the end of each fiscal quarter.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8109.  Upon a determination by the Director of National 
Intelligence that such action is necessary and in the national interest, 
the Director may, with the approval of the Office of Management and 
Budget, transfer not to exceed $2,000,000,000 of the funds made 
available in this Act for the National Intelligence Program:  Provided, 
That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher 
priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence requirements, than 
those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item 
for which funds are requested has been denied by the Congress:  Provided 
further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using 
authority provided in this section shall be made prior to June 30, 2015.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8110.  There is appropriated $540,000,000 for the ``Ship 
Modernization, Operations and Sustainment Fund'', to remain available 
until September 30, 2021:  Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy 
shall transfer funds from the ``Ship Modernization, Operations and 
Sustainment Fund'' to appropriations for operation and maintenance; 
research, development, test and evaluation; and procurement, only for 
the purposes of operating, sustaining, equipping and modernizing the 
Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers CG-63, CG-64, CG-65, CG-66, 
CG-67, CG-68, CG-69, CG-70, CG-71, CG-72, CG-73, and the Whidbey Island-
class dock landing ships LSD-41, LSD-42, and LSD-46:  Provided further, 
That funds transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 
same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriation to which 
they are transferred:  Provided further, That the transfer authority 
provided herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Navy shall, not less than 30 days prior to making any 
transfer from the ``Ship Modernization, Operations and Sustainment 
Fund'', notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the 
details of such transfer:  Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
Navy shall transfer and obligate funds from the ``Ship Modernization, 
Operations and Sustainment Fund'' for modernization of not more than two 
Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers as detailed above in fiscal 
year 2015:  Provided further, That no more than six Ticonderoga-class 
guided missile cruisers shall be in a phased modernization at any time:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Navy shall contract for the

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required modernization equipment in the year prior to inducting a 
Ticonderoga-class cruiser for modernization:  Provided further, That the 
prohibition in section 2244a(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall 
not apply to the use of any funds transferred pursuant to this section.
    Sec. 8111.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
obligated or expended by the Secretary of a military department in 
contravention of the provisions of section 352 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 to adopt any new camouflage 
pattern design or uniform fabric for any combat or camouflage utility 
uniform or family of uniforms for use by an Armed Force.
    Sec. 8112.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, or 
assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its 
territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee 
who--
            (1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed 
        Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 
        States Naval Station, Guantaanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department 
        of Defense.

    Sec. 8113. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to construct, acquire, or 
modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or 
possessions to house any individual described in subsection (c) for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the 
effective control of the Department of Defense.
    (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantaanamo 
Bay, Cuba.
    (c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guantaanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
            (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of the 
        Armed Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is--
                    (A) in the custody or under the effective control of 
                the Department of Defense; or
                    (B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
                Station, Guantaanamo Bay, Cuba.

    Sec. 8114.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used to transfer any individual detained at 
United States Naval Station Guantaanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or 
control of the individual's country of origin, any other foreign 
country, or any other foreign entity except in accordance with section 
1035 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014.
    Sec. 8115.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
in contravention of section 1590 or 1591 of title 18, United States 
Code, or in contravention of the requirements of section 106(g) or (h) 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g) or 
(h)).
    Sec. 8116.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).

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    Sec. 8117.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Department of Defense or any other Federal agency to lease or 
purchase new light duty vehicles, for any executive fleet, or for an 
agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum-Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
    Sec. 8118. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of 
Defense, or any other official or officer of the Department of Defense, 
to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 
agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary of Rosoboronexport.
    (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in subsection 
(a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and 
the Director of National Intelligence, determines that it is in the 
vital national security interest of the United States to do so, and 
certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that, to 
the best of the Secretary's knowledge:
            (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of lethal 
        military equipment to, and the maintenance of existing lethal 
        military equipment for, the Government of the Syrian Arab 
        Republic;
            (2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation have 
        withdrawn from Crimea, other than armed forces present on 
        military bases subject to agreements in force between the 
        Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of 
        Ukraine; and
            (3) Agents of the Russian Federation have ceased taking 
        active measures to destabilize the control of the Government of 
        Ukraine over eastern Ukraine.

    (c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall conduct 
a review of any action involving Rosoboronexport with respect to a 
waiver issued by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), 
and not later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver is 
issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector General shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results 
of the review conducted with respect to such waiver.
    Sec. 8119.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for the purchase or manufacture of a flag of the United States unless 
such flags are treated as covered items under section 2533a(b) of title 
10, United States Code.
    Sec. 8120.  None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be obligated or expended by the United States Government for the 
direct personal benefit of the President of Afghanistan.
    Sec. 8121. (a) <<NOTE: 10 USC 2731 note.>>  Of the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
made available, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, 
to local military commanders appointed by the Secretary of Defense, or 
by an officer or employee designated by the Secretary, to provide at 
their discretion ex gratia payments in amounts consistent with 
subsection (d) of this section for damage, personal injury, or death 
that is incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces in a foreign 
country.

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    (b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be provided only 
if--
            (1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is determined 
        by the local military commander to be friendly to the United 
        States;
            (2) a claim for damages would not be compensable under 
        chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code (commonly known as 
        the ``Foreign Claims Act''); and
            (3) the property damage, personal injury, or death was not 
        caused by action by an enemy.

    (c) Nature of Payments.--Any payments provided under a program under 
subsection (a) shall not be considered an admission or acknowledgement 
of any legal obligation to compensate for any damage, personal injury, 
or death.
    (d) Amount of Payments.--If the Secretary of Defense determines a 
program under subsection (a) to be appropriate in a particular setting, 
the amounts of payments, if any, to be provided to civilians determined 
to have suffered harm incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces 
under the program should be determined pursuant to regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary and based on an assessment, which should 
include such factors as cultural appropriateness and prevailing economic 
conditions.
    (e) Legal Advice.--Local military commanders shall receive legal 
advice before making ex gratia payments under this subsection. The legal 
advisor, under regulations of the Department of Defense, shall advise on 
whether an ex gratia payment is proper under this section and applicable 
Department of Defense regulations.
    (f) Written Record.--A written record of any ex gratia payment 
offered or denied shall be kept by the local commander and on a timely 
basis submitted to the appropriate office in the Department of Defense 
as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
    (g) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall report to the 
congressional defense committees on an annual basis the efficacy of the 
ex gratia payment program including the number of types of cases 
considered, amounts offered, the response from ex gratia payment 
recipients, and any recommended modifications to the program.
    (h) Limitation.--Nothing in this section shall be deemed to provide 
any new authority to the Secretary of Defense.
    Sec. 8122.  None of the funds available in this Act to the 
Department of Defense, other than appropriations made for necessary or 
routine refurbishments, upgrades or maintenance activities, shall be 
used to reduce or to prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-
deployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the levels set 
forth in the report submitted to Congress in accordance with section 
1042 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.
    Sec. 8123.  The Secretary of Defense shall post grant awards on a 
public Web site in a searchable format.
    Sec. 8124.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to cancel the avionics modernization program of record for C-130 
aircraft:  Provided, That the Secretary of the Air Force may proceed 
with a reduced scope program to address safety and airspace compliance 
requirements, using funds provided in this bill and previous funds 
appropriated for the avionics modernization

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program of record, consistent with the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015.
    Sec. 8125.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of the Air Force to reduce the force structure at Lajes 
Field, Azores, Portugal, below the force structure at such Air Force 
Base as of October 1, 2013, except in accordance with section 1063 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.
    Sec. 8126.  None of the Operation and Maintenance funds made 
available in this Act may be used in contravention of section 41106 of 
title 49, United States Code.
    Sec. 8127.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to fund the performance of a flight demonstration team at a location 
outside of the United States:  Provided, That this prohibition applies 
only if a performance of a flight demonstration team at a location 
within the United States was canceled during the current fiscal year due 
to insufficient funding.
    Sec. 8128.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the National Security Agency to--
            (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 702 of the 
        Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for the purpose of 
        targeting a United States person; or
            (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as such term is 
        defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, United States Code) of 
        any electronic communication of a United States person from a 
        provider of electronic communication services to the public 
        pursuant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
        Act of 1978.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8129.  Of the amounts appropriated for ``Operation and 
Maintenance, Navy'', up to $1,000,000 shall be available for transfer to 
the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund 
established under section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public 
Service Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105).

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 8130.  In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act 
for basic allowance for housing for military personnel, including active 
duty, reserve and National Guard personnel, $88,000,000 is hereby 
appropriated to the Department of Defense and made available for 
transfer only to military personnel accounts:  Provided, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.
    Sec. 8131.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated or expended to divest E-3 airborne warning and control system 
aircraft, or disestablish any units of the active or reserve component 
associated with such aircraft:  Provided, That not later than 90 days 
following the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
providing a detailed explanation of how the Secretary will meet the 
priority requirements of the commanders of the combatant commands 
related to airborne warning and control with a fleet of fewer than 31 E-
3 aircraft.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2284]]

    Sec. 8132.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the 
Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.
    Sec. 8133.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to transfer or divest AH-64 Apache helicopters from the Army National 
Guard to the active Army in fiscal year 2015:  Provided, That the 
Secretary of the Army shall ensure the continuing readiness of the AH-64 
Apache aircraft and ensure the training of the crews of such aircraft 
during fiscal year 2015, including the allocation of funds for operation 
and maintenance and personnel connected with such aircraft:  Provided 
further, That this section shall continue in effect through the date of 
enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015.
    Sec. 8134.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated for activities authorized under section 1208 of the Ronald W. 
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public 
Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1621) to initiate support for, or expand support 
to, foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals unless the 
congressional defense committees are notified in accordance with the 
direction contained in the classified annex accompanying this Act, not 
less than 15 days before initiating such support:  Provided, That none 
of the funds made available in this Act may be used under such section 
1208 for any activity that is not in support of an ongoing military 
operation being conducted by United States Special Operations Forces to 
combat terrorism:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may 
waive the prohibitions in this section if the Secretary determines that 
such waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances and, by not later 
than 72 hours after making such waiver, notifies the congressional 
defense committees of such waiver.
    Sec. 8135. (a) Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense 
committees to assess whether the justification and approval requirements 
under section 811 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2405) have, inconsistent with 
the intent of Congress--
            (1) negatively impacted the ability of covered entities to 
        be awarded sole-source contracts with the Department of Defense 
        greater than $20,000,000;
            (2) discouraged agencies from awarding contracts greater 
        than $20,000,000 to covered entities; and
            (3) been misconstrued and/or inconsistently implemented.

    (b) The Comptroller General shall analyze and report to the 
congressional defense committees on the sufficiency of the Department's 
report in addressing the requirements; review the extent to which 
section 811 has negatively impacted the ability of covered entities to 
be awarded sole-source contracts with the Department, discouraged 
agencies from awarding contracts, or been misconstrued and/or 
inconsistently implemented.
    Sec. 8136.  The Secretary of the Air Force shall designate a 
facility located on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to be named after 
Senator Alan J. Dixon in recognition of his significant public service 
achievements.
    Sec. 8137.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to require 
that seafood procured for the Department of Defense from sustainably 
managed fisheries in the United States, as determined

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by the National Marine Fisheries Service, be required to additionally 
meet sustainability certification criteria prescribed by third-party 
nongovernmental organizations.
    Sec. 8138.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to--
            (1) disestablish, or prepare to disestablish, a Senior 
        Reserve Officers' Training Corps program in accordance with 
        Department of Defense Instruction Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 
        2006; or
            (2) close, downgrade from host to extension center, or place 
        on probation a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program 
        in accordance with the information paper of the Department of 
        the Army titled ``Army Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
        (SROTC) Program Review and Criteria'', dated January 27, 2014.

    Sec. 8139.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to retire, divest, or transfer, or to 
prepare or plan for the retirement, divestment, or transfer of, the 
entire KC-10 fleet during fiscal year 2015.
    Sec. 8140.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
with respect to Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (50 
U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), including for the introduction of United States 
armed forces into hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq where 
imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the 
circumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, or waters while 
equipped for combat, in contravention of the congressional consultation 
and reporting requirements of sections 3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 
U.S.C. 1542 and 1543).
    Sec. 8141.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage, or prepare to divest, 
retire, transfer, or place in storage, any A-10 aircraft, or to 
disestablish any units of the active or reserve component associated 
with such aircraft.

                                TITLE IX

                     OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

                        Military Personnel, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Army'', 
$3,259,970,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                        Military Personnel, Navy

    For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Navy'', 
$332,166,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

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                    Military Personnel, Marine Corps

    For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'', 
$403,311,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                      Military Personnel, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Air Force'', 
$728,334,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                         Reserve Personnel, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Reserve Personnel, Army'', 
$24,990,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                         Reserve Personnel, Navy

    For an additional amount for ``Reserve Personnel, Navy'', 
$13,953,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                     Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps

    For an additional amount for ``Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps'', 
$5,069,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                      Reserve Personnel, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Reserve Personnel, Air Force'', 
$19,175,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                     National Guard Personnel, Army

    For an additional amount for ``National Guard Personnel, Army'', 
$174,778,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2287]]

                   National Guard Personnel, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``National Guard Personnel, Air 
Force'', $4,894,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                        OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                     Operation and Maintenance, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', 
$18,108,656,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                     Operation and Maintenance, Navy

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', 
$6,253,819,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine 
Corps'', $1,850,984,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force'', $10,076,383,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                 Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide'', $6,211,025,000:  Provided, That of the funds provided under this 
heading, not to exceed $1,260,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating 
nations for logistical, military, and other support, including access, 
provided to United States military and stability operations in 
Afghanistan and Iraq:  Provided further, That such reimbursement 
payments may be made in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and in consultation with the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, may determine, based on 
documentation determined by the Secretary of Defense to adequately 
account for the support provided, and such determination is final and 
conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United States, and 15 
days following notification to the appropriate congressional committees:

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 Provided further, That these funds may be used for the purpose of 
providing specialized training and procuring supplies and specialized 
equipment and providing such supplies and loaning such equipment on a 
non-reimbursable basis to coalition forces supporting United States 
military and stability operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and 15 days 
following notification to the appropriate congressional committees:  
Provided further, That these funds may be used to reimburse the 
government of Jordan, in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense may 
determine, to maintain the ability of the Jordanian armed forces to 
maintain security along the border between Jordan and Syria, upon 15 
days prior written notification to the congressional defense committees 
outlining the amounts reimbursed and the nature of the expenses to be 
reimbursed:  Provided further, That not to exceed $15,000,000 can be 
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the 
approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and payments may be 
made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes: 
 Provided further, That the authority in the preceding proviso may only 
be used for emergency and extraordinary expenses associated with 
activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly 
reports to the congressional defense committees on the use of funds 
provided in this paragraph:  Provided further, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                 Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army 
Reserve'', $41,532,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                 Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy 
Reserve'', $45,876,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

             Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine 
Corps Reserve'', $10,540,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

              Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force 
Reserve'', $77,794,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/

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Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

             Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army 
National Guard'', $77,661,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

              Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Air 
National Guard'', $22,600,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                    Afghanistan Security Forces Fund

    For the ``Afghanistan Security Forces Fund'', $4,109,333,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That such funds 
shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, for the purpose of allowing the Commander, 
Combined Security Transition Command--Afghanistan, or the Secretary's 
designee, to provide assistance, with the concurrence of the Secretary 
of State, to the security forces of Afghanistan, including the provision 
of equipment, supplies, services, training, facility and infrastructure 
repair, renovation, construction, and funding:  Provided further, That 
the authority to provide assistance under this heading is in addition to 
any other authority to provide assistance to foreign nations:  Provided 
further, That contributions of funds for the purposes provided herein 
from any person, foreign government, or international organization may 
be credited to this Fund, to remain available until expended, and used 
for such purposes:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall notify the congressional defense committees in writing upon the 
receipt and upon the obligation of any contribution, delineating the 
sources and amounts of the funds received and the specific use of such 
contributions:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, 
not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating from this appropriation 
account, notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the 
details of any such obligation:  Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees of any 
proposed new projects or transfer of funds between budget sub-activity 
groups in excess of $20,000,000:  Provided further, That the United 
States may accept equipment procured using funds provided under this 
heading in this or prior Acts that was transferred to the security 
forces of Afghanistan and returned by such forces to the United States:  
Provided further, That equipment procured using funds provided under 
this heading in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred to the 
security forces of Afghanistan or transferred to the security forces of 
Afghanistan and returned by such forces to the United States, may be 
treated as stocks of the Department of Defense upon written notification 
to the congressional defense committees:  Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, not less than $25,000,000

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shall be for recruitment and retention of women in the Afghanistan 
National Security Forces, and the recruitment and training of female 
security personnel for the 2015 parliamentary elections:  Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.

                        Iraq Train and Equip Fund

    For the ``Iraq Train and Equip Fund'', $1,618,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That such funds shall be 
available to the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, pursuant to section 1236 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, to provide assistance, including 
training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, and services; 
stipends; infrastructure repair, renovation, and sustainment to military 
and other security forces of or associated with the Government of Iraq, 
including Kurdish and tribal security forces or other local security 
forces, with a national security mission, to counter the Islamic State 
in Iraq and the Levant:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that prior to providing assistance to elements of any 
forces such elements are appropriately vetted, including at a minimum, 
assessing such elements for associations with terrorist groups or groups 
associated with the Government of Iran; and receiving commitments from 
such elements to promote respect for human rights and the rule of law:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may accept and retain 
contributions, including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, 
including the Government of Iraq, and other entities, to carry out 
assistance authorized under this heading:  Provided further, That 
contributions of funds for the purposes provided herein from any foreign 
government or other entities, may be credited to this Fund, to remain 
available until expended, and used for such purposes:  Provided further, 
That not more than 25 percent of the funds appropriated under this 
heading may be obligated or expended until not fewer than 15 days after 
(1) the Secretary of Defense submits a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees, describing the plan for the provision of such 
training and assistance and the forces designated to receive such 
assistance, and (2) the President submits a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees on how assistance provided under this heading 
supports a larger regional strategy:  Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, not more than 60 percent may be 
obligated or expended until not fewer than 15 days after the date on 
which the Secretary of Defense certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that an amount equal to not less than 40 
percent of the amount provided under this heading has been contributed 
by other countries and entities for the purposes for which funds are 
provided under this heading, of which at least 50 percent shall have 
been contributed or provided by the Government of Iraq:  Provided 
further, That the limitation in the preceding proviso shall not apply if 
the Secretary of Defense determines, in writing, that the national 
security objectives of the United States will be compromised by the 
application of the limitation to such assistance, and notifies the 
appropriate congressional committees not less than 15 days in advance of 
the exemption taking effect,

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including a justification for the Secretary's determination and a 
description of the assistance to be exempted from the application of 
such limitation:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may 
waive a provision of law relating to the acquisition of items and 
support services or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines such provisions of 
law would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise limit the provision of 
such assistance and a notice of and justification for such waiver is 
submitted to the appropriate congressional committees:  Provided 
further, That the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' under 
this heading means the ``congressional defense committees'', the 
Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives:  Provided further, That amounts made available under 
this heading are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                   Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the ``Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund'', $1,300,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That such funds 
shall be available to provide support and assistance to foreign security 
forces or other groups or individuals to conduct, support, or facilitate 
counterterrorism and crisis response activities pursuant to section 1534 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall transfer the funds 
provided herein to other appropriations provided for in this Act to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and subject to the 
same authorities and for the same time period as the appropriation to 
which transferred:  Provided further, That the transfer authority under 
this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act:  Provided further, That the funds available under 
this heading are available for transfer only to the extent that the 
Secretary of Defense submits a prior approval reprogramming request to 
the congressional defense committees:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall comply with the appropriate vetting standards 
and procedures established elsewhere in this Act for any recipient of 
training, equipment, or other assistance:  Provided further, That the 
amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                     European Reassurance Initiative

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the ``European Reassurance Initiative'', $175,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2015:  Provided, That such funds shall be 
available under the authority provided to the Department of Defense by 
any other provision of law, for programs, activities, and assistance to 
provide support to the Governments of Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania and 
Latvia, including the provision

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of training, equipment, and logistical supplies, support, and services, 
and the payment of incremental expenses of the Armed Forces associated 
with prepositioning additional equipment and undertaking additional or 
extended deployments in such countries and adjacent waters:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall transfer the funds provided 
herein to other appropriations provided for in this Act to be merged 
with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time 
period as the appropriation to which transferred:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to 
transferring amounts from this appropriation, notify the congressional 
defense committees in writing of the details of any such transfer:  
Provided further, That upon a determination by the Secretary of Defense 
that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes herein, such amounts may be transferred 
back to the appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes 
and for the same time period as originally appropriated:  Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: 
 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                               PROCUREMENT

                       Aircraft Procurement, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Aircraft Procurement, Army'', 
$196,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                        Missile Procurement, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Missile Procurement, Army'', 
$32,136,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

        Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Weapons and Tracked 
Combat Vehicles, Army'', $5,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2017:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                     Procurement of Ammunition, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Ammunition, Army'', 
$140,905,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:

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 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.

                         Other Procurement, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Army'', 
$773,583,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                       Aircraft Procurement, Navy

    For an additional amount for ``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'', 
$243,359,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                        Weapons Procurement, Navy

    For an additional amount for ``Weapons Procurement, Navy'', 
$66,785,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

            Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps

    For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and 
Marine Corps'', $154,519,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                         Other Procurement, Navy

    For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Navy'', 
$123,710,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                        Procurement, Marine Corps

    For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Marine Corps'', 
$65,589,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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                     Aircraft Procurement, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', 
$481,019,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                     Missile Procurement, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Missile Procurement, Air Force'', 
$136,189,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                  Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Ammunition, Air 
Force'', $219,785,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.

                      Other Procurement, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Air Force'', 
$3,607,526,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                        Procurement, Defense-Wide

    For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', 
$250,386,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

              National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account

    For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat vehicles, 
ammunition, other weapons and other procurement for the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces, $1,200,000,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That the Chiefs of 
National Guard and Reserve components shall, not later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act, individually submit to the congressional 
defense committees the modernization priority assessment for their 
respective National Guard or Reserve component:  Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Army'', $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy

    For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Navy'', $36,020,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

          Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Air Force'', $14,706,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

        Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide

    For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', $174,647,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                     REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

                      Defense Working Capital Funds

    For an additional amount for ``Defense Working Capital Funds'', 
$91,350,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                  OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

                         Defense Health Program

    For an additional amount for ``Defense Health Program'', 
$300,531,000, which shall be for operation and maintenance:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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         Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense

    For an additional amount for ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug 
Activities, Defense'', $205,000,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

              Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the ``Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund'', 
$444,464,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That such funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of allowing 
the Director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat 
Organization to investigate, develop and provide equipment, supplies, 
services, training, facilities, personnel and funds to assist United 
States forces in the defeat of improvised explosive devices:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer funds provided 
herein to appropriations for military personnel; operation and 
maintenance; procurement; research, development, test and evaluation; 
and defense working capital funds to accomplish the purpose provided 
herein:  Provided further, That this transfer authority is in addition 
to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 
days prior to making transfers from this appropriation, notify the 
congressional defense committees in writing of the details of any such 
transfer:  Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                     Office of the Inspector General

    For an additional amount for the ``Office of the Inspector 
General'', $10,623,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

    Sec. 9001.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
available in this title are in addition to amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 
2015.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 9002.  Upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense that 
such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may, 
with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer up to 
$3,500,000,000 between the appropriations or funds made available to the 
Department of Defense in this title:  Provided,

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That the Secretary shall notify the Congress promptly of each transfer 
made pursuant to the authority in this section:  Provided further, That 
the authority provided in this section is in addition to any other 
transfer authority available to the Department of Defense and is subject 
to the same terms and conditions as the authority provided in the 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015.
    Sec. 9003.  Supervision and administration costs and costs for 
design during construction associated with a construction project funded 
with appropriations available for operation and maintenance or the 
``Afghanistan Security Forces Fund'' provided in this Act and executed 
in direct support of overseas contingency operations in Afghanistan, may 
be obligated at the time a construction contract is awarded:  Provided, 
That for the purpose of this section, supervision and administration 
costs and costs for design during construction include all in-house 
Government costs.
    Sec. 9004.  From funds made available in this title, the Secretary 
of Defense may purchase for use by military and civilian employees of 
the Department of Defense in the U.S. Central Command area of 
responsibility: (a) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000 
per vehicle; and (b) heavy and light armored vehicles for the physical 
security of personnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of 
$250,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limitations 
applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles.
    Sec. 9005.  Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the amounts appropriated in 
this title under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'' may be 
used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to fund the 
Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP), for the purpose of 
enabling military commanders in Afghanistan to respond to urgent, small-
scale, humanitarian relief and reconstruction requirements within their 
areas of responsibility:  Provided, That each project (including any 
ancillary or related elements in connection with such project) executed 
under this authority shall not exceed $2,000,000:  Provided further, 
That not later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal year quarter, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report regarding the source of funds and the allocation and 
use of funds during that quarter that were made available pursuant to 
the authority provided in this section or under any other provision of 
law for the purposes described herein:  Provided further, That, not 
later than 30 days after the end of each month, the Army shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees monthly commitment, obligation, and 
expenditure data for the Commander's Emergency Response Program in 
Afghanistan:  Provided further, That not less than 15 days before making 
funds available pursuant to the authority provided in this section or 
under any other provision of law for the purposes described herein for a 
project with a total anticipated cost for completion of $500,000 or 
more, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a written notice containing each of the following:
            (1) The location, nature and purpose of the proposed 
        project, including how the project is intended to advance the 
        military campaign plan for the country in which it is to be 
        carried out.
            (2) The budget, implementation timeline with milestones, and 
        completion date for the proposed project, including any

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        other CERP funding that has been or is anticipated to be 
        contributed to the completion of the project.
            (3) A plan for the sustainment of the proposed project, 
        including the agreement with either the host nation, a non-
        Department of Defense agency of the United States Government or 
        a third-party contributor to finance the sustainment of the 
        activities and maintenance of any equipment or facilities to be 
        provided through the proposed project.

    Sec. 9006.  Funds available to the Department of Defense for 
operation and maintenance may be used, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, to provide supplies, services, transportation, 
including airlift and sealift, and other logistical support to coalition 
forces supporting military and stability operations in Afghanistan:  
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports 
to the congressional defense committees regarding support provided under 
this section.
    Sec. 9007.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be obligated or expended by the 
United States Government for a purpose as follows:
            (1) To establish any military installation or base for the 
        purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United 
        States Armed Forces in Iraq.
            (2) To exercise United States control over any oil resource 
        of Iraq.
            (3) To establish any military installation or base for the 
        purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United 
        States Armed Forces in Afghanistan.

    Sec. 9008.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
in contravention of the following laws enacted or regulations 
promulgated to implement the United Nations Convention Against Torture 
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (done at 
New York on December 10, 1984):
            (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States Code.
            (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
        Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public Law 105-277; 112 
        Stat. 2681-822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 note) and regulations prescribed 
        thereto, including regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code 
        of Federal Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of Federal 
        Regulations.
            (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of Defense, 
        Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in 
        the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 
        109-148).

    Sec. 9009.  None of the funds provided for the ``Afghanistan 
Security Forces Fund'' (ASFF) may be obligated prior to the approval of 
a financial and activity plan by the Afghanistan Resources Oversight 
Council (AROC) of the Department of Defense:  Provided, That the AROC 
must approve the requirement and acquisition plan for any service 
requirements in excess of $50,000,000 annually and any non-standard 
equipment requirements in excess of $100,000,000 using ASFF:  Provided 
further, That the Department of Defense must certify to the 
congressional defense committees that the AROC has convened and approved 
a process for ensuring compliance with the requirements in the preceding 
proviso and accompanying report language for the ASFF.
    Sec. 9010.  Funds made available in this title to the Department of 
Defense for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase

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items having an investment unit cost of not more than $250,000:  
Provided, That, upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such 
action is necessary to meet the operational requirements of a Commander 
of a Combatant Command engaged in contingency operations overseas, such 
funds may be used to purchase items having an investment item unit cost 
of not more than $500,000.
    Sec. 9011.  From funds made available to the Department of Defense 
in this title under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force'', up to $140,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Defense, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, to support United States 
Government transition activities in Iraq by funding the operations and 
activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and security 
assistance teams, including life support, transportation and personal 
security, and facilities renovation and construction, and site closeout 
activities prior to returning sites to the Government of Iraq:  
Provided, That to the extent authorized under the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, the operations and activities 
that may be carried out by the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq 
may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, include non-
operational training activities in support of Iraqi Minister of Defense 
and Counter Terrorism Service personnel in an institutional environment 
to address capability gaps, integrate processes relating to 
intelligence, air sovereignty, combined arms, logistics and maintenance, 
and to manage and integrate defense-related institutions:  Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days following the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a plan for transitioning any such 
training activities that they determine are needed after the end of 
fiscal year 2015, to existing or new contracts for the sale of defense 
articles or defense services consistent with the provisions of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.):  Provided further, That not 
less than 15 days before making funds available pursuant to the 
authority provided in this section, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a written notice 
containing a detailed justification and timeline for the operations and 
activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq at each site 
where such operations and activities will be conducted during fiscal 
year 2015.
    Sec. 9012. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, 
Defense-Wide'' for payments under section 1233 of Public Law 110-181 for 
reimbursement to the Government of Pakistan may be made available unless 
the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
certifies to the congressional defense committees that the Government of 
Pakistan is--
            (1) cooperating with the United States in counterterrorism 
        efforts against the Haqqani Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, 
        Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and other 
        domestic and foreign terrorist organizations, including taking 
        steps to end support for such groups and prevent them from 
        basing and operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross border 
        attacks into neighboring countries;
            (2) not supporting terrorist activities against United 
        States or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and Pakistan's 
        military and intelligence agencies are not intervening extra-
        judicially into political and judicial processes in Pakistan;

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            (3) dismantling improvised explosive device (IED) networks 
        and interdicting precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of 
        IEDs;
            (4) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-related material 
        and expertise;
            (5) implementing policies to protect judicial independence 
        and due process of law;
            (6) issuing visas in a timely manner for United States 
        visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts and assistance 
        programs in Pakistan; and
            (7) providing humanitarian organizations access to 
        detainees, internally displaced persons, and other Pakistani 
        civilians affected by the conflict.

    (b) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 
State, may waive the restriction in paragraph (a) on a case-by-case 
basis by certifying in writing to the congressional defense committees 
that it is in the national security interest to do so:  Provided, That 
if the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 
State, exercises such waiver authority, the Secretaries shall report to 
the congressional defense committees on both the justification for the 
waiver and on the requirements of this section that the Government of 
Pakistan was not able to meet:  Provided further, That such report may 
be submitted in classified form if necessary.

                              (rescissions)

    Sec. 9013.  Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense 
Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the 
following accounts and programs in the specified amounts:  Provided, 
That such amounts are designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended:
            ``Other Procurement, Army'', 2013/2015, $8,200,000;
            ``Aircraft Procurement, Army'', 2014/2016, $464,000,000; and
            ``Afghanistan Security Forces Fund'', 2014/2015, 
        $764,380,000.

    Sec. 9014.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
with respect to Syria in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (50 
U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), including for the introduction of United States 
armed or military forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in 
Syria where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by 
the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, airspace, or waters while 
equipped for combat, in contravention of the congressional consultation 
and reporting requirements of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 
1542 and 1543).
    Sec. 9015.  In addition to the amounts appropriated in this Act, 
$250,000,000 is hereby appropriated, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, to conduct surface and subsurface clearance of unexploded 
ordnance at closed training ranges used by the Armed Forces of the 
United States in Afghanistan:  Provided, That such funds shall be 
available until September 30, 2016:  Provided further, That such ranges 
shall not have been transferred to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 
for use by its armed forces:  Provided further, That within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary

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of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a 
written plan to mitigate the threat of unexploded ordnance at such 
ranges, including a detailed spend plan:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall provide the congressional defense committees 
written progress reports every 180 days after the submission of the 
initial plan, until such funds are fully expended:  Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 9016.  The Secretary of Defense is authorized, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, including training, 
equipment, supplies, sustainment and stipends, to appropriately vetted 
elements of the Syrian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian 
groups or individuals for the following purposes: defending the Syrian 
people from attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), 
and securing territory controlled by the Syrian opposition; protecting 
the United States, its friends and allies, and the Syrian people from 
the threats posed by terrorists in Syria; and promoting the conditions 
for a negotiated settlement to end the conflict in Syria:  Provided, 
That up to $500,000,000 of funds appropriated for the Counterterrorism 
Partnerships Fund may be used for activities authorized by this section: 
 Provided further, That the Secretary may accept and retain 
contributions, including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments to 
carry out activities as authorized by this section and shall be credited 
to the appropriate appropriations accounts, except that any funds so 
accepted by the Secretary shall not be available for obligation until a 
reprogramming action is submitted to the congressional defense 
committees:  Provided further, That the President and the Secretary of 
Defense shall comply with the reporting requirements in section 
149(b)(1), (b)(2), (c), and (d) of the Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2015 (Public Law 113-164):  Provided further, That the term 
``appropriately vetted'' as used in this section shall be construed to 
mean, at a minimum, assessments of possible recipients for associations 
with terrorist groups including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 
(ISIL), Jabhat al Nusrah, Ahrar al Sham, other al-Qaeda related groups, 
Hezbollah, or Shia militias supporting the Governments of Syria or Iran; 
and for commitment to the rule of law and a peaceful and democratic 
Syria:  Provided further, That none of the funds used pursuant to this 
authority shall be used for the procurement or transfer of man portable 
air defense systems:  Provided further, That nothing in this section 
shall be construed to constitute a specific statutory authorization for 
the introduction of the United States Armed Forces into hostilities or 
into situations wherein hostilities are clearly indicated by the 
circumstances, in accordance with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers 
Resolution:  Provided further, That amounts made available by this 
section are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  
Provided further, That the authority to provide assistance under this 
section shall terminate on September 30, 2015.
    Sec. 9017.  None of the funds in this Act may be made available for 
the transfer of additional C-130 cargo aircraft to the Afghanistan 
National Security Forces or the Afghanistan Air Force until the

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Department of Defense provides a report to the congressional defense 
committees of the Afghanistan Air Force's medium airlift requirements. 
The report should identify Afghanistan's ability to utilize and maintain 
existing medium lift aircraft in the inventory and the best alternative 
platform, if necessary, to provide additional support to the Afghanistan 
Air Force's current medium airlift capacity.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 9018.  In addition to amounts appropriated in title II or 
otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, $1,000,000,000 is hereby 
appropriated to the Department of Defense and made available for 
transfer to the operation and maintenance accounts of the Army, Navy, 
Marine Corps, and Air Force (including National Guard and reserve) for 
purposes of improving military readiness:  Provided, That the transfer 
authority provided under this provision is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act:  Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                                 TITLE X

                     EBOLA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS

                               PROCUREMENT

                        Procurement, Defense-Wide

    For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', 
$17,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, for expenses 
related to the Ebola outbreak:  Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985.

               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

        Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide

    For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', $95,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016, for expenses related to developing technologies that 
are relevant to the Ebola outbreak:  Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    This division may be cited as the ``Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2015''.

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  DIVISION D--ENERGY <<NOTE: Energy and Water Development and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015.>>  AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

                                 TITLE I

                        CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                        Corps of Engineers--Civil

    The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction 
of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of 
Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army 
pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 
protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts.

                             investigations

    For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the collection 
and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
and related needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans and 
specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and storm damage 
reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration projects, 
and related efforts prior to construction; for restudy of authorized 
projects; and for miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by 
law, surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications of 
projects prior to construction, $122,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may initiate up to, but not more 
than, 10 new study starts during fiscal year 2015:  Provided further, 
That the new study starts will consist of seven studies where the 
majority of the benefits are derived from navigation transportation 
savings or from flood and storm damage reduction and three studies where 
the majority of the benefits are derived from environmental restoration: 
 Provided further, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the new 
starts proposed in the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate.

                              construction

    For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor, 
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem 
restoration, and related projects authorized by law; for conducting 
detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such projects 
(including those involving participation by States, local governments, 
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by law (but 
such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, shall not 
constitute a commitment of the Government to construction); 
$1,639,489,000, to remain available until expended; of which such sums 
as are necessary to cover the Federal share of construction costs for 
facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall 
be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as authorized by 
Public Law 104-303; and of which such sums as are necessary to cover 
one-half of the costs

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of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland 
waterways projects shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust 
Fund, except as otherwise specifically provided for in law:  Provided, 
That the Secretary may initiate up to, but not more than, four new 
construction starts during fiscal year 2015:  Provided further, That the 
new construction starts will consist of three projects where the 
majority of the benefits are derived from navigation transportation 
savings or from flood and storm damage reduction and one project where 
the majority of the benefits are derived from environmental restoration: 
 Provided further, That for new construction projects, project cost 
sharing agreements shall be executed as soon as practicable but no later 
than August 31, 2015:  Provided further, That no allocation for a new 
start shall be considered final and no work allowance shall be made 
until the Secretary provides to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate an out-year funding scenario 
demonstrating the affordability of the selected new start and the 
impacts on other projects:  Provided further, That the Secretary may not 
deviate from the new starts proposed in the work plan, once the plan has 
been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate.

                    mississippi river and tributaries

    For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction projects and 
related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape 
Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $302,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover 
the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland 
harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

                        operation and maintenance

    For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and care of 
existing river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic 
ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by law; providing 
security for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, including 
administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor channels 
provided by a State, municipality, or other public agency that serve 
essential navigation needs of general commerce, where authorized by law; 
surveying and charting northern and northwestern lakes and connecting 
waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstructions 
to navigation, $2,908,511,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible 
operation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and 
for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund; of which such sums as become available from the special account 
for the Corps of Engineers established by the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account for 
resource protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance 
activities related to resource protection in the areas at which outdoor 
recreation is available; and of which such sums as become available from 
fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 104-303 shall be used to 
cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged material 
disposal facilities for which such fees have been collected:  Provided, 
That 1 percent

[[Page 128 STAT. 2305]]

of the total amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 
projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not be allocated 
to a field operating activity prior to the beginning of the fourth 
quarter of the fiscal year and shall be available for use by the Chief 
of Engineers to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers 
determines to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of 
Engineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any remaining funds 
which have not been used for emergency activities proportionally in 
accordance with the amounts provided for the programs, projects, or 
activities.

                           regulatory program

    For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to 
regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $200,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016.

             formerly utilized sites remedial action program

    For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites in the 
United States resulting from work performed as part of the Nation's 
early atomic energy program, $101,500,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                  flood control and coastal emergencies

    For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, and other 
natural disasters and support emergency operations, repairs, and other 
activities in response to such disasters as authorized by law, 
$28,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                                expenses

    For expenses necessary for the supervision and general 
administration of the civil works program in the headquarters of the 
Corps of Engineers and the offices of the Division Engineers; and for 
costs of management and operation of the Humphreys Engineer Center 
Support Activity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and the United States 
Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center allocable to the civil works 
program, $178,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, of 
which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 
representation purposes and only during the current fiscal year:  
Provided, That no part of any other appropriation provided in title I of 
this Act shall be available to fund the civil works activities of the 
Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive direction 
and management activities of the division offices:  Provided further, 
That any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation may be used 
to fund the supervision and general administration of emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to any flood, 
hurricane, or other natural disaster.

      office of the assistant secretary of the army for civil works

    For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), $3,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016.

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              GENERAL PROVISIONS--CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

              (including transfer and rescission of funds)

    Sec. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I of this Act, or 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities 
funded in title I of this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2015, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that:
            (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or 
        activity;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
        or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
        this Act, unless prior approval is received from the House and 
        Senate Committees on Appropriations;
            (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
        for a different purpose, unless prior approval is received from 
        the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;
            (5) augments or reduces existing programs, projects, or 
        activities in excess of the amounts contained in paragraphs 6 
        through 10, unless prior approval is received from the House and 
        Senate Committees on Appropriations;
            (6) Investigations.--For a base level over $100,000, 
        reprogramming of 25 percent of the base amount up to a limit of 
        $150,000 per project, study or activity is allowed:  Provided, 
        That for a base level less than $100,000, the reprogramming 
        limit is $25,000:  Provided further, That up to $25,000 may be 
        reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that did not 
        receive an appropriation for existing obligations and 
        concomitant administrative expenses;
            (7) Construction.--For a base level over $2,000,000, 
        reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of 
        $3,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed:  Provided, 
        That for a base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 
        limit is $300,000:  Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 may 
        be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, changed 
        conditions, or real estate deficiency judgments:  Provided 
        further, That up to $300,000 may be reprogrammed into any 
        continuing study or activity that did not receive an 
        appropriation for existing obligations and concomitant 
        administrative expenses;
            (8) Operation and maintenance.--Unlimited reprogramming 
        authority is granted for the Corps to be able to respond to 
        emergencies:  Provided, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify 
        the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of these 
        emergency actions as soon thereafter as practicable:  Provided 
        further, That for a base level over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 
        15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of $5,000,000 per 
        project, study or activity is allowed:  Provided further, That 
        for a base level less than $1,000,000, the reprogramming limit 
        is $150,000:  Provided further, That $150,000 may be 
        reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that did not 
        receive an appropriation;
            (9) Mississippi river and tributaries.--The reprogramming 
        guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) shall apply

[[Page 128 STAT. 2307]]

        to the Investigations, Construction, and Operation and 
        Maintenance portions of the Mississippi River and Tributaries 
        Account respectively; and
            (10) Formerly utilized sites remedial action program.--
        Reprogramming of up to 15 percent of the base of the receiving 
        project is permitted.

    (b) De Minimis Reprogrammings.--In no case should a reprogramming 
for less than $50,000 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
    (c) Continuing Authorities Program.--Subsection (a)(1) shall not 
apply to any project or activity funded under the continuing authorities 
program.
    (d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit a report to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations to establish the baseline for application of 
reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year which 
shall include:
            (1) A table for each appropriation with a separate column to 
        display the President's budget request, adjustments made by 
        Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, 
        and the fiscal year enacted level; and
            (2) A delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
        by object class and program, project and activity as detailed in 
        the budget appendix for the respective appropriations; and
            (3) An identification of items of special congressional 
        interest.

    Sec. 102.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used to award or modify any contract that commits funds beyond the 
amounts appropriated for that program, project, or activity that remain 
unobligated, except that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to section 101.
    Sec. 103.  The Secretary of the Army may transfer to the Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service may accept and 
expend, up to $4,700,000 of funds provided in this title under the 
heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' to mitigate for fisheries lost due 
to Corps of Engineers projects.
    Sec. 104.  Subsection <<NOTE: 16 USC 3301 note.>>  (a)(6) of section 
511 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3301 note; 
110 Stat. 3761-3762; 113 Stat. 375-376; 121 Stat. 1203) is amended by 
striking ``$25,000,000'' and inserting ``$43,400,000''.

    Sec. 105.  The Secretary shall allocate funds made available in this 
Act solely in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), including the determination and 
designation of new starts.
    Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to continue the study conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers pursuant 
to section 5018(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 
(Public Law 110-114).
    Sec. 107.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
within the borders of the State of Louisiana by the Mississippi Valley 
Division or the Southwestern Division of the Army Corps of Engineers or 
any district of the Corps within such divisions to implement or enforce 
the mitigation methodology, referred to as the ``Modified Charleston 
Method''.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2308]]

    Sec. 108. (a) Of the funds made available in prior appropriations 
Acts for water resources efforts under the headings ``Corps of 
Engineers--Civil, Department of the Army'' that remain unobligated as of 
the date of enactment of this Act, including amounts specified in law 
for particular projects, programs, or activities, $28,000,000 is 
rescinded.
    (b) None of the funds under subsection (a) may be rescinded from 
amounts that the Congress designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
    Sec. 109.  None of the funds made available in this or any other Act 
making appropriations for Energy and Water Development for any fiscal 
year may be used by the Corps of Engineers during the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2015, to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or enforce 
any change to the regulations in effect on October 1, 2012, pertaining 
to the definitions of the terms ``fill material'' or ``discharge of fill 
material'' for the purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).
    Sec. 110.  The limited reevaluation report initiated in fiscal year 
2012 for the Mobile Harbor, Alabama navigation project shall include 
evaluation of the full depth of the project as authorized under section 
201 of Public Law 99-662 (110 Stat. 4090) at the same non-Federal share 
of the cost as in the design agreement executed on August 14, 2012.
    Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to require a permit for the discharge of dredged or fill material under 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.) for 
the activities identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 
404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A),(C)).
    Sec. 112.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. 
Department of the Army shall withdraw the interpretive rule, ``U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of the Army 
Interpretive Rule Regarding the Applicability of the Clean Water Act 
Section 404(f)(1)(A),'' signed on March 25, 2014.

                                TITLE II

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                          Central Utah Project

                 central utah project completion account

    For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah Project 
Completion Act, $9,874,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$1,000,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 
Conservation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 
Conservation Commission:  Provided, That of the amount provided under 
this heading, $1,300,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, 
for necessary expenses incurred in carrying out related responsibilities 
of the Secretary of the Interior:  Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2015, of the amount made available to the Commission under this Act 
or any other Act, the Commission may use an amount not to exceed 
$1,500,000 for administrative expenses.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2309]]

                          Bureau of Reclamation

    The following appropriations shall be expended to execute authorized 
functions of the Bureau of Reclamation:

                       water and related resources

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For management, development, and restoration of water and related 
natural resources and for related activities, including the operation, 
maintenance, and rehabilitation of reclamation and other facilities, 
participation in fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native 
Americans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other agreements 
with, State and local governments, federally recognized Indian tribes, 
and others, $978,131,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$25,000 shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 
Basin Fund and $6,840,000 shall be available for transfer to the Lower 
Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which such amounts as may be 
necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund:  Provided, 
That such transfers may be increased or decreased within the overall 
appropriation under this heading:  Provided further, That of the total 
appropriated, the amount for program activities that can be financed by 
the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account 
established by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or 
account:  Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 
are available until expended for the purposes for which the funds were 
contributed:  Provided further, That funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a 
shall be credited to this account and are available until expended for 
the same purposes as the sums appropriated under this heading:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts provided herein, funds may be used for 
high-priority projects which shall be carried out by the Youth 
Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706.

                 central valley project restoration fund

    For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat restoration, 
improvement, and acquisition provisions of the Central Valley Project 
Improvement Act, $56,995,000, to be derived from such sums as may be 
collected in the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to 
sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102-575, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That the Bureau of 
Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full amount of the 
additional mitigation and restoration payments authorized by section 
3407(d) of Public Law 102-575:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available under this heading may be used for the acquisition or 
leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water is already 
committed to in-stream purposes by a court adopted decree or order.

                    california bay-delta restoration

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For carrying out activities authorized by the Water Supply, 
Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, consistent with

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plans to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $37,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which such amounts as may be 
necessary to carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 
accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry out authorized 
purposes:  Provided, That funds appropriated herein may be used for the 
Federal share of the costs of CALFED Program management:  Provided 
further, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a balanced 
manner with clear performance measures demonstrating concurrent progress 
in achieving the goals and objectives of the Program.

                        policy and administration

    For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and related 
functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, and 
offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016, $58,500,000, to be derived from the 
Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377:  
Provided, That no part of any other appropriation in this Act shall be 
available for activities or functions budgeted as policy and 
administration expenses.

               bureau of reclamation loan program account

                     (including rescission of funds)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $500,000 
is hereby rescinded.

                        administrative provision

    Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for 
purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles, which are for 
replacement only.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

    Sec. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II of this Act for 
Water and Related Resources, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 
to the agencies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water and 
Related Resources that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
fiscal year 2015, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that--
            (1) initiates or creates a new program, project, or 
        activity;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity 
        for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, 
        unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate;
            (4) restarts or resumes any program, project or activity for 
        which funds are not provided in this Act, unless prior approval 
        is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
        of Representatives and the Senate;
            (5) transfers funds in excess of the following limits, 
        unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:

[[Page 128 STAT. 2311]]

                    (A) 15 percent for any program, project or activity 
                for which $2,000,000 or more is available at the 
                beginning of the fiscal year; or
                    (B) $300,000 for any program, project or activity 
                for which less than $2,000,000 is available at the 
                beginning of the fiscal year;
            (6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the Facilities 
        Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category or the 
        Resources Management and Development category to any program, 
        project, or activity in the other category, unless prior 
        approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of 
        the House of Representatives and the Senate; or
            (7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 
        obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than $5,000,000 
        to provide adequate funds for settled contractor claims, 
        increased contractor earnings due to accelerated rates of 
        operations, and real estate deficiency judgments, unless prior 
        approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of 
        the House of Representatives and the Senate.

    (b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of funds 
within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation 
category.
    (c) For purposes of this section, the term transfer means any 
movement of funds into or out of a program, project, or activity.
    (d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a quarterly 
basis to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate detailing all the funds reprogrammed 
between programs, projects, activities, or categories of funding. The 
first quarterly report shall be submitted not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to determine the final point of 
discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until 
development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California 
of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality standards of the 
State of California as approved by the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of 
the San Luis drainage waters.
    (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the 
costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall be classified by 
the Secretary of the Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and 
collected until fully repaid pursuant to the ``Cleanup Program--
Alternative Repayment Plan'' and the ``SJVDP--Alternative Repayment 
Plan'' described in the report entitled ``Repayment Report, Kesterson 
Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, 
February 1995'', prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United States 
relating to, or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for 
the San Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit 
beneficiaries of such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation 
law.
    Sec. 203.  Section 9504(e) of the Secure Water Act of 2009 (42 
U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking ``$200,000,000'' and inserting 
``$300,000,000''.
    Sec. 204.  Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought 
Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) is amended by striking ``2012'' and 
inserting ``2017''.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2312]]

    Sec. 205.  Title I of Public Law 108-361 (the Calfed Bay-Delta 
Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended by section 210 of Public 
Law 111-85, is amended by striking ``2015'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``2016''.
    Sec. 206. (a) <<NOTE: 43 USC 620 note.>>  In General.--The Secretary 
of the Interior may fund or participate in pilot projects to increase 
Colorado River System water in Lake Mead and the initial units of 
Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs, as authorized by the first 
section of the Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620), to address the 
effects of historic drought conditions.

    (b) Administration.--Pilot projects under this section are 
authorized to be funded through--
            (1) grants by the Secretary to public entities that use 
        water from the Colorado River Basin for municipal purposes for 
        projects that are implemented by 1 or more non-Federal entities; 
        or
            (2) grants or other appropriate financial agreements to 
        provide additional funds for renewing or implementing water 
        conservation agreements that are in existence on the date of 
        enactment of this Act.

    (c) Limitations.--
            (1) Funds in the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund established 
        by section 5 of the Colorado River Storage Project Act (43 
        U.S.C. 620d) and the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund 
        established by section 403 of the Colorado River Basin Project 
        Act (43 U.S.C. 1543) shall not be used to carry out this 
        section; and
            (2) the authority to fund these pilot projects through 
        grants shall terminate on September 30, 2018.

    (d) Report and Recommendation.--Not later than September 30, 2018, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees on 
Appropriations and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report 
evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot projects described in 
subsection (a) and a recommendation to Congress whether the activities 
undertaken by the pilot projects should be continued.

                                TITLE III

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                             ENERGY PROGRAMS

                 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

              (including transfer and rescission of funds)

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for energy efficiency and renewable energy activities 
in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation 
of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition, construction, or expansion, $1,936,999,858, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That $160,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2016, for program direction:  Provided 
further, That, of the amount provided under this heading,

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the Secretary may transfer up to $45,000,000 to the Defense Production 
Act Fund for activities of the Department of Energy pursuant to the 
Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061, et seq.):  Provided 
further, That $13,064,858 from unobligated balances available from prior 
year appropriations provided under this heading is hereby rescinded, of 
which $145,204 is from Public Law 111-8 and $696,654 is from Public Law 
111-85:  Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

               Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for electricity delivery and energy reliability 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $147,306,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That $27,606,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2016, for program direction.

                             Nuclear Energy

                     (including rescission of funds)

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for nuclear energy activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or 
any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, $913,500,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, $80,000,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2016, for program direction including 
official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $10,000:  
Provided further, That, of the funds made available under this heading 
in prior years, $80,000,000 of unobligated balances is hereby rescinded, 
including up to $18,000,000 from funds provided for program direction 
activities:  Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                 Fossil Energy Research and Development

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out fossil 
energy research and development activities, under the authority of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), including the 
acquisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in 
any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition 
or expansion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations 
and research concerning the

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extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances without 
objectionable social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 
1603), $571,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
$119,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, for program 
direction.

                 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry out naval 
petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, $19,950,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be 
available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities.

                       Elk Hills School Lands Fund

    For necessary expenses in fulfilling the final payment under the 
Settlement Agreement entered into by the United States and the State of 
California on October 11, 1996, as authorized by section 3415 of Public 
Law 104-106, $15,579,815, for payment to the State of California for the 
State Teachers' Retirement Fund, of which $15,579,815 shall be derived 
from the Elk Hills School Lands Fund.

                       Strategic Petroleum Reserve

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve facility development and operations and program management 
activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6201 et seq.), $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                   Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve

                     (including rescission of funds)

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Northeast Home 
Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities 
pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et 
seq.), $7,600,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available 
under this heading, $6,000,000 is hereby rescinded:  Provided further, 
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                    Energy Information Administration

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the 
activities of the Energy Information Administration, $117,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                    Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other 
expenses necessary for non-defense environmental cleanup

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activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $246,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That funding made available 
under this heading may be made available for 15-D-410 Fort St. Vrain 
Facility Improvements Project.

       Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out uranium 
enrichment facility decontamination and decommissioning, remedial 
actions, and other activities of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, and title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 
$625,000,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination 
and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until expended, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, 
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

                                 Science

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for science activities in carrying out the purposes 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, and purchase of not more than 17 passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, including two buses, $5,071,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That $183,700,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2016, for program direction:  Provided 
further, That no funding may be made available for United States cash 
contributions to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor 
project until its governing Council implements the recommendations of 
the Third Biennial International Organization Management Assessment 
Report:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Energy may waive this 
requirement upon submission to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a determination that the Council 
is making satisfactory progress towards implementation of such 
recommendations.

                Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the 
activities authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act 
(Public Law 110-69), as amended, $280,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That $28,000,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2016, for program direction.

          Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program

    Such sums as are derived from amounts received from borrowers 
pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 under this 
heading in prior Acts, shall be collected in accordance with section 
502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided, That, for 
necessary administrative expenses to carry out

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this Loan Guarantee program, $42,000,000 is appropriated, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016:  Provided further, That $25,000,000 
of the fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account 
to cover administrative expenses and shall remain available until 
expended, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at not more than $17,000,000:  Provided 
further, That fees collected under section 1702(h) in excess of the 
amount appropriated for administrative expenses shall not be available 
until appropriated:  Provided further, That the Department of Energy 
shall not subordinate any loan obligation to other financing in 
violation of section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or 
subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or other debt 
obligations in violation of section 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal 
Regulations.

         Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program

    For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary in 
carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan 
Program, $4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016.

                          Clean Coal Technology

                     (including rescission of funds)

    Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations under 
this heading, $6,600,000 is hereby permanently rescinded:  Provided, 
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                       Departmental Administration

    For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for 
departmental administration in carrying out the purposes of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
$245,142,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, including 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such additional 
amounts as necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of cost 
of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency 
Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.):  Provided, That such increases in cost of 
work are offset by revenue increases of the same or greater amount:  
Provided further, That moneys received by the Department for 
miscellaneous revenues estimated to total $119,171,000 in fiscal year 
2015 may be retained and used for operating expenses within this 
account, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95-238, 
notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302:  Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as collections are 
received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2015 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$125,971,000:  Provided further, That $31,181,000 is for Energy Policy 
and Systems Analysis:  Provided further, That of the funds made 
available for

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Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, the Secretary may obligate only 
$26,000,000 until the report required under section 315(f) of this Act 
has been submitted to Congress.

                     Office of the Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$40,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016.

                    ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

                           Weapons Activities

                     (including rescission of funds)

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other 
incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense weapons 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of 
not to exceed 4 passenger vehicles, $8,231,770,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That $97,118,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2016, for program direction:  Provided further, That of 
the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under 
this heading, $45,113,000 is hereby rescinded:  Provided further, That 
no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985.

                    Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

                     (including rescission of funds)

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other 
incidental expenses necessary for defense nuclear nonproliferation 
activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $1,641,369,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That funds provided by this 
Act for Project 99-D-143, Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, and by 
prior Acts that remain unobligated for such Project, may be made 
available only for construction and program support activities for such 
Project:  Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations available under this heading, $24,731,000 is hereby 
rescinded:  Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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                             Naval Reactors

                     (including rescission of funds)

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval reactors 
activities to carry out the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition (by purchase, 
condemnation, construction, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and 
capital equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,238,500,000, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That $41,500,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2016, for program direction:  Provided 
further, That $4,500,000 from unobligated balances available from prior 
year appropriations provided under this heading is hereby rescinded:  
Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                      Federal Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses for Federal Salaries and Expenses (previously 
the Office of the Administrator) in the National Nuclear Security 
Administration, $370,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016, including official reception and representation expenses not to 
exceed $12,000.

               ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                      Defense Environmental Cleanup

                     (including rescission of funds)

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other 
expenses necessary for atomic energy defense environmental cleanup 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of 
not to exceed one sport utility vehicle, one heavy duty truck, two 
ambulances, and one ladder fire truck for replacement only, 
$5,010,830,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
$280,784,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, for program 
direction:  Provided further, That $10,830,000 from unobligated balances 
available from prior year appropriations provided under this heading is 
hereby rescinded:  Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

     Defense Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning

    For an additional amount for atomic energy of defense environmental 
cleanup activities for Department of Energy contributions for uranium 
enrichment decontamination and decommissioning

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activities, $463,000,000, to be deposited into the Defense Environmental 
Cleanup account which shall be transferred to the ``Uranium Enrichment 
Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund''.

                        Other Defense Activities

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other 
expenses, necessary for atomic energy defense, other defense activities, 
and classified activities, in carrying out the purposes of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, $754,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That $249,378,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, for 
program direction.

                     POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATION

                  Bonneville Power Administration Fund

    Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
established pursuant to Public Law 93-454, are approved for the Black 
Canyon Trout Hatchery and, in addition, for official reception and 
representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $5,000:  Provided, 
That during fiscal year 2015, no new direct loan obligations may be 
made.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration

    For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy, 
including transmission wheeling and ancillary services, pursuant to 
section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied 
to the southeastern power area, $7,220,000, including official reception 
and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 
and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $7,220,000 
collected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the sale of 
power and related services shall be credited to this account as 
discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended 
for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Southeastern 
Power Administration:  Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are 
received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2015 appropriation estimated at not more than $0:  Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $73,579,000 collected by the 
Southeastern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 
1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited 
to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
expenditures:  Provided further, That for purposes of this 
appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally 
recovered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase 
power and wheeling expenses).

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      Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration

    For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy, for 
construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations and 
appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses, including 
official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 
(16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the Southwestern Power Administration, 
$46,240,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $34,840,000 collected by the Southwestern 
Power Administration from the sale of power and related services shall 
be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to 
remain available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding the 
annual expenses of the Southwestern Power Administration:  Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be 
reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation estimated at not more 
than $11,400,000:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, up to $53,000,000 collected by the Southwestern Power 
Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover 
purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account 
as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the 
sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures:  
Provided further, That, for purposes of this appropriation, annual 
expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same 
year that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and wheeling 
expenses).

 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area 
                          Power Administration

    For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 
302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7152), and other 
related activities including conservation and renewable resources 
programs as authorized, $304,402,000, including official reception and 
representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain 
available until expended, of which $296,321,000 shall be derived from 
the Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 
Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to $211,030,000 collected 
by the Western Area Power Administration from the sale of power and 
related services shall be credited to this account as discretionary 
offsetting collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 
purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western Area Power 
Administration:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for 
annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $93,372,000, of which $85,291,000 is derived 
from the Reclamation Fund:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $260,510,000 collected by the Western Area Power 
Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the 
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover

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purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account 
as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the 
sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures:  
Provided further, That, for purposes of this appropriation, annual 
expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same 
year that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and wheeling 
expenses).

            Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund

    For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the 
hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $4,727,000, to 
remain available until expended, and to be derived from the Falcon and 
Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power 
Administration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 (68 
Stat. 255):  Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of that Act 
and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $4,499,000 collected by the Western Area 
Power Administration from the sale of power and related services from 
the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this account as 
discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended 
for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the hydroelectric 
facilities of these Dams and associated Western Area Power 
Administration activities:  Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are 
received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2015 appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000:  Provided 
further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 
expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year that they are 
incurred:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 2015, the 
Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration may accept up to 
$802,000 in funds contributed by United States power customers of the 
Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad 
Operating and Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available for 
the purpose for which contributed in like manner as if said sums had 
been specifically appropriated for such purpose:  Provided further, That 
any such funds shall be available without further appropriation and 
without fiscal year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the United 
States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission for 
the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, 
replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these Dams in 
accordance with agreements reached between the Administrator, 
Commissioner, and the power customers.

                  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $3,000, $304,389,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
herein, not more than $5,400,000 may be made available for salaries, 
travel, and other support costs

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for the offices <<NOTE: 42 USC 7171 note.>>  of the Commissioners:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
to exceed $304,389,000 of revenues from fees and annual charges, and 
other services and collections in fiscal year 2015 shall be retained and 
used for necessary expenses in this account, and shall remain available 
until expended:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as revenues are received during fiscal 
year 2015 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at not more than $0.

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

              (including transfer and rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority made available 
by this title for the Department of Energy shall be used to initiate or 
resume any program, project, or activity or to prepare or initiate 
Requests For Proposals or similar arrangements (including Requests for 
Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Opportunity 
Announcements) for a program, project, or activity if the program, 
project, or activity has not been funded by Congress.
    (b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 3 
full business days in advance, none of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to--
            (A) make a grant allocation or discretionary grant award 
        totaling $1,000,000 or more;
            (B) make a discretionary contract award or Other Transaction 
        Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more, including a contract 
        covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation;
            (C) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, award, 
        or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A) or (B); 
        or
            (D) announce publicly the intention to make an allocation, 
        award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A) 
        or (B).

    (2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 15 
days of the conclusion of each quarter a report detailing each grant 
allocation or discretionary grant award totaling less than $1,000,000 
provided during the previous quarter.
    (3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the report 
required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient of the award, the 
amount of the award, the fiscal year for which the funds for the award 
were appropriated, the account and program, project, or activity from 
which the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and a brief 
description of the activity for which the award is made.
    (c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect to any program, 
project, or activity that uses budget authority made available in this 
title under the heading ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs'', enter 
into a multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into a 
multiyear cooperative agreement unless--
            (1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is funded 
        for the full period of performance as anticipated at the time of 
        award; or

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            (2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement includes a 
        clause conditioning the Federal Government's obligation on the 
        availability of future year budget authority and the Secretary 
        notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate at least 3 days in advance.

    (d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), the amounts 
made available by this title shall be expended as authorized by law for 
the programs, projects, and activities specified in the ``Final Bill'' 
column in the ``Department of Energy'' table included under the heading 
``Title III--Department of Energy'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act).
    (e) The amounts made available by this title may be reprogrammed for 
any program, project, or activity, and the Department shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming 
which would cause any program, project, or activity funding level to 
increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, during the time period covered by this Act.
    (f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--
            (1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, project, or 
        activity;
            (2) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
        or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
        Act; or
            (3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for a 
        specific program, project, or activity by this Act.

    (g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any requirement or 
restriction in this section that applies to the use of funds made 
available for the Department of Energy if compliance with such 
requirement or restriction would pose a substantial risk to human 
health, the environment, welfare, or national security.
    (2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate of any 
waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 
days after the date of the activity to which a requirement or 
restriction would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall include an 
explanation of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 
such waiver.
    Sec. 302.  The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided 
for activities in this Act may be available to the same appropriation 
accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. 
Available balances may be merged with funds in the applicable 
established accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for 
the same time period as originally enacted.
    Sec. 303.  Funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for 
purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
414) during fiscal year 2015 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015.
    Sec. 304.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be 
used for the construction of facilities classified as high-hazard

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nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 unless independent oversight is 
conducted by the Office of Independent Enterprise Assessments to ensure 
the project is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements.
    Sec. 305.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used to approve critical decision-2 or critical decision-3 under 
Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or any successive departmental 
guidance, for construction projects where the total project cost exceeds 
$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate has been 
developed for the project for that critical decision.
    Sec. 306. (a) <<NOTE: 42 USC 2297h-10.>>  Secretarial 
Determinations.--In this fiscal year, and in each subsequent fiscal 
year, any determination (including a determination made prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act) by the Secretary of Energy under section 
3112(d)(2)(B) of the USEC Privatization Act (110 Stat. 1321-335), as 
amended, shall be valid for not more than 2 calendar years subsequent to 
such determination.

    (b) Congressional Notification.--In this fiscal year, and in each 
subsequent fiscal year, not less than 30 days prior to the provision of 
uranium in any form the Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the 
following--
            (1) the provisions of law (including regulations) 
        authorizing the provision of uranium;
            (2) the amount of uranium to be provided;
            (3) an estimate by the Secretary of Energy of the gross fair 
        market value of the uranium on the expected date of the 
        provision of the uranium;
            (4) the expected date of the provision of the uranium;
            (5) the recipient of the uranium;
            (6) the value the Secretary of Energy expects to receive in 
        exchange for the uranium, including any adjustments to the gross 
        fair market value of the uranium; and
            (7) whether the uranium to be provided is encumbered by any 
        restriction on use under an international agreement or 
        otherwise.

    Sec. 307.  Notwithstanding section 301(c) of this Act, none of the 
funds made available under the heading ``Department of Energy--Energy 
Programs--Science'' may be used for a multiyear contract, grant, 
cooperative agreement, or Other Transaction Agreement of $1,000,000 or 
less unless the contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or Other 
Transaction Agreement is funded for the full period of performance as 
anticipated at the time of award.
    Sec. 308.  In <<NOTE: 50 USC 2523c.>>  fiscal year 2015 and 
subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees (as defined in U.S.C. 101(a)(16)) a 
report, on each major warhead refurbishment program that reaches the 
Phase 6.3 milestone, that provides an analysis of alternatives. Such 
report shall include--
            (1) a full description of alternatives considered prior to 
        the award of Phase 6.3;
            (2) a comparison of the costs and benefits of each of those 
        alternatives, to include an analysis of trade-offs among cost, 
        schedule, and performance objectives against each alternative 
        considered;
            (3) identification of the cost and risk of critical 
        technology elements associated with each alternative, including 
        technology

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        maturity, integration risk, manufacturing feasibility, and 
        demonstration needs;
            (4) identification of the cost and risk of additional 
        capital asset and infrastructure capabilities required to 
        support production and certification of each alternative;
            (5) a comparative analysis of the risks, costs, and 
        scheduling needs for any military requirement intended to 
        enhance warhead safety, security, or maintainability, including 
        any requirement to consolidate and/or integrate warhead systems 
        or mods as compared to at least one other feasible refurbishment 
        alternative the Nuclear Weapons Council considers appropriate; 
        and
            (6) a life-cycle cost estimate for the alternative selected 
        that details the overall cost, scope, and schedule planning 
        assumptions.

    Sec. 309. (a) Unobligated balances available from prior year 
appropriations are hereby rescinded from the following accounts of the 
Department of Energy in the specified amounts:
            (1) ``Energy Programs--Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
        Energy'', $9,740,000.
            (2) ``Energy Programs--Electricity Delivery and Energy 
        Reliability'', $331,000.
            (3) ``Energy Programs--Nuclear Energy'', $121,000.
            (4) ``Energy Programs--Fossil Energy Research and 
        Development'', $10,413,000.
            (5) ``Energy Programs--Science'', $3,262,000.
            (6) ``Energy Programs--Advanced Research Projects Agency--
        Energy'', $18,000.
            (7) ``Energy Programs--Departmental Administration'', 
        $928,000.
            (8) ``Atomic Energy Defense Activities--National Nuclear 
        Security Administration--Weapons Activities'', $6,298,000.
            (9) ``Atomic Energy Defense Activities--National Nuclear 
        Security Administration--Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation'', 
        $1,390,000.
            (10) ``Atomic Energy Defense Activities--National Nuclear 
        Security Administration--Naval Reactors'', $160,000.
            (11) ``Atomic Energy Defense Activities--National Nuclear 
        Security Administration--Office of the Administrator'', 
        $413,000.
            (12) ``Environmental and Other Defense Activities--Defense 
        Environmental Cleanup'', $9,983,000.
            (13) ``Environmental and Other Defense Activities--Other 
        Defense Activities'', $551,000.
            (14) ``Power Marketing Administrations--Construction, 
        Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power 
        Administration'', $1,632,000.

    (b) No amounts may be rescinded by this section from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 310. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any prior 
Act under the heading ``Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation'' may be made 
available to enter into new contracts with, or new agreements for 
Federal assistance to, the Russian Federation.
    (b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibition in subsection 
(a) if the Secretary determines that such activity is in

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the national security interests of the United States. This waiver 
authority may not be delegated.
    (c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effective until 15 
days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, in 
classified form if necessary, a report on the justification for the 
waiver.
    Sec. 311.  Of <<NOTE: 50 USC 2791b.>>  the funds authorized by the 
Secretary of Energy for laboratory directed research and development, no 
individual program, project, or activity funded by this or any 
subsequent Act making appropriations for Energy and Water Development 
for any fiscal year may be charged more than the statutory maximum 
authorized for such activities:  Provided, That this section shall take 
effect not earlier than October 1, 2015.

    Sec. 312. (a) Domestic Uranium Enrichment.--None of the funds 
appropriated by this or any other Act or that may be available to the 
Department of Energy may be used for the construction of centrifuges for 
the production of enriched uranium for national security needs in fiscal 
year 2015.
    (b) The Department shall provide a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 
than April 30, 2015 that includes:
            (1) an accounting of the current and future availability of 
        low-enriched uranium, highly-enriched uranium, and tritium to 
        meet defense needs; and
            (2) a cost-benefit analysis of each of the options available 
        to supply enriched uranium for defense purposes, including a 
        preliminary cost and schedule estimate to build a national 
        security train.

    Sec. 313.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used--
            (1) to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) of title 10, 
        Code of Federal Regulations; or
            (2) to implement or enforce the standards established by the 
        tables contained in section 325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy 
        and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(1)(B)) with respect to 
        BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent reflector 
        lamps, and ER incandescent reflector lamps.

    Sec. 314.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
in contravention of section 3112(d)(2)(B) of the USEC Privatization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2297h-10(d)(2)(B)) and all public notice and comment 
requirements under chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, that are 
applicable to carrying out such section.
    Sec. 315. (a) Notification of Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
Drawdown.--None of the funds made available by this Act or any prior 
Act, or funds made available in the SPR Petroleum Account, may be used 
to conduct a drawdown (including a test drawdown) and sale or exchange 
of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless the 
Secretary of Energy provides notice, in accordance with subsection (b), 
of such exchange, or drawdown (including a test drawdown) to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate.
    (b)(1) Content of notification.--The notification required under 
subsection (a) shall include at a minimum--
                    (A) The justification for the drawdown or exchange, 
                including--

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                          (i) a specific description of any obligation 
                      under international energy agreements; and
                          (ii) in the case of a test drawdown, the 
                      specific aspects of the Strategic Petroleum 
                      Reserve to be tested;
                    (B) the provisions of law (including regulations) 
                authorizing the drawdown or exchange;
                    (C) the number of barrels of petroleum products 
                proposed to be withdrawn or exchanged;
                    (D) the location of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
                site or sites from which the petroleum products are 
                proposed to be withdrawn;
                    (E) a good faith estimate of the expected proceeds 
                from the sale of the petroleum products;
                    (F) an estimate of the total inventories of 
                petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
                after the anticipated drawdown;
                    (G) a detailed plan for disposition of the proceeds 
                after deposit into the SPR Petroleum Account; and
                    (H) a plan for refilling the Strategic Petroleum 
                Reserve, including whether the acquisition will be of 
                the same or a different petroleum product.
            (2) Timing of notification.--The Secretary shall provide the 
        notification required under subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the case of an exchange or a drawdown, as 
                soon as practicable after the exchange or drawdown has 
                occurred; and
                    (B) in the case of a test drawdown, not later than 
                30 days prior to a test drawdown.

    (c) Post-sale Notification.--In addition to reporting requirements 
under other provisions of law, the Secretary shall, upon the execution 
of all contract awards associated with a competitive sale of petroleum 
products, notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate of the actual value of the proceeds from 
the sale.
    (d)(1) New regional reserves.--The Secretary may not establish any 
new regional petroleum product reserve--
                    (A) unless funding for the proposed regional 
                petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested in 
                advance in an annual budget submission and approved by 
                the Congress in an appropriations Act; or
                    (B) until 90 days after notification of, and 
                approval by, the Committees on Appropriations of the 
                House of Representatives and the Senate.
            (2) The budget request or notification shall include--
                    (A) the justification for the new reserve;
                    (B) a cost estimate for the establishment, 
                operation, and maintenance of the reserve, including 
                funding sources;
                    (C) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, 
                including the conditions upon which the products may be 
                released;
                    (D) the location of the reserve; and
                    (E) the estimate of the total inventory of the 
                reserve.

    (e) Report on Refined Petroleum Products.--Not later than 180 days 
after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a detailed plan for operation of the refined

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petroleum products reserve, including funding sources and the conditions 
upon which refined petroleum products may be released.
    (f) Report on Strategic Petroleum Reserve Expansion.--(1) The 
Secretary, through the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate not later than 180 days after enactment 
of this Act the report required in Public Law 111-8 (123 Stat. 617) 
regarding the expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
            (2) The report required in paragraph (1) shall include an 
        analysis of the impacts of Northeast Regional Refined Petroleum 
        Product Reserve on the domestic petroleum market.

                                TITLE IV

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     Appalachian Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the 
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 
14704, and for necessary expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman and the 
Alternate on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment of the 
Federal share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 
Board in carrying out activities authorized by the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, as amended by Public Law 100-456, section 1441, $28,500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016.

                        Delta Regional Authority

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary of the Delta Regional Authority and to carry 
out its activities, as authorized by the Delta Regional Authority Act of 
2000, notwithstanding sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of 
said Act, $12,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                            Denali Commission

    For expenses of the Denali Commission including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment as 
necessary and other expenses, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 306(g) of 
the Denali Commission Act of 1998:  Provided, That funds shall be 
available for construction projects in an amount not to exceed 80 
percent of total project cost for distressed communities, as defined by 
section 307 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, 
Public Law 105-277), as amended by section

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701 of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 1501A-280), 
and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed communities.

                   Northern Border Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary of the Northern Border Regional Commission in 
carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United 
States Code, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That such amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 
notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United States Code.

                 Southeast Crescent Regional Commission

    For necessary expenses of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission 
in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United 
States Code, $250,000, to remain available until expended.

                      Nuclear Regulatory Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying out the 
purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, $1,003,233,000, including official representation expenses 
not to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of the amount appropriated herein, not more than $7,500,000 may be 
made available for salaries, travel, and other support costs for the 
Office of the Commission, to remain available until September 30, 2016, 
of which, notwithstanding section 201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy 
Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and 
expenditure shall only be approved by a majority vote of the Commission: 
 Provided further, That the Commission may reprogram, not earlier than 
30 days after notification of and approval by the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, up to an 
additional $2,000,000 for salaries, travel, and other support costs of 
the Office of the Commission:  Provided further, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and collections 
estimated at $885,375,000 in fiscal year 2015 shall be retained and used 
for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 
of revenues received during fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2015 appropriation estimated at not more than $117,858,000:  
Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be for university research and development in areas 
relevant to their respective organization's mission, and $5,000,000 
shall be for a Nuclear Science and Engineering Grant Program that will 
support multiyear projects that do not align with programmatic missions 
but are critical to maintaining the discipline of nuclear science and 
engineering.

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                       office of inspector general

    For expenses necessary of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$12,071,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, 
That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 
services and collections estimated at $10,099,000 in fiscal year 2015 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 2016, for 
necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, United States Code:  Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received 
during fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 
appropriation estimated at not more than $1,972,000:  Provided further, 
That, of the amounts appropriated under this heading, $850,000 shall be 
for Inspector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 
Board, which shall not be available from fee revenues: <<NOTE: 42 USC 
2286l.>>   Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, in this fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the 
Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is authorized to 
exercise the same authorities with respect to the Defense Nuclear 
Facilities Safety Board, as determined by the Inspector General of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as the Inspector General exercises under 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) with respect to the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

                  Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, 
as authorized by Public Law 100-203, section 5051, $3,400,000, to be 
derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 
30, 2016.

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

    Sec. 401.  The <<NOTE: 42 USC 5854.>>  Chairman of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission shall notify the other members of the Commission, 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate, not later than 1 day after the Chairman begins performing 
functions under the authority of section 3 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 
of 1980, or after a member of the Commission who is delegated emergency 
functions under subsection (b) of that section begins performing those 
functions. Such notification shall include an explanation of the 
circumstances warranting the exercise of such authority. The Chairman 
shall report to the Committees, not less frequently than once each week, 
on the actions taken by the Chairman, or a delegated member of the 
Commission, under such authority, until the authority is relinquished. 
The Chairman shall notify the Committees not later than 1 day after such 
authority is relinquished. The Chairman shall submit the report required 
by section 3(d) of the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980 to the 
Committees not later than 1 day after it was submitted to the 
Commission. This section shall be in effect in fiscal year 2015 and each 
subsequent fiscal year.

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    Sec. 402.  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall comply with the 
July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its Internal Commission 
Procedures when responding to Congressional requests for information.
    Sec. 403. (a) Securing Radiological Material.--No later than 2 years 
from enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate that evaluates the effectiveness of 
the requirements of 10 CFR Part 37 and determines whether such 
requirements are adequate to protect high-risk radiological material. 
Such evaluation shall consider inspection results and event reports from 
the first two years of implementation of the requirements in 10 CFR Part 
37 for NRC licensees.
    (b) No later than 2 years after the completion of the NRC evaluation 
required in subsection (a), the Government Accountability Office, with 
assistance from an independent group of security experts, shall provide 
a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the requirements of 10 CFR 
Part 37 for NRC and Agreement State licensees and recommendations to 
further strengthen radiological security.
    Sec. 404.  For <<NOTE: 31 USC 1105 note.>>  this fiscal year, and 
each fiscal year hereafter, each independent agency receiving funding 
under this title shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a Congressional Budget 
Justification and a detailed annual report.

                                 TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 501.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used in 
any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on 
any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, other 
than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913.
    Sec. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in title III of this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 
transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations Act 
for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government may provide goods or 
services to another department, agency, or instrumentality.
    (b) None of the funds made available for any department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government may be transferred to 
accounts funded in title III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by or transfer authority provided in this Act or any other 
appropriations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any authority whereby 
a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government 
may provide goods or services to another department, agency, or 
instrumentality.

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    (c) The head of any relevant department or agency funded in this Act 
utilizing any transfer authority shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
semiannual report detailing the transfer authorities, except for any 
authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government may provide goods or services to another department, 
agency, or instrumentality, used in the previous 6 months and in the 
year-to-date. This report shall include the amounts transferred and the 
purposes for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 
modify existing notification requirements for each authority.
    Sec. 503.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
in contravention of Executive Order No. 12898 of February 11, 1994 
(Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority 
Populations and Low-Income Populations).
    This division may be cited as the ``Energy and Water Development and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015''.

DIVISION E--FINANCIAL <<NOTE: Financial Services and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2015. Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 
2015.>>  SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

                                 TITLE I

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including 
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and 
purchase of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or 
owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of official business; 
executive direction program activities; international affairs and 
economic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy activities; 
and Treasury-wide management policies and programs activities, 
$210,000,000:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading--
            (1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official reception and 
        representation expenses;
            (2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies of 
        a confidential nature to be allocated and expended under the 
        direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted 
        for solely on the Secretary's certificate; and
            (3) not to exceed $24,200,000 shall remain available until 
        September 30, 2016, for--
                    (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and 
                Internal Control Program;
                    (B) information technology modernization 
                requirements;
                    (C) in an amount not less than $9,500,000, the 
                audit, oversight, and administration of the Gulf Coast 
                Restoration Trust Fund; and
                    (D) in an amount not to exceed $3,400,000, the 
                development and implementation of programs within the 
                Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and 
                Compliance Policy, including entering into cooperative 
                agreements.

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             office of terrorism and financial intelligence

                          salaries and expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism and Financial 
Intelligence to safeguard the financial system against illicit use and 
to combat rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, weapons of mass 
destruction proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other 
national security threats, $112,500,000:  Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading: (1) not to exceed $27,000,000 is 
available for administrative expenses; and (2) $1,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016, is available for secure space 
requirements:  Provided further, That the unobligated balances of prior 
year appropriations made available for terrorism and financial 
intelligence activities under the heading ``Department of the Treasury--
Departmental Offices--Salaries and Expenses'' shall be transferred to, 
and merged with, this account.

        department-wide systems and capital investments programs

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For development and acquisition of automatic data processing 
equipment, software, and services and for repairs and renovations to 
buildings owned by the Department of the Treasury, $2,725,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That these funds shall be 
transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the 
requirements of the Department's offices, bureaus, and other 
organizations:  Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be 
in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act:  
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be used to support or supplement ``Internal Revenue Service, 
Operations Support'' or ``Internal Revenue Service, Business Systems 
Modernization''.

                       office of inspector general

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$35,351,000, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; of which not to 
exceed $100,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a 
confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of 
the Inspector General of the Treasury; of which up to $2,800,000 shall 
be for audits and investigations conducted pursuant to section 1608 of 
the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and 
Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321 
note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses.

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            treasury inspector general for tax administration

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, including purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 
U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates 
as may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administration; 
$158,210,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2016; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available for 
official travel expenses; of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be 
available for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 
allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector General for 
Tax Administration; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses.

     special inspector general for the troubled asset relief program

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Emergency Economic 
Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343), $34,234,000.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and training expenses 
of non-Federal and foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 
training concerned with domestic and foreign financial intelligence 
activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; services 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $10,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law 
enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $112,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2017.

                        Treasury Forfeiture Fund

                               (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$769,000,000 are rescinded.

                      Bureau of the Fiscal Service

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of the Fiscal 
Service, $348,184,000; of which not to exceed $4,210,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017, is for information systems 
modernization initiatives; and of which $5,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.

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    In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and personnel expenses for 
financial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of 
Public Law 101-380.

                Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$100,000,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research 
and development programs for laboratory services; and provision of 
laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with or without 
reimbursement:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, $3,000,000 shall be for the costs of criminal enforcement 
activities and special law enforcement agents for targeting tobacco 
smuggling and other criminal diversion activities.

                           United States Mint

                united states mint public enterprise fund

    Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, the United 
States Mint is provided funding through the United States Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the production of circulating 
coins, numismatic coins, and protective services, including both 
operating expenses and capital investments:  Provided, That the 
aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 
fiscal year 2015 under such section 5136 for circulating coinage and 
protective service capital investments of the United States Mint shall 
not exceed $20,000,000.

    Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account

    To carry out the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory 
Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title I of Public Law 103-325), 
including services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the rate for EX-3, $230,500,000. Of the amount 
appropriated under this heading--
            (1) not less than $152,400,000, notwithstanding section 
        108(e) of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to 
        Small and/or Emerging Community Development Financial 
        Institutions Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 
        2016, for financial assistance and technical assistance under 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 108(a)(1), respectively, of 
        Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which 
        up to $3,102,500 may be used for the cost of direct loans:  
        Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 
        including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
        in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  
        Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
        gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not 
        to exceed $25,000,000;

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            (2) not less than $15,000,000, notwithstanding section 
        108(e) of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)), is available 
        until September 30, 2016, for financial assistance, technical 
        assistance, training and outreach programs designed to benefit 
        Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native communities 
        and provided primarily through qualified community development 
        lender organizations with experience and expertise in community 
        development banking and lending in Indian country, Native 
        American organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, and 
        other suitable providers;
            (3) not less than $18,000,000 is available until September 
        30, 2016, for the Bank Enterprise Award program;
            (4) not less than $22,000,000, notwithstanding subsections 
        (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 
        4707(d) and (e)), is available until September 30, 2016, for a 
        Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide financial 
        assistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach to 
        community development financial institutions for the purpose of 
        offering affordable financing and technical assistance to expand 
        the availability of healthy food options in distressed 
        communities;
            (5) up to $23,100,000 is available until September 30, 2015, 
        for administrative expenses, including administration of CDFI 
        fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit Program, of which 
        up to $1,000,000 is for capacity building to expand CDFI 
        investments in underserved areas, and up to $300,000 is for 
        administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program; 
        and
            (6) during fiscal year 2015, none of the funds available 
        under this heading are available for the cost, as defined in 
        section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
        commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under section 114A of 
        the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act 
        of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a):  Provided, That commitments to 
        guarantee bonds and notes under such section 114A shall not 
        exceed $750,000,000: <<NOTE: 12 USC 4713a note.>>   Provided 
        further, That such section 114A shall remain in effect until 
        September 30, 2015.

                        Internal Revenue Service

                            taxpayer services

    For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to provide 
taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance and education, filing 
and account services, taxpayer advocacy services, and other services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner, $2,156,554,000, of which not less than $7,000,000 shall be 
for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, 
and of which not less than $12,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016, shall be available for a Community Volunteer Income 
Tax Assistance matching grants program for tax return preparation 
assistance, of which not less than $206,000,000 shall be available for 
operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service:  Provided, That of 
the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate Service, not less 
than $5,000,000 shall be for identity theft casework.

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                               enforcement

    For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities of the 
Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect owed taxes, to provide 
legal and litigation support, to conduct criminal investigations, to 
enforce criminal statutes related to violations of internal revenue laws 
and other financial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor 
vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of which not less than $60,257,000 shall 
be for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement program.

                           operations support

    For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to support 
taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including rent payments; 
facilities services; printing; postage; physical security; headquarters 
and other IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics of 
income; telecommunications; information technology development, 
enhancement, operations, maintenance, and security; the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and other services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner; $3,638,446,000, of which not to exceed $315,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2016; of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, for 
research; of which not less than $1,850,000 shall be for the Internal 
Revenue Service Oversight Board; of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses: <<NOTE: 26 USC 7801 
note.>>   Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of each 
quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate and the Comptroller General of the United States detailing the 
cost and schedule performance for its major information technology 
investments, including the purpose and life-cycle stages of the 
investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule variances; the risks 
of such investments and strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using 
to mitigate such risks; and the expected developmental milestones to be 
achieved and costs to be incurred in the next quarter:  Provided 
further, That the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its budget 
justification for fiscal year 2016, a summary of cost and schedule 
performance information for its major information technology systems.

                     business systems modernization

    For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service's business 
systems modernization program, $290,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017, for the capital asset acquisition of information 
technology systems, including management and related contractual costs 
of said acquisitions, including related Internal Revenue Service labor 
costs, and contractual costs associated with operations authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109: <<NOTE: 26 USC 7801 note.>>   Provided, That not later than 
30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate and the Comptroller General of the 
United States detailing the cost

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and schedule performance for CADE 2 and Modernized e-File information 
technology investments, including the purposes and life-cycle stages of 
the investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule variances; the 
risks of such investments and the strategies the Internal Revenue 
Service is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected developmental 
milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next quarter.

           administrative provisions--internal revenue service

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 101.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be transferred 
to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 102.  The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain an employee 
training program, which shall include the following topics: taxpayers' 
rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, 
ethics, and the impartial application of tax law.
    Sec. 103.  The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and enforce 
policies and procedures that will safeguard the confidentiality of 
taxpayer information and protect taxpayers against identity theft.
    Sec. 104.  Funds made available by this or any other Act to the 
Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facilities and 
increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1-800 help line 
service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall continue to make 
improvements to the Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line service a 
priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response time 
to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard to victims of tax-
related crimes.
    Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available to the Internal Revenue 
Service by this Act may be used to make a video unless the Service-Wide 
Video Editorial Board determines in advance that making the video is 
appropriate, taking into account the cost, topic, tone, and purpose of 
the video.
    Sec. 106.  The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a notice of 
confirmation of any address change relating to an employer making 
employment tax payments, and such notice shall be sent to both the 
employer's former and new address and an officer or employee of the 
Internal Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an offer-
in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud by a 
third party payroll tax preparer.
    Sec. 107.  None of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used by the Internal Revenue Service to target citizens of the United 
States for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States.
    Sec. 108.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Internal Revenue Service to target groups for regulatory scrutiny 
based on their ideological beliefs.
    Sec. 109.  None of funds made available by this Act to the Internal 
Revenue Service shall be obligated or expended on conferences that do 
not adhere to the procedures, verification processes, documentation 
requirements, and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 
Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result of the 
recommendations in the report published

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on May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration entitled ``Review of the August 2010 Small Business/Self-
Employed Division's Conference in Anaheim, California'' (Reference 
Number 2013-10-037).
    Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
in contravention of section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to confidentiality and disclosure of returns and return 
information).

          Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Sec. 111.  Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury in this 
Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs, and 
cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in 
foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased and used 
overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the 
Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical services to 
employees and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 112.  Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this 
title made available under the headings ``Departmental Offices--Salaries 
and Expenses'', ``Office of Inspector General'', ``Special Inspector 
General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program'', ``Financial Crimes 
Enforcement Network'', ``Bureau of the Fiscal Service'', and ``Alcohol 
and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau'' may be transferred between such 
appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:  
Provided, That no transfer under this section may increase or decrease 
any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
    Sec. 113.  Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be transferred 
to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration's appropriation 
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate:  Provided, That no transfer may 
increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
    Sec. 114.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act or otherwise 
available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau of Engraving 
and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
    Sec. 115.  The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds from the 
``Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries and Expenses'' to the Debt 
Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of debt collection:  
Provided, That such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and 
expenses account from debt collections received in the Debt Collection 
Fund.
    Sec. 116.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used by the United States Mint 
to construct or operate any museum without the explicit approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the House Committee on Financial

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Services, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs.
    Sec. 117.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act or source to the Department of the 
Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the United States 
Mint, individually or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or 
all functions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United 
States Mint without the explicit approval of the House Committee on 
Financial Services; the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs; and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate.
    Sec. 118.  Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the 
transfer of funds in this Act, for the Department of the Treasury's 
intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 
specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 
2015 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015.
    Sec. 119.  Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available from the 
Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Industrial Revolving Fund for 
necessary official reception and representation expenses.
    Sec. 120.  The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a Capital 
Investment Plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives not later than 30 days following the 
submission of the annual budget submitted by the President:  Provided, 
That such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital investment 
spending from all accounts within the Department of the Treasury, 
including but not limited to the Department-wide Systems and Capital 
Investment Programs account, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the 
Treasury Forfeiture Fund account:  Provided further, That such Capital 
Investment Plan shall include expenditures occurring in previous fiscal 
years for each capital investment project that has not been fully 
completed.
    Sec. 121. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of each quarter, 
the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial Research 
shall submit reports on their activities to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
    (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall include--
            (1) the obligations made during the previous quarter by 
        object class, office, and activity;
            (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of the 
        fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;
            (3) the number of full-time equivalents within each office 
        during the previous quarter;
            (4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents within 
        each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; and
            (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and 
        performance measures of each office.

    (c) At the request of any such Committees specified in subsection 
(a), the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial 
Research shall make officials available to testify on the contents of 
the reports required under subsection (a).

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    Sec. 122.  Within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an itemized report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on the amount of total funds charged to each office by the 
Franchise Fund including the amount charged for each service provided by 
the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description of the 
services, a detailed explanation of how each charge for each service is 
calculated, and a description of the role customers have in governing in 
the Franchise Fund.
    Sec. 123.  The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
appropriate agencies, departments, bureaus, and commissions that have 
expertise in terrorism and complex financial instruments, shall provide 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act on economic warfare and financial terrorism.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of the Treasury 
Appropriations Act, 2015''.

 TITLE II <<NOTE: Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 
2015.>> 

    EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
                                PRESIDENT

                             The White House

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by law, 
including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 
U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in 
that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to 
exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 
103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, to be available for allocation within the 
Executive Office of the President; and for necessary expenses of the 
Office of Policy Development, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000.

                 Executive Residence at the White House

                           operating expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at the White 
House, $12,700,000, to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 
U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112-114.

                          reimbursable expenses

    For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at the 
White House, such sums as may be necessary:  Provided, That all 
reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence shall be made 
in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph:  Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,

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such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive 
authority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and to receive 
offsetting collections, for such expenses:  Provided further, That the 
Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable 
political event to pay in advance an amount equal to the estimated cost 
of the event, and all such advance payments shall be credited to this 
account and remain available until expended:  Provided further, That the 
Executive Residence shall require the national committee of the 
political party of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 
separately accounted for and available for expenses relating to 
reimbursable political events sponsored by such committee during such 
fiscal year:  Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 
ensure that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable 
operating expense under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 
such amount within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that such 
amount is collected within 30 days after the submission of such notice:  
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest and 
assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that is not 
reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the interest and 
penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt on a United States 
Government claim under 31 U.S.C. 3717:  Provided further, That each such 
amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and charges, 
shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:  Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 
the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the 
reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence during the 
preceding fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, the 
amount of such total that consists of reimbursable official and 
ceremonial events, the amount of such total that consists of 
reimbursable political events, and the portion of each such amount that 
has been reimbursed as of the date of the report:  Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of 
expenses related to reimbursable events within the Executive Residence 
that includes a standard for the classification of any such expense as 
political or nonpolitical:  Provided further, That no provision of this 
paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence from any 
other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of 
title 31, United States Code.

                   White House Repair and Restoration

    For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive 
Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 105(d), $625,000, to 
remain available until expended, for required maintenance, resolution of 
safety and health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.

                      Council of Economic Advisers

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers in 
carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 
1021 et seq.), $4,184,000.

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         National Security Council and Homeland Security Council

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Security Council and the 
Homeland Security Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $12,600,000.

                        Office of Administration

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $111,300,000, of which not to exceed 
$12,006,000 shall remain available until expended for continued 
modernization of the information technology infrastructure within the 
Executive Office of the President.

                     Office of Management and Budget

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and Budget, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, 
United States Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United 
States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, $91,750,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be 
available for official representation expenses:  Provided, That none of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Management and 
Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural 
marketing orders or any activities or regulations under the provisions 
of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.):  Provided further, That none of the funds made available for the 
Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for the 
altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, except for 
testimony of officials of the Office of Management and Budget, before 
the Committees on Appropriations or their subcommittees:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this or prior Acts shall be 
used, directly or indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, 
for evaluating or determining if water resource project or study reports 
submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the 
Army are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and 
requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource planning 
process:  Provided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 
shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary policy 
reviews of water resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers has 
reported:  Provided further, That the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and 
appropriating committees when the 60-day review is initiated:  Provided 
further, That if water resource reports have not been transmitted to the 
appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees within 15 days 
after the end of the Office of Management and Budget review period based 
on the notification from

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the Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management and Budget 
concurrence with the report and act accordingly.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-469); not to 
exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and 
for participation in joint projects or in the provision of services on 
matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public 
organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
$22,647,000: <<NOTE: 21 USC 1702 note.>>   Provided, That the Office is 
authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 
personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the 
purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office.

                      federal drug control programs

              high intensity drug trafficking areas program

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, $245,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016, for drug control activities 
consistent with the approved strategy for each of the designated High 
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (``HIDTAs''), of which not less than 51 
percent shall be transferred to State and local entities for drug 
control activities and shall be obligated not later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act:  Provided, That up to 49 percent may be 
transferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts determined by 
the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which up 
to $2,700,000 may be used for auditing services and associated 
activities:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of 
Public Law 106-58, any unexpended funds obligated prior to fiscal year 
2013 may be used for any other approved activities of that HIDTA, 
subject to reprogramming requirements:  Provided further, That each 
HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2014, shall be funded at not less 
than the fiscal year 2014 base level, unless the Director submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate justification for changes to those levels based on clearly 
articulated priorities and published Office of National Drug Control 
Policy performance measures of effectiveness:  Provided further, That 
the Director shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
initial allocation of fiscal year 2015 funding among HIDTAs not later 
than 45 days after enactment of this Act, and shall notify the 
Committees of planned uses of discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined 
in consultation with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That upon a determination that 
all or part of the funds so transferred from this appropriation are not 
necessary for the purposes provided herein and upon notification

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to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation.

                   other federal drug control programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For other drug control activities authorized by the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 
109-469), $107,150,000, to remain available until expended, which shall 
be available as follows: $93,500,000 for the Drug-Free Communities 
Program, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available as directed by 
section 4 of Public Law 107-82, as amended by Public Law 109-469 (21 
U.S.C. 1521 note); $1,400,000 for drug court training and technical 
assistance; $9,000,000 for anti-doping activities; $2,000,000 for the 
United States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; and 
$1,250,000 shall be made available as directed by section 1105 of Public 
Law 109-469:  Provided, That amounts made available under this heading 
may be transferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry 
out such activities.

                           Unanticipated Needs

    For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet unanticipated 
needs, in furtherance of the national interest, security, or defense 
which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal year, as 
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, $800,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016.

               Information Technology Oversight and Reform

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for the furtherance of integrated, efficient, 
secure, and effective uses of information technology in the Federal 
Government, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 
these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out projects to meet 
these purposes:  Provided further, That the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall submit quarterly reports not later than 45 
days after the end of each quarter to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Government 
Accountability Office identifying the savings achieved by the Office of 
Management and Budget's government-wide information technology reform 
efforts:  Provided further, That such reports shall include savings 
identified by fiscal year, agency, and appropriation.

                   Special Assistance to the President

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide 
assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned 
functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, 
including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106,

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which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,211,000.

                Official Residence of the Vice President

                           operating expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, and to the 
extent not otherwise provided for, heating and lighting, including 
electric power and fixtures, of the official residence of the Vice 
President; the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed 
$90,000 pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $299,000:  Provided, That 
advances, repayments, or transfers from this appropriation may be made 
to any department or agency for expenses of carrying out such 
activities.

 Administrative Provisions--Executive Office of the President and Funds 
                      Appropriated to the President

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Sec. 201.  From funds made available in this Act under the headings 
``The White House'', ``Executive Residence at the White House'', ``White 
House Repair and Restoration'', ``Council of Economic Advisers'', 
``National Security Council and Homeland Security Council'', ``Office of 
Administration'', ``Special Assistance to the President'', and 
``Official Residence of the Vice President'', the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget (or such other officer as the President may 
designate in writing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, transfer 
not to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation to any other such 
appropriation, to be merged with and available for the same time and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred:  Provided, 
That the amount of an appropriation shall not be increased by more than 
50 percent by such transfers:  Provided further, That no amount shall be 
transferred from ``Special Assistance to the President'' or ``Official 
Residence of the Vice President'' without the approval of the Vice 
President.
    Sec. 202.  Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate on the costs of implementing the Dodd-
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111-
203). Such report shall include--
            (1) the estimated mandatory and discretionary obligations of 
        funds through fiscal year 2017, by Federal agency and by fiscal 
        year, including--
                    (A) the estimated obligations by cost inputs such as 
                rent, information technology, contracts, and personnel;
                    (B) the methodology and data sources used to 
                calculate such estimated obligations; and
                    (C) the specific section of such Act that requires 
                the obligation of funds; and

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            (2) the estimated receipts through fiscal year 2017 from 
        assessments, user fees, and other fees by the Federal agency 
        making the collections, by fiscal year, including--
                    (A) the methodology and data sources used to 
                calculate such estimated collections; and
                    (B) the specific section of such Act that authorizes 
                the collection of funds.

    Sec. 203. (a) During fiscal year 2015, any Executive order issued by 
the President shall be accompanied by a statement from the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget on the budgetary impact, including 
costs, benefits, and revenues, of the Executive order.
    (b) Any such statement shall include--
            (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary impact of such 
        order on the Federal Government;
            (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary obligations 
        and outlays, listed by Federal agency, for each year in the 5-
        fiscal year period beginning in fiscal year 2015; and
            (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Government over 
        the 5-fiscal year period beginning in fiscal year 2015.

    (c) If an Executive order is issued during fiscal year 2015 due to a 
national emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
may issue the statement required by subsection (a) not later than 15 
days after the date that the Executive order is issued.
    Sec. 204.  The Director of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and prior to the initial obligation of more than 
20 percent of the funds appropriated in any account under the heading 
``Office of National Drug Control Policy'', a detailed narrative and 
financial plan on the proposed uses of all funds under the account by 
program, project, and activity:  Provided, That the reports required by 
this section shall be updated and submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations every 6 months and shall include information detailing 
how the estimates and assumptions contained in previous reports have 
changed:  Provided further, That any new projects and changes in funding 
of ongoing projects shall be subject to the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 205.  Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this Act 
made available to the Office of National Drug Control Policy may be 
transferred between appropriated programs upon the advance approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, That no transfer may 
increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 3 percent.
    Sec. 206.  Not to exceed $1,000,000 of any appropriations in this 
Act made available to the Office of National Drug Control Policy may be 
reprogrammed within a program, project, or activity upon the advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 207.  The first proviso under the heading ``Data-Driven 
Innovation'' in division E of Public Law 113-76 is amended by striking 
``shall'' and inserting ``may''.
     This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office of the President 
Appropriations Act, 2015''.

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TITLE III <<NOTE: Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2015.>> 

                              THE JUDICIARY

                   Supreme Court of the United States

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, as 
required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 
1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief 
Justice may approve, $74,967,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended.
    In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
under current law for the salaries of the chief justice and associate 
justices of the court.

                    care of the building and grounds

    For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Architect of 
the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon the Architect by 40 
U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, $11,640,000, to remain available until expended.

         United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

                          salaries and expenses

    For salaries of officers and employees, and for necessary expenses 
of the court, as authorized by law, $30,212,000.
    In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges of the 
court.

               United States Court of International Trade

                          salaries and expenses

    For salaries of officers and employees of the court, services, and 
necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $17,807,000.
    In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges of the 
court.

     Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

                          salaries and expenses

    For the salaries of judges of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees of the 
Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, necessary 
expenses of the courts, and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning 
of uniforms for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as 
authorized by law, $4,846,818,000 (including the purchase

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of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall 
remain available until expended for space alteration projects and for 
furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration and 
construction projects; and of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2016, for the Integrated Workplace 
Initiative:  Provided, That the amount provided for the Integrated 
Workplace Initiative shall not be available for obligation until the 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts 
submits a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate showing that the estimated cost savings 
resulting from the Initiative will exceed the estimated amounts 
obligated for the Initiative.
    In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
under current law for the salaries of circuit and district judges 
(including judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 
bankruptcy judges, and justices and judges retired from office or from 
regular active service.
    In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims associated with processing cases under the National Childhood 
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-660), not to exceed 
$5,423,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Trust Fund.

                            defender services

    For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to 
represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A and 3599, and for the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing 
investigative, expert, and other services for such representations as 
authorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the maximums 
under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the defendant has 
waived representation by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for 
the protection of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1875(d)(1); the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial 
civil forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimbursement of 
travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); 
and for necessary training and general administrative expenses, 
$1,016,499,000, to remain available until expended.

                    fees of jurors and commissioners

    For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1871 and 
1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 
pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $52,191,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That the compensation of land commissioners shall 
not exceed the daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 
U.S.C. 5332.

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                             court security

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the 
provision of protective guard services for United States courthouses and 
other facilities housing Federal court operations, and the procurement, 
installation, and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court 
operations, including building ingress-egress control, inspection of 
mail and packages, directed security patrols, perimeter security, basic 
security services provided by the Federal Protective Service, and other 
similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial 
Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-702), 
$513,975,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended, to be expended directly or transferred to the United 
States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible for administering 
the Judicial Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 
guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts and the Attorney General.

            Administrative Office of the United States Courts

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, $84,399,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                         Federal Judicial Center

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as authorized 
by Public Law 90-219, $26,959,000; of which $1,800,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2016, to provide education and training 
to Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is 
authorized for official reception and representation expenses.

                   United States Sentencing Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $16,894,000, of which not 
to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception and representation 
expenses.

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                Administrative Provisions--The Judiciary

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 301.  Appropriations and authorizations made in this title 
which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 302.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act may 
be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, 
except ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial 
Services, Defender Services'' and ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners'', shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:  Provided, 
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in section 608.
    Sec. 303.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the salaries 
and expenses appropriation for ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and 
Other Judicial Services'' shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 
 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 and shall 
be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts in the capacity as Secretary of the Judicial 
Conference.
    Sec. 304.  Section 3314(a) of title 40, United States Code, shall be 
applied by substituting ``Federal'' for ``executive'' each place it 
appears.
    Sec. 305.  In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561-569, and notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the United States Marshals Service shall 
provide, for such courthouses as its Director may designate in 
consultation with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the security 
services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of Homeland 
Security to provide, except for the services specified in 40 U.S.C. 
1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security services at these 
courthouses, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service rather 
than the Department of Homeland Security.
    Sec. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act of 
1990 (Public Law 101-650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended in the matter 
following paragraph (12)--
            (1) in the second sentence (relating to the District of 
        Kansas), by striking ``23 years and 6 months'' and inserting 
        ``24 years and 6 months''; and
            (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the District of 
        Hawaii), by striking ``20 years and 6 months'' and inserting 
        ``21 years and 6 months''.

    (b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban 
Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-115; 119 Stat. 2470; 
28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence (relating to the 
eastern District of Missouri) by striking ``21 years and 6 months'' and 
inserting ``22 years and 6 months''.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2352]]

    (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department of Justice 
Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107-273; 28 U.S.C. 133 
note), is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence by striking ``12 years'' and 
        inserting ``13 years'';
            (2) in the second sentence (relating to the central District 
        of California), by striking ``11 years and 6 months'' and 
        inserting ``12 years and 6 months''; and
            (3) in the third sentence (relating to the western district 
        of North Carolina), by striking ``10 years'' and inserting ``11 
        years''.

    Sec. 307.  Section 84(b) of title 28, United States <<NOTE: 28 USC 
846.>> Code, is amended in the second sentence by inserting 
``Bakersfield,'' after ``shall be held at''.

    Sec. 308.  Section 3155 of title 18, United States <<NOTE: 18 USC 
3155.>> Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by deleting the words ``and the 
        Director''; and
            (2) in the first sentence, by inserting at the end ``and 
        shall ensure that case file, statistical, and other information 
        concerning the work of pretrial services is provided to the 
        Director''.

    This title may be cited as the ``Judiciary Appropriations Act, 
2015''.

TITLE IV <<NOTE: District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2015.>> 

                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                              Federal Funds

              federal payment for resident tuition support

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be deposited 
into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to be administered by 
the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident tuition support, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such 
funds, including any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf of 
eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the 
difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at public 
institutions of higher education, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at 
eligible private institutions of higher education:  Provided further, 
That the awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a 
resident's academic merit, the income and need of eligible students and 
such other factors as may be authorized:  Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for 
the Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the Federal 
funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent 
appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, and 
any interest earned in this or any fiscal year:  Provided further, That 
the account shall be under the control of the District of Columbia Chief 
Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely for the purposes of 
carrying out the Resident Tuition Support Program:  Provided further, 
That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly 
financial report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate

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for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made and the 
purpose therefor.

    federal payment for emergency planning and security costs in the 
                          district of columbia

    For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined by the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia in written consultation with the 
elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, 
$12,500,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of 
providing public safety at events related to the presence of the 
National Capital in the District of Columbia, including support 
requested by the Director of the United States Secret Service in 
carrying out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to respond to 
immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of 
Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions.

           federal payment to the district of columbia courts

    For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts, 
$245,110,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia 
Court of Appeals, $13,622,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for 
official reception and representation expenses; for the Superior Court 
of the District of Columbia, $116,443,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 
is for official reception and representation expenses; for the District 
of Columbia Court System, $71,155,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is 
for official reception and representation expenses; and $43,890,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016, for capital improvements for 
District of Columbia courthouse facilities:  Provided, That funds made 
available for capital improvements shall be expended consistent with the 
District of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condition 
assessment:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by 
the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the 
same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other 
Federal agencies:  Provided further, That 30 days after providing 
written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may 
reallocate not more than $6,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading among the items and entities funded under this heading:  
Provided further, That the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in 
the District of Columbia may, by regulation, establish a program 
substantially similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of 
chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District 
of Columbia Courts.

  federal payment for defender services in district of columbia courts

    For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 11-2605, 
D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided under the 
District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for counsel 
appointed in proceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of 
the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official 
Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements

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to provide guardian ad litem representation, training, technical 
assistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve the 
quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments for counsel 
appointed in adoption proceedings under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. 
Official Code, and payments authorized under section 21-2060, D.C. 
Official Code (relating to services provided under the District of 
Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of 
Attorney Act of 1986), $49,890,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That funds provided under this heading shall be administered 
by the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of 
Columbia:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 
of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 
as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agencies.

 federal payment to the court services and offender supervision agency 
                      for the district of columbia

    For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor 
vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the 
District of Columbia, as authorized by the National Capital 
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, 
$234,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception 
and representation expenses related to Community Supervision and 
Pretrial Services Agency programs, of which not to exceed $25,000 is for 
dues and assessments relating to the implementation of the Court 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 
2002; of which $173,155,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community 
Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating 
to the supervision of adults subject to protection orders or the 
provision of services for or related to such persons, of which up to 
$9,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, for the 
relocation of offender supervision field offices; and of which 
$60,845,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agency:  
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 
under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as 
funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies:  
Provided further, That amounts under this heading may be used for 
programmatic incentives for offenders and defendants successfully 
meeting terms of supervision:  Provided further, That the Director is 
authorized to accept and use gifts in the form of in-kind contributions 
of the following: space and hospitality to support offender and 
defendant programs; equipment, supplies, and vocational training 
services necessary to sustain, educate, and train offenders and 
defendants, including their dependent children; and programmatic 
incentives for offenders and defendants meeting terms of supervision:  
Provided further, That the Director shall keep accurate and detailed 
records of the acceptance and use of any gift under the previous 
proviso, and shall make such records available for audit and public 
inspection:  Provided further, That the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency Director is authorized to accept and use 
reimbursement from the District of Columbia Government for space and 
services provided on a cost reimbursable basis.

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   federal payment to the district of columbia public defender service

    For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor 
vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, as 
authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997, $41,231,000, of which $1,150,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017, is for relocation of satellite 
offices:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 
of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 
as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Federal agencies:  
Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United 
States Code, and in addition to the authority provided by the District 
of Columbia Code Section 2-1607(b), upon approval of the Board of 
Trustees, the District of Columbia Public Defender Service may accept 
and use voluntary and uncompensated services for the purpose of aiding 
or facilitating the work of the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding District of Columbia 
Code section 2-1603(d), for the purpose of any action brought against 
the Board of the Trustees of the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service, the trustees shall be deemed to be employees of the Public 
Defender Service.

  federal payment to the district of columbia water and sewer authority

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer 
Authority, $14,000,000, to remain available until expended, to continue 
implementation of the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan:  Provided, 
That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority provides a 100 
percent match for this payment.

      federal payment to the criminal justice coordinating council

    For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, 
$1,900,000, to remain available until expended, to support initiatives 
related to the coordination of Federal and local criminal justice 
resources in the District of Columbia.

                federal payment for judicial commissions

    For a Federal payment, to remain available until September 30, 2016, 
to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, $295,000, and for 
the Judicial Nomination Commission, $270,000.

                 federal payment for school improvement

    For a Federal payment for a school improvement program in the 
District of Columbia, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for payments authorized under the Scholarship for Opportunity and 
Results Act (division C of Public Law 112-10):  Provided, That within 
funds provided for opportunity scholarships $3,000,000 shall be for the 
activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) and 3009 of the 
Act.

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       federal payment for the district of columbia national guard

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National Guard, 
$435,000, to remain available until expended for the Major General David 
F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and 
College Access Program.

          federal payment for testing and treatment of hiv/aids

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the testing of 
individuals for, and the treatment of individuals with, human 
immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the 
District of Columbia, $5,000,000.

                       District of Columbia Funds

    Local funds are appropriated for the District of Columbia for the 
current fiscal year out of the General Fund of the District of Columbia 
(``General Fund'') for programs and activities set forth under the 
heading ``District of Columbia Funds Summary of Expenses'' and at the 
rate set forth under such heading, as included in the Fiscal Year 2015 
Budget Request Act of 2014 submitted to the Congress by the District of 
Columbia as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in 
section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 1-
204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial 
Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47-
369.01 and 47-369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provisions of this Act, 
the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the 
District of Columbia for fiscal year 2015 under this heading shall not 
exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request Act 
of 2014 submitted to Congress by the District of Columbia as amended as 
of the date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the total revenues of 
the District of Columbia for such fiscal year:  Provided further, That 
the amount appropriated may be increased by proceeds of one-time 
transactions, which are expended for emergency or unanticipated 
operating or capital needs:  Provided further, That such increases shall 
be approved by enactment of local District law and shall comply with all 
reserve requirements contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act:  Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the 
District of Columbia meets these requirements, including the 
apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and 
funds made available to the District during fiscal year 2015, except 
that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for operating 
expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations 
issued for capital projects.
    This title may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Appropriations 
Act, 2015''.

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                                 TITLE V

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

             Administrative Conference of the United States

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of the 
United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 et seq., $3,100,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity 
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to include multiple 
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $250,000,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for consultations 
and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental and 
other regulatory officials, of which not less than $50,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016, shall be for the purchase of 
information technology and of which not less than $2,620,000 shall be 
for the Office of the Inspector General:  Provided, That not to exceed 
$10,000,000 of the amounts provided herein may be moved between the 
amount for salaries and expenses and the amount for the purchase of 
information technology subject to reprogramming procedures under section 
608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials' 
contributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $4,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $123,000,000.

                     Election Assistance Commission

                          salaries and expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107-252), $10,000,000, of which $1,900,000 shall be 
transferred to the National Institute of Standards and

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Technology for election reform activities authorized under the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002.

                    Federal Communications Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications Commission, as 
authorized by law, including uniforms and allowances therefor, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor 
vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $339,844,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
of which not less than $300,000 shall be available for consultation with 
federally recognized Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, and entities 
related to Hawaiian Home Lands:  Provided further, That $339,844,000 of 
offsetting collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to 
section 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 
retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain available 
until expended:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 
appropriation estimated at $0:  Provided further, That any offsetting 
collections received in excess of $339,844,000 in fiscal year 2015 shall 
not be available for obligation:  Provided further, That remaining 
offsetting collections from prior years collected in excess of the 
amount specified for collection in each such year and otherwise becoming 
available on October 1, 2014, shall not be available for obligation:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds 
from the use of a competitive bidding system that may be retained and 
made available for obligation shall not exceed $106,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2015:  Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $11,090,000 shall be for the salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Inspector General.

      administrative provisions--federal communications commission

    Sec. 501.  Section 302 of the Universal Service Antideficiency 
Temporary Suspension Act is amended by striking ``December 31, 2015'', 
each place it appears and inserting ``December 31, 2016''.
    Sec. 502.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by 
the Federal Communications Commission to modify, amend, or change its 
rules or regulations for universal service support payments to implement 
the February 27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board 
on Universal Service regarding single connection or primary line 
restrictions on universal service support payments.

                  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

                     office of the inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,

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$34,568,000, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when 
appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

                       Federal Election Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971, $67,500,000, of which not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be available for reception and representation expenses.

                    Federal Labor Relations Authority

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, 
and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consultants, hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and including official reception and 
representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) and rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $25,548,000:  Provided, 
That public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid 
travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in the Government 
service, and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109:  Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees 
charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management relations 
conferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, to be 
available without further appropriation for the costs of carrying out 
these conferences.

                        Federal Trade Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $293,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for 
use to contract with a person or persons for collection services in 
accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718:  Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $100,000,000 
of offsetting collections derived from fees collected for premerger 
notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements 
Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall 
be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation:  
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
to exceed $14,000,000 in offsetting collections derived from fees 
sufficient to implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, 
promulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse 
Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 
account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 
appropriation:

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 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2015, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$179,000,000:  Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
to the Federal Trade Commission may be used to implement subsection 
(e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
1831t).

                     General Services Administration

                        real property activities

                         federal buildings fund

                 limitations on availability of revenue

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collections deposited 
into the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of real property 
management and related activities not otherwise provided for, including 
operation, maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration 
of leased premises; moving governmental agencies (including space 
adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection 
with the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contractual 
services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 
and alteration of federally owned buildings including grounds, 
approaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; 
maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of 
buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise 
authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings and 
sites; conversion and extension of federally owned buildings; 
preliminary planning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; 
construction of new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); 
and payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations for public 
buildings acquired by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the 
aggregate amount of $9,238,310,000, of which--
            (1) $509,670,000 shall remain available until expended for 
        construction and acquisition (including funds for sites and 
        expenses, and associated design and construction services) of 
        additional projects at--
                    (A) California, Calexico, Calexico West Land Port of 
                Entry, $98,062,000;
                    (B) California, San Diego, San Ysidro Land Port of 
                Entry, $216,828,000;
                    (C) District of Columbia, Washington, DHS 
                Consolidation at St. Elizabeths, $144,000,000;
                    (D) National Capital Region, Civilian Cyber Campus, 
                $35,000,000; and
                    (E) New York, Glenville, Scotia Depot, $15,780,000:

     Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on new 
construction and acquisition projects may be exceeded to the extent that 
savings are effected in other such projects, but not to exceed 10 
percent of the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus,

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if required, unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
Appropriations of a greater amount;
            (2) $818,160,000 shall remain available until expended for 
        repairs and alterations, including associated design and 
        construction services, of which--
                    (A) $306,894,000 is for Major Repairs and 
                Alterations;
                    (B) $390,266,000 is for Basic Repairs and 
                Alterations; and
                    (C) $121,000,000 is for Special Emphasis Programs, 
                of which--
                          (i) $5,000,000 is for Energy and Water 
                      Retrofit and Conservation Measures;
                          (ii) $26,000,000 is for Fire and Life Safety;
                          (iii) $20,000,000 is for Judiciary Capital 
                      Security; and
                          (iv) $70,000,000 is for Consolidation 
                      Activities:  Provided, That consolidation projects 
                      result in reduced annual rent paid by the tenant 
                      agency:  Provided further, That no consolidation 
                      project exceed $20,000,000 in costs:  Provided 
                      further, That consolidation projects are approved 
                      by each of the committees specified in section 
                      3307(a) of title 40, United States Code:  Provided 
                      further, That preference is given to consolidation 
                      projects that achieve a utilization rate of 130 
                      usable square feet or less per person for office 
                      space:  Provided further, That the obligation of 
                      funds under this paragraph for consolidation 
                      activities may not be made until 10 days after a 
                      proposed spending plan and explanation for each 
                      project to be undertaken, including estimated 
                      savings, has been submitted to the Committees on 
                      Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
                      the Senate:

     Provided, That funds made available in this or any previous Act in 
the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations shall, for 
prospectus projects, be limited to the amount identified for each 
project, except each project in this or any previous Act may be 
increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval 
is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount:  
Provided further, That additional projects for which prospectuses have 
been fully approved may be funded under this category only if advance 
approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided 
further, That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for 
``Repairs and Alterations'' may be used to fund costs associated with 
implementing security improvements to buildings necessary to meet the 
minimum standards for security in accordance with current law and in 
compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate 
Committees of the House and Senate:  Provided further, That the 
difference between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects 
in this or any prior Act, under the heading ``Repairs and Alterations'', 
may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to fund 
authorized increases in prospectus projects:  Provided further, That the 
amount provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and 
Alterations may be used to pay claims against the Government arising 
from any projects under the heading ``Repairs and Alterations'' or used 
to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects;

[[Page 128 STAT. 2362]]

            (3) $5,666,348,000 for rental of space to remain available 
        until expended; and
            (4) $2,244,132,000 for building operations to remain 
        available until expended, of which $1,122,727,000 is for 
        building services, and $1,121,405,000 is for salaries and 
        expenses:  Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any 
        appropriation made available under this paragraph for building 
        operations may be transferred between and merged with such 
        appropriations upon notification to the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
        but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 5 
        percent by any such transfers:  Provided further, That section 
        508 of this title shall not apply with respect to funds made 
        available under this heading for building operations:

     Provided further, That the total amount of funds made available 
from this Fund to the General Services Administration shall not be 
available for expenses of any construction, repair, alteration and 
acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 
3307(a), has not been approved, except that necessary funds may be 
expended for each project for required expenses for the development of a 
proposed prospectus:  Provided further, That funds available in the 
Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when 
advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations:  
Provided further, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special 
services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and amounts to 
provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other 
facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or 
control as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service 
to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be 
available from such revenues and collections:  Provided further, That 
revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during 
fiscal year 2015, excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in 
excess of the aggregate new obligational authority authorized for Real 
Property Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act shall 
remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as 
authorized in appropriations Acts.

                           general activities

                         government-wide policy

    For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for 
Government-wide policy and evaluation activities associated with the 
management of real and personal property assets and certain 
administrative services; Government-wide policy support responsibilities 
relating to acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology 
management, and related technology activities; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,000,000.

                           operating expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for 
Government-wide activities associated with utilization and donation of 
surplus personal property; disposal of real property; agency-wide policy 
direction, management, and communications; the

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Civilian Board of Contract Appeals; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; $61,049,000, of which $26,328,000 is for Real and Personal 
Property Management and Disposal; $25,729,000 is for the Office of the 
Administrator, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception 
and representation expenses; and $8,992,000 is for the Civilian Board of 
Contract Appeals:  Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of the 
appropriation made available under this heading for Office of the 
Administrator may be transferred to the appropriation for the Real and 
Personal Property Management and Disposal upon notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, but the appropriation for the Real and Personal Property 
Management and Disposal may not be increased by more than 5 percent by 
any such transfer.

                       office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and 
service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $65,000,000, of which $2,000,000 is 
available until expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be 
available for payment for information and detection of fraud against the 
Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Government 
property:  Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
available for awards to employees of other Federal agencies and private 
citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced 
Office of Inspector General effectiveness.

            allowances and office staff for former presidents

    For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (3 
U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138, $3,250,000.

                      federal citizen services fund

                      (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Services and 
Innovative Technologies, including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 
and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in support of interagency 
projects that enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to 
conduct activities electronically, through the development and 
implementation of innovative uses of information technology; 
$53,294,000, of which $14,135,000 shall be available for electronic 
government projects, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services 
Fund:  Provided, That the previous amount may be transferred to Federal 
agencies to carry out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund:  
Provided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and 
collections deposited into the Fund shall be available until expended 
for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services and other activities 
that enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct 
activities electronically in the aggregate amount not to exceed 
$90,000,000:  Provided further, That appropriations, revenues, 
reimbursements, and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 
2015 in excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and shall not be 
available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts:  
Provided further, That any appropriations provided to the

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Electronic Government Fund that remain unobligated as of September 30, 
2014, may be transferred to the Federal Citizen Services Fund:  Provided 
further, That the transfer authorities provided herein shall be in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.

       administrative provisions--general services administration

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 510.  Funds available to the General Services Administration 
shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.
    Sec. 511.  Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available for 
fiscal year 2015 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may be 
transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary to meet 
program requirements:  Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be 
approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate.
    Sec. 512.  Except as otherwise provided in this title, funds made 
available by this Act shall be used to transmit a fiscal year 2016 
request for United States Courthouse construction only if the request: 
(1) meets the design guide standards for construction as established and 
approved by the General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference 
of the United States, and the Office of Management and Budget; (2) 
reflects the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States 
as set out in its approved 5-year construction plan; and (3) includes a 
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to be 
constructed, replaced, or expanded.
    Sec. 513.  None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to 
increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide cleaning 
services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided 
through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the 
rate per square foot assessment for space and services as determined by 
the General Services Administration in consideration of the Public 
Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).
    Sec. 514.  From funds made available under the heading ``Federal 
Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue'', claims against 
the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct construction 
projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings 
effected in other construction projects with prior notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate.
    Sec. 515.  In any case in which the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting 
lease authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress by the 
Administrator of the General Services Administration under 40 U.S.C. 
3307, the Administrator shall ensure that the delineated area of 
procurement is identical to the delineated area included in the 
prospectus for all lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator 
determines that the delineated area of the procurement should not be 
identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, the 
Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement to each of such 
committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives

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and the Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in the 
resolution.
    Sec. 516.  With respect to each project funded under the heading 
``Major Repairs and Alterations'' or ``Judiciary Capital Security 
Program'', and with respect to E-Government projects funded under the 
heading ``Federal Citizen Services Fund'', the Administrator of General 
Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation for each project 
to be undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 517.  Any consolidation of the headquarters of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation must result in a full consolidation.

                  Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation

                          salaries and expenses

    For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation Trust Fund, 
established by section 10 of Public Law 93-642, $750,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board

                          salaries and expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the 
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act 
of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, direct procurement of 
survey printing, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $42,740,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016, together with not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016, for administrative expenses to 
adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 
Systems Protection Board.

             Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

             morris k. udall and stewart l. udall trust fund

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund, 
pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 
U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $1,995,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of such Act: (1) up to $50,000 
shall be used to conduct financial audits pursuant to the Accountability 
of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-289); and (2) up to 
$1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the activities authorized by 
section 6(7) of Public Law 102-259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 106-
568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)):  Provided, That of the total amount made 
available under

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this heading $200,000 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector 
General of the Department of the Interior, to remain available until 
expended, for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).

                  environmental dispute resolution fund

    For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to carry 
out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and Conflict 
Resolution Act of 1998, $3,400,000, to remain available until expended.

              National Archives and Records Administration

                           operating expenses

    For necessary expenses in connection with the administration of the 
National Archives and Records Administration and archived Federal 
records and related activities, as provided by law, and for expenses 
necessary for the review and declassification of documents, the 
activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 
and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs, and 
cleaning, $365,000,000.

                       office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008, 
Public Law 110-409, 122 Stat. 4302-16 (2008), and the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $4,130,000.

                         repairs and restoration

    For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facilities, 
and to provide adequate storage for holdings, $7,600,000, to remain 
available until expended.

         national historical publications and records commission

                             grants program

    For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical 
publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                  National Credit Union Administration

                community development revolving loan fund

    For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program as 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $2,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2016, for technical assistance to low-
income designated credit unions.

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                       Office of Government Ethics

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of 
Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the 
Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and the Stop Trading on Congressional 
Knowledge Act of 2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 
for official reception and representation expenses, $15,420,000.

                     Office of Personnel Management

                          salaries and expenses

                   (including transfer of trust funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 
1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 
by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses; 
advances for reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 
10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/or 
subsistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities 
require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, 
$96,039,000, of which $642,000 may be for strengthening the capacity and 
capabilities of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), 
including the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such 
workforce and information technology in support of acquisition workforce 
effectiveness or for management solutions to improve acquisition 
management; and in addition $118,425,000 for administrative expenses, to 
be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without regard to 
other statutes, including direct procurement of printed materials, for 
the retirement and insurance programs:  Provided, That the provisions of 
this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 
trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 
8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code:  
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established 
pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor 
unit of like purpose:  Provided further, That the President's Commission 
on White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of 
October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2015, accept donations of 
money, property, and personal services:  Provided further, That such 
donations, including those from prior years, may be used for the 
development of publicity materials to provide information about the 
White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 
travel or

[[Page 128 STAT. 2368]]

reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of 
such Commission.

                       office of inspector general

                          salaries and expenses

                   (including transfer of trust funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $4,384,000, and in addition, not to exceed $21,340,000 
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other 
oversight of the Office of Personnel Management's retirement and 
insurance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds 
of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 
General:  Provided, That the Inspector General is authorized to rent 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.

                        Office of Special Counsel

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of 
Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the 
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-454), the Whistleblower 
Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-12) as amended by Public Law 107-
304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (Public Law 
112-199), and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights 
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-353), including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; $22,939,000.

                      Postal Regulatory Commission

                          salaries and expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Commission in 
carrying out the provisions of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement 
Act (Public Law 109-435), $14,700,000, to be derived by transfer from 
the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(a) of 
such Act.

               Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 
Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $7,500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016.

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             Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Recovery Accountability and 
Transparency Board to carry out the provisions of title XV of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), and 
to develop and test information technology resources and oversight 
mechanisms to enhance transparency of and detect and remediate waste, 
fraud, and abuse in Federal spending, and to develop and use information 
technology resources and oversight mechanisms to detect and remediate 
waste, fraud, and abuse in obligation and expenditure of funds as 
described in section 904(d) of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 
2013 (Public Law 113-2), which shall be administered under the terms and 
conditions of the accountability authorities of title XV of Public Law 
111-5, $18,000,000.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space 
(to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until 
expended; of which not less than $9,239,000 shall be for the Office of 
Inspector General; of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for 
a permanent secretariat for the International Organization of Securities 
Commissions; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for 
expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with 
foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, members of their 
delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, 
such expenses to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses 
and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees in attendance 
including: (1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel and 
transportation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence; and of which not 
less than $56,613,000 shall be for the Division of Economic and Risk 
Analysis:  Provided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited 
to this account as offsetting collections:  Provided further, That not 
to exceed $1,500,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall be 
available until expended for necessary expenses of this account:  
Provided further, That the total amount appropriated under this heading 
from the general fund for fiscal year 2015 shall be reduced as such 
offsetting fees are received so as to result in a final total fiscal 
year 2015 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$0.

                        Selective Service System

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, including 
expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed 
personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as

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authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian employees; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$22,500,000:  Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the 
President may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 
1341, whenever the President deems such action to be necessary in the 
interest of national defense:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connection with the 
induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States.

                      Small Business Administration

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small 
Business Administration, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by sections 1343 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, 
and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $257,000,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be 
available for examinations, reviews, and other lender oversight 
activities:  Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge 
fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small Business 
Administration, and certain loan program activities, including fees 
authorized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act:  Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such 
activities shall be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended, for carrying out these purposes without further 
appropriations:  Provided further, That the Small Business 
Administration may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 
and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with section 132(a) of 
division K of Public Law 108-447, during fiscal year 2015:  Provided 
further, That $6,100,000 shall be available for the Loan Modernization 
and Accounting System, to be available until September 30, 2016:  
Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for the Federal and State 
Technology Partnership Program under section 34 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 657d).

                  entrepreneurial development programs

    For necessary expenses of programs supporting entrepreneurial and 
small business development, $220,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That $115,000,000 shall be available to 
fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2015 or fiscal year 2016 as 
authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act:  Provided further, 
That $22,300,000 shall be for marketing, management, and technical 
assistance under section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under the microloan 
program:  Provided further, That $17,400,000 shall be available for 
grants to States to carry out export programs that assist small business 
concerns authorized under section 1207 of Public Law 111-240.

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                       office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$19,400,000.

                           office of advocacy

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in carrying out the 
provisions of title II of Public Law 94-305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), 
$9,120,000, to remain available until expended.

                     business loans program account

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $2,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, and for the cost of guaranteed loans as authorized by section 
503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-699), 
$45,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided 
further, That subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, during fiscal year 2015 commitments to guarantee loans under 
section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not 
exceed $7,500,000,000:  Provided further, That during fiscal year 2015 
commitments for general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of 
the Small Business Act shall not exceed $18,750,000,000 for a 
combination of amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line of 
credit provided by revolving loans:  Provided further, That during 
fiscal year 2015 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under 
section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not 
exceed $4,000,000,000:  Provided further, That during fiscal year 2015, 
guarantees of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small 
Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In 
addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
guaranteed loan programs, $147,726,000, which may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.

                     disaster loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program 
authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, $186,858,000, to 
be available until expended, of which $1,000,000 is for the Office of 
Inspector General of the Small Business Administration for audits and 
reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan programs and shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for the Office of 
Inspector General; of which $176,858,000 is for direct administrative 
expenses of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 
program, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations 
for Salaries and Expenses; and of which $9,000,000 is for indirect 
administrative

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expenses for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.

        administrative provisions--small business administration

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 520.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers:  Provided, That any transfer 
pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under section 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section.
    Sec. 521. (a) None of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to collect a guarantee fee under section 7(a)(18) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(18)) with respect to a loan guaranteed 
under section 7(a)(31) of such Act that is made to a small business 
concern (as defined under section 3 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) that is 
51 percent or more owned and controlled by 1 or more individuals who is 
a veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code) or 
the spouse of a veteran.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the 
authority of the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
waive such a guarantee fee or any other loan fee with respect to a loan 
to a small business concern described in subsection (a) or any other 
borrower.

                      United States Postal Service

                   payment to the postal service fund

    For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone on free 
and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of section 
2401 of title 39, United States Code, $70,000,000, of which $41,000,000 
shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 2015:  Provided, 
That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to 
be free:  Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of 
mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to the Postal Service by this Act 
shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging 
any officer or employee of any State or local child support enforcement 
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local program of 
child support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided 
concerning an address of a postal customer:  Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close 
small rural and other small post offices.

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                       office of inspector general

                          salaries and expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$243,883,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Service Fund and 
expended as authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability 
and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109-435).

                         United States Tax Court

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $51,300,000:  Provided, That 
travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate 
of the judge.

                                TITLE VI

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

                         (including rescission)

    Sec. 601.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the 
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or 
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or 
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
    Sec. 602.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be 
transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided 
herein.
    Sec. 603.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a 
matter of public record and available for public inspection, except 
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive 
order issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 604.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 605.  None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Government 
employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to a Government 
employee would result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or 
policy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
    Sec. 606.  No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be 
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the 
assistance the entity will comply with chapter 83 of title 41, United 
States Code.

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    Sec. 607.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 
this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been 
convicted of violating chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
    Sec. 608.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the 
funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to 
the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates a new 
program; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds 
have been denied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use 
funds directed for a specific activity by the Committee on 
Appropriations of either the House of Representatives or the Senate for 
a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or 
activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) 
reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, 
programs, or activities unless prior approval is received from the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate:  Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization or 
restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each agency or entity 
funded in this Act shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further, That 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 
agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate to 
establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer 
authorities for the current fiscal year:  Provided further, That at a 
minimum the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation 
with a separate column to display the President's budget request, 
adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the 
table for each appropriation both by object class and program, project, 
and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective 
appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of special 
congressional interest:  Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by 
$100,000 per day for each day after the required date that the report 
has not been submitted to the Congress.
    Sec. 609.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to 
exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the end 
of fiscal year 2015 from appropriations made available for salaries and 
expenses for fiscal year 2015 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2016, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized:  Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds:  Provided 
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance with 
reprogramming guidelines.
    Sec. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used by the Executive Office of the President to request--

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            (1) any official background investigation report on any 
        individual from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or
            (2) a determination with respect to the treatment of an 
        organization as described in section 501(c) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 
        501(a) of such Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 
        Internal Revenue Service.

    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply--
            (1) in the case of an official background investigation 
        report, if such individual has given express written consent for 
        such request not more than 6 months prior to the date of such 
        request and during the same presidential administration; or
            (2) if such request is required due to extraordinary 
        circumstances involving national security.

    Sec. 611.  The cost accounting standards promulgated under chapter 
15 of title 41, United States Code shall not apply with respect to a 
contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program established 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
    Sec. 612.  For the purpose of resolving litigation and implementing 
any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area cost-of-living 
allowance program, the Office of Personnel Management may accept and 
utilize (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available to the 
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court approval.
    Sec. 613.  No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to 
pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with 
any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits program 
which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions.
    Sec. 614.  The provision of section 613 shall not apply where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to 
term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
    Sec. 615.  In order to promote Government access to commercial 
information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic 
articles, materials, and supplies set forth in chapter 83 of title 41, 
United States Code (popularly known as the Buy American Act), shall not 
apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of information 
technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United States 
Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in section 103 of title 41, 
United States Code).
    Sec. 616.  Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United States 
Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency or commission 
funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that agency, nor may such 
agency or commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal 
entity for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose of 
enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate in any meeting 
or similar function relating to the official duties of the officer or 
employee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement is a person 
or entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, or 
represents a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or 
commission, unless the person or entity is an organization described in 
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
tax under section 501(a) of such Code.
    Sec. 617.  Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, funds made 
available to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the

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Securities and Exchange Commission by this or any other Act may be used 
for the interagency funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory 
committee to advise on emerging regulatory issues.
    Sec. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an 
Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise authorized to enter into 
contracts for either leases or the construction or alteration of real 
property for office, meeting, storage, or other space must consult with 
the General Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for 
offers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the case of 
succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with the current 
lessor.
    (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an emergency lease 
may do so during any period declared by the President to require 
emergency leasing authority with respect to such agency.
    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``Executive agency 
covered by this Act'' means any Executive agency provided funds by this 
Act, but does not include the General Services Administration or the 
United States Postal Service.
    Sec. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the following activities 
the amounts required under current law:
            (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 102).
            (2) Payments to--
                    (A) the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund (28 
                U.S.C. 377(o));
                    (B) the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund (28 
                U.S.C. 376(c)); and
                    (C) the United States Court of Federal Claims 
                Judges' Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 178(l)).
            (3) Payment of Government contributions--
                    (A) with respect to the health benefits of retired 
                employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, 
                United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees 
                Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849); and
                    (B) with respect to the life insurance benefits for 
                employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 
                87).
            (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and 
        increased annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement 
        and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 8348).
            (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid from the 
        Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by statutory 
        provisions other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 
        of title 5, United States Code.

    (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt any amount 
appropriated by this section from any otherwise applicable limitation on 
the use of funds contained in this Act.
    Sec. 620.  The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (Board) 
shall have authority to obligate funds for the scholarship program 
established by section 109(c)(2) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107-204) in an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount of 
funds collected by the Board as of December 31, 2014, including accrued 
interest, as a result of the assessment of monetary penalties. Funds 
available for obligation in fiscal year 2015 shall remain available 
until expended.
    Sec. 621.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft report entitled 
``Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to

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Children: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry 
Self-Regulatory Efforts'' unless the Interagency Working Group on Food 
Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order No. 13563.
    Sec. 622.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses for the following positions:
            (1) Director, White House Office of Health Reform.
            (2) Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate 
        Change.
            (3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury assigned 
        to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry and Senior 
        Counselor for Manufacturing Policy.
            (4) White House Director of Urban Affairs.

    Sec. 623.  None of the funds in this Act may be used for the 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management to award a contract, 
enter an extension of, or exercise an option on a contract to a 
contractor conducting the final quality review processes for background 
investigation fieldwork services or background investigation support 
services that, as of the date of the award of the contract, are being 
conducted by that contractor.
    Sec. 624.  Sections 1101(a) and 1104(a)(2)(A) of the Internet Tax 
Freedom Act (title XI of division C of Public Law 105-277; 47 U.S.C. 151 
note) are amended by striking ``November 1, 2014'' and inserting 
``October 1, 2015''.
    Sec. 625. (a) The head of each executive branch agency funded by 
this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information Officer of the agency 
has the authority to participate in decisions regarding the budget 
planning process related to information technology.
    (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch agency funded by 
this Act that are available for information technology shall be 
allocated within the agency, consistent with the provisions of 
appropriations Acts and budget guidelines and recommendations from the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as 
specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Officer of the 
agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of the agency 
and budget officials.
    Sec. 626.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of title 44, United States 
Code.
    Sec. 627.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to enter into any contract with an incorporated entity if such entity's 
sealed bid or competitive proposal shows that such entity is 
incorporated or chartered in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands, and such 
entity's sealed bid or competitive proposal shows that such entity was 
previously incorporated in the United States.
    Sec. 628.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or 
for an agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum--Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. In instances 
where there is not an appropriate alternative fueled vehicle 
commercially available for a particular light duty vehicle class, an 
exception is granted as to not impede agency missions.
    Sec. 629.  From the unobligated balances available in the Securities 
and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund established by section 991 of the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 
111-203), $25,000,000 are rescinded.

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    Sec. 630.  Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 8305) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``insured 
                depository institution'' and inserting ``covered 
                depository institution''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Covered depository institution.--The term `covered 
        depository institution' means--
                    ``(A) an insured depository institution, as that 
                term is defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit 
                Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); and
                    ``(B) a United States uninsured branch or agency of 
                a foreign bank.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the heading for such subsection, by striking 
                ``Insured'' and inserting ``Covered'';
                    (B) by striking ``an insured'' and inserting ``a 
                covered'';
                    (C) by striking ``such insured'' and inserting 
                ``such covered''; and
                    (D) by striking ``or savings and loan holding 
                company'' and inserting ``savings and loan holding 
                company, or foreign banking organization (as such term 
                is defined under Regulation K of the Board of Governors 
                of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 211.21(o)))'';
            (3) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

    ``(d) Only Bona Fide Hedging and Traditional Bank Activities 
Permitted.--
            ``(1) In general.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall 
        not apply to any covered depository institution that limits its 
        swap and security-based swap activities to the following:
                    ``(A) Hedging and other similar risk mitigation 
                activities.--Hedging and other similar risk mitigating 
                activities directly related to the covered depository 
                institution's activities.
                    ``(B) Non-structured finance swap activities.--
                Acting as a swaps entity for swaps or security-based 
                swaps other than a structured finance swap.
                    ``(C) Certain structured finance swap activities.--
                Acting as a swaps entity for swaps or security-based 
                swaps that are structured finance swaps, if--
                          ``(i) such structured finance swaps are 
                      undertaken for hedging or risk management 
                      purposes; or
                          ``(ii) each asset-backed security underlying 
                      such structured finance swaps is of a credit 
                      quality and of a type or category with respect to 
                      which the prudential regulators have jointly 
                      adopted rules authorizing swap or security-based 
                      swap activity by covered depository institutions.
            ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
                    ``(A) Structured finance swap.--The term `structured 
                finance swap' means a swap or security-based swap based 
                on an asset-backed security (or group or index primarily 
                comprised of asset-backed securities).
                    ``(B) Asset-backed security.--The term `asset-backed 
                security' has the meaning given such term under section

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                3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
                78c(a)).'';
            (4) in subsection (e), by striking ``an insured'' and 
        inserting ``a covered''; and
            (5) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by striking ``an insured depository'' and 
                inserting ``a covered depository''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the insured depository'' each 
                place such term appears and inserting ``the covered 
                depository''.

                                TITLE VII

                   GENERAL PROVISIONS--GOVERNMENT-WIDE

                 Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 701.  No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act for 
fiscal year 2015 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such 
department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue 
to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 
all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or 
distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers and employees of such 
department, agency, or instrumentality.
    Sec. 702.  Unless <<NOTE: 31 USC 1343 note.>>  otherwise 
specifically provided, the maximum amount allowable during the current 
fiscal year in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 
States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive 
of buses, ambulances, law enforcement vehicles, protective vehicles, and 
undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $13,197 except 
station wagons for which the maximum shall be $13,631:  Provided, That 
these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type 
vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehicles:  
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section may not be 
exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles 
purchased for demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 
Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:  
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section may be 
exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles 
acquired pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over the cost of comparable 
conventionally fueled vehicles:  Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle that is a 
commercial item and which operates on emerging motor vehicle technology, 
including but not limited to electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and 
hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

    Sec. 703.  Appropriations of the executive departments and 
independent establishments for the current fiscal year available for 
expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are 
hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living 
allowances, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922-5924.
    Sec. 704.  Unless <<NOTE: 5 USC 3101 note.>>  otherwise specified in 
law during the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation 
contained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation 
of any officer

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or employee of the Government of the United States (including any agency 
the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the 
United States) whose post of duty is in the continental United States 
unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a 
person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking 
citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 
is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 
8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to become a 
lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a 
person who owes allegiance to the United States:  Provided, That for 
purposes of this section, affidavits signed by any such person shall be 
considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section 
with respect to his or her status are being complied with:  Provided 
further, That for purposes of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits 
shall be submitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as 
necessary:  Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit 
shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, shall be fined no more 
than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both:  Provided 
further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in 
substitution for, any other provisions of existing law:  Provided 
further, That any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to 
the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by the 
Federal Government:  Provided further, That this section shall not apply 
to any person who is an officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States on the date of enactment of this Act, or to international 
broadcasters employed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to 
temporary employment of translators, or to temporary employment in the 
field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies:  
Provided further, That this section does not apply to the employment as 
Wildland firefighters for not more than 120 days of nonresident aliens 
employed by the Department of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service 
pursuant to an agreement with another country.

    Sec. 705.  Appropriations available to any department or agency 
during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including 
maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for payment 
to the General Services Administration for charges for space and 
services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings 
and facilities which constitute public improvements performed in 
accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the 
Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable 
law.
    Sec. 706.  In addition to funds provided in this or any other Act, 
all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds resulting 
from the sale of materials, including Federal records disposed of 
pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling or waste 
prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until expended for 
the following purposes:
            (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and 
        recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13423 
        (January 24, 2007), including any such programs adopted prior to 
        the effective date of the Executive order.
            (2) Other Federal agency environmental management programs, 
        including, but not limited to, the development and

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        implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution 
        prevention programs.
            (3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as 
        deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.

    Sec. 707.  Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations 
and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code, 
shall be available, in addition to objects for which such funds are 
otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; services in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure 
of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are 
made available:  Provided, That in the event any functions budgeted as 
administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid from 
other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced.
    Sec. 708.  No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards (except 
Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, committees, or similar 
groups (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do not have 
a prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial support 
from more than one agency or instrumentality.
    Sec. 709.  None of the funds made available pursuant to the 
provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved 
pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in accordance with the 
applicable law of the United States.
    Sec. 710.  During the period in which the head of any department or 
agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the Federal 
Government appointed by the President of the United States, holds 
office, no funds may be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to 
furnish or redecorate the office of such department head, agency head, 
officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for 
any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or 
redecoration is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this 
section, the term ``office'' shall include the entire suite of offices 
assigned to the individual, as well as any other space used primarily by 
the individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the 
individual.
    Sec. 711.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of this 
Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of national 
security and emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 
benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as provided 
by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012).
    Sec. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be obligated or expended by any department, agency, or other 
instrumentality of the Federal Government to pay the salaries or 
expenses of any individual appointed to a position of a confidential or 
policy-determining character that is excepted from the competitive 
service under section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, (pursuant to 
schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations) unless the head of the applicable department, agency, or 
other instrumentality employing such schedule C individual certifies to 
the Director

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of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule C position 
occupied by the individual was not created solely or primarily in order 
to detail the individual to the White House.
    (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal 
employees or members of the armed forces detailed to or from an element 
of the intelligence community (as that term is defined under section 
3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))).
    Sec. 713.  No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary of any 
officer or employee of the Federal Government, who--
            (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to 
        prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the 
        Federal Government from having any direct oral or written 
        communication or contact with any Member, committee, or 
        subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter 
        pertaining to the employment of such other officer or employee 
        or pertaining to the department or agency of such other officer 
        or employee in any way, irrespective of whether such 
        communication or contact is at the initiative of such other 
        officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of 
        such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
            (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
        reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or 
        efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, 
        transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any 
        employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or 
        condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of the 
        Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of 
        the foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or 
        employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such 
        other officer or employee with any Member, committee, or 
        subcommittee of the Congress as described in paragraph (1).

    Sec. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training that--
            (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
        and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
        duties;
            (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
        emotional response or psychological stress in some participants;
            (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
        content and methods to be used in the training and written end 
        of course evaluation;
            (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
        religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
        belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
        Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
            (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
        personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.

    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties.
    Sec. 715.  No part of any funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for 
normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity 
or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation,

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distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, 
television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat 
legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress itself.
    Sec. 716.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee's home address to 
any labor organization except when the employee has authorized such 
disclosure or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 
competent jurisdiction.
    Sec. 717.  None of the funds made available in this or any other Act 
may be used to provide any non-public information such as mailing, 
telephone or electronic mailing lists to any person or any organization 
outside of the Federal Government without the approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
    Sec. 718.  No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, including by private 
contractor, for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United 
States not heretofore authorized by Congress.
    Sec. 719. (a) In this section, the term ``agency''--
            (1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 5 U.S.C. 
        105; and
            (2) includes a military department, as defined under section 
        102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory 
        Commission.

    (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations to use 
such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency shall use 
official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. An 
employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential appointee 
exempted under 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee's time in the 
performance of official duties.
    Sec. 720.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 of this 
Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 
other Act to any department or agency, which is a member of the Federal 
Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs.
    Sec. 721.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 of this 
Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is hereby 
authorized to transfer to or reimburse ``General Services 
Administration, Government-wide Policy'' with the approval of the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made available 
for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates 
from charge card and other contracts:  Provided, That these funds shall 
be administered by the Administrator of General Services to support 
Government-wide and other multi-agency financial, information 
technology, procurement, and other management innovations, initiatives, 
and activities, as approved by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency and multi-
agency groups designated by the Director (including the President's 
Management Council for overall management improvement initiatives, the 
Chief Financial Officers Council for financial management initiatives, 
the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology 
initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human

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capital initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for 
procurement initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Council for 
performance improvement initiatives):  Provided further, That the total 
funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $17,000,000 for 
Government-Wide innovations, initiatives, and activities:  Provided 
further, That the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ``General 
Services Administration, Government-wide Policy'' during fiscal year 
2015 shall remain available for obligation through September 30, 2016:  
Provided further, That such transfers or reimbursements may only be made 
after 15 days following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget.
    Sec. 722.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman may 
breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building or on Federal 
property, if the woman and her child are otherwise authorized to be 
present at the location.
    Sec. 723.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of this 
Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of specific 
projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out the 
purposes of the National Science and Technology Council (authorized by 
Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
agencies, or entities:  Provided, That the Office of Management and 
Budget shall provide a report describing the budget of and resources 
connected with the National Science and Technology Council to the 
Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Science and 
Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 724.  Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 
application, form, notification, press release, or other publications 
involving the distribution of Federal funds shall indicate the agency 
providing the funds, the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, 
as applicable, and the amount provided:  Provided, That this section 
shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received by a 
State receiving Federal funds.
    Sec. 725. (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of 
Individuals' Internet Use.--None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used by any Federal agency--
            (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation of data, 
        derived from any means, that includes any personally 
        identifiable information relating to an individual's access to 
        or use of any Federal Government Internet site of the agency; or
            (2) to enter into any agreement with a third party 
        (including another government agency) to collect, review, or 
        obtain any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that 
        includes any personally identifiable information relating to an 
        individual's access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
        site.

    (b) Exceptions.--The limitations established in subsection (a) shall 
not apply to--
            (1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify 
        particular persons;
            (2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable 
        information;

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            (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or 
        supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or
            (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a 
        system security action taken by the operator of an Internet site 
        and is necessarily incident to providing the Internet site 
        services or to protecting the rights or property of the provider 
        of the Internet site.

    (c) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
            (1) The term ``regulatory'' means agency actions to 
        implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law.
            (2) The term ``supervisory'' means examinations of the 
        agency's supervised institutions, including assessing safety and 
        soundness, overall financial condition, management practices and 
        policies and compliance with applicable standards as provided in 
        law.

    Sec. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision providing 
prescription drug coverage, except where the contract also includes a 
provision for contraceptive coverage.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with--
            (1) any of the following religious plans:
                    (A) Personal Care's HMO; and
                    (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
            (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the plan 
        objects to such coverage on the basis of religious beliefs.

    (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into or 
renews a contract under this section may not subject any individual to 
discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses to prescribe or 
otherwise provide for contraceptives because such activities would be 
contrary to the individual's religious beliefs or moral convictions.
    (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require coverage 
of abortion or abortion-related services.
    Sec. 727.  The United States is committed to ensuring the health of 
its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic athletes, and supports the 
strict adherence to anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, 
education, and research as performed by nationally recognized oversight 
authorities.
    Sec. 728.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated for official travel to Federal departments and agencies may 
be used by such departments and agencies, if consistent with Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A-126 regarding official travel for 
Government personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program.
    Sec. 729.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or made available under this or any other 
appropriations Act may be used to implement or enforce restrictions or 
limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to 
implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel Management 
to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 
68, number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of 
executive branch employees to the legislative branch).
    Sec. 730.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no executive 
branch agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 
facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be

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used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training 
without the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of 
additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for 
training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities.
    Sec. 731.  Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the 
funds provided in this or any other Act may be used by an executive 
branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended for 
broadcast or distribution in the United States, unless the story 
includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the 
prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency.
    Sec. 732.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
in contravention of section 552a of title 5, United States Code 
(popularly known as the Privacy Act), and regulations implementing that 
section.
    Sec. 733. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used for any 
Federal Government contract with any foreign incorporated entity which 
is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any subsidiary of 
such an entity.
    (b) Waivers.--
            (1) In general.--Any Secretary shall waive subsection (a) 
        with respect to any Federal Government contract under the 
        authority of such Secretary if the Secretary determines that the 
        waiver is required in the interest of national security.
            (2) Report to congress.--Any Secretary issuing a waiver 
        under paragraph (1) shall report such issuance to Congress.

    (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply to any Federal 
Government contract entered into before the date of the enactment of 
this Act, or to any task order issued pursuant to such contract.
    Sec. 734.  During fiscal year 2015, for each employee who--
            (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of 
        title 5, United States Code; or
            (2) retires under any other provision of subchapter III of 
        chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 5 and receives a payment 
        as an incentive to separate, the separating agency shall remit 
        to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 
        equal to the Office of Personnel Management's average unit cost 
        of processing a retirement claim for the preceding fiscal year. 
        Such amounts shall be available until expended to the Office of 
        Personnel Management and shall be deemed to be an administrative 
        expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States 
        Code.

    Sec. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be used to recommend or require any entity submitting an offer 
for a Federal contract to disclose any of the following information as a 
condition of submitting the offer:
            (1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, expenditure, 
        independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering 
        communication that is made by the entity, its officers or 
        directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a 
        candidate for election for Federal office or to a political 
        committee, or

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        that is otherwise made with respect to any election for Federal 
        office.
            (2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a payment 
        described in paragraph (1)) made by the entity, its officers or 
        directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to any 
        person with the intent or the reasonable expectation that the 
        person will use the funds to make a payment described in 
        paragraph (1).

    (b) In this section, each of the terms ``contribution'', 
``expenditure'', ``independent expenditure'', ``electioneering 
communication'', ``candidate'', ``election'', and ``Federal office'' has 
the meaning given such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.).
    Sec. 736.  None of the funds made available in this or any other Act 
may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of an officer or 
employee of the Federal government, including the President, the Vice 
President, a member of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident 
Commissioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency (as 
defined in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), or the head of 
an office of the legislative branch.
    Sec. 737. (a)(1) <<NOTE: 5 USC 5343 note.>>  Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, and except as otherwise provided in this 
section, no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2015, 
by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate 
employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 
Code--
            (A) during the period from the date of expiration of the 
        limitation imposed by the comparable section for the previous 
        fiscal years until the normal effective date of the applicable 
        wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year 
        2015, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable for the 
        applicable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in 
        accordance with such section; and
            (B) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 
        year 2015, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage 
        survey adjustment, the rate payable under subparagraph (A) by 
        more than the sum of--
                    (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect in 
                fiscal year 2015 under section 5303 of title 5, United 
                States Code, in the rates of pay under the General 
                Schedule; and
                    (ii) the difference between the overall average 
                percentage of the locality-based comparability payments 
                taking effect in fiscal year 2015 under section 5304 of 
                such title (whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the 
                overall average percentage of such payments which was 
                effective in the previous fiscal year under such 
                section.

    (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prevailing rate 
employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of 
title 5, United States Code, and no employee covered by section 5348 of 
such title, may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in 
effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such employee.
    (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates payable to an 
employee who is covered by this subsection and who is paid from a 
schedule not in existence on September 30, 2014, shall

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be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel 
Management.
    (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of premium pay 
for employees subject to this subsection may not be changed from the 
rates in effect on September 30, 2014, except to the extent determined 
by the Office of Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose 
of this subsection.
    (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for service 
performed after September 30, 2014.
    (6) For the purpose of administering any provision of law (including 
any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, retirement, life 
insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires any deduction or 
contribution, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis 
of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay 
payable after the application of this subsection shall be treated as the 
rate of salary or basic pay.
    (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to permit or 
require the payment to any employee covered by this subsection at a rate 
in excess of the rate that would be payable were this subsection not in 
effect.
    (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for exceptions to 
the limitations imposed by this subsection if the Office determines that 
such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of 
qualified employees.
    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in rates of basic 
pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in fiscal year 2015 
under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be--
            (1) not less than the percentage received by employees in 
        the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant 
        to the statutory pay systems under sections 5303 and 5304 of 
        title 5, United States Code:  Provided, That prevailing rate 
        employees at locations where there are no employees whose pay is 
        increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 
        States Code, and prevailing rate employees described in section 
        5343(a)(5) of title 5, United States Code, shall be considered 
        to be located in the pay locality designated as ``Rest of United 
        States'' pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United States 
        Code, for purposes of this subsection; and
            (2) effective as of the first day of the first applicable 
        pay period beginning after September 30, 2014.

    Sec. 738. (a) <<NOTE: 5 USC 5303 note.>>  The Vice President may not 
receive a pay raise in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding the rate 
adjustment made under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, or any 
other provision of law.

    (b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule position, or in a 
position for which the rate of pay is fixed by statute at an Executive 
Schedule rate, may not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 
2015, notwithstanding schedule adjustments made under section 5318 of 
title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of law, except as 
provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection applies only to 
employees who are holding a position under a political appointment.
    (c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may not receive a pay 
rate increase in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding section 401 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465) or

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any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), 
or (i).
    (d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 5, United States 
Code, a pay rate increase may not be received in calendar year 2015 
(except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i)) by--
            (1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
        paid a rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Executive 
        Schedule; or
            (2) a limited term appointee or limited emergency appointee 
        in the Senior Executive Service serving under a political 
        appointment and paid a rate of basic pay at or above level IV of 
        the Executive Schedule.

    (e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality-
based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, or 
similar authority) at or above level IV of the Executive Schedule who 
serves under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate increase 
in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection does 
not apply to employees in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign 
Service pay system, or to employees appointed under section 3161 of 
title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another pay system whose 
position would be classified at GS-15 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, 
United States Code, applied to them.
    (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent employees 
who do not serve under a political appointment from receiving pay 
increases as otherwise provided under applicable law.
    (g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service who receives 
a Presidential appointment and who makes an election to retain Senior 
Executive Service basic pay entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, 
United States Code, is not subject to this section.
    (h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who receives a 
Presidential appointment to any position in the executive branch and who 
makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay entitlements 
under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-
465) is not subject to this section.
    (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an employee in a 
covered position may receive a pay rate increase upon an authorized 
movement to a different covered position with higher-level duties and a 
pre-established higher level or range of pay, except that any such 
increase must be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay 
limitations in effect on December 31, 2013.
    (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an individual 
who is newly appointed to a covered position during the period of time 
subject to this section, the initial pay rate shall be based on the 
rates of pay and applicable pay limitations in effect on December 31, 
2013.
    (k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) through (e) is 
subject to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2015 but 
ends in calendar year 2016, the bar on the employee's receipt of pay 
rate increases shall apply through the end of that pay period.
    Sec. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other appropriations 
Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector General or senior 
ethics official for any entity without an Inspector

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General, regarding the costs and contracting procedures related to each 
conference held by any such department, agency, board, commission, or 
office during fiscal year 2015 for which the cost to the United States 
Government was more than $100,000.
    (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each conference 
described in subsection (a) held during the applicable period--
            (1) a description of its purpose;
            (2) the number of participants attending;
            (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United States 
        Government, including--
                    (A) the cost of any food or beverages;
                    (B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
                    (C) the cost of employee or contractor travel to and 
                from the conference; and
                    (D) a discussion of the methodology used to 
                determine which costs relate to the conference; and
            (4) a description of the contracting procedures used 
        including--
                    (A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive 
                basis; and
                    (B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by 
                the departmental component or office in evaluating 
                potential contractors for the conference.

    (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held by any Executive 
branch department, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this 
or any other appropriations Act during fiscal year 2015 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than $20,000, the head of 
any such department, agency, board, commission, or office shall notify 
the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity without 
an Inspector General, of the date, location, and number of employees 
attending such conference.
    (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this or 
any other appropriations Act may not be used for the purpose of 
defraying the costs of a conference described in subsection (c) that is 
not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the 
grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection 
with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes 
related to a project funded by the grant or contract.
    (e) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
appropriations Act may be used for travel and conference activities that 
are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-
12-12 dated May 11, 2012.
    Sec. 740.  None of the funds made available in this or any other 
appropriations Act may be used to increase, eliminate, or reduce funding 
for a program, project, or activity as proposed in the President's 
budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed change is 
subsequently enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change is 
made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provisions of this or any 
other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 741.  None of the funds made available by this or any other Act 
may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or apply the rule 
entitled ``Competitive Area'' published by the Office of Personnel 
Management in the Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 
et seq.).

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    Sec. 742.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to begin or announce a 
study or public-private competition regarding the conversion to 
contractor performance of any function performed by Federal employees 
pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any other 
administrative regulation, directive, or policy.
    Sec. 743. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be available for a contract, 
grant, or cooperative agreement with an entity that requires employees 
or contractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse 
to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or 
otherwise restricting such employees or contactors from lawfully 
reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or 
law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency 
authorized to receive such information.
    (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not contravene 
requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other 
form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the 
nondisclosure of classified information.
    Sec. 744.  None of the funds made available by this or any other Act 
may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or 
cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan 
guarantee to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability 
that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid 
in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority 
responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency 
is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has 
considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a 
determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government.
    Sec. 745.  None of the funds made available by this or any other Act 
may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or 
cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan 
guarantee to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 
violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where 
the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless a Federal agency 
has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a 
determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government.
    Sec. 746.  Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
consultation with the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and 
Efficiency, the Government Accountability Office, and other stakeholders 
shall develop--
            (1) criteria for an agency that has demonstrated a 
        stabilized, effective system of internal control over financial 
        reporting, whereby the agency would qualify for a consolidated 
        Department level audit for obtaining a financial statement audit 
        opinion, rather than an agency level audit; and
            (2) recommendations on how to improve current financial 
        reporting requirements to increase government transparency,

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        in conjunction with the implementation of the Digital 
        Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-
        101), and better meet the needs of all stakeholders.

    Sec. 747. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be 
used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 
4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or 
agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the 
following provisions: ``These provisions are consistent with and do not 
supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations, 
rights, or liabilities created by existing statute or Executive order 
relating to (1) classified information, (2) communications to Congress, 
(3) the reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any law, 
rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse 
of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or 
safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. The definitions, 
requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by 
controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are incorporated 
into this agreement and are controlling.'':  Provided, That 
notwithstanding the preceding provision of this section, a nondisclosure 
policy form or agreement that is to be executed by a person connected 
with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, 
other than an employee or officer of the United States Government, may 
contain provisions appropriate to the particular activity for which such 
document is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, 
require that the person will not disclose any classified information 
received in the course of such activity unless specifically authorized 
to do so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall 
also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress, or to 
an authorized official of an executive agency or the Department of 
Justice, that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law.
    (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be implemented and 
enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if it complies with the 
requirements for such agreement that were in effect when the agreement 
was entered into.
    (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to 
implement or enforce any agreement entered into during fiscal year 2014 
which does not contain substantially similar language to that required 
in subsection (a).
    Sec. 748.  During fiscal year 2015, on the date that a request is 
made for a transfer of funds in accordance with section 1017 of Public 
Law 111-203, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate of such requests.
    Sec. 749.  None of the funds made available by this or any other Act 
may be used to implement a new Federal Flood Risk Management Standard 
until the Administration has solicited and considered input from 
Governors, mayors, and other stakeholders.
    Sec. 750.  Except <<NOTE: 5 USC 3101 note.>>  as expressly provided 
otherwise, any reference to ``this Act'' contained in any title other 
than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or VIII.

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                               TITLE VIII

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Sec. 801.  There are appropriated from the applicable funds of the 
District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making refunds 
and for the payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been 
entered against the District of Columbia government.
    Sec. 802.  None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall be 
used for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any 
policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation 
pending before Congress or any State legislature.
    Sec. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided under this Act to 
the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District government 
agencies, that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2015, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditures 
for an agency through a reprogramming of funds which--
            (1) creates new programs;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsibility center;
            (3) establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, 
        limited or increased under this Act;
            (4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
        program, project, or responsibility center for which funds have 
        been denied or restricted;
            (5) re-establishes any program or project previously 
        deferred through reprogramming;
            (6) augments any existing program, project, or 
        responsibility center through a reprogramming of funds in excess 
        of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
            (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned to a 
        specific program, project or responsibility center,

unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
    (b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to approve and 
execute reprogramming and transfer requests of local funds under this 
title through November 7, 2015.
    Sec. 804.  None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may be 
used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, or 
other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator or 
United States Representative under section 4(d) of the District of 
Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. 
Law 3-171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-123).
    Sec. 805.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of the 
funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may be used to 
provide any officer or employee of the District of Columbia with an 
official vehicle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in 
the performance of the officer's or employee's official duties. For 
purposes of this section, the term ``official duties'' does not include 
travel between the officer's or employee's residence and workplace, 
except in the case of--

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            (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police 
        Department who resides in the District of Columbia or is 
        otherwise designated by the Chief of the Department;
            (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or 
        employee of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical 
        Services Department who resides in the District of Columbia and 
        is on call 24 hours a day;
            (3) at the discretion of the Director of the Department of 
        Corrections, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia 
        Department of Corrections who resides in the District of 
        Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;
            (4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Examiner, an 
        officer or employee of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 
        who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours 
        a day;
            (5) at the discretion of the Director of the Homeland 
        Security and Emergency Management Agency, an officer or employee 
        of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency who 
        resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a 
        day;
            (6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and
            (7) the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.

    Sec. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may be 
used by the District of Columbia Attorney General or any other officer 
or entity of the District government to provide assistance for any 
petition drive or civil action which seeks to require Congress to 
provide for voting representation in Congress for the District of 
Columbia.
    (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia Attorney 
General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private lawsuits, or 
from consulting with officials of the District government regarding such 
lawsuits.
    Sec. 807.  None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may be 
used to distribute any needle or syringe for the purpose of preventing 
the spread of blood borne pathogens in any location that has been 
determined by the local public health or local law enforcement 
authorities to be inappropriate for such distribution.
    Sec. 808.  Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent the 
Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from addressing the issue 
of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans, 
but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation enacted on such 
issue should include a ``conscience clause'' which provides exceptions 
for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
    Sec. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may be 
used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or 
otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or 
distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances 
Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
    (b) None of the funds contained in this Act may be used to enact any 
law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 
associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I 
substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or 
any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational purposes.
    Sec. 810.  None of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
expended for any abortion except where the life of the mother

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would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where the 
pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
    Sec. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of 
Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the 
Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia, a revised 
appropriated funds operating budget in the format of the budget that the 
District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 442 of the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-204.42), 
for all agencies of the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 
2015 that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and that 
realigns all budgeted data for personal services and other-than-personal 
services, respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures.
    (b) This section shall apply only to an agency for which the Chief 
Financial Officer for the District of Columbia certifies that a 
reallocation is required to address unanticipated changes in program 
requirements.
    Sec. 812.  No later than 30 calendar days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of 
Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the 
Mayor, and the Council for the District of Columbia, a revised 
appropriated funds operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. The revised 
appropriated funds budget shall be in the format of the budget that the 
District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 442 of the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, Sec. 1-204.42).
    Sec. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating funds 
may be transferred to the District of Columbia's enterprise and capital 
funds and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain appropriation 
authority consistent with the provisions of this Act.
    (b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to reprogram 
or transfer for operating expenses any local funds transferred or 
reprogrammed in this or the four prior fiscal years from operating funds 
to capital funds, and such amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, 
shall retain appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of 
this Act.
    (c) The District of Columbia government may not transfer or 
reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or 
other obligations issued for capital projects.
    Sec. 814.  None of the Federal funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may 
any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided 
herein.
    Sec. 815.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law or under 
this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining 
available at the end of fiscal year 2015 from appropriations of Federal 
funds made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2015 in 
this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 2016, for each 
such account for the purposes authorized:  Provided, That a request 
shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 
such funds:  Provided further, That these requests shall be made in 
compliance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in section 803 of this 
Act.

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    Sec. 816. (a) During fiscal year 2016, during a period in which 
neither a District of Columbia continuing resolution or a regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill is in effect, local funds are 
appropriated in the amount provided for any project or activity for 
which local funds are provided in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request 
Act of 2015 as submitted to Congress (subject to any modifications 
enacted by the District of Columbia as of the beginning of the period 
during which this subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such 
Act.
    (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease to be 
available--
            (1) during any period in which a District of Columbia 
        continuing resolution for fiscal year 2016 is in effect; or
            (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular District of 
        Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2016.

    (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is provided under the 
authority and conditions as provided under this Act and shall be 
available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by this 
Act.
    (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall cover all 
obligations or expenditures incurred for such project or activity during 
the portion of fiscal year 2016 for which this section applies to such 
project or activity.
    (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity during any 
period of fiscal year 2016 if any other provision of law (other than an 
authorization of appropriations)--
            (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or grants 
        authority for such project or activity to continue for such 
        period; or
            (2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be 
        made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall be 
        granted for such project or activity to continue for such 
        period.

    (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect obligations 
of the government of the District of Columbia mandated by other law.
    Sec. 817.  Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to 
``this Act'' contained in this title or in title IV shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of this title or of title IV.
    This division may be cited as the ``Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2015''.

DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT <<NOTE: Department of the Interior, Environment, 
   and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015.>>  OF THE INTERIOR, 
ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

                                 TITLE I

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                        Bureau of Land Management

                    management of lands and resources

    For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition 
of easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other 
functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized

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by law, in the management of lands and their resources under the 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of 
public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 
3150(a)), $970,016,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
$3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2015 subject to a match by 
at least an equal amount by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
for cost-shared projects supporting conservation of Bureau lands; and 
such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump-sum grant 
without regard to when expenses are incurred.
    In addition, $32,500,000 is for the processing of applications for 
permit to drill and related use authorizations, to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and 
credited to this appropriation that shall be derived from a fee of 
$6,500 per new application for permit to drill that the Bureau shall 
collect upon submission of each new application, and, in addition, 
$39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program operations, 
including the cost of administering the mining claim fee program, to 
remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by 
the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining claim 
maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby authorized for fiscal 
year 2015 so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not more 
than $970,016,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
from communication site rental fees established by the Bureau for the 
cost of administering communication site activities.

                            land acquisition

    For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 318(d) of 
Public Law 94-579, including administrative expenses and acquisition of 
lands or waters, or interests therein, $19,746,000, to be derived from 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until 
expended.

                    oregon and california grant lands

    For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development 
of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access 
roads, reforestation, and other improvements on the revested Oregon and 
California Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon 
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-
way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein, including existing 
connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands; $113,777,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That 25 percent of the 
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year from the 
revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a 
charge against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be 
transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the 
second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 
1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181(f)).

                           range improvements

    For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and 
interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant

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to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of 
all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 
of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315(b), 315(m)) and the amount 
designated for range improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing 
receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the 
Interior pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall 
be available for administrative expenses.

               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

    For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing 
application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of 
public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official 
public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and 
termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and 
for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be collected 
under Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and under section 28 
of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until 
expended: <<NOTE: 43 USC 1735 note.>>   Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any provision to the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94-579 (43 
U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received pursuant 
to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or 
settlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of 
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended 
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, protect, or 
rehabilitate any public lands administered through the Bureau of Land 
Management which have been damaged by the action of a resource 
developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without 
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action are used on 
the exact lands damaged which led to the action:  Provided further, That 
any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to 
the exact land for which funds were collected may be used to repair 
other damaged public lands.

                        miscellaneous trust funds

    In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing 
laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed 
under section 307 of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such 
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, 
appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under 
section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain available 
until expended.

                        administrative provisions

    The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations funded 
under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative 
agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and private entities, 
including with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available 
for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary structures, and 
alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant 
facilities to which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for 
payments, at the discretion

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of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations of 
laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of 
enforcement activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed 
$10,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding Public Law 90-620 (44 U.S.C. 
501), the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership 
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services from 
cooperators in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash or in 
services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting 
accepted quality standards:  Provided further, That projects to be 
funded pursuant to a written commitment by a State government to provide 
an identified amount of money in support of the project may be carried 
out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made 
shall not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild 
horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contractors or for 
the sale of wild horses and burros that results in their destruction for 
processing into commercial products.

                 United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                           resource management

    For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic studies, 
general administration, and for the performance of other authorized 
functions related to such resources, $1,207,658,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016 except as otherwise provided herein:  Provided, 
That not to exceed $20,515,000 shall be used for implementing 
subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing petitions, 
developing and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any 
other steps to implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), 
(c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed $4,605,000 shall 
be used for any activity regarding the designation of critical habitat, 
pursuant to subsection (a)(3), excluding litigation support, for species 
listed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) prior to October 1, 2012; of which 
not to exceed $1,501,000 shall be used for any activity regarding 
petitions to list species that are indigenous to the United States 
pursuant to subsections (b)(3)(A) and (b)(3)(B); and, of which not to 
exceed $1,504,000 shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), 
(c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1533) for species that are not indigenous to the United States.

                              construction

    For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of buildings 
and other facilities required in the conservation, management, 
investigation, protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife 
resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 
$15,687,000, to remain available until expended.

                            land acquisition

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965, (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.), including

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administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or 
interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable to 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $47,535,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific 
land acquisition projects may be used to pay for any administrative 
overhead, planning or other management costs.

            cooperative endangered species conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $50,095,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $22,695,000 is to be derived from the 
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; and of which 
$27,400,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

                      national wildlife refuge fund

    For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000.

                north american wetlands conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), 
$34,145,000, to remain available until expended.

                 neotropical migratory bird conservation

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory Bird 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), $3,660,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                 multinational species conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant 
Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and 
Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape 
Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the Marine Turtle 
Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $9,061,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                    state and tribal wildlife grants

    For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the 
provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 
Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and implementation of 
programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including 
species that are not hunted or fished, $58,695,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That of the amount provided herein, 
$4,084,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not 
subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation:  Provided 
further, That $5,487,000 is for a competitive grant program for States, 
territories, and other

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jurisdictions and at the discretion of affected States, the regional 
Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to the remaining 
provisions of this appropriation:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall, after deducting $9,571,000 and administrative expenses, apportion 
the amount provided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District 
of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to 
not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American 
Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth 
of 1 percent thereof:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
apportion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of 
which is based on the ratio to which the land area of such State bears 
to the total land area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which 
is based on the ratio to which the population of such State bears to the 
total population of all such States:  Provided further, That the amounts 
apportioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that no 
State shall be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the 
amount available for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal 
year or more than 5 percent of such amount:  Provided further, That the 
Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the 
total costs of such projects and the Federal share of implementation 
grants shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of such projects:  
Provided further, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not be 
derived from Federal grant programs:  Provided further, That any amount 
apportioned in 2015 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction that 
remains unobligated as of September 30, 2016, shall be reapportioned, 
together with funds appropriated in 2017, in the manner provided herein.

                        administrative provisions

    The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out the 
operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and 
private entities. Appropriations and funds available to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of damage 
to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by 
operations of the Service; options for the purchase of land at not to 
exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such public 
recreational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with their 
primary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, 
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service 
and to which the United States has title, and which are used pursuant to 
law in connection with management, and investigation of fish and 
wildlife resources:  Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the 
Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements 
authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in 
connection with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators 
share at least one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services 
and the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
quality standards:  Provided further, That the Service may accept 
donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for 
non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited

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under the heading ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Resource 
Management'' and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of such non-toxic 
shot type or coating applications and revising regulations as necessary, 
and shall remain available until expended.

                          National Park Service

                  operation of the national park system

    For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National Park 
Service and for the general administration of the National Park Service, 
$2,275,773,000, of which $9,923,000 for planning and interagency 
coordination in support of Everglades restoration and $81,961,000 for 
maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for constructed assets 
shall remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading in this Act and previous Appropriations 
Acts are available for the purposes of section 5 of Public Law 95-348 
and section 204 of Public Law 93-486, as amended by section 1(3) of 
Public Law 100-355.

                  national recreation and preservation

    For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural 
programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, and 
grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $63,117,000.

                       historic preservation fund

    For expenses necessary in carrying out the National Historic 
Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), $56,410,000, to be derived 
from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available until 
September 30, 2016.

                              construction

    For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of physical 
facilities, including modifications authorized by section 104 of the 
Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 
410r-8), $138,339,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any project 
initially funded in fiscal year 2015 with a future phase indicated in 
the National Park Service 5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single 
procurement may be issued which includes the full scope of the project:  
Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the 
clause ``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232-18.

                    land and water conservation fund

                              (rescission)

    The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2015 by section 9 of 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act <<NOTE: 16 USC 4601-10a 
note.>>  of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-10a) is rescinded.

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                  land acquisition and state assistance

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Conservation 
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 through 11), including administrative 
expenses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, 
in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the National 
Park Service, $98,960,000, to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended, of which 
$48,117,000 is for the State assistance program and of which $8,986,000 
shall be for the American Battlefield Protection Program grants as 
authorized by section 7301 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 (Public Law 111-11).

                          centennial challenge

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 814(g) 
of Public Law 104-333 (16 U.S.C. 1f) relating to challenge cost share 
agreements, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
Centennial Challenge projects and programs:  Provided, That not less 
than 50 percent of the total cost of each project or program shall be 
derived from non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, assets, or 
a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable letter of credit.

                        administrative provisions

                      (including transfer of funds)

    In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) of Public Law 
105-391, franchise fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for 
expenditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at 
any unit within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce 
liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender interest. Such 
funds may only be used for this purpose to the extent that the 
benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the 
contract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or 
reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be 
credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over a period not to 
exceed the term of a single contract at the benefitting unit, in the 
amount of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability.
    For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico 
Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-432), the National Park 
Service may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are authorized 
to be disbursed under such section, such retained amounts to remain 
available until expended.
    National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal 
Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, for 
purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include a 
reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs.

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                     United States Geological Survey

                  surveys, investigations, and research

    For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey to 
perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, 
geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water resources of the 
United States, its territories and possessions, and other areas as 
authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their 
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to power 
permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees; 
administer the minerals exploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct 
inquiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and 
related purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and disseminate 
data relative to the foregoing activities; $1,045,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016; of which $53,337,189 shall remain 
available until expended for satellite operations; and of which 
$7,280,000 shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance 
and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost:  
Provided, That none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research 
activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property, 
unless specifically authorized in writing by the property 
owner: <<NOTE: 43 USC 50 note.>>   Provided further, That no part of 
this appropriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost of 
topographic mapping or water resources data collection and 
investigations carried on in cooperation with States and municipalities.

                        administrative provisions

    From within the amount appropriated for activities of the United 
States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall be available 
for contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the 
making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is 
administratively determined that such procedures are in the public 
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and 
appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging stations and 
observation wells; expenses of the United States National Committee for 
Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and expenses of persons 
employed by the Survey duly appointed to represent the United States in 
the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts:  Provided, 
That activities funded by appropriations herein made may be accomplished 
through the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as 
defined in section 6302 of title 31, United States Code:  Provided 
further, That the United States Geological Survey may enter into 
contracts or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or 
indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard 
to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent services of 
students or recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the 
purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating 
to compensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 
28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be 
considered to be Federal employees for any other purposes.

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                    Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

                         ocean energy management

    For expenses necessary for granting leases, easements, rights-of-way 
and agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and 
marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and approving 
operations related thereto, as authorized by law; for environmental 
studies, as authorized by law; for implementing other laws and to the 
extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for 
matching grants or cooperative agreements, $169,770,000, of which 
$72,422,000 is to remain available until September 30, 2016 and of which 
$97,348,000 is to remain available until expended:  Provided, That this 
total appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Secretary and credited to this appropriation from additions to receipts 
resulting from increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 
1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and 
miscellaneous administrative activities:  Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are received 
during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 
appropriation estimated at not more than $72,422,000:  Provided further, 
That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses 
related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities.

             Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

              offshore safety and environmental enforcement

    For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related to 
leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and gas, 
other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer 
Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and implementing 
laws and regulations as authorized by law and to the extent provided by 
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or 
cooperative agreements, $124,726,000, of which $66,147,000 is to remain 
available until September 30, 2016 and of which $58,579,000 is to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That this total appropriation shall 
be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this 
appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from increases to 
lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery 
fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including 
studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative 
activities:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
reduced as such collections are received during the fiscal year, so as 
to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $66,147,000.
    For an additional amount, $65,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and 
credited to this appropriation, which shall be derived from non-
refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2015, as provided in 
this Act:  Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 
inspection fees exceed $65,000,000, the amounts realized

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in excess of $65,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation and 
remain available until expended:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2015, not less than 50 percent of the inspection fees expended by the 
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund 
personnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and expedite the 
orderly development, subject to environmental safeguards, of the Outer 
Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the review of applications for permits 
to drill.

                           oil spill research

    For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, title IV, 
sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, section 8201 of the 
Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $14,899,000, which shall be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

                        regulation and technology

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, 
$122,713,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, 
That <<NOTE: 30 USC 1211 note.>>  appropriations for the Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel 
and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.

    In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce permits 
issued by the Bureau pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 95-87 (30 
U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That <<NOTE: 30 USC 1257 note.>>  fees assessed and collected by the 
Bureau pursuant to such section 507 shall be credited to this account as 
discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
general fund shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal year 2015 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $122,713,000.

                     abandoned mine reclamation fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, $27,399,000, to 
be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That pursuant to Public Law 
97-365, the Department of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 
percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United 
States Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts:  Provided 
further, That funds made available under title IV of Public Law 95-87 
may be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of projects 
funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental 
restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage from 
abandoned mines:  Provided further, That such projects must be 
consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act:  Provided further, That amounts provided 
under this heading may be used for the travel and per

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diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.

                        administrative provision

    In fiscal year 2015 <<NOTE: 30 USC 1308b.>>  and each fiscal year 
thereafter, with funds available for the Technical Innovation and 
Professional Services program in this or any other Act with respect to 
any fiscal year, the Secretary may transfer title for computer hardware, 
software and other technical equipment to State and tribal regulatory 
and reclamation programs.

         Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education

                      operation of indian programs

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, as 
authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 
U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 2001-2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 
U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $2,429,236,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016, except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to 
exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representation expenses; 
of which not to exceed $74,809,000 shall be for welfare assistance 
payments:  Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the 
Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided herein, to 
provide for disaster relief to Indian communities affected by the 
disaster:  Provided further, That federally recognized Indian tribes and 
tribal organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their 
tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $606,690,000 for school operations 
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs shall become 
available on July 1, 2015, and shall remain available until September 
30, 2016:  Provided further, That not to exceed $48,553,000 shall remain 
available until expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, 
attorney fees, litigation support, land records improvement, and the 
Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 
Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.) and section 1128 
of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed 
$62,395,000 within and only from such amounts made available for school 
operations shall be available for administrative cost grants associated 
with ongoing grants entered into with the Bureau prior to or during 
fiscal year 2014 for the operation of Bureau-funded schools, and up to 
$500,000 within and only from such amounts made available for 
administrative cost grants shall be available for the transitional costs 
of initial administrative cost grants to grantees that assume operation 
on or after July 1, 2014, of Bureau-funded schools:  Provided further, 
That any forestry funds allocated to a federally recognized tribe which 
remain unobligated as of September 30, 2016, may be transferred during 
fiscal year 2017 to an Indian forest land assistance account established 
for the benefit of the holder of the funds within the holder's trust

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fund account:  Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not 
so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2017:  Provided further, 
That in order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the 
Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles 
of clothing for personnel.

                              construction

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of irrigation 
and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities, including 
architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisition of 
lands, and interests in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and 
for construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to 
Public Law 87-483, $128,876,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That such amounts as may be available for the construction of 
the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation:  Provided further, That not to exceed 6 percent of contract 
authority available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal 
Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover the road program management 
costs of the Bureau:  Provided further, That any funds provided for the 
Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made available 
on a nonreimbursable basis:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2015, in implementing new construction or facilities improvement and 
repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to grant 
schools under Public Law 100-297, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
use the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for 
Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory 
requirements:  Provided further, That such grants shall not be subject 
to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall 
negotiate and determine a schedule of payments for the work to be 
performed:  Provided further, That in considering grant applications, 
the Secretary shall consider whether such grantee would be deficient in 
assuring that the construction projects conform to applicable building 
standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and safety 
standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(b), with respect to 
organizational and financial management capabilities:  Provided further, 
That if the Secretary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall 
follow the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f):  Provided 
further, That any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee 
concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision in 25 
U.S.C. 2507(e):  Provided further, That in order to ensure timely 
completion of construction projects, the Secretary may assume control of 
a project and all funds related to the project, if, within 18 months of 
the date of enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds 
appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not completed the 
planning and design phase of the project and commenced construction:  
Provided further, That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the 
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the 
appropriate share of construction costs for space expansion needed in 
agency offices to meet trust reform implementation.

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 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                 indians

    For payments and necessary administrative expenses for 
implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant to 
Public Laws 99-264, 100-580, 101-618, 111-11, and 111-291, and for 
implementation of other land and water rights settlements, $35,655,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                 indian guaranteed loan program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $7,731,000, of 
which $1,045,000 is for administrative expenses, as authorized by the 
Indian Financing Act of 1974:  Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds 
are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed $100,496,183.

                        administrative provisions

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of Indian 
programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, either directly or in cooperation with States and 
other organizations.
    Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian Affairs may 
contract for services in support of the management, operation, and 
maintenance of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office oversight and Executive 
Direction and Administrative Services (except executive direction and 
administrative services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, 
regional offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 
available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements 
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the Indian 
Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public 
Law 103-413).
    In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available by this 
Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this action shall not diminish the 
Federal Government's trust responsibility to that tribe, or the 
government-to-government relationship between the United States and that 
tribe, or that tribe's ability to access future appropriations.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to 
the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the amounts provided herein 
for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be 
available to support the operation of any elementary or secondary school 
in the State of Alaska.
    No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall be used 
to support expanded grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade 
structure in place or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each 
school in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of October 1, 
1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this 
prohibition to support expansion of up to one additional grade when the 
Secretary determines such waiver is needed to support accomplishment of 
the mission of the

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Bureau of Indian Education. Appropriations made available in this or any 
prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available, in 
accordance with the Bureau's funding formula, only to the schools in the 
Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, and to any school or 
school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made 
available under this Act may not be used to establish a charter school 
at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined in section 1141 of 
the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a 
charter school that is in existence on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 
1999, may continue to operate during that period, but only if the 
charter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse 
the Bureau for the use of the real and personal property (including 
buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept separate and 
apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume any obligation 
for charter school programs of the State in which the school is located 
if the charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 
schools sharing a campus with a charter school and performing functions 
related to the charter school's operation and employees of a charter 
school shall not be treated as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 
171 of title 28, United States Code.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 113 of 
title I of appendix C of Public Law 106-113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 
2004 a grantee received indirect and administrative costs pursuant to a 
distribution formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101-301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and administrative cost 
funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) distribution formula.
    Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish 
satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school system as of 
September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may waive this prohibition 
in order for an Indian tribe to provide language and cultural immersion 
educational programs for non-public schools located within the 
jurisdictional area of the tribal government which exclusively serve 
tribal members, do not include grades beyond those currently served at 
the existing Bureau-funded school, provide an educational environment 
with educator presence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau-
funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, or State 
health and safety standards, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 
and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations at a satellite 
location in lieu of incurring extraordinary costs, such as for 
transportation or other impacts to students such as those caused by 
busing students extended distances:  Provided, That no funds available 
under this Act may be used to fund operations, maintenance, 
rehabilitation, construction or other facilities-related costs for such 
assets that are not owned by the Bureau:  Provided further, That the 
term ``satellite school'' means a school location physically separated 
from the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that forms 
part of the existing school in all other respects.

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                          Departmental Offices

                         Office of the Secretary

                         departmental operations

    For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the 
Interior, including the collection and disbursement of royalties, fees, 
and other mineral revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative 
agreements, as authorized by law, $265,263,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for 
official reception and representation expenses; and of which up to 
$1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation payments and 
unemployment compensation payments associated with the orderly closure 
of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of which $12,000,000 for the 
Office of Valuation Services is to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and shall remain available until expended; and of 
which $38,300,000 shall remain available until expended for the purpose 
of mineral revenue management activities:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 under this heading 
shall be available for refunds of overpayments in connection with 
certain Indian leases in which the Secretary concurred with the claimed 
refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to 
correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments.

                        administrative provisions

    For fiscal year 2015, up to $400,000 of the payments authorized by 
the Act of October 20, 1976 (31 U.S.C. 6901-6907) may be retained for 
administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program:  
Provided, That no payment shall be made pursuant to that Act to 
otherwise eligible units of local government if the computed amount of 
the payment is less than $100:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
reduce the payment authorized by 31 U.S.C. 6901-6907 for an individual 
county by the amount necessary to correct prior year overpayments to 
that county:  Provided further, That the amount needed to correct a 
prior year underpayment to an individual county shall be paid from any 
reductions for overpayments to other counties and the amount necessary 
to cover any remaining underpayment is hereby appropriated and shall be 
paid to individual counties.

                             Insular Affairs

                        assistance to territories

    For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and other jurisdictions 
identified in section 104(e) of Public Law 108-188, $85,976,000, of 
which: (1) $76,528,000 shall remain available until expended for 
territorial assistance, including general technical assistance, 
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative 
activities, and brown tree snake control and research; grants to the 
judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized 
by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of American Samoa, 
in addition to current local revenues, for construction and support of 
governmental functions; grants to the

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Government of the Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the 
Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the Government 
of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Public Law 94-241; 
90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,448,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2016, for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular 
Affairs: <<NOTE: 48 USC 1469b.>>   Provided, That all financial 
transactions of the territorial and local governments herein provided 
for, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities 
established or used by such governments, may be audited by the 
Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with 
chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code:  Provided further, That 
Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided 
according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representatives 
on Future United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mariana 
Islands approved by Public Law 104-134:  Provided further, That the 
funds for the program of operations and maintenance improvement are 
appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and maintenance 
improvement of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and 
cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee's 
commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets:  Provided 
further, That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 
heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-
Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants 
provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).

                       compact of free association

    For grants and necessary expenses, $3,318,000, to remain available 
until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2) and 233 of the 
Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau; and section 
221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, 
as authorized by Public Law 99-658 and Public Law 108-188.

                        Administrative Provisions

                      (including transfer of funds)

    At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may transfer 
discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under section 104(e) of 
Public Law 108-188 and Public Law 104-134, that are allocated for Guam, 
to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or 
guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount of the 
subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administration, for the 
purposes authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 
306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 
construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That such loans or 
loan guarantees may be made without regard to the population of the 
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the types of 
eligible entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 
section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

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Act:  Provided further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available to 
make or guarantee loans under such authorities.

                         Office of the Solicitor

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $65,800,000.

                       Office of Inspector General

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$50,047,000.

           Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians

                         federal trust programs

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, 
$139,029,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$23,061,000 from this or any other Act, may be available for historical 
accounting:  Provided, That funds for trust management improvements and 
litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to or merged with the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, ``Operation of 
Indian Programs'' account; the Office of the Solicitor, ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' account; and the Office of the Secretary, ``Departmental 
Operations'' account:  Provided further, That funds made available 
through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2015, as 
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 
et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the contractor or 
grantee:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly 
statement of performance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
activity for at least 18 months and has a balance of $15 or less:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 
statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall permit 
the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon the express 
written request of the account holder:  Provided further, That not to 
exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments to 
correct administrative errors of either disbursements from or deposits 
to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002:  
Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be 
credited to and remain available in this account for this purpose:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required to reconcile 
Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than $500 unless the 
Office of the Special Trustee receives proof of ownership from a Special 
Deposit Accounts claimant.

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                        Department-Wide Programs

                        wildland fire management

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression 
operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, 
hazardous fuels management activities, and rural fire assistance by the 
Department of the Interior, $804,779,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $6,127,000 shall be for the renovation 
or construction of fire facilities:  Provided, That such funds are also 
available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts from 
which funds were previously transferred for such purposes:  Provided 
further, That of the funds provided $164,000,000 is for hazardous fuels 
management activities, of which $10,000,000 is for resilient landscapes 
activities:  Provided further, That of the funds provided $18,035,000 is 
for burned area rehabilitation:  Provided further, That persons hired 
pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging 
without cost from funds available from this appropriation:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau 
or office of the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered 
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States 
property, may be credited to the appropriation from which funds were 
expended to provide that protection, and are available without fiscal 
year limitation:  Provided further, That using the amounts designated 
under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter 
into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for 
hazardous fuels management and resilient landscapes activities, and for 
training and monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels management 
and resilient landscapes activities on Federal land, or on adjacent non-
Federal land for activities that benefit resources on Federal land:  
Provided further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative 
agreement between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may 
be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding requirements of the Competition in 
Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels 
management and resilient landscapes activities, may obtain maximum 
practicable competition among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or 
cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands 
Corps (Public Law 109-154), or related partnerships with State, local, 
or nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other 
entities that will hire or train locally a significant percentage, 
defined as 50 percent or more, of the project workforce to complete such 
contracts:  Provided further, That in implementing this section, the 
Secretary shall develop written guidance to field units to ensure 
accountability and consistent application of the authorities provided 
herein:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
may be used to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and 
the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out 
their responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required by section 7 
of such Act, in connection with wildland fire management activities:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland 
fire appropriations to

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enter into leases of real property with local governments, at or below 
fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire 
facilities on such leased properties, including but not limited to fire 
guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and fire 
support facilities, and to make advance payments for any such lease or 
for construction activity associated with the lease:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may 
authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire 
management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between 
the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 
wildland fire management programs and projects:  Provided further, That 
funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be available for support 
of Federal emergency response actions:  Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for assistance to or 
through the Department of State in connection with forest and rangeland 
research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries, 
and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be available 
to support forestry, wildland fire management, and related natural 
resource activities outside the United States and its territories and 
possessions, including technical assistance, education and training, and 
cooperation with United States and international organizations.

                 flame wildfire suppression reserve fund

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for large fire suppression operations of the 
Department of the Interior and as a reserve fund for suppression and 
Federal emergency response activities, $92,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That such amounts are only available for 
transfer to the ``Wildland Fire Management'' account following a 
declaration by the Secretary in accordance with section 502 of the FLAME 
Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a).

                    central hazardous materials fund

    For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and any of 
its component offices and bureaus for the response action, including 
associated activities, performed pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), $10,010,000, to remain available until expended.

           natural resource damage assessment and restoration

                 natural resource damage assessment fund

    To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration 
activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department of the 
Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and 
Public Law 101-337 (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $7,767,000, to remain 
available until expended.

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                          working capital fund

    For the operation and maintenance of a departmental financial and 
business management system, information technology improvements of 
general benefit to the Department, consolidation of facilities and 
operations throughout the Department, $57,100,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
Act or any other Act may be used to establish reserves in the Working 
Capital Fund account other than for accrued annual leave and 
depreciation of equipment without prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary may assess reasonable charges to State, 
local and tribal government employees for training services provided by 
the National Indian Program Training Center, other than training related 
to Public Law 93-638:  Provided further, That the Secretary may lease or 
otherwise provide space and related facilities, equipment or 
professional services of the National Indian Program Training Center to 
State, local and tribal government employees or persons or organizations 
engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined 
in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) at the prevailing 
rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or services in the 
vicinity of the National Indian Program Training Center:  Provided 
further, That all funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos 
shall be credited to this account, shall be available until expended, 
and shall be used by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the 
National Indian Program Training Center:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary may enter into grants and cooperative agreements to support 
the Office of Natural Resource Revenue's collection and disbursement of 
royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by 
law.

                        administrative provision

    There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available resources 
within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may be obtained by 
donation, purchase or through available excess surplus property:  
Provided, That existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with 
proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for 
the replacement aircraft.

             General Provisions, Department of the Interior

                     (including transfers of funds)

               emergency transfer authority--intra-bureau

    Sec. 101.  Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the 
approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, 
replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other 
facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 
other unavoidable causes:  Provided, That no funds shall be made 
available under this authority until funds specifically made available 
to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been 
exhausted:  Provided further, That all funds used pursuant

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to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, 
which must be requested as promptly as possible.

              emergency transfer authority--department-wide

    Sec. 102.  The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer 
of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts 
included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the 
suppression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the 
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; 
for emergency actions related to potential or actual earthquakes, 
floods, volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contingency 
planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response and natural 
resource damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or 
releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for the 
prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential grasshopper 
and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary, pursuant to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 
106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under 
section 410 of Public Law 95-87; and shall transfer, from any no year 
funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of 
regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out 
the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act:  Provided, That 
appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations shall be 
available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding 
fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for 
destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with 
their use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement to be 
credited to appropriations currently available at the time of receipt 
thereof:  Provided further, That for wildland fire operations, no funds 
shall be made available under this authority until the Secretary 
determines that funds appropriated for ``wildland fire operations'' and 
``FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund'' shall be exhausted within 30 
days:  Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this section 
must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be 
requested as promptly as possible:  Provided further, That such 
replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, 
accounts from which emergency funds were transferred.

                         authorized use of funds

    Sec. 103.  Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in 
this title shall be available for services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, when authorized by the Secretary, in 
total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor 
vehicles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private 
residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by 
the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the 
Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which 
issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than 
to subscribers who are not members.

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            authorized use of funds, indian trust management

    Sec. 104.  Appropriations made in this Act under the headings Bureau 
of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, and Office of the 
Special Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated balances from 
prior appropriations Acts made under the same headings shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management and 
reform activities. Total funding for historical accounting activities 
shall not exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such 
purpose.

            redistribution of funds, bureau of indian affairs

    Sec. 105.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal Priority 
Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal 
funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, unmet 
needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal 
Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 2015. 
Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or 
inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does 
not apply.

                  ellis, governors, and liberty islands

    Sec. 106.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, or interests 
therein including the use of all or part of any pier, dock, or landing 
within the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, for the 
purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 
transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and 
Liberty Islands, and of other program and administrative activities, by 
donation or with appropriated funds, including franchise fees (and other 
monetary consideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is authorized 
to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or 
other agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable.

                 outer continental shelf inspection fees

    Sec. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2015, the Secretary shall collect a 
nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited in the ``Offshore 
Safety and Environmental Enforcement'' account, from the designated 
operator for facilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c).
    (b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above the 
waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start of the 
fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2015 shall be:
            (1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
        processing equipment or gathering lines;
            (2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any 
        combination of active or inactive wells; and
            (3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with any 
        combination of active or inactive wells.

    (c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections 
completed in fiscal year 2015. Fees for fiscal year 2015 shall be:

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            (1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water 
        depths of 500 feet or more; and
            (2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water 
        depths of less than 500 feet.

    (d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection 
(b) within 60 days, with payment required within 30 days of billing. The 
Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 
days of the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, with 
payment required within 30 days of billing.

                  oil and gas leasing internet program

    Sec. 108. (a) Notwithstanding section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral 
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)), the Secretary of the Interior 
shall have the authority to implement an oil and gas leasing Internet 
program, under which the Secretary may conduct lease sales through 
methods other than oral bidding.
    (b) The authority in subsection (a) shall be effective for fiscal 
year 2015 until the date of the enactment of a provision of the Carl 
Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 that amends section 17(b)(1) of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)) to authorize onshore lease sales through 
Internet-based bidding methods.

     bureau of ocean energy management, regulation and enforcement 
                             reorganization

    Sec. 109.  The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement a 
reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and 
Enforcement, may transfer funds among and between the successor offices 
and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in conformance with the 
reprogramming guidelines for division F in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act).

  contracts and agreements for wild horse and burro holding facilities

    Sec. 110.  Notwithstanding <<NOTE: 16 USC 1336 note.>>  any other 
provision of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations and other 
appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear contracts in 
accordance with the provisions of section 304B of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c) (except that 
the 5-year term restriction in subsection (d) shall not apply), for the 
long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming horses and 
burros by such organizations or entities on private land. Such 
cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to 
renewal at the discretion of the Secretary.

                        mass marking of salmonids

    Sec. 111.  The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in 
carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered 
species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking of salmonid 
stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from federally operated 
or federally financed hatcheries including but

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not limited to fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified by 
commercial and recreational fishers.

                       prohibition on use of funds

    Sec. 112. (a) Any proposed new use of the Arizona & California 
Railroad Company's Right of Way for conveyance of water shall not 
proceed unless the Secretary of the Interior certifies that the proposed 
new use is within the scope of the Right of Way.
    (b) No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
Department of the Interior may be used, in relation to any proposal to 
store water underground for the purpose of export, for approval of any 
right-of-way or similar authorization on the Mojave National Preserve or 
lands managed by the Needles Field Office of the Bureau of Land 
Management, or for carrying out any activities associated with such 
right-of-way or similar approval.

                            republic of palau

    Sec. 113. (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (c), the United 
States Government, through the Secretary of the Interior shall provide 
to the Government of Palau for fiscal year 2015 grants in amounts equal 
to the annual amounts specified in subsections (a), (c), and (d) of 
section 211 of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of 
the United States of America and the Government of Palau (48 U.S.C. 1931 
note) (referred to in this section as the ``Compact'').
    (b) Programmatic Assistance.--Subject to subsection (c), the United 
States shall provide programmatic assistance to the Republic of Palau 
for fiscal year 2015 in amounts equal to the amounts provided in 
subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 221 of the Compact.
    (c) Limitations on Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--The grants and programmatic assistance 
        provided under subsections (a) and (b) shall be provided to the 
        same extent and in the same manner as the grants and assistance 
        were provided in fiscal year 2009.
            (2) Trust fund.--If the Government of Palau withdraws more 
        than $5,000,000 from the trust fund established under section 
        211(f) of the Compact, amounts to be provided under subsections 
        (a) and (b) shall be withheld from the Government of Palau.

                   exhaustion of administrative review

    Sec. 114.  Paragraph (1) of section 122(a) of division E of Public 
Law 112-74 (125 Stat. 1013), as amended by section 122 of division G of 
Public Law 113-76 (128 Stat. 314), is further amended by striking 
``through 2015,'' in the first sentence and inserting ``through 2016,''.

                     wild lands funding prohibition

    Sec. 115.  None of the funds made available in this Act or any other 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Secretarial Order 
No. 3310 issued by the Secretary of the Interior on December 22, 2010:  
Provided, That nothing in this section shall restrict the Secretary's 
authorities under sections 201 and 202

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of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1711 
and 1712).

               bureau of indian education operated schools

    Sec. 116.  Section 115(d) of division E of Public Law 112-74 (125 
Stat. 1010) <<NOTE: 25 USC 2000 note.>>  is amended by striking ``2014'' 
and inserting ``2017''.

      reauthorization of forest ecosystem health and recovery fund

    Sec. 117.  Title I of the Department of the Interior, Environment, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-88) is 
amended in the text under the heading ``FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND 
RECOVERY FUND'' by striking ``2015'' each place it appears and inserting 
``2020''.

                           volunteers in parks

    Sec. 118.  Section 4 of Public Law 91-357 (16 U.S.C. 18j), as 
amended, is further amended by striking ``$3,500,000'' and inserting 
``$5,000,000''.

              contracts and agreements with indian affairs

    Sec. 119.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal 
year 2015, in carrying out work involving cooperation with State, local, 
and tribal governments or any political subdivision thereof, Indian 
Affairs may record obligations against accounts receivable from any such 
entities, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 
shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end of the 
fiscal year.

                             heritage areas

    Sec. 120. (a) Section 109 of title I of Public Law 105-355 (16 
U.S.C. 461 note) shall be applied for fiscal year 2015 by substituting 
``2015'' for ``2014''.
    (b) Section 157(h)(1) of title I of Public Law 106-291 (16 U.S.C. 
461 note) is amended by striking ``$10,000,000'' and inserting 
``$11,000,000''.

                        ratification of payments

    Sec. 121.  All payments made to school districts under the first 
section of the Act of June 4, 1948 (62 Stat. 338, chapter 417; 16 U.S.C. 
40a), during the period beginning in fiscal year 1976 and ending on the 
date of enactment of this Act are ratified and approved, notwithstanding 
the payments made under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code to 
the units of general local government.

                               sage-grouse

    Sec. 122.  None of the funds made available by this or any other Act 
may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to write or issue pursuant 
to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)--

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            (1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus 
        urophasianus);
            (2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct 
        population segment of greater sage-grouse;
            (3) a final rule for the bi-state distinct population 
        segment of greater sage-grouse; or
            (4) a final rule for Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus 
        minimus).

                                TITLE II

                     ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

                         Science and Technology

    For science and technology, including research and development 
activities, which shall include research and development activities 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related 
costs and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and 
supplies; and other operating expenses in support of research and 
development, $734,648,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: 
 Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, $4,100,000 
shall be for Research: National Priorities as specified in the 
explanatory statement accompanying this Act.

                  Environmental Programs and Management

    For environmental programs and management, including necessary 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library 
memberships in societies or associations which issue publications to 
members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are 
not members; administrative costs of the brownfields program under the 
Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 
2002; and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $2,613,679,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That of the funds included under this 
heading, $12,700,000 shall be for Environmental Protection: National 
Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement accompanying this 
Act:  Provided further, That of the funds included under this heading, 
$427,737,000 shall be for Geographic Programs specified in the 
explanatory statement accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading for Information Exchange and 
Outreach, $856,750 of funds made available for the Immediate Office of 
the Administrator and $1,790,750 of funds made available for the Office 
of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations shall be withheld from 
obligation until reports detailed in the explanatory statement 
accompanying this Act are provided to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate; and of the funds 
provided under this heading for Operations and Administration for the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, $741,500 shall be withheld from 
obligation until such reports are provided to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2423]]

             Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), including the development, operation, 
maintenance, and upgrading of the hazardous waste electronic manifest 
system established by such section, $3,674,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017.

                       Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$41,489,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016.

                        Buildings and Facilities

    For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, $42,317,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                      Hazardous Substance Superfund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including 
sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611) 
$1,088,769,000, to remain available until expended, consisting of such 
sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2014, as 
authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,088,769,000 as a payment 
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes 
as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA:  Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal 
agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA:  Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $9,939,000 shall be 
paid to the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 2016, and $18,850,000 shall be paid to the 
``Science and Technology'' appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2016.

           Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program

    For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act, $91,941,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$66,572,000 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for carrying out the other provisions 
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the 
Internal Revenue Code:  Provided, That the Administrator is authorized 
to use appropriations made available under this heading to implement 
section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial 
assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for the development and 
implementation of programs to manage underground storage tanks.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2424]]

                        Inland Oil Spill Programs

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection 
Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$18,209,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to 
remain available until expended.

                   State and Tribal Assistance Grants

    For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including 
capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance 
partnership grants, $3,545,161,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which--
            (1) $1,448,887,000 shall be for making capitalization grants 
        for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which $906,896,000 
        shall be for making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
        State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 
        Water Act:  Provided, That for fiscal year 2015, to the extent 
        there are sufficient eligible project applications, not less 
        than 10 percent of the funds made available under this title to 
        each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
        grants shall be used by the State for projects to address green 
        infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or 
        other environmentally innovative activities:  Provided further, 
        That for fiscal year 2015, funds made available under this title 
        to each State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund 
        capitalization grants may, at the discretion of each State, be 
        used for projects to address green infrastructure, water or 
        energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally 
        innovative activities:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
        section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 
        the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution control 
        revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer the 
        fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in loans 
        made by such fund in fiscal year 2015 and prior years where such 
        amounts represent costs of administering the fund to the extent 
        that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the 
        Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets in the 
        fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including 
        administration:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 2015, 
        notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of 
        the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and section 1452(i) of 
        the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the 
        funds appropriated for State Revolving Funds under such Acts may 
        be reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) 
        and section 1452(i) of such Acts:  Provided further, That for 
        fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding the amounts specified in 
        section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 
        1.5 percent of the aggregate funds appropriated for the Clean 
        Water State Revolving Fund program under the Act less any sums 
        reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the 
        Administrator for grants made under title II of the Clean Water 
        Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
        Marianas, and United States Virgin Islands:  Provided further, 
        That for fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding the limitations on 
        amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe

[[Page 128 STAT. 2425]]

        Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated 
        for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs under the 
        Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved by the Administrator for 
        grants made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water 
        Act:  Provided further, That not less than 20 percent but not 
        more than 30 percent of the funds made available under this 
        title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund 
        capitalization grants shall be used by the State to provide 
        additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the form of 
        forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans, or grants (or 
        any combination of these), and shall be so used by the State 
        only where such funds are provided as initial financing for an 
        eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 
        obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt was 
        incurred on or after the date of enactment of this Act;
            (2) $5,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, 
        planning, design, construction and related activities in 
        connection with the construction of high priority water and 
        wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico 
        Border, after consultation with the appropriate border 
        commission;  Provided, That no funds provided by this 
        appropriations Act to address the water, wastewater and other 
        critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the United 
        States along the United States-Mexico border shall be made 
        available to a county or municipal government unless that 
        government has established an enforceable local ordinance, or 
        other zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the 
        development or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
        the development within an existing colonia the construction of 
        any new home, business, or other structure which lacks water, 
        wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure;
            (3) $10,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska 
        to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs of 
        rural and Alaska Native Villages:  Provided, That of these 
        funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 
        percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used for 
        administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State of 
        Alaska shall make awards consistent with the Statewide priority 
        list established in conjunction with the Agency and the U.S. 
        Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 
        and similar projects carried out by the State of Alaska that are 
        funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
        Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
        Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not 
        less than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects in 
        regional hub communities;
            (4) $80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the 
        Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
        Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency 
        agreements, and associated program support costs:  Provided, 
        That not more than 25 percent of the amount appropriated to 
        carry out section 104(k) of CERCLA shall be used for site 
        characterization, assessment, and remediation of facilities 
        described in section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA;
            (5) $30,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, 
        subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;

[[Page 128 STAT. 2426]]

            (6) $10,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in 
        accordance with the terms and conditions of the explanatory 
        statement accompanying this Act; and
            (7) $1,054,378,000 shall be for grants, including associated 
        program support costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, 
        interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control 
        agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
        control and abatement and related activities, including 
        activities pursuant to the provisions set forth under this 
        heading in Public Law 104-134, and for making grants under 
        section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter 
        monitoring and data collection activities subject to terms and 
        conditions specified by the Administrator, of which: $47,745,000 
        shall be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; $9,646,000 
        shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, 
        including associated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall be 
        for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste 
        Disposal Act, which shall be in addition to funds appropriated 
        under the heading ``Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
        Program'' to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste 
        Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 
        Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds available for grants 
        under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
        shall be for State participation in national- and State-level 
        statistical surveys of water resources and enhancements to State 
        monitoring programs.

       Administrative Provisions--Environmental Protection Agency

              (including transfer and rescission of funds)

    For fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 6305(1), 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in carrying 
out the Agency's function to implement directly Federal environmental 
programs required or authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable 
tribal program, may award cooperative agreements to federally recognized 
Indian tribes or Intertribal consortia, if authorized by their member 
tribes, to assist the Administrator in implementing Federal 
environmental programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be awarded from funds 
designated for State financial assistance agreements.
    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees 
in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act, as amended by Public Law 112-177, the Pesticide 
Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012.
    Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136w-8(d)(2)), the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may assess fees 
under section 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w-8) for fiscal year 2015.
    The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $300,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative under 
the heading ``Environmental Programs and Management''

[[Page 128 STAT. 2427]]

to the head of any Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 
such head, to carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement programs, 
projects, or activities; to enter into an interagency agreement with the 
head of such Federal department or agency to carry out these activities; 
and to make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, 
institutions, and individuals for planning, research, monitoring, 
outreach, and implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
    The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and Management, 
Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking 
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for 
the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities provided that the cost does not exceed $150,000 per project.
    The fourth paragraph under the heading ``Administrative Provisions'' 
in title II of Public Law 109-54 is amended by striking ``2015'' and 
inserting ``2020''.
    For fiscal year 2015, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the 
Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator is authorized to use the 
amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 of the Act to 
make grants to federally recognized Indian tribes pursuant to sections 
319(h) and 518(e) of that Act.
    The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated 
under the heading ``Environmental Programs and Management'' for fiscal 
year 2015 to provide grants to implement the Southeastern New England 
Watershed Restoration Program.
    From unobligated balances to carry out projects and activities 
funded through the ``State and Tribal Assistance Grants'' account, 
$40,000,000, are hereby permanently rescinded:  Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985.

                                TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                      forest and rangeland research

    For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
authorized by law, $296,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of the funds provided, $70,000,000 is for the forest 
inventory and analysis program.

                       state and private forestry

    For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical 
and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, and 
others, and for forest health management, including treatments of pests, 
pathogens, and invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and 
rehabilitating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants,

[[Page 128 STAT. 2428]]

cooperative forestry, and education and land conservation activities and 
conducting an international program as authorized, $232,653,000, to 
remain available until expended, as authorized by law; of which 
$53,000,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

                         national forest system

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided 
for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization of the 
National Forest System, $1,494,330,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 shall be 
deposited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for 
ecological restoration treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f):  
Provided further, That of the funds provided, $339,130,000 shall be for 
forest products:  Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 
$81,941,000 is for the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program for 
Region 1, Region 3 and Region 4:  Provided further, That of the funds 
provided for forest products, up to $65,560,000 may be transferred to 
support the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program in the 
preceding proviso:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture 
may transfer to the Secretary of the Interior any unobligated funds 
appropriated in this fiscal year or in a previous fiscal year for 
operation of the Valles Caldera National Preserve.

                   capital improvement and maintenance

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided 
for, $360,374,000, to remain available until expended, for construction, 
capital improvement, maintenance and acquisition of buildings and other 
facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, reconstruction, 
decommissioning of roads that are no longer needed, including 
unauthorized roads that are not part of the transportation system, and 
maintenance of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205:  Provided, 
That $40,000,000 shall be designated for urgently needed road 
decommissioning, road and trail repair and maintenance and associated 
activities, and removal of fish passage barriers, especially in areas 
where Forest Service roads may be contributing to water quality problems 
in streams and water bodies which support threatened, endangered, or 
sensitive species or community water sources:  Provided further, That 
funds becoming available in fiscal year 2015 under the Act of March 4, 
1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of the 
Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obligation for any 
other purpose unless the funds are appropriated:  Provided further, That 
of the funds provided for decommissioning of roads, up to $14,743,000 
may be transferred to the ``National Forest System'' to support the 
Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2429]]

                            land acquisition

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.), 
including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or 
waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 
applicable to the Forest Service, $47,500,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended.

         acquisition of lands for national forests special acts

    For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National 
Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland 
National Forests, California, as authorized by law, $950,000, to be 
derived from forest receipts.

             acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

    For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds 
deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school 
districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized 
expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant to 
Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, 
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended (16 U.S.C. 460l-
516-617a, 555a; Public Law 96-586; Public Law 76-589, 76-591; and Public 
Law 78-310).

                          range betterment fund

    For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and 
improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal 
year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in National 
Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of 
Public Law 94-579, to remain available until expended, of which not to 
exceed 6 percent shall be available for administrative expenses 
associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and 
improvements.

     gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

    For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $45,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be derived from the fund established 
pursuant to the above Act.

        management of national forest lands for subsistence uses

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal lands 
in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487), $2,500,000, to 
remain available until expended.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2430]]

                        wildland fire management

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities on 
National Forest System lands, for emergency fire suppression on or 
adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection agreement, 
hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to such lands, emergency 
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 
and for State and volunteer fire assistance, $2,333,298,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That such funds including 
unobligated balances under this heading, are available for repayment of 
advances from other appropriations accounts previously transferred for 
such purposes:  Provided further, That such funds shall be available to 
reimburse State and other cooperating entities for services provided in 
response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent 
such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are 
fully repaid by the responsible emergency management agency:  Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $6,914,000 of 
funds appropriated under this appropriation shall be available for the 
Forest Service in support of fire science research authorized by the 
Joint Fire Science Program, including all Forest Service authorities for 
the use of funds, such as contracts, grants, research joint venture 
agreements, and cooperative agreements:  Provided further, That all 
authorities for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 
grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute the Forest and 
Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in the utilization 
of these funds for Fire Science Research:  Provided further, That funds 
provided shall be available for emergency rehabilitation and 
restoration, hazardous fuels management activities, support to Federal 
emergency response, and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest 
Service:  Provided further, That of the funds provided, $361,749,000 is 
for hazardous fuels management activities, $19,795,000 is for research 
activities and to make competitive research grants pursuant to the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, (16 U.S.C. 1641 
et seq.), $78,000,000 is for State fire assistance, and $13,000,000 is 
for volunteer fire assistance under section 10 of the Cooperative 
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2106):  Provided further, 
That amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to the ``National 
Forest System'', and ``Forest and Rangeland Research'' accounts to fund 
forest and rangeland research, the Joint Fire Science Program, 
vegetation and watershed management, heritage site rehabilitation, and 
wildlife and fish habitat management and restoration:  Provided further, 
That, of the funds provided, $65,000,000 shall be available for the 
purpose of acquiring aircraft for the next-generation airtanker fleet to 
enhance firefighting mobility, effectiveness, efficiency, and safety, 
and such aircraft shall be suitable for contractor operation over the 
terrain and forested-ecosystems characteristic of National Forest System 
lands, as determined by the Chief of the Forest Service:  Provided 
further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement 
between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, 
as mutually agreed on by the affected parties:  Provided further, That 
up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein may be used by the 
Secretary of Agriculture to enter into procurement contracts

[[Page 128 STAT. 2431]]

or cooperative agreements or to issue grants for hazardous fuels 
management activities and for training or monitoring associated with 
such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal land or on non-
Federal land if the Secretary determines such activities implement a 
community wildfire protection plan (or equivalent) and benefit resources 
on Federal land:  Provided further, That funds made available to 
implement the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106-393, 
title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance 
with authorities made available to the Forest Service under the ``State 
and Private Forestry'' appropriation:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize 
the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in an 
aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when 
such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire management 
programs and projects:  Provided further, That of the funds provided for 
hazardous fuels management, not to exceed $15,000,000 may be used to 
make grants, using any authorities available to the Forest Service under 
the ``State and Private Forestry'' appropriation, for the purpose of 
creating incentives for increased use of biomass from National Forest 
System lands:  Provided further, That funds designated for wildfire 
suppression, including funds transferred from the ``FLAME Wildfire 
Suppression Reserve Fund,'' shall be assessed for cost pools on the same 
basis as such assessments are calculated against other agency programs:  
Provided further, That of the funds for hazardous fuels management, up 
to $28,077,000 may be transferred to the ``National Forest System'' to 
support the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program.

                 flame wildfire suppression reserve fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for large fire suppression operations of the 
Department of Agriculture and as a reserve fund for suppression and 
Federal emergency response activities, $303,060,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That such amounts are only available for 
transfer to the ``Wildland Fire Management'' account following a 
declaration by the Secretary in accordance with section 502 of the FLAME 
Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a).

                administrative provisions--forest service

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; 
acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of 
such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition 
of aircraft to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 
notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft being 
replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to 
offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) services 
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings 
and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, 
waters, and interests therein pursuant

[[Page 128 STAT. 2432]]

to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the 
National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) 
the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and (7) for 
debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
    Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be 
transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation for forest 
firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands 
or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions upon the Secretary's notification of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire suppression funds 
appropriated under the headings ``Wildland Fire Management'' and ``FLAME 
Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund'' will be obligated within 30 days:  
Provided, That all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be 
replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
promptly as possible.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
assistance to or through the Agency for International Development in 
connection with forest and rangeland research, technical information, 
and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to support 
forestry and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including technical 
assistance, education and training, and cooperation with U.S., private, 
and international organizations. The Forest Service, acting for the 
International Program, may sign direct funding agreements with foreign 
governments and institutions as well as other domestic agencies 
(including the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department 
of State, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation), U.S. private sector 
firms, institutions and organizations to provide technical assistance 
and training programs overseas on forestry and rangeland management.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Land Management, for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild 
horses and burros from National Forest System lands, and for the 
performance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such 
lands.
    None <<NOTE: 16 USC 556i.>> of the funds made available to the 
Forest Service in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 
year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) 
of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), 
section 442 of Public Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) 
of Public Law 107-107 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)).

    None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming 
procedures contained in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act.
    Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest Service 
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of 
Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for 
Department Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook 
charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of 
reimbursable agreements requested

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by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the Department of 
Agriculture's National Information Technology Center. Nothing in this 
paragraph shall limit the Forest Service portion of implementation costs 
to be paid to the Department of Agriculture for the International 
Technology Service.
    Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000 shall 
be available for priority projects within the scope of the approved 
budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps and 
shall be carried out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 
of 1993, Public Law 103-82, as amended by Public Lands Corps Healthy 
Forests Restoration Act of 2005, Public Law 109-154.
    Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available to 
the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and 
representation expenses.
    Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-593, of the 
funds available to the Forest Service, up to $3,000,000 may be advanced 
in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation to aid conservation 
partnership projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without 
regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for projects on or 
benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service 
programs:  Provided, That of the Federal funds made available to the 
Foundation, no more than $300,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses:  Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the 
end of the period of Federal financial assistance, private contributions 
to match on at least one-for-one basis funds made available by the 
Forest Service:  Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 
Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a project at 
the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
funds.
    Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, up to $3,000,000 
of the funds available to the Forest Service may be advanced to the 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share 
conservation projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on 
or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service 
programs:  Provided, That such funds shall be matched on at least a one-
for-one basis by the Foundation or its sub-recipients:  Provided 
further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or 
non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient 
has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural 
communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable rural 
development purposes.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic 
Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of 
Public Law 99-663.
    Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to meet the 
non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of the Older Americans 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)).
    Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $55,000,000, 
shall be assessed for the purpose of performing fire, administrative and 
other facilities maintenance and decommissioning. Such assessments shall 
occur using a square foot rate

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charged on the same basis the agency uses to assess programs for payment 
of rent, utilities, and other support services.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations or 
funds available to the Forest Service not to exceed $500,000 may be used 
to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of 
Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC 
assistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at meetings, 
training sessions, management reviews, land purchase negotiations and 
similar nonlitigation-related matters. Future budget justifications for 
both the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture should clearly 
display the sums previously transferred and the requested funding 
transfers.
    An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded under 
title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and 
administered by the Forest Service shall be considered to be a Federal 
employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.

                 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                          Indian Health Service

                         indian health services

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 
Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, 
$4,182,147,000, together with payments received during the fiscal year 
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b, for services furnished by the 
Indian Health Service:  Provided, That funds made available to tribes 
and tribal organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any 
other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to 
be obligated at the time of the grant or contract award and thereafter 
shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 
fiscal year limitation:  Provided further, That, $914,139,000 for 
Purchased/Referred Care, including $51,500,000 for the Indian 
Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available until 
expended:  Provided further, That, of the funds provided, up to 
$36,000,000 shall remain available until expended for implementation of 
the loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act:  Provided further, That the amounts collected by the 
Federal Government as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during the 
preceding fiscal year for breach of contracts shall be deposited to the 
Fund authorized by section 108A of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1) and shall 
remain available until expended and, notwithstanding section 108A(c) of 
the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1(c)), funds shall be available to make new 
awards under the loan repayment and scholarship programs under sections 
104 and 108 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a):  Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts made 
available within this account for the methamphetamine and suicide 
prevention and treatment initiative and for the domestic violence 
prevention initiative shall be allocated at the

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discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service and shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided further, That funds provided in this 
Act may be used for annual contracts and grants that fall within 2 
fiscal years, provided the total obligation is recorded in the year the 
funds are appropriated:  Provided further, That the amounts collected by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the authority of title 
IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available 
until expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 
applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the 
Social Security Act, except for those related to the planning, design, 
or construction of new facilities:  Provided further, That funding 
contained herein for scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal 
organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
shall be reported and accounted for and available to the receiving 
tribes and tribal organizations until expended:  Provided further, That 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, 
tribes and tribal organizations operating health facilities pursuant to 
Public Law 93-638, such individually identifiable health information 
relating to disabled children as may be necessary for the purpose of 
carrying out its functions under the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400, et seq.):  Provided further, That the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Fund may be used, as needed, to carry out 
activities typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities account.

                        indian health facilities

    For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equipment of 
health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for 
personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; 
acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and 
purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community 
sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act 
of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act, 
and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses necessary 
to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to environmental health and facilities support 
activities of the Indian Health Service, $460,234,000 to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, 
construction, renovation or expansion of health facilities for the 
benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land on 
which such facilities will be located:  Provided further, That not to 
exceed $500,000 may be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase 
TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for distribution to the 
Indian Health Service and tribal facilities:  Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be used 
for sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded with grants 
by the housing programs of the United States Department of Housing and 
Urban Development:  Provided further, That not to exceed $2,700,000 from 
this account and the ``Indian Health Services'' account may be used by 
the Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health 
Service and tribal facilities

[[Page 128 STAT. 2436]]

in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement between the Indian 
Health Service and the General Services Administration:  Provided 
further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be placed in a Demolition Fund, 
to remain available until expended, and be used by the Indian Health 
Service for the demolition of Federal buildings.

            administrative provisions--indian health service

    Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service 
shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 
for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of 
reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular buildings and 
renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone service in 
private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and for expenses of attendance at meetings that 
relate to the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service:  
Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health care at 
all tribally administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject 
to charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under the 
Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-2653) shall be 
credited to the account of the facility providing the service and shall 
be available without fiscal year limitation:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds transferred from the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service 
shall be administered under Public Law 86-121, the Indian Sanitation 
Facilities Act and Public Law 93-638:  Provided further, That funds 
appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used 
for administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be subject 
to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation: 
 Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Indian 
Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assessments or charges 
by the Department of Health and Human Services unless identified in the 
budget justification and provided in this Act, or approved by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the reprogramming 
process:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal 
organization through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by title 
I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a 
self-determination contract under title I, or a self-governance 
agreement under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain 
available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year 
limitation:  Provided further, That none of the funds made available to 
the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the 
final rule published in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by 
the Department of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility 
for the health care services of the Indian Health Service until the 
Indian Health Service has submitted a budget request reflecting the 
increased costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such 
request

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has been included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law:  
Provided further, That with respect to functions transferred by the 
Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian 
Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those 
entities on a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with 
subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, along 
with the funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-
Determination Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent 
appropriation account from which the funds were originally derived, with 
such amounts to remain available until expended:  Provided further, That 
reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or services provided 
by the Indian Health Service will contain total costs, including direct, 
administrative, and overhead associated with the provision of goods, 
services, or technical assistance:  Provided further, That the 
appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may not be altered 
without advance notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.

                      National Institutes of Health

           national institute of environmental health sciences

    For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 311(a) 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $77,349,000.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

            toxic substances and environmental public health

    For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in 
sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 
3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $74,691,000, of which up to $1,000 
per eligible employee of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry shall remain available until expended for Individual Learning 
Accounts:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
lieu of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of 
CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health 
studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without limitation, 
biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and 
referral to accredited healthcare providers:  Provided further, That in 
performing any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or 
activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines 
in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA:  Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR to 
issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) 
of CERCLA during fiscal year 2015, and existing profiles may be updated 
as necessary.

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                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

                    Executive Office of the President

  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

    For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the Council 
on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality pursuant to 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not 
to exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$3,000,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 202 of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one 
member, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, 
and duties of the Council.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger 
vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate 
payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $11,000,000:  
Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board 
(Board) shall have not more than three career Senior Executive Service 
positions: <<NOTE: 5 USC app 8G note.>>  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual appointed to 
the position of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the position of 
Inspector General of the Board:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Inspector General of the Board shall 
utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA in 
performing the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 
not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board.

               Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                          salaries and expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 
Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, $7,341,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That funds provided in this or any 
other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals 
and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands 
residents, those in significantly substandard housing, and all others 
certified as eligible and not included in the preceding categories:  
Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this or any other 
Act may be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to 
evict any single Navajo

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or Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled 
on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement 
home is provided for such household:  Provided further, That no 
relocatee will be provided with more than one new or replacement home:  
Provided further, That the Office shall relocate any certified eligible 
relocatees who have selected and received an approved homesite on the 
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo 
reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d-10:  
Provided further, That $200,000 shall be transferred to the Office of 
Inspector General of the Department of the Interior, to remain available 
until expended, for audits and investigations of the Office of Navajo 
and Hopi Indian Relocation, consistent with the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                               Development

                        payment to the institute

    For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native 
Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by title XV of Public Law 
99-498 (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), $9,469,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016.

                         Smithsonian Institution

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as authorized 
by law, including research in the fields of art, science, and history; 
development, preservation, and documentation of the National 
Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; 
collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information and 
publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance 
programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements of no 
more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, facilities, and 
approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for 
employees, $675,343,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, 
except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $47,522,000 
for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition 
reinstallation, the National Museum of African American History and 
Culture, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall remain 
available until expended; and including such funds as may be necessary 
to support American overseas research centers:  Provided, That funds 
appropriated herein are available for advance payments to independent 
contractors performing research services or participating in official 
Smithsonian presentations.

                           facilities capital

    For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration of 
facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by contract 
or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 
(63 Stat. 623), and for construction, including necessary personnel, 
$144,198,000, to remain available until

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expended, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and of which $24,010,000 shall be for 
construction of the National Museum of African American History and 
Culture.

                         National Gallery of Art

                          salaries and expenses

    For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, the 
protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative 
expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 
(50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized by the 
treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art 
associations or societies whose publications or services are available 
to members only, or to members at a price lower than to the general 
public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as authorized by 
law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for 
protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, 
improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; and 
purchase of services for restoration and repair of works of art for the 
National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without advertising, with 
individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under 
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $119,500,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016, of which not to exceed 
$3,578,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain available 
until expended.

             repair, restoration and renovation of buildings

    For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation of 
buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National 
Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, for operating lease agreements 
of no more than 10 years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 
years, that address space needs created by the ongoing renovations in 
the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, $19,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That contracts awarded for 
environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or 
renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated 
with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor 
qualifications as well as price.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                       operations and maintenance

    For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and security 
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $22,000,000.

                     capital repair and restoration

    For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of the 
existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy

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Center for the Performing Arts, $10,800,000, to remain available until 
expended.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Woodrow 
Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including hire of passenger 
vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016.

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                     National Endowment for the Arts

                        grants and administration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $146,021,000 shall be available to 
the National Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects and 
productions in the arts, including arts education and public outreach 
activities, through assistance to organizations and individuals pursuant 
to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and for administering the 
functions of the Act, to remain available until expended.

                  National Endowment for the Humanities

                        grants and administration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $146,021,000 to remain available 
until expended, of which $135,121,000 shall be available for support of 
activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and 
for administering the functions of the Act; and $10,900,000 shall be 
available to carry out the matching grants program pursuant to section 
10(a)(2) of the Act, including $8,500,000 for the purposes of section 
7(h):  Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) 
shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal 
to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of money, and other 
property accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the National 
Endowment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal 
years for which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.

                        Administrative Provisions

    None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant or contract 
documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913:  Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided further, That funds from 
nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official reception 
and representation expenses:  Provided further, That the Chairperson of 
the National Endowment for the Arts may approve

[[Page 128 STAT. 2442]]

grants of up to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 
does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for grantmaking 
purposes per year:  Provided further, That such small grant actions are 
taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct delegation of 
authority from the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson.

                         Commission of Fine Arts

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under Chapter 91 of 
title 40, United States Code, $2,524,000:  Provided, That the Commission 
is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs of its 
publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account as an 
offsetting collection, to remain available until expended without 
further appropriation:  Provided further, That the Commission is 
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, drawings 
and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the Nation's 
Capital or the history and activities of the Commission of Fine Arts, 
for the purpose of artistic display, study or education.

               National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs

    For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 (20 U.S.C. 
956a), $2,000,000.

                Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation (Public Law 89-665), $6,204,000.

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission 
under chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,948,000:  Provided, That one-quarter of 
1 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be used for 
official reception and representational expenses associated with hosting 
international visitors engaged in the planning and physical development 
of world capitals.

                 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

                        holocaust memorial museum

    For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized by 
Public Law 106-292 (36 U.S.C. 2301-2310), $52,385,000, of which $515,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2017, for the Museum's 
equipment replacement program; and of which $1,900,000 for the Museum's 
repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the Museum's 
outreach initiatives program shall remain available until expended.

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                Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, including the costs of construction design, 
of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                                TITLE IV

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                     (including transfers of funds)

                       restriction on use of funds

    Sec. 401.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for any activity or the publication or distribution of 
literature that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition 
to any legislative proposal on which Congressional action is not 
complete other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described 
in 18 U.S.C. 1913.

                      obligation of appropriations

    Sec. 402.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.

                  disclosure of administrative expenses

    Sec. 403.  The amount and basis of estimated overhead charges, 
deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including working capital fund and 
cost pool charges, from programs, projects, activities and subactivities 
to support government-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau 
administrative functions or headquarters, regional, or central 
operations shall be presented in annual budget justifications and 
subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such estimates shall be 
presented to the Committees on Appropriations for approval.

                           mining applications

    Sec. 404. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or 
expended to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining 
or mill site claim located under the general mining laws.
    (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of 
the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned (1) a patent 
application was filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 
1994; and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 
of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims, 
sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 
35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised 
Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 
fully complied with by the applicant by that date.

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    (c) Report.--On September 30, 2015, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken by 
the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1997 (Public Law 104-208).
    (d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent applications 
in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request of a patent 
applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow the applicant to 
fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected by the Director 
of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of the 
mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent application as set 
forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have the 
sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in 
accordance with the standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land 
Management in the retention of third-party contractors.

              contract support costs, prior year limitation

    Sec. 405.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 
appropriated to or otherwise designated in committee reports for the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service by Public Laws 
103-138, 103-332, 104-134, 104-208, 105-83, 105-277, 106-113, 106-291, 
107-63, 108-7, 108-108, 108-447, 109-54, 109-289, division B and 
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 
109-289, as amended by Public Laws 110-5 and 110-28), Public Laws 110-
92, 110-116, 110-137, 110-149, 110-161, 110-329, 111-6, 111-8, 111-88, 
112-10, 112-74, and 113-6 for payments for contract support costs 
associated with self-determination or self-governance contracts, grants, 
compacts, or annual funding agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
or the Indian Health Service as funded by such Acts, are the total 
amounts available for fiscal years 1994 through 2013 for such purposes, 
except that the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal 
organizations may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet 
contract support costs of ongoing contracts, grants, self-governance 
compacts, or annual funding agreements.

           contract support costs, fiscal year 2014 limitation

    Sec. 406.  Amounts provided under the headings ``Department of the 
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, 
Operation of Indian Programs'' and ``Department of Health and Human 
Services, Indian Health Service, Indian Health Services'' in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76) are the only 
amounts available for contract support costs arising out of self-
determination or self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual 
funding agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian 
Health Service for activities funded by the fiscal year 2014 
appropriation:  Provided, That such amounts provided by that Act are not 
available for payment of claims for contract support costs for prior 
years, or for repayments of payments for settlements or judgments 
awarding contract support costs for prior years.

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           contract support costs, fiscal year 2015 limitation

    Sec. 407.  Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2015 under 
the headings ``Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health 
Service, Indian Health Services'' and ``Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Operation of 
Indian Programs'' are the only amounts available for contract support 
costs arising out of self-determination or self-governance contracts, 
grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements for fiscal year 2015 with 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service:  Provided, 
That such amounts provided by this Act are not available for payment of 
claims for contract support costs for prior years, or for repayments of 
payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract support costs 
for prior years.

                         forest management plans

    Sec. 408.  <<NOTE: 16 USC 1604 note.>> The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall not be considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of 
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years have passed 
without revision of the plan for a unit of the National Forest System. 
Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 
1600 et seq.) or any other law:  Provided, That if the Secretary is not 
acting expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding available, to 
revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest System, this section 
shall be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper 
jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis.

                  prohibition within national monuments

    Sec. 409.  No funds provided in this Act may be expended to conduct 
preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the Mineral 
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National 
Monument established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 
et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where such 
activities are allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing 
such monument.

                          limitation on takings

    Sec. 410.  Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appropriated 
in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands may be 
expended for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in 
condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations:  Provided, That this provision shall not apply to funds 
appropriated to implement the Everglades National Park Protection and 
Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance 
to the State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration 
purposes.

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                        timber sale requirements

    Sec. 411.  No timber sale in Alaska's Region 10 shall be advertised 
if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the timber is 
not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs and provide a 
normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest Service's appraisal 
process) when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The western 
red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs of the 
domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to domestic 
processors in the contiguous 48 United States at prevailing domestic 
prices. All additional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or 
contiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be exported to 
foreign markets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska 
yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of 
the timber sale holder.

                     prohibition on no-bid contracts

    Sec. 412.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used to enter 
into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered into in 
accordance with the requirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United 
States Code, or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless--
            (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be 
        entered into without regard for these requirements, including 
        formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian 
        tribes; or
            (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education and Assistance Act (Public Law 93-
        638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by any other Federal laws that 
        specifically authorize a contract within an Indian tribe as 
        defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or
            (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of enactment 
        of this Act.

                           posting of reports

    Sec. 413. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act, 
shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public website of 
that agency any report required to be submitted by the Congress in this 
or any other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 
it shall serve the national interest.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
        security; or
            (2) the report contains proprietary information.

    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only 
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee or 
Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.

            national endowment for the arts grant guidelines

    Sec. 414.  Of the funds provided to the National Endowment for the 
Arts--

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            (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
        individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a 
        literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or American 
        Jazz Masters Fellowship.
            (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 
        that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made to 
        a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be used to 
        make a grant to any other organization or individual to conduct 
        activity independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing in 
        this subsection shall prohibit payments made in exchange for 
        goods and services.
            (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, 
        unless the application is specific to the contents of the 
        season, including identified programs and/or projects.

           national endowment for the arts program priorities

    Sec. 415. (a) In providing services or awarding financial assistance 
under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 
from funds appropriated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing 
services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 
workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations.
    (b) In this section:
            (1) The term ``underserved population'' means a population 
        of individuals, including urban minorities, who have 
        historically been outside the purview of arts and humanities 
        programs due to factors such as a high incidence of income below 
        the poverty line or to geographic isolation.
            (2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty line (as 
        defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised 
        annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
        Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a 
        family of the size involved.

    (c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance under 
the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 with 
funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing 
services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 
workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowledge, education, 
understanding, and appreciation of the arts.
    (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 5 of 
the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965--
            (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 
        projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of 
        national impact or availability or are able to tour several 
        States;
            (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 
        percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, 
        excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1);
            (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually 
        and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each grant 
        category under section 5 of such Act; and

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            (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to 
        improve and support community-based music performance and 
        education.

                       arts indemnity limitations

    Sec. 416.  <<NOTE: 20 USC 974.>> Section 5 of the Arts and Artifacts 
Indemnity Act (20 U.S.C. 974) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``$10,000,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$15,000,000,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``$5,000,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$7,500,000,000''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``$1,200,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$1,800,000,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``$750,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$1,000,000,000''.

                  status of balances of appropriations

    Sec. 417.  The Department of the Interior, the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health Service 
shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances 
of appropriations including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated 
funds in each program and activity.

                  report on use of climate change funds

    Sec. 418.  Not later than 120 days after the date on which the 
President's fiscal year 2016 budget request is submitted to the 
Congress, the President shall submit a comprehensive report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate describing in detail all Federal agency funding, domestic and 
international, for climate change programs, projects, and activities in 
fiscal years 2014 and 2015, including an accounting of funding by agency 
with each agency identifying climate change programs, projects, and 
activities and associated costs by line item as presented in the 
President's Budget Appendix, and including citations and linkages where 
practicable to each strategic plan that is driving funding within each 
climate change program, project, and activity listed in the report.

                       prohibition on use of funds

    Sec. 419.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to 
promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance of permits 
under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 
dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from 
biological processes associated with livestock production.

                  greenhouse gas reporting restrictions

    Sec. 420.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds made available in this or any other Act may be

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used to implement any provision in a rule, if that provision requires 
mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management 
systems.

             american battlefield protection program grants

    Sec. 421.  Section 7301(c) of Public Law 111-11 (16 U.S.C. 469k-
1(c)) is amended by striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2021''.

                             recreation fee

    Sec. 422.  Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 
Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by striking ``10 years after December 8, 
2004'' and inserting ``on September 30, 2016''.

                       modification of authorities

    Sec. 423. (a) Section 8162(m)(3) of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106-79) is 
amended by striking ``September 30, 2014'' and inserting ``September 30, 
2015''.
    (b) For fiscal year 2015, the authority provided by the provisos 
under the heading ``Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission--Capital 
Construction'' in division E of Public Law 112-74 shall not be in 
effect.

                     use of american iron and steel

    Sec. 424. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by a State water 
pollution control revolving fund as authorized by section 1452 of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) shall be used for a project 
for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel 
products used in the project are produced in the United States.
    (2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel products'' means the 
following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined 
pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, 
hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural 
steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases 
in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in 
this section referred to as the ``Administrator'') finds that--
            (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 
        public interest;
            (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 
        States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of 
        a satisfactory quality; or
            (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 
        United States will increase the cost of the overall project by 
        more than 25 percent.

    (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under this 
section, the Administrator shall make available to the public on an 
informal basis a copy of the request and information available to the 
Administrator concerning the request, and shall allow for informal 
public input on the request for at least 15 days prior

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to making a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall make 
the request and accompanying information available by electronic means, 
including on the official public Internet Web site of the Environmental 
Protection Agency.
    (d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United 
States obligations under international agreements.
    (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water State 
Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions described in subsection 
(a)(1) for management and oversight of the requirements of this section.
    (f) This section does not apply with respect to a project if a State 
agency approves the engineering plans and specifications for the 
project, in that agency's capacity to approve such plans and 
specifications prior to a project requesting bids, prior to the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

                           funding prohibition

    Sec. 425.  None of the funds made available by this or any other Act 
may be used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, ammunition 
components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) or any other law.
    This division may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015''.

 DIVISION G--DEPARTMENTS <<NOTE: Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
   Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2015. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2015.>>  OF LABOR, HEALTH 
 AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2015

                                 TITLE I

                           DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration

                    training and employment services

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (referred to in this Act as ``WIOA''), the Second Chance Act of 
2007, and the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations 
Act of 1992 (``WANTO Act''), $3,139,706,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
be available. Of the amounts provided:
            (1) for grants to States for adult employment and training 
        activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment 
        and training activities, $2,624,108,000 as follows:
                    (A) $776,736,000 for adult employment and training 
                activities, of which $64,736,000 shall be available for 
                the period July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016, and of 
                which $712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
                October 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016;
                    (B) $831,842,000 for youth activities, which shall 
                be available for the period April 1, 2015 through June 
                30, 2016; and
                    (C) $1,015,530,000 for dislocated worker employment 
                and training activities, of which $155,530,000 shall be

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                available for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 
                2016, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for 
                the period October 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016:

  Provided, That notwithstanding section 128(a)(1) of the WIOA, the 
amount available to the Governor for statewide workforce investment 
activities shall not exceed 10 percent of the amount allotted to the 
State from each of the appropriations under the preceding subparagraphs;
            (2) for federally administered programs, $429,520,000 as 
        follows:
                    (A) $220,859,000 for the dislocated workers 
                assistance national reserve, of which $20,859,000 shall 
                be available for the period July 1, 2015 through 
                September 30, 2016, and of which $200,000,000 shall be 
                available for the period October 1, 2015 through 
                September 30, 2016:  Provided, That funds provided to 
                carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be used 
                to provide assistance to a State for statewide or local 
                use in order to address cases where there have been 
                worker dislocations across multiple sectors or across 
                multiple local areas and such workers remain dislocated; 
                coordinate the State workforce development plan with 
                emerging economic development needs; and train such 
                eligible dislocated workers:  Provided further, That 
                funds provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) 
                of the WIOA may be used for technical assistance and 
                demonstration projects, respectively, that provide 
                assistance to new entrants in the workforce and 
                incumbent workers:  Provided further, That 
                notwithstanding section 168(b) of the WIOA and section 
                170(b) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (referred 
                to in this Act as ``WIA''), of the funds provided under 
                this subparagraph, and the funds available from the 
                appropriation under this subparagraph under the 
                authority of the WIA in Public Law 113-76, the Secretary 
                of Labor (referred to in this title as ``Secretary'') 
                may reserve not more than 10 percent of such funds to 
                provide technical assistance and carry out additional 
                activities related to the transition to the WIOA;
                    (B) $46,082,000 for Native American programs, which 
                shall be available for the period July 1, 2015 through 
                June 30, 2016;
                    (C) $81,896,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
                programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including 
                $75,885,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 
                70 percent shall be for employment and training 
                services), $5,517,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 
                (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
                permanent housing), and $494,000 for other discretionary 
                purposes, which shall be available for the period July 
                1, 2015 through June 30, 2016:  Provided, That 
                notwithstanding any other provision of law or related 
                regulation, the Department of Labor shall take no action 
                limiting the number or proportion of eligible 
                participants receiving related assistance services or 
                discouraging grantees from providing such services;
                    (D) $994,000 for carrying out the WANTO Act, which 
                shall be available for the period July 1, 2015 through 
                June 30, 2016; and

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                    (E) $79,689,000 for YouthBuild activities as 
                described in section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be 
                available for the period April 1, 2015 through June 30, 
                2016;
            (3) for national activities, $86,078,000, as follows:
                    (A) $82,078,000 for ex-offender activities, under 
                the authority of section 169 of the WIOA and section 212 
                of the Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall be 
                available for the period April 1, 2015 through June 30, 
                2016:  Provided, That of this amount, $20,000,000 shall 
                be for competitive grants to national and regional 
                intermediaries for activities that prepare young ex-
                offenders and school dropouts for employment, with a 
                priority for projects serving high-crime, high-poverty 
                areas; and
                    (B) $4,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality 
                Initiative, under the authority of section 169 of the 
                WIOA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 
                2015 through June 30, 2016.

                                job corps

                      (including transfer of funds)

    To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including Federal 
administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repairs of buildings and 
other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers 
as authorized by the WIOA, $1,688,155,000, plus reimbursements, as 
follows:
            (1) $1,580,825,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall be 
        available for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016;
            (2) $75,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and 
        acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for 
        the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018, and which may 
        include the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 
        of equipment:  Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up to 
        15 percent of such funds to meet the operational needs of such 
        centers or to achieve administrative efficiencies:  Provided 
        further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the preceding 
        proviso shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 
        2016:  Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations 
        of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 
        least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and
            (3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job Corps, 
        including expenses under the authority of the WIA, which shall 
        be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2014 
        through September 30, 2015:

  Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to 
provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers:  Provided further, 
That an entity operating a Job Corps center that is ranked among the top 
5 percent of all Job Corps centers based on the Outcome Measurement 
System for program year 2013 shall be eligible to compete in any 
selection process to operate such center that is carried out during the 
period beginning on October 1, 2014 and ending on June 30, 2015.

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            community service employment for older americans

    To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (referred to 
in this Act as ``OAA''), $434,371,000, which shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, and may be recaptured and 
reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA.

              federal unemployment benefits and allowances

    For payments during fiscal year 2015 of trade adjustment benefit 
payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for 
training, employment and case management services, allowances for job 
search and relocation, and related State administrative expenses under 
part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 
1974, and including benefit payments, allowances, training, employment 
and case management services, and related State administration provided 
pursuant to section 231(a) and section 233(b) of the Trade Adjustment 
Assistance Extension Act of 2011, $710,600,000, together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent 
appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 
2015.

     state unemployment insurance and employment service operations

    For authorized administrative expenses, $81,566,000, together with 
not to exceed $3,495,584,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (``the 
Trust Fund''), of which:
            (1) $2,757,793,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to 
        States for the administration of State unemployment insurance 
        laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 
        (including not less than $60,000,000 to conduct in-person 
        reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
        insurance improper payment reviews, and to provide reemployment 
        services and referrals to training as appropriate, $10,000,000 
        for activities to address the misclassification of workers, and 
        $3,000,000 for continued support of the Unemployment Insurance 
        Integrity Center of Excellence), the administration of 
        unemployment insurance for Federal employees and for ex-service 
        members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, and the 
        administration of trade readjustment allowances, reemployment 
        trade adjustment assistance, and alternative trade adjustment 
        assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and under sections 231(a) 
        and 233(b) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 
        2011, and shall be available for obligation by the States 
        through December 31, 2015, except that funds used for automation 
        acquisitions shall be available for Federal obligation through 
        December 31, 2015, and for State obligation through September 
        30, 2017, or, if the automation acquisition is being carried out 
        through consortia of States, for State obligation through 
        September 30, 2020, and for expenditure through September 30, 
        2021, and funds for competitive grants awarded to States for 
        improved operations, to conduct in-person assessments and 
        reviews and provide reemployment services and referrals, and to 
        address

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        misclassification of workers shall be available for Federal 
        obligation through December 31, 2015 and for obligation by the 
        States through September 30, 2017, and funds used for 
        unemployment insurance workloads experienced by the States 
        through September 30, 2015 shall be available for Federal 
        obligation through December 31, 2015:  Provided, That funds 
        provided under this heading for fiscal year 2011 through fiscal 
        year 2014 for automation acquisitions that are being carried out 
        by consortia of States shall be available for expenditure by the 
        States for six fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the 
        funds were obligated to the States;
            (2) $12,892,000 from the Trust Fund is for national 
        activities necessary to support the administration of the 
        Federal-State unemployment insurance system;
            (3) $642,771,000 from the Trust Fund, together with 
        $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for grants 
        to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 
        and shall be available for Federal obligation for the period 
        July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016;
            (4) $19,818,000 from the Trust Fund is for national 
        activities of the Employment Service, including administration 
        of the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the provision of technical 
        assistance and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act;
            (5) $62,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
        administration of foreign labor certifications and related 
        activities under the Immigration and Nationality Act and related 
        laws, of which $48,028,000 shall be available for the Federal 
        administration of such activities, and $14,282,000 shall be 
        available for grants to States for the administration of such 
        activities; and
            (6) $60,153,000 from the General Fund is to provide 
        workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop 
        system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall be 
        available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2015 
        through June 30, 2016:

  Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
Unemployment (``AWIU'') for fiscal year 2015 is projected by the 
Department of Labor to exceed 2,957,000, an additional $28,600,000 from 
the Trust Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 
increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any 
increment less than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social 
Security Act:  Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under title III of 
the Social Security Act may be used by such State to assist other States 
in carrying out activities under such title III if the other States 
include areas that have suffered a major disaster declared by the 
President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary may use funds 
appropriated for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 
Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of the National 
Directory of New Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to 
States under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on 
behalf of States to the entity operating the State Information Data 
Exchange System:  Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
which are used to establish a national one-stop career

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center system, or which are used to support the national activities of 
the Federal-State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 
immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, or 
agreements with States and non-State entities:  Provided further, That 
States awarded competitive grants for improved operations under title 
III of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to support the 
national activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 
may award subgrants to other States under such grants, subject to the 
conditions applicable to the grants:  Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 
the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States 
to fund integrated Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 
automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles 
prescribed under the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87:  
Provided further, That the Secretary, at the request of a State 
participating in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds 
allotted to such State under title III of the Social Security Act to 
other States participating in the consortium in order to carry out 
activities that benefit the administration of the unemployment 
compensation law of the State making the request:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary may collect fees for the costs associated with 
additional data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating to 
the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by State and local 
governments, public and private institutions of higher education, and 
non-profit organizations and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 
the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers 
Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the information 
collection and reporting needs of such entities, which shall be credited 
to this appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 
2016, for such purposes.
     In addition, $20,000,000 from the Employment Security 
Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be available 
for in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
insurance improper payment reviews and to provide reemployment services 
and referrals to training as appropriate, which shall be available for 
Federal obligations through December 31, 2015, and for State obligation 
through September 30, 2017.

         advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds

    For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized 
by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, and to the Black 
Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to the 
revolving fund established by section 901(e) of the Social Security Act, 
to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to 
the ``Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances'' account, such sums 
as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2016.

                         program administration

    For expenses of administering employment and training programs, 
$104,577,000, together with not to exceed $49,982,000 which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund.

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                Employee Benefits Security Administration

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 
Administration, $181,000,000.

                  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

                pension benefit guaranty corporation fund

    The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (``Corporation'') is 
authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assistance 
authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
program, including associated administrative expenses, through September 
30, 2015, for the Corporation:  Provided, That none of the funds 
available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2015 shall be available for 
obligations for administrative expenses in excess of $415,394,000:  
Provided further, That to the extent that the number of new plan 
participants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in 
fiscal year 2015, an amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall 
be available through September 30, 2016, for obligation for 
administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated 
participants:  Provided further, That obligations in excess of the 
amounts provided in this paragraph may be incurred for unforeseen and 
extraordinary pretermination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer 
program related expenses after approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate.

                         Wage and Hour Division

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, including 
reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees 
for inspection services rendered, $227,500,000.

                  Office of Labor-Management Standards

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management Standards, 
$39,129,000.

             Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance 
Programs, $106,476,000.

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                Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers' Compensation 
Programs, $110,823,000, together with $2,177,000 which may be expended 
from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 
44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.

                            special benefits

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except 
administrative expenses) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 
year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits as provided for 
under the heading ``Civilian War Benefits'' in the Federal Security 
Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees' Compensation Commission 
Appropriation Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 
1948; and 50 percent of the additional compensation and benefits 
required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
Compensation Act, $210,000,000, together with such amounts as may be 
necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the 
payment of compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent to 
August 15 of the current year:  Provided, That amounts appropriated may 
be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, 
who is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the 
salary of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary:  Provided further, That 
balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2014, shall 
remain available until expended for the payment of compensation, 
benefits, and expenses:  Provided further, That in addition there shall 
be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from 
any other corporation or instrumentality required under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) 
to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of administration, such 
sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of administration for 
employees of such fair share entities through September 30, 2015:  
Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this account from 
the fair share entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal 
Employees' Compensation Act, $60,334,000 shall be made available to the 
Secretary as follows:
            (1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data 
        processing systems operations and telecommunications systems, 
        $19,499,000;
            (2) For automated workload processing operations, including 
        document imaging, centralized mail intake, and medical bill 
        processing, $22,968,000;
            (3) For periodic roll disability management and medical 
        review, $16,482,000;
            (4) For program integrity, $1,385,000; and
            (5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as 
        miscellaneous receipts:

  Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any person 
filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 5 U.S.C. 81, or 
the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, provide as part of 
such notice and claim, such identifying information

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(including Social Security account number) as such regulations may 
prescribe.

                special benefits for disabled coal miners

    For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 
of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107-275, $77,262,000, to remain 
available until expended.
    For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, for costs incurred 
in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary.
    For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2016, $21,000,000, to remain available until expended.

     administrative expenses, energy employees occupational illness 
                            compensation fund

    For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $56,406,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may require that 
any person filing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 
such claim such identifying information (including Social Security 
account number) as may be prescribed.

                    black lung disability trust fund

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Such <<NOTE: 26 USC 9501 note.>> sums as may be necessary from the 
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (the ``Fund''), to remain available 
until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by section 
9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and 
repayment of, and payment of interest on advances, as authorized by 
section 9501(d)(4) of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may 
be expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2015 for expenses of operation 
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, as authorized by 
section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $33,321,000 for transfer to the Office 
of Workers' Compensation Programs, ``Salaries and Expenses''; not to 
exceed $30,403,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ``Salaries 
and Expenses''; not to exceed $327,000 for transfer to Departmental 
Management, ``Office of Inspector General''; and not to exceed $356,000 
for payments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 
Department of the Treasury.

              Occupational Safety and Health Administration

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, $552,787,000, including not to exceed $100,850,000 which 
shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States under section 
23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ``Act''), which 
grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State 
occupational safety and health programs required to be incurred under 
plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 of the Act; and, in 
addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration may retain

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up to $499,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition and 
fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize such 
sums for occupational safety and health training and education:  
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is 
authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, to collect 
and retain fees for services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing 
Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the 
provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and international 
laboratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and 
products used by workers in the workplace:  Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 
expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, 
regulation, or order under the Act which is applicable to any person who 
is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary 
labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees:  Provided further, That no 
funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended 
to administer or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under 
the Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 
included within a category having a Days Away, Restricted, or 
Transferred (``DART'') occupational injury and illness rate, at the most 
precise industrial classification code for which such data are 
published, less than the national average rate as such rates are most 
recently published by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, except--
            (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, 
        technical assistance, educational and training services, and to 
        conduct surveys and studies;
            (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response to 
        an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations found 
        during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for violations 
        which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement period and 
        for any willful violations found;
            (3) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to 
        imminent dangers;
            (4) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to 
        health hazards;
            (5) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to 
        a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one or more 
        employees or which results in hospitalization of two or more 
        employees, and to take any action pursuant to such investigation 
        authorized by the Act; and
            (6) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to 
        complaints of discrimination against employees for exercising 
        rights under the Act:

  Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to any 
person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a 
temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees:  Provided 
further, That $10,537,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood training 
grants.

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                  Mine Safety and Health Administration

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $375,887,000, including purchase and bestowal of 
certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid 
work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up to 
$2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 
$8,441,000 for state assistance grants:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National 
Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of 
training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be 
available for mine safety and health education and training 
activities: <<NOTE: 30 USC 966 note.>>  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 from 
fees collected for the approval and certification of equipment, 
materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums 
for such activities: <<NOTE: 30 USC 962.>>  Provided further, That the 
Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other 
contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects 
in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private:  
Provided further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration is 
authorized to promote health and safety education and training in the 
mining community through cooperative programs with States, industry, and 
safety associations:  Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized 
to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a principal 
safety association and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may 
provide funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, including 
service of Mine Safety and Health Administration officials as officers 
in local chapters or in the national organization:  Provided further, 
That any funds available to the Department of Labor may be used, with 
the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue 
and survival operations in the event of a major disaster.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including 
advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies and 
their employees for services rendered, $527,212,000, together with not 
to exceed $65,000,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

                 Office of Disability Employment Policy

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment 
Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award 
grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the training 
and employment of people with disabilities, $38,500,000.

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                         Departmental Management

                          salaries and expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the 
hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $337,621,000, together with not 
to exceed $308,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund:  Provided, That 
$64,825,000 for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs shall be 
available for obligation through December 31, 2015:  Provided further, 
That funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be 
used to administer or operate international labor activities, bilateral 
and multilateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, by or 
through contracts, grants, subgrants and other arrangements:  Provided 
further, That not more than $58,825,000 shall be for programs to combat 
exploitative child labor internationally and not less than $6,000,000 
shall be used to implement model programs that address worker rights 
issues through technical assistance in countries with which the United 
States has free trade agreements or trade preference programs:  Provided 
further, That $8,040,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall 
be available for obligation through September 30, 2016:  Provided 
further, That funds available for program evaluation may be transferred 
to any other appropriate account in the Department for such purpose:  
Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer:  Provided further, That the funds available to the 
Women's Bureau may be used for grants to serve and promote the interests 
of women in the workforce.

                    veterans employment and training

    Not to exceed $231,872,000 may be derived from the Employment 
Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry 
out the provisions of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States 
Code, of which:
            (1) $175,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State grants under 
        38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support disabled veterans' outreach 
        program specialists under section 4103A of such title and local 
        veterans' employment representatives under section 4104(b) of 
        such title, and for the expenses described in section 
        4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obligation by the 
        States through December 31, 2015 and not to exceed 3 percent for 
        the necessary Federal expenditures for data systems and contract 
        support to allow for the tracking of participant and performance 
        information:  Provided, That, in addition, such funds may be 
        used to support such specialists and representatives in the 
        provision of services to transitioning members of the Armed 
        Forces who have participated in the Transition Assistance 
        Program and have been identified as in need of intensive 
        services, to members of the Armed Forces who are wounded, ill, 
        or injured and receiving treatment in military treatment 
        facilities or warrior transition units, and to the spouses or 
        other family caregivers of such wounded, ill, or injured 
        members;

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            (2) $14,000,000 is for carrying out the Transition 
        Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 U.S.C. 1144;
            (3) $39,458,000 is for Federal administration of chapters 
        41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code; and
            (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans' Employment and 
        Training Services Institute under 38 U.S.C. 4109:

  Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the appropriations 
provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) above an amount not to exceed 
3 percent of the appropriation from which such reallocation is made.
    In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, $38,109,000 is 
for carrying out programs to assist homeless veterans and veterans at 
risk of homelessness who are transitioning from certain institutions 
under sections 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code:  
Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section 
2023, the Secretary may award grants through September 30, 2015, to 
provide services under such section:  Provided further, That services 
provided under section 2023 may include, in addition to services to the 
individuals described in subsection (e) of such section, services to 
veterans recently released from incarceration who are at risk of 
homelessness.

                             it modernization

    For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized 
infrastructure technology investment activities related to support 
systems and modernization, $15,394,000.

                       office of inspector general

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$76,000,000, together with not to exceed $5,590,000 which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund.

                           General Provisions

    Sec. 101.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act for the Job 
Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, 
either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate 
in excess of Executive Level II.

                           (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 102.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the 
Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 
project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activity shall be 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer:  Provided, That 
the transfer authority granted by this section shall not be used to 
create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no 
funds are provided in this Act:  Provided further, That the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 
notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

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    Sec. 103.  In accordance with Executive Order 13126, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act 
shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of goods mined, 
produced, manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole or 
in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host 
countries already identified by the United States Department of Labor 
prior to enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 104.  None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness 
and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 may be used for any purpose other 
than competitive grants for training individuals over the age of 16 who 
are not currently enrolled in school within a local educational agency 
in the occupations and industries for which employers are using H-1B 
visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to 
support such training:  Provided, That the preceding limitation shall 
not apply to funding provided pursuant to solicitations for grant 
applications issued prior to January 15, 2014.
    Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ``Employment and Training Administration'' shall be used by a 
recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of 
an individual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in 
excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to vendors 
providing goods and services as defined in Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A-133. Where States are recipients of such funds, States 
may establish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving 
salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into 
account factors including the relative cost-of-living in the State, the 
compensation levels for comparable State or local government employees, 
and the size of the organizations that administer Federal programs 
involved including Employment and Training Administration programs.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 106.  Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may transfer 
funds made available to the Employment and Training Administration by 
this Act, either directly or through a set-aside, for technical 
assistance services to grantees to ``Program Administration'' when it is 
determined that those services will be more efficiently performed by 
Federal employees:  Provided, That this section shall not apply to 
section 171 of the WIOA.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.5 percent 
from each appropriation made available in this Act identified in 
subsection (b) in order to carry out evaluations of any of the programs 
or activities that are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved 
under this section shall be transferred to ``Departmental Management'' 
for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer within the 
Department of Labor, and shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That such funds shall only be available 
if the Chief Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits a 
plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate

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describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 days in advance of any 
transfer.
    (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: ``Training and 
Employment Services'', ``Job Corps'', ``Community Service Employment for 
Older Americans'', ``State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 
Operations'', ``Employee Benefits Security Administration'', ``Office of 
Workers' Compensation Programs'', ``Wage and Hour Division'', ``Office 
of Federal Contract Compliance Programs'', ``Office of Labor Management 
Standards'', ``Occupational Safety and Health Administration'', ``Mine 
Safety and Health Administration'', funding made available to the 
``Bureau of International Affairs'' and ``Women's Bureau'' within the 
``Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses'' account, and 
``Veterans Employment and Training''.
    Sec. 108. (a) Flexibility With Respect to the Crossing of H-2B 
Nonimmigrants Working in the Seafood Industry.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), if a petition for 
        H-2B nonimmigrants filed by an employer in the seafood industry 
        is granted, the employer may bring the nonimmigrants described 
        in the petition into the United States at any time during the 
        120-day period beginning on the start date for which the 
        employer is seeking the services of the nonimmigrants without 
        filing another petition.
            (2) Requirements for crossings after 90th day.--An employer 
        in the seafood industry may not bring H-2B nonimmigrants into 
        the United States after the date that is 90 days after the start 
        date for which the employer is seeking the services of the 
        nonimmigrants unless the employer--
                    (A) completes a new assessment of the local labor 
                market by--
                          (i) listing job orders in local newspapers on 
                      2 separate Sundays; and
                          (ii) posting the job opportunity on the 
                      appropriate Department of Labor Electronic Job 
                      Registry and at the employer's place of 
                      employment; and
                    (B) offers the job to an equally or better qualified 
                United States worker who--
                          (i) applies for the job; and
                          (ii) will be available at the time and place 
                      of need.
            (3) Exemption from rules with respect to staggering.--The 
        Secretary of Labor shall not consider an employer in the seafood 
        industry who brings H-2B nonimmigrants into the United States 
        during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) to be 
        staggering the date of need in violation of section 655.20(d) of 
        title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other applicable 
        provision of law.

    (b) H-2B Nonimmigrants Defined.--In this section, the term ``H-2B 
nonimmigrants'' means aliens admitted to the United States pursuant to 
section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)).
    Sec. 109.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to take any action in 
connection with any asserted liability under subsection (e) of section 
4062 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974:  Provided, 
That this section shall cease to apply upon the enactment of any bill 
that amends such subsection.

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                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 110. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.25 percent 
from each appropriation made available in this Act identified in 
subsection (b) in order to carry out information technology purchases 
and upgrades for any of the programs or activities that are funded under 
such accounts. Any funds reserved under this section shall be 
transferred to ``Departmental Management'' for use by the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2016:  Provided, That 
such funds shall only be available if the Chief Information Officer of 
the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate describing 
the purchases and upgrades to be carried out and an explanation of why 
funds are not needed in the donor account 15 days in advance of any 
transfer.
    (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: ``Employment and 
Training Administration Program Administration'', funding made available 
for Federal administration within ``Job Corps'', ``Foreign Labor 
Certification Program Administration'', ``Employee Benefits Security 
Administration'', ``Office of Workers' Compensation Programs'', ``Wage 
and Hour Division'', ``Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs'', 
``Office of Labor Management Standards'', ``Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration'', ``Mine Safety and Health Administration'', 
``Veterans Employment and Training'', ``Bureau of Labor Statistics'', 
and ``Office of Disability Employment Policy''.
    Sec. 111. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the following text is part of such 
section:
    ``(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply for a period 
of 2 years after the occurrence of a major disaster to any employee--
                    ``(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims 
                resulting from or relating to such major disaster, by an 
                employer not engaged, directly or through an affiliate, 
                in underwriting, selling, or marketing property, 
                casualty, or liability insurance policies or contracts;
                    ``(B) who receives from such employer on average 
                weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 per week or 
                any minimum weekly amount established by the Secretary, 
                whichever is greater, for the number of weeks such 
                employee is engaged in any of the activities described 
                in subparagraph (C); and
                    ``(C) whose duties include any of the following:
                          ``(i) interviewing insured individuals, 
                      individuals who suffered injuries or other damages 
                      or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, 
                      witnesses, or physicians;
                          ``(ii) inspecting property damage or reviewing 
                      factual information to prepare damage estimates;
                          ``(iii) evaluating and making recommendations 
                      regarding coverage or compensability of claims or 
                      determining liability or value aspects of claims;
                          ``(iv) negotiating settlements; or
                          ``(v) making recommendations regarding 
                      litigation.
            ``(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect the 
        exemption provided by section 13(a)(1).

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            ``(3) For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `major disaster' means any disaster 
                or catastrophe declared or designated by any State or 
                Federal agency or department;
                    ``(B) the term `employee employed to adjust or 
                evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such major 
                disaster' means an individual who timely secured or 
                secures a license required by applicable law to engage 
                in and perform the activities described in clauses (i) 
                through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating to a major 
                disaster, and is employed by an employer that maintains 
                worker compensation insurance coverage or protection for 
                its employees, if required by applicable law, and 
                withholds applicable Federal, State, and local income 
                and payroll taxes from the wages, salaries and any 
                benefits of such employees; and
                    ``(C) the term `affiliate' means a company that, by 
                reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or more of 
                the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities 
                of one or more companies, directly or indirectly, 
                controls, is controlled by, or is under common control 
                with, another company.''.

    (b) This section shall be effective on the date of enactment of this 
Act.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Labor Appropriations 
Act, 2015''.

TITLE II <<NOTE: Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations 
Act, 2015.>> 

                 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration

                           primary health care

    For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act 
(referred to in this Act as the ``PHS Act'') with respect to primary 
health care and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, 
$1,491,522,000:  Provided, That no more than $100,000 shall be available 
until expended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the 
PHS Act, including associated administrative expenses and relevant 
evaluations:  Provided further, That no more than $99,893,000 shall be 
available until expended for carrying out the provisions of Public Law 
104-73 and for expenses incurred by the Department of Health and Human 
Services (referred to in this Act as ``HHS'') pertaining to 
administrative claims made under such law:  Provided further, That of 
funds provided for the Health Centers program, as defined by section 330 
of the PHS Act, by this Act or any other Act for fiscal year 2015, not 
less than $165,000,000 shall be obligated in fiscal year 2015 as base 
grant adjustments, not less than $350,000,000 shall be obligated in 
fiscal year 2015 to support new access points including approved and 
unfunded applications from fiscal year 2014, grants to expand medical 
services, behavioral health, oral health, pharmacy, and vision services, 
and up to $150,000,000 shall be obligated in fiscal year 2015 for 
construction and capital improvement costs.

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                            health workforce

    For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS Act with 
respect to the health workforce, section 1128E of the Social Security 
Act, and the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $751,600,000:  
Provided, That sections 747(c)(2), 751(j)(2), 762(k), and the 
proportional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 
756(e) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available under this 
heading:  Provided further, That for any program operating under section 
751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary may 
hereafter waive any of the requirements contained in sections 
751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period of 
a grant under such section:  Provided further, That no funds shall be 
available for section 340G-1 of the PHS Act: <<NOTE: 42 USC 294a 
note.>>  Provided further, That fees collected for the disclosure of 
information under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement 
Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security Act 
shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the programs 
authorized by such sections and shall remain available until expended 
for the National Practitioner Data Bank:  Provided further, That funds 
transferred to this account to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of 
part D of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior year 
adjustments to awards made under such sections.

                        maternal and child health

    For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the PHS Act with 
respect to maternal and child health, title V of the Social Security 
Act, and section 712 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, 
$851,738,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 
502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not more than $77,093,000 shall be 
available for carrying out special projects of regional and national 
significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,276,000 
shall be available for projects described in paragraphs (A) through (F) 
of section 501(a)(3) of such Act.

                       ryan white hiv/aids program

    For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to the Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS program, $2,318,781,000, of which $1,970,881,000 shall 
remain available to the Secretary through September 30, 2017, for parts 
A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which not less than 
$900,313,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the 
authority of section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act.

                           health care systems

    For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act with respect to 
health care systems, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 
2005, $103,193,000, of which $122,000 shall be available until expended 
for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease 
Center.

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                              rural health

    For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with respect to 
rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety 
Act, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, and sections 711 and 1820 
of the Social Security Act, $147,471,000, of which $41,609,000 from 
general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security 
Act, shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 
flexibility grants program:  Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, 
$14,942,000 shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement 
Grant Program for quality improvement and adoption of health information 
technology and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) 
of the Social Security Act, with funds provided for grants under section 
1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and implementation of telehealth 
services, including pilots and demonstrations on the use of electronic 
health records to coordinate rural veterans care between rural providers 
and the Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health record system:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, 
$9,511,000 shall be available for State Offices of Rural Health.

                             family planning

    For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS Act to provide 
for voluntary family planning projects, $286,479,000:  Provided, That 
amounts provided to said projects under such title shall not be expended 
for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and 
that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity (including the 
publication or distribution of literature) that in any way tends to 
promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or 
candidate for public office.

                           program management

    For program support in the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, $154,000,000:  Provided, That funds made available under 
this heading may be used to supplement program support funding provided 
under the headings ``Primary Health Care'', ``Health Workforce'', 
``Maternal and Child Health'', ``Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program'', ``Health 
Care Systems'', and ``Rural Health''.

             vaccine injury compensation program trust fund

    For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund 
(the ``Trust Fund''), such sums as may be necessary for claims 
associated with vaccine-related injury or death with respect to vaccines 
administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 
XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be 
available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary.

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               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

                  immunization and respiratory diseases

    For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and section 2821 of 
the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to 
immunization and respiratory diseases, $573,105,000.

     hiv/aids, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and 
                         tuberculosis prevention

    For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the PHS Act with 
respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and 
tuberculosis prevention, $1,117,609,000.

                emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 2821 of the 
PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and 
section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to 
emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases, $352,990,000:  Provided, That 
of the funds available under this heading, $30,000,000 shall be for the 
Advanced Molecular Detection initiative.

             chronic disease prevention and health promotion

    For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of the PHS 
Act with respect to chronic disease prevention and health promotion, 
$747,220,000:  Provided, That funds appropriated under this account may 
be available for making grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act for not 
less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations:  Provided further, 
That of the funds available under this heading, $7,500,000 shall be 
available to continue and expand community specific extension and 
outreach programs to combat obesity in counties with the highest levels 
of obesity:  Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading, $80,000,000 shall be available for a program consisting of 
three-year grants of no less than $100,000 per year to non-governmental 
entities, local public health offices, school districts, local housing 
authorities, local transportation authorities or Indian tribes to 
implement evidence-based chronic disease prevention strategies:  
Provided further, That applicants for grants described in the previous 
proviso shall determine the population to be served and shall agree to 
work in collaboration with multi-sector partners:  Provided further, 
That the proportional funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the 
PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available under this heading.

   birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and health

    For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and 
health, $131,781,000.

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                    public health scientific services

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to health statistics, surveillance, health informatics, and 
workforce development, $481,061,000.

                          environmental health

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to environmental health, $166,404,000.

                      injury prevention and control

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to injury prevention and control, $170,447,000:  Provided, That 
of the funds provided under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be available 
for an evidence-based prescription drug overdose prevention program.

          national institute for occupational safety and health

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act, sections 
101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act, section 13 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency 
Response Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and health, 
$334,863,000.

       energy employees occupational illness compensation program

    For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $55,358,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That this amount shall be available 
consistent with the provision regarding administrative expenses in 
section 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106-554.

                              global health

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to global health, $416,517,000, of which $128,421,000 for 
international HIV/AIDS shall remain available through September 30, 
2016:  Provided, That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of 
official motor vehicles in foreign countries:  Provided further, That 
these funds are in addition to amounts provided in section 137 of Public 
Law 113-164.

                 public health preparedness and response

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to public health preparedness and response, and for expenses 
necessary to support activities related to countering potential 
biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to civilian 
populations, $1,352,551,000, of which $534,343,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Strategic National Stockpile:  
Provided, That in the event the Director of the CDC activates the 
Emergency Operations Center, the Director of the CDC may detail CDC 
staff without reimbursement for up to 45 days to support

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the work of the CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Director 
provides a notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of this 
authority and a full report within 30 days after use of this authority 
which includes the number of staff and funding level broken down by the 
originating center and number of days detailed:  Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading may be used to support a contract 
for the operation and maintenance of an aircraft in direct support of 
activities throughout CDC to ensure the agency is prepared to address 
public health preparedness emergencies.

                        buildings and facilities

    For acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, and 
renovation of facilities, $10,000,000, which shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That funds previously set-aside by 
CDC for repair and upgrade of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and 
Laboratory shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety research 
facility.

                 cdc-wide activities and program support

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and section 2821 of 
the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support for 
activities funded in other appropriations included in this Act for the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $113,570,000:  Provided, 
That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the 
PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading and in 
all other accounts of the CDC:  Provided further, That employees of CDC 
or the Public Health Service, both civilian and commissioned officers, 
detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations under 
authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, 
shall be treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only 
and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling applicable to the 
Agency, Service, or HHS during the period of detail or assignment:  
Provided further, That CDC may use up to $10,000 from amounts 
appropriated to CDC in this Act for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director of 
CDC:  Provided further, That in addition, such sums as may be derived 
from authorized user fees, which shall be credited to the appropriation 
charged with the cost thereof:  Provided further, That with respect to 
the previous proviso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation 
Program shall be available through September 30, 2016:  Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading and in all 
other accounts of CDC, up to $1,000 per eligible employee of CDC shall 
be made available until expended for Individual Learning Accounts.

                      National Institutes of Health

                        national cancer institute

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to cancer, $4,950,396,000, of which up to $8,000,000

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may be used for facilities repairs and improvements at the National 
Cancer Institute--Frederick Federally Funded Research and Development 
Center in Frederick, Maryland.

                national heart, lung, and blood institute

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood and blood 
products, $2,997,870,000.

         national institute of dental and craniofacial research

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, $399,886,000.

    national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, $1,749,681,000.

         national institute of neurological disorders and stroke

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $1,605,205,000.

          national institute of allergy and infectious diseases

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $4,358,841,000.

             national institute of general medical sciences

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to general medical sciences, $2,371,476,000, of which 
$715,000,000 shall be from funds available under section 241 of the PHS 
Act:  Provided, That not less than $273,325,000 is provided for the 
Institutional Development Awards program.

  eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human 
                               development

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to child health and human development, $1,286,571,000.

                         national eye institute

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $684,191,000.

           national institute of environmental health sciences

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to environmental health sciences, $667,502,000.

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                       national institute on aging

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to aging, $1,199,468,000.

  national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, 
$521,665,000.

    national institute on deafness and other communication disorders

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to deafness and other communication disorders, $405,302,000.

                 national institute of nursing research

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to nursing research, $140,953,000.

           national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $447,408,000.

                    national institute on drug abuse

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to drug abuse, $1,028,614,000.

                   national institute of mental health

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to mental health, $1,463,036,000.

                national human genome research institute

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to human genome research, $499,356,000.

       national institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, $330,192,000.

        national center for complementary and integrative health

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to complementary and integrative health, $124,681,000:  
Provided, That these funds may be used to support the transition enacted 
in section 224 of this Act.

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      national institute on minority health and health disparities

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to minority health and health disparities research, 
$269,154,000.

                  john e. fogarty international center

    For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty International 
Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of title IV of the PHS Act), 
$67,786,000.

                      national library of medicine

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to health information communications, $336,939,000:  Provided, 
That of the amounts available for improvement of information systems, 
$4,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016:  Provided 
further, That in fiscal year 2015, the National Library of Medicine may 
enter into personal services contracts for the provision of services in 
facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the 
National Institutes of Health (referred to in this title as ``NIH'').

          national center for advancing translational sciences

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to translational sciences, $635,230,000:  Provided, That up to 
$9,835,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, 
relating to the Cures Acceleration Network:  Provided further, That at 
least $474,746,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 
Sciences Awards program.

                         office of the director

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the Director, 
NIH, $1,401,134,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may be used to carry out 
section 213 of this Act:  Provided, That funding shall be available for 
the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only:  Provided further, That all funds credited to the NIH 
Management Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after the 
fiscal year in which they are deposited:  Provided further, That 
$165,000,000 shall be for the National Children's Study (``NCS'') or 
research related to the Study's goals and mission, and any funds in 
excess of the estimated need shall be transferred to and merged with the 
accounts for the various Institutes and Centers to support activity 
related to the goals and objectives of the NCS:  Provided further, That 
NIH shall submit a spend plan on the NCS's next phase to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided 
further, That $533,039,000 shall be available for the Common Fund 
established under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act:  Provided further, 
That of the funds provided, $10,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director of 
the NIH:  Provided further, That

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the Office of AIDS Research within the Office of the Director of the NIH 
may spend up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or renovation 
of facilities as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act:  
Provided further, That NIH shall contract with the National Academy of 
Sciences for a Blue Ribbon Commission on Scientific Literacy and 
Standing:  Provided further, That NIH shall submit to Congress an NIH-
wide 5-year scientific strategic plan as outlined in sections 402(b)(3) 
and 402(b)(4) of the PHS Act no later than 1 year after enactment of 
this Act.
    In addition to other funds appropriated for the Common Fund 
established under section 402A(c) of the PHS Act, $12,600,000 is 
appropriated to the Common Fund from the 10-year Pediatric Research 
Initiative Fund described in section 9008 of title 26, United States 
Code, for the purpose of carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the 
PHS Act (relating to pediatric research), as authorized in the Gabriella 
Miller Kids First Research Act.

                        buildings and facilities

    For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and acquisition of 
equipment for, facilities of or used by NIH, including the acquisition 
of real property, $128,863,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2019.

        Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

                              mental health

    For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with respect 
to mental health, and the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with 
Mental Illness Act, $1,045,936,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for carrying 
out section 520A shall be available for carrying out section 1971 of the 
PHS Act:  Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry 
out subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 
1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection and 
evaluation activities, and further that the total available under this 
Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the 
amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX:  Provided 
further, That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 
appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2015:  Provided further, That 
of the amount appropriated under this heading, $45,887,000 shall be for 
the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative as described in section 
582 of the PHS Act:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
565(b)(1) of the PHS Act, technical assistance may be provided to a 
public entity to establish or operate a system of comprehensive 
community mental health services to children with a serious emotional 
disturbance, without regard to whether the public entity receives a 
grant under section 561(a) of such Act:  Provided further, That States 
shall expend at least 5 percent of the amount each receives for carrying 
out section 1911 of the PHS Act to support evidence-based programs that 
address the needs of individuals with early serious mental illness, 
including psychotic disorders, regardless of the age of the individual 
at onset:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided for section 
1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 241 of such Act.

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                        substance abuse treatment

    For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with respect 
to substance abuse treatment and section 1922(a) of the PHS Act with 
respect to substance abuse prevention, $2,102,658,000:  Provided, That 
in addition to amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out 
subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) 
technical assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation 
activities, and further that the total available under this Act for 
section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts 
appropriated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 
to evaluate substance abuse treatment programs:  Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided for section 1921 of the PHS Act shall be 
subject to section 241 of such Act.

                        substance abuse prevention

    For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect to 
substance abuse prevention, $175,219,000.

                 health surveillance and program support

    For program support and cross-cutting activities that supplement 
activities funded under the headings ``Mental Health'', ``Substance 
Abuse Treatment'', and ``Substance Abuse Prevention'' in carrying out 
titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy 
for Individuals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, $150,232,000:  Provided, That in 
addition to amounts provided herein, $31,428,000 shall be available 
under section 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds available to carry 
out national surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to collect and 
analyze program data, and to conduct public awareness and technical 
assistance activities:  Provided further, That, in addition, fees may be 
collected for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations, and 
data analysis completed under title V of the PHS Act and provided to a 
public or private entity upon request, which shall be credited to this 
appropriation and shall remain available until expended for such 
purposes:  Provided further, That amounts made available in this Act for 
carrying out section 501(m) of the PHS Act shall remain available 
through September 30, 2016:  Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading may be used to supplement program support funding 
provided under the headings ``Mental Health'', ``Substance Abuse 
Treatment'', and ``Substance Abuse Prevention''.

               Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

                     healthcare research and quality

    For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, part A of title 
XI of the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, 
$363,698,000:  Provided, That section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not 
apply in fiscal year 2015:  Provided further, That in addition, amounts 
received from Freedom of Information Act

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fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of data 
shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2016.

               Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

                      grants to states for medicaid

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX of 
the Social Security Act, $234,608,916,000, to remain available until 
expended.
    For making, after May 31, 2015, payments to States under title XIX 
or in the case of section 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of 
the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2015 for 
unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary.
    For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 on 
behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2016, $113,272,140,000, to remain available 
until expended.
    Payment under such title XIX may be made for any quarter with 
respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such quarter, 
if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved in that or any 
subsequent quarter.

                   payments to health care trust funds

    For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under 
sections 217(g), 1844, and 1860D-16 of the Social Security Act, sections 
103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 
278(d)(3) of Public Law 97-248, and for administrative expenses incurred 
pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $259,212,000,000.
    In addition, for making matching payments under section 1844 and 
benefit payments under section 1860D-16 of the Social Security Act that 
were not anticipated in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary.

                           program management

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, 
XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII of the 
PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, and 
other responsibilities of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, not to exceed $3,669,744,000, to be transferred from the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the 
Social Security Act; together with all funds collected in accordance 
with section 353 of the PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social 
Security Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 302 of 
the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; and such sums as may be 
collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall be 
credited to this account and remain available until September 30, 2020:  
Provided, That all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from 
organizations established under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be 
credited to and available for carrying out the purposes

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of this appropriation:  Provided further, That the Secretary is directed 
to collect fees in fiscal year 2015 from Medicare Advantage 
organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act 
and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under 
section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act.

               health care fraud and abuse control account

    In addition to amounts otherwise available for program integrity and 
program management, $672,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2016, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as 
authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, of which 
$477,120,000 shall be for the Medicare Integrity Program at the Centers 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including administrative costs, to 
conduct oversight activities for Medicare Advantage under Part C and the 
Medicare Prescription Drug Program under Part D of the Social Security 
Act and for activities described in section 1893(b) of such Act, of 
which $67,200,000 shall be for the Department of Health and Human 
Services Office of Inspector General to carry out fraud and abuse 
activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, of which 
$67,200,000 shall be for the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance 
Program (``CHIP'') program integrity activities, and of which 
$60,480,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to carry out fraud 
and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act:  
Provided, That the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social 
Security Act for fiscal year 2015 shall include measures of the 
operational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse in the 
Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the funds provided by this 
appropriation:  Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, $311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended, and $361,000,000 is additional new budget 
authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act.

                Administration for Children and Families

  payments to states for child support enforcement and family support 
                                programs

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV-D, X, 
XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, 
$2,438,523,000, to remain available until expended; and for such 
purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, $1,160,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.
    For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except as 
otherwise provided, titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social 
Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the 
current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current 
fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

                    low income home energy assistance

    For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) of section 2602 of 
the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981,

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$3,390,304,000:  Provided, That all but $491,000,000 of this amount 
shall be allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments 
for fiscal year 2015 was less than $1,975,000,000:  Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 2609A(a), of the amounts appropriated under 
section 2602(b), not more than $2,988,000 of such amounts may be 
reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, training, and 
monitoring of program activities for compliance with internal controls, 
policies and procedures and may, in addition to the authorities provided 
in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with private 
entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organizations.

                     refugee and entrant assistance

    For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance activities 
authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and 
section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for 
carrying out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 
235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (``TVPA''), section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2005, and the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, 
$1,559,884,000, of which $1,533,394,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2017 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 
235:  Provided, That amounts available under this heading to carry out 
such section 203 and the TVPA shall also be available for research and 
evaluation with respect to activities under those authorities:  Provided 
further, That the limitation in section 206 of this Act regarding 
transfers increasing any appropriation shall apply to transfers to 
appropriations under this heading by substituting ``10 percent'' for ``3 
percent''.

    payments to states for the child care and development block grant

    For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (``CCDBG Act''), $2,435,000,000 shall be used to supplement, not 
supplant State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-
income families:  Provided, That $19,357,000 shall be available for 
child care resource and referral and school-aged child care activities, 
of which $996,000 shall be available to the Secretary for a competitive 
grant for the operation of a national toll free referral line and Web 
site to develop and disseminate child care consumer education 
information for parents and help parents access child care in their 
local community:  Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts 
required to be reserved by the States under section 658G of the CCDBG 
Act, $305,906,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities 
authorized under section 658G, of which $112,187,000 shall be for 
activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care:  
Provided further, That $9,851,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for 
child care research, demonstration, and evaluation activities:  Provided 
further, That technical assistance under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act 
may be provided directly, or through the use of contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements, or interagency agreements.

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                       social services block grant

    For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social 
Security Act, $1,700,000,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable 
percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 
programs pursuant to title XX-A of such Act shall be 10 percent.

                 children and families services programs

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and 
Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the Family Violence Prevention 
and Services Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of 
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 
(adoption opportunities), the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, 
part B-1 of title IV and sections 413, 1110, and 1115 of the Social 
Security Act; for making payments under the Community Services Block 
Grant Act (``CSBG Act''), sections 473B and 477(i) of the Social 
Security Act, and the Assets for Independence Act; for necessary 
administrative expenses to carry out such Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, 
XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 
1960, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, title IV of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee 
Education Assistance Act of 1980; and for the administration of prior 
year obligations made by the Administration for Children and Families 
under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 
and the Help America Vote Act of 2002, $10,346,115,000, of which 
$37,943,000, to remain available through September 30, 2016, shall be 
for grants to States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by 
section 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for adoptions 
completed before September 30, 2015:  Provided, That $8,598,095,000 
shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act:  Provided 
further, That of the amount in the previous proviso, $8,073,095,000 
shall be available for payments under section 640 of the Head Start Act: 
 Provided further, That of the amount provided for making payments under 
the Head Start Act, $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by the 
Secretary to supplement activities described in paragraphs (7)(B) and 
(9) of section 641(c) of such Act under the Designation Renewal System, 
established under the authority of sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12) and 
645A(d) of such Act:  Provided further, That amounts allocated to Head 
Start grantees at the discretion of the Secretary to supplement 
activities pursuant to the previous proviso shall not be included in the 
calculation of the ``base grant'' in subsequent fiscal years, as such 
term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 640 of the Head Start Act, of the 
amount provided for making payments under the Head Start Act, and in 
addition to funds otherwise available under section 640 for such 
purposes, $500,000,000 shall be available through March 31, 2016 for 
Early Head Start programs as described in section 645A of such Act, for 
conversion of Head Start services to Early Head Start services as 
described in section 645(a)(5)(A) of such Act, and for discretionary 
grants for high quality infant and toddler care through Early Head 
Start-Child Care Partnerships, to entities

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defined as eligible under section 645A(d) of such Act, with such funds 
in this Act and Public Law 113-76 not included in the calculation of the 
``base grant'' for the current or any subsequent fiscal year as such 
term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act, and, 
notwithstanding section 645A(c)(2) of such Act, these funds are 
available to serve children under age 4:  Provided further, That of the 
amount made available in the immediately preceding proviso, up to 
$10,000,000 shall be available for the Federal costs of administration 
and evaluation activities of the program described in such proviso:  
Provided further, That $710,383,000 shall be for making payments under 
the CSBG Act:  Provided further, That $36,733,000 shall be for sections 
680 and 678E(b)(2) of the CSBG Act, of which not less than $29,883,000 
shall be for section 680(a)(2) and not less than $6,500,000 shall be for 
section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act:  Provided further, That to the extent 
Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a 
State to an eligible entity as provided under the CSBG Act, and have not 
been expended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for 
carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity 
consistent with program purposes: <<NOTE: 42 USC 9921 note.>>  Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the 
disposition of intangible assets and program income that permit such 
assets acquired with, and program income derived from, grant funds 
authorized under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property 
of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after the end 
of the grant period for any activity consistent with section 
680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act:  Provided further, That intangible assets 
in the form of loans, equity investments and other debt instruments, and 
program income may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose 
consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act:  Provided further, 
That these procedures shall apply to such grant funds made available 
after November 29, 1999:  Provided further, That funds appropriated for 
section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing 
construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private 
business enterprises owned by community development corporations:  
Provided further, That section 303(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Family Violence 
Prevention and Services Act shall not apply to amounts provided herein:  
Provided further, That $1,864,000 shall be for a human services case 
management system for federally declared disasters, to include a 
comprehensive national case management contract and Federal costs of 
administering the system:  Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall 
be for improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information System, 
including grants to States to support data collection for a study of the 
system's effectiveness.

                   promoting safe and stable families

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 436 of the 
Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for carrying out, except as 
otherwise provided, section 437 of such Act, $59,765,000.

                 payments for foster care and permanency

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV-E of the 
Social Security Act, $4,832,000,000.

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    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV-E of the 
Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, 
$2,300,000,000.
    For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except as 
otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV-E of the Social Security 
Act, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated 
costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be 
necessary.

                   Administration for Community Living

                 aging and disability services programs

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the OAA, 
titles III and XXIX of the PHS Act, section 119 of the Medicare 
Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, title XX-B of the 
Social Security Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill 
of Rights Act, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002, and for Department-wide coordination of policy 
and program activities that assist individuals with disabilities, 
$1,621,141,000, together with $52,115,000 to be transferred from the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990:  Provided, That amounts appropriated 
under this heading may be used for grants to States under section 361 of 
the OAA only for disease prevention and health promotion programs and 
activities which have been demonstrated through rigorous evaluation to 
be evidence-based and effective:  Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided shall be used to carry out sections 1701 and 1703 of the 
PHS Act (with respect to chronic disease self-management activity 
grants), except that such funds may be used for necessary expenses 
associated with administering any such grants awarded prior to the date 
of the enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of this Act, funds made available under this heading 
to carry out section 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary 
of Agriculture in accordance with such section.

                         Office of the Secretary

                     general departmental management

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general 
departmental management, including hire of six passenger motor vehicles, 
and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS 
Act, the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and research 
studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, $448,034,000, 
together with $64,828,000 from the amounts available under section 241 
of the PHS Act to carry out national health or human services research 
and evaluation activities:  Provided, That of this amount, $52,224,000 
shall be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities:  
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$101,000,000 shall be for making competitive contracts and grants to 
public and private entities to fund medically accurate and age

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appropriate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for the Federal 
costs associated with administering and evaluating such contracts and 
grants, of which not more than 10 percent of the available funds shall 
be for training and technical assistance, evaluation, outreach, and 
additional program support activities, and of the remaining amount 75 
percent shall be for replicating programs that have been proven 
effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, 
behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other 
associated risk factors, and 25 percent shall be available for research 
and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, refine, and test 
additional models and innovative strategies for preventing teenage 
pregnancy:  Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act, 
$6,800,000 shall be available to carry out evaluations (including 
longitudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention approaches:  
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$1,750,000 is for strengthening the Department's acquisition workforce 
capacity and capabilities:  Provided further, That with respect to the 
previous proviso, such funds shall be available for training, 
recruiting, retaining, and hiring members of the acquisition workforce 
as defined by 41 U.S.C. 1703, for information technology in support of 
acquisition workforce effectiveness and for management solutions to 
improve acquisition management:  Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for making 
competitive grants to provide abstinence education (as defined by 
section 510(b)(2)(A)-(H) of the Social Security Act) to adolescents, and 
for Federal costs of administering the grant:  Provided further, That 
grants made under the authority of section 510(b)(2)(A)-(H) of the 
Social Security Act shall be made only to public and private entities 
that agree that, with respect to an adolescent to whom the entities 
provide abstinence education under such grant, the entities will not 
provide to that adolescent any other education regarding sexual conduct, 
except that, in the case of an entity expressly required by law to 
provide health information or services the adolescent shall not be 
precluded from seeking health information or services from the entity in 
a different setting than the setting in which abstinence education was 
provided:  Provided further, That funds provided in this Act for embryo 
adoption activities may be used to provide to individuals adopting 
embryos, through grants and other mechanisms, medical and administrative 
services deemed necessary for such adoptions:  Provided further, That 
such services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4).

                 office of medicare hearings and appeals

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare Hearings and 
Appeals, $87,381,000, to be transferred in appropriate part from the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

  office of the national coordinator for health information technology

    For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology, including grants, contracts, and 
cooperative agreements for the development and

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advancement of interoperable health information technology, $60,367,000.

                       office of inspector general

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 
including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for investigations, in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$71,000,000:  Provided, That of such amount, necessary sums shall be 
available for providing protective services to the Secretary and 
investigating non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment 
is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228.

                         office for civil rights

    For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, $38,798,000.

      retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers

    For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service 
Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the 
Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, 
and for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 
Dependents' Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required during the 
current fiscal year.

            public health and social services emergency fund

    For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering 
potential biological, nuclear, radiological, chemical, and cybersecurity 
threats to civilian populations, and for other public health 
emergencies, $848,154,000, of which $415,000,000 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2016, for expenses necessary to support advanced 
research and development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act, and 
other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research and 
Development Authority:  Provided, That funds provided under this heading 
for the purpose of acquisition of security countermeasures shall be in 
addition to any other funds available for such purpose:  Provided 
further, That products purchased with funds provided under this heading 
may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic 
National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F-2 of the PHS Act:  Provided 
further, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made available to support 
emergency operations shall remain available through September 30, 2017:  
Provided further, That these funds are in addition to amounts provided 
in section 136 of Public Law 113-164.
    For expenses necessary for procuring security countermeasures (as 
defined in section 319F-2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act), $255,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.
    For an additional amount for expenses necessary to prepare for or 
respond to an influenza pandemic, $71,915,000; of which $39,906,000 
shall be available until expended, for activities including the 
development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical 
supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act,

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funds may be used for the construction or renovation of privately owned 
facilities for the production of pandemic influenza vaccines and other 
biologics, if the Secretary finds such construction or renovation 
necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologics.

                           General Provisions

    Sec. 201.  Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for 
not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation expenses 
when specifically approved by the Secretary.
    Sec. 202.  The Secretary shall make available through assignment not 
more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child 
survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds 
provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations 
International Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health 
Organization.
    Sec. 203.  None of the funds appropriated in this title shall be 
used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other 
extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.
    Sec. 204.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, except for funds 
specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments 
made by any office located in HHS, prior to the preparation and 
submission of a report by the Secretary to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
the planned uses of such funds.
    Sec. 205.  Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS Act, such 
portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more than 2.5 percent, 
of any amounts appropriated for programs authorized under such Act shall 
be made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or 
contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of programs funded 
in this title.

                           (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 206.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this 
Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation 
shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer:  
Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not 
be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for 
which no funds are provided in this Act:  Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

                           (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 207.  The Director of the NIH, jointly with the Director of the 
Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes 
and centers from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as 
funding for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus:  
Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer.

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                           (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 208.  Of the amounts made available in this Act for NIH, the 
amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as 
jointly determined by the Director of NIH and the Director of the Office 
of AIDS Research, shall be made available to the ``Office of AIDS 
Research'' account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall 
transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 
2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act.
    Sec. 209.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made 
available to any entity under title X of the PHS Act unless the 
applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages 
family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning 
services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist 
attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities.
    Sec. 210.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider 
of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be exempt from any State 
law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child 
molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
    Sec. 211.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including 
funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the 
Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary denies participation in such 
program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored 
Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not 
provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for 
abortions:  Provided, That the Secretary shall make appropriate 
prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity 
(based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of 
providing the service to such entity's enrollees):  Provided further, 
That nothing in this section shall be construed to change the Medicare 
program's coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage 
organization described in this section shall be responsible for 
informing enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare 
covered services.
    Sec. 212.  In order for HHS to carry out international health 
activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and 
environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during fiscal 
year 2015:
            (1) The Secretary may exercise authority equivalent to that 
        available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the State 
        Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. The Secretary shall 
        consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of 
        Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this section is 
        exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the Foreign 
        Service Act of 1980 and other applicable statutes administered 
        by the Department of State.
            (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such funds by 
        advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may be 
        necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, 
        renovation, and management of facilities outside of the United 
        States for the use of HHS. The Department of State shall 
        cooperate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has 
        secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with applicable 
        regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities 
        requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. The 
        Secretary is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary

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        of State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to make 
        available to public or nonprofit private institutions or 
        agencies in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, 
        lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as 
        necessary to conduct programs of assistance for international 
        health activities, including activities relating to HIV/AIDS and 
        other infectious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, 
        and other health activities abroad.
            (3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to personnel 
        appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve abroad, 
        allowances and benefits similar to those provided under chapter 
        9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 
        4081 through 4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by 
        the Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to provide 
        locality-based comparability payments (stated as a percentage) 
        up to the amount of the locality-based comparability payment 
        (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such personnel 
        under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code if such 
        personnel's official duty station were in the District of 
        Columbia. Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection 
        shall be on the same basis as that provided under subchapter I 
        of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of 
        the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serving in the 
        Foreign Service.

    Sec. 213. (a) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Director of NIH (``Director'') may use funds available under 
section 402(b)(7) or 402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to enter into 
transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) 
to carry out research identified pursuant to such section 402(b)(7) 
(pertaining to the Common Fund) or research and activities described in 
such section 402(b)(12).
    (b) Peer Review.--In entering into transactions under subsection 
(a), the Director may utilize such peer review procedures (including 
consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the Director 
determines to be appropriate to obtain assessments of scientific and 
technical merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in 
lieu of the peer review and advisory council review procedures that 
would otherwise be required under sections 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 
405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the PHS Act.
    Sec. 214.  Funds which are available for Individual Learning 
Accounts for employees of CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (``ATSDR'') may be transferred to appropriate accounts 
of CDC, to be available only for Individual Learning Accounts:  
Provided, That such funds may be used for any individual full-time 
equivalent employee while such employee is employed either by CDC or 
ATSDR.
    Sec. 215.  Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appropriated by this 
Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health 
may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of facilities, as 
necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities 
authorized herein, at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project.

                           (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 216.  Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 percent of the 
amount made available for National Research Service Awards

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(``NRSA'') shall be made available to the Administrator of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration to make NRSA awards for research 
in primary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have 
received grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747 of the PHS 
Act, and 1 percent of the amount made available for NRSA shall be made 
available to the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality to make NRSA awards for health service research.
    Sec. 217.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control.
    Sec. 218. <<NOTE: 42 USC 3000-11.>> (a) The Secretary shall 
establish a publicly accessible Web site to provide information 
regarding the uses of funds made available under section 4002 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (``ACA'').

    (b) With respect to funds provided under section 4002 of the ACA, 
the Secretary shall include on the Web site established under subsection 
(a) at a minimum the following information:
            (1) In the case of each transfer of funds under section 
        4002(c), a statement indicating the program or activity 
        receiving funds, the operating division or office that will 
        administer the funds, and the planned uses of the funds, to be 
        posted not later than the day after the transfer is made.
            (2) Identification (along with a link to the full text) of 
        each funding opportunity announcement, request for proposals, or 
        other announcement or solicitation of proposals for grants, 
        cooperative agreements, or contracts intended to be awarded 
        using such funds, to be posted not later than the day after the 
        announcement or solicitation is issued.
            (3) Identification of each grant, cooperative agreement, or 
        contract with a value of $25,000 or more awarded using such 
        funds, including the purpose of the award and the identity of 
        the recipient, to be posted not later than 5 days after the 
        award is made.
            (4) A report detailing the uses of all funds transferred 
        under section 4002(c) during the fiscal year, to be posted not 
        later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year.

    (c) With respect to awards made in fiscal years 2013 through 2015, 
the Secretary shall also include on the Web site established under 
subsection (a), semi-annual reports from each entity awarded a grant, 
cooperative agreement, or contract from such funds with a value of 
$25,000 or more, summarizing the activities undertaken and identifying 
any sub-grants or sub-contracts awarded (including the purpose of the 
award and the identity of the recipient), to be posted not later than 30 
days after the end of each 6-month period.
    (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall:
            (1) present the information required in subsection (b)(1) on 
        a single webpage or on a single database;
            (2) ensure that all information required in this section is 
        directly accessible from the single webpage or database; and
            (3) ensure that all information required in this section is 
        able to be organized by program or State.

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                           (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 219. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall transfer funds appropriated under section 4002 of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (``ACA'') to the accounts 
specified, in the amounts specified, and for the activities specified 
under the heading ``Prevention and Public Health Fund'' in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this Consolidated Act) accompanying this Act.
    (b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the Secretary may 
not further transfer these amounts.
    (c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under section 2821 
of the PHS Act shall be made available without reference to section 
2821(b) of such Act.
    Sec. 220. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 
Authority (``BARDA'') may enter into a contract, for more than one but 
no more than 10 program years, for purchase of research services or of 
security countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F-
2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(c)(1)(B)), if--
            (1) funds are available and obligated--
                    (A) for the full period of the contract or for the 
                first fiscal year in which the contract is in effect; 
                and
                    (B) for the estimated costs associated with a 
                necessary termination of the contract; and
            (2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year contract will 
        serve the best interests of the Federal Government by 
        encouraging full and open competition or promoting economy in 
        administration, performance, and operation of BARDA's programs.

    (b) A contract entered into under this section:
            (1) shall include a termination clause as described by 
        subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code; 
        and
            (2) shall be subject to the congressional notice requirement 
        stated in subsection (d) of such section.

    Sec. 221. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal year 2016 
budget justification and on Departmental Web sites information 
concerning the employment of full-time equivalent Federal employees or 
contractors for the purposes of implementing, administering, enforcing, 
or otherwise carrying out the provisions of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act of 2010 (``ACA''), and the amendments made by that 
Act, in the proposed fiscal year and the 4 prior fiscal years.
    (b) With respect to employees or contractors supported by all funds 
appropriated for purposes of carrying out the ACA (and the amendments 
made by that Act), the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the 
following information:
            (1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such Act under 
        which such funds were appropriated, a statement indicating the 
        program, project, or activity receiving such funds, the Federal 
        operating division or office that administers such program, and 
        the amount of funding received in discretionary or mandatory 
        appropriations.
            (2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full-time 
        equivalent employees or contracted employees assigned to each

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        authorized and funded provision detailed in accordance with 
        paragraph (1).

    (c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may exclude from the 
report employees or contractors who:
            (1) Are supported through appropriations enacted in laws 
        other than the ACA and work on programs that existed prior to 
        the passage of the ACA;
            (2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on activities 
        funded by or newly authorized in the ACA;
            (3) or who work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not 
        a requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price contracts.

    Sec. 222.  In addition to the amounts otherwise available for 
``Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Program Management'', the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services may transfer up to $305,000,000 
to such account from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to support program 
management activity related to the Medicare Program:  Provided, That 
except for the foregoing purpose, such funds may not be used to support 
any provision of Public Law 111-148 or Public Law 111-152 (or any 
amendment made by either such Public Law) or to supplant any other 
amounts within such account.
    Sec. 223.  In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 338E(c)(2) 
of the PHS Act, terminations described in such section may occur up to 
60 days after the execution of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2015 
under section 338B of such Act.
    Sec. 224.  Title IV of the PHS Act is amended by:
            (1) <<NOTE: 42 USC 281, 287c-21 prec., 287c-21.>> Striking 
        ``National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine'' 
        in each place it appears and replacing it with ``National Center 
        for Complementary and Integrative Health'';
            (2) <<NOTE: 42 USC 287c-21.>> Striking ``alternative 
        medicine'' in each place it appears and replacing it with 
        ``integrative health'';
            (3) <<NOTE: 42 USC 287c-21.>> Striking all references to 
        ``alternative and complementary medical treatment'' or 
        ``complementary and alternative treatment'' in each place either 
        appears and inserting ``complementary and integrative health'';
            (4) <<NOTE: 42 USC 287c-21.>> Striking references to 
        ``alternative medical treatment'' in each place it appears and 
        inserting ``integrative health treatment''; and
            (5) <<NOTE: 42 USC 287c-21.>> Striking section 485D(c) and 
        inserting:

    ``(c) In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of the Center 
shall, as appropriate, study the integration of new and non-traditional 
approaches to health care treatment and consumption, including but not 
limited to non-traditional treatment, diagnostic and prevention systems, 
modalities, and disciplines.''.
    Sec. 225.  In addition to amounts provided herein, payments made for 
research organisms or substances, authorized under section 301(a) of the 
PHS Act, shall be retained and credited to the appropriations accounts 
of the Institutes and Centers of the NIH making the substance or 
organism available under section 301(a). Amounts credited to the account 
under this authority shall be available for obligation through September 
30, 2016.
    Sec. 226.  The Secretary shall publish, as part of the fiscal year 
2016 budget of the President submitted under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, information that details the uses

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of all funds used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
specifically for Health Insurance Marketplaces for each fiscal year 
since the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(Public Law 111-148) and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal 
year 2016. Such information shall include, for each such fiscal year--
            (1) the amount of funds used for each activity specified 
        under the heading ``Health Insurance Marketplace Transparency'' 
        in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
        matter preceding division A of this Consolidated Act) 
        accompanying this Act; and
            (2) the milestones completed for data hub functionality and 
        implementation readiness.

    Sec. 227.  None of the funds made available by this Act from the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Supplemental 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund, or transferred from other accounts funded 
by this Act to the ``Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services--Program 
Management'' account, may be used for payments under section 1342(b)(1) 
of Public Law 111-148 (relating to risk corridors).
    Sec. 228. (a) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, 
activities authorized under part A of title IV and section 1108(b) of 
the Social Security Act shall continue through September 30, 2015, in 
the manner authorized for fiscal year 2014, and out of any money in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are 
hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 
Grants and payments may be made pursuant to this authority through 
September 30, 2015, at the level provided for such activities for fiscal 
year 2014, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c).
    (b) In the case of the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs 
established under section 403(b) of the Social Security Act--
            (1) the amount appropriated for section 403(b) of such Act 
        shall be $608,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016;
            (2) the requirement to reserve funds provided for in section 
        403(b)(2) of such Act shall not apply during fiscal years 2015 
        and 2016; and
            (3) grants and payments may only be made from such Fund for 
        fiscal year 2015 after the application of subsection (d).

    (c) <<NOTE: 42 USC 613 note.>> In the case of research, evaluations, 
and national studies funded under section 413(h)(1) of the Social 
Security Act, no funds shall be appropriated under that section for 
fiscal year 2015 or any fiscal year thereafter.

    (d) Of the amount made available under subsection (b)(1) for section 
403(b) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2015--
            (1) $15,000,000 is hereby transferred and made available to 
        carry out section 413(h) of the Social Security Act; and
            (2) $10,000,000 is hereby transferred and made available to 
        the Bureau of the Census to conduct activities using the Survey 
        of Income and Program Participation to obtain information to 
        enable interested parties to evaluate the impact of the 
        amendments made by title I of the Personal Responsibility and 
        Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

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    (e) Section 413(h)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
613(h)(1)) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ``Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not 
otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2012'' and inserting ``Funds made available to carry out this 
section for a fiscal year shall be used''.
    (f) Section 414 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 614) is 
repealed.
    (g) Expenditures made pursuant to Public Law 113-164 for section 
403(b) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2015 shall be charged 
to the appropriation provided by subsection (b)(1) for such fiscal year.
    Sec. 229.  The remaining unobligated balances of the amount 
appropriated for fiscal year 2015 by section 510(d) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710(d)) for which no application has been 
received by the Funding Opportunity Announcement deadline, shall be made 
available to States that require the implementation of each element 
described in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of the definition of 
abstinence education in section 510(b)(2). The remaining unobligated 
balances shall be reallocated to such States that submit a valid 
application consistent with the original formula for this funding.
     <<NOTE: 42 USC 11225 note.>> Sec. 230.  Hereafter, for each fiscal 
year through fiscal year 2025, the Director of the National Institutes 
of Health shall prepare and submit directly to the President for review 
and transmittal to Congress, after reasonable opportunity for comment, 
but without change, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and 
the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services, an 
annual budget estimate (including an estimate of the number and type of 
personnel needs for the Institutes) for the initiatives of the National 
Institutes of Health pursuant to the National Alzheimer's Plan, as 
required under section 2(d)(2) of Public Law 111-375.

    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Health and Human 
Services Appropriations Act, 2015''.

TITLE III <<NOTE: Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2015.>> 

                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                     Education for the Disadvantaged

    For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ``ESEA'') and section 418A of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ``HEA''), 
$15,536,107,000, of which $4,652,762,000 shall become available on July 
1, 2015, and shall remain available through September 30, 2016, and of 
which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 2015, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2016, for academic year 
2015-2016:  Provided, That $6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants 
under section 1124 of the ESEA:  Provided further, That up to $3,984,000 
of these funds shall be available to the Secretary of Education 
(referred to in this title as ``Secretary'') on October 1, 2014, to 
obtain annually updated local educational agency-level census poverty 
data from the Bureau of the Census:  Provided further, That 
$1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under section 1124A of 
the ESEA:

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 Provided further, That $3,294,050,000 shall be for targeted grants 
under section 1125 of the ESEA:  Provided further, That $3,294,050,000 
shall be for education finance incentive grants under section 1125A of 
the ESEA:  Provided further, That funds available under sections 1124, 
1124A, 1125 and 1125A of the ESEA may be used to provide homeless 
children and youths with services not ordinarily provided to other 
students under those sections, including supporting the liaison 
designated pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, and providing transportation pursuant to 
section 722(g)(1)(J)(iii) of such Act:  Provided further, That $710,000 
shall be to carry out sections 1501 and 1503 of the ESEA:  Provided 
further, That $505,756,000 shall be available for school improvement 
grants under section 1003(g) of the ESEA, which shall be allocated by 
the Secretary through the formula described in section 1003(g)(2) and 
shall be used consistent with the requirements of section 1003(g), 
except that State and local educational agencies may use such funds to 
serve any school eligible to receive assistance under part A of title I 
that has not made adequate yearly progress for at least 2 years or is in 
the State's lowest quintile of performance based on proficiency rates 
and, in the case of secondary schools, priority shall be given to those 
schools with graduation rates below 60 percent:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 1003(g)(5)(C) of the ESEA, the Secretary may 
permit a State educational agency to establish an award period of up to 
5 years for each participating local educational agency: <<NOTE: 20 USC 
6303a.>>  Provided further, That funds available for school improvement 
grants for fiscal year 2014 and thereafter may be used by a local 
educational agency to implement a whole-school reform strategy for a 
school using an evidence-based strategy that ensures whole-school reform 
is undertaken in partnership with a strategy developer offering a whole-
school reform program that is based on at least a moderate level of 
evidence that the program will have a statistically significant effect 
on student outcomes, including at least one well-designed and well-
implemented experimental or quasi-experimental study:  Provided further, 
That funds available for school improvement grants may be used by a 
local educational agency to implement an alternative State-determined 
school improvement strategy that has been established by a State 
educational agency with the approval of the Secretary:  Provided 
further, That a local educational agency that is determined to be 
eligible for services under subpart 1 or 2 of part B of title VI of the 
ESEA may modify not more than one element of a school improvement grant 
model:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 1003(g)(5)(A), 
each State educational agency may establish a maximum subgrant size of 
not more than $2,000,000 for each participating school applicable to 
such funds:  Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up to 5 
percent of the funds available for section 1003(g) of the ESEA to carry 
out activities to build State and local educational agency capacity to 
implement effectively the school improvement grants program:  Provided 
further, That $160,000,000 shall be available under section 1502 of the 
ESEA for a comprehensive literacy development and education program to 
advance literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading, and 
writing, for students from birth through grade 12, including limited-
English-proficient students and students with disabilities, of which 
one-half of 1 percent shall be reserved for the Secretary of the 
Interior for such a program

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at schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, one-half of 1 
percent shall be reserved for grants to the outlying areas for such a 
program, up to 5 percent may be reserved for national activities, and 
the remainder shall be used to award competitive grants to State 
educational agencies for such a program, of which a State educational 
agency may reserve up to 5 percent for State leadership activities, 
including technical assistance and training, data collection, reporting, 
and administration, and shall subgrant not less than 95 percent to local 
educational agencies or, in the case of early literacy, to local 
educational agencies or other nonprofit providers of early childhood 
education that partner with a public or private nonprofit organization 
or agency with a demonstrated record of effectiveness in improving the 
early literacy development of children from birth through kindergarten 
entry and in providing professional development in early literacy, 
giving priority to such agencies or other entities serving greater 
numbers or percentages of disadvantaged children:  Provided further, 
That the State educational agency shall ensure that at least 15 percent 
of the subgranted funds are used to serve children from birth through 
age 5, 40 percent are used to serve students in kindergarten through 
grade 5, and 40 percent are used to serve students in middle and high 
school including an equitable distribution of funds between middle and 
high schools:  Provided further, That eligible entities receiving 
subgrants from State educational agencies shall use such funds for 
services and activities that have the characteristics of effective 
literacy instruction through professional development, screening and 
assessment, targeted interventions for students reading below grade 
level and other research-based methods of improving classroom 
instruction and practice:  Provided further, That $37,474,000 shall be 
for carrying out section 418A of the HEA.

                               Impact Aid

    For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally 
affected schools authorized by title VIII of the ESEA, $1,288,603,000, 
of which $1,151,233,000 shall be for basic support payments under 
section 8003(b), $48,316,000 shall be for payments for children with 
disabilities under section 8003(d), $17,406,000 shall be for 
construction under section 8007(b) and be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2016, $66,813,000 shall be for Federal property 
payments under section 8002, and $4,835,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 8008:  
Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment for an 
eligible local educational agency under section 8003(a) for school year 
2014-2015, children enrolled in a school of such agency that would 
otherwise be eligible for payment under section 8003(a)(1)(B) of such 
Act, but due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, or a 
parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such children, or due to 
the death of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty 
(so long as such children reside on Federal property as described in 
section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, shall 
be considered as eligible students under such section, provided such 
students remain in average daily attendance at a school in the same 
local educational agency they attended prior to their change in 
eligibility status.

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                       School Improvement Programs

    For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by parts A 
and B of title II, part B of title IV, parts A and B of title VI, and 
parts B and C of title VII of the ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act 
of 2002; the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, $4,402,671,000, of which $2,585,661,000 shall 
become available on July 1, 2015, and remain available through September 
30, 2016, and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2015, and shall remain available through September 30, 2016, for 
academic year 2015-2016:  Provided, That funds made available to carry 
out part B of title VII of the ESEA may be used for construction, 
renovation, and modernization of any elementary school, secondary 
school, or structure related to an elementary school or secondary 
school, run by the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii, that 
serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body:  Provided further, 
That funds made available to carry out part C of title VII of the ESEA 
shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and also may be used for 
construction:  Provided further, That $48,445,000 shall be available to 
carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 
2002:  Provided further, That $16,699,000 shall be available to carry 
out the Supplemental Education Grants program for the Federated States 
of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary may reserve up to 5 percent of the amount 
referred to in the previous proviso to provide technical assistance in 
the implementation of these grants:  Provided further, That up to 2.3 
percent of the funds for subpart 1 of part A of title II of the ESEA 
shall be reserved by the Secretary for competitive awards for teacher or 
principal recruitment and training or professional enhancement 
activities, including for civic education instruction, to national not-
for-profit organizations, of which up to 8 percent may only be used for 
research, dissemination, evaluation, and technical assistance for 
competitive awards carried out under this proviso:  Provided further, 
That $152,717,000 shall be to carry out part B of title II of the ESEA.

                            Indian Education

    For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 
provided, title VII, part A of the ESEA, $123,939,000.

                       Innovation and Improvement

    For carrying out activities authorized by part G of title I, subpart 
5 of part A and parts C and D of title II, parts B, C, and D of title V 
of the ESEA, and section 14007 of division A of the American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as amended, $1,102,111,000:  Provided, 
That up to $120,000,000 shall be available through December 31, 2015 for 
section 14007 of division A of Public Law 111-5, and up to 5 percent of 
such funds may be used for technical assistance and the evaluation of 
activities carried out under such section:  Provided further, That the 
education facilities clearinghouse established through a competitive 
award process in fiscal year 2013 is authorized to collect and 
disseminate information on effective educational practices and the 
latest

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research regarding the planning, design, financing, construction, 
improvement, operation, and maintenance of safe, healthy, high-
performance public facilities for early learning programs, kindergarten 
through grade 12, and higher education:  Provided further, That 
$230,000,000 of the funds for subpart 1 of part D of title V of the ESEA 
shall be for competitive grants to local educational agencies, including 
charter schools that are local educational agencies, or States, or 
partnerships of: (1) a local educational agency, a State, or both; and 
(2) at least one nonprofit organization to develop and implement 
performance-based compensation systems for teachers, principals, and 
other personnel in high-need schools:  Provided further, That such 
performance-based compensation systems must consider gains in student 
academic achievement as well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple 
times during each school year among other factors and provide educators 
with incentives to take on additional responsibilities and leadership 
roles:  Provided further, That recipients of such grants shall 
demonstrate that such performance-based compensation systems are 
developed with the input of teachers and school leaders in the schools 
and local educational agencies to be served by the grant:  Provided 
further, That recipients of such grants may use such funds to develop or 
improve systems and tools (which may be developed and used for the 
entire local educational agency or only for schools served under the 
grant) that would enhance the quality and success of the compensation 
system, such as high-quality teacher evaluations and tools to measure 
growth in student achievement:  Provided further, That applications for 
such grants shall include a plan to sustain financially the activities 
conducted and systems developed under the grant once the grant period 
has expired:  Provided further, That up to 5 percent of such funds for 
competitive grants shall be available for technical assistance, 
training, peer review of applications, program outreach, and evaluation 
activities:  Provided further, That $250,000,000 of the funds for part D 
of title V of the ESEA shall be available through December 31, 2015 for 
carrying out, in accordance with the applicable requirements of part D 
of title V of the ESEA, a preschool development grants program:  
Provided further, That the Secretary, jointly with the Secretary of HHS, 
shall make competitive awards to States for activities that build the 
capacity within the State to develop, enhance, or expand high-quality 
preschool programs, including comprehensive services and family 
engagement, for preschool-aged children from families at or below 200 
percent of the Federal poverty line:  Provided further, That each State 
may subgrant a portion of such grant funds to local educational agencies 
and other early learning providers (including, but not limited to, Head 
Start programs and licensed child care providers), or consortia thereof, 
for the implementation of high-quality preschool programs for children 
from families at or below 200 percent of the Federal poverty line:  
Provided further, That subgrantees that are local educational agencies 
shall form strong partnerships with early learning providers and that 
subgrantees that are early learning providers shall form strong 
partnerships with local educational agencies, in order to carry out the 
requirements of the subgrant:  Provided further, That up to 3 percent of 
such funds for preschool development grants shall be available for 
technical assistance, evaluation, and other national activities related 
to such grants:  Provided further, That $10,000,000 of funds available 
under part D of title V of the ESEA shall

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be for the Full-Service Community Schools program:  Provided further, 
That of the funds available for part B of title V of the ESEA, the 
Secretary shall use up to $11,000,000 to carry out activities under 
section 5205(b) and shall use not less than $13,000,000 for subpart 2:  
Provided further, That of the funds available for subpart 1 of part B of 
title V of the ESEA, and notwithstanding section 5205(a), the Secretary 
shall reserve up to $75,000,000 to make multiple awards to non-profit 
charter management organizations and other entities that are not for-
profit entities for the replication and expansion of successful charter 
school models and shall reserve not less than $11,000,000 to carry out 
the activities described in section 5205(a), including improving quality 
and oversight of charter schools and providing technical assistance and 
grants to authorized public chartering agencies in order to increase the 
number of high-performing charter schools:  Provided further, That funds 
available for part B of title V of the ESEA may be used for grants that 
support preschool education in charter schools:  Provided further, That 
each application submitted pursuant to section 5203(a) shall describe a 
plan to monitor and hold accountable authorized public chartering 
agencies through such activities as providing technical assistance or 
establishing a professional development program, which may include 
evaluation, planning, training, and systems development for staff of 
authorized public chartering agencies to improve the capacity of such 
agencies in the State to authorize, monitor, and hold accountable 
charter schools:  Provided further, That each application submitted 
pursuant to section 5203(a) shall contain assurances that State law, 
regulations, or other policies require that: (1) each authorized charter 
school in the State operate under a legally binding charter or 
performance contract between itself and the school's authorized public 
chartering agency that describes the rights and responsibilities of the 
school and the public chartering agency; conduct annual, timely, and 
independent audits of the school's financial statements that are filed 
with the school's authorized public chartering agency; and demonstrate 
improved student academic achievement; and (2) authorized public 
chartering agencies use increases in student academic achievement for 
all groups of students described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) of the ESEA 
as one of the most important factors when determining to renew or revoke 
a school's charter.

                 Safe Schools and Citizenship Education

    For carrying out activities authorized by part A of title IV and 
subparts 1, 2, and 10 of part D of title V of the ESEA, $223,315,000:  
Provided, That $70,000,000 shall be available for subpart 2 of part A of 
title IV, of which up to $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to Violence 
(``Project SERV'') program to provide education-related services to 
local educational agencies and institutions of higher education in which 
the learning environment has been disrupted due to a violent or 
traumatic crisis:  Provided further, That $56,754,000 shall be available 
through December 31, 2015 for Promise Neighborhoods.

                      English Language Acquisition

    For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $737,400,000, 
which shall become available on July 1, 2015, and shall remain

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available through September 30, 2016, except that 6.5 percent of such 
amount shall be available on October 1, 2014, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2016, to carry out activities under section 
3111(c)(1)(C):  Provided, That the Secretary shall use estimates of the 
American Community Survey child counts for the most recent 3-year period 
available to calculate allocations under such part:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall use $14,000,000 of funds available under this 
paragraph for grants to all State educational agencies within States 
with at least one county where 50 or more unaccompanied children have 
been released to sponsors since January 1, 2014, through the Department 
of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement:  Provided 
further, That awards to eligible State educational agencies shall be 
based on the State's relative share of unaccompanied children that have 
been released to sponsors since January 1, 2014:  Provided further, That 
the data on unaccompanied children used by the Secretary under the two 
preceding provisos shall be the most recently available data from the 
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 
as of the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That each 
eligible State educational agency that receives a grant shall award 
subgrants to local educational agencies in the State that have 
experienced a significant increase during the 2014-2015 school year, as 
determined by the State educational agency, compared to the average of 
the 2 preceding school years, in the number or percentage of immigrant 
children and youth enrolled in their schools:  Provided further, That 
local educational agencies shall use those subgrants for supplemental 
academic and non-academic services and supports to immigrant children 
and youth:  Provided further, That the term ``immigrant children and 
youth'' has the meaning given in section 3301 of the ESEA, and the terms 
``State educational agency'' and ``local educational agency'' have the 
meanings given to them in section 9101 of the ESEA:  Provided further, 
That each eligible State educational agency shall prepare and submit to 
the Secretary not later than 1 year after the award a report identifying 
the local educational agencies that received subgrants, the State's 
definition of ``significant increase'' used to award the subgrants; and 
such other information as the Secretary may require.

                            Special Education

    For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, 
$12,522,358,000, of which $3,006,259,000 shall become available on July 
1, 2015, and shall remain available through September 30, 2016, and of 
which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 2015, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2016, for academic year 
2015-2016:  Provided, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA 
shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for that activity 
during fiscal year 2014, increased by the amount of inflation as 
specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percent change in 
the funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 
than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2014:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall, without regard to section 611(d) of 
the IDEA, distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in 
section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount by

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which a State's allocation under section 611(d), from funds appropriated 
under this heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), according to 
the following: 85 percent on the basis of the States' relative 
populations of children aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as 
children with disabilities for whom the State ensures the availability 
of a free appropriate public education under this part, and 15 percent 
to States on the basis of the States' relative populations of those 
children who are living in poverty:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary may not distribute any funds under the previous proviso to any 
State whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated under this 
heading made funds available for such a distribution:  Provided further, 
That the States shall allocate such funds distributed under the second 
proviso to local educational agencies in accordance with section 
611(f): <<NOTE: 20 USC 1411 note.>>   Provided further, That the amount 
by which a State's allocation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is 
reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to 
States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent 
year shall not be considered in calculating the awards under section 
611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any subsequent fiscal years:  
Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provision in section 
612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal year in which a State's allocation 
under section 611(d) is reduced for failure to comply with the 
requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply the 
reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a period of 
consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed five, until the entire reduction 
is applied: <<NOTE: 20 USC 1411 note.>>  Provided further, That the 
Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State's allocation under 
section 611 is reduced in accordance with section 612(a)(18)(B), reduce 
the amount a State may reserve under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that 
bears the same relation to the maximum amount described in that 
paragraph as the reduction under section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the 
total allocation the State would have received in that fiscal year under 
section 611(d) in the absence of the reduction:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of funds under section 
611 for any fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the State 
fails to comply with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as 
authorized by section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under 
section 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234a):  
Provided further, That the funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may 
be used to provide technical assistance to States to improve the 
capacity of the States to meet the data collection requirements of 
sections 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other services and 
activities to improve data collection, coordination, quality, and use 
under parts B and C of the IDEA:  Provided further, That the level of 
effort a local educational agency must meet under section 
613(a)(2)(A)(iii) of the IDEA, in the year after it fails to maintain 
effort is the level of effort that would have been required in the 
absence of that failure and not the LEA's reduced level of expenditures: 
 Provided further, That the Secretary may use funds made available for 
the State Personnel Development Grants program under part D, subpart 1 
of IDEA to evaluate program performance under such subpart.

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             Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, and 
the Helen Keller National Center Act, $3,709,853,000, of which 
$3,335,074,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabilitation 
services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act:  Provided, That the 
Secretary may use amounts provided in this Act that remain available 
subsequent to the reallotment of funds to States pursuant to section 
110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act for innovative activities aimed at 
improving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities as defined in 
section 7(20)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act, including activities aimed 
at improving the education and post-school outcomes of children 
receiving Supplemental Security Income (``SSI'') and their families that 
may result in long-term improvement in the SSI child recipient's 
economic status and self-sufficiency:  Provided further, That States may 
award subgrants for a portion of the funds to other public and private, 
non-profit entities:  Provided further, That any funds made available 
subsequent to reallotment for innovative activities aimed at improving 
the outcomes of individuals with disabilities shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016:  Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be 
for competitive grants to support alternative financing programs that 
provide for the purchase of assistive technology devices, such as a low-
interest loan fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving loan fund; 
a loan guarantee; or insurance program:  Provided further, That 
applicants shall provide an assurance that, and information describing 
the manner in which, the alternative financing program will expand and 
emphasize consumer choice and control:  Provided further, That State 
agencies and community-based disability organizations that are directed 
by and operated for individuals with disabilities shall be eligible to 
compete.

           Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

                  american printing house for the blind

    For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, $24,931,000.

                national technical institute for the deaf

    For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I and 
II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $67,016,000:  Provided, 
That from the total amount available, the Institute may at its 
discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under 
section 207 of such Act.

                          gallaudet university

    For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary 
School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet University 
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, 
$120,275,000:  Provided, That from the total amount available, the 
University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as 
authorized under section 207 of such Act.

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                 Career, Technical, and Adult Education

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 and the Adult 
Education and Family Literacy Act (``AEFLA''), $1,707,686,000, of which 
$916,686,000 shall become available on July 1, 2015, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2016, and of which $791,000,000 shall 
become available on October 1, 2015, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That of the amount provided for Adult 
Education State Grants, $71,439,000 shall be made available for 
integrated English literacy and civics education services to immigrants 
and other limited-English-proficient populations:  Provided further, 
That of the amount reserved for integrated English literacy and civics 
education, notwithstanding section 211 of the AEFLA, 65 percent shall be 
allocated to States based on a State's absolute need as determined by 
calculating each State's share of a 10-year average of the United States 
Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for 
legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent 
allocated to States that experienced growth as measured by the average 
of the 3 most recent years for which United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent 
residence are available, except that no State shall be allocated an 
amount less than $60,000:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership 
activities under section 243.

                      Student Financial Assistance

    For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and part C of 
title IV of the HEA, $24,198,210,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2016.
    The <<NOTE: 20 USC 1070a note.>> maximum Pell Grant for which a 
student shall be eligible during award year 2015-2016 shall be $4,860.

                       Student Aid Administration

    For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of title I, 
and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and parts B, C, D, and E of 
title IV of the HEA, and subpart 1 of part A of title VII of the Public 
Health Service Act, $1,396,924,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2016.

                            Higher Education

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles II, 
III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, the Mutual Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins 
Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, $1,924,839,000:  Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in 
this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to 
support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who are 
participating in advanced foreign language training and international 
studies in areas that are vital to United States national security and 
who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of these

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countries in the fields of government, the professions, or international 
development:  Provided further, That of the funds referred to in the 
preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, 
national outreach, and information dissemination activities:  Provided 
further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made available under 
chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be used for 
evaluation:  Provided further, That up to 2.5 percent of the funds made 
available under this Act for part B of title VII of the HEA may be used 
for technical assistance and the evaluation of activities carried out 
under such section.

                            Howard University

    For partial support of Howard University, $221,821,000, of which not 
less than $3,405,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pursuant to 
the Howard University Endowment Act and shall remain available until 
expended.

          College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program

    For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related 
to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the HEA, $435,000.

  Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
                                 Account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $19,096,000, as authorized 
pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2016:  Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds 
are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, not to exceed $303,593,000:  Provided further, That these 
funds may be used to support loans to public and private Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limitations within 
section 344(a) of the HEA.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, $334,000.

                     Institute of Education Sciences

    For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences 
Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational Progress 
Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 
Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act, $573,935,000, which shall remain available through 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That funds available to carry out section 
208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used to link 
Statewide elementary and secondary data systems with early childhood, 
postsecondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop such 
systems:  Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the funds available 
to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may 
be used for awards to public or private organizations or agencies to 
support activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use at the 
local, State,

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and national levels:  Provided further, That $137,235,000 shall be for 
carrying out activities authorized by the National Assessment of 
Educational Progress Authorization Act.

                         Departmental Management

                         program administration

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three passenger motor 
vehicles, $411,000,000, of which up to $1,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for relocation of, and renovation of buildings 
occupied by, Department staff.

                         office for civil rights

    For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as 
authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $100,000,000.

                       office of inspector general

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, as 
authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $57,791,000.

                           General Provisions

    Sec. 301.  No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the 
transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment 
for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any 
school or school system, or for the transportation of students or 
teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in 
order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or 
school system.
    Sec. 302.  None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to 
require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a 
school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, except 
for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such 
special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of 
transportation of students includes the transportation of students to 
carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of 
schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any 
combination of grade restructuring, pairing, or clustering. The 
prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment 
of magnet schools.
    Sec. 303.  No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prevent 
the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the 
public schools.

                           (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 304.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Education in this Act 
may be transferred between appropriations, but

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no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 
such transfer:  Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this 
section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any 
project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act:  
Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer.
    Sec. 305.  The Outlying Areas may consolidate funds received under 
this Act, pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a, under part A of title V of the 
ESEA.
     <<NOTE: 48 USC 1921d note.>> Sec. 306.  Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of 
the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall be applied by substituting ``2015'' for 
``2009''.

    Sec. 307.  The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the 
Institute of Education Sciences, may reserve funds under section 9601 of 
the ESEA (subject to the limitations in subsections (b) and (c) of that 
section) in order to carry out activities authorized under paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of subsection (a) of that section with respect to any ESEA 
program funded in this Act and without respect to the source of funds 
for those activities:  Provided, That high-quality evaluations of ESEA 
programs shall be prioritized, before using funds for any other 
evaluation activities:  Provided further, That any funds reserved under 
this section shall be available from July 1, 2015 through September 30, 
2016:  Provided further, That not later than 10 days prior to the 
initial obligation of funds reserved under this section, the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Director, shall submit an evaluation plan to 
the Senate Committees on Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education 
and the Workforce which identifies the source and amount of funds 
reserved under this section, the impact on program grantees if funds are 
withheld, the programs to be evaluated with such funds, how ESEA 
programs will be regularly evaluated, and how findings from evaluations 
completed under this section will be widely disseminated.
    Sec. 308.  <<NOTE: 20 USC 1090 note.>> The Secretary of Education 
shall--
            (1) modify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid 
        described in section 483 of the HEA so that the Free Application 
        for Federal Student Aid contains an individual box for the 
        purpose of identifying students who are foster youth or were in 
        the foster care system; and
            (2) utilize such identification as a tool to notify students 
        who are foster youth or were in the foster care system of their 
        potential eligibility for Federal student aid, including 
        postsecondary education programs through the John H. Chafee 
        Foster Care Independence Program and any other Federal programs 
        under which such students may be eligible to receive assistance.

    Sec. 309. (a) Student Eligibility.--
            (1) Subsection (d) of section 484 of the HEA <<NOTE: 20 USC 
        1091.>> is amended to read as follows:

    ``(d) Students Who Are Not High School Graduates.--
            ``(1) Student eligibility.--In order for a student who does 
        not have a certificate of graduation from a school providing 
        secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such 
        certificate, to be eligible for any assistance under subparts 1, 
        3, and 4 of part A and parts B, C, D, and E of this title,

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        the student shall meet the requirements of one of the following 
        subparagraphs:
                    ``(A) The student is enrolled in an eligible career 
                pathway program and meets one of the following 
                standards:
                          ``(i) The student shall take an independently 
                      administered examination and shall achieve a 
                      score, specified by the Secretary, demonstrating 
                      that such student can benefit from the education 
                      or training being offered. Such examination shall 
                      be approved by the Secretary on the basis of 
                      compliance with such standards for development, 
                      administration, and scoring as the Secretary may 
                      prescribe in regulations.
                          ``(ii) The student shall be determined as 
                      having the ability to benefit from the education 
                      or training in accordance with such process as the 
                      State shall prescribe. Any such process described 
                      or approved by a State for the purposes of this 
                      section shall be effective 6 months after the date 
                      of submission to the Secretary unless the 
                      Secretary disapproves such process. In determining 
                      whether to approve or disapprove such process, the 
                      Secretary shall take into account the 
                      effectiveness of such process in enabling students 
                      without secondary school diplomas or the 
                      equivalent thereof to benefit from the instruction 
                      offered by institutions utilizing such process, 
                      and shall also take into account the cultural 
                      diversity, economic circumstances, and educational 
                      preparation of the populations served by the 
                      institutions.
                          ``(iii) The student shall be determined by the 
                      institution of higher education as having the 
                      ability to benefit from the education or training 
                      offered by the institution of higher education 
                      upon satisfactory completion of 6 credit hours or 
                      the equivalent coursework that are applicable 
                      toward a degree or certificate offered by the 
                      institution of higher education.
                    ``(B) The student has completed a secondary school 
                education in a home school setting that is treated as a 
                home school or private school under State law.
            ``(2) Eligible career pathway program.--In this subsection, 
        the term `eligible career pathway program' means a program 
        that--
                    ``(A) concurrently enrolls participants in connected 
                adult education and eligible postsecondary programs;
                    ``(B) provides counseling and supportive services to 
                identify and attain academic and career goals;
                    ``(C) provides structured course sequences that--
                          ``(i) are articulated and contextualized; and
                          ``(ii) allow students to advance to higher 
                      levels of education and employment;
                    ``(D) provides opportunities for acceleration to 
                attain recognized postsecondary credentials, including 
                degrees, industry relevant certifications, and 
                certificates of completion of apprenticeship programs;
                    ``(E) is organized to meet the needs of adults;
                    ``(F) is aligned with the education and skill needs 
                of the regional economy; and

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                    ``(G) has been developed and implemented in 
                collaboration with partners in business, workforce 
                development, and economic development.''
            (2) <<NOTE: 20 USC 1091 note.>> The amendment made by 
        paragraph (1) shall take effect as if such amendment was enacted 
        on June 30, 2014, and shall apply to students who are enrolled 
        or who first enroll in an eligible program of study on or after 
        July 1, 2014.

    (b) Section 401 (b)(2)(A)(ii) of the HEA <<NOTE: 20 USC 1070a.>> is 
amended by inserting after ``year'' and before the comma ``except that a 
student eligible only under 484(d)(1)(A) who first enrolls in an 
eligible program of study on or after July 1, 2015 shall not be eligible 
for the amount of the increase calculated under paragraph (7)(B)''.

    Sec. 310.  (a) An institution of higher education that maintains an 
endowment fund supported with funds appropriated for title III or V of 
the HEA for fiscal year 2015 may use the income from that fund to award 
scholarships to students, subject to the limitation in section 
331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such purposes, 
prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be considered to have been an 
allowable use of that income, subject to that limitation.
     (b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and V of the 
HEA are reauthorized.
    Sec. 311.  In making awards under section 402D of the HEA with funds 
appropriated by this Act, the Secretary shall--
            (1) notwithstanding any other provision of law, publish a 
        notice inviting applications for new awards no later than 
        December 18, 2014; and
            (2) make all awards by August 10, 2015.

    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 2015''.

                                TITLE IV

                            RELATED AGENCIES

  Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From People 
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by Public Law 92-28, 
$5,362,000.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

                           operating expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in this title as ``CNCS'') to carry out 
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (referred to in this title as 
``1973 Act'') and the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(referred to in this title as ``1990 Act''), $758,349,000, 
notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(6), 501(a)(4)(C), 
and 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act:  Provided, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program grant

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funds may be used to defray the costs of conducting grant application 
reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic 
management of the grants cycle; (2) $70,000,000 shall be available for 
expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(E) of the 1990 Act; (3) 
$16,038,000 shall be available to provide assistance to State 
commissions on national and community service, under section 126(a) of 
the 1990 Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; 
(4) $30,000,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 
Act; and (5) $3,800,000 shall be available for expenses authorized under 
section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the 
provisions of section 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive 
basis:  Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 
Act, satisfying the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a 
determination of need by the local community:  Provided further, That 
not to exceed 20 percent of funds made available under section 
501(a)(4)(E) of the 1990 Act may be used for Social Innovation Fund 
Pilot Program-related performance-based awards for Pay for Success 
projects and shall remain available through September 30, 2016:  
Provided further, That, with respect to the previous proviso, any funds 
obligated for such projects shall remain available for disbursement 
until expended, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1552(a):  Provided further, 
That any funds deobligated from projects under section 501(a)(4)(E) of 
the 1990 Act shall immediately be available for activities authorized 
under 198K of such Act.

                  payment to the national service trust

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For payment to the National Service Trust established under subtitle 
D of title I of the 1990 Act, $209,618,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the 
amount provided within ``Operating Expenses'' allocated to grants under 
subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service Trust upon 
determination that such transfer is necessary to support the activities 
of national service participants and after notice is transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate:  Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or transferred 
to the National Service Trust may be invested under section 145(b) of 
the 1990 Act without regard to the requirement to apportion funds under 
31 U.S.C. 1513(b).

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of administration as provided under section 
501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) of the 1973 Act, 
including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $81,737,000.

                       office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $5,250,000.

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                        administrative provisions

    Sec. 401.  CNCS shall make any significant changes to program 
requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice and 
comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2015, during any grant selection 
process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any 
covered grant selection information regarding such selection, directly 
or indirectly, to any person other than an officer or employee of CNCS 
that is authorized by CNCS to receive such information.
    Sec. 402.  <<NOTE: 42 USC 12571 note.>> AmeriCorps programs 
receiving grants under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years 
that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the 
overall minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 of 
title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating 
costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support Federal 
share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject to partial 
waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations.

    Sec. 403.  Donations made to CNCS under section 196 of the 1990 Act 
for the purposes of financing programs and operations under titles I and 
II of the 1973 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 
shall be used to supplement and not supplant current programs and 
operations.
    Sec. 404.  In addition to the requirements in section 146(a) of the 
1990 Act, use of an educational award for the purpose described in 
section 148(a)(4) shall be limited to individuals who are veterans as 
defined under section 101 of the Act.
    Sec. 405.  For the purpose of carrying out section 189D of the 1990 
Act:
            (1) Entities described in paragraph (a) of such section 
        shall be considered ``qualified entities'' under section 3 of 
        the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (``NCPA''); and
            (2) Individuals described in such section shall be 
        considered ``volunteers'' under section 3 of NCPA; and
            (3) State Commissions on National and Community Service 
        established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 Act, are 
        authorized to receive criminal history record information, 
        consistent with Public Law 92-544.

                   Corporation for Public Broadcasting

    For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (``CPB''), as 
authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which shall be 
available within limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 
2017, $445,000,000:  Provided, That none of the funds made available to 
CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar 
forms of entertainment for Government officials or employees:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall 
be available or used to aid or support any program or activity from 
which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated 
against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex: 
 Provided further, That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 
Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification in 
selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action 
with respect to officers, agents, and employees of

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CPB:  Provided further, That none of the funds made available to CPB by 
this Act shall be used to support the Television Future Fund or any 
similar purpose.

               Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service (``Service'') to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the 
functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, $45,666,000, 
including up to $400,000 to remain available through September 30, 2016 
for activities authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 
1978:  Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up 
to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other 
conflict resolution services and technical assistance, including those 
provided to foreign governments and international organizations, and for 
arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
and shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, That fees 
for arbitration services shall be available only for education, 
training, and professional development of the agency workforce:  
Provided further, That the Director of the Service is authorized to 
accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of services and 
real, personal, or other property in the aid of any projects or 
functions within the Director's jurisdiction.

            Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review 
Commission, $16,751,000.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

    office of museum and library services: grants and administration

    For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 and the 
National Museum of African American History and Culture Act, 
$227,860,000.

             Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the Social 
Security Act, $7,650,000.

                  Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social 
Security Act, $11,749,000, to be transferred to this appropriation

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from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

                     National Council on Disability

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as 
authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, $3,250,000.

                     National Labor Relations Board

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to 
carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations 
Act, 1947, and other laws, $274,224,000:  Provided, That no part of this 
appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 
agricultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, 
hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of 
agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 
5, 1935, and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and 
as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in 
said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of 
ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated 
on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 
or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes.

                        administrative provision

    Sec. 406.  None of the funds provided by this Act or previous Acts 
making appropriations for the National Labor Relations Board may be used 
to issue any new administrative directive or regulation that would 
provide employees any means of voting through any electronic means in an 
election to determine a representative for the purposes of collective 
bargaining.

                        National Mediation Board

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway 
Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the President, 
$13,227,000.

            Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health Review 
Commission, $11,639,000.

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                        Railroad Retirement Board

                     dual benefits payments account

    For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under 
section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $34,000,000, which 
shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2014 pursuant to 
section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98-76; and in addition, an amount, 
not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall be 
available proportional to the amount by which the product of recipients 
and the average benefit received exceeds the amount available for 
payment of vested dual benefits:  Provided, That the total amount 
provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on 
the first day of each month in the fiscal year.

          federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts

    For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the 
payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest 
earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2016, which shall be the maximum amount available for 
payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98-76.

                      limitation on administration

    For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board (``Board'') 
for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad 
Unemployment Insurance Act, $111,225,000, to be derived in such amounts 
as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and 
from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insurance 
administration fund:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of 
the Railroad Retirement Act this limitation may be used to hire 
attorneys only through the excepted service:  Provided further, That the 
previous proviso shall not change the status under Federal employment 
laws of any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board prior to 
January 1, 2013.

              limitation on the office of inspector general

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General for 
audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than $8,437,000, to be derived 
from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment 
insurance account.

                     Social Security Administration

                 payments to social security trust funds

    For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under 
sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, 
$16,400,000.

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                  supplemental security income program

    For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, 
section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public Law 93-66, as 
amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, including payment to the 
Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses incurred 
pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
$41,232,978,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That any 
portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and 
not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to the 
Treasury:  Provided further, That not more than $83,000,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, and 
1144 of the Social Security Act, and remain available through September 
30, 2017.
    For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for 
unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary.
    For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, $19,200,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                  limitation on administrative expenses

    For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor 
vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, not more than $10,284,945,000 may be expended, 
as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any 
one or all of the trust funds referred to in such section:  Provided, 
That not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory 
Board:  Provided further, That, $131,000,000 may be used for the costs 
associated with conducting continuing disability reviews under titles II 
and XVI of the Social Security Act and conducting redeterminations of 
eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act:  Provided 
further, That the Commissioner may allocate additional funds under this 
paragraph above the level specified in the previous proviso for such 
activities but only to reconcile estimated and actual unit costs for 
conducting such activities and after notifying the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 
15 days in advance of any such reallocation:  Provided further, That 
unobligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end 
of fiscal year 2015 not needed for fiscal year 2015 shall remain 
available until expended to invest in the Social Security Administration 
information technology and telecommunications hardware and software 
infrastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll 
administrative expenses associated solely with this information 
technology and telecommunications infrastructure:  Provided further, 
That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to 
making unobligated balances available under the authority in the 
previous proviso:  Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust 
funds under this heading for expenditures for official time for 
employees of the Social Security Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
7131, and for facilities or support services for labor organizations 
pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 
7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
with interest, from amounts

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in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible 
after such expenditures are made.
    In addition, for the costs associated with continuing disability 
reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act and for the 
cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under 
title XVI of the Social Security Act, $1,396,000,000 may be expended, as 
authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 
or all of the trust funds referred to therein:  Provided, That, of such 
amount, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, and $1,123,000,000 is additional new 
budget authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such 
Act:  Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to the 
Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the 
obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar to the reports that 
were required by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104-121 for fiscal 
years 1996 through 2002.
    In addition, $124,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in 
excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section 
1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 
93-66, which shall remain available until expended. To the extent that 
the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 2015 
exceed $124,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2016 
only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
    In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected 
pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act, which 
shall remain available until expended.

                       office of inspector general

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$28,829,000, together with not to exceed $74,521,000, to be transferred 
and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security 
Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
    In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total provided 
in this appropriation may be transferred from the ``Limitation on 
Administrative Expenses'', Social Security Administration, to be merged 
with this account, to be available for the time and purposes for which 
this account is available:  Provided, That notice of such transfers 
shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days in advance of 
any transfer.

                                 TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                           (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 501.  The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances

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of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current 
appropriations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall be 
used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which 
they were originally appropriated.
    Sec. 502.  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. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or 
transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111-148 shall be 
used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the 
preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, 
publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video 
presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation 
before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legislative 
body, except in presentation to the Congress or any State or local 
legislature itself, or designed to support or defeat any proposed or 
pending regulation, administrative action, or order issued by the 
executive branch of any State or local government, except in 
presentation to the executive branch of any State or local government 
itself.
    (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or 
transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111-148 shall be used 
to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or 
agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to 
influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, 
administrative action, or Executive order proposed or pending before the 
Congress or any State government, State legislature or local legislature 
or legislative body, other than for normal and recognized executive-
legislative relationships or participation by an agency or officer of a 
State, local or tribal government in policymaking and administrative 
processes within the executive branch of that government.
    (c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall include any 
activity to advocate or promote any proposed, pending or future Federal, 
State or local tax increase, or any proposed, pending, or future 
requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product, including its 
sale or marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 
promotion of gun control.
    Sec. 504.  The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to 
make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, from 
funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, 
respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the 
Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized 
to make available for official reception and representation expenses not 
to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for ``Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service, Salaries and Expenses''; and the Chairman of the 
National Mediation Board is authorized to make available for official 
reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds 
available for ``National Mediation Board, Salaries and Expenses''.
    Sec. 505.  When issuing statements, press releases, requests for 
proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or 
programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees 
receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited 
to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research 
grants, shall clearly state--

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            (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or 
        project which will be financed with Federal money;
            (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or 
        program; and
            (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the 
        project or program that will be financed by non-governmental 
        sources.

    Sec. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none 
of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this 
Act, shall be expended for any abortion.
    (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the 
funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, 
shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of 
abortion.
    (c) The term ``health benefits coverage'' means the package of 
services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to 
a contract or other arrangement.
    Sec. 507. (a) The limitations established in the preceding section 
shall not apply to an abortion--
            (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
        incest; or
            (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
        disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a 
        life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from 
        the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, 
        place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is 
        performed.

    (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private 
person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or 
locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
    (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering 
abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract 
separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds 
(other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds).
    (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be made 
available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or local 
government, if such agency, program, or government subjects any 
institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the 
basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide 
coverage of, or refer for abortions.
    (2) In this subsection, the term ``health care entity'' includes an 
individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, a 
provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a 
health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, 
organization, or plan.
    Sec. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used for--
            (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research 
        purposes; or
            (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 
        destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury 
        or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in 
        utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).

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    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``human embryo or 
embryos'' includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under 
45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived 
by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one 
or more human gametes or human diploid cells.
    Sec. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or 
other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled 
substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances 
Act except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 
communications.
    (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there is 
significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of 
such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials 
are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.
    Sec. 510.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 1173(b) of the 
Social Security Act providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a 
unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's 
capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until legislation is 
enacted specifically approving the standard.
    Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity 
if--
            (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United 
        States and is subject to the requirement in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) 
        regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of 
        Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and
            (2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by 
        that section for the most recent year for which such requirement 
        was applicable to such entity.

    Sec. 512.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 513.  None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out 
the Library Services and Technology Act may be made available to any 
library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as 
amended by the Children's Internet Protection Act, unless such library 
has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section.
    Sec. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 
under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that--
            (1) creates new programs;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
        project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
        restricted;

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            (4) relocates an office or employees;
            (5) reorganizes or renames offices;
            (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or
            (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
        presently performed by Federal employees;

unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or 
of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever 
occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of such 
reprogramming.
    (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under 
previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that--
            (1) augments existing programs, projects (including 
        construction projects), or activities;
            (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
        project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as 
        approved by Congress; or
            (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
        personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
        activities, or projects as approved by Congress;

unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or 
of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever 
occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of such 
reprogramming.
    Sec. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to request that a candidate for appointment to a Federal scientific 
advisory committee disclose the political affiliation or voting history 
of the candidate or the position that the candidate holds with respect 
to political issues not directly related to and necessary for the work 
of the committee involved.
    (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
disseminate information that is deliberately false or misleading.
    Sec. 516.  Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each department 
and related agency funded through this Act shall submit an operating 
plan that details at the program, project, and activity level any 
funding allocations for fiscal year 2015 that are different than those 
specified in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act) accompanying this Act, or the 
fiscal year 2015 budget request.
    Sec. 517.  The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education shall each prepare and submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report 
on the number and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements exceeding $500,000 in value and awarded by the Department on 
a non-competitive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2015, but not 
to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed by law. Such 
report shall include the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount 
of funding,

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the governmental purpose, including a justification for issuing the 
award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be transmitted to 
the Committees within 30 days after the end of the quarter for which the 
report is submitted.
    Sec. 518.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social Security, for 
purposes of administering Social Security benefit payments under title 
II of the Social Security Act, to process any claim for credit for a 
quarter of coverage based on work performed under a social security 
account number that is not the claimant's number and the performance of 
such work under such number has formed the basis for a conviction of the 
claimant of a violation of section 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social 
Security Act.
    Sec. 519.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by 
the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Security 
Administration to pay the compensation of employees of the Social 
Security Administration to administer Social Security benefit payments, 
under any agreement between the United States and Mexico establishing 
totalization arrangements between the social security system established 
by title II of the Social Security Act and the social security system of 
Mexico, which would not otherwise be payable but for such agreement.

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 520.  Of the funds made available for performance bonus 
payments under section 2105(a)(3)(E) of the Social Security Act, 
$1,745,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 521.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds 
appropriated in this Act shall be used to carry out any program of 
distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of 
any illegal drug.

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 522.  Of the funds made available for fiscal year 2015 under 
section 3403 of Public Law 111-148, $10,000,000 are rescinded.
    Sec. 523.  <<NOTE: 31 USC 1502 note.>> Not later than 30 days after 
the end of each calendar quarter, beginning with the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services 
and Education and the Social Security Administration shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
a quarterly report on the status of balances of appropriations:  
Provided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, 
committed, and obligated but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall 
separately identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 
appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent 
feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived.

    Sec. 524. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary funds 
that are made available in this Act to carry out up to 10 Performance 
Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots shall:
            (1) be designed to improve outcomes for disconnected youth, 
        and
            (2) involve Federal programs targeted on disconnected youth, 
        or designed to prevent youth from disconnecting from school or 
        work, that provide education, training, employment,

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        and other related social services. Such Pilots shall be governed 
        by the provisions of section 526 of the Departments of Labor, 
        Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 2014, except that in carrying out such 
        Pilots section 526 shall be applied by substituting ``fiscal 
        year 2015'' for ``fiscal year 2014'' in the title of subsection 
        (b) and by substituting ``September 30, 2019'' for ``September 
        30, 2018'' each place it appears.

    (b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary 
funds that are made available in this Act to participate in Performance 
Partnership Pilots that are being carried out pursuant to the authority 
provided by section 526 of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014.
    Sec. 525.  Each Federal agency, or in the case of an agency with 
multiple bureaus, each bureau (or operating division) funded under this 
Act that has research and development expenditures in excess of 
$100,000,000 per year shall develop a Federal research public access 
policy that provides for--
            (1) the submission to the agency, agency bureau, or 
        designated entity acting on behalf of the agency, a machine-
        readable version of the author's final peer-reviewed manuscripts 
        that have been accepted for publication in peer-reviewed 
        journals describing research supported, in whole or in part, 
        from funding by the Federal Government;
            (2) free online public access to such final peer-reviewed 
        manuscripts or published versions not later than 12 months after 
        the official date of publication; and
            (3) compliance with all relevant copyright laws.

    Sec. 526. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary 
for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any 
other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or 
adjudication activities.
    Sec. 527.  For purposes of carrying out Executive Order 13589, 
Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012, 
and requirements contained in the annual appropriations bills relating 
to conference attendance and expenditures:
            (1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered 
        independent agencies; and
            (2) attendance at and support for scientific conferences 
        shall be tabulated separately from and not included in agency 
        totals.

                               (transfer)

    Sec. 528. (a) This section applies to the amounts that--
            (1) are made available in this Act--
                    (A) under the heading ``Rehabilitation Services and 
                Disability Research'' in title III; or
                    (B) under the heading ``program administration'' 
                under the heading ``Departmental Management'' in title 
                III; and

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            (2) relate to functions described in subsection (b), (m)(1), 
        or (n)(2) of section 491 of the WIOA.

    (b) Amounts described in subsection (a) shall be obligated, 
expended, and transferred in accordance with that section 491.
    Sec. 529.  None of the funds made available under this or any other 
Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, may be provided to the Association 
of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its 
affiliates, subsidiaries, allied organizations, or successors.

                                TITLE VI

                     EBOLA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS

                 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

                 cdc-wide activities and program support

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``CDC-Wide Activities and Program 
Support,'' $1,771,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to Ebola domestically and 
internationally; for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and 
other related costs of persons quarantined or isolated under Federal or 
State quarantine law; and to carry out titles II, III, and XVII of the 
Public Health Service (``PHS'') Act with respect to domestic 
preparedness and global health:  Provided, That no less than $10,000,000 
shall be for worker-based training to prevent and reduce exposure of 
hospital employees, emergency first responders and other workers who are 
at risk of exposure to Ebola through their work duties:  Provided 
further, That $597,000,000 shall be used to support national public 
health institutes and global health security:  Provided further, That 
$155,000,000 shall be to support the Public Health Emergency 
Preparedness program:  Provided further, That products purchased with 
these funds may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 
319F-2 of the PHS Act:  Provided further, That funds may be used for 
purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries:  
Provided further, That such funds may be transferred by the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (``CDC'') to other 
accounts of the CDC for the purposes provided in this paragraph:  
Provided further, That the Director of the CDC shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate promptly after any transfer under the preceding proviso:  
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in this paragraph 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law:  
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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                      National Institutes of Health

          national institute of allergy and infectious diseases

    For an additional amount for ``National Institute of Allergy and 
Infectious Diseases'' to prevent, prepare for, and respond to Ebola 
domestically and internationally, including expenses related to carrying 
out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act, $238,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                         Office of the Secretary

            public health and social services emergency fund

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Public Health and Social Services 
Emergency Fund'' to prevent, prepare for, and respond to Ebola 
domestically or internationally, and to develop necessary medical 
countermeasures and vaccines including the development and purchase of 
vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, necessary medical supplies, and 
administrative activities, $733,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019:  Provided, That products purchased with these funds 
may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be 
deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F-2 of 
the PHS Act:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 496(b) of 
the PHS Act, funds may be used for the renovation and alteration of 
privately owned facilities to improve preparedness and response 
capability at the State and local level:  Provided further, That 
sections 319C-1(h)(3) and 319C-2(h) of the PHS Act shall not apply to 
funds appropriated under this heading:  Provided further, That 
reimbursement of domestic transportation and treatment costs (other than 
costs paid or reimbursed by the individual's health coverage) for an 
individual treated in the United States for Ebola, before or after the 
date of enactment of this Act, shall be deemed to be a use of resources 
of the Secretary in implementation of a plan under section 311(c)(1) of 
the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 243(c)(1)), and funds made available by this 
title shall be available for that purpose, at the discretion of the 
Secretary:  Provided further, That funds appropriated in this paragraph 
may be used for the purposes specified in this paragraph and to the fund 
authorized by section 319F-4 of the PHS Act:  Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                           General Provisions

    Sec. 601.  For purposes of preventing, preparing for, and responding 
to Ebola domestically or internationally, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may use funds provided in this title--
            (1) for the CDC to acquire, lease, construct, alter, 
        renovate, equip, furnish, or manage facilities outside of the 
        United States, as necessary to conduct such programs, in 
        consultation with

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        the Secretary of State, either directly for the use of the 
        United States Government or for the use, pursuant to grants, 
        direct assistance, or cooperative agreements, of public or 
        nonprofit private institutions or agencies in participating 
        foreign countries;
            (2) for the CDC to obtain by contract (in accordance with 
        section 3109 of title 5, but without regard to the limitations 
        in such section on the period of service and on pay) the 
        personal services of experts or consultants who have scientific 
        or other professional qualifications, except that in no case 
        shall the compensation provided to any such expert or consultant 
        exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of compensation 
        for Executive Level II employees; and
            (3) to use available resources to provide Federal assistance 
        as necessary for repatriation notwithstanding the limitation on 
        temporary assistance in section 1113(d) of the Social Security 
        Act.

    Sec. 602.  The Secretary shall provide notice to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 15 
days of the use of the provisions in section 601.
    Sec. 603.  A grant awarded by the Department of Health and Human 
Services with funds made available by this title may be made conditional 
on agreement by the awardee to comply with existing and future guidance 
from the Secretary regarding control of the spread of the Ebola virus.

                           (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 604.  Funds appropriated in this title may be transferred to, 
and merged with, other appropriation accounts of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
Response, or the National Institutes of Health for the purposes 
specified in this title following consultation with the Office of 
Management and Budget:  Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be notified 10 days 
in advance of any such transfer:  Provided further, That, upon a 
determination that all or part of the funds transferred from an 
appropriation are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to 
that appropriation:  Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available by this title may be transferred pursuant to the authority in 
section 206 of this Act or section 241(a) of the PHS Act.
    This division may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2015''.

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 DIVISION H--LEGISLATIVE <<NOTE: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2015. 2 USC 60a note.>>  BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

                                 TITLE I

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                                 SENATE

                           expense allowances

    For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; the President 
Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority Leader of the Senate, 
$39,920; Minority Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the 
Senate, $9,980; Minority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Chairmen of the 
Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; 
and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $4,690 for 
each Chairman; in all, $174,840.

     Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders

    For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders 
of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; in all, $28,140.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized by 
law, including agency contributions, $177,723,681, which shall be paid 
from this appropriation without regard to the following limitations:

                      office of the vice president

    For the Office of the Vice President, $2,417,248.

                   office of the president pro tempore

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $723,466.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $5,255,576.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $3,359,424.

                       committee on appropriations

    For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $15,142,000.

                          conference committees

    For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the 
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of each 
such committee, $1,658,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,316,000.

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  offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the 
                       conference of the minority

    For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority and 
the Conference of the Minority, $817,402.

                            policy committees

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $1,692,905 for each such committee; in all, 
$3,385,810.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, $416,886.

                         office of the secretary

    For Office of the Secretary, $24,772,000.

              office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $69,000,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $1,762,000.

                agency contributions and related expenses

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, and related expenses, $47,355,869.

             Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $5,408,500.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$1,120,000.

Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority 
                              of the Senate

    For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $7,110; 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $7,110; Secretary for the 
Majority of the Senate, $7,110; Secretary for the Minority of the 
Senate, $7,110; in all, $28,440.

                    Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      inquiries and investigations

    For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, 
or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the

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Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of the Supplemental 
Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 (Public Law 96-304), and Senate 
Resolution 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, 
of which $26,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017.

 expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics 
                                 control

    For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control, $508,000.

                         secretary of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$6,250,000 of which $4,350,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2019.

              sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of 
the Senate, $128,300,499, which shall remain available until September 
30, 2019.

                           miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, $21,178,002, which shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017.

         senators' official personnel and office expense account

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$390,000,000 of which $19,109,214 shall remain available until September 
30, 2017.

                           official mail costs

    For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 
$300,000.

                        Administrative Provisions

                      senate stationery procurement

    Sec. 1. (a) Sections 65, 66, 67, and 68 of the Revised Statutes (2 
U.S.C. 6569, 6570, 6571) are repealed.
    (b) The fifth paragraph after the paragraph under the side heading 
``For contingent expenses, namely'': under the subheading ``Senate'', 
under the heading ``Legislative'' of the Act of March 3, 1887 (24 Stat. 
596, chapter 392; 2 U.S.C. 6572), is amended by striking ``sections, 
sixty-five, sixty six, sixty-seven, sixty-eight, and sixty-nine,'' and 
inserting ``section 69''.
    Sec. 2.  Section 7(e) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2003 (2 U.S.C. 6115 note) is amended by striking ``and the 110th 
Congress'' and inserting ``the 110th Congress, and the 114th Congress''.

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                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$1,180,736,000, as follows:

                        House Leadership Offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $22,278,891, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $6,645,417, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$2,180,048, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,886,632, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of 
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,459,639, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican 
Conference, $1,505,426; Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258:  Provided, That 
such amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available from 
January 3, 2015 until January 2, 2016.

                  Members' Representational Allowances

    Including Members' Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and 
                              Official Mail

    For Members' representational allowances, including Members' clerk 
hire, official expenses, and official mail, $554,317,732.

                           Committee Employees

                 Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $123,903,173:  Provided, That 
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until 
December 31, 2016, except that $2,300,000 of such amount shall remain 
available until expended for committee room upgrading.

                       Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$23,271,004, including studies and examinations of executive agencies 
and temporary personal services for such committee, to be expended in 
accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 
performed:  Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2016.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $171,344,864, including: for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Clerk, including the positions of the

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Chaplain and the Historian, and including not more than $25,000 for 
official representative and reception expenses, of which not more than 
$20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the 
Office of the Chaplain, $24,009,473; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent 
of Garages and the Office of Emergency Management, and including not 
more than $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$11,926,729 of which $4,344,000 shall remain available until expended; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer including not more than $3,000 for official representation and 
reception expenses, $113,100,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Inspector General, $4,741,809; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of General Counsel, $1,340,987; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for 
preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, $1,952,249; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, 
$4,087,587, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for the completion of the House Modernization Initiative; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
$8,892,975, of which $540,000 shall remain available until expended for 
the completion of the House Modernization Initiative; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,069; for 
other authorized employees, $478,986.

                         Allowances and Expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $285,620,336, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs 
and Federal tort claims, $4,152,789; official mail for committees, 
leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,486; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $256,635,776, to remain available 
until March 31, 2016; Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, 
$16,217,008 of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 
transition activities for new members and staff, $3,737,000, to remain 
available until expended; Wounded Warrior Program $2,500,000, to remain 
available until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,467,030; 
and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, 
repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary 
receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 
$720,247.

                        Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 101. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members' 
Representational Allowances To Be Used for Deficit Reduction or To 
Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any amounts appropriated under this Act for ``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--
Salaries and Expenses--Members' Representational Allowances'' shall be 
available only for fiscal year 2015. Any amount remaining after all 
payments are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2015 shall be 
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there 
is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments have

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been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the 
Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
    (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of the House 
of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to 
carry out this section.
    (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member of the 
House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

                    delivery of bills and resolutions

    Sec. 102.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint resolution, or resolution to 
the office of a Member of the House of Representatives (including a 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member 
requests a copy.

                    delivery of congressional record

    Sec. 103.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to deliver a printed copy of any version of the Congressional Record to 
the office of a Member of the House of Representatives (including a 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress).

            limitation on amount available to lease vehicles

    Sec. 104.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to 
make any payments from any Members' Representational Allowance for the 
leasing of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate 
amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month.

           limitation on printed copies of u.s. code to house

    Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to provide an aggregate number of more than 50 printed copies of any 
edition of the United States Code to all offices of the House of 
Representatives.

                  delivery of reports of disbursements

    Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to deliver a printed copy of the report of disbursements for the 
operations of the House of Representatives under section 106 of the 
House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act 
(2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House of 
Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
Congress).

                       delivery of daily calendar

    Sec. 107.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to deliver to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) a 
printed copy of the Daily Calendar of the House of Representatives which 
is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

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                               JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                       Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$10,095,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives.
    For other joint items, as follows:

                    Office of the Attending Physician

    For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants, 
including:
            (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the Attending 
        Physician;
            (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical 
        Officer;
            (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three medical 
        officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician;
            (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assistants and $580 
        per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis 
        heretofore provided for such assistants; and
            (5) $2,486,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 
        Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to 
        the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced 
        and credited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 
        from which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are 
        payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, 
        $3,371,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 
        of the House of Representatives.

             Office of Congressional Accessibility Services

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $1,387,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of 
the Senate.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                salaries

    For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, 
hazardous duty pay, and Government contributions for health, retirement, 
social security, professional liability insurance, and other applicable 
employee benefits, $286,500,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 
$23,425,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police 
or his designee.

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                            general expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including motor 
vehicles, communications and other equipment, security equipment and 
installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical 
services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal and 
professional services, the employee assistance program, the awards 
program, postage, communication services, travel advances, relocation of 
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be expended on the 
certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses, $61,459,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee:  Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic 
training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center for fiscal year 2015 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland Security.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as authorized 
by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1385), $3,959,000, of which $450,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That not more than $500 may be expended 
on the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of 
Compliance in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses.

                        Administrative Provision

                         employee notifications

    Sec. 1001.  Section 301(h)(2) of the Congressional Accountability 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381(h)(2)) is amended by striking ``the 
residences of covered employees'' and inserting ``covered employees by 
the end of each fiscal year''.

                       CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 
Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $6,000 to be 
expended on the certification of the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses, $45,700,000.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other personal 
services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and studies in 
connection with activities under the care of the Architect of the 
Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the general and administrative 
support of the operations under the Architect of the Capitol

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including the Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, 
Senate and House office buildings, and other facilities under the 
jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and 
office equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the 
Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle, $91,455,000.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol, $54,665,000, of which $9,134,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019, and of which $21,222,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                             Capitol Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds 
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and the 
Capitol Power Plant, $11,973,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019.

                         Senate Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be expended 
under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol, 
$94,313,000, of which $36,488,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2019.

                         House Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, $89,446,898, of which $24,824,898 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2019.
    In addition, for a payment to the House Historic Buildings 
Revitalization Trust Fund, $70,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                           Capitol Power Plant

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including the 
purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for the 
Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress 
buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate 
garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in 
any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air 
conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union Station complex, 
the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger 
Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed 
upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received 
shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this 
appropriation, $90,652,000, of which $8,686,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That not more than $9,000,000 of 
the funds credited

[[Page 128 STAT. 2532]]

or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be 
available for obligation during fiscal year 2015.

                      Library Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
$42,180,000, of which $17,042,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2019.

             Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds, and Security

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of the United States 
Capitol Police, wherever located, the Alternate Computer Facility, and 
AOC security operations, $19,159,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019.

                             Botanic Garden

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and 
collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the 
Joint Committee on the Library, $15,573,000, of which $5,693,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, the Architect of the Capitol may 
obligate and expend such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, 
care and operation of the National Garden established under section 307E 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon 
vouchers approved by the Architect of the Capitol or a duly authorized 
designee.

                         Capitol Visitor Center

    For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Capitol Visitor 
Center, $20,844,000.

                        Administrative Provisions

        no bonuses for contractors behind schedule or over budget

    Sec. 1101. None of the funds made available in this Act for the 
Architect of the Capitol may be used to make incentive or award payments 
to contractors for work on contracts or programs for which the 
contractor is behind schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of 
the Capitol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope 
changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of the project 
and/or program.

 u.s. botanic garden administration of educational outreach and services

    Sec. <<NOTE: 2 USC 2148.>>  1102. (a) The Architect of the Capitol, 
subject to the direction of the Joint Committee of Congress on the 
Library, may enter into cooperative agreements with entities under such 
terms as the Architect determines advisable, in order to support the

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United States Botanic Garden in carrying out its duties, authorities, 
and mission.

    (b)(1) The Architect of the Capitol may, subject to the direction of 
the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, enter into a no-cost 
agreement, through a contract, cooperative agreement, or memorandum of 
understanding, with a qualified entity to conduct, or provide support 
for, an educational exhibit, program, class, or outreach that benefits 
the educational mission of the United States Botanic Garden.
    (2) Any agreement under paragraph (1) may--
            (A) allow the qualified entity to accept fees for any 
        program or class described in paragraph (1) in order to cover 
        all or a portion of the entity's costs of any supplies, 
        honoraria, or associated expenses for the program or class; and
            (B) subject to such terms as the Architect considers 
        appropriate and necessary, grant temporary concessions to the 
        qualified entity, or allow the qualified entity to grant 
        temporary concessions to another person, in connection with an 
        educational exhibit, program, class, or outreach described in 
        paragraph (1), including concessions for food and merchandise 
        sales that are specifically related to the educational mission 
        involved.

    (3) Section 5104(c) of title 40, United States Code, shall not apply 
to any activity carried out under this subsection.
    (4) In this subsection, the term ``qualified entity'' means--
            (A) the National Fund for the United States Botanic Garden; 
        and
            (B) any other organization described in section 501(c) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
        section 501(a) of such Code that the Architect of the Capitol 
        determines shares interests complementary to the educational 
        mission of the United States Botanic Garden.

    (c) Any authority under subsection (a) or (b) shall not apply to any 
agreement providing for the construction or improvement of real 
property.
    (d) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2015 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

                                 scrims

    Sec. 1103.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
for scrims containing photographs of building facades during restoration 
or construction projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol.

                           LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Library's 
catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings; special 
clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 
motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and maintenance 
of the American Folklife Center in the Library; activities under the 
Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009; preparation and distribution 
of catalog records and other publications of the Library; hire or 
purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of 
Congress Trust Fund

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Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by 
the Board, $419,357,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 2015, and shall remain available until expended, under the Act of 
June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more 
than $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2015 
and shall remain available until expended for the development and 
maintenance of an international legal information database and 
activities related thereto:  Provided, That the Library of Congress may 
not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under the Act 
of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 
expenditure in appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That the total 
amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
collections are less than $6,350,000:  Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the 
certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices:  
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $8,231,000 
shall remain available until expended for the digital collections and 
educational curricula program.

                            Copyright Office

                          salaries and expenses

    For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $54,303,000, of 
which not more than $27,971,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2015 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code:  
Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any funds 
derived from collections under such section, in excess of the amount 
authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts:  
Provided further, That not more than $5,611,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2015 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 
803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title:  Provided further, That the total 
amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
collections are less than $33,582,000:  Provided further, That not more 
than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 
maintenance of an ``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright 
Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals 
of developing countries in intellectual property laws and policies:  
Provided further, That not more than $6,500 may be expended, on the 
certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for activities of the 
International Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, 
visitors, and seminars:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any amounts made 
available under this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 
payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, 
and chapter 10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred in the 
administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the 
exception of the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright 
Royalty Judges and staff under section 802(e).

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                     Congressional Research Service

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 of 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise 
and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of America, 
$106,945,000:  Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 
any salary or expense in connection with any publication, or preparation 
of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be 
issued by the Library of Congress unless such publication has obtained 
prior approval of either the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
the Senate.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                          salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931 
(chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $50,248,000:  Provided, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to 
contract to provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 
residents at no cost to the individual.

                        Administrative Provision

               reimbursable and revolving fund activities

    Sec. 1201. (a) In General.--For fiscal year 2015, the obligational 
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities described in 
subsection (b) may not exceed $203,058,000.
    (b) Activities.--The activities referred to in subsection (a) are 
reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources 
other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the 
legislative branch.

                      GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

                        Congressional Publishing

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For authorized publishing of congressional information and the 
distribution of congressional information in any format; expenses 
necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the 
Congressional Record, as authorized by law (section 902 of title 44, 
United States Code); publishing of Government publications authorized by 
law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and publishing and 
distribution of Government publications authorized by law to be 
distributed without charge to the recipient, $79,736,000:  Provided, 
That this appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the 
permanent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 
Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 
section 906 of title 44, United States Code:  Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations 
incurred under the appropriations

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for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 of title 44, 
United States Code, none of the funds appropriated or made available 
under this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and related 
services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States 
Code, may be expended to print a document, report, or publication after 
the 27-month period beginning on the date that such document, report, or 
publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress 
reauthorizes such printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That any unobligated or 
unexpended balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for 
preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Publishing 
Office business operations revolving fund for carrying out the purposes 
of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, 
United States Code, this appropriation may be used to prepare indexes to 
the Congressional Record on only a monthly and session basis.

     Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents

                          salaries and expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses of the public information programs of the Office of 
Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide for the cataloging and 
indexing of Government publications and their distribution to the 
public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 
depository and international exchange libraries as authorized by law, 
$31,500,000:  Provided, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from 
current year appropriations are authorized for producing and 
disseminating Congressional serial sets and other related publications 
for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 to depository and other designated 
libraries:  Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended 
balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Publishing Office 
business operations revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this 
heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate.

     Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund

    For payment to the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 
Revolving Fund, $8,757,000, to remain available until expended, for 
information technology development and facilities repair:  Provided, 
That the Government Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accordance 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 
purposes set forth

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in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government Publishing 
Office business operations revolving fund:  Provided further, That not 
more than $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Director of 
the Government Publishing Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses:  Provided further, That the 
business operations revolving fund shall be available for the hire or 
purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles:  Provided 
further, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the 
advisory councils to the Director of the Government Publishing Office 
shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That the business operations 
revolving fund shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of 
basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 
such title:  Provided further, That activities financed through the 
business operations revolving fund may provide information in any 
format:  Provided further, That the business operations revolving fund 
and the funds provided under the heading ``Public Information Programs 
of the Superintendent of Documents'' may not be used for contracted 
security services at GPO's passport facility in the District of 
Columbia.

                        Administrative Provision

  redesignation of government printing office to government publishing 
                                 office

    Sec. <<NOTE: 44 USC prec. 301 note.>>  1301.  (a) In General.--The 
Government Printing Office is hereby redesignated the Government 
Publishing Office.

    (b) <<NOTE: 44 USC prec. 301 note.>>  References.--Any reference to 
the Government Printing Office in any law, rule, regulation, 
certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on 
the date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to refer and apply 
to the Government Publishing Office.

    (c) Title 44, United States Code.--Title 44, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Public Printer'' each place that term 
        appears and inserting ``Director of the Government Publishing 
        Office''; and
            (2) in the heading for each of sections 301, 302, 303, 304, 
        305, 306, 307, 502, 710, 1102, 1111, 1115, 1340, 1701, 1712, and 
        1914, by striking ``public printer'' and inserting ``director of 
        the government publishing office''.

    (d) <<NOTE: 44 USC 301 note.>>  Other References.--Any reference in 
any law other than in title 44, United States Code, or in any rule, 
regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper 
in force on the date of enactment of this Act to the Public Printer 
shall be considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Government 
Publishing Office.

    (e) <<NOTE: 44 USC prec. 301, 302-304, 313.>>  Title 44, United 
States Code.--Title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Deputy Public Printer'' each place that 
        term appears and inserting ``Deputy Director of the Government 
        Publishing Office''; and
            (2) in the heading for each of sections 302 and 303, by 
        striking ``deputy public printer'' and inserting ``deputy 
        director of the government publishing office''.

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    (f) <<NOTE: 44 USC 302 note.>>  Other References.--Any reference in 
any law other than in title 44, United States Code, or in any rule, 
regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper 
in force on the date of enactment of this Act to the Deputy Public 
Printer shall be considered to refer and apply to the Deputy Director of 
the Government Publishing Office.

    (g) Section 301 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``, who must be a 
        practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding,''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``His'' and 
        inserting ``The''.

    (h) Section 302 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``, who must be a 
        practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding,''; and
            (2) in the second sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``He'' and inserting ``The Deputy 
                Director of the Government Publishing Office'';
                    (B) by striking ``perform the duties formerly 
                required of the chief clerk,'';
                    (C) by striking ``, and perform'' and inserting 
                ``and perform''; and
                    (D) by striking ``of him''.

    (i) Chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of section 304, by striking ``or 
        his'' and inserting ``or the Director's'';
            (2) in section 305(a)--
                    (A) by striking ``he considers'' and inserting ``the 
                Director considers''; and
                    (B) by striking ``He may not'' and inserting ``The 
                Director of the Government Publishing Office may not'';
            (3) in section 306, by striking ``his direction'' and 
        inserting ``the direction of the Director'';
            (4) in section 308--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(1)--
                          (i) by striking ``his accounts'' and inserting 
                      ``the accounts of the disbursing officer''; and
                          (ii) by striking ``his name'' and inserting 
                      ``the name of the disbursing officer'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(2)--
                          (i) by striking ``his estate'' and inserting 
                      ``the estate of the disbursing officer'';
                          (ii) by striking ``to him'' and inserting ``to 
                      the deputy disbursing officer''; and
                          (iii) by striking ``his service'' and 
                      inserting ``the service of the deputy disbursing 
                      officer''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)(1)--
                          (i) by striking ``by him'' and inserting ``by 
                      such officer or employee'';
                          (ii) by striking ``his discretion'' and 
                      inserting ``the discretion of the Comptroller 
                      General''; and
                          (iii) by striking ``whenever he'' each place 
                      that terms appears and inserting ``whenever the 
                      Comptroller General'';
            (5) in section 309--
                    (A) in the second sentence of subsection (a), by 
                striking ``by him'' and inserting ``by the Director''; 
                and

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                    (B) in subsection (f), by striking ``his or her 
                discretion'' and inserting ``the discretion of the 
                Comptroller General'';
            (6) in section 310, by striking ``his written request'' and 
        inserting ``the written request of the Director'';
            (7) in section 311(b), by striking ``he justifies'' and 
        inserting ``the Director justifies'';
            (8) in section 312, by striking ``his service'' and 
        inserting ``the service of such officer''; and
            (9) in section 317, by striking ``his delegate'' and 
        inserting ``a delegate of the Director''.

                    GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability Office, 
including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the certification of 
the Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at 
rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance 
payments in foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 
31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable under 
sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the 
Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters in 
foreign countries, $522,000,000:  Provided, That, in addition, 
$23,750,000 of payments received under sections 782, 3521, and 9105 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation:  Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or 
agency which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum 
or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of either Forum's costs as determined by 
the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 
participants:  Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 
may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs 
involved are initially financed.

                        Administrative Provision

                       center for audit excellence

    Sec. 1401. (a) Center for Audit Excellence.--
            (1) Establishment.--Chapter 7 of title 31, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        subchapter:

    ``Subchapter <<NOTE: 31 USC prec. 791.>>  VII--Center for Audit 
Excellence
``SEC. 791. CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE.

    ``(a) <<NOTE: 31 USC 791.>>  Establishment.--The Comptroller General 
shall establish, maintain, and operate a center within the Government 
Accountability Office to be known as the `Center for Audit Excellence' 
(hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the `Center').

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    ``(b) Purpose and Activities.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Center shall build institutional 
        auditing capacity and promote good governance by providing 
        affordable, relevant, and high-quality training, technical 
        assistance, and products and services to qualified personnel and 
        entities of governments (including the Federal Government, State 
        and local governments, tribal governments, and governments of 
        foreign nations), international organizations, and other private 
        organizations.
            ``(2) Determination of qualified personnel and entities.--
        Personnel and entities shall be considered qualified for 
        purposes of receiving training, technical assistance, and 
        products or services from the Center under paragraph (1) in 
        accordance with such criteria as the Comptroller General may 
        establish and publish.

    ``(c) Fees.--
            ``(1) Permitting charging of fees.--The Comptroller General 
        may establish, charge, and collect fees (on a reimbursable or 
        advance basis) for the training, technical assistance, and 
        products and services provided by the Center under this 
        subchapter.
            ``(2) Deposit into separate account.--The Comptroller 
        General shall deposit all fees collected under paragraph (1) 
        into the Center for Audit Excellence Account established under 
        section 792.

    ``(d) Gifts of Property and Services.--The Comptroller General may 
accept and use conditional or non-conditional gifts of property (both 
real and personal) and services (including services of guest lecturers) 
to support the operation of the Center, except that the Comptroller 
General may not accept or use such a gift if the Comptroller General 
determines that the acceptance or use of the gift would compromise or 
appear to compromise the integrity of the Government Accountability 
Office.
    ``(e) Sense of Congress Regarding Personnel.--It is the sense of 
Congress that the Center should be staffed primarily by personnel of the 
Government Accountability Office who are not otherwise engaged in 
carrying out other duties of the Office under this chapter, so as to 
ensure that the operation of the Center will not detract from or impact 
the oversight and audit work of the Office.
``SEC. <<NOTE: 31 USC 792.>> 792. ACCOUNT.

    ``(a) Establishment of Separate Account.--There is established in 
the Treasury as a separate account for the Government Accountability 
Office the `Center for Audit Excellence Account', which shall consist of 
the fees deposited by the Comptroller General under section 791(c) and 
such other amounts as may be appropriated under law.
    ``(b) Use of Account.--Amounts in the Center for Audit Excellence 
Account shall be available to the Comptroller General, in amounts 
specified in appropriations Acts and without fiscal year limitation, to 
carry out this subchapter.
``SEC. 793. <<NOTE: 31 USC 793.>>  AUTHORIZATION OF 
                        APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this subchapter.''.

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            (2) <<NOTE: 31 USC prec. 701.>>  Clerical amendment.--The 
        table of sections for chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, 
        is amended by adding at the end the following:

              ``subchapter vii--center for audit excellence

``791. Center for Audit Excellence.
``792. Account.
``793. Authorization of appropriations.''

    (b) <<NOTE: 31 USC 791 note.>>  Approval of Business Plan.--The 
Comptroller General may not begin operating the Center for Audit 
Excellence under subchapter VII of chapter 7 of title 31, United States 
Code (as added by subsection (a)) until--
            (1) the Comptroller General submits a business plan for the 
        Center to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and Senate; and
            (2) each such Committee approves the plan.

                 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

    For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund for 
financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center under section 
313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$5,700,000:  Provided, That funds made available to support Russian 
participants shall only be used for those engaging in free market 
development, humanitarian activities, and civic engagement, and shall 
not be used for officials of the central government of Russia.

   JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

    For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John C. 
Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 
1105), $430,000.

                                TITLE II

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                maintenance and care of private vehicles

    Sec. 201.  No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for 
emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations 
relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued 
by the Committee on House Administration and for the Senate issued by 
the Committee on Rules and Administration.

                         fiscal year limitation

    Sec. 202.  No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2015 unless expressly 
so provided in this Act.

                  rates of compensation and designation

    Sec. 203.  Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32

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et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation 
of any office or position appropriated for is different from that 
specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the 
designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 
 Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various items of 
official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and 
House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the 
House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect 
thereto.

                           consulting services

    Sec. 204.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, under section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for 
public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, 
or under existing Executive order issued under existing law.

                              costs of lbfmc

    Sec. 205.  Amounts available for administrative expenses of any 
legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative Branch 
Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 
1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs 
as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be 
shared among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) may not 
exceed $2,000.

                          landscape maintenance

    Sec. 206.  For fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter, the 
Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Columbia, 
is authorized to maintain and improve the landscape features, excluding 
streets, in Square 580 up to the beginning of I-395.

                         limitation on transfers

    Sec. 207.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.

                       guided tours of the capitol

    Sec. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the 
funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this Act may be 
used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the United States Capitol 
which are led by employees and interns of offices of Members of Congress 
and other offices of the House of Representatives and Senate.
    (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the 
direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the 
Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States Capitol

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which are led by employees and interns described in subsection (a) may 
be suspended temporarily or otherwise subject to restriction for 
security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the Capitol.
    This division may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2015''.

DIVISION I--MILITARY <<NOTE: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
   and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015.>>  CONSTRUCTION AND 
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

                                 TITLE I

                          DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                       Military Construction, Army

    For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facilities, 
and real property for the Army as currently authorized by law, including 
personnel in the Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services 
necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for construction 
and operation of facilities in support of the functions of the Commander 
in Chief, $528,427,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019:  
Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed $51,127,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 
and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of 
the Army determines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.

              Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, naval installations, facilities, 
and real property for the Navy and Marine Corps as currently authorized 
by law, including personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this 
appropriation, $1,018,772,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019:  Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed $33,366,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 
services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
of the determination and the reasons therefor.

                    Military Construction, Air Force

    For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facilities, 
and real property for the Air Force as currently authorized by law, 
$811,774,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, 
That of this amount, not to exceed $10,738,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 
authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air

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Force determines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided under this heading for military 
construction in the United Kingdom as identified in the table entitled 
``Military Construction'' in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) 
may be obligated or expended until the Department of Defense completes a 
European Consolidation Study, and the Secretary of Defense (1) provides 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
comprehensive European basing strategy reflecting the findings of the 
Consolidation Study, and (2) certifies in writing the requirement 
identified in the study for any military construction project in the 
United Kingdom funded in this section.

                   Military Construction, Defense-Wide

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, installations, facilities, and real 
property for activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other 
than the military departments), as currently authorized by law, 
$1,991,690,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, 
That such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by the 
Secretary of Defense may be transferred to such appropriations of the 
Department of Defense available for military construction or family 
housing as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to be 
available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the 
appropriation or fund to which transferred:  Provided further, That of 
the amount appropriated, not to exceed $162,240,000 shall be available 
for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 
authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that 
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
$37,918,000 shall be available for payments to the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization for the planning, design, and construction of a new North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters:  Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available by this title may be used to construct a 
squadron operations facility at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, until 
the Secretary of Defense submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a report that includes the following:
            (1) A definition of ``Special Operations Forces-peculiar'' 
        as it applies to the use of United States Special Operations 
        Command (USSOCOM) funding to meet military construction 
        requirements for facilities that provide healthcare services or 
        support fitness activities.
            (2) A description of the decision-making process used to 
        determine whether a military construction project that provides 
        healthcare facilities or supports fitness activities should be 
        funded by the USSOCOM or the military services.

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            (3) An addendum to the DOD Form 1391 for this project 
        providing a schematic of the human performance center, a listing 
        of the planned equipment related to training and resiliency and 
        a description of the mission-critical benefit of each item, an 
        explanation of why the unique physical and psychological health 
        services incorporated could not be provided by the Defense 
        Health Agency or military services, and a planned staffing 
        breakdown.

               Military Construction, Army National Guard

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the Army 
National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $128,920,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$17,600,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and 
architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the 
Director of the Army National Guard determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 
the reasons therefor.

                Military Construction, Air National Guard

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the Air 
National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $92,663,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$7,700,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the 
Air National Guard determines that additional obligations are necessary 
for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.

                   Military Construction, Army Reserve

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the Army 
Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, 
and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $103,946,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated, not to exceed $8,337,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 
law, unless the Chief of the Army Reserve determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 
the reasons therefor.

                   Military Construction, Navy Reserve

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the

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reserve components of the Navy and Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $51,528,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$2,123,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 
Navy determines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.

                Military Construction, Air Force Reserve

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the Air 
Force Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States 
Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $49,492,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated, not to exceed $6,892,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 
law, unless the Chief of the Air Force Reserve determines that 
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor.

                   North Atlantic Treaty Organization

                       Security Investment Program

    For the United States share of the cost of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization Security Investment Program for the acquisition and 
construction of military facilities and installations (including 
international military headquarters) and for related expenses for the 
collective defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by 
section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $199,700,000, to remain available until expended.

                    Family Housing Construction, Army

    For expenses of family housing for the Army for construction, 
including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and 
alteration, as authorized by law, $78,609,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019.

             Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army

    For expenses of family housing for the Army for operation and 
maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, 
principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 
law, $350,976,000.

           Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition,

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expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, $16,412,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019.

     Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps

    For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps for 
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor 
construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as 
authorized by law, $354,029,000.

           Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

    For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for operation and 
maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, 
principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 
law, $327,747,000.

         Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

    For expenses of family housing for the activities and agencies of 
the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) for 
operation and maintenance, leasing, and minor construction, as 
authorized by law, $61,100,000.

          Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund

    For the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund, 
$1,662,000, to remain available until expended, for family housing 
initiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, United 
States Code, providing alternative means of acquiring and improving 
military family housing and supporting facilities.

          Chemical Demilitarization Construction, Defense-Wide

    For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical 
agents and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the Department 
of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the 
destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the 
chemical weapon stockpile, as currently authorized by law, $38,715,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019, which shall be only for 
the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program.

               Department of Defense Base Closure Account

    For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account, 
established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), as amended by section 
2711 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 
(Public Law 112-239), $315,085,000, to remain available until expended.

                        Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be 
expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract

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for construction, where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be performed 
within the United States, except Alaska, without the specific approval 
in writing of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons 
therefor.
    Sec. 102.  Funds made available in this title for construction shall 
be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles.
    Sec. 103.  Funds made available in this title for construction may 
be used for advances to the Federal Highway Administration, Department 
of Transportation, for the construction of access roads as authorized by 
section 210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized 
therein are certified as important to the national defense by the 
Secretary of Defense.
    Sec. 104.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used to begin construction of new bases in the United States for which 
specific appropriations have not been made.
    Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be 
used for purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 percent of 
the value as determined by the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval 
Facilities Engineering Command, except: (1) where there is a 
determination of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by 
the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney General; (3) where 
the estimated value is less than $25,000; or (4) as otherwise determined 
by the Secretary of Defense to be in the public interest.
    Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be 
used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site preparation; or (3) 
install utilities for any family housing, except housing for which funds 
have been made available in annual Acts making appropriations for 
military construction.
    Sec. 107.  None of the funds made available in this title for minor 
construction may be used to transfer or relocate any activity from one 
base or installation to another, without prior notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 108.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used for the procurement of steel for any construction project or 
activity for which American steel producers, fabricators, and 
manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for such steel 
procurement.
    Sec. 109.  None of the funds available to the Department of Defense 
for military construction or family housing during the current fiscal 
year may be used to pay real property taxes in any foreign nation.
    Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
obligated for architect and engineer contracts estimated by the 
Government to exceed $500,000 for projects to be accomplished in Japan, 
in any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country, or in 
countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded 
to United States firms or United States firms in joint venture with host 
nation firms.
    Sec. 112.  None of the funds made available in this title for 
military construction in the United States territories and possessions 
in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering the 
Arabian Gulf, may be used to award any contract estimated

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by the Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor:  
Provided, That this section shall not be applicable to contract awards 
for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United States 
contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a 
foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent:  Provided further, That 
this section shall not apply to contract awards for military 
construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and 
responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor.
    Sec. 113.  The Secretary of Defense shall inform the appropriate 
committees of both Houses of Congress, including the Committees on 
Appropriations, of plans and scope of any proposed military exercise 
involving United States personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if 
amounts expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, are 
anticipated to exceed $100,000.
    Sec. 114.  Not more than 20 percent of the funds made available in 
this title which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal 
year shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the fiscal year.
    Sec. 115.  Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for 
construction in prior years shall be available for construction 
authorized for each such military department by the authorizations 
enacted into law during the current session of Congress.
    Sec. 116.  For military construction or family housing projects that 
are being completed with funds otherwise expired or lapsed for 
obligation, expired or lapsed funds may be used to pay the cost of 
associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering and design on 
those projects and on subsequent claims, if any.
    Sec. 117.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds 
made available to a military department or defense agency for the 
construction of military projects may be obligated for a military 
construction project or contract, or for any portion of such a project 
or contract, at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after 
the fiscal year for which funds for such project were made available, if 
the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from funds 
available for military construction projects; and (2) do not exceed the 
amount appropriated for such project, plus any amount by which the cost 
of such project is increased pursuant to law.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 118.  In addition to any other transfer authority available to 
the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited to the Department of 
Defense Base Closure Account established by section 207(a)(1) of the 
Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act 
(10 U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) of such Act, may 
be transferred to the account established by section 2906(a)(1) of the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), 
to be merged with, and to be available for the same purposes and the 
same time period as that account.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 119.  Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 days for a 
notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to sections 480 
and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the

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Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, such additional 
amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 
transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement 
Fund from amounts appropriated for construction in ``Family Housing'' 
accounts, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the 
Fund; or (2) the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing 
Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ``Military Construction'' accounts, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same 
period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund:  Provided, 
That appropriations made available to the Funds shall be available to 
cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan guarantees issued by the 
Department of Defense pursuant to the provisions of subchapter IV of 
chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative 
means of acquiring and improving military family housing, military 
unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities:  Provided further, 
That the transfer authority in this provision shall also be applicable 
to amounts appropriated for construction in ``Family Housing'' accounts 
in section 2002 of Public Law 112-10.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 120.  In addition to any other transfer authority available to 
the Department of Defense, amounts may be transferred from the 
Department of Defense Base Closure Account to the fund established by 
section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with the 
Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). 
Any amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 
same purposes and for the same time period as the fund to which 
transferred.
    Sec. <<NOTE: 10 USC 2821 note.>>  121.  Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds made available in this title for operation and 
maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of funds for 
repair and maintenance of all family housing units, including general or 
flag officer quarters:  Provided, That not more than $35,000 per unit 
may be spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any general or 
flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 days for 
a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to sections 480 
and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, except that an after-the-fact 
notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due 
to costs associated with environmental remediation that could not be 
reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submission:  Provided 
further,  That the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report 
annually to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
all operation and maintenance expenditures for each individual general 
or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year.

    Sec. 122.  Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement Account 
established by subsection (h) of section 2814 of title 10, United States 
Code, are appropriated and shall be available until expended for the 
purposes specified in subsection (i)(1) of such

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section or until transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such 
section.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 123.  During the 5-year period after appropriations available 
in this Act to the Department of Defense for military construction and 
family housing operation and maintenance and construction have expired 
for obligation, upon a determination that such appropriations will not 
be necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making authorized 
adjustments to such appropriations for obligations incurred during the 
period of availability of such appropriations, unobligated balances of 
such appropriations may be transferred into the appropriation ``Foreign 
Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense'', to be merged with and to 
be available for the same time period and for the same purposes as the 
appropriation to which transferred.
    Sec. 124. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the 
funds made available in this Act may be used by the Secretary of the 
Army to relocate a unit in the Army that--
            (1) performs a testing mission or function that is not 
        performed by any other unit in the Army and is specifically 
        stipulated in title 10, United States Code; and
            (2) is located at a military installation at which the total 
        number of civilian employees of the Department of the Army and 
        Army contractor personnel employed exceeds 10 percent of the 
        total number of members of the regular and reserve components of 
        the Army assigned to the installation.

    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of 
the Army certifies to the congressional defense committees that in 
proposing the relocation of the unit of the Army, the Secretary complied 
with Army Regulation 5-10 relating to the policy, procedures, and 
responsibilities for Army stationing actions.
    Sec. 125.  Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in an 
account funded under the headings in this title may be transferred among 
projects and activities within the account in accordance with the 
reprogramming guidelines for military construction and family housing 
construction contained in Department of Defense Financial Management 
Regulation 7000.14-R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of February 2009, as in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 126.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
obligated or expended for planning and design and construction of 
projects at Arlington National Cemetery.
    Sec. 127.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps'', ``Military Construction, Air Force'', 
``Military Construction, Army Reserve'', and ``Military Construction, 
Navy Reserve'', $125,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
funds may be obligated and expended to carry out construction of 
projects, excluding in Europe, as authorized in division B of Public Law 
113-66:  Provided further, That not later than 30 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this heading.
    Sec. 128.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, 
Army'', $61,000,000; ``Military Construction, Army National Guard'',

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$5,000,000; and ``Military Construction, Army Reserve'', $51,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may only be 
obligated to carry out construction of certain projects as authorized in 
division B of an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense (relating to Military 
Construction Authorizations):  Provided further, That not later than 30 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 
expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.

                          (rescission of funds)

    Sec. 129.  Of the unobligated balances available for ``Military 
Construction, Army'', from prior appropriations Acts (other than 
appropriations designated by law as being for contingency operations 
directly related to the global war on terrorism or as an emergency 
requirement), $49,533,000 are hereby rescinded.

                          (rescission of funds)

    Sec. 130.  Of the unobligated balances available for ``Military 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', from prior appropriations Acts 
(other than appropriations designated by law as for being for 
contingency operations directly related to the global war on terrorism 
or as an emergency requirement), $25,522,000 are hereby rescinded.

                          (rescission of funds)

    Sec. 131.  Of the unobligated balances available for ``Military 
Construction, Air Force'', from prior appropriations Acts (other than 
appropriations designated by law as for being for contingency operations 
directly related to the global war on terrorism or as an emergency 
requirement), $41,392,000 are hereby rescinded.

                          (rescission of funds)

    Sec. 132.  Of the unobligated balances available for ``NATO Security 
Investment Program'', from prior appropriations Acts (other than 
appropriations designated by law as being for contingency operations 
directly related to the global war on terrorism or as an emergency 
requirement), $25,000,000 are hereby rescinded.

                          (rescission of funds)

    Sec. 133.  Of the unobligated balances made available in prior 
appropriation Acts for the fund established in section 1013(d) of the 
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
3374) (other than appropriations designated by law as being for 
contingency operations directly related to the global war on terrorism 
or as an emergency requirement), $63,800,000 are hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 134.  For the purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional 
defense committees'' means the Committees on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee

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on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives.
    Sec. 135.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
for the closure or abandonment of any facility located at Lajes Field, 
Azores, Portugal.

                                TITLE II

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                        compensation and pensions

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of veterans 
and a pilot program for disability examinations as authorized by section 
107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 
States Code; pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 
by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and 
burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for Survivors, 
emergency and other officers' retirement pay, adjusted-service credits 
and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insurance 
policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV of the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for 
other benefits as authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 
chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 
$79,071,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That not 
to exceed $15,430,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be reimbursed to ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration'', and ``Information Technology Systems'' for necessary 
expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of 
title 38, United States Code, the funding source for which is 
specifically provided as the ``Compensation and Pensions'' 
appropriation:  Provided further, That such sums as may be earned on an 
actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ``Medical Care 
Collections Fund'' to augment the funding of individual medical 
facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized.

                          readjustment benefits

    For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or on 
behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 
39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 
$14,997,136,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
expenses for rehabilitation program services and assistance which the 
Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 
of title 38, United States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), (2), 
(5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged to this account.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2554]]

                   veterans insurance and indemnities

    For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and 
veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by chapters 19 and 21, 
title 38, United States Code, $63,257,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                  veterans housing benefit program fund

    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by subchapters I 
through III of chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code:  Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2015, within the resources 
available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for direct loans 
are authorized for specially adapted housing loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
guaranteed loan programs, $160,881,000.

             vocational rehabilitation loans program account

    For the cost of direct loans, $10,000, as authorized by chapter 31 
of title 38, United States Code:  Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading are available to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$2,877,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $361,000, which may be paid to the appropriation 
for ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration''.

          native american veteran housing loan program account

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program 
authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, United States 
Code, $1,130,000.

                     Veterans Health Administration

                            medical services

    For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, 
inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans described in section 1705(a) 
of title 38, United States Code, including care and treatment in 
facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 
medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food services, 
and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees hired under title 38, 
United States Code, aid to State homes as authorized by section 1741 of 
title 38, United States Code, assistance and support services for 
caregivers as authorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States 
Code, loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and 
Veterans Omnibus

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Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 
U.S.C. 7681 note), and hospital care and medical services authorized by 
section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $209,189,000, which shall 
be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that 
became available on October 1, 2014; and, in addition, $47,603,202,000, 
plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2015, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision of medical 
treatment for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, lower 
income, or have special needs:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give 
priority funding for the provision of basic medical benefits to veterans 
in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans 
Health Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately 
written prescriptions based on requirements established by the 
Secretary:  Provided further, That the implementation of the program 
described in the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs.

                     medical support and compliance

    For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research 
activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses in support of 
capital policy activities; and administrative and legal expenses of the 
Department for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department as 
authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, and the 
Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), 
$6,144,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 
1, 2015, and shall remain available until September 30, 2016.

                           medical facilities

    For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, and other necessary 
facilities of the Veterans Health Administration; for administrative 
expenses in support of planning, design, project management, real 
property acquisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 
any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not charged to 
project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, or providing 
facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of 
the Department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the 
hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; for leases of 
facilities; and for laundry services, $4,915,000,000, plus 
reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2015, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2016.

                     medical and prosthetic research

    For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development as authorized by chapter

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73 of title 38, United States Code, $588,922,000, plus reimbursements, 
shall remain available until September 30, 2016.

                    National Cemetery Administration

    For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Administration for 
operations and maintenance, not otherwise provided for, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by 
law; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial 
operations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 
improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the National 
Cemetery Administration, $256,800,000, of which not to exceed 
$25,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016.

                       Departmental Administration

                         general administration

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses 
in support of Department-wide capital planning, management and policy 
activities, uniforms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
security guard services, $321,591,000, of which not to exceed $9,660,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That funds 
provided under this heading may be transferred to ``General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration''.

                        board of veterans appeals

    For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Veterans Appeals, 
$99,294,000, of which not to exceed $9,429,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016.

      general operating expenses, veterans benefits administration

    For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
security guard services, and reimbursement of the Department of Defense 
for the cost of overseas employee mail, $2,534,254,000:  Provided, That 
expenses for services and assistance authorized under paragraphs (1), 
(2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are necessary to 
enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become 
employable and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to 
achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be charged to this 
account:  Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, not to exceed $124,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2016.

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                     information technology systems

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for information technology systems and 
telecommunications support, including developmental information systems 
and operational information systems; for pay and associated costs; and 
for the capital asset acquisition of information technology systems, 
including management and related contractual costs of said acquisitions, 
including contractual costs associated with operations authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $3,903,344,000, plus 
reimbursements:  Provided, That $1,039,000,000 shall be for pay and 
associated costs, of which not to exceed $30,792,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016:  Provided further, That 
$2,316,009,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of which not to 
exceed $160,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016:  
Provided further, That $548,335,000 shall be for information technology 
systems development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016:  Provided further, That amounts made 
available for information technology systems development, modernization, 
and enhancement may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, 
to be obligated and expended for each development project:  Provided 
further, That amounts made available for salaries and expenses, 
operations and maintenance, and information technology systems 
development, modernization, and enhancement may be transferred among the 
three subaccounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued:  Provided 
further, That amounts made available for the ``Information Technology 
Systems'' account for development, modernization, and enhancement may be 
transferred among projects or to newly defined projects:  Provided 
further, That no project may be increased or decreased by more than 
$1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to make the transfer and an 
approval is issued, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
elapsed:  Provided further, That funds under this heading may be used by 
the Interagency Program Office through the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to develop a standard data reference terminology model:  
Provided further, That of the funds made available for information 
technology systems development, modernization, and enhancement for VistA 
Evolution, not more than 25 percent may be obligated or expended until 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and such Committees approve, 
a report that describes: (1) the status of and changes to the VistA 
Evolution program plan (hereinafter referred to as the ``Plan''), VistA 
4 product roadmap (``Roadmap''), or the VistA Evolution cost estimate, 
dated March 24, 2014; (2) any changes to the scope or functionality of 
projects within the VistA Evolution program as established in the Plan; 
(3) any refinements to the cost estimate presented in the Plan, 
including those based on actual costs incurred; (4) a Project Management 
Accountability System

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resourced schedule for every development project within the VistA 
Evolution program, including a testing methodology schedule; (5) 
progress toward developing and implementing all levels of 
interoperability, including semantic interoperability, between the 
electronic health record systems of the Department of Defense and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs; and (6) a detailed governance structure 
for the VistA Evolution program, including the establishment of a single 
program director and integrator who shall have responsibility for the 
entire program:  Provided further, That the funds made available under 
this heading for information technology systems development, 
modernization, and enhancement, shall be for the projects, and in the 
amounts, specified under this heading in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act).

                       office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, to 
include information technology, in carrying out the provisions of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $126,411,000, of which 
$12,141,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016.

                      construction, major projects

    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the 
facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the 
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 
38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, 
architectural and engineering services, construction management 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with 
equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of claims 
analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction costs, 
and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more than 
the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States 
Code, or where funds for a project were made available in a previous 
major project appropriation, $561,800,000, of which $527,800,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2019, and of which $34,000,000 
shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That except for 
advance planning activities, including needs assessments which may or 
may not lead to capital investments, and other capital asset management 
related activities, including portfolio development and management 
activities, and investment strategy studies funded through the advance 
planning fund and the planning and design activities funded through the 
design fund, including needs assessments which may or may not lead to 
capital investments, and salaries and associated costs of the resident 
engineers who oversee those capital investments funded through this 
account, and funds provided for the purchase of land for the National 
Cemetery Administration through the land acquisition line item, none of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be used for any 
project which has not been approved by the Congress in the budgetary 
process:  Provided further, That funds made available under this heading 
for fiscal year 2015, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) 
by the awarding of a construction documents contract by September 30, 
2015; and (2) by the awarding

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of a construction contract by September 30, 2016:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a written report 
on any approved major construction project for which obligations are not 
incurred within the time limitations established above.

                      construction, minor projects

    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the 
facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning and 
assessments of needs which may lead to capital investments, 
architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 
services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the 
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage 
system construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the 
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, and chapter 81 of title 
38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the estimated 
cost of a project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in 
section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, $495,200,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019, along with unobligated 
balances of previous ``Construction, Minor Projects'' appropriations 
which are hereby made available for any project where the estimated cost 
is equal to or less than the amount set forth in such section:  
Provided, That funds made available under this heading shall be for: (1) 
repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or 
for the use of the Department which are necessary because of loss or 
damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary 
measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such 
causes.

        grants for construction of state extended care facilities

    For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing 
home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify, or alter 
existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in State 
homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 
through 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $90,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

             grants for construction of veterans cemeteries

    For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in 
establishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as authorized 
by section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, $46,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                        Administrative Provisions

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 201.  Any appropriation for fiscal year 2015 for ``Compensation 
and Pensions'', ``Readjustment Benefits'', and ``Veterans Insurance and 
Indemnities'' may be transferred as necessary to any other of the 
mentioned appropriations:  Provided, That before a transfer may take 
place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall

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request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
the authority to make the transfer and such Committees issue an 
approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 202.  Amounts made available for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2015, in this or any other Act, under the 
``Medical Services'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and ``Medical 
Facilities'' accounts may be transferred among the accounts:  Provided, 
That any transfers between the ``Medical Services'' and ``Medical 
Support and Compliance'' accounts of 1 percent or less of the total 
amount appropriated to the account in this or any other Act may take 
place subject to notification from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
amount and purpose of the transfer:  Provided further, That any 
transfers between the ``Medical Services'' and ``Medical Support and 
Compliance'' accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the 
cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place only after the 
Secretary requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval is 
issued:  Provided further, That any transfers to or from the ``Medical 
Facilities'' account may take place only after the Secretary requests 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued.
    Sec. 203.  Appropriations available in this title for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for services authorized by section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of 
a facility or land or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as 
authorized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code.
    Sec. 204.  No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ``Construction, Major Projects'', and ``Construction, 
Minor Projects'') shall be available for the purchase of any site for or 
toward the construction of any new hospital or home.
    Sec. 205.  No appropriations in this title shall be available for 
hospitalization or examination of any persons (except beneficiaries 
entitled to such hospitalization or examination under the laws providing 
such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 
sections 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.)), unless reimbursement of the cost of such hospitalization or 
examination is made to the ``Medical Services'' account at such rates as 
may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 206.  Appropriations available in this title for ``Compensation 
and Pensions'', ``Readjustment Benefits'', and ``Veterans Insurance and 
Indemnities'' shall be available for payment of prior year accrued 
obligations required to be recorded by law against the corresponding 
prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2014.
    Sec. 207.  Appropriations available in this title shall be available 
to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations 
accounts resulting from sections 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, except that if such obligations

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are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable only from 
``Compensation and Pensions''.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 208.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal 
year 2015, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the National 
Service Life Insurance Fund under section 1920 of title 38, United 
States Code, the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund under section 
1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United States Government 
Life Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United States Code, 
reimburse the ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration'' and ``Information Technology Systems'' accounts for the 
cost of administration of the insurance programs financed through those 
accounts:  Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance program during fiscal 
year 2015 that are available for dividends in that program after claims 
have been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set aside:  
Provided further, That if the cost of administration of such an 
insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in 
that program, reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 
surplus earnings:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine 
the cost of administration for fiscal year 2015 which is properly 
allocable to the provision of each such insurance program and to the 
provision of any total disability income insurance included in that 
insurance program.
    Sec. 209.  Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds to 
reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account during a 
prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease services, may be 
obligated during the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 210.  Funds available in this title or funds for salaries and 
other administrative expenses shall also be available to reimburse the 
Office of Resolution Management of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under 
section 319 of title 38, United States Code, for all services provided 
at rates which will recover actual costs but not to exceed $42,904,000 
for the Office of Resolution Management and $3,400,000 for the Office of 
Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication:  Provided, That 
payments may be made in advance for services to be furnished based on 
estimated costs:  Provided further, That amounts received shall be 
credited to the ``General Administration'' and ``Information Technology 
Systems'' accounts for use by the office that provided the service.
    Sec. 211.  No appropriations in this title shall be available to 
enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual rental 
cost is more than $1,000,000, unless the Secretary submits a report 
which the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
approve within 30 days following the date on which the report is 
received.
    Sec. 212.  No funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be 
available for hospital care, nursing home care, or medical services 
provided to any person under chapter 17 of title 38, United

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States Code, for a non-service-connected disability described in section 
1729(a)(2) of such title, unless that person has disclosed to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may 
require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement information for 
purposes of section 1729 of such title:  Provided, That the Secretary 
may recover, in the same manner as any other debt due the United States, 
the reasonable charges for such care or services from any person who 
does not make such disclosure as required:  Provided further, That any 
amounts so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 
year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal year in which 
amounts are received.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 213.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceeds or 
revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activities (including 
disposal) may be deposited into the ``Construction, Major Projects'' and 
``Construction, Minor Projects'' accounts and be used for construction 
(including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and 
improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for the 
use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums as realized are in 
addition to the amount provided for in ``Construction, Major Projects'' 
and ``Construction, Minor Projects''.
    Sec. 214.  Amounts made available under ``Medical Services'' are 
available--
            (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and 
        equipment; and
            (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and other 
        expenses incidental to funerals and burials for beneficiaries 
        receiving care in the Department.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 215.  Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical Care 
Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United States 
Code, may be transferred to ``Medical Services'', to remain available 
until expended for the purposes of that account.
    Sec. 216.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into 
agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations which are party 
to the Alaska Native Health Compact with the Indian Health Service, and 
Indian tribes and tribal organizations serving rural Alaska which have 
entered into contracts with the Indian Health Service under the Indian 
Self Determination and Educational Assistance Act, to provide 
healthcare, including behavioral health and dental care. The Secretary 
shall require participating veterans and facilities to comply with all 
appropriate rules and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The 
term ``rural Alaska'' shall mean those lands sited within the external 
boundaries of the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 7(a)(1)-
(4) and (7)-(12) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended 
(43 U.S.C. 1606), and those lands within the Alaska Native regions 
specified in sections 7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are not within the 
boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage, the Fairbanks North Star 
Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough or the Matanuska Susitna Borough.

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                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 217.  Such sums as may be deposited to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to section 8118 of title 
38, United States Code, may be transferred to the ``Construction, Major 
Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor Projects'' accounts, to remain 
available until expended for the purposes of these accounts.
    Sec. 218.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used to implement any policy prohibiting the Directors of the Veterans 
Integrated Services Networks from conducting outreach or marketing to 
enroll new veterans within their respective Networks.
    Sec. 219.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a quarterly 
report on the financial status of the Veterans Health Administration.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 220.  Amounts made available under the ``Medical Services'', 
``Medical Support and Compliance'', ``Medical Facilities'', ``General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'', ``General 
Administration'', and ``National Cemetery Administration'' accounts for 
fiscal year 2015 may be transferred to or from the ``Information 
Technology Systems'' account:  Provided, That before a transfer may take 
place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
make the transfer and an approval is issued.
    Sec. 221.  Of the amounts made available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, in this or any other Act, under 
the ``Medical Facilities'' account for nonrecurring maintenance, not 
more than 20 percent of the funds made available shall be obligated 
during the last 2 months of that fiscal year:  Provided, That the 
Secretary may waive this requirement after providing written notice to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 222.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for ``Medical Services'', ``Medical Support 
and Compliance'', ``Medical Facilities'', ``Construction, Minor 
Projects'', and ``Information Technology Systems'', up to $259,251,213, 
plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of 
Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be 
used for operation of the facilities designated as combined Federal 
medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-
417; 122 Stat. 4500):  Provided, That additional funds may be 
transferred from accounts designated in this section to the Joint 
Department

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of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 223.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs which become available on October 1, 2015, for ``Medical 
Services'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and ``Medical 
Facilities'', up to $245,398,000, plus reimbursements, may be 
transferred to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public 
Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the 
facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 
4500):  Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 
designated in this section to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 
notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 224.  Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical Care 
Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United States 
Code, for healthcare provided at facilities designated as combined 
Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) for transfer 
to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-
84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities designated 
as combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 of 
the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500).

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 225.  Of the amounts available in this title for ``Medical 
Services'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and ``Medical 
Facilities'', a minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the DOD-
VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) 
of title 38, United States Code, to remain available until expended, for 
any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code.

                    (including rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 226. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title II of division J of 
Public Law 113-76, the following amounts which became available on 
October 1, 2014, are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in the 
amounts specified:

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            (1) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Services'', 
        $1,400,000,000.
            (2) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Support and 
        Compliance'', $100,000,000.
            (3) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Facilities'', 
        $250,000,000.

    (b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, an 
additional amount is appropriated to the following accounts in the 
amounts specified to remain available until September 30, 2016:
            (1) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Services'', 
        $1,400,000,000.
            (2) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Support and 
        Compliance'', $100,000,000.
            (3) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Facilities'', 
        $250,000,000.

    Sec. 227.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of all bid 
savings in major construction projects that total at least $5,000,000, 
or 5 percent of the programmed amount of the project, whichever is less: 
 Provided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a 
contract identifying the programmed amount:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress 14 days prior to the obligation of such bid savings and 
shall describe the anticipated use of such savings.
    Sec. 228.  The scope of work for a project included in 
``Construction, Major Projects'' may not be increased above the scope 
specified for that project in the original justification data provided 
to the Congress as part of the request for appropriations.
    Sec. 229.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a quarterly 
report that contains the following information from each Veterans 
Benefits Administration Regional Office: (1) the average time to 
complete a disability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims 
pending more than 125 days; (3) error rates; (4) the number of claims 
personnel; (5) any corrective action taken within the quarter to address 
poor performance; (6) training programs undertaken; and (7) the number 
and results of Quality Review Team audits:  Provided, That each 
quarterly report shall be submitted no later than 30 days after the end 
of the respective quarter.
    Sec. 230.  The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a reprogramming request if at 
any point during fiscal year 2015, the funding allocated for a medical 
care initiative identified in the fiscal year 2015 expenditure plan is 
adjusted by more than $25,000,000 from the allocation shown in the 
corresponding congressional budget justification. Such a reprogramming 
request may go forward only if the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress approve the request or if a period of 14 days has 
elapsed.
    Sec. 231.  Of the funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for ``Medical Services'' and ``Medical 
Support and Compliance'', a maximum of $8,371,000 may be obligated from 
the ``Medical Services'' account and a maximum of $114,703,000 may be 
obligated from the ``Medical Support and Compliance'' account for the 
VistA Evolution and electronic health record interoperability projects:  
Provided, That funds in addition

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to these amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution and electronic 
health record interoperability projects upon written notification by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 232.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide written 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress 15 days prior to organizational changes which result in the 
transfer of 25 or more full-time equivalents from one organizational 
unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs to another.

                     (including rescission of funds)

    Sec. 233. (a) There is hereby rescinded an aggregate amount of 
$41,000,000 from the total budget authority provided for fiscal year 
2015 for discretionary accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
in--
            (1) this Act; or
            (2) any advance appropriation for fiscal year 2015 in prior 
        appropriation Acts.

    (b) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a report specifying the account and amount of 
each rescission not later than 20 days following enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 234.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide on a 
quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress notification of any single national outreach and awareness 
marketing campaign in which obligations exceed $2,000,000.
    Sec. 235.  None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to 
close Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals, domiciliaries, or 
clinics, conduct an environmental assessment, or to diminish healthcare 
services at existing Veterans Health Administration medical facilities 
located in Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 as part of a planned 
realignment of VA services until the Secretary provides to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report 
including the following elements: (1) a national realignment strategy 
that includes a detailed description of realignment plans within each 
Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), including an updated Long 
Range Capital Plan to implement realignment requirements; (2) an 
explanation of the process by which those plans were developed and 
coordinated within the VISN; (3) a cost vs. benefit analysis of each 
planned realignment, including the cost of replacing Veterans Health 
Administration services with contract care or other outsourced services; 
(4) an analysis of how any such planned realignment of services will 
impact access to care for veterans living in rural or highly rural 
areas, including travel distances and transportation costs to access a 
VA medical facility and availability of local specialty and primary 
care; (5) an inventory of VA buildings with historic designation and the 
methodology used to determine the buildings' condition and utilization; 
(6) a description of how any realignment will be consistent with 
requirements under the National Historic Preservation Act; and (7) 
consideration given for reuse of historic buildings within newly 
identified realignment requirements:  Provided, That this provision 
shall not apply to capital projects in

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VISN 23, or any other VISN, which have been authorized or approved by 
Congress.
    Sec. 236.  None of the funds available to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, in this or any other Act, may be used to replace the current 
system by which the Veterans Integrated Service Networks select and 
contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment.
    Sec. 237.  None of the funds made available in this Act or prior 
Acts may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand the 
dialysis pilot program approved by the Under Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for Health in August 2010 and by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs in September 2010 or to create any new dialysis capability 
provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs in any facility that is 
not an initial facility under the pilot program until the later of the 
following dates:
            (1) September 30, 2015.
            (2) The date on which an independent analysis of the 
        dialysis pilot program has been conducted at each initial 
        facility and has been submitted to the Committees on 
        Appropriations and the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of both 
        Houses of Congress.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 238.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon determination 
that such action is necessary to address needs of the Veterans Health 
Administration, may transfer to the ``Medical Services'' account any 
discretionary appropriations made available for fiscal year 2015 in this 
title (except appropriations made to the ``General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration'' account) or any discretionary 
unobligated balances within the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
including those appropriated for fiscal year 2015, that were provided in 
advance by appropriations Acts:  Provided, That transfers shall be made 
only with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget:  Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided in this section is in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided by law:  Provided 
further, That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that were 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That such authority to 
transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on 
emergent healthcare requirements, than those for which originally 
appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds are requested 
has been denied by Congress:  Provided further, That, upon determination 
that all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation are not 
necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that appropriation 
and shall be available for the same purposes as originally appropriated: 
 Provided further, That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
receive approval of that request.

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 239.  Amounts made available for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2015, under the ``Board of Veterans

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Appeals'' and the ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration'' accounts may be transferred between such accounts:  
Provided, That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and such 
Committees issue an approval.

                          (rescission of funds)

    Sec. 240.  Of the unobligated balances available within the ``DOD-VA 
Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund'', $15,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 241.  Subsection (b) of section 504 of the Veterans' Benefits 
Improvements Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-275; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Limitation.--The Secretary may carry out the pilot program 
under this section as follows:
            ``(1) In fiscal years before fiscal year 2015, through not 
        more than 10 regional offices of the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs.
            ``(2) In fiscal year 2015, through not more than 12 regional 
        offices of the Department.
            ``(3) In fiscal year 2016, through not more than 15 regional 
        offices of the Department.
            ``(4) In fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
        through such regional offices of the Department as the Secretary 
        considers appropriate.''.

    Sec. 242.  Section 101(d)(2)(B)(ii) of the Veterans Access, Choice, 
and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subclause:
                                    ``(III) Other exceptions.--With 
                                respect to furnishing care or services 
                                under this section in Alaska, the Alaska 
                                Fee Schedule of the Department of 
                                Veterans Affairs will be followed, 
                                except for when another payment 
                                agreement, including a contract or 
                                provider agreement, is in place. With 
                                respect to care or services furnished 
                                under this section in a State with an 
                                All-Payer Model Agreement under the 
                                Social Security Act that became 
                                effective on January 1, 2014, the 
                                Medicare payment rates under clause (i) 
                                shall be calculated based on the payment 
                                rates under such agreement.''.

    Sec. 243.  Section 1710(e)(1)(F) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``January 1, 1957,'' and inserting ``August 1, 
1953''.

 advance appropriations for certain accounts of department of veterans 
                                 affairs

    Sec. 244. (a) In General.--Section 117 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``medical care accounts of the Department'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``covered accounts of the 
        Department'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``beginning with fiscal year 
                2011,''; and

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                    (B) by striking ``discretionary'' each place it 
                appears;
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``medical care accounts of the 
                Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans 
                Affairs account'' and inserting ``accounts of the 
                Department of Veterans Affairs account'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``Veterans Health 
                Administration,'' and after ``(1)'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``Veterans Health 
                Administration,'' after ``(2)'';
                    (D) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``Veterans Health 
                Administration,'' after ``(3)'';
                    (E) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
                paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively;
                    (F) by inserting before paragraph (4), as 
                redesignated by subparagraph (E), the following new 
                paragraphs:
            ``(1) Veterans Benefits Administration, Compensation and 
        Pensions.
            ``(2) Veterans Benefits Administration, Readjustment 
        Benefits.
            ``(3) Veterans Benefits Administration, Veterans Insurance 
        and Indemnities.''; and
                    (G) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Medical 
                Care Accounts'' and inserting ``Covered Accounts of the 
                Department''; and
            (4) in the section heading, by striking ``certain medical 
        care accounts'' and inserting ``certain accounts''.

    (b) <<NOTE: 38 USC 117 note.>>  Applicability.--Section 117 of title 
38, United States Code, shall apply as follows:
            (1) With respect to an account described in paragraph (4), 
        (5), or (6) of subsection (c) of such section, as redesignated 
        by subsection (a) of this section, for each fiscal year 
        beginning with fiscal year 2011.
            (2) With respect to an account described in paragraph (1), 
        (2), or (3) of such subsection (c), as added by subsection (a) 
        of this section, for each fiscal year beginning with 2017.

    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 1 of title 38, United States Code, <<NOTE: 38 USC prec. 101.>>  
is amended by striking the item relating to section 117 and inserting 
the following new item:

``117. Advance appropriations for certain accounts.''.

    (d) Conforming and Technical Amendments.--Section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking the first paragraph (37) and inserting the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(37) information on estimates of appropriations for the 
        fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is 
        submitted for the following accounts of the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs:
                    ``(A) Veterans Benefits Administration, Compensation 
                and Pensions.
                    ``(B) Veterans Benefits Administration, Readjustment 
                Benefits.
                    ``(C) Veterans Benefits Administration, Veterans 
                Insurance and Indemnities.
                    ``(D) Veterans Health Administration, Medical 
                Services.

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                    ``(E) Veterans Health Administration, Medical 
                Support and Compliance.
                    ``(F) Veterans Health Administration, Medical 
                Facilities.''; and
            (2) <<NOTE: 31 USC 1105.>>  by redesignating the second 
        paragraph (37), as added by section 11(a)(2) of the GPRA 
        Modernization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-352; 124 Stat. 3881), 
        as paragraph (39).

                                TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American 
Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of land or 
interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and repair of uniforms 
for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the 
United States and its territories and possessions; rent of office and 
garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replacement 
basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $7,500 
for official reception and representation expenses; and insurance of 
official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of 
such countries, $74,100,000, to remain available until expended.

                  foreign currency fluctuations account

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American 
Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of 
title 36, United States Code.

           United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States Court 
of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by sections 7251 through 
7298 of title 38, United States Code, $31,386,000:  Provided, That 
$2,500,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing financial 
assistance as described, and in accordance with the process and 
reporting procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 102-
229.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                        Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and improvement 
of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National 
Cemetery, including the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement on a one-for-one basis

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only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $65,800,000, of which not to exceed $3,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016. In addition, such sums as may be 
necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and replacement, to be 
derived from the ``Lease of Department of Defense Real Property for 
Defense Agencies'' account.

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

                               trust fund

    For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home to 
operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington, 
District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Gulfport, 
Mississippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home Trust Fund, $63,400,000, of which $1,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for construction and renovation of the 
physical plants at the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington, 
District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Gulfport, 
Mississippi.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 301.  Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
``Department of Defense--Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army'', may be 
provided to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relocation of the 
federally owned water main at Arlington National Cemetery, making 
additional land available for ground burials.

                                TITLE IV

                     OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

                          DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                   Military Construction, Defense-Wide

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Defense-
Wide'', $46,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2017, for a 
project outside of the United States:  Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

          European Reassurance Initiative Military Construction

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Army'', 
``Military Construction, Air Force'', and ``Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide'', $175,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2017, for military construction (including planning and design) for 
projects associated with the European Reassurance Initiative:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  
Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this heading may 
be obligated or expended

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until the Secretary of Defense submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: (1) a final spending plan for 
the European Reassurance Initiative military construction projects, and 
(2) the relevant Department of Defense Form 1391 for each project prior 
to the execution of that project.

                                 TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 501.  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. 502.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for any program, project, or activity, when it is made known to the 
Federal entity or official to which the funds are made available that 
the program, project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private property 
rights, or unfunded mandates.
    Sec. 503.  All departments and agencies funded under this Act are 
encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory authorities and 
funding, to expand their use of ``E-Commerce'' technologies and 
procedures in the conduct of their business practices and public service 
activities.
    Sec. 504.  Unless stated otherwise, all reports and notifications 
required by this Act shall be submitted to the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee 
on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
    Sec. 505.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this or any other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 506.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for a project or program named for an individual serving as a Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the United States House of 
Representatives.
    Sec. 507. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act, 
shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public Web site 
of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Congress in 
this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency 
that it shall serve the national interest.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
        security; or
            (2) the report contains confidential or proprietary 
        information.

    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only 
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee or 
Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.
    Sec. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.

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    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary 
for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any 
other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or 
adjudication activities.
    Sec. 509.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by an agency of the executive branch to pay for first-class travel by an 
employee of the agency in contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 
301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 510.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to execute a contract for goods or services, including construction 
services, where the contractor has not complied with Executive Order No. 
12989.
    Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or 
for an agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum--Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
    Sec. 512. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this Act may be 
used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility in the United 
States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual detained 
at United States Naval Station, Guantaanamo Bay, Cuba, for the purposes 
of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the control of the 
Department of Defense.
    (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantaanamo 
Bay, Cuba.
    (c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guantaanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
            (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of the 
        Armed Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is--
                    (A) in the custody or under the effective control of 
                the Department of Defense; or
                    (B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
                Station, Guantaanamo Bay, Cuba.

    This division may be cited as the ``Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015''.

DIVISION J--DEPARTMENT <<NOTE: Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
  and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015.>>  OF STATE, FOREIGN 
OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

                                 TITLE I

                 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

                           DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                    Administration of Foreign Affairs

                    diplomatic and consular programs

    For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the Foreign 
Service not otherwise provided for, $6,460,639,000, of which

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up to $650,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2016, and of 
which up to $2,128,115,000 may remain available until expended for 
Worldwide Security Protection:  Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading shall be allocated in accordance with paragraphs (1) 
through (4) as follows:
            (1) Human resources.--For necessary expenses for training, 
        human resources management, and salaries, including employment 
        without regard to civil service and classification laws of 
        persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as 
        authorized by section 801 of the United States Information and 
        Educational Exchange Act of 1948, $2,270,036,000, of which up to 
        $331,885,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection.
            (2) Overseas programs.--For necessary expenses for the 
        regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas 
        activities as authorized by law, $1,595,805,000.
            (3) Diplomatic policy and support.--For necessary expenses 
        for the functional bureaus of the Department of State, including 
        representation to certain international organizations in which 
        the United States participates pursuant to treaties ratified 
        pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate or specific 
        Acts of Congress, general administration, and arms control, 
        nonproliferation and disarmament activities as authorized, 
        $780,860,000.
            (4) Security programs.--For necessary expenses for security 
        activities, $1,813,938,000, of which up to $1,796,230,000 is for 
        Worldwide Security Protection.
            (5) Fees and payments collected.--In addition to amounts 
        otherwise made available under this heading--
                    (A) not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived from 
                fees collected from other executive agencies for lease 
                or use of facilities located at the International Center 
                in accordance with section 4 of the International Center 
                Act, and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of 
                such Act, $533,000, to be derived from the reserve 
                authorized by that section, to be used for the purposes 
                set out in that section;
                    (B) as authorized by section 810 of the United 
                States Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to 
                exceed $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
                may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other 
                payments received from English teaching, library, motion 
                pictures, and publication programs and from fees from 
                educational advising and counseling and exchange visitor 
                programs; and
                    (C) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived 
                from reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of 
                Blair House facilities.
            (6) Transfer, reprogramming, and other matters.--
                    (A) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, funds 
                may be reprogrammed within and between paragraphs (1) 
                through (4) under this heading subject to section 7015 
                of this Act.
                    (B) Of the amount made available under this heading, 
                not to exceed $10,000,000 may be transferred to, and 
                merged with, funds made available by this Act under the 
                heading ``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular

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                Service'', to be available only for emergency 
                evacuations and rewards, as authorized.
                    (C) Funds appropriated under this heading are 
                available for acquisition by exchange or purchase of 
                passenger motor vehicles as authorized by law and, 
                pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1108(g), for the field examination 
                of programs and activities in the United States funded 
                from any account contained in this title.
                    (D) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, up 
                to $23,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
                shall be for Conflict Stabilization Operations and for 
                related reconstruction and stabilization assistance to 
                prevent or respond to conflict or civil strife in 
                foreign countries or regions, or to enable transition 
                from such strife:  Provided, That such funds may be 
                transferred to, and merged with, funds previously made 
                available under the heading ``Conflict Stabilization 
                Operations'' in title I of prior acts making 
                appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
                operations, and related programs.
                    (E) None of the funds appropriated under this 
                heading may be used for the preservation of religious 
                sites unless the Secretary of State determines and 
                reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
                sites are historically, artistically, or culturally 
                significant, that the purpose of the project is neither 
                to advance nor to inhibit the free exercise of religion, 
                and that the project is in the national interest of the 
                United States.

                         capital investment fund

    For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, $56,400,000, 
to remain available until expended, as authorized.

                       office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$73,400,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465), as it relates to post inspections:  
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $11,000,000 
may remain available until September 30, 2016.

               educational and cultural exchange programs

    For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, as 
authorized, $589,900,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not less than $236,485,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program:  
Provided, That fees or other payments received from, or in connection 
with, English teaching, educational advising and counseling programs, 
and exchange visitor programs as authorized may be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended:  Provided further, That a 
portion of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and Central Asia 
regions shall be designated as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, 
That not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
detailing modifications made to existing educational and cultural 
exchange

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programs since calendar year 2013, including for special academic and 
special professional and cultural exchanges:  Provided further, That any 
further substantive modifications to programs funded by this Act under 
this heading shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.

                         representation expenses

    For representation expenses as authorized, $8,030,000.

              protection of foreign missions and officials

    For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Secretary of 
State to provide for extraordinary protective services, as authorized, 
$30,036,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016.

             embassy security, construction, and maintenance

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292-303), preserving, maintaining, 
repairing, and planning for buildings that are owned or directly leased 
by the Department of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise 
available, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Diplomatic 
Security Construction Program as authorized, $822,755,000, to remain 
available until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 
may be used for domestic and overseas representation expenses as 
authorized:  Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, furnishings, 
or generators for other departments and agencies.
    In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
acquisition, and construction as authorized, $1,240,500,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That not later than 45 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations the proposed allocation of funds made 
available under this heading and the actual and anticipated proceeds of 
sales for all projects in fiscal year 2015.

           emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service

    For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State to meet 
unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, 
$7,900,000, to remain available until expended as authorized, of which 
not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Repatriation Loans Program 
Account'', subject to the same terms and conditions.

                   repatriation loans program account

    For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as authorized:  Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  
Provided further, That such funds are available to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$2,469,136.

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               payment to the american institute in taiwan

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act (Public 
Law 96-8), $30,000,000.

      payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund

    For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, 
as authorized, $158,900,000.

                       International Organizations

              contributions to international organizations

    For <<NOTE: 22 USC 269a note.>>  necessary expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, to meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to 
the advice and consent of the Senate, conventions or specific Acts of 
Congress, $1,399,151,000:  Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, 
at the time of the submission of the President's budget to Congress 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, transmit to the 
Committees on Appropriations the most recent biennial budget prepared by 
the United Nations for the operations of the United Nations:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or in an emergency, as far 
in advance as is practicable) of any United Nations action to increase 
funding for any United Nations program without identifying an offsetting 
decrease elsewhere in the United Nations budget:  Provided further, That 
not later than May 1, 2015, and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 
2015, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations any credits available to the United States, including 
from the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide updated 
fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2016 assessment costs including offsets 
from available credits and updated foreign currency exchange rates:  
Provided further, That any such credits shall only be available for 
United States assessed contributions to the United Nations and the 
Committees on Appropriations shall be notified when such credits are 
applied to any assessed contribution, including any payment of 
arrearages:  Provided further, That any notification regarding funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading in this Act 
or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs submitted pursuant to section 7015 of 
this Act, section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan submitted pursuant to 
section 7076 of this Act, shall include an estimate of all known credits 
currently available to the United States and provide updated assessment 
costs including offsets from available credits and updated foreign 
currency exchange rates:  Provided further, That any payment of 
arrearages under this heading shall be directed to activities that are 
mutually agreed upon by the United States and the respective 
international organization and shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for a United States contribution to an international 
organization for the United States share of interest costs made known to 
the

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United States Government by such organization for loans incurred on or 
after October 1, 1984, through external borrowings:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State shall review the budgetary and personnel 
procedures of the United Nations and affiliated agencies funded under 
this heading and, not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on steps taken at 
each agency to eliminate unnecessary administrative costs and 
duplicative activities and ensure that personnel practices are 
transparent and merit-based.

         contributions for international peacekeeping activities

    For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses of 
international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance or 
restoration of international peace and security, $2,118,891,000, of 
which 15 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2016:  
Provided, That none of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
obligated or expended for any new or expanded United Nations 
peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of voting for 
such mission in the United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency 
as far in advance as is practicable), the Committees on Appropriations 
are notified: (1) of the estimated cost and duration of the mission, the 
objectives of the mission, the national interest that will be served, 
and the exit strategy; (2) that the United Nations has in place measures 
to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel, and 
peacekeeping troops serving in the mission from trafficking in persons, 
exploiting victims of trafficking, or committing acts of illegal sexual 
exploitation or other violations of human rights, and to bring to 
justice individuals who engage in such acts while participating in the 
peacekeeping mission, including prosecution in their home countries of 
such individuals in connection with such acts, and to make information 
about such cases publicly available in the country where an alleged 
crime occurs and on the United Nations' Web site; and (3) the source of 
funds that will be used to pay the cost of the new or expanded mission, 
and the estimated cost in future fiscal years:  Provided further, That 
funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary 
of State determines that American manufacturers and suppliers are not 
being given opportunities to provide equipment, services, and material 
for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to 
foreign manufacturers and suppliers:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations and foreign 
governments contributing peacekeeping troops to implement effective 
vetting procedures to ensure that such troops have not violated human 
rights:  Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available under this heading may be used for any United 
Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve United States Armed 
Forces under the command or operational control of a foreign national, 
unless the President's military advisors have submitted to the President 
a recommendation that such involvement is in the national interest of 
the United States and the President has submitted to the Congress such a 
recommendation:  Provided further, That not later than May 1, 2015, and 
30 days after the end of fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of State shall 
report to the Committees on Appropriations any credits available to the 
United States,

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including those resulting from United Nations peacekeeping missions or 
the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal 
year 2015 and fiscal year 2016 assessment costs including offsets from 
available credits:  Provided further, That any such credits shall only 
be available for United States assessed contributions to the United 
Nations, and the Committees on Appropriations shall be notified when 
such credits are applied to any assessed contribution, including any 
payment of arrearages:  Provided further, That any notification 
regarding funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this 
heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs submitted 
pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, section 34 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan 
submitted pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, shall include an 
estimate of all known credits currently available to the United States 
and provide updated assessment costs including offsets from available 
credits:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading 
shall be available for United States assessed contributions up to the 
amount specified in Annex IV accompanying United Nations General 
Assembly Resolution 64/220:  Provided further, That such funds may be 
made available above the amount authorized in section 404(b)(2)(B) of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995 (22 
U.S.C. 287e note) only if the Secretary of State determines and reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that it is important to the 
national interest of the United States.

                        International Commissions

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or specific 
Acts of Congress, as follows:

  international boundary and water commission, united states and mexico

    For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, 
and to comply with laws applicable to the United States Section, 
including not to exceed $6,000 for representation expenses; as follows:

                          salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, $44,707,000.

                              construction

    For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, $29,000,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized.

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              american sections, international commissions

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 
International Joint Commission and the International Boundary 
Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties between 
the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and the Border 
Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by Public Law 103-182, 
$12,561,000:  Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading 
for the International Joint Commission, up to $500,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2016, and $9,000 may be made available for 
representation expenses.

                   international fisheries commissions

    For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, not 
otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $36,681,000:  Provided, 
That the United States share of such expenses may be advanced to the 
respective commissions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                     Broadcasting Board of Governors

                  international broadcasting operations

    For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
(BBG), as authorized, to carry out international communication 
activities, and to make and supervise grants for radio and television 
broadcasting to the Middle East, $726,567,000:  Provided, That in 
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, up to 
$44,025,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading may remain 
available until expended for satellite transmissions and Internet 
freedom programs, of which not less than $17,500,000 shall be for 
Internet freedom programs:  Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for 
representation expenses, of which $10,000 may be used for representation 
expenses within the United States as authorized, and not to exceed 
$30,000 may be used for representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/
Radio Liberty:  <<NOTE: 22 USC 6206 note.>>  Provided further, That the 
authority provided by section 504(c) of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 
note) shall remain in effect through September 30, 2015:  Provided 
further, That the BBG shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
within 15 days of any determination by the Board that any of its 
broadcast entities, including its grantee organizations, provides an 
open platform for international terrorists or those who support 
international terrorism, or is in violation of the principles and 
standards set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 303 of the 
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) or 
the entity's journalistic code of ethics:  Provided further, That 
significant modifications to BBG broadcast hours previously justified to 
Congress, including changes to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium 
wave, satellite, Internet, and television), for all BBG language 
services shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That in addition to 
funds made available under this heading, and notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts

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from advertising and revenue from business ventures, up to $500,000 in 
receipts from cooperating international organizations, and up to 
$1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of 
America and the International Broadcasting Bureau, shall remain 
available until expended for carrying out authorized purposes.

                    broadcasting capital improvements

    For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preservation, and 
improvement of facilities for radio, television, and digital 
transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and installation of 
necessary equipment for radio, television, and digital transmission and 
reception, including to Cuba, as authorized; and physical security 
worldwide, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 
$4,800,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized.

                            RELATED PROGRAMS

                           The Asia Foundation

    For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized by The Asia 
Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $17,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized.

                    United States Institute of Peace

    For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace, as 
authorized by the United States Institute of Peace Act, $35,300,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016, which shall not be used for 
construction activities.

          Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund

    For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle Eastern-Western 
Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section 633 of the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the 
interest and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before September 30, 
2015, to remain available until expended.

                 Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program

    For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the Eisenhower 
Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204-5205), all interest and 
earnings accruing to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 
Fund on or before September 30, 2015, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be 
used to pay any salary or other compensation, or to enter into any 
contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the rate 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accordance 
with OMB Circulars A-110 (Uniform Administrative Requirements) and A-122 
(Cost Principles for Non-profit Organizations), including the 
restrictions on compensation for personal services.

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                    Israeli Arab Scholarship Program

    For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program, as 
authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings 
accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 
2015, to remain available until expended.

                            East-West Center

    To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying out the 
provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between 
East and West Act of 1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and 
Technical Interchange Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, 
$16,700,000.

                    National Endowment for Democracy

    For grants made by the Department of State to the National Endowment 
for Democracy, as authorized by the National Endowment for Democracy 
Act, $135,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$100,000,000 shall be allocated in the traditional and customary manner, 
including for the core institutes, and $35,000,000 shall be for 
democracy, human rights, and rule of law programs.

                            OTHER COMMISSIONS

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of 
America's Heritage Abroad, $644,000, as authorized by section 1303 of 
Public Law 99-83:  Provided, That the Commission may procure temporary, 
intermittent, and other services notwithstanding paragraph (3) of 
section 1303(g) of Public Law 99-83 (16 U.S.C. 469j):  Provided further, 
That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 2015:  Provided 
further, That the Commission shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to exercising such authority.

       United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom established in title II of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), 
$3,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, including not 
more than $4,000 for representation expenses, subject to authorization.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2583]]

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and Cooperation 
in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94-304, $2,579,000, including not 
more than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016.

  Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive Commission on 
the People's Republic of China, as authorized by title III of the U.S.-
China Relations Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911-6919), $2,000,000, including 
not more than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016.

       United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic and 
Security Review Commission, as authorized by section 1238 of the Floyd 
D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 
U.S.C. 7002), $3,500,000, including not more than $4,000 for 
representation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2016:  
Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limitations, and 
conditions contained in the second through sixth provisos under this 
heading in division F of Public Law 111-117 shall continue in effect 
during fiscal year 2015 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this 
heading as if included in this Act.

                                TITLE II

           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                   Funds Appropriated to the President

                           operating expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,090,836,000, of which up to 
$163,625,000 may remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading and under the 
heading ``Capital Investment Fund'' in this title may be made available 
to finance the construction (including architect and engineering 
services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices for use by the United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID), unless the USAID 
Administrator has identified such proposed use of funds in a report 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to 
the obligation of funds for such purposes:  Provided further, That 
contracts or

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agreements entered into with funds appropriated under this heading may 
entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds through the 
following fiscal year:  Provided further, That the authority of sections 
610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by 
the Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry out 
chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ``Operating Expenses'' in accordance 
with the provisions of those sections:  Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated or made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$250,000 may be available for representation and entertainment expenses, 
of which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertainment 
expenses, for USAID during the current fiscal year.

                         capital investment fund

    For necessary expenses for overseas construction and related costs, 
and for the procurement and enhancement of information technology and 
related capital investments, pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, $130,815,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes:  Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for obligation only pursuant to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                       office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $54,285,000, of which up to 
$8,143,000 may remain available until September 30, 2016, for the Office 
of Inspector General of the United States Agency for International 
Development.

                                TITLE III

                      BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                   Funds Appropriated to the President

    For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry out the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other 
purposes, as follows:

                          global health programs

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters 1 and 
10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for global health 
activities, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, 
$2,783,950,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, and which 
shall be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID):  Provided, That this amount shall be 
made available for training, equipment, and technical assistance to 
build the capacity of public health institutions and organizations in 
developing countries, and for such activities as: (1) child survival and 
maternal health programs; (2) immunization and oral rehydration 
programs; (3) other health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs 
which directly address the needs of mothers and children, and related 
education programs;

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(4) assistance for children displaced or orphaned by causes other than 
AIDS; (5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and 
research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infectious 
diseases including neglected tropical diseases, and for assistance to 
communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including children infected 
or affected by AIDS; (6) disaster preparedness training for health 
crises; and (7) family planning/reproductive health:  Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this paragraph may be made available for a 
United States contribution to the GAVI Alliance:  Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated 
balances from prior appropriations Acts may be made available to any 
organization or program which, as determined by the President of the 
United States, supports or participates in the management of a program 
of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization:  Provided further, 
That any determination made under the previous proviso must be made not 
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and must be 
accompanied by the evidence and criteria utilized to make the 
determination:  Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this Act may be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a 
method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to 
practice abortions:  Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph 
shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against 
abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:  
Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to lobby for or against abortion:  Provided further, That in 
order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall 
be available only to voluntary family planning projects which offer, 
either directly or through referral to, or information about access to, 
a broad range of family planning methods and services, and that any such 
voluntary family planning project shall meet the following requirements: 
(1) service providers or referral agents in the project shall not 
implement or be subject to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total 
number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a 
particular method of family planning (this provision shall not be 
construed to include the use of quantitative estimates or indicators for 
budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall not include 
payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) 
an individual in exchange for becoming a family planning acceptor; or 
(B) program personnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total 
number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a 
particular method of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any 
right or benefit, including the right of access to participate in any 
program of general welfare or the right of access to health care, as a 
consequence of any individual's decision not to accept family planning 
services; (4) the project shall provide family planning acceptors 
comprehensible information on the health benefits and risks of the 
method chosen, including those conditions that might render the use of 
the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be 
consequent to the use of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure 
that experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical procedures 
are provided only in the context of a scientific study in which 
participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less 
than 60 days after the date on which the USAID Administrator determines 
that there

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has been a violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), 
(2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations 
of the requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the 
Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report 
containing a description of such violation and the corrective action 
taken by the Agency:  Provided further, That in awarding grants for 
natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because of such 
applicant's religious or conscientious commitment to offer only natural 
family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply 
with the requirements of the previous proviso:  Provided further, That 
for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
the term ``motivate'', as it relates to family planning assistance, 
shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with local 
law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy options:  Provided 
further, That information provided about the use of condoms as part of 
projects or activities that are funded from amounts appropriated by this 
Act shall be medically accurate and shall include the public health 
benefits and failure rates of such use.
    In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the prevention, treatment, and 
control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, $5,670,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, which shall be apportioned directly 
to the Department of State:  Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this paragraph may be made available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, except for the United States Leadership Against HIV/
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-25), as 
amended, for a United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight 
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), and shall be expended at 
the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and 
activities:  Provided further, That the amount of such contribution 
should be $1,350,000,000:  Provided further, That up to 5 percent of the 
aggregate amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal 
year 2015 may be made available to USAID for technical assistance 
related to the activities of the Global Fund:  Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this paragraph, up to $17,000,000 may be 
made available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office of the United States 
Global AIDS Coordinator.

                         development assistance

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 103, 
105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255, and chapter 10 of part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $2,507,001,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $23,000,000 shall be made available 
for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program, and not less than 
$10,500,000 shall be made available for cooperative development programs 
of the United States Agency for International Development.

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                    international disaster assistance

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 491 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for international disaster relief, 
rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, $560,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                         transition initiatives

    For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation and 
reconstruction assistance administered by the Office of Transition 
Initiatives, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 
pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$47,000,000, to remain available until expended, to support transition 
to democracy and long-term development for countries in crisis:  
Provided, That such support may include assistance to develop, 
strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and processes, 
revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of 
conflict:  Provided further, That the USAID Administrator shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to 
beginning a new program of assistance:  Provided further, That if the 
Secretary of State determines that it is important to the national 
interest of the United States to provide transition assistance in excess 
of the amount appropriated under this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this 
heading and under the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under 
this heading:  Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to 
the previous proviso shall be made available subject to prior 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.

                           complex crises fund

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to support programs and activities to prevent or 
respond to emerging or unforeseen foreign challenges and complex crises 
overseas, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available on such 
terms and conditions as are appropriate and necessary for the purposes 
of preventing or responding to such challenges and crises, except that 
no funds shall be made available for lethal assistance or to respond to 
natural disasters:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and section 620M 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:  Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used for administrative expenses, 
in addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes, except 
that such expenses may not exceed 5 percent of the funds appropriated 
under this heading:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, except that such notifications shall 
be transmitted at least 5 days prior to the obligation of funds.

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                      development credit authority

    For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided by the 
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as 
authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, up to $40,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act:  Provided, 
That funds provided under this paragraph and funds provided as a gift 
that are used for purposes of this paragraph pursuant to section 635(d) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available only for 
micro- and small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other programs 
which further the purposes of part I of such Act:  Provided further, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such direct and 
guaranteed loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:  Provided further, That 
funds made available by this paragraph may be used for the cost of 
modifying any such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, and funds used for such costs shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:  
Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to 
general provisions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 
1486 as reported by the House Committee on International Relations on 
May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees 
provided under this heading, except that the principal amount of loans 
made or guaranteed under this heading with respect to any single country 
shall not exceed $300,000,000:  Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of which is to 
be guaranteed, of up to $1,500,000,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit 
programs administered by USAID, $8,120,000, which may be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds made available under the heading ``Operating 
Expenses'' in title II of this Act:  Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2017.

                          economic support fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $2,632,529,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016.

                             democracy fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally, 
$130,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, of which 
$75,500,000 shall be made available for the Human Rights and Democracy 
Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State, and $55,000,000 shall be made available for the Bureau for 
Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency 
for International Development.

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                           Department of State

                    migration and refugee assistance

    For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, to enable the 
Secretary of State to carry out the provisions of section 2(a) and (b) 
of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, and other 
activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and expenses of 
personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 
1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, 
United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$931,886,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less than 
$35,000,000 shall be made available to respond to small-scale emergency 
humanitarian requirements, and $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
refugees resettling in Israel.

      united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 2(c) 
of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 2601(c)), $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                          Independent Agencies

                               peace corps

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace 
Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501-2523), including the purchase of not to exceed 
five passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes for use 
outside of the United States, $379,500,000, of which $5,150,000 is for 
the Office of Inspector General, to remain available until September 30, 
2016:  Provided, That the Director of the Peace Corps may transfer to 
the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
2515, an amount not to exceed $5,000,000:  Provided further, That funds 
transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be derived from 
amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas operations:  Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to 
exceed $104,000 may be available for representation expenses, of which 
not to exceed $4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses:  
Provided further, That any decision to open, close, significantly 
reduce, or suspend a domestic or overseas office or country program 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, except 
that prior consultation and regular notification procedures may be 
waived when there is a substantial security risk to volunteers or other 
Peace Corps personnel, pursuant to section 7015(e) of this Act:  
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be used to pay for abortions:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the previous proviso, section 614 of division E of 
Public Law 113-76 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2590]]

                    millennium challenge corporation

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millennium 
Challenge Act of 2003 (MCA), $899,500,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
up to $105,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses of the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation (the Corporation):  Provided further, 
That up to 5 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading may be 
made available to carry out the purposes of section 616 of the MCA for 
fiscal year 2015:  Provided further, That section 605(e) of the MCA 
shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading:  Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for a 
Millennium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the 
MCA only if such Compact obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate 
subject to the availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the 
parties to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of the United 
States Government funding anticipated for the duration of the Compact:  
Provided further, That the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations not later than 15 days 
prior to commencing negotiations for any country compact or threshold 
country program; signing any such compact or threshold program; or 
terminating or suspending any such compact or threshold program:  
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading by this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs that are available to implement 
section 609(g) of the MCA shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That 
no country should be eligible for a threshold program after such country 
has completed a country compact:  Provided further, That any funds that 
are deobligated from a Millennium Challenge Compact shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations 
prior to re-obligation:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
606(a)(2) of the MCA, a country shall be a candidate country for 
purposes of eligibility for assistance for the fiscal year if the 
country has a per capita income equal to or below the World Bank's lower 
middle income country threshold for the fiscal year and is among the 75 
lowest per capita income countries as identified by the World Bank; and 
the country meets the requirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 606(b)(1) of the MCA, in 
addition to countries described in the preceding proviso, a country 
shall be a candidate country for purposes of eligibility for assistance 
for the fiscal year if the country has a per capita income equal to or 
below the World Bank's lower middle income country threshold for the 
fiscal year and is not among the 75 lowest per capita income countries 
as identified by the World Bank; and the country meets the requirements 
of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA:  Provided further, That any 
Millennium Challenge Corporation candidate country under section 606 of 
the MCA with a per capita income that changes in the fiscal year such 
that the country would be reclassified from a low income country to a 
lower middle income country or from a lower middle income country to a 
low income country shall retain its candidacy status in its former 
income classification for the fiscal year and the 2 subsequent fiscal 
years:  Provided further,

[[Page 128 STAT. 2591]]

That publication in the Federal Register of a notice of availability of 
a copy of a Compact on the Millennium Challenge Corporation Web site 
shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of section 610(b)(2) of the 
MCA for such Compact:  Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be 
available for a threshold program in a country that is not currently a 
candidate country:  Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 may be available for 
representation and entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 
may be available for entertainment expenses.

                        inter-american foundation

    For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the Inter-
American Foundation in accordance with the provisions of section 401 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $22,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for 
representation expenses.

              united states african development foundation

    For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the International 
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-533), 
$30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, of which not 
to exceed $2,000 may be available for representation expenses:  
Provided, That funds made available to grantees may be invested pending 
expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the Board of 
Directors of the United States African Development Foundation (USADF):  
Provided further, That interest earned shall be used only for the 
purposes for which the grant was made:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Development Foundation 
Act, in exceptional circumstances the Board of Directors of the USADF 
may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect 
to a project and a project may exceed the limitation by up to 10 percent 
if the increase is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation:  Provided 
further, That the USADF shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations after each time such waiver authority is exercised:  
Provided further, That the USADF may make rent or lease payments in 
advance from appropriations available for such purpose for offices, 
buildings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be necessary to carry 
out its functions.

                       Department of the Treasury

               international affairs technical assistance

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 129 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $23,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017, which shall be available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law.

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                                TITLE IV

                    INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                           Department of State

           international narcotics control and law enforcement

    For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, $853,055,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That the provision of assistance by any 
other United States Government department or agency which is comparable 
to assistance made available under this heading but which is provided 
under any other provision of law, shall be administered in accordance 
with the provisions of sections 481(b) and 622(c) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading for counternarcotics programs should be used to support 
social, economic, and judicial reform programs that address the causes 
of illicit drug production, trafficking, addiction, and related violent 
crime and corruption:  Provided further, That the reporting requirements 
contained in section 1404 of Public Law 110-252 shall apply to funds 
made available by this Act, including a description of modifications, if 
any, to the Palestinian Authority's security strategy:  Provided 
further, That the Department of State may use the authority of section 
608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to its 
restrictions, to receive excess property from an agency of the United 
States Government for the purpose of providing such property to a 
foreign country or international organization under chapter 8 of part I 
of that Act, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be made available to support training and 
technical assistance for foreign law enforcement, corrections, and other 
judicial authorities, utilizing regional partners:  Provided further, 
That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading, except that any funds 
made available notwithstanding such section shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:  
Provided further, That not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations on the feasibility and cost of establishing an aviation 
platform in Africa to conduct the activities described in House Report 
113-499.

     nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs

    For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, 
demining and related programs and activities, $586,260,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016, to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-
terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining 
activities, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of 
small arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, including

[[Page 128 STAT. 2593]]

activities implemented through nongovernmental and international 
organizations, and section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 
a voluntary contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA), and for a United States contribution to the Comprehensive 
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission:  Provided, That for the 
clearance of unexploded ordnance, the Secretary of State should 
prioritize those areas where such ordnance was caused by the United 
States:  Provided further, That funds made available under this heading 
for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund shall be available 
notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations, to promote bilateral and multilateral 
activities relating to nonproliferation, disarmament and weapons 
destruction, and shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That such funds may also be used for such countries other than 
the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and international 
organizations when it is in the national security interest of the United 
States to do so:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be made available for the IAEA unless the Secretary of State 
determines that Israel is being denied its right to participate in the 
activities of that Agency:  Provided further, That funds made available 
for conventional weapons destruction programs, including demining and 
related activities, in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
purposes, may be used for administrative expenses related to the 
operation and management of such programs and activities.

                         peacekeeping operations

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 551 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $144,993,000:  Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 
of such Act, to provide assistance to enhance the capacity of foreign 
civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to participate in 
peacekeeping operations:  Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not less than $28,000,000 shall be made 
available for a United States contribution to the Multinational Force 
and Observers mission in the Sinai:  Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this Act should not be used to support any military 
training or operations that include child soldiers:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
obligated except as provided through the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations.

                   Funds Appropriated to the President

              international military education and training

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 541 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $106,074,000, of which up to 
$4,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2016, and may only 
be provided through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, That the civilian personnel for 
whom military education and training may be provided under this heading 
may include civilians who are not members of a government whose 
participation would contribute

[[Page 128 STAT. 2594]]

to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of the military, 
or respect for human rights:  Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $55,000 may be available 
for entertainment expenses.

                   foreign military financing program

    For necessary expenses for grants to enable the President to carry 
out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, 
$5,014,109,000:  Provided, That to expedite the provision of assistance 
to foreign countries and international organizations, the Secretary of 
State, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations and 
subject to the regular notification procedures of such Committees, may 
use the funds appropriated under this heading to procure defense 
articles and services to enhance the capacity of foreign security 
forces:  Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $3,100,000,000 shall be available for grants only 
for Israel, and funds are available for assistance for Jordan and Egypt 
subject to section 7041 of this Act:  Provided further, That the funds 
appropriated under this heading for assistance for Israel shall be 
disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, 
That to the extent that the Government of Israel requests that funds be 
used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel under this 
heading shall, as agreed by the United States and Israel, be available 
for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than $815,300,000 shall 
be available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and 
defense services, including research and development:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading shall be made 
available to support or continue any program initially funded under the 
authority of section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 119 Stat. 3456) (or any successor 
authority) unless the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Defense, has justified such program to the Committees on 
Appropriations:  Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this heading shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding 
any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act:  Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading shall be obligated 
upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title 31, 
United States Code, section 1501(a).
    None of the funds made available under this heading shall be 
available to finance the procurement of defense articles, defense 
services, or design and construction services that are not sold by the 
United States Government under the Arms Export Control Act unless the 
foreign country proposing to make such procurement has first signed an 
agreement with the United States Government specifying the conditions 
under which such procurement may be financed with such funds:  Provided, 
That all country and funding level increases in allocations shall be 
submitted through the regular notification procedures of section 7015 of 
this Act:  Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related activities, 
and may include activities implemented through nongovernmental and 
international organizations:  Provided further, That only those 
countries for which assistance was justified for the ``Foreign Military 
Sales Financing

[[Page 128 STAT. 2595]]

Program'' in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for 
security assistance programs may utilize funds made available under this 
heading for procurement of defense articles, defense services or design 
and construction services that are not sold by the United States 
Government under the Arms Export Control Act:  Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended at the minimum 
rate necessary to make timely payment for defense articles and services: 
 Provided further, That not more than $63,945,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, 
including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only 
for use outside of the United States, for the general costs of 
administering military assistance and sales, except that this limitation 
may be exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading for general costs of administering military 
assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be available for 
entertainment expenses and not to exceed $130,000 may be available for 
representation expenses:  Provided further, That not more than 
$904,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the 
Arms Export Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred by the 
Department of Defense during fiscal year 2015 pursuant to section 43(b) 
of the Arms Export Control Act, except that this limitation may be 
exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations.

                                 TITLE V

                         MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE

                   Funds Appropriated to the President

                international organizations and programs

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 301 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of section 2 of the United 
Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973, $344,170,000, of 
which up to $10,000,000 may be made available for the Intergovernmental 
Panel on Climate Change/United Nations Framework Convention on Climate 
Change:  Provided, That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 shall not apply to contributions to the United Nations Democracy 
Fund.

                  International Financial Institutions

                       global environment facility

    For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development as trustee for the Global Environment Facility by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, $136,563,000, to remain available until 
expended.

        contribution to the international development association

    For payment to the International Development Association by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, $1,287,800,000, to remain available until 
expended.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2596]]

     contribution to the international bank for reconstruction and 
                               development

    For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share 
of the paid-in portion of the increases in capital stock, $186,957,000, 
to remain available until expended.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

    The United States Governor of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal year 
limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States share of 
increases in capital stock in an amount not to exceed $2,928,990,899.

                contribution to the clean technology fund

    For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development as trustee for the Clean Technology Fund by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, $184,630,000, to remain available until expended.

               contribution to the strategic climate fund

    For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development as trustee for the Strategic Climate Fund by the Secretary 
of the Treasury, $49,900,000, to remain available until expended.

           contribution to the inter-american development bank

    For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank by the Secretary 
of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of 
the increase in capital stock, $102,020,448, to remain available until 
expended.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

    The United States Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank 
may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital 
portion of the United States share of such capital stock in an amount 
not to exceed $4,098,794,833.

contribution to the enterprise for the americas multilateral investment 
                                  fund

    For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral 
Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $3,378,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That such payment shall be subject 
to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.

               contribution to the asian development bank

    For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the Secretary of the 
Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of increase 
in capital stock, $106,586,000, to remain available until expended.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2597]]

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

    The United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank may 
subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion 
of the United States share of such capital stock in an amount not to 
exceed $2,558,048,769.

               contribution to the asian development fund

    For payment to the Asian Development Bank's Asian Development Fund 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, $104,977,000, to remain available 
until expended.

              contribution to the african development bank

    For payment to the African Development Bank by the Secretary of the 
Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the 
increase in capital stock, $32,418,000, to remain available until 
expended.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

    The United States Governor of the African Development Bank may 
subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion 
of the United States share of such capital stock in an amount not to 
exceed $507,860,808.

              contribution to the african development fund

    For payment to the African Development Fund by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, $175,668,000, to remain available until expended.

   contribution to the international fund for agricultural development

    For payment to the International Fund for Agricultural Development 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                                TITLE VI

                    EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                 Export-Import Bank of the United States

                            inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $5,750,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016.

                             program account

    The Export-Import Bank (the Bank) of the United States is authorized 
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to such corporation, and in accordance with law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations, as provided by section

[[Page 128 STAT. 2598]]

104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in 
carrying out the program for the current fiscal year for such 
corporation:  Provided, That none of the funds available during the 
current fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts, or 
commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to 
any country, other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX 
of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to 
receive economic or military assistance under this Act, that has 
detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of the enactment of this 
Act:  Provided further, That not less than 20 percent of the aggregate 
loan, guarantee, and insurance authority available to the Bank under 
this Act should be used to finance exports directly by small business 
concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act):  
Provided further, That not less than 10 percent of the aggregate loan, 
guarantee, and insurance authority available to the Bank under this Act 
should be used for renewable energy technologies or energy efficiency 
technologies: <<NOTE: 12 USC 635 note.>>   Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103-428, as amended, sections 
1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103-428 shall remain in effect through 
October 1, 2015.

                         administrative expenses

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed 
loan and insurance programs, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 
for official reception and representation expenses for members of the 
Board of Directors, not to exceed $106,250,000:  Provided, That the 
Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, payment or services 
provided by transaction participants for legal, financial, or technical 
services in connection with any transaction for which an application for 
a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made: <<NOTE: 12 USC 
635a note.>>   Provided further, That notwithstanding subsection (b) of 
section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) 
thereof shall remain in effect until September 30, 2015:  Provided 
further, That the Bank shall charge fees for necessary expenses 
(including special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but 
not including other personal services) in connection with the collection 
of moneys owed the Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or 
other assets acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the 
Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property, or the 
evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical aspects of any 
transaction for which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance 
commitment has been made, or systems infrastructure directly supporting 
transactions:  Provided further, That in addition to other funds 
appropriated for administrative expenses, such fees shall be credited to 
this account for such purposes, to remain available until expended.

                           receipts collected

    Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, 
as amended, and the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, in an 
amount not to exceed the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited 
as offsetting collections to this account:  Provided, That the sums 
herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-
for-dollar basis by such offsetting

[[Page 128 STAT. 2599]]

collections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 
the General Fund estimated at $0:  Provided further, That amounts 
collected in fiscal year 2015 in excess of obligations, up to 
$10,000,000, shall become available on September 1, 2015, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2018.

                 Overseas Private Investment Corporation

                            noncredit account

    The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to make, 
without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 
9104, such expenditures and commitments within the limits of funds 
available to it and in accordance with law as may be necessary:  
Provided, That the amount available for administrative expenses to carry 
out the credit and insurance programs (including an amount for official 
reception and representation expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) 
shall not exceed $62,787,000:  Provided further, That project-specific 
transaction costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred in 
claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with services 
provided to specific investors or potential investors pursuant to 
section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be 
considered administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading.

                             program account

    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $25,000,000, as 
authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to be 
derived by transfer from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
Noncredit Account:  Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That such sums 
shall be available for direct loan obligations and loan guaranty 
commitments incurred or made during fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017:  
Provided further, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2015 remain 
available for disbursement through 2023; funds obligated in fiscal year 
2016 remain available for disbursement through 2024; and funds obligated 
in fiscal year 2017 remain available for disbursement through 2025:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to undertake any 
program authorized by title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq:  Provided further, That funds made 
available pursuant to the authority of the previous proviso shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    In addition, such sums as may be necessary for administrative 
expenses to carry out the credit program may be derived from amounts 
available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and 
insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
Noncredit Account and merged with said account.

                      trade and development agency

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 661 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $60,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That of the amounts

[[Page 128 STAT. 2600]]

made available under this heading, up to $2,500,000 may be made 
available to provide comprehensive procurement advice to foreign 
governments to support local procurements funded by the United States 
Agency for International Development, the Millennium Challenge 
Corporation, and the Department of State:  Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not more than $4,000 may be 
available for representation and entertainment expenses.

                                TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                      allowances and differentials

    Sec. 7001.  Funds appropriated under title I of this Act shall be 
available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and 
differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5, United States 
Code; for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of 
passenger transportation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b).

                       unobligated balances report

    Sec. 7002.  Any department or agency of the United States Government 
to which funds are appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting 
of cumulative unobligated balances and obligated, but unexpended, 
balances by program, project, and activity, and Treasury Account Fund 
Symbol of all funds received by such department or agency in fiscal year 
2015 or any previous fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year:  
Provided, That the report required by this section should specify by 
account the amount of funds obligated pursuant to bilateral agreements 
which have not been further sub-obligated.

                           consulting services

    Sec. 7003.  The expenditure of any appropriation under title I of 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where 
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.

                          diplomatic facilities

    Sec. 7004. (a) Of funds provided under title I of this Act, except 
as provided in subsection (b), a project to construct a diplomatic 
facility of the United States may not include office space or other 
accommodations for an employee of a Federal agency or department if the 
Secretary of State determines that such department or agency has not 
provided to the Department of State the full amount of funding required 
by subsection (e) of section 604 of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) 
of Public Law 106-113 and contained in appendix G of that Act; 113 Stat. 
1501A-453), as amended by section 629 of the Departments of Commerce,

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Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2005.
    (b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), a project to 
construct a diplomatic facility of the United States may include office 
space or other accommodations for members of the United States Marine 
Corps.
    (c) For the purposes of calculating the fiscal year 2015 costs of 
providing new United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with 
section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 
Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note), the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall determine the annual program level and agency shares in a manner 
that is proportional to the Department of State's contribution for this 
purpose.
    (d) Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, which may be made available for the acquisition of 
property or award of construction contracts for overseas diplomatic 
facilities during fiscal year 2015, shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, That notifications pursuant to 
this subsection shall include the information enumerated under the 
heading ``Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance'' in House 
Report 113-499.
    (e)(1) None of the funds appropriated under the heading ``Embassy 
Security, Construction, and Maintenance'' in this Act and in prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs, made available through Federal agency Capital 
Security Cost Sharing contributions and reimbursements, or generated 
from the proceeds of real property sales, other than from real property 
sales located in London, United Kingdom, may be made available for site 
acquisition and mitigation, planning, design, or construction of the New 
London Embassy:  Provided, That the reporting requirement contained in 
section 7004(f)(2) of division I of Public Law 112-74 shall remain in 
effect during fiscal year 2015.
    (2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs under the heading ``Embassy Security, 
Construction, and Maintenance'' may be obligated for the relocation of 
the United States Embassy to the Holy See only if the Secretary of State 
reports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
relocation continues to be consistent with the conditions of section 
7004(e)(2) of division K of Public Law 113-76.
    (f)(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Embassy 
Security, Construction, and Maintenance'' may be made available to 
address security vulnerabilities at expeditionary, interim, and 
temporary facilities abroad, including physical security upgrades and 
local guard staffing, except that the amount of funds made available for 
such purposes from this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be a 
minimum of $25,000,000:  Provided, That the uses of such funds should be 
the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of 
Diplomatic Security and Foreign Missions, in consultation with the 
Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations:  Provided 
further,

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That such funds shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations.
    (2) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a list of all expeditionary, interim, and temporary 
diplomatic facilities and the number of personnel and security costs for 
each such facility:  Provided, That the report required by this 
paragraph may be submitted in classified form if necessary.
    (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the opening, 
closure, or any significant modification to an expeditionary, interim, 
or temporary diplomatic facility shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees and the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that 
such consultation and notification may be waived if there is a security 
risk to personnel.
    (g) Funds appropriated under the heading ``Diplomatic and Consular 
Programs'', including for Worldwide Security Protection, and under the 
heading ``Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance'' in titles I 
and VIII of this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated by such titles under such headings if the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to 
do so is necessary to implement the recommendations of the Benghazi 
Accountability Review Board, or to prevent or respond to security 
situations and requirements, following consultation with, and subject to 
the regular notification procedures of, such Committees:  Provided, That 
such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer authority 
otherwise available under any other provision of law.

                            personnel actions

    Sec. 7005.  Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded 
under title I of this Act resulting from personnel actions taken in 
response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be absorbed 
within the total budgetary resources available under title I to such 
department or agency:  Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this 
section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in 
this Act:  Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                          local guard contracts

    Sec. 7006.  In evaluating proposals for local guard contracts, the 
Secretary of State shall award contracts in accordance with section 136 
of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 
(22 U.S.C. 4864), except that the Secretary may grant authorization to 
award such contracts on the basis of best value as determined by a cost-
technical tradeoff analysis (as described in Federal Acquisition 
Regulation part 15.101), notwithstanding subsection (c)(3) of such 
section, for high risk, high threat posts:  Provided, That the authority 
in this section shall apply to any options for renewal that may be 
exercised under such contracts that are awarded during the current 
fiscal year.

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        prohibition against direct funding for certain countries

    Sec. 7007.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be 
obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance or reparations 
for the governments of Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria:  Provided, 
That for purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 
expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance and 
guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents.

                              coups d'eetat

    Sec. 7008.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be 
obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance to the 
government of any country whose duly elected head of government is 
deposed by military coup d'eetat or decree or, after the date of 
enactment of this Act, a coup d'eetat or decree in which the military 
plays a decisive role:  Provided, That assistance may be resumed to such 
government if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
appropriate congressional committees that subsequent to the termination 
of assistance a democratically elected government has taken office:  
Provided further, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to 
assistance to promote democratic elections or public participation in 
democratic processes:  Provided further, That funds made available 
pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                           transfer authority

    Sec. 7009. (a) Department of State and Broadcasting Board of 
Governors.--
            (1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
        available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
        State under title I of this Act may be transferred between, and 
        merged with, such appropriations, but no such appropriation, 
        except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by 
        more than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no such transfer 
        may be made to increase the appropriation under the heading 
        ``Representation Expenses''.
            (2) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
        available for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board 
        of Governors under title I of this Act may be transferred 
        between, and merged with, such appropriations, but no such 
        appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
        be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers.
            (3) Any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
        as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015(a) and (b) of 
        this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
        expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
        in that section.

    (b) Export Financing Transfer Authorities.--Not to exceed 5 percent 
of any appropriation other than for administrative expenses made 
available for fiscal year 2015, for programs under title VI of this Act 
may be transferred between such appropriations for use for any of the 
purposes, programs, and activities for which the funds in such receiving 
account may be used, but no such

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appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be 
increased by more than 25 percent by any such transfer:  Provided, That 
the exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
    (c) Limitation on Transfers Between Agencies.--
            (1) None of the funds made available under titles II through 
        V of this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or 
        instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant 
        to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this 
        Act or any other appropriations Act.
            (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to transfers 
        made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds 
        appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated or transferred 
        to agencies of the United States Government pursuant to the 
        provisions of sections 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961.
            (3) Any agreement entered into by the United States Agency 
        for International Development (USAID) or the Department of State 
        with any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
        States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of $1,000,000 and any 
        agreement made pursuant to section 632(a) of such Act, with 
        funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
        appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
        and related programs under the headings ``Global Health 
        Programs'', ``Development Assistance'', and ``Economic Support 
        Fund'' shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
        of the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, That the 
        requirement in the previous sentence shall not apply to 
        agreements entered into between USAID and the Department of 
        State.

    (d) Transfers Between Accounts.--None of the funds made available 
under titles II through V of this Act may be obligated under an 
appropriation account to which such funds were not appropriated, except 
for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless the 
President, not less than 5 days prior to the exercise of any authority 
contained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, 
consults with and provides a written policy justification to the 
Committees on Appropriations.
    (e) Audit of Inter-agency Transfers.--Any agreement for the transfer 
or allocation of funds appropriated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered 
into between the Department of State or USAID and another agency of the 
United States Government under the authority of section 632(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, shall 
expressly provide that the Inspector General (IG) for the agency 
receiving the transfer or allocation of such funds, or other entity with 
audit responsibility if the receiving agency does not have an IG, shall 
perform periodic program and financial audits of the use of such funds:  
Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations:  Provided further, That funds transferred under such 
authority may be made available for the cost of such audits.

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                       security assistance report

    Sec. 7010.  Not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
report on funds obligated and expended during fiscal year 2014 under the 
headings ``International Military Education and Training'', 
``Peacekeeping Operations'', and ``Foreign Military Financing Program''.

                          availability of funds

    Sec. 7011.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation after the expiration of the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this Act:  Provided, That 
funds appropriated for the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, 
section 661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, and 
funds provided under the heading ``Development Credit Authority'' shall 
remain available for an additional 4 years from the date on which the 
availability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds 
are initially obligated before the expiration of their respective 
periods of availability contained in this Act:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any funds made 
available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part 
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or 
obligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance of payments 
or economic policy reform objectives, shall remain available for an 
additional 4 years from the date on which the availability of such funds 
would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially allocated or 
obligated before the expiration of their respective periods of 
availability contained in this Act:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State shall provide a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations at the beginning of each fiscal year, detailing by 
account and source year, the use of this authority during the previous 
fiscal year.

            limitation on assistance to countries in default

    Sec. 7012.  No part of any appropriation provided under titles III 
through VI in this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to the 
government of any country which is in default during a period in excess 
of 1 calendar year in payment to the United States of principal or 
interest on any loan made to the government of such country by the 
United States pursuant to a program for which funds are appropriated 
under this Act unless the President determines, following consultations 
with the Committees on Appropriations, that assistance for such country 
is in the national interest of the United States.

           prohibition on taxation of united states assistance

    Sec. 7013. (a) Prohibition on Taxation.--None of the funds 
appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be made 
available to provide assistance for a foreign country under a new 
bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions under which such 
assistance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a provision 
stating that assistance provided by the United States

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shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by the foreign government, 
and the Secretary of State shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 
amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform 
with this requirement.
    (b) Reimbursement of Foreign Taxes.--An amount equivalent to 200 
percent of the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2015 on funds 
appropriated by this Act by a foreign government or entity against 
United States assistance programs for which funds are appropriated by 
this Act, either directly or through grantees, contractors, and 
subcontractors shall be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated 
for assistance for fiscal year 2016 and allocated for the central 
government of such country and for the West Bank and Gaza program to the 
extent that the Secretary of State certifies and reports in writing to 
the Committees on Appropriations, not later than September 30, 2016, 
that such taxes have not been reimbursed to the Government of the United 
States.
    (c) De Minimis Exception.--Foreign taxes of a de minimis nature 
shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (b).
    (d) Reprogramming of Funds.--Funds withheld from obligation for each 
country or entity pursuant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for 
assistance for countries which do not assess taxes on United States 
assistance or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 
substantial reimbursement of such taxes, and that can reasonably 
accommodate such assistance in a programmatically responsible manner.
    (e) Determinations.--
            (1) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any 
        country or entity the Secretary of State reports to the 
        Committees on Appropriations--
                    (A) does not assess taxes on United States 
                assistance or which has an effective arrangement that is 
                providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes; or
                    (B) the foreign policy interests of the United 
                States outweigh the purpose of this section to ensure 
                that United States assistance is not subject to 
                taxation.
            (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees 
        on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to exercising the 
        authority of this subsection with regard to any country or 
        entity.

    (f) Implementation.--The Secretary of State shall issue rules, 
regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, to implement the 
prohibition against the taxation of assistance contained in this 
section.
    (g) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            (1) the term ``bilateral agreement'' refers to a framework 
        bilateral agreement between the Government of the United States 
        and the government of the country receiving assistance that 
        describes the privileges and immunities applicable to United 
        States foreign assistance for such country generally, or an 
        individual agreement between the Government of the United States 
        and such government that describes, among other things, the 
        treatment for tax purposes that will be accorded the United 
        States assistance provided under that agreement;
            (2) the term ``taxes and taxation'' shall include value 
        added taxes and customs duties but shall not include individual 
        income taxes assessed to local staff.

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    (h) Report.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads 
of other relevant departments or agencies, shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than 90 days after the enactment 
of this Act, detailing steps taken by such departments or agencies to 
comply with the requirements of this section.

                          reservations of funds

    Sec. 7014. (a) Funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act which are specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other 
programs within the same account notwithstanding the designation if 
compliance with the designation is made impossible by operation of any 
provision of this or any other Act:  Provided, That any such 
reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That assistance 
that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made available 
under the same terms and conditions as originally provided.
    (b) In addition to the authority contained in subsection (a), the 
original period of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and 
administered by the Department of State or the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID) that are specifically designated for 
particular programs or activities by this or any other Act may be 
extended for an additional fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the 
USAID Administrator, as appropriate, determines and reports promptly to 
the Committees on Appropriations that the termination of assistance to a 
country or a significant change in circumstances makes it unlikely that 
such designated funds can be obligated during the original period of 
availability:  Provided, That such designated funds that continue to be 
available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the 
purpose of such designation.
    (c) Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels contained in 
this Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or 
otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act 
specifically so directs:  Provided, That specifically designated funding 
levels or minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act shall 
not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.

                        notification requirements

    Sec. 7015. (a) None of the funds made available in titles I and II 
of this Act, or in prior appropriations Acts to the agencies and 
departments funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees or of 
currency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made available by 
transfer, to the agencies and departments funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that--
            (1) creates new programs;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
        project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
        restricted;
            (4) relocates an office or employees;

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            (5) closes or opens a mission or post;
            (6) creates, closes, reorganizes, or renames bureaus, 
        centers, or offices;
            (7) reorganizes programs or activities; or
            (8) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
        presently performed by Federal employees;

unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds:  Provided, That unless previously 
justified to the Committees on Appropriations, the requirements of this 
subsection shall apply to all obligations of funds appropriated under 
titles I and II of this Act for paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (6) of 
this subsection.
    (b) None of the funds provided under titles I and II of this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agency or department 
funded under titles I and II of this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the agency or department funded under title I of 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for 
activities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in 
excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that--
            (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
            (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
        project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as 
        approved by Congress; or
            (3) results from any general savings, including savings from 
        a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in 
        existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by 
        Congress; unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 
        15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.

    (c) None of the funds made available by this Act under the headings 
``Global Health Programs'', ``Development Assistance'', ``International 
Organizations and Programs'', ``Trade and Development Agency'', 
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', ``Economic 
Support Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', ``Peacekeeping Operations'', 
``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'', 
``Millennium Challenge Corporation'', ``Foreign Military Financing 
Program'', ``International Military Education and Training'', ``Conflict 
Stabilization Operations'', and ``Peace Corps'', shall be available for 
obligation for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel 
assistance, countries, or other operations not justified or in excess of 
the amount justified to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 
under any of these specific headings unless the Committees on 
Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance:  Provided, That the 
President shall not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for 
the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for the 
provision of major defense equipment, other than conventional 
ammunition, or other major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, 
missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 
percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the 
Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such 
commitment:  Provided further, That requirements of this subsection or 
any similar provision of this or any other Act shall not apply to any 
reprogramming for an activity, program, or project for which funds are 
appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act of less

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than 10 percent of the amount previously justified to the Congress for 
obligation for such activity, program, or project for the current fiscal 
year:  Provided further, That any notification submitted pursuant to 
subsection (f) of this section shall include information (if known on 
the date of transmittal of such notification) on the use of 
notwithstanding authority:  Provided further, That if subsequent to the 
notification of assistance it becomes necessary to rely on 
notwithstanding authority, the Committees on Appropriations should be 
informed at the earliest opportunity and to the extent practicable.
    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with the exception 
of funds transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under title 
I of this Act, funds transferred by the Department of Defense to the 
Department of State and the United States Agency for International 
Development for assistance for foreign countries and international 
organizations, and funds made available for programs authorized by 
section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2006 (Public Law 109-163) (or any successor authority), shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    (e) The requirements of this section or any similar provision of 
this Act or any other Act, including any prior Act requiring 
notification in accordance with the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do so 
would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare:  Provided, 
That in case of any such waiver, notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations shall be provided as early as practicable, but in no 
event later than 3 days after taking the action to which such 
notification requirement was applicable, in the context of the 
circumstances necessitating such waiver:  Provided further, That any 
notification provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an 
explanation of the emergency circumstances.
    (f) None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended for assistance for Afghanistan, 
Bahrain, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, 
Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, the 
Russian Federation, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, 
Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as provided 
through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.

                notification on excess defense equipment

    Sec. 7016.  Prior to providing excess Department of Defense articles 
in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
to the same extent and under the same conditions as other committees 
pursuant to subsection (f) of that section:  Provided, That before 
issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles under the Arms 
Export Control Act, the Department of Defense shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are significant 
military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export 
Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at 
$7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required elsewhere in this Act 
for the use of appropriated funds for specific countries that would 
receive such

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excess defense articles:  Provided further, That such Committees shall 
also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense 
articles.

limitation on availability of funds for international organizations and 
                                programs

    Sec. 7017.  Subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under titles I and III 
through V of this Act, which are returned or not made available for 
organizations and programs because of the implementation of section 
307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 7048(a) of this 
Act, shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2017:  
Provided, That the requirement to withhold funds for programs in Burma 
under section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not 
apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

   prohibition on funding for abortions and involuntary sterilization

    Sec. 7018.  None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 
the performance of abortions as a method of family planning or to 
motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the performance of involuntary 
sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any 
financial incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the 
funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any biomedical research 
which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of, 
abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 
None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for any 
country or organization if the President certifies that the use of these 
funds by any such country or organization would violate any of the above 
provisions related to abortions and involuntary sterilizations.

                               allocations

    Sec. 7019. (a) Funds provided by this Act shall be made available 
for programs and countries in the amounts specifically designated in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act).
    (b) For the purposes of implementing this section and only with 
respect to the amounts for programs and countries specifically 
designated in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), the Secretary of 
State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as appropriate, 
may propose deviations to the amounts referenced in subsection (a), 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.

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                representation and entertainment expenses

    Sec. 7020. (a) Each Federal department, agency, or entity funded in 
titles I or II of this Act, and the Department of the Treasury and 
independent agencies funded in titles III or VI of this Act, shall take 
steps to ensure that domestic and overseas representation and 
entertainment expenses further official agency business and United 
States foreign policy interests and are--
            (1) primarily for fostering relations outside of the 
        Executive Branch;
            (2) principally for meals and events of a protocol nature;
            (3) not for employee-only events; and
            (4) do not include activities that are substantially of a 
        recreational character.

    (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act under the headings ``International Military Education and 
Training'' or ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' for Informational 
Program activities or under the headings ``Global Health Programs'', 
``Development Assistance'', and ``Economic Support Fund'' may be 
obligated or expended to pay for--
            (1) alcoholic beverages; or
            (2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
        substantially of a recreational character, including but not 
        limited to entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and 
        musical productions, and amusement parks.

   prohibition on assistance to governments supporting international 
                                terrorism

    Sec. 7021. (a) Lethal Military Equipment Exports.--
            (1) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
        available by titles III through VI of this Act may be available 
        to any foreign government which provides lethal military 
        equipment to a country the government of which the Secretary of 
        State has determined supports international terrorism for 
        purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 
        1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the International 
        Emergency Economic Powers Act:  Provided, That the prohibition 
        under this section with respect to a foreign government shall 
        terminate 12 months after that government ceases to provide such 
        military equipment:  Provided further, That this section applies 
        with respect to lethal military equipment provided under a 
        contract entered into after October 1, 1997.
            (2) Assistance restricted by paragraph (1) or any other 
        similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President 
        determines that to do so is important to the national interest 
        of the United States.
            (3) Whenever the President makes a determination pursuant to 
        paragraph (2), the President shall submit to the Committees on 
        Appropriations a report with respect to the furnishing of such 
        assistance, including a detailed explanation of the assistance 
        to be provided, the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, 
        and an explanation of how the assistance furthers United States 
        national interests.

    (b) Bilateral Assistance.--
            (1) Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance in titles 
        III through VI of this Act and funds appropriated under any

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        such title in prior Acts making appropriations for the 
        Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
        shall not be made available to any foreign government which the 
        President determines--
                    (A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 
                individual or group which has committed an act of 
                international terrorism;
                    (B) otherwise supports international terrorism; or
                    (C) is controlled by an organization designated as a 
                terrorist organization under section 219 of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act.
            (2) The President may waive the application of paragraph (1) 
        to a government if the President determines that national 
        security or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver:  Provided, 
        That the President shall publish each such waiver in the Federal 
        Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes effect, 
        shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the waiver 
        (including the justification for the waiver) in accordance with 
        the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
        Appropriations.

                       authorization requirements

    Sec. 7022.  Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Trade and Development Agency'', may be 
obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672, 
section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, 
section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), and section 504(a)(1) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).

              definition of program, project, and activity

    Sec. 7023.  For the purpose of titles II through VI of this Act 
``program, project, and activity'' shall be defined at the 
appropriations Act account level and shall include all appropriations 
and authorizations Acts funding directives, ceilings, and limitations 
with the exception that for the following accounts: ``Economic Support 
Fund'' and ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', ``program, project, 
and activity'' shall also be considered to include country, regional, 
and central program level funding within each such account; and for the 
development assistance accounts of the United States Agency for 
International Development, ``program, project, and activity'' shall also 
be considered to include central, country, regional, and program level 
funding, either as--
            (1) justified to the Congress; or
            (2) allocated by the Executive Branch in accordance with a 
        report, to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations 
        within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, as required by 
        section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

 authorities for the peace corps, inter-american foundation and united 
                  states african development foundation

    Sec. 7024.  Unless expressly provided to the contrary, provisions of 
this or any other Act, including provisions contained in prior Acts 
authorizing or making appropriations for the Department of

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State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall not be construed 
to prohibit activities authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 
Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Development 
Foundation Act:  Provided, That prior to conducting activities in a 
country for which assistance is prohibited, the agency shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations and report to such Committees 
within 15 days of taking such action.

                 commerce, trade and surplus commodities

    Sec. 7025. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and 
none of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Import Bank and 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or 
expended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other financial 
commitments for establishing or expanding production of any commodity 
for export by any country other than the United States, if the commodity 
is likely to be in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting 
productive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States producers of 
the same, similar, or competing commodity:  Provided, That such 
prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank if in the judgment 
of its Board of Directors the benefits to industry and employment in the 
United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman 
of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided 
further, That this subsection shall not prohibit--
            (1) activities in a country that is eligible for assistance 
        from the International Development Association, is not eligible 
        for assistance from the International Bank for Reconstruction 
        and Development, and does not export on a consistent basis the 
        agricultural commodity with respect to which assistance is 
        furnished; or
            (2) activities in a country the President determines is 
        recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian crisis, or a 
        complex emergency.

    (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act to carry 
out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be 
available for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety 
improvement or introduction, consultancy, publication, conference, or 
training in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 
country of an agricultural commodity for export which would compete with 
a similar commodity grown or produced in the United States:  Provided, 
That this subsection shall not prohibit--
            (1) activities designed to increase food security in 
        developing countries where such activities will not have a 
        significant impact on the export of agricultural commodities of 
        the United States;
            (2) research activities intended primarily to benefit 
        American producers;
            (3) activities in a country that is eligible for assistance 
        from the International Development Association, is not eligible 
        for assistance from the International Bank for Reconstruction 
        and Development, and does not export on a consistent basis

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        the agricultural commodity with respect to which assistance is 
        furnished; or
            (4) activities in a country the President determines is 
        recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian crisis, or a 
        complex emergency.

    (c) <<NOTE: 22 USC 262h note.>>  The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States executive directors of the international 
financial institutions, as defined in section 7029(h) of this Act, to 
use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by 
such institutions, using funds appropriated or made available by this 
Act, for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for 
export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the assistance will 
cause substantial injury to United States producers of the same, 
similar, or competing commodity.

                            separate accounts

    Sec. 7026. (a) Separate Accounts for Local Currencies.--
            (1) <<NOTE: 22 USC 2362 note.>>  If assistance is furnished 
        to the government of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 
        of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
        of 1961 under agreements which result in the generation of local 
        currencies of that country, the Administrator of the United 
        States Agency for International Development (USAID) shall--
                    (A) require that local currencies be deposited in a 
                separate account established by that government;
                    (B) enter into an agreement with that government 
                which sets forth--
                          (i) the amount of the local currencies to be 
                      generated; and
                          (ii) the terms and conditions under which the 
                      currencies so deposited may be utilized, 
                      consistent with this section; and
                    (C) establish by agreement with that government the 
                responsibilities of USAID and that government to monitor 
                and account for deposits into and disbursements from the 
                separate account.
            (2) Uses of local currencies.--As may be agreed upon with 
        the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a separate 
        account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of 
        local currencies, shall be used only--
                    (A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or 
                chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
                1961 (as the case may be), for such purposes as--
                          (i) project and sector assistance activities; 
                      or
                          (ii) debt and deficit financing; or
                    (B) for the administrative requirements of the 
                United States Government.
            (3) Programming accountability.--USAID shall take all 
        necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local 
        currencies disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the 
        separate account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are 
        used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
            (4) Termination of assistance programs.--Upon termination of 
        assistance to a country under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or 
        chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
        the case may be), any unencumbered balances

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        of funds which remain in a separate account established pursuant 
        to subsection (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes as may 
        be agreed to by the government of that country and the United 
        States Government.
            (5) Reporting requirement.--The USAID Administrator shall 
        report on an annual basis as part of the justification documents 
        submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on the use of 
        local currencies for the administrative requirements of the 
        United States Government as authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), 
        and such report shall include the amount of local currency (and 
        United States dollar equivalent) used or to be used for such 
        purpose in each applicable country.

    (b) Separate Accounts for Cash Transfers.--
            (1) In general.--If assistance is made available to the 
        government of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of part I 
        or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
        as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, 
        that country shall be required to maintain such funds in a 
        separate account and not commingle them with any other funds.
            (2) Applicability of other provisions of law.--Such funds 
        may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of law 
        which are inconsistent with the nature of this assistance 
        including provisions which are referenced in the Joint 
        Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 
        accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report No. 98-
        1159).
            (3) Notification.--At least 15 days prior to obligating any 
        such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the 
        President shall submit a notification through the regular 
        notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
        which shall include a detailed description of how the funds 
        proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion of 
        the United States interests that will be served by the 
        assistance (including, as appropriate, a description of the 
        economic policy reforms that will be promoted by such 
        assistance).
            (4) Exemption.--Nonproject sector assistance funds may be 
        exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1) only through 
        the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
        Appropriations.

                       eligibility for assistance

    Sec. 7027. (a) Assistance Through Nongovernmental Organizations.--
Restrictions contained in this or any other Act with respect to 
assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance 
in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapters 1, 10, 
11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961:  Provided, That before using the authority of this 
subsection to furnish assistance in support of programs of 
nongovernmental organizations, the President shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations pursuant to the regular notification procedures, 
including a description of the program to be assisted, the assistance to 
be provided, and the reasons for furnishing such assistance:  Provided 
further, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any 
existing

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statutory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary sterilizations 
contained in this or any other Act.
    (b) Public Law 480.--During fiscal year 2015, restrictions contained 
in this or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country shall 
not be construed to restrict assistance under the Food for Peace Act 
(Public Law 83-480):  Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to 
carry out title I of such Act and made available pursuant to this 
subsection may be obligated or expended except as provided through the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
    (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply--
            (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 
        Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 
        assistance to countries that support international terrorism; or
            (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign Assistance 
        Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 
        assistance to the government of a country that violates 
        internationally recognized human rights.

                            local competition

    Sec. 7028. (a) Requirements for Exceptions to Competition for Local 
Entities.--Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available to the 
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) may only be 
made available for limited competitions through local entities if--
            (1) prior to the determination to limit competition to local 
        entities, USAID has--
                    (A) assessed the level of local capacity to 
                effectively implement, manage, and account for programs 
                included in such competition; and
                    (B) documented the written results of the assessment 
                and decisions made; and
            (2) prior to making an award after limiting competition to 
        local entities--
                    (A) each successful local entity has been determined 
                to be responsible in accordance with USAID guidelines; 
                and
                    (B) effective monitoring and evaluation systems are 
                in place to ensure that award funding is used for its 
                intended purposes; and
            (3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed.

    (b) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (1), the 
Administrator of USAID shall report, on a semi-annual basis, to the 
appropriate congressional committees on all awards subject to limited or 
no competition for local entities:  Provided, That such report should be 
posted on the USAID Web site:  Provided further, That the requirements 
of this subsection shall only apply to awards in excess of $3,000,000 
and sole source awards to local entities in excess of $2,000,000.
    (c) Section 7077 of division I of Public Law 112-74 shall continue 
in effect during fiscal year 2015, as amended by division K of Public 
Law 113-76.

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                  international financial institutions

    Sec. 7029. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States executive director of each international financial 
institution to seek to require that such institution adopts and 
implements a publicly available policy, including the strategic use of 
peer reviews and external experts, to conduct independent, in-depth 
evaluations of the effectiveness of at least 25 percent of all loans, 
grants, programs, and significant analytical non-lending activities in 
advancing the institution's goals of reducing poverty and promoting 
equitable economic growth, consistent with relevant safeguards, to 
ensure that decisions to support such loans, grants, programs, and 
activities are based on accurate data and objective analysis:  Provided, 
That not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on steps taken 
by the United States executive directors and the international financial 
institutions consistent with this paragraph.
    (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development and the International Development Association to vote 
against any loan, grant, policy, or strategy if such institution has 
adopted and is implementing any social or environmental safeguard 
relevant to such loan, grant, policy, or strategy that provides less 
protection than World Bank safeguards in effect on September 30, 2014.
    (c) None of the funds appropriated under title V of this Act may be 
made as payment to any international financial institution while the 
United States executive director to such institution is compensated by 
the institution at a rate which, together with whatever compensation 
such executive director receives from the United States, is in excess of 
the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code, or while any alternate United States executive director to such 
institution is compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the 
rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive director of each international financial institution to seek 
to require that such institution conducts rigorous human rights due 
diligence and human rights risk management, as appropriate, in 
connection with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such 
institution:  Provided, That prior to voting on any such loan, grant, 
policy, or strategy the executive director shall consult with the 
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department 
of State, if the executive director has reason to believe that such 
loan, grant, policy, or strategy could result in forced displacement or 
other violation of human rights.
    (e) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive director of each international financial institution to 
promote in loan, grant, and other financing agreements improvements in 
borrowing countries' financial management and judicial capacity to 
investigate, prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption.
    (f) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive director of each international financial institution

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to seek to require that such institution collects, verifies, and 
publishes, to the maximum extent practicable, beneficial ownership 
information (excluding proprietary information) for any corporation or 
limited liability company, other than a publicly listed company, that 
receives funds appropriated by this Act that are provided as payment to 
such institution:  Provided, That not later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on steps taken by the United States 
executive directors and the international financial institutions 
consistent with this paragraph.
    (g) The Secretary of the Treasury should support efforts by the 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to promote economic cooperation 
and integration within the Caribbean region, consistent with the IDB's 
charter and United States policy.
    (h) <<NOTE: 22 USC 262h note.>>  For the purposes of this Act 
``international financial institutions'' shall mean the International 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development 
Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American 
Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development 
Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the Inter-American Investment 
Corporation, the North American Development Bank, the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, the African Development Bank, the 
African Development Fund, and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee 
Agency.

                          debt-for-development

    Sec. 7030.  In order to enhance the continued participation of 
nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and debt-for-
nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which is a grantee or 
contractor of the United States Agency for International Development may 
place in interest bearing accounts local currencies which accrue to that 
organization as a result of economic assistance provided under title III 
of this Act and, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 
shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to 
that organization.

              financial management and budget transparency

    Sec. 7031. (a) Limitation on Direct Government-to-Government 
Assistance.--
            (1) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for 
        direct government-to-government assistance only if--
                    (A) each implementing agency or ministry to receive 
                assistance has been assessed and is considered to have 
                the systems required to manage such assistance and any 
                identified vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency 
                or ministry have been addressed; and
                          (i) the recipient agency or ministry employs 
                      and utilizes staff with the necessary technical, 
                      financial, and management capabilities;
                          (ii) the recipient agency or ministry has 
                      adopted competitive procurement policies and 
                      systems;
                          (iii) effective monitoring and evaluation 
                      systems are in place to ensure that such 
                      assistance is used for its intended purposes;
                          (iv) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed; 
                      and

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                          (v) the government of the recipient country is 
                      taking steps to publicly disclose on an annual 
                      basis its national budget, to include income and 
                      expenditures;
                    (B) the recipient government is in compliance with 
                the principles set forth in section 7013 of this Act;
                    (C) the recipient agency or ministry is not headed 
                or controlled by an organization designated as a foreign 
                terrorist organization under section 219 of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act;
                    (D) the Government of the United States and the 
                government of the recipient country have agreed, in 
                writing, on clear and achievable objectives for the use 
                of such assistance, which should be made available on a 
                cost-reimbursable basis; and
                    (E) the recipient government is taking steps to 
                protect the rights of civil society, including freedoms 
                of expression, association, and assembly.
            (2) In addition to the requirements in subsection (a), no 
        funds may be made available for direct government-to-government 
        assistance without prior consultation with, and notification of, 
        the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, That such 
        notification shall contain an explanation of how the proposed 
        activity meets the requirements of paragraph (1):  Provided 
        further, That the requirements of this paragraph shall only 
        apply to direct government-to-government assistance in excess of 
        $10,000,000 and all funds available for cash transfer, budget 
        support, and cash payments to individuals.
            (3) The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development (USAID) or the Secretary of State, as 
        appropriate, shall suspend any direct government-to-government 
        assistance if the Administrator or the Secretary has credible 
        information of material misuse of such assistance, unless the 
        Administrator or the Secretary reports to the Committees on 
        Appropriations that it is in the national interest of the United 
        States to continue such assistance, including a justification, 
        or that such misuse has been appropriately addressed.
            (4) The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
        Appropriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2016 
        congressional budget justification materials, amounts planned 
        for assistance described in subsection (a) by country, proposed 
        funding amount, source of funds, and type of assistance.
            (5) Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act 
        and 6 months thereafter until September 30, 2015, the USAID 
        Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
        report that--
                    (A) details all assistance described in subsection 
                (a) provided during the previous 6-month period by 
                country, funding amount, source of funds, and type of 
                such assistance; and
                    (B) the type of procurement instrument or mechanism 
                utilized and whether the assistance was provided on a 
                reimbursable basis.
            (6) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
        for any foreign country for debt service payments owed by any 
        country to any international financial institution:

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         Provided, That for purposes of this subsection, the term 
        ``international financial institution'' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 7029(h) of this Act.

    (b) National Budget and Contract Transparency.--
            (1) Minimum requirements of fiscal transparency.--The 
        Secretary of State shall continue to update and strengthen the 
        ``minimum requirements of fiscal transparency'' for each 
        government receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, as 
        identified in the report required by section 7031(b) of division 
        K of Public Law 113-76.
            (2) Definition.--For purposes of paragraph (1), ``minimum 
        requirements of fiscal transparency'' are requirements 
        consistent with those in subsection (a)(1), and the public 
        disclosure of national budget documentation (to include receipts 
        and expenditures by ministry) and government contracts and 
        licenses for natural resource extraction (to include bidding and 
        concession allocation practices).
            (3) Determination and report.--For each government 
        identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State, 
        not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, shall make 
        or update any determination of ``significant progress'' or ``no 
        significant progress'' in meeting the minimum requirements of 
        fiscal transparency, and make such determinations publicly 
        available in an annual ``Fiscal Transparency Report'' to be 
        posted on the Department of State's Web site:  Provided, That 
        the Secretary shall identify the significant progress made by 
        each such government to publicly disclose national budget 
        documentation, contracts, and licenses which are additional to 
        such information disclosed in previous fiscal years, and include 
        specific recommendations of short- and long-term steps such 
        government should take to improve fiscal transparency:  Provided 
        further, That the annual report shall include a detailed 
        description of how funds appropriated by this Act are being used 
        to improve fiscal transparency, and identify benchmarks for 
        measuring progress.
            (4) Assistance.--Funds appropriated under title III of this 
        Act shall be made available for programs and activities to 
        assist governments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to 
        improve budget transparency and to support civil society 
        organizations in such countries that promote budget 
        transparency:  Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 
        funds otherwise made available for such purposes:  Provided 
        further, That a description of the uses of such funds shall be 
        included in the annual ``Fiscal Transparency Report'' required 
        by paragraph (3).

    (c) <<NOTE: 8 USC 1182 note.>>  Anti-Kleptocracy and Human Rights.--
            (1)(A) Officials of foreign governments and their immediate 
        family members about whom the Secretary of State has credible 
        information have been involved in significant corruption, 
        including corruption related to the extraction of natural 
        resources, or a gross violation of human rights shall be 
        ineligible for entry into the United States.
            (B) The Secretary may also publicly or privately designate 
        or identify officials of foreign governments and their immediate 
        family members about whom the Secretary has such credible 
        information without regard to whether the individual has applied 
        for a visa.

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            (2) Individuals shall not be ineligible if entry into the 
        United States would further important United States law 
        enforcement objectives or is necessary to permit the United 
        States to fulfill its obligations under the United Nations 
        Headquarters Agreement:  Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 
        shall be construed to derogate from United States Government 
        obligations under applicable international agreements.
            (3) The Secretary may waive the application of paragraph (1) 
        if the Secretary determines that the waiver would serve a 
        compelling national interest or that the circumstances which 
        caused the individual to be ineligible have changed 
        sufficiently.
            (4) Not later than 6 months after enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary of State shall submit a report, including a classified 
        annex if necessary, to the Committees on Appropriations and the 
        Committees on the Judiciary describing the information related 
        to corruption or violation of human rights concerning each of 
        the individuals found ineligible in the previous 12 months 
        pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individuals who the 
        Secretary designated or identified pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), 
        or who would be ineligible but for the application of paragraph 
        (2), a list of any waivers provided under paragraph (3), and the 
        justification for each waiver.
            (5) Any unclassified portion of the report required under 
        paragraph (4) shall be posted on the Department of State's Web 
        site.
            (6) For purposes of paragraphs (1)(B), (4), and (5), the 
        records of the Department of State and of diplomatic and 
        consular offices of the United States pertaining to the issuance 
        or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United States shall 
        not be considered confidential.

    (d) Foreign Assistance Web Site.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles I and II, and funds made available for any independent 
agency in title III, as appropriate, shall be made available to support 
the provision of additional information on United States Government 
foreign assistance on the Department of State's foreign assistance Web 
site:  Provided, That all Federal agencies funded under this Act shall 
provide such information on foreign assistance, upon request, to the 
Department of State.

                           democracy programs

    Sec. 7032. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than 
$2,264,986,000 should be made available for democracy programs, as 
defined in subsection (c).
    (b) Funds made available by this Act for democracy programs may be 
made available notwithstanding any other provision of law, and with 
regard to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), any regulation.
    (c) For purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term 
``democracy programs'' means programs that support good governance, 
credible and competitive elections, freedom of expression, association, 
assembly, and religion, human rights, labor rights, independent media, 
and the rule of law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of 
democratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental organizations 
and institutions, and citizens to support the development of democratic 
states, and institutions that are responsive and accountable to 
citizens.

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    (d) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for 
governance programs should be made available to support institutions and 
individuals that demonstrate a commitment to democracy.
    (e) With respect to the provision of assistance for democracy, human 
rights, and governance activities in this Act, the organizations 
implementing such assistance, the specific nature of that assistance, 
and the participants in such programs shall not be subject to the prior 
approval by the government of any foreign country:  Provided, That the 
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID), shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than 120 days after enactment of 
this Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of State and USAID to 
comply with the requirements of this subsection.
    (f) Any funds made available by this Act for a business and human 
rights program in the People's Republic of China shall be made available 
on a cost-matching basis from sources other than the United States 
Government.
    (g) The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State (DRL) and the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian 
Assistance, USAID, shall regularly communicate their planned programs to 
the NED.
    (h) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Democracy 
Fund'' that are made available to DRL shall be made available to 
maintain a database of prisons and gulags in North Korea, in accordance 
with section 7032(i) of division K of Public Law 113-76.
    (i) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for 
democracy programs shall be made available to support freedom of 
religion, including in the Middle East and North Africa.
    (j) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act shall be made 
available for democracy programs in countries in the Western Hemisphere 
above the total amount requested in the Congressional Budget 
Justification, Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 2015:  Provided, That the 
Department of State and USAID, as appropriate, shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of such funds.
    (k) Funds made available by this Act for the Near East Regional 
Democracy program shall be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary 
for Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, in consultation with the 
Assistant Secretary for DRL:  Provided, That such funds shall be made 
available for the activities described in section 1243 of Public Law 
112-239, following consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees.

                           multi-year pledges

    Sec. 7033.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to make any pledge for future year funding for any multilateral or 
bilateral program funded in titles III through VI of this Act unless 
such pledge was--
            (1) previously justified, including the projected future 
        year costs, in a congressional budget justification;
            (2) included in an Act making appropriations for the 
        Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs or 
        previously authorized by an Act of Congress;

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            (3) notified in accordance with the regular notification 
        procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, including the 
        projected future year costs; or
            (4) the subject of prior consultation with the Committees on 
        Appropriations and such consultation was conducted at least 7 
        days in advance of the pledge.

                           special provisions

    Sec. 7034. (a) Victims of War, Displaced Children, and Displaced 
Burmese.--Funds appropriated in titles III and VI of this Act that are 
made available for victims of war, displaced children, displaced 
Burmese, and to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims of such 
trafficking, may be made available notwithstanding any other provision 
of law.
    (b) Reconstituting Civilian Police Authority.--In providing 
assistance with funds appropriated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging 
from instability may be deemed to mean support for regional, district, 
municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging from instability, as 
well as a nation emerging from instability.
    (c) World Food Program.--Funds managed by the Bureau for Democracy, 
Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID), from this or any other Act, may be 
made available as a general contribution to the World Food Program, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law.
    (d) Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, regulation or Executive order, funds 
appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'', 
``Peacekeeping Operations'', ``International Disaster Assistance'', 
``Complex Crises Fund'', and ``Transition Initiatives'' may be made 
available to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and reintegrate 
into civilian society former members of foreign terrorist organizations: 
 Provided, That the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds pursuant to this 
subsection:  Provided further, That for the purposes of this subsection 
the term ``foreign terrorist organization'' means an organization 
designated as a terrorist organization under section 219 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act.
    (e) Directives and Authorities.--(1) Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' shall be made available to 
carry out the Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and 
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as authorized by the 
Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 
4501-4508).
            (2) Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
        appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
        and related programs under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' 
        may be made available as a contribution to establish and 
        maintain memorial sites of genocide, subject to the regular 
        notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

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            (3) Of the amounts made available by this Act under the 
        heading ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' in title I, up to 
        $500,000 may be made available for grants pursuant to section 
        504 of Public Law 95-426 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to 
        facilitate collaboration with indigenous communities.

    (f) Partner Vetting.--Funds appropriated by this Act or in titles I 
through IV of prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be used by the 
Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, to 
support the continued implementation of the Partner Vetting System (PVS) 
pilot program:  Provided, That the Secretary of State and the USAID 
Administrator shall jointly submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations, not later than 30 days after completion of the pilot 
program, on the estimated timeline and criteria for evaluating the PVS 
pilot program for possible expansion:  Provided further, That such 
report shall include the requirements in Senate Report 113-195 and House 
Report 113-499:  Provided further, That such report may be delivered in 
classified form, if necessary.
    (g) Contingencies.--During fiscal year 2015, the President may use 
up to $100,000,000 under the authority of section 451 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
    (h) International Child Abductions.--The Secretary of State should 
withhold funds appropriated under title III of this Act for assistance 
for the central government of any country that is not taking appropriate 
steps to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on October 25, 1980:  
Provided, That the Secretary shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations within 15 days of withholding funds under this 
subsection.
    (i) Reports Repealed.--Section 304(f) of Public Law 107-173; section 
2104 of Public Law 109-13; and subsection 1405(c) of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act of 2008 <<NOTE: 8 USC 1733; 22 USC 2799aa-1.>>  
(Public Law 110-252), are hereby repealed.

    (j) Transfers for Extraordinary Protection.--The Secretary of State 
may transfer to, and merge with, funds under the heading ``Protection of 
Foreign Missions and Officials'' unobligated balances of expired funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' for 
fiscal year 2015, except for funds designated for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, at no 
later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year 
for which such funds are available for the purposes for which 
appropriated:  Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may be 
transferred.
    (k) Protections and Remedies for Employees of Diplomatic Missions 
and International Organizations.--The Secretary of State shall implement 
section 203(a)(2) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-457):  Provided, 
That in determining whether to suspend the issuance of A-3 or G-5 visas 
under such section, the Secretary should consider the following as 
``credible evidence'': (1) a final court judgment (including a default 
judgment) issued against a current or former employee of such mission or 
organization (for which the time period for appeal has expired); (2) the 
issuance

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of a T-visa to the victim; or (3) a request by the Department of State 
to the sending state that immunity of individual diplomats or family 
members be waived to permit criminal prosecution:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary should assist in obtaining payment of final court 
judgments awarded to A-3 and G-5 visa holders, including encouraging the 
sending states to provide compensation directly to victims:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall include in the Trafficking in Persons 
annual report a concise summary of each trafficking case involving an A-
3 or G-5 visa holder which meets one or more of the items in the first 
proviso of this subsection.
    (l) Extension of Authorities.--
            (1) <<NOTE: 22 USC 214 note.>>  Section 1(b)(2) of the 
        Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be 
        applied by substituting ``September 30, 2015'' for ``September 
        30, 2010''.
            (2) <<NOTE: 22 USC 4831 note.>>  The authority provided by 
        section 301(a)(3) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 
        Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain in 
        effect for facilities in Afghanistan through September 30, 2015, 
        except that the notification and reporting requirements 
        contained in such section shall include the Committees on 
        Appropriations.
            (3) The authority contained in section 1115(d) of Public Law 
        111-32 shall remain in effect through September 30, 2015.
            (4) <<NOTE: 22 USC 4064 note.>>  Section 824(g) of the 
        Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) shall be applied 
        by substituting ``September 30, 2015'' for ``October 1, 2010'' 
        in paragraph (2).
            (5) <<NOTE: 22 USC 2733 note.>>  Section 61(a) of the State 
        Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) 
        shall be applied by substituting ``September 30, 2015'' for 
        ``October 1, 2010'' in paragraph (2).
            (6) <<NOTE: 22 USC 2385 note.>>  Section 625(j)(1) of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be 
        applied by substituting ``September 30, 2015'' for ``October 1, 
        2010'' in subparagraph (B).
            (7)(A) Subject to the limitation described in subparagraph 
        (B), the authority provided by section 1113 of the Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32; 123 Stat. 1904) 
        shall remain in effect through September 30, 2015.
            (B) The authority described in subparagraph (A) may not be 
        used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign Service (as 
        defined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations 
        Act, 2009) a locality-based comparability payment (stated as a 
        percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the 
        locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) 
        that would be payable to such member under section 5304 of title 
        5, United States Code, if such member's official duty station 
        were in the District of Columbia.
            (8) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
        Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167) is 
        amended--
                    (A) In section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)--
                          (i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``and 
                      2014'' and inserting ``2014, and 2015''; and
                          (ii) in subsection (e), by striking ``2014'' 
                      each place it appears and inserting ``2015''; and
                    (B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in 
                subsection (b)(2), by striking ``2014'' and inserting 
                ``2015''.

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            (9) The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of Public 
        Law 111-212 shall remain in effect through September 30, 2015.

    (m) Crowd Control Items.--Funds appropriated by this Act should not 
be used for tear gas, small arms, light weapons, ammunition, or other 
items for crowd control purposes for foreign security forces that use 
excessive force to repress peaceful expression, association, or assembly 
in countries undergoing democratic transition.
    (n) Department of State Working Capital Fund.--Funds appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available to the Department of State for 
payments to the Working Capital Fund may only be used for the activities 
and in the amounts allowed in the President's fiscal year 2015 budget:  
Provided, That Federal agency components shall be charged only for their 
direct usage of each Working Capital Fund service:  Provided further, 
That Federal agency components may only pay for Working Capital Fund 
services that are consistent with the component's purpose and 
authorities:  Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be 
paid in advance or reimbursed at rates which will return the full cost 
of each service.
    (o) Security Force Accountability Assistance.--The Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations not 
later than 90 days after enactment of this Act on steps taken to 
implement section 620M(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
including program details and sources of funding:  Provided, That such 
report shall describe how funds appropriated by this Act are used to 
encourage, assist, and build the capacity of foreign governments to 
investigate, prosecute, and punish security force personnel who are 
credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of human rights, 
including by providing:
            (1) technical assistance in support of such investigations 
        and prosecutions;
            (2) assistance to strengthen civilian-military cooperation 
        on human rights and the rule of law;
            (3) assistance to strengthen the internal accountability 
        mechanisms and technical capacity of foreign governments to 
        bring such personnel to justice; and
            (4) support for nongovernmental organizations that monitor 
        and document gross violations.

    (p) Humanitarian Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act that 
are available for monitoring and evaluation of assistance under the 
headings ``International Disaster Assistance'' and ``Migration and 
Refugee Assistance'' shall, as appropriate, be made available for the 
regular collection of feedback obtained directly from beneficiaries on 
the quality and relevance of such assistance:  Provided, That the 
Department of State and USAID shall conduct regular oversight to ensure 
that such feedback is collected and used by grantees to maximize the 
cost-effectiveness and utility of such assistance, and require grantees 
that receive funds under such headings to establish procedures for 
collecting and responding to such feedback.
    (q) HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund.--Funds available in the HIV/AIDS 
Working Capital Fund established pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-477) may be made available for 
pharmaceuticals and other products

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for child survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the same extent as HIV/
AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, subject to the terms and 
conditions in such section:  Provided, That the authority in section 
525(b)(5) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-477) shall be 
exercised by the Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID, with 
respect to funds deposited for such non-HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and 
other products, and shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary of State shall include in the congressional budget 
justification an accounting of budgetary resources, disbursements, 
balances, and reimbursements related to such fund.
    (r) Loan Guarantees and Enterprise Funds.--
            (1) Funds appropriated under the heading ``Economic Support 
        Fund'' only in title III of this Act and prior Acts making 
        appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
        and related programs may be made available for the costs, as 
        defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
        of loan guarantees for Jordan, Ukraine, and Tunisia, which are 
        authorized to be provided:  Provided, That amounts made 
        available under this paragraph for the costs of such guarantees 
        shall not be considered assistance for the purposes of 
        provisions of law limiting assistance to a country.
            (2) Funds appropriated under the heading ``Economic Support 
        Fund'' in this Act may be made available to establish and 
        operate one or more enterprise funds for Egypt and Tunisia:  
        Provided, That the first, third and fifth provisos under section 
        7041(b) of division I of Public Law 112-74 shall apply to funds 
        appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support 
        Fund'' for an enterprise fund or funds to the same extent and in 
        the same manner as such provision of law applied to funds made 
        available under such section (except that the clause excluding 
        subsection (d)(3) of section 201 of the SEED Act shall not 
        apply):  Provided further, That the authority of any such 
        enterprise fund or funds to provide assistance shall cease to be 
        effective on December 31, 2025.
            (3) Funds made available by this subsection shall be subject 
        to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
        procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.

    (s) Report on Executive Salaries.--Not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act, the head of any non-Federal or quasi-Federal 
organization that is provided a direct appropriation with funds made 
available by this Act under titles I or III shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on executive salary and compensation:  
Provided, That the report shall include the information specified under 
this section in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    (t) Definitions.--
            (1) <<NOTE: 22 USC 2152i note.>>  Unless otherwise defined 
        in this Act, for purposes of this Act the term ``appropriate 
        congressional committees'' shall mean the Committees on 
        Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
        Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (2) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of 
        this Act the term ``funds appropriated in this Act and prior

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        Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
        operations, and related programs'' shall mean funds that remain 
        available for obligation, and have not expired.
            (3) Any reference to Southern Kordofan in this or any other 
        Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
        operations, and related programs shall be deemed to include 
        portions of Western Kordofan that were previously part of 
        Southern Kordofan prior to the 2013 division of Southern 
        Kordofan.

                      arab league boycott of israel

    Sec. 7035.  It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary 
        boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with Israel, 
        is an impediment to peace in the region and to United States 
        investment and trade in the Middle East and North Africa;
            (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably 
        reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly 
        terminated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel 
        immediately disbanded;
            (3) all Arab League states should normalize relations with 
        their neighbor Israel;
            (4) the President and the Secretary of State should continue 
        to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott of Israel and find 
        concrete steps to demonstrate that opposition by, for example, 
        taking into consideration the participation of any recipient 
        country in the boycott when determining to sell weapons to said 
        country; and
            (5) the President should report to Congress annually on 
        specific steps being taken by the United States to encourage 
        Arab League states to normalize their relations with Israel to 
        bring about the termination of the Arab League boycott of 
        Israel, including those to encourage allies and trading partners 
        of the United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses from 
        complying with the boycott and penalizing businesses that do 
        comply.

                          palestinian statehood

    Sec. 7036. (a) Limitation on Assistance.--None of the funds 
appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be provided to 
support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State determines and 
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that--
            (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian state--
                    (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to peaceful 
                co-existence with the State of Israel; and
                    (B) is taking appropriate measures to counter 
                terrorism and terrorist financing in the West Bank and 
                Gaza, including the dismantling of terrorist 
                infrastructures, and is cooperating with appropriate 
                Israeli and other appropriate security organizations; 
                and
            (2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing entity of a 
        new Palestinian state) is working with other countries in the 
        region to vigorously pursue efforts to establish a just, 
        lasting, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East that will 
        enable Israel and an independent Palestinian state to exist

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        within the context of full and normal relationships, which 
        should include--
                    (A) termination of all claims or states of 
                belligerency;
                    (B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 
                sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 
                independence of every state in the area through measures 
                including the establishment of demilitarized zones;
                    (C) their right to live in peace within secure and 
                recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of 
                force;
                    (D) freedom of navigation through international 
                waterways in the area; and
                    (E) a framework for achieving a just settlement of 
                the refugee problem.

    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
governing entity should enact a constitution assuring the rule of law, 
an independent judiciary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, 
and should enact other laws and regulations assuring transparent and 
accountable governance.
    (c) Waiver.--The President may waive subsection (a) if the President 
determines that it is important to the national security interest of the 
United States to do so.
    (d) Exemption.--The restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
assistance intended to help reform the Palestinian Authority and 
affiliated institutions, or the governing entity, in order to help meet 
the requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of 
section 7040 of this Act (``Limitation on Assistance for the Palestinian 
Authority'').

            restrictions concerning the palestinian authority

    Sec. 7037.  None of the funds appropriated under titles II through 
VI of this Act may be obligated or expended to create in any part of 
Jerusalem a new office of any department or agency of the United States 
Government for the purpose of conducting official United States 
Government business with the Palestinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho 
or any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in the 
Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles:  Provided, That this restriction 
shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for the existing 
Consulate General in Jerusalem:  Provided further, That meetings between 
officers and employees of the United States and officials of the 
Palestinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing entity 
provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, for the 
purpose of conducting official United States Government business with 
such authority should continue to take place in locations other than 
Jerusalem:  Provided further, That as has been true in the past, 
officers and employees of the United States Government may continue to 
meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestinians (including those 
who now occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social 
contacts, and have incidental discussions.

  prohibition on assistance to the palestinian broadcasting corporation

    Sec. 7038.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to provide equipment, technical 
support, consulting services, or any other form of assistance to the 
Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.

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                  assistance for the west bank and gaza

    Sec. 7039. (a) Oversight.--For fiscal year 2015, 30 days prior to 
the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza 
Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to the Committees on 
Appropriations that procedures have been established to assure the 
Comptroller General of the United States will have access to appropriate 
United States financial information in order to review the uses of 
United States assistance for the Program funded under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'' for the West Bank and Gaza.
    (b) Vetting.--Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for assistance for the 
West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate 
steps to ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through any 
individual, private or government entity, or educational institution 
that the Secretary knows or has reason to believe advocates, plans, 
sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with 
respect to private entities or educational institutions, those that have 
as a principal officer of the entity's governing board or governing 
board of trustees any individual that has been determined to be involved 
in, or advocating terrorist activity or determined to be a member of a 
designated foreign terrorist organization:  Provided, That the Secretary 
of State shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 
steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall terminate 
assistance to any individual, entity, or educational institution which 
the Secretary has determined to be involved in or advocating terrorist 
activity.
    (c) Prohibition.--
            (1) None of the funds appropriated under titles III through 
        VI of this Act for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza 
        Program may be made available for the purpose of recognizing or 
        otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or have committed 
        acts of terrorism.
            (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
        funds made available by this or prior appropriations Acts, 
        including funds made available by transfer, may be made 
        available for obligation for security assistance for the West 
        Bank and Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the 
        Committees on Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been 
        established for security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza 
        and reports on the extent of Palestinian compliance with such 
        benchmarks.

    (d) Audits.--
            (1) The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development shall ensure that Federal or non-
        Federal audits of all contractors and grantees, and significant 
        subcontractors and sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza 
        Program, are conducted at least on an annual basis to ensure, 
        among other things, compliance with this section.
            (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to $500,000 may 
        be used by the Office of Inspector General of the United States 
        Agency for International Development for audits, inspections, 
        and other activities in furtherance of the requirements of this 
        subsection:  Provided, That such funds are in addition to funds 
        otherwise available for such purposes.

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    (e) Subsequent to the certification specified in subsection (a), the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit and an 
investigation of the treatment, handling, and uses of all funds for the 
bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds provided as 
cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2015 under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'', and such audit shall address--
            (1) the extent to which such Program complies with the 
        requirements of subsections (b) and (c); and
            (2) an examination of all programs, projects, and activities 
        carried out under such Program, including both obligations and 
        expenditures.

    (f) Funds made available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    (g) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations updating the report contained in section 2106 of chapter 
2 of title II of Public Law 109-13.

         limitation on assistance for the palestinian authority

    Sec. 7040. (a) Prohibition of Funds.--None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 
to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority.
    (b) Waiver.--The prohibition included in subsection (a) shall not 
apply if the President certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the 
Committees on Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 
to the national security interest of the United States.
    (c) Period of Application of Waiver.--Any waiver pursuant to 
subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a period of 6 months 
at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of 
this Act.
    (d) Report.--Whenever the waiver authority pursuant to subsection 
(b) is exercised, the President shall submit a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations detailing the justification for the waiver, the 
purposes for which the funds will be spent, and the accounting 
procedures in place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed:  
Provided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Palestinian 
Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons and 
dismantle the terrorist infrastructure.
    (e) Certification.--If the President exercises the waiver authority 
under subsection (b), the Secretary of State must certify and report to 
the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds that 
the Palestinian Authority has established a single treasury account for 
all Palestinian Authority financing and all financing mechanisms flow 
through this account, no parallel financing mechanisms exist outside of 
the Palestinian Authority treasury account, and there is a single 
comprehensive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 
Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence against Israelis 
and is supporting activities aimed at promoting peace, coexistence, and 
security cooperation with Israel.

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    (f) Prohibition to Hamas and the Palestine Liberation 
Organization.--
            (1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III through VI 
        of this Act may be obligated for salaries of personnel of the 
        Palestinian Authority located in Gaza or may be obligated or 
        expended for assistance to Hamas or any entity effectively 
        controlled by Hamas, any power-sharing government of which Hamas 
        is a member, or that results from an agreement with Hamas and 
        over which Hamas exercises undue influence.
            (2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph (1), 
        assistance may be provided to a power-sharing government only if 
        the President certifies and reports to the Committees on 
        Appropriations that such government, including all of its 
        ministers or such equivalent, has publicly accepted and is 
        complying with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) 
        (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
            (3) The President may exercise the authority in section 
        620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by the 
        Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-446) with 
        respect to this subsection.
            (4) Whenever the certification pursuant to paragraph (2) is 
        exercised, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
        Committees on Appropriations within 120 days of the 
        certification and every quarter thereafter on whether such 
        government, including all of its ministers or such equivalent 
        are continuing to comply with the principles contained in 
        section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
        1961, as amended:  Provided, That the report shall also detail 
        the amount, purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 
        provided pursuant to the abovementioned certification and a full 
        accounting of any direct support of such government.
            (5) None of the funds appropriated under titles III through 
        VI of this Act may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine 
        Liberation Organization.

                      middle east and north africa

    Sec. 7041. (a) Egypt.--
            (1) In general.--Funds appropriated by this Act that are 
        available for assistance for the Government of Egypt may only be 
        made available if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
        to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is--
                    (A) sustaining the strategic relationship with the 
                United States; and
                    (B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 Egypt-
                Israel Peace Treaty.
            (2) Economic support fund.--
                    (A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
                heading ``Economic Support Fund'', and subject to 
                paragraph (6) of this subsection, up to $150,000,000 may 
                be made available for assistance for Egypt, of which not 
                less than $35,000,000 should be made available for 
                higher education programs including not less than 
                $10,000,000 for scholarships at not-for-profit 
                institutions for Egyptian students with high financial 
                need:  Provided, That such funds

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                may also be made available for democracy programs:  
                Provided further, That such funds shall be made 
                available for a demonstration project to combat 
                hepatitis C, on a cost matching basis from sources other 
                than the United States Government.
                    (B) Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting 
                assistance for Egypt, including paragraph (6) of this 
                subsection, funds made available under the heading 
                ``Economic Support Fund'' in this Act and prior Acts 
                making appropriations for the Department of State, 
                foreign operations, and related programs for assistance 
                for Egypt may be made available for education and 
                economic growth programs, subject to prior consultation 
                with the appropriate congressional committees:  
                Provided, That such funds may not be made available for 
                cash transfer assistance or budget support unless the 
                Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate 
                congressional committees that the Government of Egypt is 
                taking consistent and effective steps to stabilize the 
                economy and implement market-based economic reforms.
                    (C)(i) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
                the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' that are available 
                for assistance for Egypt, the Secretary of State shall 
                withhold from obligation an amount that the Secretary 
                determines to be equivalent to that expended by the 
                United States Government for bail, and by 
                nongovernmental organizations for legal and court fees, 
                associated with democracy related trials in Egypt until 
                the Secretary certifies and reports to the Committees on 
                Appropriations that the Government of Egypt has 
                dismissed the convictions issued by the Cairo Criminal 
                Court on June 4, 2013, in ``Public Prosecution Case No. 
                1110 for the Year 2012''.
                    (ii) No conviction issued by the Cairo Criminal 
                Court on June 4, 2013, in ``Public Prosecution Case No. 
                1110 for the Year 2012'', against a citizen or national 
                of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for 
                permanent residence in the United States, shall be 
                considered a conviction for purposes of United States 
                law or for any activity undertaken within the 
                jurisdiction of the United States.
            (3) Foreign military financing program.--Of the funds 
        appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Foreign Military 
        Financing Program'', and subject to paragraph (6) of this 
        subsection, up to $1,300,000,000, to remain available until 
        September 30, 2016, may be made available for assistance for 
        Egypt which may be transferred to an interest bearing account in 
        the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, following consultation 
        with the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, That if the 
        Secretary of State is unable to make the certification in 
        subparagraph (6)(A) or (B) of this subsection, such funds may be 
        made available at the minimum rate necessary to continue 
        existing programs, notwithstanding any provision of law 
        restricting assistance for Egypt and following consultation with 
        the Committees on Appropriations, except that defense articles 
        and services from such programs shall not be delivered until the 
        requirements in subparagraphs (6)(A), (B), or (C) of this 
        subsection are met:  Provided further, That not later than 30 
        days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of

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        State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
        describing any defense articles withheld from delivery to Egypt 
        as of the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That 
        not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 
        plans to restructure military assistance for Egypt, including 
        cash flow financing.
            (4) Prior year funds.--Funds appropriated under the headings 
        ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' and ``International 
        Military Education and Training'' in prior Acts making 
        appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
        and related programs may be made available notwithstanding any 
        provision of law restricting assistance for Egypt, except that 
        such funds under the heading ``Foreign Military Financing 
        Program'' shall only be made available at the minimum rate 
        necessary to continue existing programs and following 
        consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, and the 
        defense articles and services from such programs shall not be 
        delivered until the requirements in subparagraphs (6)(A), (B), 
        or (C) of this subsection are met.
            (5) Security exemptions.--Notwithstanding any provision of 
        law restricting assistance for Egypt, including paragraphs (3), 
        (4), and (6) of this subsection, funds made available for 
        assistance for Egypt in this Act and prior Acts making 
        appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
        and related programs may be made available for counterterrorism, 
        border security, and nonproliferation programs in Egypt, and for 
        development activities in the Sinai, if the Secretary of State 
        certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 
        committees that to do so is important to the national security 
        interest of the United States.
            (6) Fiscal year 2015 funds.--Except as provided in 
        paragraphs (2), (3) and (5) of this subsection, funds 
        appropriated by this Act under the headings ``Economic Support 
        Fund'', ``International Military Education and Training'', and 
        ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' for assistance for the 
        Government of Egypt may be made available notwithstanding any 
        provision of law restricting assistance for Egypt as follows--
                    (A) up to $725,850,000 may be made available only if 
                the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
                Committees on Appropriations that the Government of 
                Egypt--
                          (i) has held free and fair parliamentary 
                      elections;
                          (ii) is implementing laws or policies to 
                      govern democratically and protect the rights of 
                      individuals;
                          (iii) is implementing reforms that protect 
                      freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful 
                      assembly, including the ability of civil society 
                      organizations and the media to function without 
                      interference;
                          (iv) is taking consistent steps to protect and 
                      advance the rights of women and religious 
                      minorities;
                          (v) is providing detainees with due process of 
                      law;
                          (vi) is conducting credible investigations and 
                      prosecutions of the use of excessive force by 
                      security forces; and

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                          (vii) has released American citizens who the 
                      Secretary of State determines to be political 
                      prisoners and dismissed charges against them; and
                    (B) not less than 180 days after a certification and 
                report under subparagraph (6)(A), up to $725,850,000 may 
                be made available only if the Secretary of State 
                certifies and reports to the Committees on 
                Appropriations that the requirements in subparagraph 
                (6)(A) are being met.
                    (C) The Secretary of State may provide assistance, 
                notwithstanding the certification requirements of 
                subparagraphs 6(A) and (B) of this subsection or similar 
                provisions of law in prior Acts making appropriations 
                for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
                related programs, if the Secretary, after consultation 
                with the Committees on Appropriations, certifies and 
                reports to such Committees that it is important to the 
                national security interest of the United States to 
                provide such assistance:  Provided, That such report, 
                which may be in classified form if necessary, shall 
                contain a detailed justification and the reasons why any 
                of the requirements of subparagraphs 6(A) or (B) cannot 
                be met.

    (b) Iran.--
            (1) The terms and conditions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
        section 7041(c) in division I of Public Law 112-74 shall 
        continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 as if part of this 
        Act.
            (2)(A) The reporting requirements in section 7043(c) in 
        division F of Public Law 111-117 shall continue in effect during 
        fiscal year 2015 as if part of this Act:  Provided, That the 
        date in subsection (c)(1) shall be deemed to be ``September 30, 
        2015''.
            (B) The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
        congressional committees, not later than 30 days after enactment 
        of this Act and at the end of each 30-day period thereafter 
        until September 30, 2015, a report on the implementation of the 
        Joint Plan of Action between the P5+1 and the Government of Iran 
        concluded on November 24, 2013, and any extension of or 
        successor to that agreement:  Provided, That the report shall 
        include the information required in House Report 113-499 and 
        Senate Report 113-195, and may be submitted in classified form 
        if necessary.

    (c) Iraq.--
            (1) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for 
        assistance for Iraq to promote governance, security, and 
        internal and regional stability, including in Kurdistan and 
        other areas impacted by the conflict in Syria, and among Iraq's 
        religious and ethnic minority populations.
            (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
        available for construction of a permanent United States 
        consulate in Iraq on property for which no land-use agreement 
        has been entered into by the Governments of the United States 
        and Iraq.
            (3) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
        ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' and 
        ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' that are available for 
        assistance for Iraq should be made available to enhance the 
        capacity of Kurdistan Regional Government security services

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        and for security programs in Kurdistan to address requirements 
        arising from the violence in Syria and Iraq:  Provided, That the 
        Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on 
        Appropriations prior to obligating such funds.
            (4) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other 
        relevant United States Government agencies, shall submit a 
        report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing 
        steps taken by the United States Government to address the 
        plight, including resettlement needs, of Iranian dissidents 
        located at Camp Liberty/Hurriya in Iraq.

    (d) Jordan.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Foreign Military Financing 
Program'', not less than $1,000,000,000 shall be made available for 
assistance for Jordan.
    (e) Lebanon.--
            (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
        available for the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) or the 
        Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF is controlled 
        by a foreign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant to 
        section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
            (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
        ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' and 
        ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' that are available for 
        assistance for Lebanon may be made available for programs and 
        equipment for the ISF and the LAF to address security and 
        stability requirements in areas affected by the conflict in 
        Syria, following consultation with the appropriate congressional 
        committees.
            (3) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``Economic Support Fund'' that are available for assistance for 
        Lebanon may be made available notwithstanding section 1224 of 
        Public Law 107-228.
            (4) In addition to the activities described in paragraph 
        (2), funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Foreign 
        Military Financing Program'' for assistance for Lebanon may be 
        made available only to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen 
        border security and combat terrorism, including training and 
        equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon's borders, interdicting arms 
        shipments, preventing the use of Lebanon as a safe haven for 
        terrorist groups, and to implement United Nations Security 
        Council Resolution 1701:  Provided, That funds may not be 
        obligated for assistance for the LAF until the Secretary of 
        State submits to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed 
        spend plan, including actions to be taken to ensure equipment 
        provided to the LAF is only used for the intended purposes, 
        except such plan may not be considered as meeting the 
        notification requirements under section 7015 of this Act or 
        under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 
        shall be submitted not later than September 1, 2015:  Provided 
        further, That any notification submitted pursuant to such 
        sections shall include any funds specifically intended for 
        lethal military equipment.

    (f) Libya.--
            (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
        available for assistance for the central Government of

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        Libya unless the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 
        Appropriations that such government is cooperating with United 
        States Government efforts to investigate and bring to justice 
        those responsible for the attack on United States personnel and 
        facilities in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012:  Provided, That 
        the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply to funds made 
        available for the purpose of protecting United States Government 
        personnel or facilities.
            (2) Any notification required for assistance for Libya for 
        funds appropriated under title IV of this Act shall include a 
        detailed justification for such assistance, and a description of 
        the vetting procedures used for any individual or unit receiving 
        such assistance.
            (3) The limitation on the uses of funds in section 
        7041(f)(2) of division K of Public Law 113-76 shall apply to 
        funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for 
        assistance for Libya:  Provided, That prior to the obligation of 
        such funds, the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate 
        steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring and 
        control of assistance for Libya.
            (4) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate 
        congressional committees detailing--
                    (A) the number of claims against Libya filed with 
                the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission pursuant to the 
                Department of State's referral of claims of November 27, 
                2013 in connection with the Claims Settlement Agreement 
                between the United States of America and the Great 
                Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya of August 14, 
                2008, as implemented pursuant to the Libyan Claims 
                Resolution Act, Public Law 110-301 and Executive Order 
                13477 dated October 31, 2008;
                    (B) the amount of remaining balances of funds 
                received by the United States, and held by the United 
                States Treasury, for payment of awards rendered by the 
                Foreign Claims Settlement Commission pursuant to the 
                November 27, 2013 referral; and
                    (C) the process by which the claims are to be 
                adjudicated.

    (g) Morocco.--
            (1) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act shall be 
        made available for assistance for the Western Sahara:  Provided, 
        That not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act and 
        prior to the obligation of such funds the Secretary of State, in 
        consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency 
        for International Development, shall consult with the Committees 
        on Appropriations on the proposed uses of such funds.
            (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' that are available for 
        assistance for Morocco may only be used for the purposes 
        requested in the Congressional Budget Justification, Foreign 
        Operations, Fiscal Year 2015.

    (h) Syria.--
            (1) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act and prior 
        Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
        operations, and related programs may be made available

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        notwithstanding any other provision of law for non-lethal 
        assistance for programs to address the needs of civilians 
        affected by conflict in Syria, and for programs that seek to--
                    (A) establish governance in Syria that is 
                representative, inclusive, and accountable;
                    (B) expand the role of women in negotiations to end 
                the violence and in any political transition in Syria;
                    (C) develop and implement political processes that 
                are democratic, transparent, and adhere to the rule of 
                law;
                    (D) further the legitimacy of the Syrian opposition 
                through cross-border programs;
                    (E) develop civil society and an independent media 
                in Syria;
                    (F) promote economic development in Syria;
                    (G) document, investigate, and prosecute human 
                rights violations in Syria, including through 
                transitional justice programs and support for 
                nongovernmental organizations;
                    (H) counter extremist ideologies; and
                    (I) assist Syrian refugees whose education has been 
                interrupted by the ongoing conflict to complete higher 
                education requirements at regional academic 
                institutions.
            (2) Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated by this 
        Act and made available for assistance for Syria, the Secretary 
        of State shall take all practicable steps to ensure that 
        mechanisms are in place for monitoring, oversight, and control 
        of such assistance inside Syria:  Provided, That the Secretary 
        of State shall promptly inform the appropriate congressional 
        committees of each significant instance in which assistance 
        provided pursuant to the authority of this subsection has been 
        compromised, to include the type and amount of assistance 
        affected, a description of the incident and parties involved, 
        and an explanation of the Department of State's response.
            (3) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available 
        for assistance for Syria pursuant to the authority of this 
        subsection may only be made available after the Secretary of 
        State, in consultation with the heads of relevant United States 
        Government agencies, submits, in classified form if necessary, 
        an update to the comprehensive strategy required in section 
        7041(i)(3) of Public Law 113-76.
            (4) Funds made available pursuant to this subsection may 
        only be made available following consultation with the 
        appropriate congressional committees, and shall be subject to 
        the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
        Appropriations.

    (i) West Bank and Gaza.--
            (1) Report on assistance.--Prior to the initial obligation 
        of funds made available by this Act under the heading ``Economic 
        Support Fund'' for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the 
        Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on 
        Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance is to--
                    (A) advance Middle East peace;
                    (B) improve security in the region;
                    (C) continue support for transparent and accountable 
                government institutions;
                    (D) promote a private sector economy; or
                    (E) address urgent humanitarian needs.
            (2) Limitations.--

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                    (A)(i) None of the funds appropriated under the 
                heading ``Economic Support Fund'' in this Act may be 
                made available for assistance for the Palestinian 
                Authority, if after the date of enactment of this Act--
                                    (I) the Palestinians obtain the same 
                                standing as member states or full 
                                membership as a state in the United 
                                Nations or any specialized agency 
                                thereof outside an agreement negotiated 
                                between Israel and the Palestinians; or
                                    (II) the Palestinians initiate an 
                                International Criminal Court judicially 
                                authorized investigation, or actively 
                                support such an investigation, that 
                                subjects Israeli nationals to an 
                                investigation for alleged crimes against 
                                Palestinians.
                    (ii) The Secretary of State may waive the 
                restriction in paragraph (2)(A) resulting from the 
                application of paragraph (2)(A)(i)(I) if the Secretary 
                certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that to do 
                so is in the national security interest of the United 
                States, and submits a report to such Committees 
                detailing how the waiver and the continuation of 
                assistance would assist in furthering Middle East peace.
                    (B)(i) The President may waive the provisions of 
                section 1003 of Public Law 100-204 if the President 
                determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of 
                the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore 
                of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations that 
                the Palestinians have not, after the date of enactment 
                of this Act, obtained in the United Nations or any 
                specialized agency thereof the same standing as member 
                states or full membership as a state outside an 
                agreement negotiated between Israel and the 
                Palestinians.
                    (ii) Not less than 90 days after the President is 
                unable to make the certification and report pursuant to 
                subparagraph (B)(i), the President may waive section 
                1003 of Public Law 100-204 if the President determines 
                and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of 
                Representatives, the President pro tempore of the 
                Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations that the 
                Palestinians have entered into direct and meaningful 
                negotiations with Israel:  Provided, That any waiver of 
                the provisions of section 1003 of Public Law 100-204 
                under subparagraph (B)(i) of this paragraph or under 
                previous provisions of law must expire before the waiver 
                under the preceding sentence may be exercised.
                    (iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subparagraph shall 
                be effective for no more than a period of 6 months at a 
                time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after the 
                enactment of this Act.
            (3) Reduction.--The Secretary of State shall reduce the 
        amount of assistance made available by this Act under the 
        heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for the Palestinian Authority 
        by an amount the Secretary determines is equivalent to the 
        amount expended by the Palestinian Authority as payments for 
        acts of terrorism by individuals who are imprisoned after being 
        fairly tried and convicted for acts of terrorism and by 
        individuals who died committing acts of terrorism during the

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        previous calendar year:  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
        report to the Committees on Appropriations on the amount reduced 
        for fiscal year 2015 prior to the obligation of funds for the 
        Palestinian Authority.

    (j) Yemen.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
assistance for Yemen may be made available for the Armed Forces of Yemen 
if such forces are controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as 
designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act.

                                 africa

    Sec. 7042. (a) Central African Republic.--Funds made available by 
this Act for assistance for the Central African Republic shall be made 
available for reconciliation and peacebuilding programs, including 
activities to promote inter-faith dialogue at the national and local 
levels, and for programs to prevent crimes against humanity.
    (b) Counterterrorism Programs.--
            (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than 
        $63,331,000 should be made available for the Trans-Sahara 
        Counterterrorism Partnership program, and not less than 
        $24,000,000 should be made available for the Partnership for 
        Regional East Africa Counterterrorism program.
            (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``Economic Support Fund'', $10,000,000 shall be made available 
        for programs to counter extremism in East Africa, in addition to 
        such sums that may otherwise be made available for such 
        purposes.

    (c) Crisis Response.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, up 
to $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``Global Health Programs'' for HIV/AIDS activities may be transferred 
to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the headings ``Economic 
Support Fund'' and ``Transition Initiatives'' to respond to 
unanticipated crises in Africa, except that funds shall not be 
transferred unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on 
Appropriations that no individual currently on anti-retroviral therapy 
supported by such funds shall be negatively impacted by the transfer of 
such funds:  Provided, That the authority of this subsection shall be 
subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
    (d) Ethiopia.--
            (1) Funds appropriated by this Act that are available for 
        assistance for Ethiopian military and police forces shall not be 
        made available until the Secretary of State--
                    (A) certifies and reports to the Committees on 
                Appropriations that the Government of Ethiopia is 
                implementing policies to--
                          (i) protect judicial independence; freedom of 
                      expression, association, assembly, and religion; 
                      the right of political opposition parties, civil 
                      society organizations, and journalists to operate 
                      without harassment or interference; and due 
                      process of law; and
                          (ii) permit access for human rights and 
                      humanitarian organizations to the Somali region of 
                      Ethiopia; and

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                    (B) submits a report to the Committees on 
                Appropriations on the types and amounts of United States 
                training and equipment proposed to be provided to the 
                Ethiopian military and police, including steps to ensure 
                that such assistance is not provided in contravention of 
                section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
            (2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
        assistance made available under the heading ``International 
        Military Education and Training'' (IMET) in this Act, assistance 
        to Ethiopian military efforts in support of international 
        peacekeeping operations, countering regional terrorism, and 
        border security, and assistance for the Ethiopian Defense 
        Command and Staff College.
            (3) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
        ``Development Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund'' that 
        are available for assistance in the lower Omo and Gambella 
        regions of Ethiopia shall--
                    (A) not be used to support activities that directly 
                or indirectly involve forced evictions;
                    (B) support initiatives of local communities to 
                improve their livelihoods; and
                    (C) be subject to prior consultation with affected 
                populations.
            (4) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
        States executive director of each international financial 
        institution to vote against financing for any activities that 
        directly or indirectly involve forced evictions in Ethiopia.

    (e) Expanded International Military Education and Training.--
            (1) Funds appropriated under the heading ``International 
        Military Education and Training'' in this Act that are made 
        available for assistance for Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Coote 
        d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Zimbabwe may be made available only for 
        training related to international peacekeeping operations, 
        expanded IMET, and professional military education:  Provided, 
        That the limitation included in this paragraph shall not apply 
        to courses that support training in maritime security.
            (2) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
        ``International Military Education and Training'' in this Act 
        should be made available for assistance for Equatorial Guinea.

    (f) Lord's Resistance Army.--Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
made available for programs and activities in areas affected by the 
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) consistent with the goals of the Lord's 
Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act (Public Law 
111-172), including to improve physical access, telecommunications 
infrastructure, and early-warning mechanisms and to support the 
disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of former LRA combatants, 
especially child soldiers.
    (g) Nigeria.--Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available 
for assistance for Nigeria shall be made available for assistance for 
women and girls who are targeted by the terrorist organization Boko 
Haram, consistent with the provisions of section 7059 of this Act, and 
in consultation with the Government of Nigeria.
    (h) Programs in Africa.--
            (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
        ``Global Health Programs'' and ``Economic Support

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        Fund'', not less than $7,000,000 shall be made available for the 
        purposes of section 7042(g)(1) of division K of Public Law 113-
        76.
            (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
        ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``International Narcotics Control 
        and Law Enforcement'', not less than $8,000,000 shall be made 
        available for the purposes of section 7042(g)(2) of division K 
        of Public Law 113-76.
            (3) Funds made available under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall 
        be programmed in a manner that leverages a United States 
        Government-wide approach to addressing shared challenges and 
        mutually beneficial opportunities, and shall be the 
        responsibility of United States Chiefs of Mission in countries 
        in Africa seeking enhanced partnerships with the United States 
        in areas of trade, investment, development, health, and 
        security.

    (i) Somalia.--
            (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``Economic Support Fund'' that are made available for assistance 
        for Somalia should be used to promote dialogue and 
        reconciliation between the central government and Somali 
        regions, and should be provided in an impartial manner that is 
        based on need and institutional capacity:  Provided, That such 
        assistance should also be used to strengthen the rule of law and 
        government institutions, support civil society organizations 
        involved in peace building, and support other development 
        priorities including education and employment opportunities.
            (2) Funds appropriated in prior Acts making appropriations 
        for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
        programs may be made available for assistance for Somalia, 
        notwithstanding section 7042(h)(2) of division K of Public Law 
        113-76, following consultation with, and the regular 
        notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.

    (j) South Sudan.--
            (1) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available 
        for assistance for South Sudan should--
                    (A) be prioritized for programs that respond to 
                humanitarian needs and the delivery of basic services 
                and to mitigate conflict and promote stability, 
                including to address protection needs and prevent and 
                respond to gender-based violence;
                    (B) support programs that build resilience of 
                communities to address food insecurity, maintain 
                educational opportunities, and enhance local governance;
                    (C) be used to advance democracy, including support 
                for civil society, independent media, and other means to 
                strengthen the rule of law;
                    (D) support the transparent and sustainable 
                management of natural resources by assisting the 
                Government of South Sudan in conducting regular audits 
                of financial accounts, including revenues from oil and 
                gas, and the timely public disclosure of such audits; 
                and
                    (E) support the professionalization of security 
                forces, including human rights and accountability to 
                civilian authorities.
            (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act that are 
        available for assistance for the central Government of South

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        Sudan may be made available until the Secretary of State 
        certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
        such government is taking steps to--
                    (A) provide access for humanitarian organizations;
                    (B) end the use of child soldiers;
                    (C) support a cessation of hostilities agreement;
                    (D) protect freedoms of expression, association, and 
                assembly;
                    (E) reduce corruption related to the extraction and 
                sale of oil and gas; and
                    (F) establish democratic institutions, including 
                accountable military and police forces under civilian 
                authority.
            (3) The limitation of paragraph (2) shall not apply to--
                    (A) humanitarian assistance;
                    (B) assistance to directly support South Sudan peace 
                negotiations or to implement a peace agreement; and
                    (C) assistance to support implementation of 
                outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 
                (CPA) and mutual arrangements related to the CPA.

    (k) Sudan.--
            (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
        funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for 
        assistance for the Government of Sudan.
            (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
        available for the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan 
        guarantees held by the Government of Sudan, including the cost 
        of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United 
        States, and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, and credit 
        agreements.
            (3) The limitations of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not 
        apply to--
                    (A) humanitarian assistance;
                    (B) assistance for the Darfur region, Southern 
                Kordofan State, Blue Nile State, other marginalized 
                areas and populations in Sudan, and Abyei; and
                    (C) assistance to support implementation of 
                outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 
                (CPA), mutual arrangements related to post-referendum 
                issues associated with the CPA, or any other 
                internationally recognized viable peace agreement in 
                Sudan.

    (l) Trafficking in Conflict Minerals, Wildlife, and Other 
Contraband.--
            (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
        heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be made 
        available for assistance for Rwanda unless the Secretary of 
        State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
        Government of Rwanda is implementing a policy to cease 
        political, military and/or financial support to armed groups in 
        the Democratic of the Congo (DRC) that have violated human 
        rights or are involved in the illegal exportation of minerals, 
        wildlife, or other contraband.
            (2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
        assistance to improve border controls to prevent the illegal 
        exportation of minerals, wildlife, and other contraband out of 
        the DRC by such groups, to protect humanitarian relief efforts, 
        to support the training and deployment of members of the

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        Rwandan military in international peacekeeping operations, or to 
        conduct operations against the Lord's Resistance Army.

    (m) Zimbabwe.--
            (1) <<NOTE: 22 USC 2151 note.>>  The Secretary of the 
        Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of 
        each international financial institution to vote against any 
        extension by the respective institution of any loan or grant to 
        the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or 
        to promote democracy, unless the Secretary of State certifies 
        and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule of 
        law has been restored, including respect for ownership and title 
        to property, and freedoms of expression, association, and 
        assembly.
            (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be made 
        available for assistance for the central Government of Zimbabwe, 
        except for health and education, unless the Secretary of State 
        certifies and reports as required in paragraph (1), and funds 
        may be made available for macroeconomic growth assistance if the 
        Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
        government is implementing transparent fiscal policies, 
        including public disclosure of revenues from the extraction of 
        natural resources.

                        east asia and the pacific

    Sec. 7043. (a) Asia Rebalancing Initiative.--
            (1) Asia maritime security.--
                    (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
                headings ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
                Enforcement'' and ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' 
                shall be made available for activities to strengthen 
                maritime security in the Asia region:  Provided, That 
                prior to obligating such funds, the Secretary of State 
                shall consult with the appropriate congressional 
                committees on the uses of such funds on a country-by-
                country basis and on the specific regional strategic 
                objectives supported by such funds:  Provided further, 
                That such funds may only be made available for programs 
                for naval forces, coast guards, or other governmental 
                maritime entities and nongovernmental organizations, as 
                appropriate, directly engaged in maritime security 
                issues, and shall be coordinated with other United 
                States Government activities that seek to strengthen 
                maritime security in such region.
                    (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
                ``International Military Education and Training'' shall 
                be made available for activities to promote the 
                professionalism and capabilities of naval forces, coast 
                guard, or other governmental maritime entities directly 
                engaged in maritime security issues in the Asia region, 
                including to counter piracy and facilitate cooperation 
                on disaster relief efforts.
                    (C) In addition to the consultation requirement in 
                paragraph (1)(A), not later than 90 days after enactment 
                of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination 
                with the heads of other relevant United States 
                Government agencies, shall submit to the appropriate 
                congressional committees a multi-year strategy to 
                increase cooperation on maritime security issues with 
                countries in the Asia region,

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                including a description of specific regional strategic 
                objectives served by such funds:  Provided, That such 
                strategy shall include clear goals and objectives, and 
                cost estimates for implementation on an annual, country-
                by-country and regional basis.
                    (D) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
                be made available for equipment or training for the 
                armed forces of the People's Republic of China.
                    (E) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
                this Act may be made available by the Secretary of State 
                for the participation by the United States in the 
                Information Sharing Centre located in Singapore, as 
                established by the Regional Cooperation Agreement on 
                Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in 
                Asia.
            (2) Regional alliances and partnerships.--Funds appropriated 
        under title III of this Act that are made available for programs 
        to strengthen regional alliances and partnerships among 
        governments in the Asia region should be matched to the maximum 
        extent practicable and as appropriate from sources other than 
        the United States Government:  Provided, That prior to the 
        obligation of funds for such programs, the Secretary of State 
        shall certify to the appropriate congressional committees that 
        such regional alliance or partnership is in the national 
        security interest of the United States, and that the program or 
        programs supporting such alliance serve specific strategic 
        objectives, including a description of such objectives and an 
        explanation of how such programs are coordinated with other 
        United States Government programs to rebalance policy toward 
        Asia.
            (3) Economic growth and trade.--
                    (A) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act 
                that are made available for bilateral economic growth 
                programs in the Asia region shall also be made available 
                to increase United States trade in such region, and for 
                assistance for capacity building activities relating to 
                free trade agreements.
                    (B) Funds appropriated under title VI of this Act 
                shall be made available to increase United States trade 
                in the Asia region above amounts made available for such 
                purposes in prior fiscal years.
            (4) Operations and assistance calculations.--Not later than 
        90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
        shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
        committees detailing the funds provided for the Asia Rebalancing 
        Initiative for operations and assistance for each fiscal year 
        beginning in fiscal year 2011:  Provided, That such report shall 
        include total amounts made available for such Initiative for 
        each fiscal year, and shall specify the increased amounts for 
        operations and assistance for the Asia region to support such 
        Initiative.
            (5) Public diplomacy.--
                    (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
                headings ``Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs'' 
                and ``Economic Support Fund'' shall be made available 
                for exchange programs for the Asia region, including for 
                the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, which 
                should be

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                matched to the maximum extent practicable and as 
                appropriate from sources other than the United States 
                Government:  Provided, That such Initiative shall 
                include the participation of representatives of 
                democratic political parties and human rights 
                organizations.
                    (B) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 
                Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
                heads of other relevant United States Government 
                agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
                committees a report detailing a clear and comprehensive 
                narrative on United States foreign policy for the Asia 
                region, including a description of steps taken to 
                disseminate such narrative among such agencies.
                    (C) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
                ``International Broadcasting Operations'' that are made 
                available for the Asia region shall be made available to 
                support the narrative required in subparagraph (B), as 
                appropriate:  Provided, That not later than 90 days 
                after enactment of this Act, the Broadcasting Board of 
                Governors shall submit a report to the Committees on 
                Appropriations detailing the programs that are 
                attributable to the Asia Rebalancing Initiative, 
                including the costs of such programs.
            (6) Democracy and human rights.--
                    (A) Funds appropriated by title III of this Act for 
                the Asia Rebalancing Initiative shall be made available 
                to promote and protect democracy and human rights in the 
                Asia region, including for political parties, civil 
                society, and organizations and individuals seeking to 
                advance transparency, accountability, and the rule of 
                law:  Provided, That such funds shall also be made 
                available, through an open and competitive process, to 
                nongovernmental networks and alliances that seek to 
                promote democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in 
                the Asia region:  Provided further, That to the maximum 
                extent practicable, such funds should be made available 
                on a grant or cooperative agreement basis.
                    (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
                headings ``Global Health Programs'', ``Development 
                Assistance'', ``Economic Support Fund'', and ``Migration 
                and Refugee Assistance'' shall be made available for 
                programs to promote and preserve Tibetan culture and the 
                resilience of Tibetan communities in India and Nepal, 
                and to assist in the education and development of the 
                next generation of Tibetan leaders from such 
                communities:  Provided, That such funds are in addition 
                to amounts made available for programs inside Tibet in 
                subsection (g)(2) of this section.
            (7) Conflict resolution.--Funds appropriated under titles 
        III and IV of this Act shall be made available to address and 
        mitigate conflict in the Asia region arising from ethnic, 
        religious, and territorial disputes.
            (8) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the Asia 
        region means countries and territories in Oceania, Southeast 
        Asia, and South Asia, and the Indian and Pacific Oceans 
        bordering those countries and territories.

    (b) Burma.--

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            (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``Economic Support Fund'' may be made available for assistance 
        for Burma notwithstanding any other provision of law:  Provided, 
        That no such funds shall be made available to any successor or 
        affiliated organization of the State Peace and Development 
        Council (SPDC) controlled by former SPDC members that promotes 
        the repressive policies of the SPDC, or to any individual or 
        organization credibly alleged to have committed gross violations 
        of human rights, including against Rohingyas and other minority 
        groups:  Provided further, That such funds may be made available 
        for programs administered by the Office of Transition 
        Initiatives, USAID, for ethnic groups and civil society in Burma 
        to help sustain ceasefire agreements and further prospects for 
        reconciliation and peace, which may include support to 
        representatives of ethnic armed groups for this purpose.
            (2) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act for 
        assistance for Burma--
                    (A) may not be made available for budget support for 
                the Government of Burma;
                    (B) shall be provided to strengthen civil society 
                organizations in Burma, including as core support for 
                such organizations;
                    (C) shall be made available for community-based 
                organizations operating in Thailand to provide food, 
                medical, and other humanitarian assistance to internally 
                displaced persons in eastern Burma, in addition to 
                assistance for Burmese refugees from funds appropriated 
                by this Act under the heading ``Migration and Refugee 
                Assistance'';
                    (D) shall be made available for parliamentary 
                strengthening programs; and
                    (E) shall be made available for ethnic and religious 
                reconciliation programs, including in ceasefire areas, 
                as appropriate, and to address the Rohingya and Kachin 
                crises.
            (3) None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
        headings ``International Military Education and Training'' and 
        ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be made available for 
        assistance for Burma:  Provided, That the Department of State 
        may continue consultations with the armed forces of Burma only 
        on human rights and disaster response in a manner consistent 
        with the prior fiscal year, and following consultation with the 
        appropriate congressional committees.
            (4) Funds made available by this Act for assistance for 
        Burma shall be made available for the implementation of the 
        democracy and human rights strategy required by section 
        7043(b)(3)(A) of division K of Public Law 113-76:  Provided, 
        That the United States Chief of Mission in Burma, in 
        consultation with the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of 
        Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State (DRL), 
        shall be responsible for democracy and human rights programs in 
        Burma:  Provided further, That not less than 90 days after 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
        report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing 
        steps taken by the United States and other international donors 
        to protect human rights and address conflict in Rakhine State.

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            (5) Funds appropriated by this Act shall only be made 
        available for assistance for the central Government of Burma if 
        the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate 
        congressional committees that such government has implemented 
        reforms, in consultation with Burma's political opposition and 
        ethnic groups, providing for free and fair presidential and 
        parliamentary elections, to include participation of citizens as 
        voters and candidates:  Provided, That the Secretary of State 
        may waive the requirements of this paragraph if the Secretary 
        certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
        to do so is important to the democratic development of Burma, 
        including a detailed justification for such waiver.
            (6) Any new program or activity in Burma initiated in fiscal 
        year 2015 shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
        appropriate congressional committees.
            (7) Notwithstanding any provision of law, the position 
        established by section 7 of Public Law 110-286 shall remain 
        vacant following the expiration of the current term.
            (8)(A) Section 3(3) of Public Law 112-192 <<NOTE: 50 USC 
        1701 note.>>  (October 5, 2012) is amended by inserting after 
        ``Public Law 112-74'' the phrase ``and shall also include the 
        Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency''.
            (B) <<NOTE: 50 USC 1701 note.>>  The amendment made in 
        subparagraph (A) shall only take effect if the Secretary of 
        State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
        by September 30, 2015 that the Government of Burma has 
        implemented reforms, in consultation with Burma's political 
        opposition and ethnic groups, providing for free and fair 
        presidential and parliamentary elections.

    (c) Cambodia.--
            (1) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act for 
        assistance for Cambodia shall be made available for democracy 
        and human rights programs:  Provided, That such funds shall not 
        include the costs associated with a United States contribution 
        to a Khmer Rouge tribunal:  Provided further, That decisions 
        regarding the uses of such funds shall be the responsibility of 
        the United States Chief of Mission in Cambodia, in consultation 
        with the Assistant Secretary for DRL, and should include 
        programs that seek to--
                    (A) strengthen Cambodian civil society;
                    (B) promote transparent and accountable 
                parliamentary and electoral processes;
                    (C) provide access to justice for political 
                prisoners and individuals whose land has been 
                confiscated through extra-legal means;
                    (D) protect the rights, livelihood and traditions of 
                minority groups in Cambodia;
                    (E) support research and documentation on the Khmer 
                Rouge genocide, including in a regional context; and
                    (F) support efforts to educate the people of 
                Cambodia on such genocide.
            (2) Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
        appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
        and related programs under the heading ``Development 
        Assistance'' shall be made available for basic education 
        programs in Cambodia.

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            (3) Funds appropriated by this Act may not be made available 
        for a United States contribution to a Khmer Rouge tribunal until 
        the Secretary of State reports to the appropriate congressional 
        committees on whether--
                    (A) international donors, in cooperation with the 
                Government of Cambodia, have determined an estimate of 
                costs and a timeline associated with the winding down of 
                such tribunal;
                    (B) the workings of the tribunal are free of 
                interference by the Government of Cambodia; and
                    (C) the Government of Cambodia is making financial 
                contributions to such tribunal in a manner consistent 
                with its pledges.
            (4) The Secretary of State shall consult with international 
        donors to the Khmer Rouge tribunal on a plan to reimburse the 
        Documentation Center of Cambodia for costs incurred in support 
        of the work of such tribunal:  Provided, That not later than 90 
        days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
        submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
        detailing the steps taken to develop such plan.

    (d) North Korea.--
            (1) Funds made available under the heading ``International 
        Broadcasting Operations'' in title I of this Act shall be made 
        available to maintain broadcasts into North Korea.
            (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' shall be made available for 
        assistance for refugees from North Korea, including for 
        protection activities in the People's Republic of China.
            (3) None of the funds made available by this Act under the 
        heading ``Economic Support Fund'' may be made available for 
        assistance for the government of North Korea.

    (e) People's Republic of China.--
            (1) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
        ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' in this Act may be 
        obligated or expended for processing licenses for the export of 
        satellites of United States origin (including commercial 
        satellites and satellite components) to the People's Republic of 
        China unless, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees on 
        Appropriations are notified of such proposed action.
            (2) The terms and requirements of section 620(h) of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall apply to foreign assistance 
        projects or activities of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of 
        the People's Republic of China, to include such projects or 
        activities by any entity that is owned or controlled by, or an 
        affiliate of, the PLA:  Provided, That none of the funds 
        appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act 
        may be used to finance any grant, contract, or cooperative 
        agreement with the PLA, or any entity that the Secretary of 
        State has reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or an 
        affiliate of, the PLA.
            (3) Funds appropriated by this Act for public diplomacy 
        under title I and for assistance under titles III and IV shall 
        be made available to counter the influence of the People's 
        Republic of China, in accordance with the strategy required by 
        section 7043(e)(3) of division K of Public Law 113-76, following 
        consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.

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    (f) Philippines.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``Foreign Military Financing Program'' that are available for assistance 
for the Philippine army should only be made available in accordance with 
the conditions under this section in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act).
    (g) Tibet.--
            (1) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United 
        States executive director of each international financial 
        institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
        support financing of projects in Tibet if such projects do not 
        provide incentives for the migration and settlement of non-
        Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of 
        Tibetan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans, are based on 
        a thorough needs-assessment, foster self-sufficiency of the 
        Tibetan people and respect Tibetan culture and traditions, and 
        are subject to effective monitoring.
            (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
        appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support 
        Fund'' shall be made available to nongovernmental organizations 
        to support activities which preserve cultural traditions and 
        promote sustainable development, education, and environmental 
        conservation in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autonomous 
        Region and in other Tibetan communities in China.

    (h) Vietnam.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'' shall be made available for remediation of 
dioxin contaminated sites in Vietnam and may be made available for 
assistance for the Government of Vietnam, including the military, for 
such purposes, and funds appropriated under the heading ``Development 
Assistance'' shall be made available for health/disability activities in 
areas sprayed with Agent Orange or otherwise contaminated with dioxin.

                         south and central asia

    Sec. 7044. (a) Afghanistan.--
            (1) Operations and reports.--
                    (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
                headings ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'', ``Embassy 
                Security, Construction, and Maintenance'', and 
                ``Operating Expenses'' that are available for the 
                construction and renovation of United States Government 
                facilities in Afghanistan may not be made available if 
                the purpose is to accommodate Federal employee positions 
                or to expand aviation facilities or assets above those 
                notified by the Department of State and the United 
                States Agency for International Development (USAID) to 
                the Committees on Appropriations, or contractors in 
                addition to those in place on the date of enactment of 
                this Act:  Provided, That the limitations in this 
                paragraph shall not apply if funds are necessary to 
                protect such facilities or the security, health, and 
                welfare of United States personnel.
                    (B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
                headings ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' and 
                ``Operating Expenses'' that are made available for 
                operations

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                in Afghanistan, 15 percent shall be withheld from 
                obligation until the Secretary of State, in consultation 
                with the Secretary of Defense and the USAID 
                Administrator, submits to the Committees on 
                Appropriations, in classified form if necessary, an 
                update of the report required by section 7044(a)(1)(B) 
                of division K of Public Law 113-76.
            (2) Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
        headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``International Narcotics 
        Control and Law Enforcement'' for assistance for Afghanistan--
                    (A) may not be used to support any program, project, 
                or activity that--
                          (i) does not have regular oversight by the 
                      Department of State or USAID, as appropriate, to 
                      include site visits;
                          (ii) involves any individual or organization 
                      that the Secretary of State determines to be 
                      involved in corrupt practices; or
                          (iii) initiates new major infrastructure;
                    (B) shall only be made available for programs that 
                the Government of Afghanistan or other Afghan entity is 
                capable of sustaining, as appropriate and as determined 
                by the United States Chief of Mission;
                    (C) shall be prioritized for programs that promote 
                women's economic and political empowerment, strengthen 
                and protect the rights of women and girls, and to 
                implement the United States Embassy Kabul Gender 
                Strategy; and
                    (D) shall be implemented in accordance with all 
                applicable audit policies of the Department of State and 
                USAID.
            (3) Notification and certification requirement.--Funds 
        appropriated by this Act under the headings ``Economic Support 
        Fund'' and ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
        Enforcement'' for assistance for the central Government of 
        Afghanistan shall be subject to the regular notification 
        procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, and may not be 
        obligated unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 
        the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of 
        Afghanistan is--
                    (A) implementing laws or policies to govern 
                democratically and protect the rights of individuals and 
                civil society;
                    (B) implementing the Bilateral Security Agreement 
                with the United States;
                    (C) taking consistent steps to protect and advance 
                the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan;
                    (D) implementing the necessary policies and 
                procedures to comply with section 7013 of this Act; and
                    (E) reducing corruption and recovering stolen 
                assets.
            (4) Waiver.--The Secretary of State, after consultation with 
        the Secretary of Defense, may waive the certification 
        requirement of paragraph (3) if the Secretary of State 
        determines that to do so is important to the national security 
        interest of the United States and the Secretary submits a report 
        to the Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if 
        necessary, on the justification for the waiver and the reasons 
        why any part of the certification requirement of paragraph (3) 
        has not been met.

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            (5) Rule of law programs.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
        Act that are available for assistance for Afghanistan, not less 
        than $50,000,000 shall be made available for rule of law 
        programs:  Provided, That decisions regarding the uses of such 
        funds shall be the responsibility of the Coordinating Director, 
        in consultation with other appropriate United States Government 
        officials in Afghanistan, and such Director shall be consulted 
        on the uses of all funds appropriated by this Act for rule of 
        law programs in Afghanistan.
            (6) Funding reduction.--Funds appropriated by this Act and 
        prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
        foreign operations, and related programs that are available for 
        assistance for the Government of Afghanistan shall be reduced by 
        $5 for every $1 that the Government of Afghanistan imposes in 
        taxes, duties, penalties, or other fees on the transport of 
        property of the United States Government (including the United 
        States Armed Forces), entering or leaving Afghanistan.
            (7) Endowment to empower women and girls.--Funds 
        appropriated under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' in this 
        Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
        State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made 
        available for an endowment to empower women and girls in 
        Afghanistan, following consultation with the appropriate 
        congressional committees.
            (8) Authorities.--
                    (A) Funds appropriated under titles III through VI 
                of this Act that are made available for assistance for 
                Afghanistan may be made available--
                          (i) notwithstanding section 7012 of this Act 
                      or any similar provision of law and section 660 of 
                      the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; and
                          (ii) for reconciliation programs and 
                      disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration 
                      activities for former combatants who have 
                      renounced violence against the Government of 
                      Afghanistan in accordance with section 
                      7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of Public Law 112-74.
                    (B) Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of division I of Public 
                Law 112-74 shall apply to funds appropriated by this Act 
                for assistance for Afghanistan.
            (9) Afghanistan regional transition.--Funds made available 
        by this Act for assistance for Afghanistan may be made available 
        for programs in Central and South Asia relating to a transition 
        in Afghanistan, including expanding Afghanistan linkages within 
        the region:  Provided, That such funds shall be the 
        responsibility of the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of 
        South and Central Asian Affairs, Department of State, and the 
        coordinator designated pursuant to section 601 of the Support 
        for Eastern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 
        101-179) and section 102 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 
        102-511):  Provided further, That such funds shall be subject to 
        the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
        Appropriations.
            (10) Base rights.--None of the funds made available by this 
        Act may be used by the United States Government to enter into a 
        permanent basing rights agreement between the United States and 
        Afghanistan.

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    (b) Bangladesh.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``Development Assistance'' that are made available for assistance for 
Bangladesh shall be made available for programs to improve labor 
conditions by strengthening the capacity of independent workers' 
organizations in Bangladesh's readymade garment, shrimp, and fish export 
sectors.
    (c) Nepal.--
            (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be made available for 
        assistance for Nepal only if the Secretary of State certifies 
        and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
        Government of Nepal is investigating and prosecuting violations 
        of human rights and the laws of war, and the Nepal army is 
        cooperating fully with civilian judicial authorities, including 
        providing investigators access to witnesses, documents, and 
        other information.
            (2) The conditions in paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
        assistance for humanitarian relief and reconstruction activities 
        in Nepal, or for training to participate in international 
        peacekeeping missions.

    (d) Pakistan.--
            (1) Certification requirement.--None of the funds 
        appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under the 
        headings ``Economic Support Fund'', ``International Narcotics 
        Control and Law Enforcement'', and ``Foreign Military Financing 
        Program'' for assistance for the Government of Pakistan may be 
        made available unless the Secretary of State certifies and 
        reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 
        of Pakistan is--
                    (A) cooperating with the United States in 
                counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani Network, 
                the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-
                Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, and other domestic and foreign 
                terrorist organizations, including taking steps to end 
                support for such groups and prevent them from basing and 
                operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross border 
                attacks into neighboring countries;
                    (B) not supporting terrorist activities against 
                United States or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and 
                Pakistan's military and intelligence agencies are not 
                intervening extra-judicially into political and judicial 
                processes in Pakistan;
                    (C) dismantling improvised explosive device (IED) 
                networks and interdicting precursor chemicals used in 
                the manufacture of IEDs;
                    (D) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-related 
                material and expertise;
                    (E) issuing visas in a timely manner for United 
                States visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts and 
                assistance programs in Pakistan; and
                    (F) providing humanitarian organizations access to 
                detainees, internally displaced persons, and other 
                Pakistani civilians affected by the conflict.
            (2) Waiver.--The Secretary of State, after consultation with 
        the Secretary of Defense, may waive the certification 
        requirement of paragraph (1) if the Secretary of State 
        determines that to do so is important to the national security 
        interest

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        of the United States and the Secretary submits a report to the 
        Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if necessary, 
        on the justification for the waiver and the reasons why any part 
        of the certification requirement of paragraph (1) has not been 
        met.
            (3) Assistance.--
                    (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
                ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' for assistance 
                for Pakistan may be made available only to support 
                counterterrorism and counterinsurgency capabilities in 
                Pakistan, and are subject to section 620M of the Foreign 
                Assistance Act of 1961.
                    (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
                headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and 
                ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
                Programs'' that are available for assistance for 
                Pakistan shall be made available to interdict precursor 
                materials from Pakistan to Afghanistan that are used to 
                manufacture IEDs, including calcium ammonium nitrate; to 
                support programs to train border and customs officials 
                in Pakistan and Afghanistan; and for agricultural 
                extension programs that encourage alternative fertilizer 
                use among Pakistani farmers.
                    (C) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
                ``Economic Support Fund'' that are made available for 
                assistance for infrastructure projects in Pakistan shall 
                be implemented in a manner consistent with section 
                507(6) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)).
                    (D) Funds appropriated by this Act under titles III 
                and IV for assistance for Pakistan may be made available 
                notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for 
                this subsection.
                    (E) Of the funds appropriated under titles III and 
                IV of this Act that are made available for assistance 
                for Pakistan, $33,000,000 shall be withheld from 
                obligation until the Secretary of State reports to the 
                Committees on Appropriations that Dr. Shakil Afridi has 
                been released from prison and cleared of all charges 
                relating to the assistance provided to the United States 
                in locating Osama bin Laden.
            (4) Scholarships for women.--
                    (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
                ``Economic Support Fund'' that are made available for 
                assistance for Pakistan shall be made available to 
                increase the number of scholarships for women under the 
                Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program during fiscal 
                year 2015.
                    (B) The additional scholarships available pursuant 
                to this subsection shall be awarded in accordance with 
                other scholarship eligibility criteria already 
                established by USAID.
                    (C) Additional scholarships funded pursuant to this 
                subsection shall be awarded for a range of disciplines 
                to improve the employability of graduates and to meet 
                the needs of scholarship recipients.
                    (D) Not less than 50 percent of the scholarships 
                available under such Program should be awarded to 
                Pakistani women.

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            (5) Reports.--
                    (A)(i) The spend plan required by section 7076 of 
                this Act for assistance for Pakistan shall include 
                achievable and sustainable goals, benchmarks for 
                measuring progress, and expected results regarding 
                combating poverty and furthering development in 
                Pakistan, countering extremism, and establishing 
                conditions conducive to the rule of law and transparent 
                and accountable governance:  Provided, That such 
                benchmarks may incorporate those required in title III 
                of Public Law 111-73, as appropriate:  Provided further, 
                That not later than 6 months after submission of such 
                spend plan, and each 6 months thereafter until September 
                30, 2016, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 
                to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of 
                achieving the goals and benchmarks in such plan.
                    (ii) The Secretary of State should suspend 
                assistance for the Government of Pakistan if any report 
                required by paragraph (A)(i) indicates that Pakistan is 
                failing to make measurable progress in meeting such 
                goals or benchmarks.
                    (B) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
                Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
                Committees on Appropriations detailing the costs and 
                objectives associated with significant infrastructure 
                projects supported by the United States in Pakistan, and 
                an assessment of the extent to which such projects 
                achieve such objectives.

    (e) Sri Lanka.--
            (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
        heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be made 
        available for assistance for Sri Lanka, no defense export 
        license may be issued, and no military equipment or technology 
        shall be sold or transferred to Sri Lanka pursuant to the 
        authorities contained in this Act or any other Act, unless the 
        Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 
        Appropriations that the Government of Sri Lanka is meeting the 
        conditions under this subsection in the explanatory statement 
        described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
        this consolidated Act).
            (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to assistance for 
        humanitarian demining, disaster relief, and aerial and maritime 
        surveillance.
            (3) If the Secretary makes the certification required in 
        paragraph (1), funds appropriated under the heading ``Foreign 
        Military Financing Program'' that are made available for 
        assistance for Sri Lanka should be used to support the 
        recruitment of Tamils into the Sri Lankan military in an 
        inclusive and transparent manner, Tamil language training for 
        Sinhalese military personnel, and human rights training for all 
        military personnel.
            (4) Funds appropriated under the heading ``International 
        Military Education and Training'' (IMET) in this Act that are 
        available for assistance for Sri Lanka, may be made available 
        only for training related to international peacekeeping 
        operations and expanded IMET:  Provided, That the limitation in 
        this paragraph shall not apply to maritime security.

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            (5) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
        States executive directors of the international financial 
        institutions to vote against any loan, agreement, or other 
        financial support for Sri Lanka except to meet basic human 
        needs, unless the Secretary of State makes the certification to 
        the Committees on Appropriations required in paragraph (1).

    (f) Regional Programs.--
            (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``Economic Support Fund'' for assistance for Afghanistan and 
        Pakistan may be provided, notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, for cross 
        border stabilization and development programs between 
        Afghanistan and Pakistan, or between either country and the 
        Central Asian countries.
            (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' that are 
        available for assistance for countries in South and Central Asia 
        should be made available to enhance the recruitment, retention, 
        and professionalism of women in police and other security 
        forces.

                           western hemisphere

    Sec. 7045. (a) Central American Migration Prevention and Response.--
            (1) Strategy.--Not later than 90 days after enactment of 
        this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
        Development (USAID), and after consultation with the heads of 
        other relevant Federal agencies and the Committees on 
        Appropriations, shall submit to such Committees a strategy to 
        address the key factors in the countries in Central America 
        contributing to the migration of unaccompanied, undocumented 
        minors to the United States:  Provided, That such strategy shall 
        include a clear mission statement, achievable goals and 
        objectives, benchmarks, timelines, and a spend plan:  Provided 
        further, That funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this 
        Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
        State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be made 
        available to implement such strategy, subject to the regular 
        notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
            (2) Border security.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) 
        shall address the need for greater border security for the 
        countries in Central America and for Mexico, particularly the 
        southern border of Mexico:  Provided, That funds shall be made 
        available by this Act to assist such countries to improve border 
        security.
            (3) Economic and social development.--The strategy required 
        by paragraph (1) shall include economic and social development 
        programs, with a focus on communities that are major 
        contributors of unaccompanied migrants and where there is 
        significant gang activity.
            (4) Judicial and law enforcement reform.--The strategy 
        required by paragraph (1) shall include judicial and police 
        reform and capacity building programs, with a focus

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        on strengthening judicial independence and community policing.
            (5) Trafficking in persons.--The strategy required by 
        paragraph (1) shall include activities to combat human 
        trafficking in Central America, including through the use of 
        forensic technology:  Provided, That funds in this Act shall be 
        made available to support a multi-faceted approach to combat 
        human trafficking in Guatemala.
            (6) Repatriation and reintegration.--The strategy required 
        by paragraph (1) shall address the need for the safe 
        repatriation and reintegration of minors into families or 
        family-like settings:  Provided, That funds shall be made 
        available to support repatriation facilities for the processing 
        of undocumented migrants returning from the United States.
            (7) Not later than 60 days after submission of the strategy 
        required by paragraph (1), and every 120 days thereafter until 
        September 30, 2016, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
        the USAID Administrator, shall submit a report to the Committees 
        on Appropriations on progress toward achieving the goals and 
        objectives contained in such strategy and an updated spend plan, 
        as appropriate:  Provided, That such report shall specify the 
        amount of funds obligated and expended pursuant to this section 
        by country and the steps taken by the government of each country 
        to--
                    (A) improve border security;
                    (B) enforce laws and policies to reduce the flow of 
                illegal migrants to the United States, including to 
                increase penalties for human smuggling;
                    (C) conduct public outreach campaigns to explain the 
                dangers of the journey to the southwest border of the 
                United States, and to inform potential migrants of 
                relevant United States immigration laws; and
                    (D) cooperate with United States Federal agencies to 
                facilitate and expedite the return, repatriation, and 
                reintegration of illegal migrants arriving at the 
                southwest border of the United States.
            (8) Suspension of assistance.--The Secretary of State shall 
        suspend further obligation of funds provided pursuant to this 
        subsection for assistance for the government of a country if the 
        Secretary determines and reports to the appropriate 
        congressional committees that such government is not taking the 
        steps specified in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph 
        (7).

    (b) Colombia.--
            (1) Funds appropriated by this Act and made available to the 
        Department of State for assistance for the Government of 
        Colombia may be used to support a unified campaign against 
        narcotics trafficking, organizations designated as Foreign 
        Terrorist Organizations, and other criminal or illegal armed 
        groups, and to take actions to protect human health and welfare 
        in emergency circumstances, including undertaking rescue 
        operations:  Provided, That the first through fifth provisos of 
        paragraph (1), and paragraph (3) of section 7045(a) of division 
        I of Public Law 112-74 shall continue in effect during fiscal 
        year 2015 and shall apply to funds appropriated by this Act and 
        made available for assistance for Colombia as if included in 
        this Act:  Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds

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        appropriated by this Act for the Colombian national police for 
        aerial drug eradication programs may not be used for the aerial 
        spraying of chemical herbicides unless the Secretary of State 
        certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
        herbicides do not pose unreasonable risks or adverse effects to 
        humans, including pregnant women and children, or the 
        environment, including endemic species:  Provided further, That 
        any complaints of harm to health or licit crops caused by such 
        aerial spraying shall be thoroughly investigated and evaluated, 
        and fair compensation paid in a timely manner for meritorious 
        claims:  Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'', not less 
        than $133,000,000 shall be apportioned directly to USAID for 
        alternative development/institution building, local governance 
        programs, and support for victims of the violence in Colombia.
            (2) Limitation.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
        the heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' that are 
        available for assistance for Colombia, 25 percent may be 
        obligated only in accordance with the conditions under section 
        7045 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
        matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

    (c) Cuba.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'' should be made available for programs in Cuba.
    (d) Guatemala.--Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 
for assistance for the Guatemalan army only in accordance with the 
conditions under section 7045 in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    (e) Haiti.--
            (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
        available for assistance for the central Government of Haiti 
        until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
        Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Haiti--
                    (A) is taking steps to hold free and fair 
                parliamentary elections and to seat a new Haitian 
                Parliament;
                    (B) is selecting judges in a transparent manner and 
                respecting the independence of the judiciary;
                    (C) is combating corruption, including implementing 
                the anti-corruption law by prosecuting corrupt 
                officials; and
                    (D) is improving governance and implementing 
                financial transparency and accountability requirements 
                for government institutions.
            (2) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to purchase 
        defense articles and services under the Arms Export Control Act 
        (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard.

    (f) Honduras.--
            (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
        ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' and 
        ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' that are available for 
        assistance for the Honduran army and police, 25 percent may be 
        obligated only in accordance with the conditions under section 
        7045 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
        matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

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            (2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
        assistance to promote transparency, anti-corruption, border and 
        maritime security, respect for the rule of law within the army 
        and police, and to combat human trafficking.

    (g) Mexico.--
            (1) Prior to the obligation of 15 percent of the funds 
        appropriated by this Act under the headings ``International 
        Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' and ``Foreign Military 
        Financing Program'' that are available for assistance for the 
        Mexican army and police, the Secretary of State shall report in 
        writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 
        of Mexico is meeting the conditions under section 7045 in the 
        explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
        preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
            (2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
        assistance to promote transparency, anti-corruption, border and 
        maritime security, and respect for the rule of law within the 
        army and police.
            (3) Not later than 45 days after the enactment of this Act, 
        the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Commissioner 
        for the United States Section of the International Boundary and 
        Water Commission (IBWC), shall report to the Committees on 
        Appropriations on the efforts to work with the Mexico Section of 
        the IBWC and the Government of Mexico to establish mechanisms to 
        improve the transparency of data on, and predictability of, the 
        water deliveries from Mexico to the United States to meet annual 
        water apportionments to the Rio Grande, in accordance with the 
        1944 Treaty between the United States and Mexico Respecting 
        Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of 
        the Rio Grande, and on actions taken to minimize or eliminate 
        the water deficits owed to the United States in the current 5-
        year cycle by the end of such cycle:  Provided, That such report 
        shall include a projection of the balance of the water delivery 
        deficit at the end of the current 5-year cycle, as well as the 
        estimated impact to the United States of a negative delivery 
        balance.

    (h) Aircraft Operations and Maintenance.--To the maximum extent 
practicable, the costs of operations and maintenance, including fuel, of 
aircraft funded by this Act should be borne by the recipient country.
    (i) Trade Capacity.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ``Development Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund'' should 
be made available for labor and environmental capacity building 
activities relating to free trade agreements with countries of Central 
America, Colombia, Peru, and the Dominican Republic.

            prohibition of payments to united nations members

    Sec. 7046.  None of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for carrying out the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part 
any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member of the United Nations 
or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of 
another country's delegation

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at international conferences held under the auspices of multilateral or 
international organizations.

                          war crimes tribunals

    Sec. 7047.  If the President determines that doing so will 
contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide or other 
violations of international humanitarian law, the President may direct a 
drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 of up to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 
Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the former 
Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council or such other 
tribunals or commissions as the Council may establish or authorize to 
deal with such violations, without regard to the ceiling limitation 
contained in paragraph (2) thereof:  Provided, That the determination 
required under this section shall be in lieu of any determinations 
otherwise required under section 552(c):  Provided further, That funds 
made available pursuant to this section shall be made available subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.

                             united nations

    Sec. 7048. (a) Transparency and Accountability.--Of the funds 
appropriated under title I and under the heading ``International 
Organizations and Programs'' in title V of this Act that are available 
for contributions to the United Nations (including the Department of 
Peacekeeping Operations), any United Nations agency, or the Organization 
of American States, 15 percent may not be obligated for such 
organization, department, or agency until the Secretary of State reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the organization, department, 
or agency is--
            (1) posting on a publicly available Web site, consistent 
        with privacy regulations and due process, regular financial and 
        programmatic audits of such organization, department, or agency, 
        and providing the United States Government with necessary access 
        to such financial and performance audits; and
            (2) effectively implementing and enforcing policies and 
        procedures which reflect best practices as defined in the 
        explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
        preceding division A of this consolidated Act) for the 
        protection of whistleblowers from retaliation, including best 
        practices for--
                    (A) protection against retaliation for internal and 
                lawful public disclosures;
                    (B) legal burdens of proof;
                    (C) statutes of limitation for reporting 
                retaliation;
                    (D) access to independent adjudicative bodies, 
                including external arbitration; and
                    (E) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
                retaliation.

    (b) Restrictions on United Nations Delegations and Organizations.--
            (1) None of the funds made available under title I of this 
        Act may be used to pay expenses for any United States delegation 
        to any specialized agency, body, or commission of the United 
        Nations if such agency, body, or commission is chaired or 
        presided over by a country, the government of which the

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        Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 
        6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 as continued in 
        effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
        Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)), supports international 
        terrorism.
            (2) None of the funds made available under title I of this 
        Act may be used by the Secretary of State as a contribution to 
        any organization, agency, commission, or program within the 
        United Nations system if such organization, agency, commission, 
        or program is chaired or presided over by a country the 
        government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for 
        purposes of section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
        section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 6(j)(1) of 
        the Export Administration Act of 1979, or any other provision of 
        law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for 
        acts of international terrorism.
            (3) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction in this 
        subsection if the Secretary reports to the Committees on 
        Appropriations that to do so is in the national interest of the 
        United States.

    (c) United Nations Human Rights Council.--Funds appropriated by this 
Act may be made available to support the United Nations Human Rights 
Council only if the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that participation in the Council is in the national 
interest of the United States:  Provided, That the Secretary of State 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 
September 30, 2015, on the resolutions considered in the United Nations 
Human Rights Council during the previous 12 months, and on steps taken 
to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item.
    (d) United Nations Relief and Works Agency.--The Secretary of State 
shall submit a report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations not 
less than 45 days after enactment of this Act on whether the United 
Nations Relief and Works Agency is--
            (1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the West Bank, 
        Gaza, and other fields of operation to inspect UNRWA 
        installations and reporting any inappropriate use;
            (2) acting promptly to address any staff or beneficiary 
        violation of its own policies (including the policies on 
        neutrality and impartiality of employees) and the legal 
        requirements under section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
        of 1961;
            (3) implementing procedures to maintain the neutrality of 
        its facilities, including implementing a no-weapons policy, and 
        conducting regular inspections of its installations, to ensure 
        they are only used for humanitarian or other appropriate 
        purposes;
            (4) taking necessary and appropriate measures to ensure it 
        is operating in compliance with the conditions of section 301(c) 
        of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and continuing regular 
        reporting to the Department of State on actions it has taken to 
        ensure conformance with such conditions;
            (5) taking steps to ensure the content of all educational 
        materials currently taught in UNRWA-administered schools and 
        summer camps is consistent with the values of human rights, 
        dignity, and tolerance and does not induce incitement;
            (6) not engaging in operations with financial institutions 
        or related entities in violation of relevant United States law,

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        and is taking steps to improve the financial transparency of the 
        organization; and
            (7) in compliance with the United Nations Board of Auditors' 
        biennial audit requirements and is implementing in a timely 
        fashion the Board's recommendations.

    (e) United Nations Capital Master Plan.--None of the funds made 
available in this Act may be used for the design, renovation, or 
construction of the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
    (f) Waiver.--The restrictions imposed by or pursuant to subsection 
(a) may be waived on a case-by-case basis by the Secretary of State if 
the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that such waiver is necessary to avert or respond to a humanitarian 
crisis.
    (g) Report.--Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations detailing the amount of funds available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2015 for contributions to any organization, 
department, agency, or program within the United Nations system or any 
international program that are withheld from obligation or expenditure 
due to any provision of law:  Provided, That the Secretary of State 
shall update such report each time additional funds are withheld by 
operation of any provision of law:  Provided further, That the 
reprogramming of any withheld funds identified in such report, including 
updates thereof, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.

                    community-based police assistance

    Sec. 7049. (a) Authority.--Funds made available by titles III and IV 
of this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part I and 
chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may 
be used, notwithstanding section 660 of that Act, to enhance the 
effectiveness and accountability of civilian police authority through 
training and technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, 
anti-corruption, strategic planning, and through assistance to foster 
civilian police roles that support democratic governance, including 
assistance for programs to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, 
address gender-based violence, and foster improved police relations with 
the communities they serve.
    (b) Notification.--Assistance provided under subsection (a) shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.

                   prohibition on promotion of tobacco

    Sec. 7050.  None of the funds provided by this Act shall be 
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, 
or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of 
restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for 
restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 
products of the same type.

                        international conferences

    Sec. 7051.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees of 
agencies or departments of the United States

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Government who are stationed in the United States, at any single 
international conference occurring outside the United States, unless the 
Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations at least 
5 days in advance that such attendance is important to the national 
interest:  Provided, That for purposes of this section the term 
``international conference'' shall mean a conference attended by 
representatives of the United States Government and of foreign 
governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 
organizations.

                   aircraft transfer and coordination

    Sec. 7052. (a) Transfer Authority.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law or regulation, aircraft procured with funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the 
headings ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'', ``International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement'', ``Andean Counterdrug Initiative'', and 
``Andean Counterdrug Programs'' may be used for any other program and in 
any region, including for the transportation of active and standby 
Civilian Response Corps personnel and equipment during a deployment:  
Provided, That the responsibility for policy decisions and justification 
for the use of such transfer authority shall be the responsibility of 
the Secretary of State and the Deputy Secretary of State and this 
responsibility shall not be delegated.
    (b) Property Disposal.--The authority provided in subsection (a) 
shall apply only after the Secretary of State determines and reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations that the equipment is no longer 
required to meet programmatic purposes in the designated country or 
region:  Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations.
    (c) Aircraft Coordination.--
            (1) The uses of aircraft purchased or leased by the 
        Department of State and the United States Agency for 
        International Development (USAID) with funds made available in 
        this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
        of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be 
        coordinated under the authority of the appropriate Chief of 
        Mission:  Provided, That such aircraft may be used to transport, 
        on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, Federal and non-
        Federal personnel supporting Department of State and USAID 
        programs and activities:  Provided further, That official travel 
        for other agencies for other purposes may be supported on a 
        reimbursable basis, or without reimbursement when traveling on a 
        space available basis:  Provided further, That funds received by 
        the Department of State for the use of aircraft owned, leased, 
        or chartered by the Department of State may be credited to the 
        Department's Working Capital Fund and shall be available for 
        expenses related to the purchase, lease, maintenance, 
        chartering, or operation of such aircraft.
            (2) The requirement and authorities of this subsection shall 
        only apply to aircraft, the primary purpose of which is the 
        transportation of personnel.

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    parking fines and real property taxes owed by foreign governments

    Sec. 7053.  The terms and conditions of section 7055 of division F 
of Public Law 111-117 shall apply to this Act:  Provided, That the date 
``September 30, 2009'' in subsection (f)(2)(B) shall be deemed to be 
``September 30, 2014''.

                     landmines and cluster munitions

    Sec. 7054. (a) Landmines.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, demining equipment available to the United States Agency for 
International Development and the Department of State and used in 
support of the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for 
humanitarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign 
countries, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of 
State may prescribe.
    (b) Cluster Munitions.--No military assistance shall be furnished 
for cluster munitions, no defense export license for cluster munitions 
may be issued, and no cluster munitions or cluster munitions technology 
shall be sold or transferred, unless--
            (1) the submunitions of the cluster munitions, after arming, 
        do not result in more than 1 percent unexploded ordnance across 
        the range of intended operational environments, and the 
        agreement applicable to the assistance, transfer, or sale of 
        such cluster munitions or cluster munitions technology specifies 
        that the cluster munitions will only be used against clearly 
        defined military targets and will not be used where civilians 
        are known to be present or in areas normally inhabited by 
        civilians; or
            (2) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is for the 
        purpose of demilitarizing or permanently disposing of such 
        cluster munitions.

                 prohibition on publicity or propaganda

    Sec. 7055.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States 
not authorized before the date of the enactment of this Act by the 
Congress:  Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available to 
carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96-533.

                    limitation on residence expenses

    Sec. 7056.  Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to 
title II of this Act, not to exceed $100,500 shall be for official 
residence expenses of the United States Agency for International 
Development during the current fiscal year.

      united states agency for international development management

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 7057. <<NOTE: 22 USC 3948 note.>>  (a) Authority.--Up to 
$93,000,000 of the funds made available in title III of this Act 
pursuant to or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961

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may be used by the United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID) to hire and employ individuals in the United States and overseas 
on a limited appointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 
and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980.

    (b) <<NOTE: 22 USC 3948 note.>>  Restrictions.--
            (1) The number of individuals hired in any fiscal year 
        pursuant to the authority contained in subsection (a) may not 
        exceed 175.
            (2) The authority to hire individuals contained in 
        subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2016.

    (c) <<NOTE: 22 USC 3948 note.>>  Conditions.--The authority of 
subsection (a) should only be used to the extent that an equivalent 
number of positions that are filled by personal services contractors or 
other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who are compensated with funds 
appropriated to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
are eliminated.

    (d) <<NOTE: 22 USC 3948 note.>>  Program Account Charged.--The 
account charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed under 
the authority of this section shall be the account to which such 
individual's responsibilities primarily relate:  Provided, That funds 
made available to carry out this section may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated by this Act in title II under the 
heading ``Operating Expenses''.

    (e) <<NOTE: 22 USC 3948 note.>>  Foreign Service Limited 
Extensions.--Individuals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made 
available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, pursuant 
to the authority of section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, may 
be extended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation 
set forth in such section.

    (f) Disaster Surge Capacity.--Funds appropriated under title III of 
this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may 
be used, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for 
the cost (including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or 
employed by USAID whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs 
in response to natural disasters, or man-made disasters subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
    (g) Personal Services Contractors.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for 
Peace Act (Public Law 83-480), may be used by USAID to employ up to 40 
personal services contractors in the United States, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim 
support for new or expanded overseas programs and activities managed by 
the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and trained:  
Provided, That not more than 15 of such contractors shall be assigned to 
any bureau or office:  Provided further, That such funds appropriated to 
carry out title II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480), may be 
made available only for personal services contractors assigned to the 
Office of Food for Peace.
    (h) Small Business.--In entering into multiple award indefinite-
quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this Act, USAID may 
provide an exception to the fair opportunity process for placing

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task orders under such contracts when the order is placed with any 
category of small or small disadvantaged business.
    (i) Senior Foreign Service Limited Appointments.--Individuals hired 
pursuant to the authority provided by section 7059(o) of division F of 
Public Law 111-117 may be assigned to or support programs in Afghanistan 
or Pakistan with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs.
    (j) Local Sustainable Development.--Not later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act and after consultation with the appropriate 
congressional committees, the USAID Administrator shall submit to such 
committees a plan, including a timeline and resources required by fiscal 
year, to incorporate the following components into USAID Foreign Service 
training, assignment, and promotion practices in order to enable all 
Foreign Service Officers to effectively apply local sustainable 
development principles to USAID assistance programs:
            (1) a time period for overseas assignments that facilitates 
        sustainable development, and which includes the option of 
        extending such assignments;
            (2) sufficient foreign language training;
            (3) expertise in one or more program areas;
            (4) work objectives that give Foreign Service Officers 
        primary responsibility for developing relationships with, and 
        building the capacity of, local nongovernmental and governmental 
        entities, and supporting grants to and cooperative agreements 
        with such entities to design and implement small-scale, 
        sustainable programs, projects, and activities across all 
        development sectors;
            (5) incentives, including training, compensation, and career 
        development opportunities including promotions, to encourage 
        such officers to carry out their responsibilities; and
            (6) procedures to ensure that the responsibilities and 
        assignments of relevant locally employed staff are fully 
        integrated with the work of such officers.

                        global health activities

    Sec. 7058. (a) In General.--Funds appropriated by titles III and IV 
of this Act that are made available for bilateral assistance for child 
survival activities or disease programs including activities relating to 
research on, and the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law except for 
provisions under the heading ``Global Health Programs'' and the United 
States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 
2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended:  Provided, 
That of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less 
than $575,000,000 should be made available for family planning/
reproductive health, including in areas where population growth 
threatens biodiversity or endangered species.
    (b) Global Fund.--
            (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act that are available 
        for a contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
        Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), 10 percent should be 
        withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State determines 
        and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that--

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                    (A) the Global Fund is maintaining and implementing 
                a policy of transparency, including the authority of the 
                Global Fund Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to 
                publish OIG reports on a public Web site;
                    (B) the Global Fund is providing sufficient 
                resources to maintain an independent OIG that--
                          (i) reports directly to the Board of the 
                      Global Fund;
                          (ii) maintains a mandate to conduct thorough 
                      investigations and programmatic audits, free from 
                      undue interference; and
                          (iii) compiles regular, publicly published 
                      audits and investigations of financial, 
                      programmatic, and reporting aspects of the Global 
                      Fund, its grantees, recipients, sub-recipients, 
                      and Local Fund Agents;
                    (C) the Global Fund maintains an effective 
                whistleblower policy to protect whistleblowers from 
                retaliation, including confidential procedures for 
                reporting possible misconduct or irregularities; and
                    (D) the Global Fund is implementing the 
                recommendations contained in the Consolidated 
                Transformation Plan approved by the Board of the Global 
                Fund on November 21, 2011.
            (2) The withholding required by this subsection shall not be 
        in addition to funds that are withheld from the Global Fund in 
        fiscal year 2015 pursuant to the application of any other 
        provision contained in this or any other Act.

    (c) Contagious Infectious Disease Outbreaks.--If the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that an 
international infectious disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is 
spreading internationally, or that it is in the national interest to 
respond to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, funds 
made available under title III of this Act may be made available to 
combat such infectious disease or public health emergency:  Provided, 
That funds made available pursuant to the authority of this subsection 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.

                             gender equality

    Sec. 7059. (a) Gender Equality.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be made available to promote gender equality in United States 
Government diplomatic and development efforts by raising the status, 
increasing the participation, and protecting the rights of women and 
girls worldwide.
    (b) Women's Leadership.--Of the funds appropriated by title III of 
this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available to increase 
leadership opportunities for women in countries where women and girls 
suffer discrimination due to law, policy, or practice, by strengthening 
protections for women's political status, expanding women's 
participation in political parties and elections, and increasing women's 
opportunities for leadership positions in the public and private sectors 
at the local, provincial, and national levels.
    (c) Gender-Based Violence.--
            (1)(A) Of the funds appropriated by titles III and IV of 
        this Act, not less than $150,000,000 shall be made available

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        to implement a multi-year strategy to prevent and respond to 
        gender-based violence in countries where it is common in 
        conflict and non-conflict settings.
            (B) Funds appropriated by titles III and IV of this Act that 
        are available to train foreign police, judicial, and military 
        personnel, including for international peacekeeping operations, 
        shall address, where appropriate, prevention and response to 
        gender-based violence and trafficking in persons, and shall 
        promote the integration of women into the police and other 
        security forces.
            (2) Department of State and United States Agency for 
        International Development gender programs shall incorporate 
        coordinated efforts to combat a variety of forms of gender-based 
        violence, including child marriage, rape, female genital cutting 
        and mutilation, and domestic violence, among other forms of 
        gender-based violence in conflict and non-conflict settings.

    (d) Women, Peace, and Security.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic Support 
Fund'', and ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' 
should be made available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, and 
improve coordination of, United States Government efforts to empower 
women as equal partners in conflict prevention, peace building, 
transitional processes, and reconstruction efforts in countries affected 
by conflict or in political transition, and to ensure the equitable 
provision of relief and recovery assistance to women and girls.

                           sector allocations

    Sec. 7060. (a) Education.--
            (1) Basic education.--
                    (A) Of the funds appropriated under title III of 
                this Act, not less than $800,000,000 should be made 
                available for assistance for basic education, and such 
                funds may be made available notwithstanding any 
                provision of
                law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, 
                except for the conditions provided in this subsection:  
                Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of 
                this Act, the Administrator of the United States Agency 
                for International Development (USAID) shall report to 
                the Committees on Appropriations on the status of 
                cumulative unobligated balances and obligated, but 
                unexpended, balances in each country where USAID 
                provides basic education assistance and such report 
                shall also include details on the types of contracts and 
                grants provided and the goals and objectives of such 
                assistance:  Provided further, That the Administrator 
                shall update such report on a monthly basis thereafter 
                until the unobligated and unexpended balances for such 
                assistance are less than the amount made available by 
                this paragraph for basic education assistance:  Provided 
                further, That the initial report shall also include a 
                detailed plan, timeline, and the current status of 
                assistance for basic education.
                    (B) USAID shall ensure that programs supported with 
                funds appropriated for basic education in this Act and 
                prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of

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                State, foreign operations, and related programs are 
                integrated, as appropriate, with health, agriculture, 
                governance, and economic and social development 
                activities to address the broader needs of target 
                populations:  Provided, That USAID shall work to achieve 
                quality universal basic education by--
                          (i) assisting foreign governments, 
                      nongovernmental, and multilateral organizations 
                      working in developing countries to provide 
                      children with a quality basic education, including 
                      through strengthening host country educational 
                      systems; and
                          (ii) promoting basic education as the 
                      foundation for comprehensive community development 
                      programs.
                    (C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
                title III for basic education, not less than $45,000,000 
                shall be made available for a contribution to 
                multilateral partnerships that support education.
            (2) Higher education.--Of the funds appropriated by title 
        III of this Act, not less than $225,000,000 shall be made 
        available for assistance for higher education, of which not less 
        than $35,000,000 shall be to support such programs in Africa, 
        including $17,500,000 for human and institutional capacity 
        development partnerships between higher education institutions 
        in Africa and the United States.
            (3) Definition.--For purposes of funds appropriated under 
        title III of this Act, the term ``democracy programs'' in 
        section 7032(c) of this Act shall also include programs to 
        rescue scholars, and fellowships, scholarships, and exchanges in 
        the Middle East and North Africa for academic professionals and 
        university students from countries in such region, subject to 
        the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
        Appropriations.

    (b) Countering Violent Extremism.--Funds appropriated by titles I, 
III, and IV of this Act may be made available for programs to reduce 
support for foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs), as designated 
pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, through 
messaging campaigns to damage their appeal; programs for potential 
supporters of violent extremism; counter radicalization and 
rehabilitation programs in prisons; job training and social 
reintegration for former supporters of FTOs; law enforcement training 
programs; and capacity building for civil society organizations to 
combat radicalization in local communities:  Provided, That for purposes 
of this subsection the term ``countering violent extremism'' shall be 
defined as non-coercive interventions aimed directly at reducing public 
support for FTOs:  Provided further, That not later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
heads of other relevant United States Government agencies, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a multi-year strategy to 
counter violent extremism, including a description of the objectives of 
such strategy, oversight mechanisms for programs to carry out such 
strategy, and multi-year cost estimates.
    (c) Environment Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not 
        less than $1,153,500,000 should be made available for 
        environment programs.

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            (2) Clean energy.--The limitation in section 7081(b) of 
        division F of Public Law 111-117 shall continue in effect during 
        fiscal year 2015 as if part of this Act:  Provided, That the 
        proviso contained in such section shall not apply.
            (3) Adaptation and mitigation.--Funds appropriated by this 
        Act may be made available for United States contributions to 
        multilateral environmental funds and facilities to support 
        adaptation and mitigation programs only in accordance with the 
        directives under this subsection in the joint explanatory 
        statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
        division A of this consolidated Act).
            (4) Sustainable landscapes and biodiversity.--Of the funds 
        appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than 
        $123,500,000 shall be made available for sustainable landscapes 
        programs and, in addition, not less than $250,000,000 shall be 
        made available to protect biodiversity, and shall not be used to 
        support or promote the expansion of industrial scale logging or 
        any other industrial scale extractive activity into areas that 
        were primary/intact tropical forest as of December 30, 2013:  
        Provided, That of the funds made available for the Central 
        African Regional Program for the Environment and other tropical 
        forest programs in the Congo Basin, not less than $17,500,000 
        shall be apportioned directly to the United States Fish and 
        Wildlife Service (USFWS):  Provided further, That funds made 
        available for the Department of the Interior (DOI) for programs 
        in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve shall be apportioned directly to 
        the DOI:  Provided further, That such funds shall be made 
        available to support other international conservation programs 
        of the USFWS, programs of the United States Forest Service, and 
        programs to protect great apes and other endangered species.
            (5) Wildlife poaching and trafficking.--
                    (A) Not less than $55,000,000 of the funds 
                appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall 
                be made available to combat the transnational threat of 
                wildlife poaching and trafficking, including not less 
                than $10,000,000 for programs to combat rhinoceros 
                poaching.
                    (B) None of the funds appropriated under title IV of 
                this Act may be made available for training or other 
                assistance for any military unit or personnel that the 
                Secretary of State determines has been credibly alleged 
                to have participated in wildlife poaching or 
                trafficking, unless the Secretary reports to the 
                Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the 
                national security interest of the United States.
            (6) Authority.--Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
        the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of 
        part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, 
        notwithstanding any other provision of law except for the 
        provisions of this subsection and subject to the regular 
        notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to 
        support environment programs.
            (7) Extraction of natural resources.--
                    (A) Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made 
                available to promote and support transparency and 
                accountability of expenditures and revenues related to 
                the extraction of natural resources, including by 
                strengthening

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                implementation and monitoring of the Extractive 
                Industries Transparency Initiative, implementing and 
                enforcing section 8204 of Public Law 110-246 and to 
                prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, and provide 
                technical assistance to promote independent audit 
                mechanisms and support civil society participation in 
                natural resource management.
                    (B)(i) The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform 
                the management of the international financial 
                institutions and post on the Department of the 
                Treasury's Web site that it is the policy of the United 
                States to vote against any assistance by such 
                institutions (including but not limited to any loan, 
                credit, grant, or guarantee) for the extraction and 
                export of a natural resource if the government of the 
                country has in place laws, regulations, or procedures to 
                prevent or limit the public disclosure of company 
                payments as required by section 1504 of Public Law 111-
                203, and unless such government has adopted laws, 
                regulations, or procedures in the sector in which 
                assistance is being considered for--
                          (I) accurately accounting for and public 
                      disclosure of payments to the host government by 
                      companies involved in the extraction and export of 
                      natural resources;
                          (II) the independent auditing of accounts 
                      receiving such payments and public disclosure of 
                      the findings of such audits; and
                          (III) public disclosure of such documents as 
                      Host Government Agreements, Concession Agreements, 
                      and bidding documents, allowing in any such 
                      dissemination or disclosure for the redaction of, 
                      or exceptions for, information that is 
                      commercially proprietary or that would create 
                      competitive disadvantage.
                    (ii) The requirements of clause (i) shall not apply 
                to assistance for the purpose of building the capacity 
                of such government to meet the requirements of this 
                subparagraph.
                    (C) The Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary 
                of State, as appropriate, shall instruct the United 
                States executive director of each international 
                financial institution and the United States 
                representatives to all forest-related multilateral 
                financing mechanisms and processes to vote against any 
                financing to support or promote the expansion of 
                industrial scale logging or any other industrial scale 
                extractive activity into areas that were primary/intact 
                tropical forest as of December 30, 2013.
                    (D) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
                United States executive director of each international 
                financial institution that it is the policy of the 
                United States to vote in relation to any loan, grant, 
                strategy, or policy of such institution to support the 
                construction of any large dam, only in accordance with 
                the conditions under this section in the explanatory 
                statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
                preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
                    (E)(i) Not later than 120 days after enactment of 
                this Act, the USAID Administrator shall designate 
                sufficient personnel with the technical expertise to 
                fulfill the agency's responsibilities under sections 
                1302, 1303, and 1307 of

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                title XIII of the International Financial Institutions 
                Act of 1977, as amended, including the ability for 
                personnel with such expertise from other relevant United 
                States Government agencies to be detailed to USAID, as 
                needed, which may be on a non-reimbursable basis, to 
                provide additional technical support and specific 
                subject matter reviews as part of USAID's Title XIII 
                analytical, investigative, and reporting 
                responsibilities:  Provided, That the responsibilities 
                of such personnel shall include, but not be limited to--
                                    (I) conducting independent, 
                                technical, and thorough reviews of 
                                proposed multilateral development bank 
                                (MDB) projects at the technical 
                                assessment/feasibility stage prior to 
                                the drafting of environmental impact 
                                assessments;
                                    (II) conducting reviews, and 
                                coordinating and compiling the analyses 
                                by other relevant United States 
                                Government agencies with technical 
                                expertise of environmental impact 
                                assessments in support of the project 
                                review process, to assist in fulfilling 
                                USAID's responsibilities under section 
                                1303(c) of the International Financial 
                                Institutions Act, as amended; and
                                    (III) ongoing monitoring of MDB 
                                projects reviewed pursuant to USAID's 
                                Title XIII reporting responsibilities to 
                                determine the degree of incorporation 
                                and effectiveness of United States 
                                Government recommendations and the 
                                adequacy of safeguard policies.
                          (ii) Not later than 45 days after enactment of 
                      this Act, the USAID Administrator shall consult 
                      with the Committees on Appropriations on the 
                      implementation of this subsection.
            (8) Transfer of funds.--Not later than 120 days after 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, after 
        consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall transfer 
        $29,907,000 of funds appropriated under the heading ``Economic 
        Support Fund'' to funds appropriated by this Act under the 
        headings ``Multilateral Assistance, International Financial 
        Institutions'' for additional payments to trust funds enumerated 
        under such headings:  Provided, That prior to exercising such 
        transfer authority the Secretary of State shall consult with the 
        Committees on Appropriations.
            (9) <<NOTE: 22 USC 7909 note.>>  Continuation of prior 
        law.--Section 7081(g)(2) and (4) of division F of Public Law 
        111-117 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 as if 
        part of this Act.

    (d) Food Security and Agricultural Development.--
            (1) Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not 
        less than $1,000,600,000 should be made available for food 
        security and agricultural development programs, of which 
        $32,000,000 shall be made available for the Feed the Future 
        Collaborative Research Innovation Lab:  Provided, That such 
        funds may be made available notwithstanding any other provision 
        of law to address food shortages, and for a United States 
        contribution to the endowment of the Global Crop Diversity 
        Trust.

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            (2) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act may be 
        made available as a contribution to the Global Agriculture and 
        Food Security Program if such contribution will not cause the 
        United States to exceed 33 percent of the total amount of funds 
        contributed to such Program.

    (e) Microenterprise and Microfinance.--Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act, not less than $265,000,000 should be made available for 
microenterprise and microfinance development programs for the poor, 
especially women.
    (f) Reconciliation Programs.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Development 
Assistance'', not less than $26,000,000 shall be made available to 
support people-to-people reconciliation programs which bring together 
individuals of different ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds 
from areas of civil strife and war:  Provided, That the USAID 
Administrator shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, prior 
to the initial obligation of funds, on the uses of such funds:  Provided 
further, That to the maximum extent practicable, such funds shall be 
matched by sources other than the United States Government.
    (g) Trafficking in Persons.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic Support 
Fund'', and ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', not 
less than $52,500,000 shall be made available for activities to combat 
trafficking in persons internationally.
    (h) Water and Sanitation.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 
not less than $382,500,000 shall be made available for water and 
sanitation supply projects pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon Water for 
the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121), of which not less than 
$145,000,000 should be for programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and of which 
not less than $12,500,000 shall be made available for programs to design 
and build safe, public latrines in Africa and Asia.
    (i) Notification Requirements.--Authorized deviations from funding 
levels contained in this section shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                               uzbekistan

    Sec. 7061.  The terms and conditions of section 7076 of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (division H of Public Law 111-8) shall apply to 
funds appropriated by this Act, except that the Secretary of State may 
waive the application of section 7076(a) for a period of not more than 6 
months and every 6 months thereafter until September 30, 2016, if the 
Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the waiver 
is in the national security interest and necessary to obtain access to 
and from Afghanistan for the United States, and the waiver includes an 
assessment of progress, if any, by the Government of Uzbekistan in 
meeting the requirements in section 7076(a):  Provided, That the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 12 
months after enactment of this Act and 6 months thereafter, on all 
United States Government assistance provided to the Government of 
Uzbekistan and expenditures made in support of the Northern

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Distribution Network in Uzbekistan during the previous 12 months, 
including any credible information that such assistance or expenditures 
are being diverted for corrupt purposes:  Provided further, That 
information provided in the assessment and report required by the 
previous provisos shall be unclassified but may be accompanied by a 
classified annex and such annex shall indicate the basis for such 
classification:  Provided further, That for purposes of the application 
of section 7076(e) to this Act, the term ``assistance'' shall not 
include expanded international military education and training.

                            arms trade treaty

    Sec. 7062.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the 
Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.

                     united nations population fund

    Sec. 7063. (a) Contribution.--Of the funds made available under the 
heading ``International Organizations and Programs'' in this Act for 
fiscal year 2015, $35,000,000 shall be made available for the United 
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Funds appropriated by this Act for 
UNFPA, that are not made available for UNFPA because of the operation of 
any provision of law, shall be transferred to the ``Global Health 
Programs'' account and shall be made available for family planning, 
maternal, and reproductive health activities, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
    (c) Prohibition on Use of Funds in China.--None of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used by UNFPA for a country program in the 
People's Republic of China.
    (d) Conditions on Availability of Funds.--Funds made available by 
this Act for UNFPA may not be made available unless--
            (1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by this Act in an 
        account separate from other accounts of UNFPA and does not 
        commingle such funds with other sums; and
            (2) UNFPA does not fund abortions.

    (e) Report to Congress and Dollar-for-Dollar Withholding of Funds.--
            (1) Not later than 4 months after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
        Committees on Appropriations indicating the amount of funds that 
        UNFPA is budgeting for the year in which the report is submitted 
        for a country program in the People's Republic of China.
            (2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates that UNFPA 
        plans to spend funds for a country program in the People's 
        Republic of China in the year covered by the report, then the 
        amount of such funds UNFPA plans to spend in the People's 
        Republic of China shall be deducted from the funds made 
        available to UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the 
        remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is submitted.

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                         requests for documents

    Sec. 7064.  None of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be available to a 
nongovernmental organization, including any contractor, which fails to 
provide upon timely request any document, file, or record necessary to 
the auditing requirements of the United States Agency for International 
Development.

                     international prison conditions

    Sec. 7065.  Funds appropriated under the headings ``Development 
Assistance'', ``Economic Support Fund'', and ``International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement'' in this Act shall be made available, 
notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for 
assistance to eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons and other 
detention facilities:  Provided, That decisions regarding the uses of 
such funds shall be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary of 
State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), in consultation with 
the Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement Affairs, and the Assistant Administrator for Democracy, 
Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for 
International Development, as appropriate:  Provided further, That the 
Assistant Secretary of State for DRL shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds.

                      prohibition on use of torture

    Sec. 7066. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to support or justify the use of torture, cruel, or inhumane 
treatment by any official or contract employee of the United States 
Government.
    (b) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be 
made available, notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations, for assistance to eliminate torture by foreign police, 
military or other security forces in countries receiving assistance from 
funds appropriated by this Act.

                               extradition

    Sec. 7067. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to provide assistance (other than funds provided under the headings 
``International Disaster Assistance'', ``Complex Crises Fund'', 
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', ``Migration and 
Refugee Assistance'', ``United States Emergency Refugee and Migration 
Assistance Fund'', and ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and 
Related Assistance'') for the central government of a country which has 
notified the Department of State of its refusal to extradite to the 
United States any individual indicted for a criminal offense for which 
the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of 
parole or for killing a law enforcement officer, as specified in a 
United States extradition request.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall only apply to the central government of a 
country with which the United States maintains diplomatic relations and 
with which the United States has an extradition

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treaty and the government of that country is in violation of the terms 
and conditions of the treaty.
    (c) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction in subsection 
(a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary certifies to the Committees 
on Appropriations that such waiver is important to the national 
interests of the United States.

                 commercial leasing of defense articles

    Sec. 7068.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of the Arms Export 
Control Act may be used to provide financing to Israel, Egypt, and the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and major non-NATO allies for 
the procurement by leasing (including leasing with an option to 
purchase) of defense articles from United States commercial suppliers, 
not including Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other 
types of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the 
President determines that there are compelling foreign policy or 
national security reasons for those defense articles being provided by 
commercial lease rather than by government-to-government sale under such 
Act.

              independent states of the former soviet union

    Sec. 7069. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for assistance for a government of an Independent State 
of the former Soviet Union if that government directs any action in 
violation of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any 
other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such as those 
violations included in the Helsinki Final Act:  Provided, That except as 
otherwise provided in section 7070(a) of this Act, funds may be made 
available without regard to the restriction in this subsection if the 
President determines that to do so is in the national security interest 
of the United States:  Provided further, That prior to executing the 
authority contained in this subsection the Department of State shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations on how such assistance 
supports the national interest of the United States.
    (b) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Economic 
Support Fund'' may be made available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, except for the limitation contained in section 7070(a) 
of this Act, for assistance and related programs for the countries 
identified in section 3(c) of the Support for Eastern European Democracy 
(SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-179) and section 3 of the FREEDOM 
Support Act (Public Law 102-511) and may be used to carry out the 
provisions of those Acts:  Provided, That such assistance and related 
programs from funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ``Global 
Health Programs'', ``Economic Support Fund'', and ``International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' shall be administered in 
accordance with the responsibilities of the coordinator designated 
pursuant to section 601 of the Support for Eastern European Democracy 
(SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-179) and section 102 of the FREEDOM 
Support Act (Public Law 102-511).
    (c) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply to--

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            (1) activities to support democracy or assistance under 
        title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 1424 of Public 
        Law 104-201 or non-proliferation assistance;
            (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and Development 
        Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
        (22 U.S.C. 2421);
            (3) any activity carried out by a member of the United 
        States and Foreign Commercial Service while acting within his or 
        her official capacity;
            (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or other 
        assistance provided by the Overseas Private Investment 
        Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);
            (5) any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank Act 
        of 1945; or
            (6) humanitarian assistance.

                                 russia

    Sec. 7070. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for assistance for the central Government of the Russian 
Federation.
    (b)(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
available for assistance for the central government of a country that 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations has taken affirmative steps intended to support or be 
supportive of the Russian Federation annexation of Crimea:  Provided, 
That except as otherwise provided in subsection (a), the Secretary may 
waive the restriction on assistance required by this paragraph if the 
Secretary certifies to such Committees that to do so is in the national 
interest of the United States, and includes a justification for such 
interest.
    (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 
for--
            (A) the implementation of any action or policy that 
        recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over 
        Crimea;
            (B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee of United 
        States Government investments in Crimea, if such activity 
        includes the participation of Russian Government officials, and 
        Russian owned and controlled banks, or other Russian Government 
        owned and controlled financial entities; or
            (C) assistance for Crimea, if such assistance includes the 
        participation of Russian Government officials, and Russian owned 
        and controlled banks, and other Russian Government owned and 
        controlled financial entities.

    (3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive directors of each international financial institution to vote 
against any assistance by such institution (including but not limited to 
any loan, credit, or guarantee) for any program that violates the 
sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine.
    (4) The requirements of subsection (b) shall cease to be in effect 
if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the Government of Ukraine has reestablished 
sovereignty over Crimea.
    (c) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Economic 
Support Fund'' in title III to counter Russian aggression and influence 
in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia may be

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transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the headings 
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' and ``Foreign 
Military Financing Program'' in title IV:  Provided, That such transfer 
authority is in addition to transfer authority otherwise available under 
any other provision of law:  Provided further, That such transfer 
authority shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations.
    (d) Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for the Eastern 
Partnership countries shall be made available to advance the 
implementation of Association Agreements, trade agreements, and visa 
liberalization agreements with the European Union, and to reduce their 
vulnerability to external economic and political pressure from the 
Russian Federation.
    (e) Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available to 
support the advancement of democracy and the rule of law in the Russian 
Federation, including to promote Internet freedom, and shall also be 
made available to support the democracy and rule of law strategy 
required by section 7071(d) of division K of Public Law 113-76.
    (f) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall update the reports required by section 
7071(b)(2), (c), and (e) of division K of Public Law 113-76.

                       international monetary fund

    Sec. 7071. (a) The terms and conditions of sections 7086(b) (1) and 
(2) and 7090(a) of division F of Public Law 111-117 shall apply to this 
Act.
    (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to 
ensure that any loan will be repaid to the IMF before other private 
creditors.
    (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall seek to require that the IMF 
implements and enforces policies and procedures which reflect best 
practices as defined in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) for the 
protection of whistleblowers from retaliation, including best practices 
for--
            (1) protection against retaliation for internal and lawful 
        public disclosures;
            (2) legal burdens of proof;
            (3) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation;
            (4) access to independent adjudicative bodies, including 
        external arbitration; and
            (5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
        retaliation.

                        public posting of reports

    Sec. 7072. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available by this Act 
shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public Web site 
of such agency any report required by this Act to be submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations, upon a determination by the head of such 
agency that to do so is in the national interest.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of such report would compromise 
        national security, including the conduct of diplomacy; or

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            (2) the report contains proprietary, privileged, or 
        sensitive information.

    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only 
after such report has been made available to the Committees on 
Appropriations for not less than 45 days.

                 overseas private investment corporation

    Sec. 7073. (a) Whenever the President determines that it is in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to 
a total of $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this 
Act for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program Account, to 
be subject to the terms and conditions of that account:  Provided, That 
such funds shall not be available for administrative expenses of the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation:  Provided further, That 
designated funding levels in this Act shall not be transferred pursuant 
to this section:  Provided further, That the exercise of such authority 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations.
    (b) <<NOTE: 22 USC 2194 note.>>  Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the authority of subsections (a) 
through (c) of section 234 of such Act shall remain in effect until 
September 30, 2015.

                    special defense acquisition fund

    Sec. 7074.  Not to exceed $100,000,000 may be obligated pursuant to 
section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act for the purposes of the 
Special Defense Acquisition Fund (Fund), to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That the provision of 
defense articles and defense services to foreign countries or 
international organizations from the Fund shall be subject to the 
concurrence of the Secretary of State.

                            enterprise funds

    Sec. 7075. (a) None of the funds made available under titles III 
through VI of this Act may be made available for Enterprise Funds unless 
the appropriate congressional committees are notified at least 15 days 
in advance.
    (b) Prior to the distribution of any assets resulting from any 
liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole 
or in part, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a plan for the distribution of the assets of the Enterprise 
Fund.
    (c) Prior to a transition to and operation of any private equity 
fund or other parallel investment fund under an existing Enterprise 
Fund, the President shall submit such transition or operating plan to 
the appropriate congressional committees.

                            budget documents

    Sec. 7076. (a) Operating Plans.--Not later than 45 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, each department, agency, or organization 
funded in titles I, II, and VI of this Act, and the Department of the 
Treasury and Independent Agencies funded in title III of this Act, 
including the Inter-American Foundation and

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the United States African Development Foundation, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations an operating plan for funds appropriated to 
such department, agency, or organization in such titles of this Act, or 
funds otherwise available for obligation in fiscal year 2015, that 
provides details of the uses of such funds at the program, project, and 
activity level:  Provided, That such plans shall include, as applicable, 
a comparison between the most recent congressional directives or 
approved funding levels and the funding levels proposed by the 
department or agency; and a clear, concise, and informative description/
justification:  Provided further, That operating plans for funds for 
such department, agency, or organization in titles I, II, or III and 
title VIII, shall simultaneously submit the operating plans for, and 
integrated information on, enduring and Overseas Contingency Operations 
funds:  Provided further, That operating plans that include changes in 
levels of funding specified in this Act or in the joint explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this Consolidated Act) shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
    (b) Spend Plans.--
            (1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the Secretary 
        of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
        detailed spend plan for funds made available by this Act, for--
                    (A) assistance for Afghanistan, Colombia, Egypt, 
                Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Pakistan, the West 
                Bank and Gaza, and Yemen;
                    (B) the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, the 
                Central American Regional Security Initiative, the 
                Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership program, and 
                the Partnership for Regional East Africa 
                Counterterrorism program; and
                    (C) democracy programs and each sector enumerated in 
                section 7060 of this Act.
            (2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committees on 
        Appropriations a detailed spend plan for funds made available by 
        this Act under the headings ``Department of the Treasury'' in 
        title III and ``International Financial Institutions'' in title 
        V.

    (c) Spending Report.--Not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act, the USAID Administrator shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations a detailed report on spending of funds made available 
during fiscal year 2014 under the heading ``Development Credit 
Authority''.
    (d) Notifications.--The spend plans referenced in subsection (b) 
shall not be considered as meeting the notification requirements in this 
Act or under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
    (e) Congressional Budget Justifications.--
            (1) The congressional budget justifications for Department 
        of State operations and foreign operations shall be provided to 
        the Committees on Appropriations concurrent with the date of 
        submission of the President's budget for fiscal year 2016.
            (2) The Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall 
        include in the congressional budget justification a detailed 
        justification for multi-year availability for any funds 
        requested

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        under the headings ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' and 
        ``Operating Expenses''.

                use of funds in contravention of this act

    Sec. 7077.  If the President makes a determination not to comply 
with any provision of this Act on constitutional grounds, the head of 
the relevant Federal agency shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations in writing within 5 days of such determination, the basis 
for such determination and any resulting changes to program and policy.

                         global internet freedom

    Sec. 7078. (a) Of the funds available for obligation during fiscal 
year 2015 under the headings ``International Broadcasting Operations'', 
``Economic Support Fund'', and ``Democracy Fund'', not less than 
$50,500,000 shall be made available for programs to promote Internet 
freedom globally:  Provided, That such programs shall be prioritized for 
countries whose governments restrict freedom of expression on the 
Internet, and that are important to the national interests of the United 
States:  Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 
section shall be matched, to the maximum extent practicable, by sources 
other than the United States Government, including from the private 
sector.
    (b) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (a) shall be--
            (1) coordinated with other democracy, governance, and 
        broadcasting programs funded by this Act under the headings 
        ``International Broadcasting Operations'', ``Economic Support 
        Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', and ``Complex Crises Fund'', and 
        shall be incorporated into country assistance, democracy 
        promotion, and broadcasting strategies, as appropriate;
            (2) made available to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, 
        and Labor, Department of State for programs to implement the May 
        2011, International Strategy for Cyberspace and the 
        comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to 
        information in Iran, as required by section 414 of Public Law 
        112-158;
            (3) made available to the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
        (BBG) to provide tools and techniques to access the Internet Web 
        sites of BBG broadcasters that are censored, and to work with 
        such broadcasters to promote and distribute such tools and 
        techniques, including digital security techniques;
            (4) made available for programs that support the efforts of 
        civil society to counter the development of repressive Internet-
        related laws and regulations, including countering threats to 
        Internet freedom at international organizations; to combat 
        violence against bloggers and other users; and to enhance 
        digital security training and capacity building for democracy 
        activists; and
            (5) made available for research of key threats to Internet 
        freedom; the continued development of technologies that provide 
        or enhance access to the Internet, including circumvention tools 
        that bypass Internet blocking, filtering, and other censorship

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        techniques used by authoritarian governments; and maintenance of 
        the United States Government's technological advantage over such 
        censorship techniques:  Provided, That the Secretary of State, 
        in consultation with the BBG, shall coordinate any such research 
        and development programs with other relevant United States 
        Government departments and agencies in order to share 
        information, technologies, and best practices, and to assess the 
        effectiveness of such technologies.

    (c) After consultation among the relevant agency heads to coordinate 
and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the BBG Chairman shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations spend plans for funds made 
available by this Act for programs to promote Internet freedom globally, 
which shall include a description of safeguards established by relevant 
agencies to ensure that such programs are not used for illicit purposes.
    (d) The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an 
audit of Internet freedom programs supported by funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, and shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on the scope and requirements of such 
audit.

                           disability programs

    Sec. 7079. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'' shall be made available for programs and 
activities administered by the United States Agency for International 
Development (USAID) to address the needs and protect and promote the 
rights of people with disabilities in developing countries, including 
initiatives that focus on independent living, economic self-sufficiency, 
advocacy, education, employment, transportation, sports, and integration 
of individuals with disabilities, including for the cost of translation.
    (b) Of the funds made available by this section, 5 percent may be 
used for USAID for management, oversight, and technical support.

                          small grants program

    Sec. 7080. (a) <<NOTE: 22 USC 2152i.>>  In General.--A Small Grants 
Program (SGP) shall be established within the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID) to provide small grants, cooperative 
agreements, and other assistance mechanisms and agreements of not more 
than $2,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 
chapters 1 and 10 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961:  Provided, That the SGP established pursuant to 
this section shall replace the function served previously by the 
Development Grants Program established under section 674 of division J, 
of Public Law 110-161, which is hereby abolished.

    (b) Eligibility.--Grants from the SGP shall only be made to eligible 
entities as described in the joint explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    (c) Proposals.--Grants made pursuant to the authority of this 
section shall be provided through--

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            (1) unsolicited applications received and evaluated pursuant 
        to USAID policy regarding such proposals; or
            (2) an open and competitive process.

    (d) Funding.--
            (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
        chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $45,000,000 shall be made 
        available for the SGP within USAID's Local Sustainability Office 
        of the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment to 
        carry out this subsection.
            (2) Other than to meet the requirements of this section, 
        funds made available to carry out this section may not be 
        allocated in the report required by section 653(a) of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to meet any other specifically 
        designated funding levels contained in this Act:  Provided, That 
        such funds may be attributed to any such specifically designated 
        funding level after the award of funds under this section, if 
        applicable.
            (3) Funds made available under this section shall remain 
        available for obligation until September 30, 2019.

    (e) Management.--
            (1) Not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the 
        USAID Administrator shall issue guidance to implement this 
        section:  Provided, That such guidance shall include the 
        requirements contained in the joint explanatory statement 
        described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
        this consolidated Act).
            (2) Upon selection of a mission pursuant to the procedures 
        required by paragraph (1), such selected mission may be 
        allocated the full estimated cost of the multi-year program:  
        Provided, That such allocations shall be subject to the regular 
        notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
            (3) In addition to funds otherwise available for such 
        purposes, up to 12 percent of the funds made available to carry 
        out this section may be used by USAID for administrative and 
        oversight expenses associated with managing relationships with 
        entities under the SGP.

    (f) Report.--Not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act and 
after consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, the 
Administrator shall submit a report to such committees describing the 
guidance to implement the SGP.

                    prohibition on first-class travel

    Sec. 7081.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for first-class travel by employees of agencies funded by this Act in 
contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, 
Code of Federal Regulations.

reporting requirements concerning individuals detained at naval station, 
                          guantanamo bay, cuba

    Sec. 7082.  Not later than 5 days after the conclusion of an 
agreement with a country, including a state with a compact of free 
association with the United States, to receive by transfer or release 
individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations in writing of the terms of the agreement, including 
whether funds appropriated by this Act or prior

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Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs will be made available for assistance 
for such country pursuant to such agreement.

                      authority for replenishments

    Sec. 7083. (a) The Asian Development Bank Act, Public Law 89-369, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 285 et seq.), is further amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new section:
``SEC. 35. <<NOTE: 22 USC 285ff.>>  TENTH REPLENISHMENT.

    ``(a) The United States Governor of the Bank is authorized to 
contribute, on behalf of the United States, $359,600,000 to the tenth 
replenishment of the resources of the Fund, subject to obtaining the 
necessary appropriations.
    ``(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution provided 
for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated, without 
fiscal year limitation, $359,600,000 for payment by the Secretary of the 
Treasury.''.
    (b) The International Development Association Act, Public Law 86-
565, as amended (22 U.S.C. 284 et seq.), is further amended by adding at 
the end thereof the following new sections:
``SEC. 28. <<NOTE: 22 USC 284z.>>  SEVENTEENTH REPLENISHMENT.

    ``(a) The United States Governor of the International Development 
Association is authorized to contribute on behalf of the United States 
$3,871,800,000 to the seventeenth replenishment of the resources of the 
Association, subject to obtaining the necessary appropriations.
    ``(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution provided 
for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated, without 
fiscal year limitation, $3,871,800,000 for payment by the Secretary of 
the Treasury.
``SEC. 29. <<NOTE: 22 USC 284aa.>>  MULTILATERAL DEBT RELIEF.

    ``(a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to contribute, on 
behalf of the United States, not more than $565,020,000 to the 
International Development Association for the purpose of funding debt 
relief costs under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative incurred in 
the period governed by the seventeenth replenishment of resources of the 
International Development Association, subject to obtaining the 
necessary appropriations and without prejudice to any funding 
arrangements in existence on the date of the enactment of this section.
    ``(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution provided 
for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated, without 
fiscal year limitation, not more than $565,020,000 for payment by the 
Secretary of the Treasury.
    ``(c) In this section, the term `Multilateral Debt Relief 
Initiative' means the proposal set out in the G8 Finance Ministers' 
Communique entitled `Conclusions on Development,' done at London, June 
11, 2005, and reaffirmed by G8 Heads of State at the Gleneagles Summit 
on July 8, 2005.''.
    (c) The African Development Fund Act, Public Law 94-302, as amended 
(22 U.S.C. 290g et seq.), is further amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new sections:

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``SEC. 223. <<NOTE: 22 USC 290g-22.>>  THIRTEENTH REPLENISHMENT.

    ``(a) The United States Governor of the Fund is authorized to 
contribute on behalf of the United States $585,000,000 to the thirteenth 
replenishment of the resources of the Fund, subject to obtaining the 
necessary appropriations.
    ``(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution provided 
for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated, without 
fiscal year limitation, $585,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the 
Treasury.
``SEC. 224. <<NOTE: 22 USC 290g-23.>>  MULTILATERAL DEBT RELIEF.

    ``(a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to contribute, on 
behalf of the United States, not more than $54,620,000 to the African 
Development Fund for the purpose of funding debt relief costs under the 
Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative incurred in the period governed by 
the thirteenth replenishment of resources of the African Development 
Fund, subject to obtaining the necessary appropriations and without 
prejudice to any funding arrangements in existence on the date of the 
enactment of this section.
    ``(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution provided 
for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated, without 
fiscal year limitation, not more than $54,620,000 for payment by the 
Secretary of the Treasury.
    ``(c) In this section, the term `Multilateral Debt Relief 
Initiative' means the proposal set out in the G8 Finance Ministers' 
Communique entitled `Conclusions on Development,' done at London, June 
11, 2005, and reaffirmed by G8 Heads of State at the Gleneagles Summit 
on July 8, 2005.''.

                           rescission of funds

    Sec. 7084.  Of the unexpended balances available under the heading 
``Export and Investment Assistance, Export-Import Bank of the United 
States, Subsidy Appropriation'' from prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
$30,000,000 are rescinded.

      modifications to the vietnam education foundation act of 2000

    Sec. 7085. (a) Expanded Use of Vietnam Debt Repayment Fund.--Section 
207(c)(3) of the Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 (title II of 
division B of H.R. 5666, as enacted by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 
106-554 and contained in appendix D of that Act; 114 Stat. 2763A-257; 22 
U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Excess funds.--During each of the fiscal years 2015 
        through 2018, amounts deposited into the Fund, in excess of the 
        amounts made available to the Foundation under paragraph (1), 
        shall be made available by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon 
        the request of the Secretary of State, for grants to support the 
        establishment of an independent, not-for-profit academic 
        institution in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.''.

    (b) Administrative Provisions.--Section 209(a) of the Vietnam 
Education Foundation Act of 2000 (title II of division B of H.R. 5666, 
as enacted by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106-554 and contained in 
appendix D of that Act; 114 Stat. 2763A-257; 22

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U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
inserting ``(other than section 211)'' after ``this title''.
    (c) Grants Authorized.--The Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 
(title II of division B of H.R. 5666, as enacted by section 1(a)(4) of 
Public Law 106-554 and contained in appendix D of that Act; 114 Stat. 
2763A-257; 22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
``SEC. 211. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT, NOT-FOR-PROFIT 
                        ACADEMIC INSTITUTION IN THE SOCIALIST 
                        REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM.

    ``(a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of State is authorized to 
award 1 or more grants which shall be used to support the establishment 
of an independent, not-for-profit academic institution in the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam.
    ``(b) Application.--In order to receive a grant pursuant to 
subsection (a), a prospective grantee shall submit an application to the 
Secretary of State at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
    ``(c) Minimum Standards.--As a condition of receiving a grant under 
subsection (a), a prospective grantee shall ensure that the independent, 
not-for-profit academic institution in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
described in subsection (a)--
            ``(1) achieves standards comparable to those required for 
        accreditation in the United States;
            ``(2) offers graduate and undergraduate level teaching and 
        research programs in a broad range of fields, including public 
        policy, management, and engineering; and
            ``(3) establishes a policy of academic freedom and prohibits 
        the censorship of dissenting or critical views.

    ``(d) Annual Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the last day 
        of each fiscal year until 2020, the Secretary of State shall 
        submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
        summarizes the activities carried out under this section during 
        such fiscal year.
            ``(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `appropriate 
        congressional committees' means--
                    ``(A) the Committee on Appropriations and the 
                Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    ``(B) the Committee on Appropriations and the 
                Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.''.

                   impact on jobs in the united states

    Sec. 7086.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated or 
expended to provide--
            (1) any financial incentive to a business enterprise 
        currently located in the United States for the purpose of 
        inducing such an enterprise to relocate outside the United 
        States if such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce the 
        number of employees of such business enterprise in the United 
        States because United States production is being replaced by 
        such enterprise outside the United States;

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            (2) assistance for any program, project, or activity that 
        contributes to the violation of internationally recognized 
        workers rights, as defined in section 507(4) of the Trade Act of 
        1974, of workers in the recipient country, including any 
        designated zone or area in that country:  Provided, That the 
        application of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be 
        commensurate with the level of development of the recipient 
        country and sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the 
        informal sector in such country, micro and small-scale 
        enterprise, and smallholder agriculture;
            (3) any assistance to an entity outside the United States if 
        such assistance is for the purpose of directly relocating or 
        transferring jobs from the United States to other countries and 
        adversely impacts the labor force in the United States; or
            (4) for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, policy, or 
        guidelines implemented pursuant to--
                    (A) the third proviso of subsection 7079(b) of the 
                Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010;
                    (B) the modification proposed by the Overseas 
                Private Investment Corporation in November 2013 to the 
                Corporation's Environmental and Social Policy Statement 
                relating to coal; or
                    (C) the Supplemental Guidelines for High Carbon 
                Intensity Projects approved by the Export-Import Bank of 
                the United States on December 12, 2013,
        when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or guidelines 
        would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, any coal-
        fired or other power-generation project the purpose of which is 
        to: (i) provide affordable electricity in International 
        Development Association (IDA)-eligible countries and IDA-blend 
        countries; and (ii) increase exports of goods and services from 
        the United States or prevent the loss of jobs from the United 
        States.

                               TITLE VIII

                     OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

                           DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                    Administration of Foreign Affairs

                    diplomatic and consular programs

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'', 
$1,350,803,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, of which 
$989,706,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection and shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary of State may 
transfer up to $35,000,000 of the total funds made available under this 
heading to any other appropriation of any department or agency of the 
United States, upon the concurrence of the head of such department or 
agency, to support operations in and assistance for Afghanistan and to 
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:  
Provided further, That any such transfer shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of

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funds under subsections (a) and (b) of section 7015 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985.

                    conflict stabilization operations

    For an additional amount for ``Conflict Stabilization Operations'', 
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                       office of inspector general

    For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$56,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, which shall 
be for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction 
(SIGAR) for reconstruction oversight:  Provided, That printing and 
reproduction costs shall not exceed amounts for such costs during fiscal 
year 2014:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, any employee of SIGAR who completes at least 12 months of 
continuous service after the date of enactment of this Act or who is 
employed on the date on which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, 
shall acquire competitive status for appointment to any position in the 
competitive service for which the employee possesses the required 
qualifications:  Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.

             embassy security, construction, and maintenance

    For an additional amount for ``Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance'', $260,800,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $250,000,000 shall be for Worldwide Security Upgrades, 
acquisition, and construction as authorized:  Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                       International Organizations

              contributions to international organizations

    For an additional amount for ``Contributions to International 
Organizations'', $74,400,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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                             RELATED AGENCY

                     Broadcasting Board of Governors

                  international broadcasting operations

    For an additional amount for ``International Broadcasting 
Operations'', $10,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: 
 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985.

           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                   Funds Appropriated to the President

                           operating expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Operating Expenses'', $125,464,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                      BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                   Funds Appropriated to the President

                    international disaster assistance

    For an additional amount for ``International Disaster Assistance'', 
$1,335,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                         transition initiatives

    For an additional amount for ``Transition Initiatives'', 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                           complex crises fund

    For an additional amount for ``Complex Crises Fund'', $30,000,000 to 
remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2690]]

                          economic support fund

    For an additional amount for ``Economic Support Fund'', 
$2,114,266,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                           Department of State

                    migration and refugee assistance

    For an additional amount for ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'', 
$2,127,114,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                    INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                           Department of State

           international narcotics control and law enforcement

    For an additional amount for ``International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement'', $443,195,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

     nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs

    For an additional amount for ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs'', $99,240,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                         peacekeeping operations

    For an additional amount for ``Peacekeeping Operations'', 
$328,698,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided 
further, That funds may be used to pay assessed expenses of 
international peacekeeping activities in Somalia and other peacekeeping 
requirements, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That the total amount 
of United States contributions to support an assessed peacekeeping 
operation shall not exceed the level described in the final proviso 
under the heading

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``Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities'' in title I 
of this Act.

                   Funds Appropriated to the President

                   foreign military financing program

    For an additional amount for ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', 
$866,420,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                        additional appropriations

    Sec. 8001.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated in this title are in addition to amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available in this Act for fiscal year 2015.

                 extension of authorities and conditions

    Sec. 8002.  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, the 
additional amounts appropriated by this title to appropriations accounts 
in this Act shall be available under the authorities and conditions 
applicable to such appropriations accounts.

                    transfer and additional authority

    Sec. 8003. (a) Funds appropriated by this title in this Act under 
the headings ``Transition Initiatives'', ``Complex Crises Fund'', 
``Economic Support Fund'', ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs'', ``Peacekeeping Operations'', and ``Foreign Military 
Financing Program'' may be transferred to, and merged with--
            (1) funds appropriated by this title under such headings; 
        and
            (2) funds appropriated by this title under the headings 
        ``International Disaster Assistance'' and ``Migration and 
        Refugee Assistance''.

    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, not to 
exceed $25,000,000 from funds appropriated under the headings 
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', ``Peacekeeping 
Operations'', and ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' by this title 
in this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds previously 
made available under the heading ``Global Security Contingency Fund'':  
Provided, That not later than 15 days prior to making any such transfer, 
the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations on 
a country basis, including the implementation plan and timeline for each 
proposed use of such funds.
    (c) The transfer authority provided in subsections (a) and (b) may 
only be exercised to address unanticipated contingencies.
    (d) Of the funds made available in this title under the heading 
``Bilateral Economic Assistance'', up to $380,000,000 may be made 
available to support international peacekeeping requirements only

[[Page 128 STAT. 2692]]

if the Secretary of State submits a determination to the Committees on 
Appropriations that additional funds are necessary to support such 
requirements above the amounts provided under the heading 
``Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities'' in title I 
of this Act and under the heading ``Peacekeeping Operations'' in this 
title and title IV of this Act, and that it is in the national security 
interest of the United States to do so:  Provided, That such funds may 
only be made available for the purposes described in the determination 
and shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That funds made 
available pursuant to this subsection shall be used in accordance with 
the terms and conditions under the heading ``Peacekeeping Operations'' 
in this title.
    (e) The transfer authority provided in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, That such 
transfer authority is in addition to any transfer authority otherwise 
available under any other provision of law, including section 610 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which may be exercised by the Secretary 
of State for the purposes of this title.

                                TITLE IX

                     EBOLA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS

                           DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                    Administration of Foreign Affairs

                    diplomatic and consular programs

    For an additional amount for ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'', 
$36,420,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, for necessary 
expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Ebola virus disease 
outbreak:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                   Funds Appropriated to the President

                           operating expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Operating Expenses'', $19,037,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016, for necessary expenses to 
prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Ebola virus disease outbreak:  
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                       office of inspector general

    For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$5,626,000, to remain available until expended, for oversight of

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activities funded by this title and administered by the United States 
Agency for International Development:  Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                      BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                   Funds Appropriated to the President

                         global health programs

    For an additional amount for ``Global Health Programs'', 
$312,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Ebola virus disease outbreak 
in countries directly affected by, or at risk of being affected by, such 
outbreak:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                    international disaster assistance

    For an additional amount for ``International Disaster Assistance'', 
$1,436,273,000, to remain available until expended, for assistance for 
countries affected by, or at risk of being affected by, the Ebola virus 
disease outbreak:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                          economic support fund

    For an additional amount for ``Economic Support Fund'', 
$711,725,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, for 
necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Ebola 
virus disease outbreak and to address economic and stabilization 
requirements resulting from such outbreak:  Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                    INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                           Department of State

     nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs

    For an additional amount for ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs'', $5,300,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016, for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 9 of Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for 
efforts to mitigate the risk of illicit acquisition of the Ebola virus 
and to promote biosecurity practices associated with Ebola virus disease 
outbreak response efforts:  Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as an emergency

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requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                           transfer authority

    Sec. 9001. (a) Funds appropriated by this title in this Act under 
the headings ``Global Health Programs'', ``International Disaster 
Assistance'', and ``Economic Support Fund'' may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated by this title under such headings and 
under the headings ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs'', and ``Peacekeeping Operations'' in this Act to carry out the 
purposes of this title:  Provided, That the Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID), as appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to exercising the transfer authority provided by 
this subsection.
    (b) Of the funds appropriated by this title under the heading 
``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'', up to $1,000,000 may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the heading 
``Repatriation Loans Program Account'' in Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for 
the cost of direct loans, which may remain available until expended:  
Provided, That such costs, including cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  
Provided further, That such funds are available to subsidize an 
additional amount of gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans not to exceed $1,899,335.
    (c) Of the funds appropriated by this title under the heading 
``Global Health Programs'', up to $50,000,000 may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated under the heading ``International 
Organizations and Programs'' to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the 
Ebola virus disease outbreak.
    (d) Of the funds appropriated by this title under the heading 
``International Disaster Assistance'', up to $35,300,000 may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the headings 
``International Organizations and Programs'' and ``Contributions to 
International Organizations'' to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
the Ebola virus disease outbreak:  Provided, That no such funds that are 
made available for a United States contribution to the United Nations 
Mission for Ebola Emergency Response may be obligated until the 
Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that an 
assessment for such mission has been received and reviewed by the 
Department of State.
    (e) The transfer authorities of this section are in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law.
    (f) No funds shall be transferred pursuant to this section unless at 
least 15 days prior to making such transfer the Secretary of State or 
USAID Administrator, as appropriate, notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations in writing of the details of any such transfer.
    (g) Upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
pursuant to the authorities of this section are not necessary for such 
purposes, such amounts may be transferred back to such

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headings:  Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this subsection shall 
be subject to subsection (f) of this section.

                         reimbursement authority

    Sec. 9002.  Funds appropriated by this title under the headings 
``Global Health Programs'', ``International Disaster Assistance'', and 
``Economic Support Fund'' may be used to reimburse accounts administered 
by the United States Agency for International Development and the 
Department of State for obligations incurred to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to the Ebola virus disease outbreak prior to the enactment 
of this Act.

                        notification requirement

    Sec. 9003.  Funds appropriated by this title shall not be available 
for obligation unless the Secretary of State or the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, 
notifies the appropriate congressional committees in writing at least 15 
days in advance of such obligation:  Provided, That the requirement of 
this section shall not apply to funds made available by this title under 
the heading ``International Disaster Assistance''.

                          reporting requirement

    Sec. 9004.  The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act a report on the proposed uses of funds on a 
country and project basis, for which the obligation of funds is 
anticipated:  Provided, That such report shall be updated and submitted 
to the Committee on Appropriations every 30 days until September 30, 
2016, and every 180 days thereafter until all funds have been fully 
expended, and shall include information detailing how the estimates and 
assumptions contained in the previous reports have changed, and 
obligations and expenditures on a country and project basis.

                      comptroller general oversight

    Sec. 9005.  Of the funds appropriated by this title under the 
heading ``Economic Support Fund'', up to $500,000 may be made available 
to the Comptroller General of the United States, and shall remain 
available until expended, for oversight of activities supported and 
reimbursements made pursuant to section 9002 of this title with funds 
appropriated by this title:  Provided, That the Secretary of State and 
the Comptroller General shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to obligating such funds.
    This division may be cited as the ``Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015''.

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 DIVISION K--TRANSPORTATION, <<NOTE: Transportation, Housing and Urban 
 Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015. Department 
    of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2015.>>  HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015

                                 TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                         Office of the Secretary

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $105,000,000, 
of which not to exceed $2,696,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,011,000 shall be available for 
the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,900,000 
shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed 
$9,800,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Policy; not to exceed $12,500,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not 
to exceed $2,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $25,365,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Public 
Affairs; not to exceed $1,714,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $1,414,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to 
exceed $10,600,000 shall be available for the Office of Intelligence, 
Security, and Emergency Response; and not to exceed $15,500,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer:  Provided, 
That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds 
appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other 
office of the Office of the Secretary:  Provided further, That no 
appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased by more 
than 5 percent by all such transfers:  Provided further, That notice of 
any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for 
approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  Provided 
further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the 
Department for official reception and representation expenses as the 
Secretary may determine:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107-71, 
there may be credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds 
received in user fees:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be available for the position of Assistant 
Secretary for Public Affairs.

                         research and technology

    For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Research and Technology, $13,000,000, of which $8,218,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training: <<NOTE: 49 USC 112 note.>>   Provided further, That any 
reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the 
Research

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and Innovative Technology Administration shall continue to be deemed to 
be a reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and 
Technology of the Department of Transportation.

                   national infrastructure investments

    For capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure, 
$500,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute funds provided 
under this heading as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, 
local government, transit agency, or a collaboration among such entities 
on a competitive basis for projects that will have a significant impact 
on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region:  Provided further, That 
projects eligible for funding provided under this heading shall include, 
but not be limited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under title 
23, United States Code; public transportation projects eligible under 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; passenger and freight rail 
transportation projects; and port infrastructure investments (including 
inland port infrastructure):  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
use up to 20 percent of the funds made available under this heading for 
the purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative costs of projects 
eligible for Federal credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, 
United States Code, if the Secretary finds that such use of the funds 
would advance the purposes of this paragraph:  Provided further, That in 
distributing funds provided under this heading, the Secretary shall take 
such measures so as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of 
funds, an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural 
areas, and the investment in a variety of transportation modes:  
Provided further, That a grant funded under this heading shall be not 
less than $10,000,000 and not greater than $200,000,000:  Provided 
further, That not more than 25 percent of the funds made available under 
this heading may be awarded to projects in a single State:  Provided 
further, That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is 
made under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 
80 percent:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall give priority to 
projects that require a contribution of Federal funds in order to 
complete an overall financing package:  Provided further, That not less 
than 20 percent of the funds provided under this heading shall be for 
projects located in rural areas:  Provided further, That for projects 
located in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 and 
the Secretary may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent:  
Provided further, That projects conducted using funds provided under 
this heading must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of 
chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall conduct a new competition to select the grants and 
credit assistance awarded under this heading:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary may retain up to $20,000,000 of the funds provided under 
this heading, and may transfer portions of those funds to the 
Administrators of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal 
Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration and the 
Federal Maritime Administration, to fund the award and oversight of 
grants and credit assistance made under the National Infrastructure 
Investments program.

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                      financial management capital

    For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the Department of 
Transportation's financial systems and re-engineering business 
processes, $5,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2016.

                       cyber security initiatives

    For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including 
necessary upgrades to wide area network and information technology 
infrastructure, improvement of network perimeter controls and identity 
management, testing and assessment of information technology against 
business, security, and other requirements, implementation of Federal 
cyber security initiatives and information infrastructure enhancements, 
implementation of enhanced security controls on network devices, and 
enhancement of cyber security workforce training tools, $5,000,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2016.

                         office of civil rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $9,600,000.

           transportation planning, research, and development

    For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, development activities, and making 
grants, to remain available until expended, $6,000,000.

                          working capital fund

    For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of 
the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $181,500,000 shall be paid from 
appropriations made available to the Department of Transportation:  
Provided, That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to 
entities within the Department of Transportation:  Provided further, 
That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-
DOT entities:  Provided further, That no funds appropriated in this Act 
to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital Fund 
Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary:  Provided further, 
That no assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity, 
subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice of such 
assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.

                minority business resource center program

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $333,000, as authorized by 49 
U.S.C. 332:  Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $18,367,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed 
loan program, $592,000.

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                       minority business outreach

    For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center outreach 
activities, $3,099,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016:  
Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used 
for business opportunities related to any mode of transportation.

                        payments to air carriers

                     (airport and airway trust fund)

    In addition to funds made available from any other source to carry 
out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 
41742, $155,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That in determining 
between or among carriers competing to provide service to a community, 
the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of the 
carriers:  Provided further, That basic essential air service minimum 
requirements shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement 
under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act or any other Act shall be 
used to enter into a new contract with a community located less than 40 
miles from the nearest small hub airport before the Secretary has 
negotiated with the community over a local cost share:  Provided 
further, That amounts authorized to be distributed for the essential air 
service program under subsection 41742(b) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall be made available immediately from amounts otherwise 
provided to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration:  
Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse such amounts from 
fees credited to the account established under section 45303 of title 
49, United States Code.

  administrative provisions--office of the secretary of transportation

    Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available in this Act to the 
Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office of the 
Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable 
agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the modal administrations 
in this Act, except for activities underway on the date of enactment of 
this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have completed the 
normal reprogramming process for Congressional notification.
    Sec. 102.  The Secretary or his designee may engage in activities 
with States and State legislators to consider proposals related to the 
reduction of motorcycle fatalities.
    Sec. 103.  Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, United States 
Code, in addition to authority provided by section 327 of title 49, 
United States Code, the Department's Working Capital Fund is hereby 
authorized to provide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary 
to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit 
program under Executive Order 13150 and section 3049 of Public Law 109-
59:  Provided, That the Department shall include adequate safeguards in 
the contract with the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality 
performance under the contract.

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    Sec. 104.  The Secretary shall post on the Web site of the 
Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the Credit 
Council, including the agenda for each meeting, and require the Credit 
Council to record the decisions and actions of each meeting.

                     Federal Aviation Administration

                               operations

                     (airport and airway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, including operations and research activities 
related to commercial space transportation, administrative expenses for 
research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, 
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the public, 
lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, in 
addition to amounts made available by Public Law 112-95, $9,740,700,000 
of which $8,595,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,396,654,000 shall be available for 
air traffic organization activities; not to exceed $1,218,458,000 shall 
be available for aviation safety activities; not to exceed $16,605,000 
shall be available for commercial space transportation activities; not 
to exceed $756,047,000 shall be available for finance and management 
activities; not to exceed $60,089,000 shall be available for NextGen and 
operations planning activities; and not to exceed $292,847,000 shall be 
available for staff offices:  Provided, That not to exceed 2 percent of 
any budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be 
transferred to any budget activity under this heading:  Provided 
further, That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by 
more than 2 percent:  Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 2 
percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section: <<NOTE: 49 USC 44506 note.>>   Provided further, That not later 
than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 
update to the report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to 
section 221 of Public Law 108-176:  Provided further, That the amount 
herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 
March 31 that such report has not been submitted to the 
Congress: <<NOTE: 49 USC 44502 note.>>   Provided further, That not 
later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator 
shall transmit to Congress a companion report that describes a 
comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight 
standards and aircraft certification staff in a format similar to the 
one utilized for the controller staffing plan, including stated 
attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year:  Provided 
further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
$100,000 per day for each day after March 31 that such report has not 
been submitted to Congress:  Provided further, That funds may be used to 
enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting 
organization to assist in the development of aviation safety standards:  
Provided further, That none of the funds

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in this Act shall be available for new applicants for the second career 
training program:  Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize 
or implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user fees 
not specifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment of 
this Act:  Provided further, That there may be credited to this 
appropriation as offsetting collections funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 
services, including receipts for the maintenance and operation of air 
navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of 
certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station 
certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing major 
repair or alteration forms:  Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not less than $144,500,000 shall be for 
the contract tower program, of which not less than $9,500,000 is for the 
contract tower cost share program:  Provided further, That none of the 
funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are 
available for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the 
Working Capital Fund:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
in this Act may be used for the Federal Aviation Administration to issue 
a job announcement for air traffic control specialists that renders 
ineligible by reason of age any applicant who had been included in the 
air traffic control specialist applicant inventory as of January 15, 
2014, and who was born between February 9, 1983, and October 1, 1984.

                        facilities and equipment

                     (airport and airway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition, 
establishment, technical support services, improvement by contract or 
purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and experimental 
facilities and equipment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of 
title 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary 
sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, including 
construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by 
lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters and related 
accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation 
Administration stationed at remote localities where such accommodations 
are not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from 
funds available under this heading, including aircraft for aviation 
regulation and certification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund, $2,600,000,000, of which $460,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2015, and $2,140,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 
the establishment, improvement, and modernization of national airspace 
systems:  Provided further, That upon initial submission to the Congress 
of the fiscal year 2016 President's budget, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital 
investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes 
funding for each budget

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line item for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, with total funding for 
each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 
as estimated and approved by the Office of Management and Budget:  
Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced 
by $100,000 per day for each day after the initial submission of the 
fiscal year 2016 President's budget that such report has not been 
submitted to Congress.

                 research, engineering, and development

                     (airport and airway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, 
engineering, and development, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII 
of title 49, United States Code, including construction of experimental 
facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$156,750,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That there may 
be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections, funds 
received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development.

                       grants-in-aid for airports

                 (liquidation of contract authorization)

                       (limitation on obligations)

                     (airport and airway trust fund)

                      (including transfer of funds)

                         (including rescission)

    For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for 
airport planning and development, and noise compatibility planning and 
programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter 
I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law 
authorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at 
airports of such title; for grants authorized under section 41743 of 
title 49, United States Code; and for inspection activities and 
administration of airport safety programs, including those related to 
airport operating certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United 
States Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:  Provided, That none 
of the funds under this heading shall be available for the planning or 
execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of 
title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
under this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 
conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 
airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explosive 
detection systems:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, the Government's

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share of allowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants or 
paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a project at other 
than a large or medium hub airport that is a successive phase of a 
multi-phased construction project for which the project sponsor received 
a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction project:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds 
limited under this heading, not more than $107,100,000 shall be 
obligated for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
available for the Airport Cooperative Research Program, not less than 
$29,750,000 shall be available for Airport Technology Research, and 
$5,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available and 
transferred to ``Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses'' to 
carry out the Small Community Air Service Development Program.

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2015, and prior years under section 48112 of title 49, United States 
Code, all unobligated balances are permanently rescinded.

       administrative provisions--federal aviation administration

    Sec. 110.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate 
in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the federally funded 
research and development center contract between the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development 
during fiscal year 2015.
    Sec. 111.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pursue or 
adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide to 
the Federal Aviation Administration without cost building construction, 
maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, 
or weather reporting:  Provided, That the prohibition of funds in this 
section does not apply to negotiations between the agency and airport 
sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-market'' rates for these items 
or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 
without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities.
    Sec. 112.  The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) 
from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in 
such account at the close of that fiscal year may be made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year.
    Sec. 113.  Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation current at 
the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same 
purposes of such appropriation.
    Sec. 114.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such 
employee actually performed work during the time corresponding to such 
premium pay.
    Sec. 115.  None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or 
expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of a 
Government-issued credit card.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2704]]

    Sec. 116.  The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor of an 
airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air service from a large 
certified air carrier (as defined in part 241 of title 14 Code of 
Federal Regulations, or such other regulations as may be issued by the 
Secretary under the authority of section 41709) an amount equal to the 
minimum apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 47114(c), if the Secretary 
determines that airport had more than 10,000 passenger boardings in the 
preceding calendar year, based on data submitted to the Secretary under 
part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 117.  None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or 
expended for retention bonuses for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration without the prior written approval of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration of the Department of Transportation.
    Sec. 118.  Subparagraph (D) of section 47124(b)(3) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``benefit.'' and inserting 
``benefit, with the maximum allowable local cost share capped at 20 
percent.''.
    Sec. 119.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may be used to 
implement or to continue to implement any limitation on the ability of 
any owner or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a blocking of 
that owner's or operator's aircraft registration number from any display 
of the Federal Aviation Administration's Aircraft Situational Display to 
Industry data that is made available to the public, except data made 
available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial flights of that 
owner or operator.
    Sec. 119A.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
salaries and expenses of more than 9 political and Presidential 
appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration.
    Sec. 119B.  None of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title 49, United 
States Code, until the FAA provides to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related to 
aeronautical navigation products and explains how such fees are 
consistent with Executive Order 13642.
    Sec. 119C.  None of the funds appropriated or limited by this Act 
may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission rules at 
Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey.
    Sec. 119D.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to close a 
regional operations center of the Federal Aviation Administration or 
reduce its services unless the Administrator notifies the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full business days 
in advance.
    Sec. 119E.  Section 916 of Public Law 112-95 is amended by striking 
``Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft'' and inserting ``Joint 
Advanced Materials and Structures''.
    Sec. 119F.  Subsection 47109(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding before the period ``, except that at a primary non-
hub airport located in a State as set forth in paragraph (1) of this 
subsection that is within 15 miles of another State as set forth in 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Government's share shall be an 
average of the Government share applicable to any project in each of the 
States''.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2705]]

                     Federal Highway Administration

                  limitation on administrative expenses

                          (highway trust fund)

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Not to exceed $426,100,000, together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, shall be 
obligated for necessary expenses for administration and operation of the 
Federal Highway Administration. In addition, not to exceed $3,248,000 
shall be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in 
accordance with section 104 of title 23, United States Code.

                          federal-aid highways

                       (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    Funds <<NOTE: 23 USC 104 note.>>  available for the implementation 
or execution of programs of Federal-aid Highways and highway safety 
construction programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 
Code, and the provisions of Public Law 112-141 shall not exceed total 
obligations of $40,256,000,000 for fiscal year 2015:  Provided, That the 
Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United 
States Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, including 
counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a 
portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit 
instruments:  Provided further, That such fees are available until 
expended to pay for such costs:  Provided further, That such amounts are 
in addition to administrative expenses that are also available for such 
purpose, and are not subject to any obligation limitation or the 
limitation on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, 
United States Code.

                 (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out Federal-aid 
Highways and highway safety construction programs authorized under title 
23, United States Code, $40,995,000,000 derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until 
expended.

        administrative provisions--federal highway administration

    Sec. 120. <<NOTE: 23 USC 104 note.>>  (a) For fiscal year 2015, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall--
            (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for 
        Federal-aid Highways--
                    (A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses 
                and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United 
                States Code; and

[[Page 128 STAT. 2706]]

                    (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
                Transportation Statistics;
            (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
        for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to the unobligated 
        balance of amounts--
                    (A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
                (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid 
                Highways and highway safety construction programs for 
                previous fiscal years the funds for which are allocated 
                by the Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary under 
                section 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and
                    (B) for which obligation limitation was provided in 
                a previous fiscal year;
            (3) determine the proportion that--
                    (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
                Highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed 
                under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears 
                to
                    (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
                appropriated for the Federal-aid Highways and highway 
                safety construction programs (other than sums authorized 
                to be appropriated for provisions of law described in 
                paragraphs (1) through (12) of subsection (b) and sums 
                authorized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 
                23, United States Code, equal to the amount referred to 
                in subsection (b)(13) for such fiscal year), less the 
                aggregate of the amounts not distributed under 
                paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection;
            (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
        Highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
        paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than 
        programs to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by 
        the Secretary under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st 
        Century Act and title 23, United States Code, or apportioned by 
        the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that title, by 
        multiplying--
                    (A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); 
                by
                    (B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
                each such program for such fiscal year; and
            (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
        Highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
        paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under 
        paragraph (4), for Federal-aid Highways and highway safety 
        construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
        under title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts 
        apportioned for the National Highway Performance Program in 
        section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt 
        from the limitation under subsection (b)(13) and the amounts 
        apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 
        proportion that--
                    (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the 
                programs that are apportioned under title 23, United 
                States Code, to each State for such fiscal year; bears 
                to
                    (B) the total of the amounts authorized to be 
                appropriated for the programs that are apportioned under 
                title 23, United States Code, to all States for such 
                fiscal year.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2707]]

    (b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply to obligations under 
or for--
            (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
            (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act 
        of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);
            (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 
        Stat. 1701);
            (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 
        Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);
            (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 
        Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
        (101 Stat. 198);
            (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
        Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);
            (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect on June 8, 1998);
            (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount 
        equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
            (9) Federal-aid Highways programs for which obligation 
        authority was made available under the Transportation Equity Act 
        for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for 
        multiple years or to remain available until expended, but only 
        to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
        been used;
            (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an amount 
        equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
            (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 
        Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
        with that section were not subject to a limitation on 
        obligations at the time at which the funds were initially made 
        available for obligation; and
            (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect for fiscal years 2013 and 2014, but only in an amount 
        equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); and
            (13) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 
        fiscal year 2015, only in an amount equal to $639,000,000).

    (c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--Notwithstanding 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of such fiscal 
year--
            (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
        available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed cannot 
        be obligated during that fiscal year; and
            (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to 
        obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 
        during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having 
        large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 
        144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
        Public Law 112-141) and 104 of title 23, United States Code.

    (d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to Transportation 
Research Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall apply to

[[Page 128 STAT. 2708]]

        contract authority for transportation research programs carried 
        out under--
                    (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and
                    (B) division E of the Moving Ahead for Progress in 
                the 21st Century Act.
            (2) Exception.--Obligation authority made available under 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; 
                and
                    (B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation 
                imposed on obligations for Federal-aid Highways and 
                highway safety construction programs for future fiscal 
                years.

    (e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the 
        Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding 
        funds authorized for the program under section 202 of title 23, 
        United States Code) that--
                    (A) are authorized to be appropriated for such 
                fiscal year for Federal-aid Highways programs; and
                    (B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated 
                to the States (or will not be apportioned to the States 
                under section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and 
                will not be available for obligation, for such fiscal 
                year because of the imposition of any obligation 
                limitation for such fiscal year.
            (2) Ratio.--Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) 
        in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 
        authority under subsection (a)(5).
            (3) Availability.--Funds distributed to each State under 
        paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described in 
        section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.

    Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for 
necessary expenses incurred pursuant to chapter 63 of title 49, United 
States Code, may be credited to the Federal-aid Highways account for the 
purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses:  Provided, That 
such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
Highways and highway safety construction programs.
    Sec. 122. <<NOTE: 23 USC 313 note.>>  Not less than 15 days prior to 
waiving, under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America 
requirement for Federal-aid Highways projects, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall make an informal public notice and comment 
opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and the reasons therefor: 
 Provided, That the Secretary shall provide an annual report to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers granted 
under the Buy America requirements.

    Sec. 123. (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available, limited, or otherwise affected by this 
Act shall be used to approve or otherwise authorize the imposition of 
any toll on any segment of highway located on the Federal-aid system in 
the State of Texas that--
            (1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is not tolled;
            (2) is constructed with Federal assistance provided under 
        title 23, United States Code; and

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            (3) is in actual operation as of the date of enactment of 
        this Act.

    (b) Exceptions.--
            (1) Number of toll lanes.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
        any segment of highway on the Federal-aid system described in 
        that subsection that, as of the date on which a toll is imposed 
        on the segment, will have the same number of nontoll lanes as 
        were in existence prior to that date.
            (2) High-occupancy vehicle lanes.--A high-occupancy vehicle 
        lane that is converted to a toll lane shall not be subject to 
        this section, and shall not be considered to be a nontoll lane 
        for purposes of determining whether a highway will have fewer 
        nontoll lanes than prior to the date of imposition of the toll, 
        if--
                    (A) high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the number 
                of passengers specified by the entity operating the toll 
                lane may use the toll lane without paying a toll, unless 
                otherwise specified by the appropriate county, town, 
                municipal or other local government entity, or public 
                toll road or transit authority; or
                    (B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane that was 
                converted to a toll lane was constructed as a temporary 
                lane to be replaced by a toll lane under a plan approved 
                by the appropriate county, town, municipal or other 
                local government entity, or public toll road or transit 
                authority.

    Sec. 124.  None of the funds in this Act to the Department of 
Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance unless not less 
than 3 days before any application approval to provide credit assistance 
under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Transportation provides notification in writing to the 
following committees: the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on 
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives:  
Provided, That such notification shall include, but not be limited to, 
the name of the project sponsor; a description of the project; whether 
credit assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or 
line of credit; and the amount of credit assistance.
    Sec. 125.  Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Operation of Vehicles on Certain Other Wisconsin Highways.--If 
any segment of the United States Route 41 corridor, as described in 
section 1105(c)(57) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
Act of 1991, is designated as a route on the Interstate System, a 
vehicle that could operate legally on that segment before the date of 
such designation may continue to operate on that segment, without regard 
to any requirement under subsection (a).
    ``(k) Operation of Vehicles on Certain Mississippi Highways.--If any 
segment of United States Route 78 in Mississippi from mile marker 0 to 
mile marker 113 is designated as part of the Interstate System, no limit 
established under this section may apply to that segment with respect to 
the operation of any vehicle that could have legally operated on that 
segment before such designation.

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    ``(l) Operation of Vehicles on Certain Kentucky Highways.--
            ``(1) In general.--If any segment of highway described in 
        paragraph (2) is designated as a route on the Interstate System, 
        a vehicle that could operate legally on that segment before the 
        date of such designation may continue to operate on that 
        segment, without regard to any requirement under subsection (a).
            ``(2) Description of highway segments.--The highway segments 
        referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
                    ``(A) Interstate Route 69 in Kentucky (formerly the 
                Wendell H. Ford (Western Kentucky) Parkway) from the 
                Interstate Route 24 Interchange, near Eddyville, to the 
                Edward T. Breathitt (Pennyrile) Parkway Interchange.
                    ``(B) The Edward T. Breathitt (Pennyrile) Parkway 
                (to be designated as Interstate Route 69) in Kentucky 
                from the Wendell H. Ford (Western Kentucky) Parkway 
                Interchange to near milepost 77, and on new alignment to 
                an interchange on the Audubon Parkway, if the segment is 
                designated as part of the Interstate System.''.

               Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

              motor carrier safety operations and programs

                 (liquidation of contract authorization)

                       (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, execution 
and administration of motor carrier safety operations and programs 
pursuant to section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, and 
sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109-59, as amended by Public Law 
112-141, $271,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account), together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available until expended:  
Provided, That funds available for implementation, execution or 
administration of motor carrier safety operations and programs 
authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $271,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs'' for fiscal year 2015, of which $9,000,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2017, is for the research 
and technology program, and of which $34,545,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2017, is for information management:  
Provided further, That $2,300,000 shall be made available for commercial 
motor vehicle operator grants to carry out section 4134 of Public Law 
109-59, as amended by Public Law 112-141, of which $1,300,000 is to be 
made available from prior year unobligated contract authority provided 
in Public Law 112-141, or other appropriations or authorization acts:  
Provided further, That of unobligated contract authority provided in 
Public Law 112-141, or other appropriations or authorization acts for 
``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs'', $6,700,000 shall be 
made available for enforcement and investigation activities related to 
the safe transportation of

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energy products, information management and technology needs related to 
the monitoring of high-risk carriers and carriers operating under 
consent agreements, and the Capital Improvement Plan for border 
facilities and field offices, and an additional $4,000,000 shall be made 
available to administer the study required under section 133 of this 
Act, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2017:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall complete final regulatory 
action on the implementation of 49 United States Code 31137 no later 
than June 1, 2015.

                       motor carrier safety grants

                 (liquidation of contract authorization)

                       (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 31102, 
31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of title 49, United States 
Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 of Public Law 109-59, as amended by 
Public Law 112-141, $313,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That funds available for the implementation or 
execution of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total 
obligations of $313,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 for ``Motor Carrier 
Safety Grants''; of which $218,000,000 shall be available for the motor 
carrier safety assistance program, $30,000,000 shall be available for 
commercial driver's license program improvement grants, $32,000,000 
shall be available for border enforcement grants, $5,000,000 shall be 
available for performance and registration information system management 
grants, $25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial vehicle 
information systems and networks deployment program, and $3,000,000 
shall be available for safety data improvement grants:  Provided 
further, That, of the funds made available herein for the motor carrier 
safety assistance program, $32,000,000 shall be available for audits of 
new entrant motor carriers.

 administrative provisions--federal motor carrier safety administration

    Sec. 130.  Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be 
subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of Public 
Law 107-87 and section 6901 of Public Law 110-28.
    Sec. 131.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall 
send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 violations by certified mail, 
registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which records the 
receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the violations.
    Sec. 132.  None of the funds limited or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be used by the Secretary to enforce any regulation 
prohibiting a State from issuing a commercial learner's permit to 
individuals under the age of eighteen if the State had a law authorizing 
the issuance of commercial learner's permits to individuals under 
eighteen years of age as of May 9, 2011.
    Sec. 133. (a) Temporary Suspension of Enforcement.--None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other 
Act shall be used to enforce sections 395.3(c)

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and 395.3(d) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and such sections 
shall have no force or effect from the date of enactment of this Act 
until the later of September 30, 2015, or upon submission of the final 
report issued by the Secretary under this section. The restart 
provisions in effect on June 30, 2013, shall be in effect during this 
period.
    (b) Public Notification.--As soon as possible after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall publish a 
Notice in the Federal Register and on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration website announcing that the provisions in the rule 
referred to in subsection (a) shall have no force or effect from the 
date of enactment of this Act through September 30, 2015, and the 
restart rule in effect on June 30, 2013, shall immediately be in effect.
    (c) Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Driver Restart Study.--Within 90 
days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate 
a naturalistic study of the operational, safety, health and fatigue 
impacts of the restart provisions in sections 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, on commercial motor vehicle 
drivers. The study required under this subsection shall--
            (1) compare the work schedules and assess operator fatigue 
        between the following two groups of commercial motor vehicle 
        drivers, each large enough to produce statistically significant 
        results:
                    (A) commercial motor vehicle drivers who operate 
                under such provisions, in effect between July 1, 2013, 
                and the day before the date of enactment of this Act, 
                and
                    (B) commercial motor vehicle drivers who operate 
                under the provisions in effect on June 30, 2013.
            (2) compare, at a minimum, the 5-month work schedules, and 
        assess safety critical events (crashes, near crashes and crash-
        relevant conflicts) and operator fatigue between the commercial 
        motor vehicle drivers identified under subsection (c)(1) of this 
        section from a statistically significant sample of drivers 
        comprised of fleets of all sizes, including long-haul, regional 
        and short-haul operations in various sectors of the industry, 
        including flat-bed, refrigerated, tank, and dry-van, to the 
        extent practicable;
            (3) assess drivers' safety critical events, fatigue and 
        levels of alertness, and driver health outcomes by using both 
        electronic and captured record of duty status, including the 
        Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT), e-logging data, actigraph 
        watches and cameras or other on-board monitoring systems that 
        record or measure safety critical events and driver alertness;
            (4) utilize data from electronic logging devices, consistent 
        to the extent practicable, with the anticipated requirements for 
        such devices in section 31137(b) of title 49, United States 
        Code, from motor carriers and drivers of commercial motor 
        vehicles, notwithstanding any limitation on the use of such data 
        under section 31137(e) of title 49, United States Code; and
            (5) include the development of an initial study plan and 
        final report, each of which shall be subject to an independent 
        peer review by a panel of individuals with relevant medical and 
        scientific expertise.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2713]]

    (d) Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General 
Review.--Prior to the study required under this subsection commencing 
and within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit a plan outlining the scope and methodology for the study to 
the Department of Transportation Inspector General.
            (1) Within 30 days of receiving the plan, the Office of 
        Inspector General shall review and report whether it includes--
                    (A) a sufficient number of participating drivers to 
                produce statistically significant results consistent 
                with subsection (c)(2);
                    (B) the use of reliable technologies to assess the 
                operational, safety and fatigue components of the study 
                to produce consistent and valid results;
                    (C) appropriate performance measures to properly 
                evaluate the study outcomes; and
                    (D) an appropriate selection of the independent 
                review panel under subsection (c)(5).
            (2) The Office of Inspector General shall report its 
        findings, conclusions and any recommendations to the Secretary 
        and to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 
        30 days of receipt of the plan.

    (e) Reporting Requirements.--The Secretary shall submit a final 
report on the findings and conclusions of the study and the Department's 
recommendations on whether the provisions in effect on July 1, 2013, 
provide a greater net benefit for the operational, safety, health and 
fatigue impacts of the restart provisions to the Inspector General 
within 210 days of receiving the Office of the Inspector General report 
required in subsection (d)(2).
            (1) Within 60 days of receipt of the Secretary's findings 
        and recommendations in subsection (e), the Inspector General 
        shall report to the Secretary and the House and Senate 
        Committees on Appropriations on the study's compliance with the 
        requirements outlined under subsection (c).
            (2) Upon submission of the Office of the Inspector General 
        report in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit its report 
        to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and make 
        the report publically available on its website.

    (f) Certification.--The Secretary of Transportation shall certify in 
writing in a manner addressing the Inspector General's findings and 
recommendations in subsection (d)(1) and (e)(1) of this section that the 
Secretary has met the requirements as described in section (c) and (d).
    (g) Paperwork Reduction Act Exception.--The study and the Office of 
the Inspector General reviews shall not be subject to section 3506 or 
3507 of title 44, United States Code.
    Sec. 134.  None of the funds limited or otherwise made available 
under the heading ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs'' may 
be used to deny an application to renew a Hazardous Materials Safety 
Program permit for a motor carrier based on that carrier's Hazardous 
Materials Out-of-Service rate, unless the carrier has the opportunity to 
submit a written description of corrective actions taken, and other 
documentation the carrier wishes the Secretary to consider, including 
submitting a corrective action plan, and the Secretary determines the 
actions or plan is insufficient to address the safety concerns that 
resulted in that Hazardous Materials Out-of-Service rate.

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             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

                         operations and research

    For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, 
with respect to traffic and highway safety authorized under chapter 301 
and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $130,000,000, 
of which $20,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2016.

                         operations and research

                 (liquidation of contract authorization)

                       (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, 
$138,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning 
or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 
2015, are in excess of $138,500,000, of which $133,500,000 shall be for 
programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 shall be for the 
National Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That within the $133,500,000 
obligation limitation for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2016, and shall be in addition to 
the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for future years:  
Provided further, That $20,000,000 of the total obligation limitation 
for operations and research in fiscal year 2015 shall be applied toward 
unobligated balances of contract authority provided in prior Acts for 
carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 
49, United States Code.

                      highway traffic safety grants

                 (liquidation of contract authorization)

                       (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions of 23 
U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109-59, as amended by 
Public Law 112-141, and section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112-141, to 
remain available until expended, $561,500,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):  Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning 
or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 
2015, are in excess of $561,500,000 for programs authorized under 23 
U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109-59, as amended by 
Public Law 112-141, and section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law

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112-141, of which $235,000,000 shall be for ``Highway Safety Programs'' 
under 23 U.S.C. 402; $272,000,000 shall be for ``National Priority 
Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 405; $29,000,000 shall be for ``High 
Visibility Enforcement Program'' under section 2009 of Public Law 109-
59, as amended by Public Law 112-141; $25,500,000 shall be for 
``Administrative Expenses'' under section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112-
141:  Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office 
furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or 
structures:  Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds 
made available for ``National Priority Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 
405 for ``Impaired Driving Countermeasures'' (as described in subsection 
(d) of that section) shall be available for technical assistance to the 
States:  Provided further, That with respect to the ``Transfers'' 
provision under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G), any amounts transferred to 
increase the amounts made available under section 402 shall include the 
obligation authority for such amounts:  Provided further, That the 
Administrator shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted under the 
previous proviso or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G) within 60 days.

       administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety 
                             administration

    Sec. 140.  An additional $130,000 shall be made available to the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount 
limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, to pay for 
travel and related expenses for State management reviews and to pay for 
core competency development training and related expenses for highway 
safety staff.
    Sec. 141.  The limitations on obligations for the programs of the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this Act shall not 
apply to obligations for which obligation authority was made available 
in previous public laws but only to the extent that the obligation 
authority has not lapsed or been used.
    Sec. 142.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement 
section 404 of title 23, United States Code.

                     Federal Railroad Administration

                          safety and operations

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, $186,870,000, of which $15,400,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                    railroad research and development

    For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$39,100,000, to remain available until expended.

        railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program

    The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue direct loans 
and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad 
Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as 
amended, such authority to exist as long

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as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding:  Provided, 
That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct 
loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal funds 
for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2015:  Provided further, 
That no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments made under the 
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program in fiscal year 
2015 shall cause the total principal amount of direct loans and loan 
guarantees committed under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement 
Financing Program to projects in a single state to exceed 
$5,600,000,000.

     operating grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly grants 
to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, in amounts based on the 
Secretary's assessment of the Corporation's seasonal cash flow 
requirements, for the operation of intercity passenger rail, as 
authorized by section 101 of the Passenger Rail Investment and 
Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110-432), 
$250,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the 
amounts available under this paragraph shall be available for the 
Secretary to approve funding to cover operating losses for the 
Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each 
specific train route:  Provided further, That each such grant request 
shall be accompanied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue 
projection, and capital expenditure projection justifying the Federal 
support to the Secretary's satisfaction:  Provided further, That not 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall 
transmit, in electronic format, to the Secretary and the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual budget, business plan, 
the 5-Year Financial Plan for fiscal year 2015 required under section 
204 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 and the 
comprehensive fleet plan for all Amtrak rolling stock:  Provided 
further, That the budget, business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan 
shall include annual information on the maintenance, refurbishment, 
replacement, and expansion for all Amtrak rolling stock consistent with 
the comprehensive fleet plan:  Provided further, That the Corporation 
shall provide monthly performance reports in an electronic format which 
shall describe the work completed to date, any changes to the business 
plan, and the reasons for such changes as well as progress against the 
milestones and target dates of the 2012 performance improvement plan:  
Provided further, That the Corporation's budget, business plan, 5-Year 
Financial Plan, semiannual reports, monthly reports, comprehensive fleet 
plan and all supplemental reports or plans comply with requirements in 
Public Law 112-55:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided in 
this Act may be used to support any route on which Amtrak offers a 
discounted fare of more than 50 percent off the normal peak fare:  
Provided further, That the preceding proviso does not apply to routes 
where the operating loss as a result of the discount is covered by a 
State and the State participates in the setting of fares.

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   capital and debt service grants to the national railroad passenger 
                               corporation

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation for capital investments as 
authorized by sections 101(c), 102, and 219(b) of the Passenger Rail 
Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110-
432), $1,140,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not 
to exceed $175,000,000 shall be for debt service obligations as 
authorized by section 102 of such Act:  Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be 
made available to bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations into 
compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act:  Provided further, 
That after an initial distribution of up to $200,000,000, which shall be 
used by the Corporation as a working capital account, all remaining 
funds shall be provided to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: 
 Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, up to $50,000,000 may be used by the Secretary to subsidize 
operating losses of the Corporation should the funds provided under the 
heading ``Operating Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation'' be insufficient to meet operational costs for fiscal year 
2015:  Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 
1 percent of the funds provided under this heading to fund the costs of 
project management and oversight of activities authorized by subsections 
101(a) and 101(c) of division B of Public Law 110-432:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall approve funding for capital 
expenditures, including advance purchase orders of materials, for the 
Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each 
specific capital project justifying the Federal support to the 
Secretary's satisfaction:  Provided further, That except as otherwise 
provided herein, none of the funds under this heading may be used to 
subsidize operating losses of the Corporation:  Provided further, That 
none of the funds under this heading may be used for capital projects 
not approved by the Secretary of Transportation or on the Corporation's 
fiscal year 2015 business plan:  Provided further, That in addition to 
the project management oversight funds authorized under section 101(d) 
of division B of Public Law 110-432, the Secretary may retain up to an 
additional $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to fund 
expenses associated with implementing section 212 of division B of 
Public Law 110-432, including the amendments made by section 212 to 
section 24905 of title 49, United States Code.

       administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

    Sec. 150.  The Secretary of Transportation may receive and expend 
cash, or receive and utilize spare parts and similar items, from non-
United States Government sources to repair damages to or replace United 
States Government owned automated track inspection cars and equipment as 
a result of third-party liability for such damages, and any amounts 
collected under this section shall be credited directly to the Safety 
and Operations account of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall 
remain available until expended for the repair, operation and 
maintenance of automated track inspection cars and equipment in 
connection with the automated track inspection program.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2718]]

    Sec. 151.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or 
regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to allow the 
issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department to 
redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment to the Department of an 
amount to be determined by the Secretary.
    Sec. 152.  None of the funds provided to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any overtime costs in excess 
of $35,000 for any individual employee:  Provided, That the President of 
Amtrak may waive the cap set in the previous proviso for specific 
employees when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses a 
risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system:  Provided 
further, That the President of Amtrak shall report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations each quarter of the calendar year on 
waivers granted to employees and amounts paid above the cap for each 
month within such quarter and delineate the reasons each waiver was 
granted:  Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 2015, a 
summary of all overtime payments incurred by the Corporation for 2014 
and the three prior calendar years:  Provided further, That such summary 
shall include the total number of employees that received waivers and 
the total overtime payments the Corporation paid to those employees 
receiving waivers for each month for 2014 and for the three prior 
calendar years.
    Sec. 153.  For an additional amount, $10,000,000 shall be made 
available until expended for the Secretary to make grants for grade 
crossing and track improvements on rail routes that transport energy 
products.

                     Federal Transit Administration

                         administrative expenses

    For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit 
Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, $105,933,000, of which not less than $4,500,000 shall be 
available to carry out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and not less 
than $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of 49 
U.S.C. 5326:  Provided, That none of the funds provided or limited in 
this Act may be used to create a permanent office of transit security 
under this heading:  Provided further, That upon submission to the 
Congress of the fiscal year 2016 President's budget, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual report on New 
Starts, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 2016.

                         transit formula grants

                 (liquidation of contract authorization)

                       (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal Public 
Transportation Assistance Program in this account, and for payment of 
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 
5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339,

[[Page 128 STAT. 2719]]

and 5340, as amended by Public Law 112-141, and section 20005(b) of 
Public Law 112-141, $9,500,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit 
Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That funds available for the implementation or 
execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by 
Public Law 112-141, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, shall 
not exceed total obligations of $8,595,000,000 in fiscal year 2015.

                            transit research

    For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5312 and 5313, 
$33,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
$30,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5312 and 
$3,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5313.

                    technical assistance and training

    For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314 and 5322(a), (b) 
and (e), $4,500,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
$4,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5314 and 
$500,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5322(a), (b) 
and (e).

                        capital investment grants

                     (including rescission of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, $2,120,000,000, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That when distributing 
funds among Recommended New Starts Projects, the Administrator shall 
first fully fund those projects covered by a full funding grant 
agreement, then fully fund those projects whose section 5309 share is 
less than 40 percent, and then distribute the remaining funds so as to 
protect as much as possible the projects' budgets and schedules:  
Provided further, That of the unobligated amounts available for the 
Capital Investment Grants program, $121,546,138 is hereby rescinded.

      grants to the washington metropolitan area transit authority

    For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as 
authorized under section 601 of division B of Public Law 110-432, 
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the 
Secretary shall approve grants for capital and preventive maintenance 
expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only 
after receiving and reviewing a request for each specific project:  
Provided further, That prior to approving such grants, the Secretary 
shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is 
making significant progress in eliminating the material weaknesses, 
significant deficiencies, and minor control deficiencies identified in 
the most recent Financial Management Oversight Review:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall determine that the Washington 
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 
those

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investments that will improve the safety of the system before approving 
such grants:  Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to ensure 
safety throughout the rail system, may waive the requirements of section 
601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 110-432 (112 Stat. 4968).

        administrative provisions--federal transit administration

    Sec. 160.  The limitations on obligations for the programs of the 
Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under 49 
U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to any other 
authority previously made available for obligation.
    Sec. 161.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading ``Fixed Guideway 
Capital Investment'' of the Federal Transit Administration for projects 
specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not 
obligated by September 30, 2019, and other recoveries, shall be directed 
to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for which they 
were originally provided.
    Sec. 162.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds 
appropriated before October 1, 2014, under any section of chapter 53 of 
title 49, United States Code, that remain available for expenditure, may 
be transferred to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section.
    Sec. 163.  The Secretary may not enforce regulations related to 
charter bus service under part 604 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations, for any transit agency that during fiscal year 2008 was 
both initially granted a 60-day period to come into compliance with part 
604, and then was subsequently granted an exception from said part.
    Sec. 164.  For purposes of applying the project justification and 
local financial commitment criteria of 49 U.S.C. 5309(d) to a New Starts 
project, the Secretary may consider the costs and ridership of any 
connected project in an instance in which private parties are making 
significant financial contributions to the construction of the connected 
project; additionally, the Secretary may consider the significant 
financial contributions of private parties to the connected project in 
calculating the non-Federal share of net capital project costs for the 
New Starts project.
    Sec. 165.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds made available in this Act shall be used to enter into a full 
funding grant agreement for a project with a New Starts share greater 
than 60 percent.
    Sec. 166.  None of the funds in this or any other Act may be 
available to advance in any way a new light or heavy rail project 
towards a full funding grant agreement as defined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for 
the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas if the 
proposed capital project is constructed on or planned to be constructed 
on Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard 
north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, Texas.
    Sec. 167.  <<NOTE: 49 USC 5309 note.>>  In developing guidance 
implementing 49 U.S.C. 5309(i) Program of Interrelated Projects, the 
Secretary shall consider projects eligible under section 5309(h) Small 
Starts Projects, including streetcars.

    Sec. 168.  Of the unobligated balance of amounts made available for 
fiscal year 2011 or prior fiscal years to carry out the discretionary

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bus and bus facilities program under 49 U.S.C. 5309, $27,989,839 shall 
be used for new bus rapid transit projects recommended, in the 
President's fiscal year 2015 budget request, to be funded under the 
heading ``Department of Transportation-Federal Transit Administration-
Capital Investment Grants'':  Provided, That all such projects shall 
remain subject to the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5309 for New Starts, 
Small Starts, or Core Capacity projects, as applicable, under the 
Capital Investment Grants Program:  Provided further, That such funds 
shall be in addition to the amounts otherwise made available by this Act 
for ``Department of Transportation-Federal Transit Administration-
Capital Investment Grants''.

              Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

    The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with 
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out 
the programs set forth in the Corporation's budget for the current 
fiscal year.

                       operations and maintenance

                     (harbor maintenance trust fund)

    For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, maintenance, and 
capital asset renewal activities of those portions of the St. Lawrence 
Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation, $32,042,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662.

                         Maritime Administration

                        maritime security program

    For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag merchant 
fleet to serve the national security needs of the United States, 
$186,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                         operations and training

    For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $148,050,000, of which $11,300,000 shall remain 
available until expended for maintenance and repair of training ships at 
State Maritime Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2016, for the Student Incentive Program at State 
Maritime Academies, and of which $1,200,000 shall remain available until 
expended for training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 
$15,000,000 shall remain available until expended for facilities 
maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital improvements at the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy:  Provided, That amounts 
apportioned for the United States Merchant Marine Academy shall be 
available only upon allotments made personally by the Secretary of 
Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs:  
Provided

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further, That the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent and the Director 
of the Office of Resource Management of the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy may not be allotment holders for the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy, and the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration shall hold all allotments made by the Secretary of 
Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs under 
the previous proviso:  Provided further, That 50 percent of the funding 
made available for the United States Merchant Marine Academy under this 
heading shall be available only after the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Superintendent and the Maritime Administrator, completes a plan 
detailing by program or activity how such funding will be expended at 
the Academy, and this plan is submitted to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That not later than 
January 12, 2015, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall 
transmit to Congress the biennial survey and report on sexual assault 
and sexual harassment at the United States Merchant Marine Academy as 
required pursuant to section 3507 of Public Law 110-417.

                              ship disposal

    For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels 
in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, 
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended.

           maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary administrative expenses of the maritime guaranteed 
loan program, $3,100,000 shall be paid to the appropriations for 
``Maritime Administration-Operations and Training''.

           administrative provisions--maritime administration

    Sec. 170.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services 
and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or 
occupancy involving Government property under control of the Maritime 
Administration:  Provided, That payments received therefor shall be 
credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided further, That rental payments 
under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such 
utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts.
    Sec. 171.  None of the funds available or appropriated in this Act 
shall be used by the United States Department of Transportation or the 
United States Maritime Administration to negotiate or otherwise execute, 
enter into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service contracts for vessel 
disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there is no qualified domestic 
ship recycler that will pay any sum of money to purchase and scrap or 
recycle a vessel owned, operated or managed by the Maritime 
Administration or that is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet:  
Provided, That such sales offers must be consistent with the 
solicitation and provide that the work will be performed in a timely 
manner at a facility qualified within the meaning of section 3502 of 
Public Law 106-398:  Provided

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further, That nothing contained herein shall affect the Maritime 
Administration's authority to award contracts at least cost to the 
Federal Government and consistent with the requirements of 16 U.S.C. 
5405(c), section 3502, or otherwise authorized under the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation.

         Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

                           operational expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $22,225,000:  Provided, That $1,500,000 
shall be transferred to ``Pipeline Safety'' in order to fund ``Pipeline 
Safety Information Grants to Communities'' as authorized under section 
60130 of title 49, United States Code.

                       hazardous materials safety

    For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials safety 
functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 
$52,000,000, of which $7,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2017:  Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 49 
U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as 
offsetting receipts:  Provided further, That there may be credited to 
this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and 
dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of 
hazardous materials exemptions and approvals functions.

                             pipeline safety

                         (pipeline safety fund)

                    (oil spill liability trust fund)

                  (pipeline safety design review fund)

    For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline 
safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the pipeline 
program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $146,000,000, 
of which $19,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 2017; and of which 
$124,500,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 
$66,309,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017; and of 
which $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be derived 
from the Pipeline Safety Design Review Fund as authorized in 49 U.S.C. 
60117(n):  Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading shall be for the One-Call state grant program.

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                      emergency preparedness grants

                      (emergency preparedness fund)

    For necessary expenses to carryout 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), $188,000, to 
be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That notwithstanding the fiscal 
year limitation specified in 49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than $28,318,000 
shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2015 from amounts 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), and 5128(b) and (c):  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5116(i)(4), not more than 4 
percent of the amounts made available from this account shall be 
available to pay administrative costs:  Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall 
be made available for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary 
of Transportation, or his or her designee:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the current year 
obligation limitation, prior year recoveries recognized in the current 
year shall be available to develop a hazardous materials response 
training curriculum for emergency responders, including response 
activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol and other 
flammable liquids by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection 
Association standards, and to make such training available through an 
electronic format:  Provided further, That the prior year recoveries 
made available under this heading shall also be available to carry out 
49 U.S.C. 5116(b) and (j).

                       Office of Inspector General

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $86,223,000:  Provided, That the Inspector General shall have 
all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the 
Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate 
allegations of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by 
the Department:  Provided further, That the funds made available under 
this heading may be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of 
title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and 
unfair methods of competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and 
ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air 
carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso: <<NOTE: 49 USC 354 
note.>>   Provided further, That hereafter funds transferred to the 
Office of the Inspector General through forfeiture proceedings or from 
the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of 
the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a participating agency, as an equitable 
share from the forfeiture of property in investigations in which the 
Office of Inspector General participates, or through the granting of a 
Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited to the credit 
of this account for law enforcement activities authorized under the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, to remain available until 
expended.

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                      Surface Transportation Board

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $31,375,000:  Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the Surface 
Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as 
offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses 
under this heading:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as 
such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2015, to 
result in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no 
more than $30,125,000.

            General Provisions--Department of Transportation

    Sec. 180.  During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations 
to the Department of Transportation shall be available for maintenance 
and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating 
in foreign countries on official department business; and uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
    Sec. 181.  Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department 
of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV.
    Sec. 182.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential 
appointees in the Department of Transportation:  Provided, That none of 
the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary 
detail outside the Department of Transportation.
    Sec. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this Act shall 
disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) 
obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connection with a 
motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 
in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not withhold 
funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in 
noncompliance with this provision.
    Sec. 184.  Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration, 
Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred for training may be credited respectively 
to the Federal Highway Administration's ``Federal-Aid Highways'' 
account, the Federal Transit Administration's ``Technical Assistance and 
Training'' account, and to the Federal Railroad Administration's 
``Safety and Operations'' account, except for State rail safety 
inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
    Sec. 185.  None of the funds in this Act to the Department of 
Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan guarantee, line of 
credit, or grant unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full 
business days before any project competitively selected

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to receive a discretionary grant award, any discretionary grant award, 
letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line of 
credit commitment, or full funding grant agreement is announced by the 
department or its modal administrations from:
            (1) any discretionary grant or federal credit program of the 
        Federal Highway Administration including the emergency relief 
        program;
            (2) the airport improvement program of the Federal Aviation 
        Administration;
            (3) any program of the Federal Railroad Administration;
            (4) any program of the Federal Transit Administration other 
        than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization 
        programs;
            (5) any program of the Maritime Administration; or
            (6) any funding provided under the headings ``National 
        Infrastructure Investments'' in this Act:  Provided, That the 
        Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House and Senate 
        Committees on Appropriations for any ``quick release'' of funds 
        from the emergency relief program:  Provided further, That no 
        notification shall involve funds that are not available for 
        obligation.

    Sec. 186.  Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees and 
other funds received by the Department of Transportation from travel 
management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building 
space, and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropriations of 
the Department of Transportation and allocated to elements of the 
Department of Transportation using fair and equitable criteria and such 
funds shall be available until expended.
    Sec. 187.  Amounts made available in this or any other Act that the 
Secretary determines represent improper payments by the Department of 
Transportation to a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available--
            (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the 
        Department of Transportation in recovering improper payments; 
        and
            (2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering 
        improper payments or contractor support in the implementation of 
        the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002:  Provided, That 
        amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)--
                    (A) shall be credited to and merged with the 
                appropriation from which the improper payments were 
                made, and shall be available for the purposes and period 
                for which such appropriations are available:  Provided 
                further, That where specific project or accounting 
                information associated with the improper payment or 
                payments is not readily available, the Secretary may 
                credit an appropriate account, which shall be available 
                for the purposes and period associated with the account 
                so credited; or
                    (B) if no such appropriation remains available, 
                shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous 
                receipts:  Provided further, That prior to the transfer 
                of any such recovery to an appropriations account, the 
                Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees 
                on Appropriations of the amount and reasons for such 
                transfer:  Provided

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                further, That for purposes of this section, the term 
                ``improper payments'' has the same meaning as that 
                provided in section 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107-300.

    Sec. 188.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any funds 
provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogramming action 
that requires notice to be provided to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be 
provided solely to the Committees on Appropriations, and said 
reprogramming action shall be approved or denied solely by the 
Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, That the Secretary may provide 
notice to other congressional committees of the action of the Committees 
on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days 
following the date on which the reprogramming action has been approved 
or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 189.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation Board 
of the Department of Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee 
for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount in 
excess of the amount authorized for district court civil suit filing 
fees under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code.
    Sec. 190.  Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary for the 
costs related to assessments or reimbursable agreements only when such 
amounts are for the costs of goods and services that are purchased to 
provide a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 
administrations.
    Sec. 191.  The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to carry 
out a program that establishes uniform standards for developing and 
supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits authorized under 
section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2015''.

      TITLE II <<NOTE: Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Appropriations Act, 2015.>> 

               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                      Management and Administration

                            executive offices

    For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, which 
shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 
Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, 
Public Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $14,500,000:  
Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under 
this heading shall be available to the Secretary for official reception 
and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine.

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                     administrative support offices

    For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support 
Offices, $518,100,000, of which not to exceed $47,000,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; not to exceed 
$94,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $200,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Administration; not to exceed $57,000,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; not to exceed $50,000,000 
shall be available for the Office of Field Policy and Management; not to 
exceed $16,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Procurement Officer; not to exceed $3,200,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; not to exceed 
$4,400,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic Planning and 
Management; and not to exceed $46,000,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer:  Provided, That funds provided 
under this heading may be used for necessary administrative and non-
administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising and 
promotional activities that support the housing mission area:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding the status of 
pending congressional reports:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide in electronic form all signed reports required by 
Congress.

                  Program Office Salaries and Expenses

                        public and indian housing

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public and 
Indian Housing, $203,000,000.

                   community planning and development

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Community 
Planning and Development, $102,000,000.

                                 housing

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Housing, 
$379,000,000, of which at least $9,000,000 shall be for the Office of 
Risk and Regulatory Affairs.

                     policy development and research

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy 
Development and Research, $22,700,000.

                   fair housing and equal opportunity

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity, $68,000,000.

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             office of lead hazard control and healthy homes

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Lead Hazard 
Control and Healthy Homes, $6,700,000.

                        Public and Indian Housing

                     tenant-based rental assistance

    For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based 
rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act'' herein), not 
otherwise provided for, $15,304,160,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available on October 1, 2014 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that became 
available on October 1, 2014), and $4,000,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2015:  Provided, That 
the amounts made available under this heading are provided as follows:
            (1) $17,486,000,000 shall be available for renewals of 
        expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 
        (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision of 
        law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
        and including renewal of other special purpose incremental 
        vouchers:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any 
        carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2015 funding 
        cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing 
        agency based on validated voucher management system (VMS) 
        leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
        applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, by 
        notice published in the Federal Register, and by making any 
        necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the first-
        time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including tenant 
        protection, HOPE VI, and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers:  
        Provided further, That in determining calendar year 2015 funding 
        allocations under this heading for public housing agencies, 
        including agencies participating in the Moving To Work (MTW) 
        demonstration, the Secretary may take into account the 
        anticipated impact of changes in targeting and utility 
        allowances, on public housing agencies' contract renewal needs:  
        Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this 
        paragraph may be used to fund a total number of unit months 
        under lease which exceeds a public housing agency's authorized 
        level of units under contract, except for public housing 
        agencies participating in the MTW demonstration, which are 
        instead governed by the terms and conditions of their MTW 
        agreements:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the 
        extent necessary to stay within the amount specified under this 
        paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this paragraph), 
        prorate each public housing agency's allocation otherwise 
        established pursuant to this paragraph:  Provided further, That 
        except as provided in the following provisos, the entire amount 
        specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
        under this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public housing 
        agencies based on the allocation and pro rata method described 
        above, and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 
        their annual budget by the latter of 60

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        days after enactment of this Act or March 1, 2015:  Provided 
        further, That the Secretary may extend the notification period 
        with the prior written approval of the House and Senate 
        Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That public 
        housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 
        funded pursuant to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to 
        the same pro rata adjustments under the previous provisos:  
        Provided further, That the Secretary may offset public housing 
        agencies' calendar year 2015 allocations based on the excess 
        amounts of public housing agencies' net restricted assets 
        accounts, including HUD held programmatic reserves (in 
        accordance with VMS data in calendar year 2014 that is 
        verifiable and complete), as determined by the Secretary:  
        Provided further, That public housing agencies participating in 
        the MTW demonstration shall also be subject to the offset, as 
        determined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the 
        single fund budget authority provisions of their MTW agreements, 
        from the agencies' calendar year 2015 MTW funding allocation:  
        Provided further, That the Secretary shall use any offset 
        referred to in the previous two provisos throughout the calendar 
        year to prevent the termination of rental assistance for 
        families as the result of insufficient funding, as determined by 
        the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of renewal 
        funding allocations:  Provided further, That up to $120,000,000 
        shall be available only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations 
        for public housing agencies, after application for an adjustment 
        by a public housing agency that experienced a significant 
        increase, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of 
        vouchers resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 
        portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that 
        were not in use during the 12-month period in order to be 
        available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of 
        the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-
        Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers; (4) for 
        adjustments for public housing agencies with voucher leasing 
        rates at the end of the calendar year that exceed the average 
        leasing for the 12-month period used to establish the 
        allocation, and for additional leasing of vouchers that were 
        issued but not leased prior to the end of such calendar year; 
        and (5) for public housing agencies that despite taking 
        reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the 
        Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate rental 
        assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding:  
        Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts 
        under the previous proviso based on need, as determined by the 
        Secretary;
            (2) $130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance 
        for relocation and replacement of housing units that are 
        demolished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, 
        conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8, 
        the family unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
        relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat 
        crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from 
        a law enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers under 
        any provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 
        8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood vouchers, 
        mandatory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection

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        assistance including replacement and relocation assistance or 
        for project-based assistance to prevent the displacement of 
        unassisted elderly tenants currently residing in section 202 
        properties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced 
        pursuant to Public Law 106-569, as amended, or under the 
        authority as provided under this Act:  Provided, That when a 
        public housing development is submitted for demolition or 
        disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may 
        provide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose an 
        imminent health and safety risk to residents:  Provided further, 
        That the Secretary may only provide replacement vouchers for 
        units that were occupied within the previous 24 months that 
        cease to be available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
        availability of funds:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
        made available under this paragraph, $5,000,000 may be available 
        to provide tenant protection assistance, not otherwise provided 
        under this paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy areas 
        and who may have to pay rents greater than 30 percent of 
        household income, as the result of (1) the maturity of a HUD-
        insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires the 
        permission of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (2) the 
        expiration of a rental assistance contract for which the tenants 
        are not eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection 
        assistance under existing law; or (3) the expiration of 
        affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or 
        preservation program administered by the Secretary:  Provided 
        further, That such tenant protection assistance made available 
        under the previous proviso may be provided under the authority 
        of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing 
        Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)):  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the previous 
        provisos, including, but not limited to, requirements for 
        defining eligible at-risk households within 120 days of the 
        enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That any tenant 
        protection voucher made available from amounts under this 
        paragraph shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 
        except the replacement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by 
        notice, when the initial family that received any such voucher 
        no longer receives such voucher, and the authority for any 
        public housing agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to 
        exist:  Provided further, That the Secretary, for the purpose 
        under this paragraph, may use unobligated balances, including 
        recaptures and carryovers, remaining from amounts appropriated 
        in prior fiscal years under this heading for voucher assistance 
        for nonelderly disabled families and for disaster assistance 
        made available under Public Law 110-329;
            (3) $1,530,000,000 shall be for administrative and other 
        expenses of public housing agencies in administering the section 
        8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up to 
        $10,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate to 
        public housing agencies that need additional funds to administer 
        their section 8 programs, including fees associated with section 
        8 tenant protection rental assistance, the administration of 
        disaster related vouchers, Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing 
        vouchers, and other special purpose incremental vouchers:  
        Provided, That no less than $1,520,000,000 of the amount 
        provided in this paragraph shall be allocated to public

[[Page 128 STAT. 2732]]

        housing agencies for the calendar year 2015 funding cycle based 
        on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation Act 
        provisions) as in effect immediately before the enactment of the 
        Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 
        105-276):  Provided further, That if the amounts made available 
        under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts 
        determined under the previous proviso, the Secretary may 
        decrease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform 
        percentage applicable to all agencies receiving funding under 
        this paragraph or may, to the extent necessary to provide full 
        payment of amounts determined under the previous proviso, 
        utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
        carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department 
        of Housing and Urban Development under this heading from prior 
        fiscal years, excluding special purpose vouchers, 
        notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
        appropriated:  Provided further, That all public housing 
        agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
        pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be subject to the 
        same uniform percentage decrease as under the previous proviso:  
        Provided further, That amounts provided under this paragraph 
        shall be only for activities related to the provision of tenant-
        based rental assistance authorized under section 8, including 
        related development activities;
            (4) $83,160,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance 
        contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
        Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
        administrative expenses:  Provided, That administrative and 
        other expenses of public housing agencies in administering the 
        special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall be funded under 
        the same terms and be subject to the same pro rata reduction as 
        the percent decrease for administrative and other expenses to 
        public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of this heading;
            (5) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance 
        for use through a supported housing program administered in 
        conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as 
        authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing 
        Act of 1937:  Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development shall make such funding available, notwithstanding 
        section 204 (competition provision) of this title, to public 
        housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical Centers 
        or other entities as designated by the Secretary of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 
        such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the Department 
        of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency administrative 
        performance, and other factors as specified by the Secretary of 
        Housing and Urban Development in consultation with the Secretary 
        of the Department of Veterans Affairs:  Provided further, That 
        the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 
        specify alternative requirements for (in consultation with the 
        Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), any provision 
        of any statute or regulation that the Secretary of Housing and 
        Urban Development administers in connection with the use of 
        funds made available under this paragraph (except for 
        requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 
        standards, and the environment), upon a finding

[[Page 128 STAT. 2733]]

        by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 
        requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and 
        administration of such voucher assistance:  Provided further, 
        That the Secretary shall set aside an amount provided under this 
        paragraph for a rental assistance and supportive housing 
        demonstration program for Native American veterans that are 
        homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on or near a 
        reservation or other Indian areas:  Provided further, That such 
        demonstration program shall be modeled after, with necessary and 
        appropriate adjustments for Native American grant recipients and 
        veterans, the rental assistance and supportive housing program 
        funded under this paragraph, including administration in 
        conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs and overall 
        implementation of section 8(o)(19) of the Act:  Provided 
        further, That amounts for rental assistance and associated 
        administrative costs shall be made available by grants to 
        recipients eligible to receive block grants under the Native 
        American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
        (25 U.S.C. section 4101 et seq.):  Provided further, That funds 
        shall be awarded based on need, administrative capacity, and any 
        other funding criteria established by the Secretary in a Notice 
        published in the Federal Register after coordination with the 
        Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs within 180 days 
        of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That such rental 
        assistance shall be administered by block grant recipients in 
        accordance with program requirements under the Native American 
        Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996:  Provided 
        further, That the first and second provisos under this paragraph 
        shall apply to use of funds made available for this 
        demonstration, as appropriate:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department 
        of Veterans Affairs, shall coordinate with block grant 
        recipients and any other appropriate tribal organizations on the 
        design of such demonstration and shall ensure the effective 
        delivery of supportive services to Native American veterans that 
        are homeless or at-risk of homelessness eligible to receive 
        assistance under this demonstration:  Provided further, That 
        grant recipients shall report to the Secretary, as prescribed by 
        the Secretary, utilization of such rental assistance provided 
        under this demonstration:  Provided further, That assistance 
        made available under this paragraph shall continue to remain 
        available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; and
            (6) The Secretary shall separately track all special purpose 
        vouchers funded under this heading.

                        housing certificate fund

                         (including rescissions)

    Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development under this heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing'' and the heading ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'', 
for fiscal year 2015 and prior years may be used for renewal of or 
amendments to section 8 project-based contracts and for performance-
based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such funds were appropriated:

[[Page 128 STAT. 2734]]

 Provided, That any obligated balances of contract authority from fiscal 
year 1974 and prior that have been terminated shall be rescinded:  
Provided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured 
during the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based contracts 
from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 are hereby 
rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget authority, equivalent 
to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available 
until expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, in 
addition to amounts otherwise available.

                       public housing capital fund

    For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out capital and 
management activities for public housing agencies, as authorized under 
section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 
(the ``Act'') $1,875,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
regulation, during fiscal year 2015 the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may not delegate to any Department official other than the 
Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the 
extension of the time periods under such section:  Provided further, 
That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term ``obligate'' means, 
with respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a binding 
agreement that will result in outlays, immediately or in the future:  
Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 shall be to support ongoing 
Public Housing Financial and Physical Assessment activities:  Provided 
further, That up to $3,000,000 shall be to support the costs of 
administrative and judicial receiverships:  Provided further, That of 
the total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed $23,000,000 
shall be available for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding 
section 204 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency 
capital needs including safety and security measures necessary to 
address crime and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting from 
unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural disasters excluding 
Presidentially declared emergencies and natural disasters under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2015:  Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under the previous proviso, not less than 
$6,000,000 shall be for safety and security measures:  Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading $45,000,000 shall 
be for supportive services, service coordinator and congregate services 
as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6) and the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.):  Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, up to $15,000,000 may be used for 
incentives as part of a Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative modeled after the 
Jobs-Plus demonstration:  Provided further, That the funding provided 
under the previous proviso shall provide competitive grants to 
partnerships between public housing authorities, local workforce 
investment boards established under section 117 of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organizations that 
provide support to help public housing residents obtain employment and 
increase earnings:  Provided further, That

[[Page 128 STAT. 2735]]

applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide services to 
residents, partner with workforce investment boards, and leverage 
service dollars:  Provided further, That the Secretary may set aside a 
portion of the funds provided for the Resident Opportunity and Self-
Sufficiency program to support the services element of the Jobs-Plus 
Pilot initiative:  Provided further, That the Secretary may allow PHAs 
to request exemptions from rent and income limitation requirements under 
sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 as necessary 
to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary may approve upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 
waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the effective 
implementation of the Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative as a voluntary program 
for residents:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish by 
notice in the Federal Register any waivers or alternative requirements 
pursuant to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the 
effective date of such notice:  Provided further, That for funds 
provided under this heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the 
Act shall be 25 percent:  Provided further, That the Secretary may waive 
the limitation in the previous proviso to allow public housing agencies 
to fund activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act:  
Provided further, That from the funds made available under this heading, 
the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2015 to public 
housing agencies that are designated high performers:  Provided further, 
That the Department shall notify public housing agencies of their 
formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act.

                      public housing operating fund

    For 2015 payments to public housing agencies for the operation and 
management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,440,000,000.

                     choice neighborhoods initiative

    For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative 
(subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise specified under this heading), for 
transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs of both 
public and HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods with 
appropriate services, schools, public assets, transportation and access 
to jobs, $80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  
Provided, That grant funds may be used for resident and community 
services, community development, and affordable housing needs in the 
community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to 
affordable housing:  Provided further, That the use of funds made 
available under this heading shall not be deemed to be public housing 
notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act:  Provided further, That 
grantees shall commit to an additional period of affordability 
determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years:  Provided 
further, That grantees shall undertake comprehensive local planning with 
input from residents and the community, and that grantees shall provide 
a match in State, local, other Federal or private funds:  Provided 
further, That grantees may include local governments,

[[Page 128 STAT. 2736]]

tribal entities, public housing authorities, and nonprofits:  Provided 
further, That for-profit developers may apply jointly with a public 
entity:  Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review, a 
grantee shall be treated as a public housing agency under section 26 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants 
under this heading shall be subject to the regulations issued by the 
Secretary to implement such section:  Provided further, That of the 
amount provided, not less than $50,000,000 shall be awarded to public 
housing authorities:  Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations including assisted housing 
owners, service agencies, and resident organizations:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, 
Labor, Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and 
Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage other 
appropriate Federal resources:  Provided further, That no more than 
$5,000,000 of funds made available under this heading may be provided to 
assist communities in developing comprehensive strategies for 
implementing this program or implementing other revitalization efforts 
in conjunction with community notice and input:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall develop and publish guidelines for the use of such 
competitive funds, including but not limited to eligible activities, 
program requirements, and performance metrics:  Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures, remaining from funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Revitalization of Severely Distressed 
Public Housing (HOPE VI)'' in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years 
may be used for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such amounts were appropriated.

                         family self-sufficiency

    For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support family self-
sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, to promote the development of local strategies to 
coordinate the use of assistance under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act 
with public and private resources, and enable eligible families to 
achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, $75,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That the Secretary 
may, by Federal Register notice, waive or specify alternative 
requirements under sections b(3), b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of 
such Act in order to facilitate the operation of a unified self-
sufficiency program for individuals receiving assistance under different 
provisions of the Act, as determined by the Secretary:  Provided 
further, That owners of a privately owned multifamily property with a 
section 8 contract may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency 
program available to the assisted tenants of such property in accordance 
with procedures established by the Secretary:  Provided further, That 
such procedures established pursuant to the previous proviso shall 
permit participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance with 
section 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding from residual 
receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their own Family Self-
Sufficiency program:  Provided further, That the Secretary may carry out 
a demonstration testing the effectiveness of combining vouchers for 
homeless youth under the Family Unification Program authorized under 
section

[[Page 128 STAT. 2737]]

8(x) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) 
(``the Act'' herein) with assistance under the Family Self-Sufficiency 
program authorized under section 23 of the Act:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary may establish alternative requirements to those contained 
in section 8(x) of the Act to facilitate such a demonstration:  Provided 
further, That any public housing agency that has existing Family 
Unification Program vouchers and an established Family Self-Sufficiency 
program may participate in such demonstration provided that they can 
demonstrate (1) an agreement with the public child welfare agency or 
agencies to serve the target population; (2) capacity to serve the 
target population; (3) the success of the agency's existing Family Self-
Sufficiency program in serving residents; (4) partnerships with local 
organizations that serve homeless youth; and (5) any other factors 
established by the Secretary:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall monitor and evaluate the demonstration and report on whether the 
demonstration helped homeless youth achieve self-sufficiency.

                  native american housing block grants

    For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as authorized 
under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), 
$650,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, 
That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996, to determine the amount of the allocation 
under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall 
apply the formula under section 302 of such Act with the need component 
based on single-race census data and with the need component based on 
multi-race census data, and the amount of the allocation for each Indian 
tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation amounts:  
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$3,500,000 shall be contracted for assistance for national or regional 
organizations representing Native American housing interests for 
providing training and technical assistance to Indian housing 
authorities and tribally designated housing entities as authorized under 
NAHASDA:  Provided further, That of the funds made available under the 
previous proviso, not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available for a 
national organization as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 
U.S.C. 4212):  Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be to support the inspection of 
Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and technical 
assistance in the training, oversight, and management of such Indian 
housing and tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for 
related travel:  Provided further, That of the amount provided under 
this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of 
guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of 
NAHASDA:  Provided further, That such costs, including the costs of 
modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:  
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total 
principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $16,530,000:  Provided further,

[[Page 128 STAT. 2738]]

That the Department will notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act.

                   native hawaiian housing block grant

    For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as authorized 
under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $9,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That of this 
amount, $300,000 shall be for training and technical assistance 
activities, including up to $100,000 for related travel by Hawaii-based 
employees of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a), 
$7,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such 
costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to $744,047,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided further, That up to $750,000 
of this amount may be for administrative contract expenses including 
management processes and systems to carry out the loan guarantee 
program.

       native hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184A of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b) 
and for such costs for loans used for refinancing, $100,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That such costs, including the 
costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds 
are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, up to $16,130,000, to remain available until expended.

                   Community Planning and Development

               housing opportunities for persons with aids

    For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS 
program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12901 et seq.), $330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(3) of 
such Act shall remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for permanent 
supportive housing that initially were funded under section 854(c)(3) of 
such Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal year 
2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program requirements before 
awarding funds for new contracts under such section:  Provided further, 
That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2739]]

                       community development fund

    For assistance to units of State and local government, and to other 
entities, for economic and community development activities, and for 
other purposes, $3,066,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, unless otherwise specified:  Provided, That of the total amount 
provided, $3,000,000,000 is for carrying out the community development 
block grant program under title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 
et seq.):  Provided further, That unless explicitly provided for under 
this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be expended for planning and 
management development and administration:  Provided further, That a 
metropolitan city, urban county, unit of general local government, or 
Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indirectly receives funds 
under this heading may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or any 
portion of such funds to another such entity in exchange for any other 
funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use such funds 
for activities eligible under title I of the Act:  Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds provided 
under this heading may be provided to a for-profit entity for an 
economic development project under section 105(a)(17) unless such 
project has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines 
required under subparagraph (e)(2):  Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be used for grants for the 
Economic Development Initiative (``EDI'') or Neighborhood Initiatives 
activities, Rural Innovation Fund, or for grants pursuant to section 107 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307):  
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 
formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act:  Provided 
further, That $66,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes 
notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law (including section 204 of this Act), up to 
$3,960,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats 
to health and safety:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under the previous proviso, $6,000,000 shall be for grants for 
mold remediation and prevention that shall be awarded through one 
national competition to Native American tribes with the greatest need.

          community development loan guarantees program account

    Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2015, commitments to guarantee loans under section 
108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total 
principal amount of $500,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 
limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in subsection (k) of 
such section 108:  Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees from 
borrowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such section 108, to result 
in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any 
such fees shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2740]]

                  home investment partnerships program

    For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under 
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as 
amended, $900,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018:  
Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made available under this 
heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 216(10) and 
217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to allocations of such amount:  
Provided further, That the requirements under provisos 2 through 6 under 
this heading for fiscal year 2012 and such requirements applicable 
pursuant to the ``Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013'', shall 
not apply to any project to which funds were committed on or after 
August 23, 2013, but such projects shall instead be governed by the 
Final Rule titled ``Home Investment Partnerships Program; Improving 
Performance and Accountability; Updating Property Standards'' which 
became effective on such date:  Provided further, That the Department 
shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of 
enactment of this Act.

        self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program

    For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program, as 
authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension 
Act of 1996, as amended, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017:  Provided, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Self-Help and 
Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized under section 
11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: 
 Provided further, That $35,000,000 shall be made available for the 
second, third, and fourth capacity building activities authorized under 
section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), 
of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for rural 
capacity building activities:  Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall 
be made available for capacity building by national rural housing 
organizations with experience assessing national rural conditions and 
providing financing, training, technical assistance, information, and 
research to local nonprofits, local governments and Indian Tribes 
serving high need rural communities.

                       homeless assistance grants

    For the emergency solutions grants program as authorized under 
subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as 
amended; the continuum of care program as authorized under subtitle C of 
title IV of such Act; and the rural housing stability assistance program 
as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of such Act, $2,135,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That any rental 
assistance amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of care 
program shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, That 
not less than $250,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for such emergency solutions grants program:  
Provided further, That not less than $1,862,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for such continuum of 
care and rural housing stability assistance programs:  Provided further, 
That up to $7,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading

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shall be available for the national homeless data analysis project:  
Provided further, That all funds awarded for supportive services under 
the continuum of care program and the rural housing stability assistance 
program shall be matched by not less than 25 percent in cash or in kind 
by each grantee:  Provided further, That for all match requirements 
applicable to funds made available under this heading for this fiscal 
year and prior years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source 
of match funds other funds administered by the Secretary and other 
Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory 
prohibition on any such use of any such funds:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary may renew on an annual basis expiring contracts or 
amendments to contracts funded under the continuum of care program if 
the program is determined to be needed under the applicable continuum of 
care and meets appropriate program requirements, performance measures, 
and financial standards, as determined by the Secretary:  Provided 
further, That all awards of assistance under this heading shall be 
required to coordinate and integrate homeless programs with other 
mainstream health, social services, and employment programs for which 
homeless populations may be eligible:  Provided further, That with 
respect to funds provided under this heading for the continuum of care 
program for fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 provision of 
permanent housing rental assistance may be administered by private 
nonprofit organizations:  Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation from amounts allocated 
(which may represent initial or final amounts allocated) for the 
emergency solutions grant program within 60 days of enactment of this 
Act.

                            Housing Programs

                     project-based rental assistance

    For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based 
subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437 et seq.) (``the Act''), not otherwise provided for, $9,330,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 
2014 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
heading that became available October 1, 2014), and $400,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2015:  
Provided, That the amounts made available under this heading shall be 
available for expiring or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy 
contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 
amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into 
pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in 
projects that are subject to approved plans of action under the 
Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income 
Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for 
administrative and other expenses associated with project-based 
activities and assistance funded under this paragraph:  Provided 
further, That of the total amounts provided under this heading, not to 
exceed $210,000,000 shall be available for performance-based contract 
administrators for section 8 project-

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based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f):  Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may also use such 
amounts in the previous proviso for performance-based contract 
administrators for the administration of: interest reduction payments 
pursuant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) 
rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); project rental 
assistance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance 
contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 
section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant to 
section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 
667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 
86-372; 73 Stat. 667):  Provided further, That amounts recaptured under 
this heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'', 
or the heading ``Housing Certificate Fund'', may be used for renewals of 
or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for performance-
based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such amounts were appropriated:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, project funds that are held in residual receipts 
accounts for any project subject to a section 8 project-based Housing 
Assistance Payments contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance 
Agency to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an 
interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in excess of an 
amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the 
Department and deposited in this account, to be available until 
expended:  Provided further, That amounts deposited pursuant to the 
previous proviso shall be available in addition to the amount otherwise 
provided by this heading for uses authorized under this heading.

                         housing for the elderly

    For amendments to capital advance contracts for housing for the 
elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 
amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly under section 
202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such 
assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up 
to a 1-year term, and for senior preservation rental assistance 
contracts, including renewals, as authorized by section 811(e) of the 
American Housing and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and 
for supportive services associated with the housing, $420,000,000 to 
remain available until September 30, 2018:  Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, up to $70,000,000 shall be for service 
coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate service grants 
for residents of assisted housing projects:  Provided further, That 
amounts under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 
Center inspections and inspection-related activities associated with 
section 202 projects:  Provided further, That the Secretary may waive 
the provisions of section 202 governing the terms and conditions of 
project rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for

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such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration:  Provided further, 
That upon request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any 
project subject to a section 202 project rental assistance contract, and 
that upon termination of such contract are in excess of an amount to be 
determined by the Secretary, up to $16,000,000 in any such excess 
amounts shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this 
account, to be available until September 30, 2018, for purposes under 
this heading, and shall be in addition to the amounts otherwise provided 
under this heading for such purposes.

                  housing for persons with disabilities

    For amendments to capital advance contracts for supportive housing 
for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for 
project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project 
assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 
1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments to 
contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such 
assistance for up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance to 
State housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as 
authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Housing Act, and for supportive services associated with the housing for 
persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such 
Act, $135,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018:  
Provided, That amounts made available under this heading shall be 
available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-
related activities associated with section 811 projects:  Provided 
further, That, in this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are held in residual 
receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 811 project 
rental assistance contract and that upon termination of such contract 
are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be 
remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, to be 
available until September 30, 2018:  Provided further, That amounts 
deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso shall be 
available in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading 
for the purposes authorized under this heading:  Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 
funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading may be used for 
the current purposes authorized under this heading notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated.

                      housing counseling assistance

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, as 
authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1968, as amended, $47,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services:  
Provided, That grants made available from amounts provided under this 
heading shall be awarded within 180 days of enactment of this Act:  
Provided further, That funds shall be used for providing counseling and 
advice to tenants and

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homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to property 
maintenance, financial management/literacy, and such other matters as 
may be appropriate to assist them in improving their housing conditions, 
meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of 
tenancy or homeownership; for program administration; and for housing 
counselor training:  Provided further, That for purposes of providing 
such grants from amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary may 
enter into multiyear agreements as is appropriate, subject to the 
availability of annual appropriations.

                        rental housing assistance

    For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) in State-aided, noninsured 
rental housing projects, $18,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That such amount, together with unobligated 
balances from recaptured amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 
from terminated contracts under such sections of law, and any 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 
funds appropriated under this heading after fiscal year 2005, shall also 
be available for extensions of up to one year for expiring contracts 
under such sections of law.

             payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund

    For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et 
seq.), up to $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$10,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 
Fund:  Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be available from the general fund of the Treasury to 
the extent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending 
the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such 
Act:  Provided further, That the amount made available under this 
heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections are 
received during fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2015 appropriation from the general fund estimated at zero, and fees 
pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure 
such a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation:  Provided further, That for 
the dispute resolution and installation programs, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may assess and collect fees from any 
program participant:  Provided further, That such collections shall be 
deposited into the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use 
such collections, as well as fees collected under section 620, for 
necessary expenses of such Act:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out 
responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through the use of 
approved service providers that are paid directly by the recipients of 
their services.

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                     Federal Housing Administration

                mutual mortgage insurance program account

    New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured under the 
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed $400,000,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That during fiscal 
year 2015, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes of 
section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 
$20,000,000:  Provided further, That the foregoing amount in the 
previous proviso shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental 
entities in connection with sales of single family real properties owned 
by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage 
Insurance Fund:  Provided further, That for administrative contract 
expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016:  Provided further, That to the 
extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before 
April 1, 2015, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses 
shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 
commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this proviso 
exceed $30,000,000.

                general and special risk program account

                         (including rescission)

    New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the General and 
Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 
$30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, to remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, 
That during fiscal year 2015, gross obligations for the principal amount 
of direct loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 
519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $20,000,000, which 
shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection 
with the sale of single family real properties owned by the Secretary 
and formerly insured under such Act:  Provided further, That $10,000,000 
previously provided under this heading is hereby permanently rescinded.

                Government National Mortgage Association

 guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

    New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of 
section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), 
shall not exceed $500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2016:  Provided, That $23,000,000 shall be available for necessary 
salaries and expenses of the Office of Government National Mortgage 
Association:  Provided further, That to the extent that guaranteed loan 
commitments will and do exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 
2015, an additional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be 
available until

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expended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 
(including a pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no 
case shall funds made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000:  
Provided further, That receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees 
collected pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act, as amended, 
shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account.

                     Policy Development and Research

                         research and technology

    For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not 
otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including 
carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 
1968, and for technical assistance, $72,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016, of which $22,000,000 shall be for technical 
assistance:  Provided, That with respect to amounts made available under 
this heading, notwithstanding section 204 of this title, the Secretary 
may enter into cooperative agreements funded with philanthropic 
entities, other Federal agencies, or State or local governments and 
their agencies for research projects:  Provided further, That with 
respect to the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative 
agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent match toward the cost 
of the project:  Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements 
entered into in accordance with the previous two provisos, the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development shall comply with section 2(b) of the 
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 
109-282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) 
with respect to documentation of award decisions:  Provided further, 
That prior to obligation of technical assistance funding, the Secretary 
shall submit a plan, for approval, to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on how it will allocate funding for this activity.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                         fair housing activities

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided 
for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as 
amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$65,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, of which 
$40,100,000 shall be to carry out activities pursuant to such section 
561:  Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may 
assess and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 
Academy, and may use such funds to provide such training:  Provided 
further, That no funds made available under this heading shall be used 
to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government 
in connection with a specific contract, grant, or loan:  Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $300,000 
shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban

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Development for the creation and promotion of translated materials and 
other programs that support the assistance of persons with limited 
English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development.

             Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

                          lead hazard reduction

    For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by section 1011 
of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, 
$110,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, 
That up to $15,000,000 of that amount shall be for the Healthy Homes 
Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, testing, 
and demonstration efforts, including education and outreach concerning 
lead-based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases and 
hazards:  Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review, 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) and other provisions of the law that further the purposes 
of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead 
Technical Studies program under this heading or under prior 
appropriations Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be 
considered to be funds for a special project for purposes of section 
305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 
1994:  Provided further, That of the total amount made available under 
this heading, $45,000,000 shall be made available on a competitive basis 
for areas with the highest lead paint abatement needs:  Provided 
further, That each recipient of funds provided under the third proviso 
shall make a matching contribution in an amount not less than 25 
percent:  Provided further, That each applicant shall certify adequate 
capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed 
use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding availability:  Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading in this or prior 
appropriations Acts, and that still remain available, may be used for 
any purpose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for which 
such amounts were appropriated if a program competition is 
undersubscribed and there are other program competitions under this 
heading that are oversubscribed.

                       Information Technology Fund

    For the development of, modifications to, and infrastructure for 
Department-wide and program-specific information technology systems, for 
the continuing operation and maintenance of both Department-wide and 
program-specific information systems, and for program-related 
maintenance activities, $250,000,000, which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That any amounts transferred to this Fund 
under this Act shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
That any amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by 
previously enacted appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes 
specified under this Fund, in addition to any other information 
technology purposes for which such amounts were appropriated.

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                       Office of Inspector General

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$126,000,000:  Provided, That the Inspector General shall have 
independent authority over all personnel issues within this office.

     General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development

                      (including transfer of funds)

                         (including rescissions)

    Sec. 201.  Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in 
lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with such budget 
authority, that are recaptured from projects described in section 
1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 
1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the case of cash, 
shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget authority 
or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall 
be used by State housing finance agencies or local governments or local 
housing agencies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, 
in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 
the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash 
recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide 
project owners with incentives to refinance their project at a lower 
interest rate.
    Sec. 202.  None of the amounts made available under this Act may be 
used during fiscal year 2015 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair 
Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more 
persons, including the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal 
action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 
preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a court of 
competent jurisdiction.
    Sec. 203.  Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Public Law 112-55 
(125 Stat. 693-694) shall apply during fiscal year 2015 as if such 
sections were included in this title, except that during such fiscal 
year such sections shall be applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2015'' 
for ``fiscal year 2011'' and for ``fiscal year 2012'' each place such 
terms appear, and shall be amended to reflect revised delineations of 
statistical areas established by the Office of Management and Budget 
pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3504(e)(3), 31 U.S.C. 1104(d), and Executive Order 
No. 10253.
    Sec. 204.  Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 
cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title II of 
this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with 
section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545).
    Sec. 205.  Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the 
Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the 
limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 
or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment

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for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 
Association, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or 
any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within 
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 
(12 U.S.C. 1811-1).
    Sec. 206.  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through a 
reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be available for any program, 
project or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress.
    Sec. 207.  Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the 
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in carrying out 
the programs set forth in the budget for 2015 for such corporation or 
agency except as hereinafter provided:  Provided, That collections of 
these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage 
purchase commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance 
provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 
proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations 
of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are 
necessary to protect the financial interest of the United States 
Government.
    Sec. 208.  The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and 
excess funds in each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 
Department and shall submit additional, updated budget information to 
these Committees upon request.
    Sec. 209.  The President's formal budget request for fiscal year 
2016, as well as the Department of Housing and Urban Development's 
congressional budget justifications to be submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use 
the identical account and sub-account structure provided under this Act.
    Sec. 210.  A public housing agency or such other entity that 
administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority of the 
county of Los Angeles, California, and the States of Alaska, Iowa, and 
Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident of public 
housing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar 
governing board of such agency or entity as required under section 
(2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or other entity that 
administers Federal housing assistance under section 8 for the Housing 
Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California and the States of 
Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi that chooses not to include a resident of 
public housing or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the board of 
directors or a similar governing board shall establish an advisory board 
of not less than six residents of public housing or recipients of 
section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to the public housing 
agency or

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other administering entity on issues related to public housing and 
section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly.
    Sec. 211.  No funds provided under this title may be used for an 
audit of the Government National Mortgage Association that makes 
applicable requirements under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 
U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
    Sec. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to 
the conditions listed under this section, for fiscal years 2015 and 
2016, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may authorize the 
transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 
by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and very low-income 
use restrictions if any, associated with one or more multifamily housing 
project or projects to another multifamily housing project or projects.
    (b) Phased Transfers.--Transfers of project-based assistance under 
this section may be done in phases to accommodate the financing and 
other requirements related to rehabilitating or constructing the project 
or projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 
project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c).
    (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to the 
following conditions:
            (1) Number and bedroom size of units.--
                    (A) For occupied units in the transferring project: 
                the number of low-income and very low-income units and 
                the configuration (i.e., bedroom size) provided by the 
                transferring project shall be no less than when 
                transferred to the receiving project or projects and the 
                net dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to the 
                transferring project shall remain the same in the 
                receiving project or projects.
                    (B) For unoccupied units in the transferring 
                project: the Secretary may authorize a reduction in the 
                number of dwelling units in the receiving project or 
                projects to allow for a reconfiguration of bedroom sizes 
                to meet current market demands, as determined by the 
                Secretary and provided there is no increase in the 
                project-based assistance budget authority.
            (2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the 
        Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically 
        nonviable.
            (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 
        applicable physical standards established by the Secretary.
            (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project shall 
        notify and consult with the tenants residing in the transferring 
        project and provide a certification of approval by all 
        appropriate local governmental officials.
            (5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain 
        eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving project 
        or projects shall not be required to vacate their units in the 
        transferring project or projects until new units in the 
        receiving project are available for occupancy.
            (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the 
        best interest of the tenants.
            (7) If either the transferring project or the receiving 
        project or projects meets the condition specified in subsection 
        (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project resulting from 
        additional financing obtained by the owner shall be subordinate 
        to any

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        FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 
        project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may waive 
        this requirement upon determination that such a waiver is 
        necessary to facilitate the financing of acquisition, 
        construction, and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project or 
        projects.
            (8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of 
        subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving 
        project or projects shall execute and record either a 
        continuation of the existing use agreement or a new use 
        agreement for the project where, in either case, any use 
        restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than 
        the existing use restrictions.
            (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined in 
        section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended) 
        of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent that 
        appropriations are provided in advance for the amount of any 
        such increased cost.

    (d) For purposes of this section--
            (1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-income'' shall 
        have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations 
        governing the program under which the project is insured or 
        assisted;
            (2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means housing 
        that meets one of the following conditions--
                    (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured 
                under the National Housing Act;
                    (B) housing that has project-based assistance 
                attached to the structure including projects undergoing 
                mark to market debt restructuring under the Multifamily 
                Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act;
                    (C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of 
                the Housing Act of 1959, as amended by section 801 of 
                the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act;
                    (D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of 
                the Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed before 
                the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales National 
                Affordable Housing Act;
                    (E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of 
                the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 
                or
                    (F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 
                agreement;
            (3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means--
                    (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the 
                United States Housing Act of 1937;
                    (B) assistance for housing constructed or 
                substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 
                provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as such 
                section existed immediately before October 1, 1983);
                    (C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of 
                the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965;
                    (D) interest reduction payments under section 236 
                and/or additional assistance payments under section 
                236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act;
                    (E) assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) 
                of the Housing Act of 1959; and
                    (F) assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) 
                of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
                Act;

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            (4) the term ``receiving project or projects'' means the 
        multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all of 
        the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required 
        low-income and very low-income use restrictions are to be 
        transferred;
            (5) the term ``transferring project'' means the multifamily 
        housing project which is transferring some or all of the 
        project-based assistance, debt, and the statutorily required 
        low-income and very low-income use restrictions to the receiving 
        project or projects; and
            (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing 
        and Urban Development.

    (e) Public Notice and Research Report.--
            (1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal 
        Register the terms and conditions, including criteria for HUD 
        approval, of transfers pursuant to this section no later than 30 
        days before the effective date of such notice.
            (2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the 
        transfer authority under this section, including the effect of 
        such transfers on the operational efficiency, contract rents, 
        physical and financial conditions, and long-term preservation of 
        the affected properties.

    Sec. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual 
who--
            (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher 
        education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));
            (2) is under 24 years of age;
            (3) is not a veteran;
            (4) is unmarried;
            (5) does not have a dependent child;
            (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is 
        defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing Act 
        of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving 
        assistance under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and
            (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents 
        who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive 
        assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
        1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).

    (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person to 
receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance (in excess of amounts 
received for tuition and any other required fees and charges) that an 
individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher 
education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, except for a 
person over the age of 23 with dependent children.
    Sec. 214.  The funds made available for Native Alaskans under the 
heading ``Native American Housing Block Grants'' in title II of this Act 
shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan housing block grant 
recipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005.
    Sec. 215.  Notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of 
section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)), the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may,

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until September 30, 2015, insure and enter into commitments to insure 
mortgages under such section 255.
    Sec. 216.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal 
year 2015, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that is 
owned or has a mortgage held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, and during the process of foreclosure on any property with 
a contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal programs, the Secretary 
shall maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are attached 
to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent the Secretary 
determines, in consultation with the tenants and the local government, 
that such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is not 
feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 
or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs of 
rehabilitating and operating the property and all available Federal, 
State, and local resources, including rent adjustments under section 524 
of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 
(``MAHRAA'') and (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 
a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 
tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental assistance 
payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, 
or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall also take 
appropriate steps to ensure that project-based contracts remain in 
effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual 
abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major 
threats to health and safety after written notice to and informed 
consent of the affected tenants and use of other available remedies, 
such as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of any 
multifamily property described under this section, the contract and 
allowable rent levels on such properties shall be subject to the 
requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA.
    Sec. 217.  The commitment authority funded by fees as provided under 
the heading ``Community Development Loan Guarantees Program Account'' 
may be used to guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or 
other obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 
communities in the State in accordance with the requirements of section 
108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974:  Provided, 
That any State receiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute 
all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general local 
government in non-entitlement areas that received the commitment.
    Sec. 218.  Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 or fewer 
public housing units may elect to be exempt from any asset management 
requirement imposed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 
connection with the operating fund rule:  Provided, That an agency 
seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the operating 
fund formula shall not be exempt from asset management requirements.
    Sec. 219.  <<NOTE: 42 USC 1437g note.>>  With respect to the use of 
amounts provided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, 
capital improvement and management of public housing as authorized by 
sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary shall not impose any requirement 
or guideline relating to asset management that restricts or limits

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in any way the use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to 
section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)):  Provided, That a public housing agency may 
not use capital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that 
are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the 
operating fund in excess of the amounts permitted under section 9(g)(1) 
or 9(g)(2).

    Sec. 220.  No official or employee of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development shall be designated as an allotment holder unless the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer has determined that such allotment 
holder has implemented an adequate system of funds control and has 
received training in funds control procedures and directives. The Chief 
Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a trained allotment holder 
for each HUD sub-office under the accounts ``Executive Offices'' and 
``Administrative Support Offices,'' as well as each account receiving 
appropriations for ``Program Office Salaries and Expenses'', 
``Government National Mortgage Association--Guarantees of Mortgage-
Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account'', and ``Office of 
Inspector General'' within the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development.
    Sec. 221.  <<NOTE: 42 USC 1437f-1>>  The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall report annually to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on the status of all section 8 project-
based housing, including the number of all project-based units by region 
as well as an analysis of all federally subsidized housing being 
refinanced under the Mark-to-Market program. The Secretary shall 
identify all existing units maintained by region as section 8 project-
based units, all project-based units that have opted out or have 
otherwise been eliminated, and the reasons these units opted out or 
otherwise were lost as section 8 project-based units.

    Sec. 222.  <<NOTE: 42 USC 3545a note.>>  The Secretary of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2015, 
notify the public through the Federal Register and other means, as 
determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the availability 
of assistance or notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program 
or discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is to be 
competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
fiscal year 2015, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only on the 
Internet at the appropriate Government Web site or through other 
electronic media, as determined by the Secretary.

    Sec. 223.  Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation 
must be paid from the individual program office and Office of General 
Counsel personnel funding. The annual budget submissions for program 
offices and Office of General Counsel personnel funding must include 
program-related litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate line 
item request.
    Sec. 224.  The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development is authorized to transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, 
whichever is less, of the funds appropriated for any office funded under 
the heading ``Administrative Support Offices'' to any other office 
funded under such heading:  Provided, That no appropriation for any 
office funded under the heading ``Administrative Support Offices'' shall 
be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent or $5,000,000, 
whichever is less, without prior written approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary is authorized to transfer

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up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds 
appropriated for any account funded under the general heading ``Program 
Office Salaries and Expenses'' to any other account funded under such 
heading:  Provided further, That no appropriation for any account funded 
under the general heading ``Program Office Salaries and Expenses'' shall 
be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent or $5,000,000, 
whichever is less, without prior written approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary may transfer funds made available for salaries and expenses 
between any office funded under the heading ``Administrative Support 
Offices'' and any account funded under the general heading ``Program 
Office Salaries and Expenses'', but only with the prior written approval 
of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 225.  The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs, administered by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, shall be considered a 
``program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development'' under 
section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose of income verifications 
and matching.
    Sec. 226. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
take the required actions under subsection (b) when a multifamily 
housing project with a section 8 contract or contract for similar 
project-based assistance:
            (1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) score of 
        30 or less; or
            (2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 and:
                    (A) fails to certify in writing to HUD within 60 
                days that all deficiencies have been corrected; or
                    (B) receives consecutive scores of less than 60 on 
                REAC inspections.

Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured projects with 
assistance attached to the units under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply to such units 
assisted under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public 
housing units assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g).
    (b) The Secretary shall take the following required actions as 
authorized under subsection (a)--
            (1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and provide an 
        opportunity for response within 30 days. If the violations 
        remain, the Secretary shall develop a Compliance, Disposition 
        and Enforcement Plan within 60 days, with a specified timetable 
        for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 
        notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local government, 
        any mortgagees, and any contract administrator.
            (2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, Disposition 
        and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails to fully comply with 
        such plan, the Secretary may require immediate replacement of 
        project management with a management agent approved by the 
        Secretary, and shall take one or more of the following actions, 
        and provide additional notice of those actions to the owner and 
        the parties specified above:
                    (A) impose civil money penalties;
                    (B) abate the section 8 contract, including partial 
                abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all 
                deficiencies have been corrected;

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                    (C) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, 
                approved by the Secretary under established procedures, 
                which will be obligated to promptly make all required 
                repairs and to accept renewal of the assistance contract 
                as long as such renewal is offered; or
                    (D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to 
                manage the property and cure all project deficiencies or 
                seek a judicial order of specific performance requiring 
                the owner to cure all project deficiencies.

    (c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that 
project-based contracts remain in effect, subject to the exercise of 
contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for 
imminent major threats to health and safety after written notice to and 
informed consent of the affected tenants and use of other remedies set 
forth above. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation 
with the tenants and the local government, that the property is not 
feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 
or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs of 
rehabilitating and operating the property and all available Federal, 
State, and local resources, including rent adjustments under section 524 
of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 
(``MAHRAA'') and (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 
a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 
tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental assistance 
payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, 
or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall report semi-
annually on all properties covered by this section that are assessed 
through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have physical inspection 
scores of less than 30 or have consecutive physical inspection scores of 
less than 60. The report shall include:
            (1) The enforcement actions being taken to address such 
        conditions, including imposition of civil money penalties and 
        termination of subsidies, and identify properties that have such 
        conditions multiple times; and
            (2) Actions that the Department of Housing and Urban 
        Development is taking to protect tenants of such identified 
        properties.

    Sec. 227.  None of the funds made available by this Act, or any 
other Act, for purposes authorized under section 8 (only with respect to 
the tenant-based rental assistance program) and section 9 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any 
public housing agency for any amount of salary, including bonuses, for 
the chief executive officer of which, or any other official or employee 
of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic pay payable for a 
position at level IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any 
public housing agency fiscal year 2015.
    Sec. 228.  None of the funds in this Act may be available for the 
doctoral dissertation research grant program at the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development.
    Sec. 229.  Section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437v) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ``fiscal year'' and 
        all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
        ``fiscal year 2015.''; and

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            (2) in subsection (o), by striking ``September'' and all 
        that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
        ``September 30, 2015.''.

    Sec. 230.  None of the funds in this Act provided to the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development may be used to make a grant award 
unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project, 
State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or 
other entity selected to receive a grant award is announced by the 
Department or its offices.
    Sec. 231.  Of the amounts made available for salaries and expenses 
under all accounts under this title (except for the Office of Inspector 
General account), a total of up to $2,500,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with amounts made available in the ``Information Technology 
Fund'' account under this title.
    Sec. 232.  Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act (MAHRA) of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended 
by striking ``October 1, 2015'' each place it appears and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``October 1, 2017''.
    Sec. 233.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to require or enforce the Physical Needs Assessment (PNA).
    Sec. 234.  The language under the heading Rental Assistance 
Demonstration in the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55), <<NOTE: 42 USC 1437f 
note.>>  is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(except for funds allocated under such 
        section for single room occupancy dwellings as authorized by 
        title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act)'' in 
        both places it appears;
            (2) in the second proviso, by striking ``2015'' and 
        inserting ``2018'';
            (3) in the third proviso, after ``associated with such 
        conversion'', by inserting ``in excess of amounts made available 
        under this heading'';
            (4) in the fourth proviso, by striking ``60,000'' and 
        inserting ``185,000'';
            (5) in the penultimate proviso, by--
                    (A) striking ``for fiscal years 2012 through 
                December 31, 2014'';
                    (B) striking ``and agreement of the administering 
                public housing agency''; and
                    (C) inserting ``a long-term project-based subsidy 
                contract under section 8 of the Act, which shall have a 
                term of no less than 20 years, with rent adjustments 
                only by an operating cost factor established by the 
                Secretary, which shall be eligible for renewal under 
                section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
                and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), 
                or, subject to agreement of the administering public 
                housing agency, to assistance under'' following 
                ``vouchers to assistance under'';
            (6) by inserting the following provisos before the final 
        proviso: ``Provided further, That amounts made available under 
        the heading `Rental Housing Assistance' during the period of 
        conversion under the previous proviso, which may extend beyond 
        fiscal year 2016 as necessary to allow processing of all timely 
        applications, shall be available for project-based subsidy 
        contracts entered into pursuant to the previous proviso: 
        Provided further, That amounts, including contract authority,

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        recaptured from contracts following a conversion under the 
        previous two provisos are hereby rescinded and an amount of 
        additional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount 
        rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 
        expended for such conversions: Provided further, That the 
        Secretary may transfer amounts made available under the heading 
        `Rental Housing Assistance', amounts made available for tenant 
        protection vouchers under the heading `Tenant-Based Rental 
        Assistance' and specifically associated with any such 
        conversions, and amounts made available under the previous 
        proviso as needed to the account under the `Project-Based Rental 
        Assistance' heading to facilitate conversion under the three 
        previous provisos and any increase in cost for `Project-Based 
        Rental Assistance' associated with such conversion shall be 
        equal to amounts so transferred:''; and
            (7) in the final proviso, by--
                    (A) striking ``with respect to the previous 
                proviso'' and inserting ``with respect to the previous 
                four provisos''; and
                    (B) striking ``impact of the previous proviso'' and 
                inserting ``impact of the fiscal year 2012 and 2013 
                conversion of tenant protection vouchers to assistance 
                under section 8(o)(13) of the Act''.

    Sec. 235.  None of the funds made available by this Act nor any 
receipts or amounts collected under any Federal Housing Administration 
program may be used to implement the Homeowners Armed with Knowledge 
(HAWK) program.
    Sec. 236.  None of the funds made available in this Act shall be 
used by the Federal Housing Administration, the Government National 
Mortgage Administration, or the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development to insure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of 
any mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise 
replaces a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain condemnation 
or seizure, by a state, municipality, or any other political subdivision 
of a state.
    Sec. 237.  All unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development under the heading ``Brownfields 
Redevelopment'' are hereby permanently rescinded:  Provided, That all 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 
funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
under the heading ``Drug Elimination Grants for Low Income Housing'' are 
hereby permanently rescinded:  Provided further, That all unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for 
Youthbuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of title IV of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act are hereby 
permanently rescinded.
    Sec. 238.  Clause (i) of section 3(a)(2)(B) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)(2)(B)(i)), as amended by section 
210 of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division L of Public Law 113-76; 128 
Stat. 625), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``which shall not be lower'' in the matter 
        preceding subclause (I) and all that follows through the end of 
        subclause (I) and inserting the following: ``which--
                                    ``(I) shall not be lower than 80 
                                percent of--

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                                            ``(aa) the applicable fair 
                                        market rental established under 
                                        section 8(c) of this Act; or
                                            ``(bb) at the discretion of 
                                        the Secretary, such other 
                                        applicable fair market rental 
                                        established by the Secretary 
                                        that the Secretary determines 
                                        more accurately reflects local 
                                        market conditions and is based 
                                        on an applicable market area 
                                        that is geographically smaller 
                                        than the applicable market area 
                                        used for purposes of the 
                                        applicable fair market rental 
                                        under section 8(c);
                                except that a public housing agency may 
                                apply to the Secretary for exception 
                                allowing for a flat rental amount for a 
                                property that is lower than the amount 
                                otherwise determined pursuant to item 
                                (aa) or (bb) and the Secretary may grant 
                                such exception if the Secretary 
                                determines that the fair market rental 
                                for the applicable market area pursuant 
                                to item (aa) or (bb) does not reflect 
                                the market value of the property and the 
                                proposed lower flat rental amount is 
                                based on a market analysis of the 
                                applicable market and complies with 
                                subclause (II) and'';
            (2) in subclause (II), by inserting ``shall'' before ``be 
        designed''; and
            (3) in the matter after and below subclause (II), by 
        striking ``Public housing agencies must comply by June 1, 2014, 
        with the requirement of this clause, except that if'' and 
        inserting ``If''.

    Sec. 239.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to require the relocation, or to carry out any required relocation, of 
any asset management positions of the Office of Multifamily Housing of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development in existence as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 240.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to terminate the status of a unit of general local government as a 
metropolitan city (as defined in section 102 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 
grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306).
    Sec. 241.  Section 184(h)(1)(B) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(h)(1)(B)) is amended by 
inserting after the first sentence the following: ``Exhausting all 
reasonable possibilities of collection by the holder of the guarantee 
shall include a good faith consideration of loan modification as well as 
meeting standards for servicing loans in default, as determined by the 
Secretary.''.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Appropriations Act, 2015''.

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                                TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                              Access Board

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized by 
section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $7,548,000:  
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be 
credited to this appropriation funds received for publications and 
training expenses.

                       Federal Maritime Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as 
authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as 
amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902, $25,660,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses.

                 National Railroad Passenger Corporation

                       Office of Inspector General

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out the provisions of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $23,999,000:  Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in 
carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, 
including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any 
person or entity that is subject to regulation by the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, 
analyses, and other services with public agencies and with private 
persons, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern the 
obtaining of such services within the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation:  Provided further, That the Inspector General may select, 
appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary for 
carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of 
Inspector General, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that 
govern such selections, appointments, and employment within Amtrak:  
Provided further, That concurrent with the President's budget request 
for fiscal year 2016, the Inspector General shall submit to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for fiscal year 
2016 in similar format and substance to those submitted by executive 
agencies of the Federal Government.

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                  National Transportation Safety Board

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), 
$103,981,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official 
reception and representation expenses. The amounts made available to the 
National Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 
necessary to make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal 
year 2001 for a capital lease.

                  Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

    For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in 
neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $135,000,000, of 
which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing program:  
Provided, That in addition, $50,000,000 shall be made available until 
expended to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for mortgage 
foreclosure mitigation activities, under the following terms and 
conditions:
            (1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (``NRC'') 
        shall make grants to counseling intermediaries approved by the 
        Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (with match to 
        be determined by the NRC based on affordability and the economic 
        conditions of an area; a match also may be waived by the NRC 
        based on the aforementioned conditions) to provide mortgage 
        foreclosure mitigation assistance primarily to States and areas 
        with high rates of defaults and foreclosures to help eliminate 
        the default and foreclosure of mortgages of owner-occupied 
        single-family homes that are at risk of such foreclosure. Other 
        than areas with high rates of defaults and foreclosures, grants 
        may also be provided to approved counseling intermediaries based 
        on a geographic analysis of the Nation by the NRC which 
        determines where there is a prevalence of mortgages that are 
        risky and likely to fail, including any trends for mortgages 
        that are likely to default and face foreclosure. A State Housing 
        Finance Agency may also be eligible where the State Housing 
        Finance Agency meets all the requirements under this paragraph. 
        A HUD-approved counseling intermediary shall meet certain 
        mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance counseling 
        requirements, as determined by the NRC, and shall be approved by 
        HUD or the NRC as meeting these requirements.
            (2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance shall only be 
        made available to homeowners of owner-occupied homes with 
        mortgages in default or in danger of default. These mortgages 
        shall likely be subject to a foreclosure action and homeowners 
        will be provided such assistance that shall consist of 
        activities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and result in 
        the long-term affordability of the mortgage retained pursuant to 
        such activity or another positive outcome for the homeowner.

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        No funds made available under this paragraph may be provided 
        directly to lenders or homeowners to discharge outstanding 
        mortgage balances or for any other direct debt reduction 
        payments.
            (3) The use of mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance by 
        approved counseling intermediaries and State Housing Finance 
        Agencies shall involve a reasonable analysis of the borrower's 
        financial situation, an evaluation of the current value of the 
        property that is subject to the mortgage, counseling regarding 
        the assumption of the mortgage by another non-Federal party, 
        counseling regarding the possible purchase of the mortgage by a 
        non-Federal third party, counseling and advice of all likely 
        restructuring and refinancing strategies or the approval of a 
        work-out strategy by all interested parties.
            (4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the total funds 
        under this paragraph to its own charter members with expertise 
        in foreclosure prevention counseling, subject to a certification 
        by the NRC that the procedures for selection do not consist of 
        any procedures or activities that could be construed as a 
        conflict of interest or have the appearance of impropriety.
            (5) HUD-approved counseling entities and State Housing 
        Finance Agencies receiving funds under this paragraph shall have 
        demonstrated experience in successfully working with financial 
        institutions as well as borrowers facing default, delinquency 
        and foreclosure as well as documented counseling capacity, 
        outreach capacity, past successful performance and positive 
        outcomes with documented counseling plans (including post 
        mortgage foreclosure mitigation counseling), loan workout 
        agreements and loan modification agreements. NRC may use other 
        criteria to demonstrate capacity in underserved areas.
            (6) Of the total amount made available under this paragraph, 
        up to $2,500,000 may be made available to build the mortgage 
        foreclosure and default mitigation counseling capacity of 
        counseling intermediaries through NRC training courses with HUD-
        approved counseling intermediaries and their partners, except 
        that private financial institutions that participate in NRC 
        training shall pay market rates for such training.
            (7) Of the total amount made available under this paragraph, 
        up to 5 percent may be used for associated administrative 
        expenses for the NRC to carry out activities provided under this 
        section.
            (8) Of the total amount made available under this paragraph, 
        up to $4,000,000 may be used for wind-down and closeout of the 
        mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities program.
            (9) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance grants may 
        include a budget for outreach and advertising, and training, as 
        determined by the NRC.
            (10) The NRC shall continue to report bi-annually to the 
        House and Senate Committees on Appropriations as well as the 
        Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services Committee 
        on its efforts to mitigate mortgage default.

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            United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

                           operating expenses

    For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized 
travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code) of the United States Interagency Council 
on Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, $3,530,000. 
Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11319) 
is amended by striking ``October 1, 2016'' in section 209 and inserting 
``October 1, 2017''.

                                TITLE IV

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

    Sec. 401.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the 
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or 
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or 
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
    Sec. 402.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be 
transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided 
herein.
    Sec. 403.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through a procurement contract pursuant to 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law.
    Sec. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended for any employee training that--
            (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
        and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
        duties;
            (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
        emotional response or psychological stress in some participants;
            (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
        content and methods to be used in the training and written end 
        of course evaluation;
            (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
        religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
        belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
        Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
            (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
        personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.

    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties.
    Sec. 405.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the 
funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to 
the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall

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be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 
funds that:
            (1) creates a new program;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
        or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
        the Congress;
            (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
        by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations for a 
        different purpose;
            (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 
        excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
            (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 
        $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
            (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
        division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
        administration, or department different from the budget 
        justifications submitted to the Committees on Appropriations or 
        the table accompanying the explanatory statement accompanying 
        this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is 
        received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
         Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 
        submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
        Senate and of the House of Representatives to establish the 
        baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer 
        authorities for the current fiscal year:  Provided further, That 
        the report shall include:
                    (A) a table for each appropriation with a separate 
                column to display the prior year enacted level, the 
                President's budget request, adjustments made by 
                Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
                appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
                    (B) a delineation in the table for each 
                appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 
                level by object class and program, project, and activity 
                as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective 
                appropriation; and
                    (C) an identification of items of special 
                congressional interest:  Provided further, That the 
                amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 
                for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 
                each day after the required date that the report has not 
                been submitted to the Congress.

    Sec. 406.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to 
exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the end 
of fiscal year 2015 from appropriations made available for salaries and 
expenses for fiscal year 2015 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2016, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized:  Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 
expenditure of such funds:  Provided further, That these requests shall 
be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of 
this Act.
    Sec. 407.  No funds in this Act may be used to support any Federal, 
State, or local projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain, 
unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use:  Provided, That 
for purposes of this section, public use

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shall not be construed to include economic development that primarily 
benefits private entities:  Provided further, That any use of funds for 
mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well as 
utility projects which benefit or serve the general public (including 
energy-related, communication-related, water-related and wastewater-
related infrastructure), other structures designated for use by the 
general public or which have other common-carrier or public-utility 
functions that serve the general public and are subject to regulation 
and oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 
immediate threat to public health and safety or brownsfields as defined 
in the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownsfield Revitalization 
Act (Public Law 107-118) shall be considered a public use for purposes 
of eminent domain.
    Sec. 408.  All Federal agencies and departments that are funded 
under this Act shall issue a report to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations on all sole-source contracts by no later than July 30, 
2015. Such report shall include the contractor, the amount of the 
contract and the rationale for using a sole-source contract.
    Sec. 409.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 410.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, other 
than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has left to 
enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily 
completed his or her period of active military or naval service, and has 
within 90 days after his or her release from such service or from 
hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than 
1 year, made application for restoration to his or her former position 
and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 
qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position and has 
not been restored thereto.
    Sec. 411.  No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be 
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the 
assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act 
of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly known as the ``Buy 
American Act'').
    Sec. 412.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 
this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been 
convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
    Sec. 413.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of sections 301-
10.122 and 301-10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 414.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
in contravention of the 5th or 14th Amendment to the Constitution or 
title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
    Sec. 415. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under sections 41301 
through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, or exemption application 
under section 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding an 
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country that is party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement where such approval would contravene United States law or 
Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or otherwise 
preclude the Secretary of Transportation from granting a foreign air 
carrier permit or an exemption to such an air carrier where such 
authorization is consistent with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air 
Transport Agreement and United States law.
    Sec. 416.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to obligate or award funds for the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration's National Roadside Survey.
    Sec. 417.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to mandate global positioning system (GPS) tracking in private passenger 
motor vehicles without providing full and appropriate consideration of 
privacy concerns under 5 U.S.C. chapter 5, subchapter II.
    Sec. 418.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Federal Transit Administration to implement, administer, or 
enforce section 18.36(c)(2) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
for construction hiring purposes.
    Sec. 419.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or 
for an agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum--Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
    Sec. 420.  It is the sense of the Congress that the Congress should 
not pass any legislation that authorizes spending cuts that would 
increase poverty in the United States.
    Sec. 421.  All agencies and departments funded by the Act shall send 
to Congress at the end of the fiscal year a report containing a complete 
inventory of the total number of vehicles owned, leased, permanently 
retired, and purchased during fiscal year 2015, as well as the total 
cost of the vehicle fleet, including maintenance, fuel, storage, 
purchasing, and leasing.
    Sec. 422.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees of 
a single agency or department of the United States Government, who are 
stationed in the United States, at any single international conference 
unless the relevant Secretary reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations at least 5 days in advance that such attendance is 
important to the national interest:  Provided, That for purposes of this 
section the term ``international conference'' shall mean a conference 
occurring outside of the United States attended by representatives of 
the United States Government and of foreign governments, international 
organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.
    Sec. 423.  (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this 
Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the 
Committee in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head 
of the agency that it shall serve the national interest.
     (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
        security; or
            (2) the report contains proprietary information.

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    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only 
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee or 
Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.
    Sec. 424.  Any Federal agency or department that is funded under 
this Act shall respond to any recommendation made to such agency or 
department by the Government Accountability Office in a timely manner.
    This division may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015''.

           DIVISION L--FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, 2015

    Sec. 101.  The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 (Public 
Law 113-164) is amended by--
            (1) striking the date specified in section 106(3) and 
        inserting ``February 27, 2015'';
            (2) striking ``the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
        joint resolution'' in section 144 and inserting ``December 11, 
        2014''; and
            (3) adding after section 149 the following new sections:

    ``Sec. 150. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 for 
`Department of Homeland Security--United States Secret Service--Salaries 
and Expenses' shall be obligated at a rate for operations necessary for 
Presidential candidate nominee protection.
    ``(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on each 
use of the authority provided in this section.
    ``Sec. 151.  The Department of Homeland Security shall continue 
preparations to award the construction contract for the National Bio- 
and Agro-defense Facility by May 1, 2015.''.
    Sec. 102. (a) Section 44302(f) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``the date specified in section 106(3) of the 
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015'' and inserting ``December 
11, 2014''.
    (b) Section 44303(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2015'' and inserting ``December 11, 2014''.
    (c) Section 44310(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2015'' and inserting ``December 11, 2014''.

       DIVISION M--EXPATRIATE <<NOTE: Expatriate Health Coverage 
    Clarification Act of 2014. 42 USC 18001 note.>>  HEALTH COVERAGE 
CLARIFICATION ACT OF 2014
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This division may be cited as the ``Expatriate Health Coverage 
Clarification Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) American expatriate health insurance companies should be 
        permitted to compete on a level playing field in the global 
        marketplace;

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            (2) the global competitiveness of American companies should 
        be encouraged; and
            (3) in implementing the health insurance provider fee under 
        section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
        (Public Law 111-148; 26 U.S.C. 4001 note prec.) and other 
        provisions of such Act and title I and subtitle B of title II of 
        the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public 
        Law 111-152), the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services, and Secretary of Labor should continue to 
        recognize the unique and multinational features of expatriate 
        health plans and the United States companies that operate such 
        plans and the competitive pressures of such plans and companies.
SEC. 3. <<NOTE: 42 USC 18014.>>  TREATMENT OF EXPATRIATE HEALTH 
                    PLANS UNDER ACA.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the provisions of 
(including any amendment made by) the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (Public Law 111-148) and of title I and subtitle B of title II 
of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 
111-152) shall not apply with respect to--
            (1) expatriate health plans;
            (2) employers with respect to such plans, solely in their 
        capacity as plan sponsors for such plans; or
            (3) expatriate health insurance issuers with respect to 
        coverage offered by such issuers under such plans.

    (b) Minimum Essential Coverage and Reporting Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--For the purpose of section 5000A(f) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and any other section of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that incorporates the definition 
        of minimum essential coverage under such section 5000A(f) by 
        reference:
                    (A) An expatriate health plan offered to primary 
                enrollees who are described in subsections (d)(3)(A) and 
                (d)(3)(B) of this section shall be treated as an 
                eligible employer sponsored plan under 5000A(f)(2) of 
                such Code.
                    (B) An expatriate health plan offered to primary 
                enrollees who are described in subsection (d)(3)(C) of 
                this section shall be treated as a plan in the 
                individual market under section 5000A(f)(1)(C) of such 
                Code. This subparagraph shall apply solely for the 
                purposes of sections 36B, 5000A, and 6055 of such Code.
            (2) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect 
        to section 6055 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or 
        sections 4980H and 6056 of such Code in the case of an 
        applicable large employer (as defined in section 4980H of such 
        Code), except that statements furnished to individuals may be 
        provided through electronic media and the primary insured shall 
        be deemed to have consented to receive the statements under such 
        sections in electronic form, unless the individual explicitly 
        refuses such consent. Notwithstanding subsection (a), section 
        4980I of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall continue to 
        apply with respect to applicable employer-sponsored coverage (as 
        defined in such section) of a qualified expatriate described in 
        section 3(d)(3)(A)(i) who is assigned (rather than transferred) 
        to work in the United States.

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    (c) Qualified Expatriates, Spouses, and Dependents Not United States 
Health Risk.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of section 9010 of the Patient 
        Protection and Affordable Care Act (26 U.S.C. 4001 note prec.), 
        for calendar years after 2015, a qualified expatriate (and any 
        spouse, dependent, or any other individual enrolled in the plan) 
        enrolled in an expatriate health plan shall not be considered a 
        United States health risk.
            (2) Special rule.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the fee 
        under section 9010 of such Act for each of calendar years 2014 
        and 2015 with respect to any expatriate health insurance issuer 
        shall be the amount which bears the same ratio to the fee amount 
        determined by the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to such 
        issuer under such section for each such year (determined without 
        regard to this paragraph) as--
                    (A) the amount of premiums taken into account under 
                such section with respect to such issuer for each such 
                year, less the amount of premiums for expatriate health 
                plans taken into account under such section with respect 
                to such issuer for each such year, bears to
                    (B) the amount of premiums taken into account under 
                such section with respect to such issuer for each such 
                year.

    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Expatriate health insurance issuer.--The term 
        ``expatriate health insurance issuer'' means a health insurance 
        issuer that issues expatriate health plans.
            (2) Expatriate health plan.--The term ``expatriate health 
        plan'' means a group health plan, health insurance coverage 
        offered in connection with a group health plan, or health 
        insurance coverage offered to a group of individuals described 
        in paragraph (3)(C) (which may include spouses, dependents, and 
        other individuals enrolled in the plan) that meets each of the 
        following standards:
                    (A) Substantially all of the primary enrollees in 
                such plan or coverage are qualified expatriates with 
                respect to such plan or coverage. In applying the 
                previous sentence, an individual shall not be considered 
                a primary enrollee if the individual is not a national 
                of the United States and the individual resides in the 
                country of which the individual is a citizen.
                    (B) Substantially all of the benefits provided under 
                the plan or coverage are not excepted benefits described 
                in section 9832(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
                    (C) The plan or coverage provides coverage for 
                inpatient hospital services, outpatient facility 
                services, physician services, and emergency services 
                (comparable to such emergency services coverage 
                described in and offered under section 8903(1) of title 
                5, United States Code for plan year 2009)--
                          (i) in the case of individuals described in 
                      paragraph (3)(A), both in the United States and in 
                      the country or countries from which the individual 
                      was transferred or assigned (accounting for 
                      flexibility needed with existing coverage), and 
                      such other country or countries as the Secretary 
                      of Health and Human Services, in consultation with 
                      the Secretary of the Treasury and

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                      the Secretary of Labor, may designate (after 
                      taking into account the barriers and prohibitions 
                      to providing health care services in the countries 
                      as designated);
                          (ii) in the case of individuals described in 
                      paragraph (3)(B), in the country or countries in 
                      which the individual is present in connection with 
                      the individual's employment, and such other 
                      country or countries as the Secretary of Health 
                      and Human Services, in consultation with the 
                      Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of 
                      Labor, may designate; or
                          (iii) in the case of individuals described in 
                      paragraph (3)(C), in the country or countries as 
                      the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in 
                      consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury 
                      and the Secretary of Labor, may designate.
                    (D) The plan sponsor reasonably believes that the 
                benefits provided by the expatriate health plan satisfy 
                a standard at least actuarially equivalent to the level 
                provided for in section 36B(c)(2)(C)(ii) of the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986.
                    (E) If the plan or coverage provides dependent 
                coverage of children, the plan or coverage makes such 
                dependent coverage available for adult children until 
                the adult child turns 26 years of age, unless such 
                individual is the child of a child receiving dependent 
                coverage.
                    (F) The plan or coverage--
                          (i) is issued by an expatriate health plan 
                      issuer, or administered by an administrator, that 
                      together with any other person in the expatriate 
                      health plan issuer's or administrator's controlled 
                      group (as described in section 9010 of the Patient 
                      Protection and Affordable Care Act (and the 
                      regulations promulgated thereunder)), has licenses 
                      to sell insurance in more than two countries, and, 
                      with respect to such plan, coverage, or company in 
                      the controlled group--
                                    (I) maintains network provider 
                                agreements that provide for direct 
                                claims payments, directly or through 
                                third party contracts, with health care 
                                providers in eight or more countries;
                                    (II) maintains call centers, 
                                directly or through third party 
                                contracts, in three or more countries 
                                and accepts calls from customers in 
                                eight or more languages;
                                    (III) processes (in the aggregate 
                                together with other plans or coverage it 
                                issues or administers) at least 
                                $1,000,000 in claims in foreign currency 
                                equivalents each year;
                                    (IV) makes available (directly or 
                                through third party contracts) global 
                                evacuation/repatriation coverage; and
                                    (V) maintains legal and compliance 
                                resources in three or more countries; 
                                and
                          (ii) offers reimbursements for items or 
                      services under such plan or coverage in the local 
                      currency in eight or more countries.
                    (G) The plan or coverage, and the plan sponsor or 
                expatriate health insurance issuer with respect to such

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                plan or coverage, satisfies the provisions of title 
                XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg 
                et seq.), chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
                1986, and part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the 
                Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
                U.S.C. 1181 et seq.), which would otherwise apply to 
                such a plan or coverage, and sponsor or issuer, if not 
                for the enactment of the Patient Protection and 
                Affordable Care Act and title I and subtitle B of title 
                II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 
                of 2010.
            (3) Qualified expatriate.--The term ``qualified expatriate'' 
        means a primary insured, or individual otherwise described in 
        subparagraph (C)--
                    (A)(i) whose skills, qualifications, job duties, or 
                expertise is of a type that has caused his or her 
                employer to transfer or assign him or her to the United 
                States for a specific and temporary purpose or 
                assignment tied to his or her employment; and
                    (ii) in connection with such transfer or assignment, 
                is reasonably determined by the plan sponsor to require 
                access to health insurance and other related services 
                and support in multiple countries, and is offered other 
                multinational benefits on a periodic basis (such as tax 
                equalization, compensation for cross border moving 
                expenses, or compensation to enable the expatriate to 
                return to their home country);
                    (B) who is working outside of the United States for 
                a period of at least 180 days in a consecutive 12-month 
                period that overlaps with the plan year; or
                    (C) who is a member of a group of similarly situated 
                individuals--
                          (i) that is formed for the purpose of 
                      traveling or relocating internationally in service 
                      of one or more of the purposes listed in section 
                      501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue 
                      Code of 1986, or similarly situated organizations 
                      or groups (such as students or religious 
                      missionaries);
                          (ii) that is not formed primarily for the sale 
                      of health insurance coverage; and
                          (iii) that the Secretary of Health and Human 
                      Services, in consultation with the Secretary of 
                      the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor, 
                      determines requires access to health insurance and 
                      other related services and support in multiple 
                      countries.
            (4) United states.--The term ``United States'' means the 50 
        States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
            (5) Miscellaneous terms.--
                    (A) Group health plan; health insurance coverage; 
                health insurance issuer; plan sponsor.--The terms 
                ``group health plan'', ``health insurance coverage'', 
                ``health insurance issuer'', and ``plan sponsor'' have 
                the meanings given those terms in section 2791 of the 
                Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-91).
                    (B) Transfer.--The term ``transfer'' means an 
                employer has transferred an employee to perform services 
                for a branch of the same employer or a parent, 
                affiliate, franchise, or subsidiary thereof.

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    (e) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Labor may promulgate 
regulations necessary to carry out this Act, including such rules as may 
be necessary to prevent inappropriate expansion of the application of 
the exclusions under this Act from applicable laws and regulations, and 
to amend existing annual reporting requirements or procedures to include 
applicable qualified expatriate health insurers' total number of 
expatriate plan enrollees.
    (f) Effective Date.--Unless otherwise specified, this Act shall take 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act, and shall apply only to 
expatriate health plans issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2015.

                        DIVISION N--OTHER MATTERS

SEC. 101. SEPARATE CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO 
                        NATIONAL PARTIES TO SUPPORT PRESIDENTIAL 
                        NOMINATING CONVENTIONS, NATIONAL PARTY 
                        HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS, AND RECOUNTS.

    (a) Separate Limits.--Section 315(a) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking the semicolon at the 
        end and inserting the following: ``, or, in the case of 
        contributions made to any of the accounts described in paragraph 
        (9), exceed 300 percent of the amount otherwise applicable under 
        this subparagraph with respect to such calendar year;'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the semicolon at the 
        end and inserting the following: ``, or, in the case of 
        contributions made to any of the accounts described in paragraph 
        (9), exceed 300 percent of the amount otherwise applicable under 
        this subparagraph with respect to such calendar year;''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

    ``(9) An account described in this paragraph is any of the following 
accounts:
            ``(A) A separate, segregated account of a national committee 
        of a political party (other than a national congressional 
        campaign committee of a political party) which is used solely to 
        defray expenses incurred with respect to a presidential 
        nominating convention (including the payment of deposits) or to 
        repay loans the proceeds of which were used to defray such 
        expenses, or otherwise to restore funds used to defray such 
        expenses, except that the aggregate amount of expenditures the 
        national committee of a political party may make from such 
        account may not exceed $20,000,000 with respect to any single 
        convention.
            ``(B) A separate, segregated account of a national committee 
        of a political party (including a national congressional 
        campaign committee of a political party) which is used solely to 
        defray expenses incurred with respect to the construction, 
        purchase, renovation, operation, and furnishing of one or more 
        headquarters buildings of the party or to repay loans the 
        proceeds of which were used to defray such expenses, or 
        otherwise to restore funds used to defray such expenses 
        (including expenses for obligations incurred during the 2-year 
        period which ends on the date of the enactment of this 
        paragraph).

[[Page 128 STAT. 2773]]

            ``(C) A separate, segregated account of a national committee 
        of a political party (including a national congressional 
        campaign committee of a political party) which is used to defray 
        expenses incurred with respect to the preparation for and the 
        conduct of election recounts and contests and other legal 
        proceedings.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Determination of Coordinated 
Expenditure Limitations.--Section 315(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30116(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(5) The limitations contained in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of 
this subsection shall not apply to expenditures made from any of the 
accounts described in subsection (a)(9).''.
    (c) <<NOTE: 52 USC 30116 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments 
made by this section shall apply with respect to funds that are 
solicited, received, transferred, or spent on or after the date of the 
enactment of this section.
SEC. 102. MODIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF CERTAIN HEALTH 
                        ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (5) of section 833(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC 833.>>  is amended--
            (1) by striking ``this section'' and inserting ``paragraphs 
        (2) and (3) of subsection (a)'', and
            (2) by inserting ``and for activities that improve health 
        care quality'' after ``clinical services''.

    (b) <<NOTE: 26 USC 833 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments made 
by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 
31, 2009.
SEC. 103. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    (a) Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of 
division M and sections 101 and 102 of division N shall not be entered 
on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the 
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
    (b) Senate Pay-As-You-Go Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of 
division M and sections 101 and 102 of division N shall not be entered 
on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 201 of S. Con. 
Res. 21 (110th Congress).
    (c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding Rule 3 of 
the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 
statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 
105-217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of division M and 
sections 101 and 102 of division N shall not be estimated--
            (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and
            (2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 of the 
        Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 
        appropriation Act.

 DIVISION O--MULTIEMPLOYER <<NOTE: Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 
2014. 29 USC 1001 note.>>  PENSION REFORM
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This division may be cited as the ``Multiemployer Pension Reform Act 
of 2014''.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2774]]

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this division is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of Contents.

           TITLE I--MODIFICATIONS TO MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN RULES

        Subtitle A--Amendments to Pension Protection Act of 2006

Sec. 101. Repeal of sunset of PPA funding rules.
Sec. 102. Election to be in critical status.
Sec. 103. Clarification of rule for emergence from critical status.
Sec. 104. Endangered status not applicable if no additional action is 
           required.
Sec. 105. Correct endangered status funding improvement plan target 
           funded percentage.
Sec. 106. Conforming endangered status and critical status rules during 
           funding improvement and rehabilitation plan adoption periods.
Sec. 107. Corrective plan schedules when parties fail to adopt in 
           bargaining.
Sec. 108. Repeal of reorganization rules for multiemployer plans.
Sec. 109. Disregard of certain contribution increases for withdrawal 
           liability purposes.
Sec. 110. Guarantee for pre-retirement survivor annuities under 
           multiemployer pension plans.
Sec. 111. Required disclosure of multiemployer plan information.

          Subtitle B--Multiemployer Plan Mergers and Partitions

Sec. 121. Mergers.
Sec. 122. Partitions of eligible multiemployer plans.

   Subtitle C--Strengthening the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Sec. 131. Premium increases for multiemployer plans.

        TITLE II--REMEDIATION MEASURES FOR DEEPLY TROUBLED PLANS

Sec. 201. Conditions, limitations, distribution and notice requirements, 
           and approval process for benefit suspensions under 
           multiemployer plans in critical and declining status.

           TITLE I--MODIFICATIONS TO MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN RULES

        Subtitle A--Amendments to Pension Protection Act of 2006

SEC. 101. REPEAL OF SUNSET OF PPA FUNDING RULES.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle C of title II of the Pension Protection 
Act of 2006 (26 U.S.C. 412 note) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Amendment to employee retirement income security act of 
        1974.--Section 304(d)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income 
        Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1084) is amended by striking 
        subparagraph (C).
            (2) Amendment to internal revenue code.--Section 431(d)(1) 
        of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC 431.>>  is 
        amended by striking subparagraph (C).
SEC. 102. ELECTION TO BE IN CRITICAL STATUS.

    (a) Amendments to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.--
            (1) In general.--Section 305(b) of the Employee Retirement 
        Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(b)) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:

[[Page 128 STAT. 2775]]

            ``(4) Election to be in critical status.--Notwithstanding 
        paragraph (2) and subject to paragraph (3)(B)(iv)--
                    ``(A) the plan sponsor of a multiemployer plan that 
                is not in critical status for a plan year but that is 
                projected by the plan actuary, pursuant to the 
                determination under paragraph (3), to be in critical 
                status in any of the succeeding 5 plan years may, not 
                later than 30 days after the date of the certification 
                under paragraph (3)(A), elect to be in critical status 
                effective for the current plan year,
                    ``(B) the plan year in which the plan sponsor elects 
                to be in critical status under subparagraph (A) shall be 
                treated for purposes of this section as the first year 
                in which the plan is in critical status, regardless of 
                the date on which the plan first satisfies the criteria 
                for critical status under paragraph (2), and
                    ``(C) a plan that is in critical status under this 
                paragraph shall not emerge from critical status except 
                in accordance with subsection (e)(4)(B).''.
            (2) Annual certification.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 305(b)(3)(A)(i) of such Act 
                (29 U.S.C. 1085(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ``, 
                and'' and inserting ``or for any of the succeeding 5 
                plan years, and''.
                    (B) Actuarial projections.--Section 305(b)(3)(B) of 
                such Act (29 U.S.C. 1085(b)(3)(B)) is amended--
                          (i) in clause (i), by striking ``In making the 
                      determinations'' and inserting ``Except as 
                      provided in clause (iv), in making the 
                      determinations''; and
                          (ii) by adding at the end the following:
                          ``(iv) Projections relating to critical status 
                      in succeeding plan years.--Clauses (i) and (ii) 
                      (other than the 2nd sentence of clause (i)) may be 
                      disregarded by a plan actuary in the case of any 
                      certification of whether a plan will be in 
                      critical status in a succeeding plan year, except 
                      that a plan sponsor may not elect to be in 
                      critical status for a plan year under paragraph 
                      (4) in any case in which the certification upon 
                      which such election would be based is made without 
                      regard to such clauses.''.
            (3) Notice.--
                    (A) Of election to be in critical status.--Section 
                305(b)(3)(D)(i) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1085(b)(3)(D)(i)) 
                is amended--
                          (i) by inserting after ``for a plan year'' the 
                      following: ``or in which a plan sponsor elects to 
                      be in critical status for a plan year under 
                      paragraph (4)''; and
                          (ii) by adding at the end the following: ``In 
                      any case in which a plan sponsor elects to be in 
                      critical status for a plan year under paragraph 
                      (4), the plan sponsor shall notify the Secretary 
                      of the Treasury of such election not later than 30 
                      days after the date of such certification or such 
                      other time as the Secretary of the Treasury may 
                      prescribe by regulations or other guidance.''
                    (B) Of projection to be in critical status in a 
                future plan year.--Section 305(b)(3)(D) of such Act (29

[[Page 128 STAT. 2776]]

                U.S.C. 1085(b)(3)(D)) is amended by adding at the end 
                the following:
                          ``(iv) Notice of projection to be in critical 
                      status in a future plan year.--In any case in 
                      which it is certified under subparagraph (A)(i) 
                      that a multiemployer plan will be in critical 
                      status for any of 5 succeeding plan years (but not 
                      for the current plan year) and the plan sponsor of 
                      such plan has not made an election to be in 
                      critical status for the plan year under paragraph 
                      (4), the plan sponsor shall, not later than 30 
                      days after the date of the certification, provide 
                      notification of the projected critical status to 
                      the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.''.

    (b) Amendments to Internal Revenue Code.--
            (1) In general.--Section 432(b) of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC 432.>>  is amended by adding at the end 
        the following:
            ``(4) Election to be in critical status.--Notwithstanding 
        paragraph (2) and subject to paragraph (3)(B)(iv)--
                    ``(A) the plan sponsor of a multiemployer plan that 
                is not in critical status for a plan year but that is 
                projected by the plan actuary, pursuant to the 
                determination under paragraph (3), to be in critical 
                status in any of the succeeding 5 plan years may, not 
                later than 30 days after the date of the certification 
                under paragraph (3)(A), elect to be in critical status 
                effective for the current plan year,
                    ``(B) the plan year in which the plan sponsor elects 
                to be in critical status under subparagraph (A) shall be 
                treated for purposes of this section as the first year 
                in which the plan is in critical status, regardless of 
                the date on which the plan first satisfies the criteria 
                for critical status under paragraph (2), and
                    ``(C) a plan that is in critical status under this 
                paragraph shall not emerge from critical status except 
                in accordance with subsection (e)(4)(B).''.
            (2) Annual certification.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 432(b)(3)(A)(i) of such 
                Code is amended by striking ``, and'' and inserting ``or 
                for any of the succeeding 5 plan years, and''.
                    (B) Actuarial projections.--Section 432(b)(3)(B) of 
                such Code is amended--
                          (i) in clause (i), by striking ``In making the 
                      determinations'' and inserting ``Except as 
                      provided in clause (iv), in making the 
                      determinations''; and
                          (ii) by adding at the end the following:
                          ``(iv) Projections relating to critical status 
                      in succeeding plan years.--Clauses (i) and (ii) 
                      (other than the 2nd sentence of clause (i)) may be 
                      disregarded by a plan actuary in the case of any 
                      certification of whether a plan will be in 
                      critical status in a succeeding plan year, except 
                      that a plan sponsor may not elect to be in 
                      critical status for a plan year under paragraph 
                      (4) in any case in which the certification upon 
                      which such election would be based is made without 
                      regard to such clauses.''.
            (3) Notice.--
                    (A) Of election to be in critical status.--Section 
                432(b)(3)(D)(i) of such Code is amended--

[[Page 128 STAT. 2777]]

                          (i) by inserting after ``for a plan year'' the 
                      following: ``or in which a plan sponsor elects to 
                      be in critical status for a plan year under 
                      paragraph (4)''; and
                          (ii) by adding at the end the following: ``In 
                      any case in which a plan sponsor elects to be in 
                      critical status for a plan year under paragraph 
                      (4), the plan sponsor shall notify the Secretary 
                      of such election not later than 30 days after the 
                      date of such certification or such other time as 
                      the Secretary may prescribe by regulations or 
                      other guidance.''.
                    (B) Of projection to be in critical status in a 
                future plan year.--Section 432(b)(3)(D) of such 
                Code <<NOTE: 26 USC 432.>>  is amended by adding at the 
                end the following:
                          ``(iv) Notice of projection to be in critical 
                      status in a future plan year.--In any case in 
                      which it is certified under subparagraph (A)(i) 
                      that a multiemployer plan will be in critical 
                      status for any of 5 succeeding plan years (but not 
                      for the current plan year) and the plan sponsor of 
                      such plan has not made an election to be in 
                      critical status for the plan year under paragraph 
                      (4), the plan sponsor shall, not later than 30 
                      days after the date of the certification, provide 
                      notification of the projected critical status to 
                      the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.''.

    (c) <<NOTE: 26 USC 432 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning after 
December 31, 2014.
SEC. 103. CLARIFICATION OF RULE FOR EMERGENCE FROM CRITICAL 
                        STATUS.

    (a) Amendment to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.--
Section 305(e)(4)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(e)(4)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) Emergence.--
                          ``(i) In general.--A plan in critical status 
                      shall remain in such status until a plan year for 
                      which the plan actuary certifies, in accordance 
                      with subsection (b)(3)(A), that--
                                    ``(I) the plan is not described in 
                                one or more of the subparagraphs in 
                                subsection (b)(2) as of the beginning of 
                                the plan year;
                                    ``(II) the plan is not projected to 
                                have an accumulated funding deficiency 
                                for the plan year or any of the 9 
                                succeeding plan years, without regard to 
                                the use of the shortfall method but 
                                taking into account any extension of 
                                amortization periods under section 
                                304(d)(2) or section 304 (as in effect 
                                prior to the enactment of the Pension 
                                Protection Act of 2006); and
                                    ``(III) the plan is not projected to 
                                become insolvent within the meaning of 
                                section 4245 for any of the 30 
                                succeeding plan years.
                          ``(ii) Plans with certain amortization 
                      extensions.--
                                    ``(I) Special emergence rule.--
                                Notwithstanding clause (i), a plan in 
                                critical status that

[[Page 128 STAT. 2778]]

                                has an automatic extension of 
                                amortization periods under section 
                                304(d)(1) shall no longer be in critical 
                                status if the plan actuary certifies for 
                                a plan year, in accordance with 
                                subsection (b)(3)(A), that--
                                            ``(aa) the plan is not 
                                        projected to have an accumulated 
                                        funding deficiency for the plan 
                                        year or any of the 9 succeeding 
                                        plan years, without regard to 
                                        the use of the shortfall method 
                                        but taking into account any 
                                        extension of amortization 
                                        periods under section 304(d)(1); 
                                        and
                                            ``(bb) the plan is not 
                                        projected to become insolvent 
                                        within the meaning of section 
                                        4245 for any of the 30 
                                        succeeding plan years,
                                regardless of whether the plan is 
                                described in one or more of the 
                                subparagraphs in subsection (b)(2) as of 
                                the beginning of the plan year.
                                    ``(II) Reentry into critical 
                                status.--A plan that emerges from 
                                critical status under subclause (I) 
                                shall not reenter critical status for 
                                any subsequent plan year unless--
                                            ``(aa) the plan is projected 
                                        to have an accumulated funding 
                                        deficiency for the plan year or 
                                        any of the 9 succeeding plan 
                                        years, without regard to the use 
                                        of the shortfall method but 
                                        taking into account any 
                                        extension of amortization 
                                        periods under section 304(d); or
                                            ``(bb) the plan is projected 
                                        to become insolvent within the 
                                        meaning of section 4245 for any 
                                        of the 30 succeeding plan 
                                        years.''.

    (b) Amendment to the Internal Revenue Code.--Section 432(e)(4)(B) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC 432.>>  is amended to 
read as follows:
                    ``(B) Emergence.--
                          ``(i) In general.--A plan in critical status 
                      shall remain in such status until a plan year for 
                      which the plan actuary certifies, in accordance 
                      with subsection (b)(3)(A), that--
                                    ``(I) the plan is not described in 
                                one or more of the subparagraphs in 
                                subsection (b)(2) as of the beginning of 
                                the plan year,
                                    ``(II) the plan is not projected to 
                                have an accumulated funding deficiency 
                                for the plan year or any of the 9 
                                succeeding plan years, without regard to 
                                the use of the shortfall method but 
                                taking into account any extension of 
                                amortization periods under section 
                                431(d)(2) or section 412(e) (as in 
                                effect prior to the enactment of the 
                                Pension Protection Act of 2006), and
                                    ``(III) the plan is not projected to 
                                become insolvent within the meaning of 
                                section 418E for any of the 30 
                                succeeding plan years.
                          ``(ii) Plans with certain amortization 
                      extensions.--
                                    ``(I) Special emergence rule.--
                                Notwithstanding clause (i), a plan in 
                                critical status that

[[Page 128 STAT. 2779]]

                                has an automatic extension of 
                                amortization periods under section 
                                431(d)(1) shall no longer be in critical 
                                status if the plan actuary certifies for 
                                a plan year, in accordance with 
                                subsection (b)(3)(A), that--
                                            ``(aa) the plan is not 
                                        projected to have an accumulated 
                                        funding deficiency for the plan 
                                        year or any of the 9 succeeding 
                                        plan years, without regard to 
                                        the use of the shortfall method 
                                        but taking into account any 
                                        extension of amortization 
                                        periods under section 431(d)(1), 
                                        and
                                            ``(bb) the plan is not 
                                        projected to become insolvent 
                                        within the meaning of section 
                                        418E for any of the 30 
                                        succeeding plan years,
                                regardless of whether the plan is 
                                described in one or more of the 
                                subparagraphs in subsection (b)(2) as of 
                                the beginning of the plan year.
                                    ``(II) Reentry into critical 
                                status.--A plan that emerges from 
                                critical status under subclause (I) 
                                shall not reenter critical status for 
                                any subsequent plan year unless--
                                            ``(aa) the plan is projected 
                                        to have an accumulated funding 
                                        deficiency for the plan year or 
                                        any of the 9 succeeding plan 
                                        years, without regard to the use 
                                        of the shortfall method but 
                                        taking into account any 
                                        extension of amortization 
                                        periods under section 431(d), or
                                            ``(bb) the plan is projected 
                                        to become insolvent within the 
                                        meaning of section 418E for any 
                                        of the 30 succeeding plan 
                                        years.''.

    (c) <<NOTE: 26 USC 432 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning after 
December 31, 2014.
SEC. 104. ENDANGERED STATUS NOT APPLICABLE IF NO ADDITIONAL ACTION 
                        IS REQUIRED.

    (a) Amendments to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.--
            (1) In general.--Section 305(b) of the Employee Retirement 
        Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(b)), as amended by 
        section 102, is further amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the plan is not 
                in critical status for the plan year'' and inserting 
                ``the plan is not in critical status for the plan year 
                and is not described in paragraph (5),''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Special rule.--A plan is described in this paragraph 
        if--
                    ``(A) as part of the actuarial certification of 
                endangered status under paragraph (3)(A) for the plan 
                year, the plan actuary certifies that the plan is 
                projected to no longer be described in either paragraph 
                (1)(A) or paragraph (1)(B) as of the end of the tenth 
                plan year ending after the plan year to which the 
                certification relates, and
                    ``(B) the plan was not in critical or endangered 
                status for the immediately preceding plan year.''.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2780]]

            (2) Notice.--Section 305(b)(3)(D) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
        1085(b)(3)(D)) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating clause (iii) and clause (iv) 
                (as added by section 102(a)(3)(B)) as clauses (iv) and 
                (v), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                          ``(iii) In the case of a multiemployer plan 
                      that would be in endangered status but for 
                      paragraph (5), the plan sponsor shall provide 
                      notice to the bargaining parties and the Pension 
                      Benefit Guaranty Corporation that the plan would 
                      be in endangered status but for such paragraph.''.
                    (C) in clause (iv) (as redesignated by subparagraph 
                (A)), by striking ``clause (ii)'' and inserting 
                ``clauses (ii) and (iii)''.
            (3) Conforming amendment.--Section 305(b)(3)(A)(i) of such 
        Act (29 U.S.C. 1085(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting after 
        ``endangered status for a plan year'' the following: ``, or 
        would be in endangered status for such plan year but for 
        paragraph (5),''.

    (b) Amendments to Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--
            (1) In general.--Section 432(b) of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of 1986, as amended by section 102, is further amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the plan is not 
                in critical status for the plan year'' and inserting 
                ``the plan is not in critical status for the plan year 
                and is not described in paragraph (5),''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Special rule.--A plan is described in this paragraph 
        if--
                    ``(A) as part of the actuarial certification of 
                endangered status under paragraph (3)(A) for the plan 
                year, the plan actuary certifies that the plan is 
                projected to no longer be described in either paragraph 
                (1)(A) or paragraph (1)(B) as of the end of the tenth 
                plan year ending after the plan year to which the 
                certification relates, and
                    ``(B) the plan was not in critical or endangered 
                status for the immediately preceding plan year.''.
            (2) Notice.--Section 432(b)(3)(D) of such Code <<NOTE: 26 
        USC 432.>>  is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating clause (iii) and clause (iv) 
                (as added by section 102(b)(3)(B)) as clauses (iv) and 
                (v), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                          ``(iii) In the case of a multiemployer plan 
                      that would be in endangered status but for 
                      paragraph (5), the plan sponsor shall provide 
                      notice to the bargaining parties and the Pension 
                      Benefit Guaranty Corporation that the plan would 
                      be in endangered status but for such paragraph.''.
                    (C) in clause (iv) (as redesignated by subparagraph 
                (A)), by striking ``clause (ii)'' and inserting 
                ``clauses (ii) and (iii)''.
            (3) Conforming amendment.--Section 432(b)(3)(A)(i) of such 
        Code is amended by inserting after ``endangered status for a 
        plan year'' the following: ``, or would be in endangered status 
        for such plan year but for paragraph (5),''.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2781]]

    (c) <<NOTE: 26 USC 432 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning after 
December 31, 2014.
SEC. 105. CORRECT ENDANGERED STATUS FUNDING IMPROVEMENT PLAN 
                        TARGET FUNDED PERCENTAGE.

    (a) Amendment to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.--
Section 305(c)(3)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(c)(3)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i)(I), by striking ``of such period'' and 
        inserting ``of the first plan year for which the plan is 
        certified to be in endangered status pursuant to paragraph 
        (b)(3)''; and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``any plan year'' and 
        inserting ``the last plan year''.

    (b) Amendment to Internal Revenue Code.--Section 432(c)(3)(A) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC 432.>>  is amended--
            (1) in clause (i)(I), by striking ``of such period'' and 
        inserting ``of the first plan year for which the plan is 
        certified to be in endangered status pursuant to paragraph 
        (b)(3)''; and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``any plan year'' and 
        inserting ``the last plan year''.

    (c) <<NOTE: 26 USC 432 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning after 
December 31, 2014.
SEC. 106. CONFORMING ENDANGERED STATUS AND CRITICAL STATUS RULES 
                        DURING FUNDING IMPROVEMENT AND 
                        REHABILITATION PLAN ADOPTION PERIODS.

    (a) Amendments to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.--
Section 305(d) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(29 U.S.C. 1085(d)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Rules for Operation of Plan During Adoption and Improvement 
Periods.--
            ``(1) Compliance with funding improvement plan.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A plan may not be amended after 
                the date of the adoption of a funding improvement plan 
                under subsection (c) so as to be inconsistent with the 
                funding improvement plan.
                    ``(B) Special rules for benefit increases.--A plan 
                may not be amended after the date of the adoption of a 
                funding improvement plan under subsection (c) so as to 
                increase benefits, including future benefit accruals, 
                unless the plan actuary certifies that such increase is 
                paid for out of additional contributions not 
                contemplated by the funding improvement plan, and, after 
                taking into account the benefit increase, the 
                multiemployer plan still is reasonably expected to meet 
                the applicable benchmark on the schedule contemplated in 
                the funding improvement plan.
            ``(2) Special rules for plan adoption period.--During the 
        period beginning on the date of the certification under 
        subsection (b)(3)(A) for the initial determination year and 
        ending on the date of the adoption of a funding improvement 
        plan--
                    ``(A) the plan sponsor may not accept a collective 
                bargaining agreement or participation agreement with 
                respect to the multiemployer plan that provides for--

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                          ``(i) a reduction in the level of 
                      contributions for any participants,
                          ``(ii) a suspension of contributions with 
                      respect to any period of service, or
                          ``(iii) any new direct or indirect exclusion 
                      of younger or newly hired employees from plan 
                      participation, and
                    ``(B) no amendment of the plan which increases the 
                liabilities of the plan by reason of any increase in 
                benefits, any change in the accrual of benefits, or any 
                change in the rate at which benefits become 
                nonforfeitable under the plan may be adopted unless the 
                amendment is required as a condition of qualification 
                under part I of subchapter D of chapter 1 of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or to comply with other 
                applicable law.''.

    (b) Amendments to Internal Revenue Code.--Section 432(d) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC 432.>>  is amended to read 
as follows:

    ``(d) Rules for Operation of Plan During Adoption and Improvement 
Periods.--
            ``(1) Compliance with funding improvement plan.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A plan may not be amended after 
                the date of the adoption of a funding improvement plan 
                under subsection (c) so as to be inconsistent with the 
                funding improvement plan.
                    ``(B) Special rules for benefit increases.--A plan 
                may not be amended after the date of the adoption of a 
                funding improvement plan under subsection (c) so as to 
                increase benefits, including future benefit accruals, 
                unless the plan actuary certifies that such increase is 
                paid for out of additional contributions not 
                contemplated by the funding improvement plan, and, after 
                taking into account the benefit increase, the 
                multiemployer plan still is reasonably expected to meet 
                the applicable benchmark on the schedule contemplated in 
                the funding improvement plan.
            ``(2) Special rules for plan adoption period.--During the 
        period beginning on the date of the certification under 
        subsection (b)(3)(A) for the initial determination year and 
        ending on the date of the adoption of a funding improvement 
        plan--
                    ``(A) the plan sponsor may not accept a collective 
                bargaining agreement or participation agreement with 
                respect to the multiemployer plan that provides for--
                          ``(i) a reduction in the level of 
                      contributions for any participants,
                          ``(ii) a suspension of contributions with 
                      respect to any period of service, or
                          ``(iii) any new direct or indirect exclusion 
                      of younger or newly hired employees from plan 
                      participation, and
                    ``(B) no amendment of the plan which increases the 
                liabilities of the plan by reason of any increase in 
                benefits, any change in the accrual of benefits, or any 
                change in the rate at which benefits become 
                nonforfeitable under the plan may be adopted unless the 
                amendment is required as a condition of qualification 
                under part I of subchapter D of chapter 1 or to comply 
                with other applicable law.''.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2783]]

    (c) <<NOTE: 26 USC 432 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning after 
December 31, 2014.
SEC. 107. CORRECTIVE PLAN SCHEDULES WHEN PARTIES FAIL TO ADOPT IN 
                        BARGAINING.

    (a) Amendments to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.--
Section 305 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
U.S.C. 1085) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (7) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(7) Imposition of schedule where failure to adopt funding 
        improvement plan.--
                    ``(A) Initial contribution schedule.--If--
                          ``(i) a collective bargaining agreement 
                      providing for contributions under a multiemployer 
                      plan that was in effect at the time the plan 
                      entered endangered status expires, and
                          ``(ii) after receiving one or more schedules 
                      from the plan sponsor under paragraph (1)(B), the 
                      bargaining parties with respect to such agreement 
                      fail to adopt a contribution schedule with terms 
                      consistent with the funding improvement plan and a 
                      schedule from the plan sponsor,
                the plan sponsor shall implement the schedule described 
                in paragraph (1)(B)(i)(I) beginning on the date 
                specified in subparagraph (C).
                    ``(B) Subsequent contribution schedule.--If--
                          ``(i) a collective bargaining agreement 
                      providing for contributions under a multiemployer 
                      plan in accordance with a schedule provided by the 
                      plan sponsor pursuant to a funding improvement 
                      plan (or imposed under subparagraph (A)) expires 
                      while the plan is still in endangered status, and
                          ``(ii) after receiving one or more updated 
                      schedules from the plan sponsor under paragraph 
                      (6)(B), the bargaining parties with respect to 
                      such agreement fail to adopt a contribution 
                      schedule with terms consistent with the updated 
                      funding improvement plan and a schedule from the 
                      plan sponsor,
                then the contribution schedule applicable under the 
                expired collective bargaining agreement, as updated and 
                in effect on the date the collective bargaining 
                agreement expires, shall be implemented by the plan 
                sponsor beginning on the date specified in subparagraph 
                (C).
                    ``(C) Date of implementation.--The date specified in 
                this subparagraph is the date which is 180 days after 
                the date on which the collective bargaining agreement 
                described in subparagraph (A) or (B) expires.
                    ``(D) Failure to make scheduled contributions.--Any 
                failure to make a contribution under a schedule of 
                contribution rates provided under this paragraph shall 
                be treated as a delinquent contribution under section 
                515 and shall be enforceable as such.'',
            (2) in subsection (e)(3), by amending subparagraph (C) to 
        read as follows:

[[Page 128 STAT. 2784]]

                    ``(C) Imposition of schedule where failure to adopt 
                rehabilitation plan.--
                          ``(i) Initial contribution schedule.--If--
                                    ``(I) a collective bargaining 
                                agreement providing for contributions 
                                under a multiemployer plan that was in 
                                effect at the time the plan entered 
                                critical status expires, and
                                    ``(II) after receiving one or more 
                                schedules from the plan sponsor under 
                                paragraph (1)(B), the bargaining parties 
                                with respect to such agreement fail to 
                                adopt a contribution schedule with terms 
                                consistent with the rehabilitation plan 
                                and a schedule from the plan sponsor 
                                under paragraph (1)(B)(i),
                      the plan sponsor shall implement the schedule 
                      described in the last sentence of paragraph (1) 
                      beginning on the date specified in clause (iii).
                          ``(ii) Subsequent contribution schedule.--If--
                                    ``(I) a collective bargaining 
                                agreement providing for contributions 
                                under a multiemployer plan in accordance 
                                with a schedule provided by the plan 
                                sponsor pursuant to a rehabilitation 
                                plan (or imposed under subparagraph 
                                (C)(i)) expires while the plan is still 
                                in critical status, and
                                    ``(II) after receiving one or more 
                                updated schedules from the plan sponsor 
                                under subparagraph (B)(ii), the 
                                bargaining parties with respect to such 
                                agreement fail to adopt a contribution 
                                schedule with terms consistent with the 
                                updated rehabilitation plan and a 
                                schedule from the plan sponsor,
                      then the contribution schedule applicable under 
                      the expired collective bargaining agreement, as 
                      updated and in effect on the date the collective 
                      bargaining agreement expires, shall be implemented 
                      by the plan sponsor beginning on the date 
                      specified in clause (iii).
                          ``(iii) Date of implementation.--The date 
                      specified in this subparagraph is the date which 
                      is 180 days after the date on which the collective 
                      bargaining agreement described in clause (i) or 
                      (ii) expires.
                          ``(iv) Failure to make scheduled 
                      contributions.--Any failure to make a contribution 
                      under a schedule of contribution rates provided 
                      under this subsection shall be treated as a 
                      delinquent contribution under section 515 and 
                      shall be enforceable as such.''.

    (b) Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code.--Section 432 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC 432.>>  is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (7) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(7) Imposition of schedule where failure to adopt funding 
        improvement plan.--
                    ``(A) Initial contribution schedule.--If--
                          ``(i) a collective bargaining agreement 
                      providing for contributions under a multiemployer 
                      plan that was in effect at the time the plan 
                      entered endangered status expires, and

[[Page 128 STAT. 2785]]

                          ``(ii) after receiving one or more schedules 
                      from the plan sponsor under paragraph (1)(B), the 
                      bargaining parties with respect to such agreement 
                      fail to adopt a contribution schedule with terms 
                      consistent with the funding improvement plan and a 
                      schedule from the plan sponsor,
                the plan sponsor shall implement the schedule described 
                in paragraph (1)(B)(i)(I) beginning on the date 
                specified in subparagraph (C).
                    ``(B) Subsequent contribution schedule.--If--
                          ``(i) a collective bargaining agreement 
                      providing for contributions under a multiemployer 
                      plan in accordance with a schedule provided by the 
                      plan sponsor pursuant to a funding improvement 
                      plan (or imposed under subparagraph (A)) expires 
                      while the plan is still in endangered status, and
                          ``(ii) after receiving one or more updated 
                      schedules from the plan sponsor under paragraph 
                      (6)(B), the bargaining parties with respect to 
                      such agreement fail to adopt a contribution 
                      schedule with terms consistent with the updated 
                      funding improvement plan and a schedule from the 
                      plan sponsor,
                then the contribution schedule applicable under the 
                expired collective bargaining agreement, as updated and 
                in effect on the date the collective bargaining 
                agreement expires, shall be implemented by the plan 
                sponsor beginning on the date specified in subparagraph 
                (C).
                    ``(C) Date of implementation.--The date specified in 
                this subparagraph is the date which is 180 days after 
                the date on which the collective bargaining agreement 
                described in subparagraph (A) or (B) expires.'', and
            (2) in subsection (e)(3), by amending subparagraph (C) to 
        read as follows:
                    ``(C) Imposition of schedule where failure to adopt 
                rehabilitation plan.--
                          ``(i) Initial contribution schedule.--If--
                                    ``(I) a collective bargaining 
                                agreement providing for contributions 
                                under a multiemployer plan that was in 
                                effect at the time the plan entered 
                                critical status expires, and
                                    ``(II) after receiving one or more 
                                schedules from the plan sponsor under 
                                paragraph (1)(B), the bargaining parties 
                                with respect to such agreement fail to 
                                adopt a contribution schedule with terms 
                                consistent with the rehabilitation plan 
                                and a schedule from the plan sponsor 
                                under paragraph (1)(B)(i),
                      the plan sponsor shall implement the schedule 
                      described in the last sentence of paragraph (1) 
                      beginning on the date specified in clause (iii).
                          ``(ii) Subsequent contribution schedule.--If--
                                    ``(I) a collective bargaining 
                                agreement providing for contributions 
                                under a multiemployer plan in accordance 
                                with a schedule provided by the plan 
                                sponsor pursuant to a rehabilitation 
                                plan (or imposed under subparagraph 
                                (C)(i)) expires while the plan is still 
                                in critical status, and

[[Page 128 STAT. 2786]]

                                    ``(II) after receiving one or more 
                                updated schedules from the plan sponsor 
                                under subparagraph (B)(ii), the 
                                bargaining parties with respect to such 
                                agreement fail to adopt a contribution 
                                schedule with terms consistent with the 
                                updated rehabilitation plan and a 
                                schedule from the plan sponsor,
                      then the contribution schedule applicable under 
                      the expired collective bargaining agreement, as 
                      updated and in effect on the date the collective 
                      bargaining agreement expires, shall be implemented 
                      by the plan sponsor beginning on the date 
                      specified in clause (iii).
                          ``(iii) Date of implementation.--The date 
                      specified in this subparagraph is the date which 
                      is 180 days after the date on which the collective 
                      bargaining agreement described in clause (ii) or 
                      (iii) expires.''.

    (c) <<NOTE: 26 USC 432 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning after 
December 31, 2014.
SEC. 108. REPEAL OF REORGANIZATION RULES FOR MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS.

    (a) Amendments to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.--
            (1) In general.--Sections 4241, 4242, 4243, 4244, and 4244A 
        of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
        U.S.C. 1421; 1422; 1423; 1424; 1425) are repealed.
            (2) Modification of insolvency rules.--Section 4245 of such 
        Act (29 U.S.C. 1426) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``reorganization'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``critical status, as described in 
                subsection 305(b)(2),'';
                    (B) in subsection (c)(2)--
                          (i) by striking ``The suspension'' and 
                      inserting ``(A) The suspension'';
                          (ii) by striking ``(within the meaning of 
                      section 4241(b)(6))''; and
                          (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) For purposes of this paragraph--
                    ``(i) the term `person in pay status' means--
                          ``(I) a participant or beneficiary on the last 
                      day of the base plan year who, at any time during 
                      such year, was paid an early, late, normal, or 
                      disability retirement benefit (or a death benefit 
                      related to a retirement benefit), and
                          ``(II) to the extent provided in regulations 
                      prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, any 
                      other person who is entitled to such a benefit 
                      under the plan.
                    ``(ii) the base plan year for any plan year is--
                          ``(I) if there is a relevant collective 
                      bargaining agreement, the last plan year ending at 
                      least 6 months before the relevant effective date, 
                      or
                          ``(II) if there is no relevant collective 
                      bargaining agreement, the last plan year ending at 
                      least 12 months before the beginning of the plan 
                      year.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2787]]

                    ``(iii) a relevant collective bargaining agreement 
                is a collective bargaining agreement--
                          ``(I) which is in effect for at least 6 months 
                      during the plan year, and
                          ``(II) which has not been in effect for more 
                      than 36 months as of the end of the plan year.
                    ``(iv) the relevant effective date is the earliest 
                of the effective dates for the relevant collective 
                bargaining agreements.'';
                    (C) in subsection (d)--
                          (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                      ``(determined in accordance with section 
                      4243(3)(B)(ii))''; and
                          (ii) by adding at the end the following:

    ``(4) For purposes of this subsection, the value of plan assets 
shall be the value of the available plan assets determined under 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.'';
                    (D) in subsection (e)(1)--
                          (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the 
                      corporation, the parties described in section 
                      4242(a)(2), and the plan participants and 
                      beneficiaries'' and inserting ``the parties 
                      described in section 101(f)(1)''; and
                          (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                      ``section 4242(a)(2) and the plan participants and 
                      beneficiaries'' and inserting ``section 
                      101(f)(1)''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:

    ``(g) Subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to a plan that, for 
the plan year, is operating under section 305(e)(9), regarding benefit 
suspensions by certain multiemployer plans in critical and declining 
status.''.
            (3) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Definition of reorganization index.--Section 
                4001(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1301(a)) is amended by 
                striking paragraph (9).
                    (B) Minimum funding standards.--Section 304(a) of 
                such Act (29 U.S.C. 1084(a)) is amended to read as 
                follows:

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of section 302, the accumulated 
funding deficiency of a multiemployer plan for any plan year is the 
amount, determined as of the end of the plan year, equal to the excess 
(if any) of the total charges to the funding standard account of the 
plan for all plan years (beginning with the first plan year for which 
this part applies to the plan) over the total credits to such account 
for such years.''.
                    (C) <<NOTE: 29 USC prec. 1421.>>  Modification of 
                part heading.--Part 3 of subtitle D of title IV of such 
                Act (29 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) is amended by striking the 
                heading and inserting ``insolvent plans''.
                    (D) Conforming amendment to table of contents.--The 
                table of contents in section 1 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
                1001 note) is amended by striking the items relating to 
                sections 4241 through 4244A.

    (b) Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code.--
            (1) In general.--Sections 418, 418A, 418B, 418C, and 418D of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC 418, 418A-
        418D.>>  are repealed.
            (2) Modification of insolvency rules.--Section 418E of such 
        Code is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``reorganization'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``critical status, as described in 
                subsection 432(b)(2),'';

[[Page 128 STAT. 2788]]

                    (B) in subsection (c)(2)--
                          (i) by striking ``The suspension'' and 
                      inserting ``(A) The suspension'';
                          (ii) by striking ``(within the meaning of 
                      section 418(b)(6))''; and
                          (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) For purposes of this paragraph--
                    ``(i) the term `person in pay status' means--
                          ``(I) a participant or beneficiary on the last 
                      day of the base plan year who, at any time during 
                      such year, was paid an early, late, normal, or 
                      disability retirement benefit (or a death benefit 
                      related to a retirement benefit), and
                          ``(II) to the extent provided in regulations 
                      prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, any 
                      other person who is entitled to such a benefit 
                      under the plan.
                    ``(ii) the base plan year for any plan year is--
                          ``(I) if there is a relevant collective 
                      bargaining agreement, the last plan year ending at 
                      least 6 months before the relevant effective date, 
                      or
                          ``(II) if there is no relevant collective 
                      bargaining agreement, the last plan year ending at 
                      least 12 months before the beginning of the plan 
                      year.
                    ``(iii) a relevant collective bargaining agreement 
                is a collective bargaining agreement--
                          ``(I) which is in effect for at least 6 months 
                      during the plan year, and
                          ``(II) which has not been in effect for more 
                      than 36 months as of the end of the plan year.
                    ``(iv) the relevant effective date is the earliest 
                of the effective dates for the relevant collective 
                bargaining agreements.'';
                    (C) in subsection (d)--
                          (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                      ``(determined in accordance with section 
                      418B(3)(B)(ii))'';
                          (ii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) For purposes of this subsection, the value of plan 
        assets shall be the value of the available plan assets 
        determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the 
        Treasury.'';
                    (D) in subsection (e)(1)--
                          (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the 
                      corporation, the parties described in section 
                      418A(a)(2), and the plan participants and 
                      beneficiaries'' and inserting ``the parties 
                      described in section 101(f)(1) of the Employee 
                      Retirement Income Security Act of 1974''; and
                          (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                      ``section 418A(a)(2) and the plan participants and 
                      beneficiaries'' and inserting ``section 101(f)(1) 
                      of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
                      1974''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:

    ``(h) Subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to a plan that, for 
the plan year, is operating under section 432(e)(9), regarding benefit 
suspensions by certain multiemployer plans in critical and declining 
status.''.
            (3) Conforming amendments.--

[[Page 128 STAT. 2789]]

                    (A) Minimum funding standards.--Section 431(a) of 
                the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC 431.>>  
                is amended to read as follows:

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of section 412, the accumulated 
funding deficiency of a multiemployer plan for any plan year is the 
amount, determined as of the end of the plan year, equal to the excess 
(if any) of the total charges to the funding standard account of the 
plan for all plan years (beginning with the first plan year for which 
this part applies to the plan) over the total credits to such account 
for such years.''.
                    (B) Modification of subpart heading.--Subpart C of 
                part I of subchapter D of chapter 1 of such 
                Code <<NOTE: 26 USC prec. 418.>>  is amended by striking 
                the heading and inserting ``insolvent plans''.
                    (C) Conforming amendment to table of contents.--The 
                table of contents for such subpart C is amended by 
                striking the items relating to sections 418 through 
                418D.
                    (D) Conforming amendment to table of subparts.--The 
                table of subparts for part I of subchapter D of chapter 
                1 of such Code <<NOTE: 26 USC prec. 401.>>  is amended 
                by striking the heading and inserting ``insolvent 
                plans''.

    (c) <<NOTE: 26 USC 418 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning after 
December 31, 2014.
SEC. 109. DISREGARD OF CERTAIN CONTRIBUTION INCREASES FOR 
                        WITHDRAWAL LIABILITY PURPOSES.

    (a) Amendment to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.--
Section 305 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
U.S.C. 1085) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (9);
            (2) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating 
                paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and
                    (B) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A)), by striking ``During the 
                rehabilitation plan adoption period--'' and inserting 
                ``During the period beginning on the date of the 
                certification under subsection (b)(3)(A) for the initial 
                critical year and ending on the date of the adoption of 
                a rehabilitation plan--'';
            (3) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), and (i) as 
        subsections (h), (i), and (j), respectively; and
            (4) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:

    ``(g) Adjustments Disregarded in Withdrawal Liability 
Determination.--
            ``(1) Benefit reduction.--Any benefit reductions under 
        subsection (e)(8) or (f) shall be disregarded in determining a 
        plan's unfunded vested benefits for purposes of determining an 
        employer's withdrawal liability under section 4201.
            ``(2) Surcharges.--Any surcharges under subsection (e)(7) 
        shall be disregarded in determining the allocation of unfunded 
        vested benefits to an employer under section 4211 and in 
        determining the highest contribution rate under section 4219(c), 
        except for purposes of determining the unfunded vested benefits 
        attributable to an employer under section 4211(c)(4) or a 
        comparable method approved under section 4211(c)(5).

[[Page 128 STAT. 2790]]

            ``(3) Contribution increases required by funding improvement 
        or rehabilitation plan.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Any increase in the contribution 
                rate (or other increase in contribution requirements 
                unless due to increased levels of work, employment, or 
                periods for which compensation is provided) that is 
                required or made in order to enable the plan to meet the 
                requirement of the funding improvement plan or 
                rehabilitation plan shall be disregarded in determining 
                the allocation of unfunded vested benefits to an 
                employer under section 4211 and in determining the 
                highest contribution rate under section 4219(c), except 
                for purposes of determining the unfunded vested benefits 
                attributable to an employer under section 4211(c)(4) or 
                a comparable method approved under section 4211(c)(5).
                    ``(B) Special rules.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, any increase in the contribution rate (or 
                other increase in contribution requirements) shall be 
                deemed to be required or made in order to enable the 
                plan to meet the requirement of the funding improvement 
                plan or rehabilitation plan except for increases in 
                contribution requirements due to increased levels of 
                work, employment, or periods for which compensation is 
                provided or additional contributions are used to provide 
                an increase in benefits, including an increase in future 
                benefit accruals, permitted by subsection (d)(1)(B) or 
                (f)(1)(B).
            ``(4) Emergence from endangered or critical status.--In the 
        case of increases in the contribution rate (or other increases 
        in contribution requirements unless due to increased levels of 
        work, employment, or periods for which compensation is provided) 
        disregarded pursuant to paragraph (3), this subsection shall 
        cease to apply as of the expiration date of the collective 
        bargaining agreement in effect when the plan emerges from 
        endangered or critical status. Notwithstanding the preceding 
        sentence, once the plan emerges from critical or endangered 
        status, increases in the contribution rate disregarded pursuant 
        to paragraph (3) shall continue to be disregarded in determining 
        the highest contribution rate under section 4219(c) for plan 
        years during which the plan was in endangered or critical 
        status.
            ``(5) Simplified calculations.--The Pension Benefit Guaranty 
        Corporation shall prescribe simplified methods for the 
        application of this subsection in determining withdrawal 
        liability and payment amounts under section 4219(c).''.

    (b) Amendments to Internal Revenue Code.--Section 432 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC 432.>>  is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (9),
            (2) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating 
                paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and
                    (B) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A)), striking ``During the rehabilitation 
                plan adoption period--'' and inserting ``During the 
                period beginning on the date of the certification under 
                subsection (b)(3)(A) for the initial critical year and 
                ending on the date of the adoption of a rehabilitation 
                plan--'';

[[Page 128 STAT. 2791]]

            (3) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), and (i) as 
        subsections (h), (i), and (j), respectively; and
            (4) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:

    ``(g) Adjustments Disregarded in Withdrawal Liability 
Determination.--
            ``(1) Benefit reduction.--Any benefit reductions under 
        subsection (e)(8) or (f) shall be disregarded in determining a 
        plan's unfunded vested benefits for purposes of determining an 
        employer's withdrawal liability under section 4201 of the 
        Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
            ``(2) Surcharges.--Any surcharges under subsection (e)(7) 
        shall be disregarded in determining the allocation of unfunded 
        vested benefits to an employer under section 4211 of the 
        Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and in 
        determining the highest contribution rate under section 4219(c) 
        of such Act, except for purposes of determining the unfunded 
        vested benefits attributable to an employer under section 
        4211(c)(4) of such Act or a comparable method approved under 
        section 4211(c)(5) of such Act.
            ``(3) Contribution increases required by funding improvement 
        or rehabilitation plan.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Any increase in the contribution 
                rate (or other increase in contribution requirements 
                unless due to increased levels of work, employment, or 
                periods for which compensation is provided) that is 
                required or made in order to enable the plan to meet the 
                requirement of the funding improvement plan or 
                rehabilitation plan shall be disregarded in determining 
                the allocation of unfunded vested benefits to an 
                employer under section 4211 of such Act and in 
                determining the highest contribution rate under section 
                4219(c) of such Act, except for purposes of determining 
                the unfunded vested benefits attributable to an employer 
                under section 4211(c)(4) of such Act or a comparable 
                method approved under section 4211(c)(5) of such Act.
                    ``(B) Special rules.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, any increase in the contribution rate (or 
                other increase in contribution requirements) shall be 
                deemed to be required or made in order to enable the 
                plan to meet the requirement of the funding improvement 
                plan or rehabilitation plan except for increases in 
                contribution requirements due to increased levels of 
                work, employment, or periods for which compensation is 
                provided or additional contributions are used to provide 
                an increase in benefits, including an increase in future 
                benefit accruals, permitted by subsection (d)(1)(B) or 
                (f)(1)(B).
            ``(4) Emergence from endangered or critical status.--In the 
        case of increases in the contribution rate (or other increases 
        in contribution requirements unless due to increased levels of 
        work, employment, or periods for which compensation is provided) 
        disregarded pursuant to paragraph (3), this subsection shall 
        cease to apply as of the expiration date of the collective 
        bargaining agreement in effect when the plan emerges from 
        endangered or critical status. Notwithstanding the preceding 
        sentence, once the plan emerges from critical or endangered 
        status, increases in the contribution rate disregarded pursuant 
        to paragraph (3) shall continue to be disregarded

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        in determining the highest contribution rate under section 
        4219(c) of such Act for plan years during which the plan was in 
        endangered or critical status.
            ``(5) Simplified calculations.--The Pension Benefit Guaranty 
        Corporation shall prescribe simplified methods for the 
        application of this subsection in determining withdrawal 
        liability and payment amounts under section 4219(c) of such 
        Act.''.

    (c) <<NOTE: 26 USC 432 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments made 
by this section shall apply to benefit reductions and increases in the 
contribution rate or other required contribution increases that go into 
effect during plan years beginning after December 31, 2014 and to 
surcharges the obligation for which accrue on or after December 31, 
2014.
SEC. 110. GUARANTEE FOR PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR ANNUITIES UNDER 
                        MULTIEMPLOYER PENSION PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 4022A(c) of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1322a(c)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
            ``(4) For purposes of subsection (a), in the case of a 
        qualified preretirement survivor annuity (as defined in section 
        205(e)(1)) payable to the surviving spouse of a participant 
        under a multiemployer plan which becomes insolvent under section 
        4245(b) or 4281(d)(2) or is terminated, such annuity shall not 
        be treated as forfeitable solely because the participant has not 
        died as of the date on which the plan became so insolvent or the 
        termination date.''.

    (b) <<NOTE: 29 USC 1322a note.>>  Retroactive Application.--The 
amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to multiemployer 
plan benefit payments becoming payable on or after January 1, 1985, 
except that the amendment shall not apply in any case where the 
surviving spouse has died before the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 111. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE OF MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 101(k)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1021(k)(1)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(1) In general.--Each administrator of a defined benefit 
        plan that is a multiemployer plan shall, upon written request, 
        furnish to any plan participant or beneficiary, employee 
        representative, or any employer that has an obligation to 
        contribute to the plan a copy of--
                    ``(A) the current plan document (including any 
                amendments thereto),
                    ``(B) the latest summary plan description of the 
                plan,
                    ``(C) the current trust agreement (including any 
                amendments thereto), or any other instrument or 
                agreement under which the plan is established or 
                operated,
                    ``(D) in the case of a request by an employer, any 
                participation agreement with respect to the plan for 
                such employer that relates to the employer's plan 
                participation during the current or any of the 5 
                immediately preceding plan years,
                    ``(E) the annual report filed under section 104 for 
                any plan year,

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                    ``(F) the plan funding notice provided under 
                subsection (f) for any plan year,
                    ``(G) any periodic actuarial report (including any 
                sensitivity testing) received by the plan for any plan 
                year which has been in the plan's possession for at 
                least 30 days,
                    ``(H) any quarterly, semi-annual, or annual 
                financial report prepared for the plan by any plan 
                investment manager or advisor or other fiduciary which 
                has been in the plan's possession for at least 30 days,
                    ``(I) audited financial statements of the plan for 
                any plan year,
                    ``(J) any application filed with the Secretary of 
                the Treasury requesting an extension under section 
                304(d) of this Act or section 431(d) of the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986 and the determination of such 
                Secretary pursuant to such application, and
                    ``(K) in the case of a plan which was in critical or 
                endangered status under section 305 for a plan year, the 
                latest funding improvement or rehabilitation plan, and 
                the contribution schedules applicable with respect to 
                such funding improvement or rehabilitation plan (other 
                than a contribution schedule applicable to a specific 
                employer).''.

    (b) Limitations on Disclosure.--Section 101(k)(3) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 1021(k)(3)) is amended by striking the 1st sentence and inserting 
the following: ``In no case shall a participant, beneficiary, employee 
representative, or employer be entitled under this subsection to receive 
more than one copy of any document described in paragraph (1) during any 
one 12-month period, or, in the case of any document described in 
subparagraph (E), (F), (G), (H) or (I) of paragraph (1), a copy of any 
such document that as of the date on which the request is received by 
the administrator, has been in the administrator's possession for 6 
years or more. If the administrator provides a copy of a document 
described in paragraph (1) to any person upon request, the administrator 
shall be considered as having met any obligation the administrator may 
have under any other provision of this title to furnish a copy of the 
same document to such person upon request.''.
    (c) Retention of Records.--Section 107 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1027) 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(including the documents described in 
        subparagraphs (E) through (I) of section 101(k))'' after ``file 
        any report''; and
            (2) by inserting ``a copy of such report and'' after ``shall 
        maintain''.

    (d) Civil Enforcement.--Section 502(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
1132(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(11) in the case of a multiemployer plan, by an employee 
        representative, or any employer that has an obligation to 
        contribute to the plan, (A) to enjoin any act or practice which 
        violates subsection (k) of section 101 (or, in the case of an 
        employer, subsection (l) of such section), or (B) to obtain 
        appropriate equitable relief (i) to redress such violation or 
        (ii) to enforce such subsection.''.

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    (e) <<NOTE: 29 USC 1021 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments 
made by this section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 
after December 31, 2014.

          Subtitle B--Multiemployer Plan Mergers and Partitions

SEC. 121. MERGERS.

    (a) PBGC Assistance for Multiemployer Plan Mergers.--Section 4231 of 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1411) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Facilitated Mergers.--
            ``(1) In general.--When requested to do so by the plan 
        sponsors, the corporation may take such actions as it deems 
        appropriate to promote and facilitate the merger of two or more 
        multiemployer plans if it determines, after consultation with 
        the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate selected under section 
        4004, that the transaction is in the interests of the 
        participants and beneficiaries of at least one of the plans and 
        is not reasonably expected to be adverse to the overall 
        interests of the participants and beneficiaries of any of the 
        plans. Such facilitation may include training, technical 
        assistance, mediation, communication with stakeholders, and 
        support with related requests to other government agencies.
            ``(2) Financial assistance.--In order to facilitate a merger 
        which it determines is necessary to enable one or more of the 
        plans involved to avoid or postpone insolvency, the corporation 
        may provide financial assistance (within the meaning of section 
        4261) to the merged plan if--
                    ``(A) one or more of the multiemployer plans 
                participating in the merger is in critical and declining 
                status (as defined in section 305(b)(4));
                    ``(B) the corporation reasonably expects that--
                          ``(i) such financial assistance will reduce 
                      the corporation's expected long-term loss with 
                      respect to the plans involved; and
                          ``(ii) such financial assistance is necessary 
                      for the merged plan to become or remain solvent;
                    ``(C) the corporation certifies that its ability to 
                meet existing financial assistance obligations to other 
                plans will not be impaired by such financial assistance; 
                and
                    ``(D) such financial assistance is paid exclusively 
                from the fund for basic benefits guaranteed for 
                multiemployer plans.
        Not later than 14 days after the provision of such financial 
        assistance, the corporation shall provide notice of such 
        financial assistance to the Committee on Education and the 
        Workforce of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Ways 
        and Means of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
        Finance of the Senate, and the Committee on Health, Education, 
        Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.''.

    (b) <<NOTE: 29 USC 1411 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments 
made by this section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 
after December 31, 2014.

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SEC. 122. PARTITIONS OF ELIGIBLE MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) In general.--Section 4233 of the Employee Retirement 
        Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1413) is amended to read 
        as follows:
``SEC. 4233. PARTITIONS OF ELIGIBLE MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS.

    ``(a)(1) Upon the application by the plan sponsor of an eligible 
multiemployer plan for a partition of the plan, the corporation may 
order a partition of the plan in accordance with this section. The 
corporation shall make a determination regarding the application not 
later than 270 days after the date such application was filed (or, if 
later, the date such application was completed) in accordance with 
regulations promulgated by the corporation.
    ``(2) Not later than 30 days after submitting an application for 
partition of a plan under paragraph (1), the plan sponsor of the plan 
shall notify the participants and beneficiaries of such application, in 
the form and manner prescribed by regulations issued by the corporation.
    ``(b) For purposes of this section, a multiemployer plan is an 
eligible multiemployer plan if--
            ``(1) the plan is in critical and declining status (as 
        defined in section 305(b)(4));
            ``(2) the corporation determines, after consultation with 
        the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate selected under section 
        4004, that the plan sponsor has taken (or is taking concurrently 
        with an application for partition) all reasonable measures to 
        avoid insolvency, including the maximum benefit suspensions 
        under section 305(e)(9), if applicable;
            ``(3) the corporation reasonably expects that--
                    ``(A) a partition of the plan will reduce the 
                corporation's expected long-term loss with respect to 
                the plan; and
                    ``(B) a partition of the plan is necessary for the 
                plan to remain solvent;
            ``(4) the corporation certifies to Congress that its ability 
        to meet existing financial assistance obligations to other plans 
        (including any liabilities associated with multiemployer plans 
        that are insolvent or that are projected to become insolvent 
        within 10 years) will not be impaired by such partition; and
            ``(5) the cost to the corporation arising from such 
        partition is paid exclusively from the fund for basic benefits 
        guaranteed for multiemployer plans.

    ``(c) The corporation's partition order shall provide for a transfer 
to the plan referenced in subsection (d)(1) of the minimum amount of the 
plan's liabilities necessary for the plan to remain solvent.
    ``(d)(1) The plan created by the partition order is a successor plan 
to which section 4022A applies.
    ``(2) The plan sponsor of an eligible multiemployer plan prior to 
the partition and the administrator of such plan shall be the plan 
sponsor and the administrator, respectively, of the plan created by the 
partition order.
    ``(3) In the event an employer withdraws from the plan that was 
partitioned within ten years following the date of the partition order, 
withdrawal liability shall be computed under section 4201 with respect 
to both the plan that was partitioned and the plan created by the 
partition order. If the withdrawal occurs more than ten years after the 
date of the partition order, withdrawal liability

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shall be computed under section 4201 only with respect to the plan that 
was partitioned (and not with respect to the plan created by the 
partition order).
    ``(e)(1) For each participant or beneficiary of the plan whose 
benefit was transferred to the plan created by the partition order 
pursuant to a partition, the plan that was partitioned shall pay a 
monthly benefit to such participant or beneficiary for each month in 
which such benefit is in pay status following the effective date of such 
partition in an amount equal to the excess of--
            ``(A) the monthly benefit that would be paid to such 
        participant or beneficiary for such month under the terms of the 
        plan (taking into account benefit suspensions under section 
        305(e)(9) and any plan amendments following the effective date 
        of such partition) if the partition had not occurred, over
            ``(B) the monthly benefit for such participant or 
        beneficiary which is guaranteed under section 4022A.

    ``(2) In any case in which a plan provides a benefit improvement (as 
defined in section 305(e)(9)(E)(vi)) that takes effect after the 
effective date of the partition, the plan shall pay to the corporation 
for each year during the 10-year period following the partition 
effective date, an annual amount equal to the lesser of--
            ``(A) the total value of the increase in benefit payments 
        for such year that is attributable to the benefit improvement, 
        or
            ``(B) the total benefit payments from the plan created by 
        the partition for such year.

Such payment shall be made at the time of, and in addition to, any other 
premium imposed by the corporation under this title.
    ``(3) The plan that was partitioned shall pay the premiums imposed 
by the corporation under this title with respect to participants whose 
benefits were transferred to the plan created by the partition order for 
each year during the 10-year period following the partition effective 
date.
    ``(f) Not later than 14 days after the partition order, the 
corporation shall provide notice of such order to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and any affected participants or 
beneficiaries.''.
    (b) <<NOTE: 29 USC 1413 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments 
made by this section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 
after December 31, 2014.

   Subtitle C--Strengthening the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

SEC. 131. PREMIUM INCREASES FOR MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS.

    (a) Increase in Premium Rate for Multiemployer Plans.--Section 
4006(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (iv), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (v)--
                          (i) by inserting ``and before January 1, 
                      2015,'' after ``December 31, 2012,''; and

[[Page 128 STAT. 2797]]

                          (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
                      inserting ``, or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(vi) in the case of a multiemployer plan, for plan years 
        beginning after December 31, 2014, $26 for each individual who 
        is a participant in such plan during the applicable plan 
        year.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

    ``(M) For each plan year beginning in a calendar year after 2015, 
there shall be substituted for the dollar amount specified in clause 
(vi) of subparagraph (A) an amount equal to the greater of--
            ``(i) the product derived by multiplying such dollar amount 
        by the ratio of--
                    ``(I) the national average wage index (as defined in 
                section 209(k)(1) of the Social Security Act) for the 
                first of the 2 calendar years preceding the calendar 
                year in which such plan year begins, to
                    ``(II) the national average wage index (as so 
                defined) for 2013; and
            ``(ii) such dollar amount for plan years beginning in the 
        preceding calendar year.

If the amount determined under this subparagraph is not a multiple of 
$1, such product shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1.''.
    (b) Treatment of Certain Funds.--Section 4005(b)(3) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 1305(b)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Whenever'' and inserting ``(A) Whenever''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

    ``(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)--
            ``(i) the amounts of premiums received under section 4006 
        with respect to the fund to be used for basic benefits under 
        section 4022A in a fiscal year in the period beginning with 
        fiscal year 2016 and ending with fiscal year 2020 shall be 
        placed in a noninterest-bearing account within such fund in the 
        following amounts:
                    ``(I) for fiscal year 2016, $108,000,000;
                    ``(II) for fiscal year 2017, $111,000,000;
                    ``(III) for fiscal year 2018, $113,000,000;
                    ``(IV) for fiscal year 2019, $149,000,000; and
                    ``(V) for fiscal year 2020, $296,000,000;
            ``(ii) premiums received in fiscal years specified in 
        subclauses (I) through (V) of clause (i) shall be allocated in 
        order first to the noninterest-bearing account in the amount 
        specified and second to any other accounts within such fund; and
            ``(iii) financial assistance, as provided under section 
        4261, shall be withdrawn proportionately from the noninterest-
        bearing and other accounts within the fund.''.

    (c) Report.--In addition to any other report required by section 
4022A(f), not later than June 1, 2016, the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
Corporation shall submit to Congress a report that includes--
            (1) an analysis of whether the premium levels enacted under 
        the amendment made by subsection (a) are sufficient for the 
        Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to meet its projected mean 
        stochastic basic benefit guarantee obligations for the ten- and 
        twenty-year periods beginning with 2015, including

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        an explanation of the assumptions underlying this analysis; and
            (2) if the analysis under paragraph (1) concludes that the 
        premium levels are insufficient to meet such obligations (or are 
        in excess of the levels sufficient to meet such obligations), a 
        proposed schedule of revised premiums sufficient to meet (but 
        not exceed) such obligations.

    (d) <<NOTE: 29 USC 1306 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments 
made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 
after December 31, 2014.

        TITLE II--REMEDIATION MEASURES FOR DEEPLY TROUBLED PLANS

SEC. 201. CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS, DISTRIBUTION AND NOTICE 
                        REQUIREMENTS, AND APPROVAL PROCESS FOR 
                        BENEFIT SUSPENSIONS UNDER MULTIEMPLOYER 
                        PLANS IN CRITICAL AND DECLINING STATUS.

    (a) Amendments to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.--
            (1) General rule for plan in critical and declining 
        status.--Section 305(a) of the Employee Retirement Income 
        Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``, and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) if the plan is in critical and declining status--
                    ``(A) the requirements of paragraph (2) shall apply 
                to the plan; and
                    ``(B) the plan sponsor may, by plan amendment, 
                suspend benefits in accordance with the requirements of 
                subsection (e)(9).''.
            (2) Critical and declining status defined.--Section 305(b) 
        of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
        U.S.C. 1085(b)), as amended by sections 102 and 104, is further 
        amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Critical and declining status.--For purposes of this 
        section, a plan in critical status shall be treated as in 
        critical and declining status if the plan is described in one or 
        more of subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (2) 
        and the plan is projected to become insolvent within the meaning 
        of section 4245 during the current plan year or any of the 14 
        succeeding plan years (19 succeeding plan years if the plan has 
        a ratio of inactive participants to active participants that 
        exceeds 2 to 1 or if the funded percentage of the plan is less 
        than 80 percent).''.
            (3) Annual certification.--Section 305(b)(3)(A)(i) of the 
        Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
        1085(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and whether'' and inserting ``, 
                whether'', and
                    (B) by inserting ``, and whether or not the plan is 
                or will be in critical and declining status for such 
                plan year'' before ``, and'' at the end.

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            (4) Annual funding notices.--Section 101(f)(2)(B) of such 
        Act (29 U.S.C. 1021(f)(2)(B)) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating clauses (vi) through (x) as 
                clauses (vii) through (xi), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
                          ``(vi) in the case of a multiemployer plan, 
                      whether the plan was in critical and declining 
                      status under section 305 for such plan year and, 
                      if so--
                                    ``(I) the projected date of 
                                insolvency;
                                    ``(II) a clear statement that such 
                                insolvency may result in benefit 
                                reductions; and
                                    ``(III) a statement describing 
                                whether the plan sponsor has taken 
                                legally permitted actions to prevent 
                                insolvency.''.
            (5) Projections of assets and liabilities.--Section 
        305(b)(3)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
        1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(b)(3)(B)) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following:
                          ``(iv) Projections of critical and declining 
                      status.--In determining whether a plan is in 
                      critical and declining status as described in 
                      subsection (e)(9), clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) 
                      shall apply, except that--
                                    ``(I) if reasonable, the plan 
                                actuary shall assume that each 
                                contributing employer in compliance 
                                continues to comply through the end of 
                                the rehabilitation period or such later 
                                time as provided in subsection 
                                (e)(3)(A)(ii) with the terms of the 
                                rehabilitation plan that correspond to 
                                the schedule adopted or imposed under 
                                subsection (e), and
                                    ``(II) the plan actuary shall take 
                                into account any suspensions of benefits 
                                described in subsection (e)(9) adopted 
                                in a prior plan year that are still in 
                                effect.''.
            (6) Benefit suspensions for multiemployer plans in critical 
        and declining status.--Section 305(e) of the Employee Retirement 
        Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(e)) (as amended by 
        section 109) is amended by inserting after paragraph (8) the 
        following:
            ``(9) Benefit suspensions for multiemployer plans in 
        critical and declining status.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 204(g) 
                and subject to subparagraphs (B) through (I), the plan 
                sponsor of a plan in critical and declining status may, 
                by plan amendment, suspend benefits which the sponsor 
                deems appropriate.
                    ``(B) Suspension of benefits.--
                          ``(i) Suspension of benefits defined.--For 
                      purposes of this subsection, the term `suspension 
                      of benefits' means the temporary or permanent 
                      reduction of any current or future payment 
                      obligation of the plan to any participant or 
                      beneficiary under the plan, whether or not in pay 
                      status at the time of the suspension of benefits.
                          ``(ii) Length of suspensions.--Any suspension 
                      of benefits made under subparagraph (A) shall 
                      remain in effect until the earlier of when the 
                      plan sponsor provides benefit improvements in 
                      accordance with

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                      subparagraph (E) or the suspension of benefits 
                      expires by its own terms.
                          ``(iii) No liability.--The plan shall not be 
                      liable for any benefit payments not made as a 
                      result of a suspension of benefits under this 
                      paragraph.
                          ``(iv) Applicability.--For purposes of this 
                      paragraph, all references to suspensions of 
                      benefits, increases in benefits, or resumptions of 
                      suspended benefits with respect to participants 
                      shall also apply with respect to benefits of 
                      beneficiaries or alternative payees of 
                      participants.
                          ``(v) Retiree representative.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--In the case of a 
                                plan with 10,000 or more participants, 
                                not later than 60 days prior to the plan 
                                sponsor submitting an application to 
                                suspend benefits, the plan sponsor shall 
                                select a participant of the plan in pay 
                                status to act as a retiree 
                                representative. The retiree 
                                representative shall advocate for the 
                                interests of the retired and deferred 
                                vested participants and beneficiaries of 
                                the plan throughout the suspension 
                                approval process.
                                    ``(II) Reasonable expenses from 
                                plan.--The plan shall provide for 
                                reasonable expenses by the retiree 
                                representative, including reasonable 
                                legal and actuarial support, 
                                commensurate with the plan's size and 
                                funded status.
                                    ``(III) Special rule relating to 
                                fiduciary status.--Duties performed 
                                pursuant to subclause (I) shall not be 
                                subject to section 404(a). The preceding 
                                sentence shall not apply to those duties 
                                associated with an application to 
                                suspend benefits pursuant to 
                                subparagraph (G) that are performed by 
                                the retiree representative who is also a 
                                plan trustee.
                    ``(C) Conditions for suspensions.--The plan sponsor 
                of a plan in critical and declining status for a plan 
                year may suspend benefits only if the following 
                conditions are met:
                          ``(i) Taking into account the proposed 
                      suspensions of benefits (and, if applicable, a 
                      proposed partition of the plan under section 
                      4233), the plan actuary certifies that the plan is 
                      projected to avoid insolvency within the meaning 
                      of section 4245, assuming the suspensions of 
                      benefits continue until the suspensions of 
                      benefits expire by their own terms or if no such 
                      expiration date is set, indefinitely.
                          ``(ii) The plan sponsor determines, in a 
                      written record to be maintained throughout the 
                      period of the benefit suspension, that the plan is 
                      still projected to become insolvent unless 
                      benefits are suspended under this paragraph, 
                      although all reasonable measures to avoid 
                      insolvency have been taken (and continue to be 
                      taken during the period of the benefit 
                      suspension). In its determination, the plan 
                      sponsor may take into account factors including 
                      the following:
                                    ``(I) Current and past contribution 
                                levels.

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                                    ``(II) Levels of benefit accruals 
                                (including any prior reductions in the 
                                rate of benefit accruals).
                                    ``(III) Prior reductions (if any) of 
                                adjustable benefits.
                                    ``(IV) Prior suspensions (if any) of 
                                benefits under this subsection.
                                    ``(V) The impact on plan solvency of 
                                the subsidies and ancillary benefits 
                                available to active participants.
                                    ``(VI) Compensation levels of active 
                                participants relative to employees in 
                                the participants' industry generally.
                                    ``(VII) Competitive and other 
                                economic factors facing contributing 
                                employers.
                                    ``(VIII) The impact of benefit and 
                                contribution levels on retaining active 
                                participants and bargaining groups under 
                                the plan.
                                    ``(IX) The impact of past and 
                                anticipated contribution increases under 
                                the plan on employer attrition and 
                                retention levels.
                                    ``(X) Measures undertaken by the 
                                plan sponsor to retain or attract 
                                contributing employers.
                    ``(D) Limitations on suspensions.--Any suspensions 
                of benefits made by a plan sponsor pursuant to this 
                paragraph shall be subject to the following limitations:
                          ``(i) The monthly benefit of any participant 
                      or beneficiary may not be reduced below 110 
                      percent of the monthly benefit which is guaranteed 
                      by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under 
                      section 4022A on the date of the suspension.
                          ``(ii)(I) In the case of a participant or 
                      beneficiary who has attained 75 years of age as of 
                      the effective date of the suspension, not more 
                      than the applicable percentage of the maximum 
                      suspendable benefits of such participant or 
                      beneficiary may be suspended under this paragraph.
                          ``(II) For purposes of subclause (I), the 
                      maximum suspendable benefits of a participant or 
                      beneficiary is the portion of the benefits of such 
                      participant or beneficiary that would be suspended 
                      pursuant to this paragraph without regard to this 
                      clause;
                          ``(III) For purposes of subclause (I), the 
                      applicable percentage is a percentage equal to the 
                      quotient obtained by dividing--
                                    ``(aa) the number of months during 
                                the period beginning with the month 
                                after the month in which occurs the 
                                effective date of the suspension and 
                                ending with the month during which the 
                                participant or beneficiary attains the 
                                age of 80, by
                                    ``(bb) 60 months.
                          ``(iii) No benefits based on disability (as 
                      defined under the plan) may be suspended under 
                      this paragraph.
                          ``(iv) Any suspensions of benefits, in the 
                      aggregate (and, if applicable, considered in 
                      combination with a partition of the plan under 
                      section 4233), shall be

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                      reasonably estimated to achieve, but not 
                      materially exceed, the level that is necessary to 
                      avoid insolvency.
                          ``(v) In any case in which a suspension of 
                      benefits with respect to a plan is made in 
                      combination with a partition of the plan under 
                      section 4233, the suspension of benefits may not 
                      take effect prior to the effective date of such 
                      partition.
                          ``(vi) Any suspensions of benefits shall be 
                      equitably distributed across the participant and 
                      beneficiary population, taking into account 
                      factors, with respect to participants and 
                      beneficiaries and their benefits, that may include 
                      one or more of the following:
                                    ``(I) Age and life expectancy.
                                    ``(II) Length of time in pay status.
                                    ``(III) Amount of benefit.
                                    ``(IV) Type of benefit: survivor, 
                                normal retirement, early retirement.
                                    ``(V) Extent to which participant or 
                                beneficiary is receiving a subsidized 
                                benefit.
                                    ``(VI) Extent to which participant 
                                or beneficiary has received post-
                                retirement benefit increases.
                                    ``(VII) History of benefit increases 
                                and reductions.
                                    ``(VIII) Years to retirement for 
                                active employees.
                                    ``(IX) Any discrepancies between 
                                active and retiree benefits.
                                    ``(X) Extent to which active 
                                participants are reasonably likely to 
                                withdraw support for the plan, 
                                accelerating employer withdrawals from 
                                the plan and increasing the risk of 
                                additional benefit reductions for 
                                participants in and out of pay status.
                                    ``(XI) Extent to which benefits are 
                                attributed to service with an employer 
                                that failed to pay its full withdrawal 
                                liability.
                          ``(vii) In the case of a plan that includes 
                      the benefits described in clause (III), benefits 
                      suspended under this paragraph shall--
                                    ``(I) first, be applied to the 
                                maximum extent permissible to benefits 
                                attributable to a participant's service 
                                for an employer which withdrew from the 
                                plan and failed to pay (or is delinquent 
                                with respect to paying) the full amount 
                                of its withdrawal liability under 
                                section 4201(b)(1) or an agreement with 
                                the plan,
                                    ``(II) second, except as provided by 
                                subclause (III), be applied to all other 
                                benefits that may be suspended under 
                                this paragraph, and
                                    ``(III) third, be applied to 
                                benefits under a plan that are directly 
                                attributable to a participant's service 
                                with any employer which has, prior to 
                                the date of enactment of the 
                                Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 
                                2014--
                                            ``(aa) withdrawn from the 
                                        plan in a complete withdrawal 
                                        under section 4203 and has

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                                        paid the full amount of the 
                                        employer's withdrawal liability 
                                        under section 4201(b)(1) or an 
                                        agreement with the plan, and
                                            ``(bb) pursuant to a 
                                        collective bargaining agreement, 
                                        assumed liability for providing 
                                        benefits to participants and 
                                        beneficiaries of the plan under 
                                        a separate, single-employer plan 
                                        sponsored by the employer, in an 
                                        amount equal to any amount of 
                                        benefits for such participants 
                                        and beneficiaries reduced as a 
                                        result of the financial status 
                                        of the plan.
                    ``(E) Benefit improvements.--
                          ``(i) In general.--The plan sponsor may, in 
                      its sole discretion, provide benefit improvements 
                      while any suspension of benefits under the plan 
                      remains in effect, except that the plan sponsor 
                      may not increase the liabilities of the plan by 
                      reason of any benefit improvement for any 
                      participant or beneficiary not in pay status by 
                      the first day of the plan year for which the 
                      benefit improvement takes effect, unless--
                                    ``(I) such action is accompanied by 
                                equitable benefit improvements in 
                                accordance with clause (ii) for all 
                                participants and beneficiaries whose 
                                benefit commencement dates were before 
                                the first day of the plan year for which 
                                the benefit improvement for such 
                                participant or beneficiary not in pay 
                                status took effect; and
                                    ``(II) the plan actuary certifies 
                                that after taking into account such 
                                benefits improvements the plan is 
                                projected to avoid insolvency 
                                indefinitely under section 4245.
                          ``(ii) Equitable distribution of benefit 
                      improvements.--
                                    ``(I) Limitation.--The projected 
                                value of the total liabilities for 
                                benefit improvements for participants 
                                and beneficiaries not in pay status by 
                                the date of the first day of the plan 
                                year in which the benefit improvements 
                                are proposed to take effect, as 
                                determined as of such date, may not 
                                exceed the projected value of the 
                                liabilities arising from benefit 
                                improvements for participants and 
                                beneficiaries with benefit commencement 
                                dates prior to the first day of such 
                                plan year, as so determined.
                                    ``(II) Equitable distribution of 
                                benefits.--The plan sponsor shall 
                                equitably distribute any increase in 
                                total liabilities for benefit 
                                improvements in clause (i) to some or 
                                all of the participants and 
                                beneficiaries whose benefit commencement 
                                date is before the date of the first day 
                                of the plan year in which the benefit 
                                improvements are proposed to take 
                                effect, taking into account the relevant 
                                factors described in subparagraph 
                                (D)(vi) and the extent to which the 
                                benefits of the participants and 
                                beneficiaries were suspended.
                          ``(iii) Special rule for resumptions of 
                      benefits only for participants in pay status.--The 
                      plan

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                      sponsor may increase liabilities of the plan 
                      through a resumption of benefits for participants 
                      and beneficiaries in pay status only if the plan 
                      sponsor equitably distributes the value of resumed 
                      benefits to some or all of the participants and 
                      beneficiaries in pay status, taking into account 
                      the relevant factors described in subparagraph 
                      (D)(vi).
                          ``(iv) Special rule for certain benefit 
                      increases.--This subparagraph shall not apply to a 
                      resumption of suspended benefits or plan amendment 
                      which increases liabilities with respect to 
                      participants and beneficiaries not in pay status 
                      by the first day of the plan year in which the 
                      benefit improvements took effect which--
                                    ``(I) the Secretary of the Treasury, 
                                in consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                                Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary 
                                of Labor, determines to be reasonable 
                                and which provides for only de minimis 
                                increases in the liabilities of the 
                                plan, or
                                    ``(II) is required as a condition of 
                                qualification under part I of subchapter 
                                D of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the 
                                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or to 
                                comply with other applicable law, as 
                                determined by the Secretary of the 
                                Treasury.
                          ``(v) Additional limitations.--Except for 
                      resumptions of suspended benefits described in 
                      clause (iii), the limitations on benefit 
                      improvements while a suspension of benefits is in 
                      effect under this paragraph shall be in addition 
                      to any other applicable limitations on increases 
                      in benefits imposed on a plan.
                          ``(vi) Definition of benefit improvement.--For 
                      purposes of this subparagraph, the term `benefit 
                      improvement' means, with respect to a plan, a 
                      resumption of suspended benefits, an increase in 
                      benefits, an increase in the rate at which 
                      benefits accrue, or an increase in the rate at 
                      which benefits become nonforfeitable under the 
                      plan.
                    ``(F) Notice requirements.--
                          ``(i) In general.--No suspension of benefits 
                      may be made pursuant to this paragraph unless 
                      notice of such proposed suspension has been given 
                      by the plan sponsor concurrently with an 
                      application for approval of such suspension 
                      submitted under subparagraph (G) to the Secretary 
                      of the Treasury to--
                                    ``(I) such plan participants and 
                                beneficiaries who may be contacted by 
                                reasonable efforts,
                                    ``(II) each employer who has an 
                                obligation to contribute (within the 
                                meaning of section 4212(a)) under the 
                                plan, and
                                    ``(III) each employee organization 
                                which, for purposes of collective 
                                bargaining, represents plan participants 
                                employed by such an employer.
                          ``(ii) Content of notice.--The notice under 
                      clause (i) shall contain--
                                    ``(I) sufficient information to 
                                enable participants and beneficiaries to 
                                understand the effect

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                                of any suspensions of benefits, 
                                including an individualized estimate (on 
                                an annual or monthly basis) of such 
                                effect on each participant or 
                                beneficiary,
                                    ``(II) a description of the factors 
                                considered by the plan sponsor in 
                                designing the benefit suspensions,
                                    ``(III) a statement that the 
                                application for approval of any 
                                suspension of benefits shall be 
                                available on the website of the 
                                Department of the Treasury and that 
                                comments on such application will be 
                                accepted,
                                    ``(IV) information as to the rights 
                                and remedies of plan participants and 
                                beneficiaries,
                                    ``(V) if applicable, a statement 
                                describing the appointment of a retiree 
                                representative, the date of appointment 
                                of such representative, identifying 
                                information about the retiree 
                                representative (including whether the 
                                representative is a plan trustee), and 
                                how to contact such representative, and
                                    ``(VI) information on how to contact 
                                the Department of the Treasury for 
                                further information and assistance where 
                                appropriate.
                          ``(iii) Form and manner.--Any notice under 
                      clause (i)--
                                    ``(I) shall be provided in a form 
                                and manner prescribed in guidance by the 
                                Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                                consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                                Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary 
                                of Labor, notwithstanding any other 
                                provision of law,
                                    ``(II) shall be written in a manner 
                                so as to be understood by the average 
                                plan participant, and
                                    ``(III) may be provided in written, 
                                electronic, or other appropriate form to 
                                the extent such form is reasonably 
                                accessible to persons to whom the notice 
                                is required to be provided.
                          ``(iv) Other notice requirement.--Any notice 
                      provided under clause (i) shall fulfill the 
                      requirement for notice of a significant reduction 
                      in benefits described in section 204(h).
                          ``(v) Model notice.--The Secretary of the 
                      Treasury, in consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                      Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of Labor, 
                      shall in the guidance prescribed under clause 
                      (iii)(I) establish a model notice that a plan 
                      sponsor may use to meet the requirements of this 
                      subparagraph.
                    ``(G) Approval process by the secretary of the 
                treasury in consultation with the pension benefit 
                guaranty corporation and the secretary of labor.--
                          ``(i) In general.--The plan sponsor of a plan 
                      in critical and declining status for a plan year 
                      that seeks to suspend benefits must submit an 
                      application to the Secretary of the Treasury for 
                      approval of the suspensions of benefits. If the 
                      plan sponsor submits an

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                      application for approval of the suspensions, the 
                      Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
                      the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the 
                      Secretary of Labor, shall approve the application 
                      upon finding that the plan is eligible for the 
                      suspensions and has satisfied the criteria of 
                      subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F).
                          ``(ii) Solicitation of comments.--Not later 
                      than 30 days after receipt of the application 
                      under clause (i), the Secretary of the Treasury, 
                      in consultation with the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
                      Corporation and the Secretary of Labor, shall 
                      publish a notice in the Federal Register 
                      soliciting comments from contributing employers, 
                      employee organizations, and participants and 
                      beneficiaries of the plan for which an application 
                      was made and other interested parties. The 
                      application for approval of the suspension of 
                      benefits shall be published on the website of the 
                      Secretary of the Treasury.
                          ``(iii) Required action; deemed approval.--The 
                      Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
                      the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the 
                      Secretary of Labor, shall approve or deny any 
                      application for suspensions of benefits under this 
                      paragraph within 225 days after the submission of 
                      such application. An application for suspension of 
                      benefits shall be deemed approved unless, within 
                      such 225 days, the Secretary of the Treasury 
                      notifies the plan sponsor that it has failed to 
                      satisfy one or more of the criteria described in 
                      this paragraph. If the Secretary of the Treasury, 
                      in consultation with the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
                      Corporation and the Secretary of Labor, rejects a 
                      plan sponsor's application, the Secretary of the 
                      Treasury shall provide notice to the plan sponsor 
                      detailing the specific reasons for the rejection, 
                      including reference to the specific requirement 
                      not satisfied. Approval or denial by the Secretary 
                      of the Treasury of an application shall be treated 
                      as a final agency action for purposes of section 
                      704 of title 5, United States Code.
                          ``(iv) Agency review.--In evaluating whether 
                      the plan sponsor has met the criteria specified in 
                      clause (ii) of subparagraph (C), the Secretary of 
                      the Treasury, in consultation with the Pension 
                      Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 
                      Labor, shall review the plan sponsor's 
                      consideration of factors under such clause.
                          ``(v) Standard for accepting plan sponsor 
                      determinations.--In evaluating the plan sponsor's 
                      application, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
                      accept the plan sponsor's determinations unless it 
                      concludes, in consultation with the Pension 
                      Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 
                      Labor, that the plan sponsor's determinations were 
                      clearly erroneous.
                    ``(H) Participant ratification process.--
                          ``(i) In general.--No suspension of benefits 
                      may take effect pursuant to this paragraph prior 
                      to a vote of the participants of the plan with 
                      respect to the suspension.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2807]]

                          ``(ii) Administration of vote.--Not later than 
                      30 days after approval of the suspension by the 
                      Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
                      the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the 
                      Secretary of Labor, under subparagraph (G), the 
                      Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
                      the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the 
                      Secretary of Labor, shall administer a vote of 
                      participants and beneficiaries of the plan. Except 
                      as provided in clause (v), the suspension shall go 
                      into effect following the vote unless a majority 
                      of all participants and beneficiaries of the plan 
                      vote to reject the suspension. The plan sponsor 
                      may submit a new suspension application to the 
                      Secretary of the Treasury for approval in any case 
                      in which a suspension is prohibited from taking 
                      effect pursuant to a vote under this subparagraph.
                          ``(iii) Ballots.--The plan sponsor shall 
                      provide a ballot for the vote (subject to approval 
                      by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
                      with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and 
                      the Secretary of Labor) that includes the 
                      following:
                                    ``(I) A statement from the plan 
                                sponsor in support of the suspension.
                                    ``(II) A statement in opposition to 
                                the suspension compiled from comments 
                                received pursuant to subparagraph 
                                (G)(ii).
                                    ``(III) A statement that the 
                                suspension has been approved by the 
                                Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                                consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                                Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary 
                                of Labor.
                                    ``(IV) A statement that the plan 
                                sponsor has determined that the plan 
                                will become insolvent unless the 
                                suspension takes effect.
                                    ``(V) A statement that insolvency of 
                                the plan could result in benefits lower 
                                than benefits paid under the suspension.
                                    ``(VI) A statement that insolvency 
                                of the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
                                Corporation would result in benefits 
                                lower than benefits paid in the case of 
                                plan insolvency.
                          ``(iv) Communication by plan sponsor.--It is 
                      the sense of Congress that, depending on the size 
                      and resources of the plan and geographic 
                      distribution of the plan's participants, the plan 
                      sponsor should take such steps as may be necessary 
                      to inform participants about proposed benefit 
                      suspensions through in-person meetings, telephone 
                      or internet-based communications, mailed 
                      information, or by other means.
                          ``(v) Systemically important plans.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--Not later than 14 
                                days after a vote under this 
                                subparagraph rejecting a suspension, the 
                                Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                                consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                                Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary 
                                of Labor, shall determine whether the 
                                plan is a systemically important plan. 
                                If the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                                consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                                Guaranty Corporation

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                                and the Secretary of Labor, determines 
                                that the plan is a systemically 
                                important plan, not later than the end 
                                of the 90-day period beginning on the 
                                date the results of the vote are 
                                certified, the Secretary of the Treasury 
                                shall, notwithstanding such adverse 
                                vote--
                                            ``(aa) permit the 
                                        implementation of the suspension 
                                        proposed by the plan sponsor; or
                                            ``(bb) permit the 
                                        implementation of a modification 
                                        by the Secretary of the 
                                        Treasury, in consultation with 
                                        the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
                                        Corporation and the Secretary of 
                                        Labor, of such suspension (so 
                                        long as the plan is projected to 
                                        avoid insolvency within the 
                                        meaning of section 4245 under 
                                        such modification).
                                    ``(II) Recommendations.--Not later 
                                than 30 days after a determination by 
                                the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                                consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                                Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary 
                                of Labor, that the plan is systemically 
                                important, the Participant and Plan 
                                Sponsor Advocate selected under section 
                                4004 may submit recommendations to the 
                                Secretary of the Treasury with respect 
                                to the suspension or any revisions to 
                                the suspension.
                                    ``(III) Systemically important plan 
                                defined.--
                                            ``(aa) In general.--For 
                                        purposes of this subparagraph, a 
                                        systemically important plan is a 
                                        plan with respect to which the 
                                        Pension Benefit Guaranty 
                                        Corporation projects the present 
                                        value of projected financial 
                                        assistance payments exceeds 
                                        $1,000,000,000 if suspensions 
                                        are not implemented.
                                            ``(bb) Indexing.--For 
                                        calendar years beginning after 
                                        2015, there shall be substituted 
                                        for the dollar amount specified 
                                        in item (aa) an amount equal to 
                                        the product of such dollar 
                                        amount and a fraction, the 
                                        numerator of which is the 
                                        contribution and benefit base 
                                        (determined under section 230 of 
                                        the Social Security Act) for the 
                                        preceding calendar year and the 
                                        denominator of which is such 
                                        contribution and benefit base 
                                        for calendar year 2014. If the 
                                        amount otherwise determined 
                                        under this item is not a 
                                        multiple of $1,000,000, such 
                                        amount shall be rounded to the 
                                        next lowest multiple of 
                                        $1,000,000.
                          ``(vi) Final authorization to suspend.--In any 
                      case in which a suspension goes into effect 
                      following a vote pursuant to clause (ii) (or 
                      following a determination under clause (v) that 
                      the plan is a systemically important plan), the 
                      Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
                      the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the 
                      Secretary of Labor, shall issue a final 
                      authorization to suspend with respect to the 
                      suspension

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                      not later than 7 days after such vote (or, in the 
                      case of a suspension that goes into effect under 
                      clause (v), at a time sufficient to allow the 
                      implementation of the suspension prior to the end 
                      of the 90-day period described in clause (v)(I)).
                    ``(I) Judicial review.--
                          ``(i) Denial of application.--An action by the 
                      plan sponsor challenging the denial of an 
                      application for suspension of benefits by the 
                      Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
                      the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the 
                      Secretary of Labor, may only be brought following 
                      such denial.
                          ``(ii) Approval of suspension of benefits.--
                                    ``(I) Timing of action.--An action 
                                challenging a suspension of benefits 
                                under this paragraph may only be brought 
                                following a final authorization to 
                                suspend by the Secretary of the 
                                Treasury, in consultation with the 
                                Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and 
                                the Secretary of Labor, under 
                                subparagraph (H)(vi).
                                    ``(II) Standards of review.--
                                            ``(aa) In general.--A court 
                                        shall review an action 
                                        challenging a suspension of 
                                        benefits under this paragraph in 
                                        accordance with section 706 of 
                                        title 5, United States Code.
                                            ``(bb) Temporary 
                                        injunction.--A court reviewing 
                                        an action challenging a 
                                        suspension of benefits under 
                                        this paragraph may not grant a 
                                        temporary injunction with 
                                        respect to such suspension 
                                        unless the court finds a clear 
                                        and convincing likelihood that 
                                        the plaintiff will prevail on 
                                        the merits of the case.
                          ``(iii) Restricted cause of action.--A 
                      participant or beneficiary affected by a benefit 
                      suspension under this paragraph shall not have a 
                      cause of action under this title.
                          ``(iv) Limitation on action to suspend 
                      benefits.--No action challenging a suspension of 
                      benefits following the final authorization to 
                      suspend or the denial of an application for 
                      suspension of benefits pursuant to this paragraph 
                      may be brought after one year after the earliest 
                      date on which the plaintiff acquired or should 
                      have acquired actual knowledge of the existence of 
                      such cause of action.
                    ``(J) Special rule for emergence from critical 
                status.--A plan certified to be in critical and 
                declining status pursuant to projections made under 
                subsection (b)(3) for which a suspension of benefits has 
                been made by the plan sponsor pursuant to this paragraph 
                shall not emerge from critical status under paragraph 
                (4)(B), until such time as--
                          ``(i) the plan is no longer certified to be in 
                      critical or endangered status under paragraphs (1) 
                      and (2) of subsection (b), and
                          ``(ii) the plan is projected to avoid 
                      insolvency under section 4245.''.
            (7) Rules relating to withdrawal liability.--

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                    (A) Benefit suspensions disregarded.--Section 
                305(g)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
                of 1974, as added by section 109, is further amended by 
                inserting ``or benefit reductions or suspensions while 
                in critical and declining status under subsection 
                (e)(9)), unless the withdrawal occurs more than ten 
                years after the effective date of a benefit suspension 
                by a plan in critical and declining status,'' after 
                ``benefit reductions under subsection (e)(8) or (f)''.
                    (B) Authority of plan to subordinate withdrawal 
                liability claims.--Section 4219(d) of such Act (29 
                U.S.C. 1399(d)) is amended by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``or to any arrangement relating to 
                withdrawal liability involving the plan.''.
                    (C) Civil actions.--Section 4003(f)(1) of such Act 
                (29 U.S.C. 1303)(f)(1)) is amended by inserting ``plan 
                sponsor,'' before ``fiduciary''.
            (8) <<NOTE: 29 USC 1085 note.>>  Guidance.--Not later than 
        180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Pension 
        Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of Labor, shall 
        publish appropriate guidance to implement section 305(e)(9) of 
        the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
        1085(e)(9)).

    (b) Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--
            (1) General rule for plan in critical and declining 
        status.--Section 432(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of <<NOTE: 26 USC 432.>>  1986 is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``, and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) if the plan is in critical and declining status--
                    ``(A) the requirements of paragraph (2) shall apply 
                to the plan; and
                    ``(B) the plan sponsor may, by plan amendment, 
                suspend benefits in accordance with the requirements of 
                subsection (e)(9).''.
            (2) Critical and declining status defined.--Section 432(b) 
        of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by sections 102 
        and 104, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Critical and declining status.--For purposes of this 
        section, a plan in critical status shall be treated as in 
        critical and declining status if the plan is described in one or 
        more of subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (2) 
        and the plan is projected to become insolvent within the meaning 
        of section 418E during the current plan year or any of the 14 
        succeeding plan years (19 succeeding plan years if the plan has 
        a ratio of inactive participants to active participants that 
        exceeds 2 to 1 or if the funded percentage of the plan is less 
        than 80 percent).''.
            (3) Annual certification.--Section 432(b)(3)(A)(i) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and whether'' and inserting ``, 
                whether'', and

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                    (B) by inserting ``, and whether or not the plan is 
                or will be in critical and declining status for such 
                plan year'' before ``, and'' at the end.
            (4) Projections of assets and liabilities.--Section 
        432(b)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC 
        432.>>  is amended by adding at the end the following:
                          ``(iv) Projections of critical and declining 
                      status.--In determining whether a plan is in 
                      critical and declining status as described in 
                      subsection (e)(9), clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) 
                      shall apply, except that--
                                    ``(I) if reasonable, the plan 
                                actuary shall assume that each 
                                contributing employer in compliance 
                                continues to comply through the end of 
                                the rehabilitation period or such later 
                                time as provided in subsection 
                                (e)(3)(A)(ii) with the terms of the 
                                rehabilitation plan that correspond to 
                                the schedule adopted or imposed under 
                                subsection (e), and
                                    ``(II) the plan actuary shall take 
                                into account any suspensions of benefits 
                                described in subsection (e)(9) adopted 
                                in a prior plan year that are still in 
                                effect.''.
            (5) Benefit suspensions for multiemployer plans in critical 
        and declining status.--Section 432(e) of the Internal Revenue 
        Code of 1986 (as amended by section 109) is amended by inserting 
        after paragraph (8) the following:
            ``(9) Benefit suspensions for multiemployer plans in 
        critical and declining status.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 411(d)(6) 
                and subject to subparagraphs (B) through (I), the plan 
                sponsor of a plan in critical and declining status may, 
                by plan amendment, suspend benefits which the sponsor 
                deems appropriate.
                    ``(B) Suspension of benefits.--
                          ``(i) Suspension of benefits defined.--For 
                      purposes of this subsection, the term `suspension 
                      of benefits' means the temporary or permanent 
                      reduction of any current or future payment 
                      obligation of the plan to any participant or 
                      beneficiary under the plan, whether or not in pay 
                      status at the time of the suspension of benefits.
                          ``(ii) Length of suspensions.--Any suspension 
                      of benefits made under subparagraph (A) shall 
                      remain in effect until the earlier of when the 
                      plan sponsor provides benefit improvements in 
                      accordance with subparagraph (E) or the suspension 
                      of benefits expires by its own terms.
                          ``(iii) No liability.--The plan shall not be 
                      liable for any benefit payments not made as a 
                      result of a suspension of benefits under this 
                      paragraph.
                          ``(iv) Applicability.--For purposes of this 
                      paragraph, all references to suspensions of 
                      benefits, increases in benefits, or resumptions of 
                      suspended benefits with respect to participants 
                      shall also apply with respect to benefits of 
                      beneficiaries or alternative payees of 
                      participants.
                          ``(v) Retiree representative.--

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                                    ``(I) In general.--In the case of a 
                                plan with 10,000 or more participants, 
                                not later than 60 days prior to the plan 
                                sponsor submitting an application to 
                                suspend benefits, the plan sponsor shall 
                                select a participant of the plan in pay 
                                status to act as a retiree 
                                representative. The retiree 
                                representative shall advocate for the 
                                interests of the retired and deferred 
                                vested participants and beneficiaries of 
                                the plan throughout the suspension 
                                approval process.
                                    ``(II) Reasonable expenses from 
                                plan.--The plan shall provide for 
                                reasonable expenses by the retiree 
                                representative, including reasonable 
                                legal and actuarial support, 
                                commensurate with the plan's size and 
                                funded status.
                                    ``(III) Special rule relating to 
                                fiduciary status.--Duties performed 
                                pursuant to subclause (I) shall not be 
                                subject to section 4975. The preceding 
                                sentence shall not apply to those duties 
                                associated with an application to 
                                suspend benefits pursuant to 
                                subparagraph (G) that are performed by 
                                the retiree representative who is also a 
                                plan trustee.
                    ``(C) Conditions for suspensions.--The plan sponsor 
                of a plan in critical and declining status for a plan 
                year may suspend benefits only if the following 
                conditions are met:
                          ``(i) Taking into account the proposed 
                      suspensions of benefits (and, if applicable, a 
                      proposed partition of the plan under section 4233 
                      of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
                      1974), the plan actuary certifies that the plan is 
                      projected to avoid insolvency within the meaning 
                      of section 418E, assuming the suspensions of 
                      benefits continue until the suspensions of 
                      benefits expire by their own terms or if no such 
                      expiration date is set, indefinitely.
                          ``(ii) The plan sponsor determines, in a 
                      written record to be maintained throughout the 
                      period of the benefit suspension, that the plan is 
                      still projected to become insolvent unless 
                      benefits are suspended under this paragraph, 
                      although all reasonable measures to avoid 
                      insolvency have been taken (and continue to be 
                      taken during the period of the benefit 
                      suspension). In its determination, the plan 
                      sponsor may take into account factors including 
                      the following:
                                    ``(I) Current and past contribution 
                                levels.
                                    ``(II) Levels of benefit accruals 
                                (including any prior reductions in the 
                                rate of benefit accruals).
                                    ``(III) Prior reductions (if any) of 
                                adjustable benefits.
                                    ``(IV) Prior suspensions (if any) of 
                                benefits under this subsection.
                                    ``(V) The impact on plan solvency of 
                                the subsidies and ancillary benefits 
                                available to active participants.

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                                    ``(VI) Compensation levels of active 
                                participants relative to employees in 
                                the participants' industry generally.
                                    ``(VII) Competitive and other 
                                economic factors facing contributing 
                                employers.
                                    ``(VIII) The impact of benefit and 
                                contribution levels on retaining active 
                                participants and bargaining groups under 
                                the plan.
                                    ``(IX) The impact of past and 
                                anticipated contribution increases under 
                                the plan on employer attrition and 
                                retention levels.
                                    ``(X) Measures undertaken by the 
                                plan sponsor to retain or attract 
                                contributing employers.
                    ``(D) Limitations on suspensions.--Any suspensions 
                of benefits made by a plan sponsor pursuant to this 
                paragraph shall be subject to the following limitations:
                          ``(i) The monthly benefit of any participant 
                      or beneficiary may not be reduced below 110 
                      percent of the monthly benefit which is guaranteed 
                      by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under 
                      section 4022A of the Employee Retirement Income 
                      Security Act of 1974 on the date of the 
                      suspension.
                          ``(ii)(I) In the case of a participant or 
                      beneficiary who has attained 75 years of age as of 
                      the effective date of the suspension, not more 
                      than the applicable percentage of the maximum 
                      suspendable benefits of such participant or 
                      beneficiary may be suspended under this paragraph.
                          ``(II) For purposes of subclause (I), the 
                      maximum suspendable benefits of a participant or 
                      beneficiary is the portion of the benefits of such 
                      participant or beneficiary that would be suspended 
                      pursuant to this paragraph without regard to this 
                      clause;
                          ``(III) For purposes of subclause (I), the 
                      applicable percentage is a percentage equal to the 
                      quotient obtained by dividing--
                                    ``(aa) the number of months during 
                                the period beginning with the month 
                                after the month in which occurs the 
                                effective date of the suspension and 
                                ending with the month during which the 
                                participant or beneficiary attains the 
                                age of 80, by
                                    ``(bb) 60 months.
                          ``(iii) No benefits based on disability (as 
                      defined under the plan) may be suspended under 
                      this paragraph.
                          ``(iv) Any suspensions of benefits, in the 
                      aggregate (and, if applicable, considered in 
                      combination with a partition of the plan under 
                      section 4233 of the Employee Retirement Income 
                      Security Act of 1974), shall be reasonably 
                      estimated to achieve, but not materially exceed, 
                      the level that is necessary to avoid insolvency.
                          ``(v) In any case in which a suspension of 
                      benefits with respect to a plan is made in 
                      combination with a partition of the plan under 
                      section 4233 of the Employee Retirement Income 
                      Security Act of 1974,

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                      the suspension of benefits may not take effect 
                      prior to the effective date of such partition.
                          ``(vi) Any suspensions of benefits shall be 
                      equitably distributed across the participant and 
                      beneficiary population, taking into account 
                      factors, with respect to participants and 
                      beneficiaries and their benefits, that may include 
                      one or more of the following:
                                    ``(I) Age and life expectancy.
                                    ``(II) Length of time in pay status.
                                    ``(III) Amount of benefit.
                                    ``(IV) Type of benefit: survivor, 
                                normal retirement, early retirement.
                                    ``(V) Extent to which participant or 
                                beneficiary is receiving a subsidized 
                                benefit.
                                    ``(VI) Extent to which participant 
                                or beneficiary has received post-
                                retirement benefit increases.
                                    ``(VII) History of benefit increases 
                                and reductions.
                                    ``(VIII) Years to retirement for 
                                active employees.
                                    ``(IX) Any discrepancies between 
                                active and retiree benefits.
                                    ``(X) Extent to which active 
                                participants are reasonably likely to 
                                withdraw support for the plan, 
                                accelerating employer withdrawals from 
                                the plan and increasing the risk of 
                                additional benefit reductions for 
                                participants in and out of pay status.
                                    ``(XI) Extent to which benefits are 
                                attributed to service with an employer 
                                that failed to pay its full withdrawal 
                                liability.
                          ``(vii) In the case of a plan that includes 
                      the benefits described in clause (III), benefits 
                      suspended under this paragraph shall--
                                    ``(I) first, be applied to the 
                                maximum extent permissible to benefits 
                                attributable to a participant's service 
                                for an employer which withdrew from the 
                                plan and failed to pay (or is delinquent 
                                with respect to paying) the full amount 
                                of its withdrawal liability under 
                                section 4201(b)(1) of the Employee 
                                Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
                                or an agreement with the plan,
                                    ``(II) second, except as provided by 
                                subclause (III), be applied to all other 
                                benefits that may be suspended under 
                                this paragraph, and
                                    ``(III) third, be applied to 
                                benefits under a plan that are directly 
                                attributable to a participant's service 
                                with any employer which has, prior to 
                                the date of enactment of the 
                                Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 
                                2014--
                                            ``(aa) withdrawn from the 
                                        plan in a complete withdrawal 
                                        under section 4203 of the 
                                        Employee Retirement Income 
                                        Security Act of 1974 and has 
                                        paid the full amount of the 
                                        employer's withdrawal liability 
                                        under section 4201(b)(1) of such 
                                        Act or an agreement with the 
                                        plan, and

[[Page 128 STAT. 2815]]

                                            ``(bb) pursuant to a 
                                        collective bargaining agreement, 
                                        assumed liability for providing 
                                        benefits to participants and 
                                        beneficiaries of the plan under 
                                        a separate, single-employer plan 
                                        sponsored by the employer, in an 
                                        amount equal to any amount of 
                                        benefits for such participants 
                                        and beneficiaries reduced as a 
                                        result of the financial status 
                                        of the plan.
                    ``(E) Benefit improvements.--
                          ``(i) In general.--The plan sponsor may, in 
                      its sole discretion, provide benefit improvements 
                      while any suspension of benefits under the plan 
                      remains in effect, except that the plan sponsor 
                      may not increase the liabilities of the plan by 
                      reason of any benefit improvement for any 
                      participant or beneficiary not in pay status by 
                      the first day of the plan year for which the 
                      benefit improvement takes effect, unless--
                                    ``(I) such action is accompanied by 
                                equitable benefit improvements in 
                                accordance with clause (ii) for all 
                                participants and beneficiaries whose 
                                benefit commencement dates were before 
                                the first day of the plan year for which 
                                the benefit improvement for such 
                                participant or beneficiary not in pay 
                                status took effect; and
                                    ``(II) the plan actuary certifies 
                                that after taking into account such 
                                benefits improvements the plan is 
                                projected to avoid insolvency 
                                indefinitely under section 418E.
                          ``(ii) Equitable distribution of benefit 
                      improvements.--
                                    ``(I) Limitation.--The projected 
                                value of the total liabilities for 
                                benefit improvements for participants 
                                and beneficiaries not in pay status by 
                                the date of the first day of the plan 
                                year in which the benefit improvements 
                                are proposed to take effect, as 
                                determined as of such date, may not 
                                exceed the projected value of the 
                                liabilities arising from benefit 
                                improvements for participants and 
                                beneficiaries with benefit commencement 
                                dates prior to the first day of such 
                                plan year, as so determined.
                                    ``(II) Equitable distribution of 
                                benefits.--The plan sponsor shall 
                                equitably distribute any increase in 
                                total liabilities for benefit 
                                improvements in clause (i) to some or 
                                all of the participants and 
                                beneficiaries whose benefit commencement 
                                date is before the date of the first day 
                                of the plan year in which the benefit 
                                improvements are proposed to take 
                                effect, taking into account the relevant 
                                factors described in subparagraph 
                                (D)(vi) and the extent to which the 
                                benefits of the participants and 
                                beneficiaries were suspended.
                          ``(iii) Special rule for resumptions of 
                      benefits only for participants in pay status.--The 
                      plan sponsor may increase liabilities of the plan 
                      through a resumption of benefits for participants 
                      and beneficiaries in pay status only if the plan 
                      sponsor equitably

[[Page 128 STAT. 2816]]

                      distributes the value of resumed benefits to some 
                      or all of the participants and beneficiaries in 
                      pay status, taking into account the relevant 
                      factors described in subparagraph (D)(vi).
                          ``(iv) Special rule for certain benefit 
                      increases.--This subparagraph shall not apply to a 
                      resumption of suspended benefits or plan amendment 
                      which increases liabilities with respect to 
                      participants and beneficiaries not in pay status 
                      by the first day of the plan year in which the 
                      benefit improvements took effect which--
                                    ``(I) the Secretary of the Treasury, 
                                in consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                                Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary 
                                of Labor, determines to be reasonable 
                                and which provides for only de minimis 
                                increases in the liabilities of the 
                                plan, or
                                    ``(II) is required as a condition of 
                                qualification under part I of subchapter 
                                D of chapter 1 of subtitle A or to 
                                comply with other applicable law, as 
                                determined by the Secretary of the 
                                Treasury.
                          ``(v) Additional limitations.--Except for 
                      resumptions of suspended benefits described in 
                      clause (iii), the limitations on benefit 
                      improvements while a suspension of benefits is in 
                      effect under this paragraph shall be in addition 
                      to any other applicable limitations on increases 
                      in benefits imposed on a plan.
                          ``(vi) Definition of benefit improvement.--For 
                      purposes of this subparagraph, the term `benefit 
                      improvement' means, with respect to a plan, a 
                      resumption of suspended benefits, an increase in 
                      benefits, an increase in the rate at which 
                      benefits accrue, or an increase in the rate at 
                      which benefits become nonforfeitable under the 
                      plan.
                    ``(F) Notice requirements.--
                          ``(i) In general.--No suspension of benefits 
                      may be made pursuant to this paragraph unless 
                      notice of such proposed suspension has been given 
                      by the plan sponsor concurrently with an 
                      application for approval of such suspension 
                      submitted under subparagraph (G) to the Secretary 
                      of the Treasury to--
                                    ``(I) such plan participants and 
                                beneficiaries who may be contacted by 
                                reasonable efforts,
                                    ``(II) each employer who has an 
                                obligation to contribute (within the 
                                meaning of section 4212(a) of the 
                                Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
                                of 1974) under the plan, and
                                    ``(III) each employee organization 
                                which, for purposes of collective 
                                bargaining, represents plan participants 
                                employed by such an employer.
                          ``(ii) Content of notice.--The notice under 
                      clause (i) shall contain--
                                    ``(I) sufficient information to 
                                enable participants and beneficiaries to 
                                understand the effect of any suspensions 
                                of benefits, including an individualized 
                                estimate (on an annual or monthly

[[Page 128 STAT. 2817]]

                                basis) of such effect on each 
                                participant or beneficiary,
                                    ``(II) a description of the factors 
                                considered by the plan sponsor in 
                                designing the benefit suspensions,
                                    ``(III) a statement that the 
                                application for approval of any 
                                suspension of benefits shall be 
                                available on the website of the 
                                Department of the Treasury and that 
                                comments on such application will be 
                                accepted,
                                    ``(IV) information as to the rights 
                                and remedies of plan participants and 
                                beneficiaries,
                                    ``(V) if applicable, a statement 
                                describing the appointment of a retiree 
                                representative, the date of appointment 
                                of such representative, identifying 
                                information about the retiree 
                                representative (including whether the 
                                representative is a plan trustee), and 
                                how to contact such representative, and
                                    ``(VI) information on how to contact 
                                the Department of the Treasury for 
                                further information and assistance where 
                                appropriate.
                          ``(iii) Form and manner.--Any notice under 
                      clause (i)--
                                    ``(I) shall be provided in a form 
                                and manner prescribed in guidance by the 
                                Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                                consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                                Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary 
                                of Labor, notwithstanding any other 
                                provision of law,
                                    ``(II) shall be written in a manner 
                                so as to be understood by the average 
                                plan participant, and
                                    ``(III) may be provided in written, 
                                electronic, or other appropriate form to 
                                the extent such form is reasonably 
                                accessible to persons to whom the notice 
                                is required to be provided.
                          ``(iv) Other notice requirement.--Any notice 
                      provided under clause (i) shall fulfill the 
                      requirement for notice of a significant reduction 
                      in benefits described in section 4980F.
                          ``(v) Model notice.--The Secretary of the 
                      Treasury, in consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                      Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of Labor, 
                      shall in the guidance prescribed under clause 
                      (iii)(I) establish a model notice that a plan 
                      sponsor may use to meet the requirements of this 
                      subparagraph.
                    ``(G) Approval process by the secretary of the 
                treasury in consultation with the pension benefit 
                guaranty corporation and the secretary of labor.--
                          ``(i) In general.--The plan sponsor of a plan 
                      in critical and declining status for a plan year 
                      that seeks to suspend benefits must submit an 
                      application to the Secretary of the Treasury for 
                      approval of the suspensions of benefits. If the 
                      plan sponsor submits an application for approval 
                      of the suspensions, the Secretary of the Treasury 
                      shall approve, in consultation with the Pension 
                      Benefit Guaranty Corporation and

[[Page 128 STAT. 2818]]

                      the Secretary of Labor, the application upon 
                      finding that the plan is eligible for the 
                      suspensions and has satisfied the criteria of 
                      subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F).
                          ``(ii) Solicitation of comments.--Not later 
                      than 30 days after receipt of the application 
                      under clause (i), the Secretary of the Treasury, 
                      in consultation with the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
                      Corporation and the Secretary of Labor, shall 
                      publish a notice in the Federal Register 
                      soliciting comments from contributing employers, 
                      employee organizations, and participants and 
                      beneficiaries of the plan for which an application 
                      was made and other interested parties. The 
                      application for approval of the suspension of 
                      benefits shall be published on the website of the 
                      Department of the Treasury.
                          ``(iii) Required action; deemed approval.--The 
                      Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
                      the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the 
                      Secretary of Labor, shall approve or deny any 
                      application for suspensions of benefits under this 
                      paragraph within 225 days after the submission of 
                      such application. An application for suspension of 
                      benefits shall be deemed approved unless, within 
                      such 225 days, the Secretary of the Treasury 
                      notifies the plan sponsor that it has failed to 
                      satisfy one or more of the criteria described in 
                      this paragraph. If the Secretary of the Treasury, 
                      in consultation with the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
                      Corporation and the Secretary of Labor, rejects a 
                      plan sponsor's application, the Secretary of the 
                      Treasury shall provide notice to the plan sponsor 
                      detailing the specific reasons for the rejection, 
                      including reference to the specific requirement 
                      not satisfied. Approval or denial by the Secretary 
                      of the Treasury, in consultation with the Pension 
                      Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 
                      Labor, of an application shall be treated as final 
                      agency action for purposes of section 704 of title 
                      5, United States Code.
                          ``(iv) Agency review.--In evaluating whether 
                      the plan sponsor has met the criteria specified in 
                      clause (ii) of subparagraph (C), the Secretary of 
                      the Treasury, in consultation with the Pension 
                      Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 
                      Labor, shall review the plan sponsor's 
                      consideration of factors under such clause.
                          ``(v) Standard for accepting plan sponsor 
                      determinations.--In evaluating the plan sponsor's 
                      application, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
                      accept the plan sponsor's determinations unless it 
                      concludes, in consultation with the Pension 
                      Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 
                      Labor, that the plan sponsor's determinations were 
                      clearly erroneous.
                    ``(H) Participant ratification process.--
                          ``(i) In general.--No suspension of benefits 
                      may take effect pursuant to this paragraph prior 
                      to a vote of the participants of the plan with 
                      respect to the suspension.

[[Page 128 STAT. 2819]]

                          ``(ii) Administration of vote.--Not later than 
                      30 days after approval of the suspension by the 
                      Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
                      the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the 
                      Secretary of Labor, under subparagraph (G), the 
                      Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
                      the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the 
                      Secretary of Labor, shall administer a vote of 
                      participants and beneficiaries of the plan. Except 
                      as provided in clause (v), the suspension shall go 
                      into effect following the vote unless a majority 
                      of all participants and beneficiaries of the plan 
                      vote to reject the suspension. The plan sponsor 
                      may submit a new suspension application to the 
                      Secretary of the Treasury for approval in any case 
                      in which a suspension is prohibited from taking 
                      effect pursuant to a vote under this subparagraph.
                          ``(iii) Ballots.--The plan sponsor shall 
                      provide a ballot for the vote (subject to approval 
                      by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
                      with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and 
                      the Secretary of Labor) that includes the 
                      following:
                                    ``(I) A statement from the plan 
                                sponsor in support of the suspension.
                                    ``(II) A statement in opposition to 
                                the suspension compiled from comments 
                                received pursuant to subparagraph 
                                (G)(ii).
                                    ``(III) A statement that the 
                                suspension has been approved by the 
                                Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                                consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                                Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary 
                                of Labor.
                                    ``(IV) A statement that the plan 
                                sponsor has determined that the plan 
                                will become insolvent unless the 
                                suspension takes effect.
                                    ``(V) A statement that insolvency of 
                                the plan could result in benefits lower 
                                than benefits paid under the suspension.
                                    ``(VI) A statement that insolvency 
                                of the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
                                Corporation would result in benefits 
                                lower than benefits paid in the case of 
                                plan insolvency.
                          ``(iv) Communication by plan sponsor.--It is 
                      the sense of Congress that, depending on the size 
                      and resources of the plan and geographic 
                      distribution of the plan's participants, the plan 
                      sponsor should take such steps as may be necessary 
                      to inform participants about proposed benefit 
                      suspensions through in-person meetings, telephone 
                      or internet-based communications, mailed 
                      information, or by other means.
                          ``(v) Systemically important plans.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--Not later than 14 
                                days after a vote under this 
                                subparagraph rejecting a suspension, the 
                                Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                                consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                                Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary 
                                of Labor, shall determine whether the 
                                plan is a systemically important plan. 
                                If the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                                consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                                Guaranty Corporation

[[Page 128 STAT. 2820]]

                                and the Secretary of Labor, determines 
                                that the plan is a systemically 
                                important plan, not later than the end 
                                of the 90-day period beginning on the 
                                date the results of the vote are 
                                certified, the Secretary of the Treasury 
                                shall, notwithstanding such adverse 
                                vote--
                                            ``(aa) permit the 
                                        implementation of the suspension 
                                        proposed by the plan sponsor; or
                                            ``(bb) permit the 
                                        implementation of a modification 
                                        by the Secretary of the 
                                        Treasury, in consultation with 
                                        the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
                                        Corporation and the Secretary of 
                                        Labor, of such suspension (so 
                                        long as the plan is projected to 
                                        avoid insolvency within the 
                                        meaning of section 4245 of the 
                                        Employee Retirement Income 
                                        Security Act of 1974 under such 
                                        modification).
                                    ``(II) Recommendations.--Not later 
                                than 30 days after a determination by 
                                the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                                consultation with the Pension Benefit 
                                Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary 
                                of Labor, that the plan is systemically 
                                important, the Participant and Plan 
                                Sponsor Advocate selected under section 
                                4004 of the Employee Retirement Income 
                                Security Act of 1974 may submit 
                                recommendations to the Secretary of the 
                                Treasury with respect to the suspension 
                                or any revisions to the suspension.
                                    ``(III) Systemically important plan 
                                defined.--
                                            ``(aa) In general.--For 
                                        purposes of this subparagraph, a 
                                        systemically important plan is a 
                                        plan with respect to which the 
                                        Pension Benefit Guaranty 
                                        Corporation projects the present 
                                        value of projected financial 
                                        assistance payments exceeds 
                                        $1,000,000,000 if suspensions 
                                        are not implemented.
                                            ``(bb) Indexing.--For 
                                        calendar years beginning after 
                                        2015, there shall be substituted 
                                        for the dollar amount specified 
                                        in item (aa) an amount equal to 
                                        the product of such dollar 
                                        amount and a fraction, the 
                                        numerator of which is the 
                                        contribution and benefit base 
                                        (determined under section 230 of 
                                        the Social Security Act) for the 
                                        preceding calendar year and the 
                                        denominator of which is such 
                                        contribution and benefit base 
                                        for calendar year 2014. If the 
                                        amount otherwise determined 
                                        under this item is not a 
                                        multiple of $1,000,000, such 
                                        amount shall be rounded to the 
                                        next lowest multiple of 
                                        $1,000,000.
                          ``(vi) Final authorization to suspend.--In any 
                      case in which a suspension goes into effect 
                      following a vote pursuant to clause (ii) (or 
                      following a determination under clause (v) that 
                      the plan is a systemically

[[Page 128 STAT. 2821]]

                      important plan), the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                      consultation with the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
                      Corporation and the Secretary of Labor, shall 
                      issue a final authorization to suspend with 
                      respect to the suspension not later than 7 days 
                      after such vote (or, in the case of a suspension 
                      that goes into effect under clause (v), at a time 
                      sufficient to allow the implementation of the 
                      suspension prior to the end of the 90-day period 
                      described in clause (v)(I)).
                    ``(I) Judicial review.--
                          ``(i) Denial of application.--An action by the 
                      plan sponsor challenging the denial of an 
                      application for suspension of benefits by the 
                      Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
                      the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the 
                      Secretary of Labor, may only be brought following 
                      such denial.
                          ``(ii) Approval of suspension of benefits.--
                                    ``(I) Timing of action.--An action 
                                challenging a suspension of benefits 
                                under this paragraph may only be brought 
                                following a final authorization to 
                                suspend by the Secretary of the 
                                Treasury, in consultation with the 
                                Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and 
                                the Secretary of Labor, under 
                                subparagraph (H)(vi).
                                    ``(II) Standards of review.--
                                            ``(aa) In general.--A court 
                                        shall review an action 
                                        challenging a suspension of 
                                        benefits under this paragraph in 
                                        accordance with section 706 of 
                                        title 5, United States Code.
                                            ``(bb) Temporary 
                                        injunction.--A court reviewing 
                                        an action challenging a 
                                        suspension of benefits under 
                                        this paragraph may not grant a 
                                        temporary injunction with 
                                        respect to such suspension 
                                        unless the court finds a clear 
                                        and convincing likelihood that 
                                        the plaintiff will prevail on 
                                        the merits of the case.
                          ``(iii) Restricted cause of action.--A 
                      participant or beneficiary affected by a benefit 
                      suspension under this paragraph shall not have a 
                      cause of action under this title.
                          ``(iv) Limitation on action to suspend 
                      benefits.--No action challenging a suspension of 
                      benefits following the final authorization to 
                      suspend or the denial of an application for 
                      suspension of benefits pursuant to this paragraph 
                      may be brought after one year after the earliest 
                      date on which the plaintiff acquired or should 
                      have acquired actual knowledge of the existence of 
                      such cause of action.
                    ``(J) Special rule for emergence from critical 
                status.--A plan certified to be in critical and 
                declining status pursuant to projections made under 
                subsection (b)(3) for which a suspension of benefits has 
                been made by the plan sponsor pursuant to this paragraph 
                shall not emerge from critical status under paragraph 
                (4)(B), until such time as--

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                          ``(i) the plan is no longer certified to be in 
                      critical or endangered status under paragraphs (1) 
                      and (2) of subsection (b), and
                          ``(ii) the plan is projected to avoid 
                      insolvency under section 418E.''.
            (6) Rule relating to withdrawal liability.--Section 
        432(g)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by 
        section 109, is further amended by inserting ``, or benefit 
        reductions or suspensions while in critical and declining status 
        under subsection (e)(9)), unless the withdrawal occurs more than 
        ten years after the effective date of a benefit suspension by a 
        plan in critical and declining status,'' after ``benefit 
        reductions under subsection (e)(8) or (f)''.
            (7) <<NOTE: 26 USC 432 note.>>  Guidance.--Not later than 
        180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Pension 
        Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of Labor, shall 
        publish appropriate guidance to implement section 432(e)(9) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

    (c) <<NOTE: 26 USC 432 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments made 
by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

           DIVISION P--OTHER RETIREMENT-RELATED MODIFICATIONS

SEC. 1. SUBSTANTIAL CESSATION OF OPERATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 4062 of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1362) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(e) Treatment of Substantial Cessation of Operations.--
            ``(1) General rule.--Except as provided in paragraphs (3) 
        and (4), if there is a substantial cessation of operations at a 
        facility in any location, the employer shall be treated with 
        respect to any single employer plan established and maintained 
        by the employer covering participants at such facility as if the 
        employer were a substantial employer under a plan under which 
        more than one employer makes contributions and the provisions of 
        sections 4063, 4064, and 4065 shall apply.
            ``(2) Substantial cessation of operations.--For purposes of 
        this subsection:
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `substantial cessation 
                of operations' means a permanent cessation of operations 
                at a facility which results in a workforce reduction of 
                a number of eligible employees at the facility 
                equivalent to more than 15 percent of the number of all 
                eligible employees of the employer, determined 
                immediately before the earlier of--
                          ``(i) the date of the employer's decision to 
                      implement such cessation, or
                          ``(ii) in the case of a workforce reduction 
                      which includes 1 or more eligible employees 
                      described in paragraph (6)(B), the earliest date 
                      on which any such eligible employee was separated 
                      from employment.
                    ``(B) Workforce reduction.--Subject to subparagraphs 
                (C) and (D), the term `workforce reduction' means the 
                number of eligible employees at a facility who are

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                separated from employment by reason of the permanent 
                cessation of operations of the employer at the facility.
                    ``(C) Relocation of workforce.--An eligible employee 
                separated from employment at a facility shall not be 
                taken into account in computing a workforce reduction 
                if, within a reasonable period of time, the employee is 
                replaced by the employer, at the same or another 
                facility located in the United States, by an employee 
                who is a citizen or resident of the United States.
                    ``(D) Dispositions.--If, whether by reason of a sale 
                or other disposition of the assets or stock of a 
                contributing sponsor (or any member of the same 
                controlled group as such a sponsor) of the plan relating 
                to operations at a facility or otherwise, an employer 
                (the `transferee employer') other than the employer 
                which experiences the substantial cessation of 
                operations (the `transferor employer') conducts any 
                portion of such operations, then--
                          ``(i) an eligible employee separated from 
                      employment with the transferor employer at the 
                      facility shall not be taken into account in 
                      computing a workforce reduction if--
                                    ``(I) within a reasonable period of 
                                time, the employee is replaced by the 
                                transferee employer by an employee who 
                                is a citizen or resident of the United 
                                States; and
                                    ``(II) in the case of an eligible 
                                employee who is a participant in a 
                                single employer plan maintained by the 
                                transferor employer, the transferee 
                                employer, within a reasonable period of 
                                time, maintains a single employer plan 
                                which includes the assets and 
                                liabilities attributable to the accrued 
                                benefit of the eligible employee at the 
                                time of separation from employment with 
                                the transferor employer; and
                          ``(ii) an eligible employee who continues to 
                      be employed at the facility by the transferee 
                      employer shall not be taken into account in 
                      computing a workforce reduction if--
                                    ``(I) the eligible employee is not a 
                                participant in a single employer plan 
                                maintained by the transferor employer, 
                                or
                                    ``(II) in any other case, the 
                                transferee employer, within a reasonable 
                                period of time, maintains a single 
                                employer plan which includes the assets 
                                and liabilities attributable to the 
                                accrued benefit of the eligible employee 
                                at the time of separation from 
                                employment with the transferor employer.
            ``(3) Exemption for plans with limited underfunding.--
        Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a single employer 
        plan if, for the plan year preceding the plan year in which the 
        cessation occurred--
                    ``(A) there were fewer than 100 participants with 
                accrued benefits under the plan as of the valuation date 
                of the plan for the plan year (as determined under 
                section 303(g)(2)); or

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                    ``(B) the ratio of the market value of the assets of 
                the plan to the funding target of the plan for the plan 
                year was 90 percent or greater.
            ``(4) Election to make additional contributions to satisfy 
        liability.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An employer may elect to satisfy 
                the employer's liability with respect to a plan by 
                reason of paragraph (1) by making additional 
                contributions to the plan in the amount determined under 
                subparagraph (B) for each plan year in the 7-plan-year 
                period beginning with the plan year in which the 
                cessation occurred. Any such additional contribution for 
                a plan year shall be in addition to any minimum required 
                contribution under section 303 for such plan year and 
                shall be paid not later than the earlier of--
                          ``(i) the due date for the minimum required 
                      contribution for such year under section 303(j); 
                      or
                          ``(ii) in the case of the first such 
                      contribution, the date that is 1 year after the 
                      date on which the employer notifies the 
                      Corporation of the substantial cessation of 
                      operations or the date the Corporation determines 
                      a substantial cessation of operations has 
                      occurred, and in the case of subsequent 
                      contributions, the same date in each succeeding 
                      year.
                    ``(B) Amount determined.--
                          ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                      clause (iii), the amount determined under this 
                      subparagraph with respect to each plan year in the 
                      7-plan-year period is the product of--
                                    ``(I) \1/7\ of the unfunded vested 
                                benefits determined under section 
                                4006(a)(3)(E) as of the valuation date 
                                of the plan (as determined under section 
                                303(g)(2)) for the plan year preceding 
                                the plan year in which the cessation 
                                occurred; and
                                    ``(II) the reduction fraction.
                          ``(ii) Reduction fraction.--For purposes of 
                      clause (i), the reduction fraction of a single 
                      employer plan is equal to--
                                    ``(I) the number of participants 
                                with accrued benefits in the plan who 
                                were included in computing the workforce 
                                reduction under paragraph (2)(B) as a 
                                result of the cessation of operations at 
                                the facility; divided by
                                    ``(II) the number of eligible 
                                employees of the employer who are 
                                participants with accrued benefits in 
                                the plan, determined as of the same date 
                                the determination under paragraph (2)(A) 
                                is made.
                          ``(iii) Limitation.--The additional 
                      contribution under this subparagraph for any plan 
                      year shall not exceed the excess, if any, of--
                                    ``(I) 25 percent of the difference 
                                between the market value of the assets 
                                of the plan and the funding target of 
                                the plan for the preceding plan year; 
                                over
                                    ``(II) the minimum required 
                                contribution under section 303 for the 
                                plan year.

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                    ``(C) Permitted cessation of annual installments 
                when plan becomes sufficiently funded.--An employer's 
                obligation to make additional contributions under this 
                paragraph shall not apply to--
                          ``(i) the first plan year (beginning on or 
                      after the first day of the plan year in which the 
                      cessation occurs) for which the ratio of the 
                      market value of the assets of the plan to the 
                      funding target of the plan for the plan year is 90 
                      percent or greater, or
                          ``(ii) any plan year following such first plan 
                      year.
                    ``(D) Coordination with funding waivers.--
                          ``(i) In general.--If the Secretary of the 
                      Treasury issues a funding waiver under section 
                      302(c) with respect to the plan for a plan year in 
                      the 7-plan-year period under subparagraph (A), the 
                      additional contribution with respect to such plan 
                      year shall be permanently waived.
                          ``(ii) Notice.--An employer maintaining a plan 
                      with respect to which such a funding waiver has 
                      been issued or a request for such a funding waiver 
                      is pending shall provide notice to the Secretary 
                      of the Treasury, in such form and at such time as 
                      the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide, of a 
                      cessation of operations to which paragraph (1) 
                      applies.
                    ``(E) Enforcement.--
                          ``(i) Notice.--An employer making the election 
                      under this paragraph shall provide notice to the 
                      Corporation, in accordance with rules prescribed 
                      by the Corporation, of--
                                    ``(I) such election, not later than 
                                30 days after the earlier of the date 
                                the employer notifies the Corporation of 
                                the substantial cessation of operations 
                                or the date the Corporation determines a 
                                substantial cessation of operations has 
                                occurred;
                                    ``(II) the payment of each 
                                additional contribution, not later than 
                                10 days after such payment;
                                    ``(III) any failure to pay the 
                                additional contribution in the full 
                                amount for any year in the 7-plan-year 
                                period, not later than 10 days after the 
                                due date for such payment;
                                    ``(IV) the waiver under subparagraph 
                                (D)(i) of the obligation to make an 
                                additional contribution for any year, 
                                not later than 30 days after the funding 
                                waiver described in such subparagraph is 
                                granted; and
                                    ``(V) the cessation of any 
                                obligation to make additional 
                                contributions under subparagraph (C), 
                                not later than 10 days after the due 
                                date for payment of the additional 
                                contribution for the first plan year to 
                                which such cessation applies.
                          ``(ii) Acceleration of liability to the plan 
                      for failure to pay.--If an employer fails to pay 
                      the additional contribution in the full amount for 
                      any year in the 7-plan-year period by the due date 
                      for such payment, the employer shall, as of such 
                      date, be liable to the plan in an amount equal to 
                      the balance which remains unpaid as of such date 
                      of the aggregate

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                      amount of additional contributions required to be 
                      paid by the employer during such 7-year-plan 
                      period. The Corporation may waive or settle the 
                      liability described in the preceding sentence, at 
                      the discretion of the Corporation.
                          ``(iii) Civil action.--The Corporation may 
                      bring a civil action in the district courts of the 
                      United States in accordance with section 4003(e) 
                      to compel an employer making such election to pay 
                      the additional contributions required under this 
                      paragraph.
            ``(5) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
                    ``(A) Eligible employee.--The term `eligible 
                employee' means an employee who is eligible to 
                participate in an employee pension benefit plan (as 
                defined in section 3(2)) established and maintained by 
                the employer.
                    ``(B) Funding target.--The term `funding target' 
                means, with respect to any plan year, the funding target 
                as determined under section 4006(a)(3)(E)(iii)(I) for 
                purposes of determining the premium paid to the 
                Corporation under section 4007 for the plan year.
                    ``(C) Market value.--The market value of the assets 
                of a plan shall be determined in the same manner as for 
                purposes of section 4006(a)(3)(E).
            ``(6) Special rules.--
                    ``(A) Change in operation of certain facilities and 
                property.--For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), an 
                employer shall not be treated as ceasing operations at a 
                qualified lodging facility (as defined in section 
                856(d)(9)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) if 
                such operations are continued by an eligible independent 
                contractor (as defined in section 856(d)(9)(A) of such 
                Code) pursuant to an agreement with the employer.
                    ``(B) Aggregation of prior separations.--The 
                workforce reduction under paragraph (2) with respect to 
                any cessation of operations shall be determined by 
                taking into account any separation from employment of 
                any eligible employee at the facility (other than a 
                separation which is not taken into account as workforce 
                reduction by reason of subparagraph (C) or (D) of 
                paragraph (2)) which--
                          ``(i) is related to the permanent cessation of 
                      operations of the employer at the facility, and
                          ``(ii) occurs during the 3-year period 
                      preceding such cessation.
                    ``(C) No addition to prefunding balance.--For 
                purposes of section 303(f)(6)(B) and section 
                430(f)(6)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any 
                additional contribution made under paragraph (4) shall 
                be treated in the same manner as a contribution an 
                employer is required to make in order to avoid a benefit 
                reduction under paragraph (1), (2), or (4) of section 
                206(g) or subsection (b), (c), or (e) of section 436 of 
                the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the plan year.''.

    (b) <<NOTE: 29 USC 1362 note.>>  Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by this section shall 
        apply to a cessation of operations or other event at a

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        facility occurring on or after the date of enactment of this 
        Act.
            (2) Transition rule.--An employer that had a cessation of 
        operations before the date of enactment of this Act (as 
        determined under subsection 4062(e) of the Employee Retirement 
        Income Security Act of 1974 as in effect before the amendment 
        made by this section), but did not enter into an arrangement 
        with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to satisfy the 
        requirements of such subsection (as so in effect) before such 
        date of enactment, shall be permitted to make the election under 
        section 4062(e)(4) of such Act (as in effect after the amendment 
        made by this section) as if such cessation had occurred on such 
        date of enactment. Such election shall be made not later than 30 
        days after such Corporation issues, on or after such date of the 
        enactment, a final administrative determination that a 
        substantial cessation of operations has occurred.

    (c) <<NOTE: 29 USC 1362 note.>>  Direction to the Corporation.--The 
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall not take any enforcement, 
administrative, or other action pursuant to section 4062(e) of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or in connection with 
an agreement settling liability arising under such section, that is 
inconsistent with the amendment made by this section, without regard to 
whether the action relates to a cessation or other event that occurs 
before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act, unless such 
action is in connection with a settlement agreement that is in place 
before June 1, 2014. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall not 
initiate a new enforcement action with respect to section 4062(e) of 
such Act that is inconsistent with its enforcement policy in effect on 
June 1, 2014.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF THE NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE.

    (a) Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974.--Section 204 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1054) is amended by redesignating subsection (k) as 
subsection (l) and by inserting after subsection (j) the following new 
subsection:
    ``(k) Special Rule for Determining Normal Retirement Age for Certain 
Existing Defined Benefit Plans.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 3(24), an 
        applicable plan shall not be treated as failing to meet any 
        requirement of this title, or as failing to have a uniform 
        normal retirement age for purposes of this title, solely because 
        the plan provides for a normal retirement age described in 
        paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Applicable plan.--For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `applicable plan' means 
                a defined benefit plan the terms of which, on or before 
                December 8, 2014, provided for a normal retirement age 
                which is the earlier of--
                          ``(i) an age otherwise permitted under section 
                      3(24), or
                          ``(ii) the age at which a participant 
                      completes the number of years (not less than 30 
                      years) of benefit accrual service specified by the 
                      plan.
                A plan shall not fail to be treated as an applicable 
                plan solely because the normal retirement age described 
                in the

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                preceding sentence only applied to certain participants 
                or only applied to employees of certain employers in the 
                case of a plan maintained by more than 1 employer.
                    ``(B) Expanded application.--Subject to subparagraph 
                (C), if, after December 8, 2014, an applicable plan is 
                amended to expand the application of the normal 
                retirement age described in subparagraph (A) to 
                additional participants or to employees of additional 
                employers maintaining the plan, such plan shall also be 
                treated as an applicable plan with respect to such 
                participants or employees.
                    ``(C) Limitation on expanded application.--A defined 
                benefit plan shall be an applicable plan only with 
                respect to an individual who--
                          ``(i) is a participant in the plan on or 
                      before January 1, 2017, or
                          ``(ii) is an employee at any time on or before 
                      January 1, 2017, of any employer maintaining the 
                      plan, and who becomes a participant in such plan 
                      after such date.''.

    (b) Amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--Section 411 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC 411.>>  is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:

    ``(f) Special Rule for Determining Normal Retirement Age for Certain 
Existing Defined Benefit Plans.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a)(8), an 
        applicable plan shall not be treated as failing to meet any 
        requirement of this subchapter, or as failing to have a uniform 
        normal retirement age for purposes of this subchapter, solely 
        because the plan provides for a normal retirement age described 
        in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Applicable plan.--For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `applicable plan' means 
                a defined benefit plan the terms of which, on or before 
                December 8, 2014, provided for a normal retirement age 
                which is the earlier of--
                          ``(i) an age otherwise permitted under 
                      subsection (a)(8), or
                          ``(ii) the age at which a participant 
                      completes the number of years (not less than 30 
                      years) of benefit accrual service specified by the 
                      plan.
                A plan shall not fail to be treated as an applicable 
                plan solely because the normal retirement age described 
                in the preceding sentence only applied to certain 
                participants or only applied to employees of certain 
                employers in the case of a plan maintained by more than 
                1 employer.
                    ``(B) Expanded application.--Subject to subparagraph 
                (C), if, after December 8, 2014, an applicable plan is 
                amended to expand the application of the normal 
                retirement age described in subparagraph (A) to 
                additional participants or to employees of additional 
                employers maintaining the plan, such plan shall also be 
                treated as an applicable plan with respect to such 
                participants or employees.
                    ``(C) Limitation on expanded application.--A defined 
                benefit plan shall be an applicable plan only with 
                respect to an individual who--

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                          ``(i) is a participant in the plan on or 
                      before January 1, 2017, or
                          ``(ii) is an employee at any time on or before 
                      January 1, 2017, of any employer maintaining the 
                      plan, and who becomes a participant in such plan 
                      after such date.''.

    (c) <<NOTE: 26 USC 411 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments made 
by this section shall apply to all periods before, on, and after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF COOPERATIVE AND SMALL EMPLOYER CHARITY 
                    PENSION PLAN RULES TO CERTAIN CHARITABLE 
                    EMPLOYERS WHOSE PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS 
                    PROVIDING SERVICES WITH RESPECT TO CHILDREN.

    (a) Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974.--
            (1) In general.--Section 210(f)(1) of the Employee 
        Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1060(f)(1)) is 
        amended by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by 
        striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting 
        ``; or'', and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following 
        new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) that, as of June 25, 2010, was maintained by 
                an employer--
                          ``(i) described in section 501(c)(3) of such 
                      Code,
                          ``(ii) chartered under part B of subtitle II 
                      of title 36, United States Code,
                          ``(iii) with employees in at least 40 States, 
                      and
                          ``(iv) whose primary exempt purpose is to 
                      provide services with respect to children.''.
            (2) Aggregation rules.--Section 210(f)(2) of the Employee 
        Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1060(f)(2)) is 
        amended by striking ``paragraph (1)(B)'' and inserting 
        ``subparagraph (B) and (C) of paragraph (1)''.

    (b) Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--
            (1) In general.--Section 414(y)(1) of the Internal Revenue 
        Code of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC 414.>>  is amended by striking 
        ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the period at 
        the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``; or'', and by 
        inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) that, as of June 25, 2010, was maintained by 
                an employer--
                          ``(i) described in section 501(c)(3) of such 
                      Code,
                          ``(ii) chartered under part B of subtitle II 
                      of title 36, United States Code,
                          ``(iii) with employees in at least 40 States, 
                      and
                          ``(iv) whose primary exempt purpose is to 
                      provide services with respect to children.''.
            (2) Aggregation rules.--Section 414(y)(2) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``paragraph (1)(B)'' 
        and inserting ``subparagraph (B) and (C) of paragraph (1)''.

    (c) <<NOTE: 26 USC 414 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendments made 
by this section shall take effect as if included in the amendments made 
by the Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act 
(29 U.S.C. 401 note).

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                      DIVISION Q--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

SEC. 1. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    (a) Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of 
divisions O and P shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard 
maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act 
of 2010.
    (b) Senate Pay-As-You-Go Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of 
divisions O and P shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained 
for purposes of section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress).
    (c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding Rule 3 of 
the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 
statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 
105-217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of divisions O and P 
shall not be estimated--
            (1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; and
            (2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 of the 
        Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 
        appropriation Act.

    Approved December 16, 2014.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 83:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113-483 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):
            Sept. 15, considered and passed House.
            Sept. 18, considered and passed Senate, amended.
            Dec. 11, House concurred in Senate amendment with an 
                amendment.
            Dec. 12, 13, Senate considered and concurred in House 
                amendment.

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