PUBLIC LAW 113–235—DEC. 16, 2014 

CONSOLIDATED AND FURTHER CONTINUING 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 


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128 STAT. 2130 PUBLIC LAW 113–235—DEC. 16, 2014 

Public Law 113–235 

113th Congress 

An Act 

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, 

and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

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 

Consolidated 

and Further 

Continuing 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 

Dec. 16, 2014 

[H.R. 83] 


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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. 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. 

1 USC 1 note. 


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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. 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. 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 

48 USC 1492a. 

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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 (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). 

48 USC 1806. 


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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 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 

Agriculture, 

Rural 

Development, 

Food and Drug 

Administration, 

and Related 

Agencies 

Appropriations 

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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, 

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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: 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. 

7 USC 2254. 


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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 Hawaiianserving 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 

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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 

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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, 

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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 

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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, 

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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 

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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; 

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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 selfhelp 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 

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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 

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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’’. 


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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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– 

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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 

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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 

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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, 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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; 

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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 

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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 

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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 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 OpioidsEvaluation 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 

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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, 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): 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 

7 USC 2250b. 

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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, 

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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 

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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 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. 

Commerce, 

Justice, Science, 

and Related 

Agencies 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 

Department of 

Commerce 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 


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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

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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, pre- paring 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 

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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 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 

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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 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: 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 pro- vided, 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, 

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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 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. 

Department 

of Justice 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 


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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-ScottRodino 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 appro- priated, 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, 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 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 

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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 

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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: 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 

42 USC 3732 

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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 decisionmaking, $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 

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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 

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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, 

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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 

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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 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 

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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 

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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 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 

Science 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 


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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, 

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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: 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: 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 

51 USC 30103 

note. 

51 USC 20145 

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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 

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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, 

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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, 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 moderateimpact 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 

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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 

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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 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.’’. 

19 USC 

prec. 2271 note. 


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TITLE VI—TRAVEL PROMOTION, ENHANCEMENT, AND MODERNIZATION 

ACT OF 2014 

SEC. 601. 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. 

22 USC 2121 

note. 

Travel 

Promotion, 

Enhancement, 

and 

Modernization 

Act of 2014. 


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‘‘(F) FORMALIZED PROCEDURES FOR IN-KIND CONTRIBU- TIONS 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 

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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 VII—REVITALIZE AMERICAN 

MANUFACTURING AND INNOVATION 

ACT OF 2014 

SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014’’. 

SEC. 702. 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. 

15 USC 2785. 

15 USC 271 note. 

Revitalize 

American 

Manufacturing 

and Innovation 

Act of 2014. 


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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) by redesignating section 34 as section 35; and 

(2) by inserting after section 33 (15 U.S.C. 278r) the following: 

‘‘SEC. 34. 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. 

15 USC 278s. 

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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 

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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 INNOVA- TION.— ‘‘(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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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— 

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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 

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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 

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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 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. 

Department 

of Defense 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 


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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, 

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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 

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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, 

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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 

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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. 


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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, 


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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 

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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 destina- tion 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 


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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 

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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 contractorowned 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, 

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$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 


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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 


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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 Manage- ment 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 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 

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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 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 

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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-Prote ́ge ́ Program may be transferred to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for 

the purpose of implementing a Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ 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 

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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, 

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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 

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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 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) 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 

41 USC 8304 

note. 

10 USC 2731 

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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 

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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: 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, DefenseWide’’, 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. 

50 USC 3521 

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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-bycase 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 

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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 

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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 

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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) None of the funds available to the Department 

of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counterdrug activities may be transferred to any other department or 

agency of the United States except as specifically provided in an 

appropriations law. 

(b) 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-bycase 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) 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— 

22 USC 2323. 

50 USC 3506 

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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 

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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 

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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-bycase 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 

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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 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 fulltime 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, 

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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 

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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 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 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 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 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 

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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 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 

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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, Guanta ́namo 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, 

Guanta ́namo 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, 

Guanta ́namo 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, Guanta ́namo 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 Guanta ́namo 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. 

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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) 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 

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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 

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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 

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by the National Marine Fisheries Service, be required to additionally meet sustainability certification criteria prescribed by thirdparty 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. 


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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and CounterDrug 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 

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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, 

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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 nonDepartment 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 

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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 

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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 caseby-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 

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DIVISION D—ENERGY 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 

Energy and 

Water 

Development and 

Related Agencies 

Appropriations 

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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 

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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; 

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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 (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’’. 

16 USC 3301 

note. 


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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 

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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 

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(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’’. 


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SEC. 205. Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the Calfed BayDelta 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) 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 

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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 

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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: 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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for the offices 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 

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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) 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 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. 

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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 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 

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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 

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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 

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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: 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 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 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 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. 

Financial 

Services and 

General 

Government 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 

Department of 

the Treasury 

Appropriations 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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: 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: 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: 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 

26 USC 7801 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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, 

Executive Office 

of the President 

Appropriations 

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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 

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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: 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 

21 USC 1702 

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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 

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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 

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 

Judiciary 

Appropriations 

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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 

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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 

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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’’. 


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(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 Code, is 

amended in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘Bakersfield,’’ after 

‘‘shall be held at’’. 

SEC. 308. Section 3155 of title 18, United States 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 

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 

District of 

Columbia 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 

18 USC 3155. 

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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 

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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 inkind 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. 

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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 

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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 

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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 Fed- eral 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 

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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 

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(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 avail- able 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, 

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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 

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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 

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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 facili- ties, 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, 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 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 policetype 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-ofliving allowances, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

SEC. 704. Unless 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 

5 USC 3101 note. 

31 USC 1343 

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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. 

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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 

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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, 

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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 multiagency 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 

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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; 

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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 

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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 

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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) 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) 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 localitybased 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 higherlevel 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 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 

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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 

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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 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 

Department of 

the Interior, 

Environment, 

and Related 

Agencies 

Appropriations 

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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 

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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 BankheadJones 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: 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 

43 USC 1735 

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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 

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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) onethird 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 of 1965 (16 

U.S.C. 460l–10a) is rescinded. 

16 USC 

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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 

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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: 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, rightsof-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 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 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 

30 USC 1257 

note. 

30 USC 1211 

note. 


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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 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 Bureaufunded 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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: 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 nonFederal 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 burnedover 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 

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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 

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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 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 

16 USC 1336 

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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 

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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) 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)— 

25 USC 2000 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 StatesMexico 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 

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(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 

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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 

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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 

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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. 


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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 

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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 


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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 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, 

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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 

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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 SelfDetermination 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 

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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 

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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 

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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: 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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, selfgovernance 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 

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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. 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 

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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 

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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. 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 

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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 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 

Departments of 

Labor, Health 

and Human 

Services, and 

Education, and 

Related Agencies 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 

Department of 

Labor 

Appropriations 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 FederalState 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 WagnerPeyser 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 

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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 

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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. 

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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 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 

26 USC 9501 

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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 

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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 firstaid 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: 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: 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. 

30 USC 962. 

30 USC 966 note. 


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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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. 

Department of 

Health and 

Human Services 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 


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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: 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. 

42 USC 294a 

note. 


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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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PUBLIC LAW 113–235—DEC. 16, 2014 128 STAT. 2469 

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 setaside 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 integ- rity 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 

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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 

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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: 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. 

42 USC 9921 

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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 Departmentwide 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 

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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

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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: 

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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 

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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. 

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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)

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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. (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 

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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) 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) Striking ‘‘alternative medicine’’ in each place it appears 

and replacing it with ‘‘integrative health’’; 

(3) 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) Striking references to ‘‘alternative medical treatment’’ 

in each place it appears and inserting ‘‘integrative health treatment’’; and 

(5) 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 

42 USC 287c–21. 

42 USC 287c–21. 

42 USC 287c–21. 

42 USC 287c–21. 

42 USC 281, 

287c–21 prec., 

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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) 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. 

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 

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: 

Department of 

Education 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 

42 USC 11225 

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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: 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 

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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 McKinneyVento 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 

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research regarding the planning, design, financing, construction, 

improvement, operation, and maintenance of safe, healthy, highperformance 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 

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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 forprofit 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, 

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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 

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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): 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: 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. 

20 USC 1411 

note. 

20 USC 1411 

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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 

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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 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 

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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 

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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. 

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. 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 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, 

20 USC 1091. 

20 USC 1090 

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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 

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‘‘(G) has been developed and implemented in collaboration with partners in business, workforce development, and 

economic development.’’ 

(2) 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 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 

20 USC 1070a. 

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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

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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. 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 LaborManagement 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 

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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 

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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 

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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)

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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 executivelegislative 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, 

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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 lifeendangering 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 

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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 executivecongressional 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 

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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 

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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. 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, 

31 USC 1502 

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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 

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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 

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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, 

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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 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 author- ized 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. 

Legislative 

Branch 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 

2 USC 60a note. 


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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 Inter- national 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 REDUC- TION 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 

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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 oper- ation 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 


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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. 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. 1301. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Government Printing Office 

is hereby redesignated the Government Publishing Office. 

(b) 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) 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) 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’’. 

44 USC 

prec. 301, 

302–304, 313. 

44 USC 301 note. 

44 USC 

prec. 301 note. 

44 USC 

prec. 301 note. 


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(f) 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 VII—Center for Audit Excellence 

‘‘SEC. 791. CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE. 

‘‘(a) 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’). 

31 USC 791. 

31 USC 

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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. 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. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 

be necessary to carry out this subchapter.’’. 

31 USC 793. 

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(2) 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) 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 

31 USC 791 note. 

31 USC 

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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 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 

Military 

Construction and 

Veterans Affairs, 

and Related 

Agencies 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 


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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 appro- priated, 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 

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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 

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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 

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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. 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 

10 USC 2821 

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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, 

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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 

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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, 

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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 

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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 serviceconnected 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 DefenseDepartment 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 

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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)

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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) 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, 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. 

38 USC 

prec. 101. 

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‘‘(E) Veterans Health Administration, Medical Support 

and Compliance. 

‘‘(F) Veterans Health Administration, Medical Facilities.’’; and 

(2) 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, DefenseWide’’, $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 

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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 

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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 firstclass 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, Guanta ́namo 

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, 

Guanta ́namo 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, 

Guanta ́namo 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, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction and 

Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

DIVISION J—DEPARTMENT 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 

Department of 

State, Foreign 

Operations, and 

Related 

Programs 

Appropriations 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 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 

22 USC 269a 

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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: 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 

22 USC 6206 

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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 EasternWestern 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 Nonprofit Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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, 


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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 InterAmerican 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 


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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 


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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 


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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 

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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 paidin 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. 


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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 Develop- ment 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 

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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: 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: 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 

12 USC 635a 

note. 

12 USC 635 note. 


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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 


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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– 

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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 

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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 

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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’E ́TAT

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’e ́tat or decree or, after the date 

of enactment of this Act, a coup d’e ́tat 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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; 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 ExportImport 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 

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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) 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) 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 

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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 

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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, indepth 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. 

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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) 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 debtfor-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-GOVERN- MENT 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 costreimbursable 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 

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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) 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 (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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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’’. 

22 USC 2385 

note. 

22 USC 2733 

note. 

22 USC 4064 

note. 

22 USC 4831 

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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) 

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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 quasiFederal 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) 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 

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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 

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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 nonFederal 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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, 

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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. 

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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 

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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 antiretroviral 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; 

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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, Coˆte 

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 

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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 

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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, 

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Rwandan military in international peacekeeping operations, 

or to conduct operations against the Lord’s Resistance Army. 

(m) ZIMBABWE.— 

(1) 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 

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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. 

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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 

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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 (October 5, 2012) 

is amended by inserting after ‘‘Public Law 112–74’’ the phrase 

‘‘and shall also include the Multilateral Investment Guarantee 

Agency’’. 

(B) 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 extralegal 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 

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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 nonTibetans 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. 

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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 

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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 

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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, AlQaeda, 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 familylike 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 nonFederal 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 

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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. (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) 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) 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) 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) 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 

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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. 

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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 genderbased 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 

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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, 

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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 

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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 

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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) 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 

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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 appro- priated 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 subSaharan 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 

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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 

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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, Antiterrorism, 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 

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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). 

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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 

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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 

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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) 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 TransSahara 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 

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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 

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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) 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 

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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 

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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 coalfired 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, 

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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 Oper- ations’’, $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. 


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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 Assist- ance’’, $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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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DIVISION K—TRANSPORTATION, 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: Provided further, That any reference 

in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research 

49 USC 112 note. 

Transportation, 

Housing and 

Urban 

Development, 

and Related 

Agencies 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 

Department of 

Transportation 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 


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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 infrastruc- ture, $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 reengineering 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 

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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: 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: 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 

49 USC 44502 

note. 

49 USC 44506 

note. 


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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 

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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’’. 


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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 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 Federalaid 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. (a) For fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of Transportation shall— 

(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federalaid Highways— 

(A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses 

and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States 

Code; and 

23 USC 104 note. 

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(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. 


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(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 

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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. 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 

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‘‘(l) OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON CERTAIN KENTUCKY HIGH- WAYS.— ‘‘(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 

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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 

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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 

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(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 

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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 

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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 

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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 Amtrakserved 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. 


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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. 

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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 

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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. 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 

49 USC 5309 

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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 TransportationFederal 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 

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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 guaran- teed 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 

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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 

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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: 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 dollarfor-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 

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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 

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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 

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. 

Department of 

Housing and 

Urban 

Development 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 


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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 


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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 

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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 

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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 projectbased 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 


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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: 

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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 selfsufficiency 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 


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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 SelfSufficiency 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 selfsufficiency. 

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 singlerace census data and with the need component based on multirace 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 

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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. 


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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. 


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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, 

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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 

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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 performancebased 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 

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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 

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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 Stateaided, 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 

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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, 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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) 

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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 lowincome 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 projectbased 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– 

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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 nonentitlement 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. 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. 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. 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 

42 USC 3545a 

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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 

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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 

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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), 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— 

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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 

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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 

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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 nonFederal 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, waterrelated 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 

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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 

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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 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; 

Expatriate 

Health Coverage 

Clarification 

Act of 2014. 

42 USC 18001 

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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. 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 

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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 

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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, 

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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 

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‘‘(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) 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 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) 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 PENSION REFORM 

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Multiemployer Pension 

Reform Act of 2014’’. 

Multiemployer 

Pension Reform 

Act of 2014. 

29 USC 1001 

note. 

26 USC 833 note. 

26 USC 833. 

52 USC 30116 

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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 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: 

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‘‘(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

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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 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— 

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(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 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) 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 

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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 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 

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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) 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.’’. 

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(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 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),’’. 

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(c) 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 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) 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— 

26 USC 432 note. 

26 USC 432. 

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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 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.’’. 

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(c) 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: 

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‘‘(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 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 

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‘‘(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 

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‘‘(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) 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. 

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‘‘(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) 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 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),’’; 

26 USC 418, 

418A–418D. 

29 USC 

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(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.’’. 

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(A) MINIMUM FUNDING STANDARDS.—Section 431(a) of 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 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 is 

amended by striking the heading and inserting ‘‘INSOLVENT

PLANS’’. 

(C) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CON- TENTS.—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 is amended by striking the heading and 

inserting ‘‘INSOLVENT PLANS’’. 

(c) 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). 

26 USC 418 note. 

26 USC 

prec. 401. 

26 USC 

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‘‘(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 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—’’; 

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(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 

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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) 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) 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, 

29 USC 1322a 

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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) 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) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply with respect to plan years beginning after December 

31, 2014. 

29 USC 1411 

note. 

29 USC 1021 

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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 

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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) 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 

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(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 noninterestbearing 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 

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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) 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 

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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: 

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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— 

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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— 

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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 

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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 

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‘‘(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 

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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.’’. 

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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) 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 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 

26 USC 432. 

29 USC 1085 

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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 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 

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‘‘(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 

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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 


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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 

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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 

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‘‘(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 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 

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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) 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) 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 

26 USC 432 note. 

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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 

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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 

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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-planyear 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 

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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) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to a cessation of operations or other event at a 

29 USC 1362 

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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) 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 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) 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 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) 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). 

26 USC 414 note. 

26 USC 414. 

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 83: 

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. 

Æ 

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. 


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