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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4371 

To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 12, 2016 

Mr. BUCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 

Commerce, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government 

Reform, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Agriculture, the 

Budget, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Article I Consolidated 

5 Appropriations Amendments, 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 


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TITLE I—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND 

DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

Sec. 101. Categorization and treatment of tobacco products. 

TITLE II—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED 

AGENCIES 

Sec. 201. General provisions. 

TITLE III—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 

Sec. 301. Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. 

Sec. 302. General provisions. 

Sec. 303. Governmentwide prohibition on regulations that impose legal obligations. 

TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

Sec. 401. General provisions. 

TITLE V—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES 

Sec. 501. Department of the Interior. 

Sec. 502. Environmental Protection Agency. 

Sec. 503. General provisions. 

TITLE VI—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN 

SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

Sec. 601. Department of Labor. 

Sec. 602. Department of Health and Human Services. 

Sec. 603. Department of Education. 

Sec. 604. National Labor Relations Board. 

TITLE VII—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN 

DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

Sec. 701. Housing Trust Fund. 

Sec. 702. General provisions. 

TITLE VIII—ENFORCE THE LAW FOR SANCTUARY CITIES ACT 

Sec. 801. Short title. 

Sec. 802. Eligibility requirements for State Criminal Alien Assistance Program 

(SCAAP) funding. 

Sec. 803. Limitation on DOJ grant programs. 

TITLE IX—FINANCIAL REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2016 

Sec. 901. Enactment. 

Sec. 902. Publication of Act. 


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1 TITLE I—AGRICULTURE, RURAL 

2 DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND 

3 DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 

4 RELATED AGENCIES 

5 SEC. 101. CATEGORIZATION AND TREATMENT OF TOBACCO 

6 PRODUCTS. 

7 At the end of division A of the Consolidated Appro8 priations Act, 2016 (Public Law 113–114) (before the 

9 short title), insert the following new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 768. For each tobacco product which the Sec11 retary of Health and Human Services, by regulation under 

12 section 901(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

13 Act, deems to be subject to chapter IX of such Act, none 

14 of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act 

15 may be used to treat any reference in sections 905 and 

16 910 of such Act to February 15, 2007, as other than a 

17 reference to the effective date of the regulation under 

18 which a tobacco product is deemed subject to the require19 ments of such Act pursuant to section 901(b)(1) of such 

20 Act, and any reference in such sections to 21 months after 

21 the date of enactment of the Family Smoking Prevention 

22 and Tobacco Control Act as other than a reference to 21 

23 months after the date of such final deeming regulation.’’. 


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1 TITLE II—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, 

2 SCIENCE, AND RELATED 

3 AGENCIES 

4 SEC. 201. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

5 At the end of division B of the Consolidated Appro6 priations Act, 2016 (before the short title), insert the fol7 lowing new sections: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 544. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be used to implement the United States Global 

10 Climate Research Program’s National Climate Assess11 ment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 

12 Fifth Assessment Report, the United Nation’s Agenda 21 

13 sustainable development plan, or the May 2013 Technical 

14 Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Im15 pact Analysis under Executive Order No. 12866. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 545. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to negotiate or enter into a trade agree18 ment that establishes a limit on greenhouse gas emissions 

19 for the United States. The limitation described in this sec20 tion shall not apply in the case of the administration of 

21 a tax or tariff. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 546. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used to enforce section 221 of title 13, United 

24 States Code, with respect to the survey, conducted by the 


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1 Secretary of Commerce, commonly referred to as the 

2 ‘American Community Survey’. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 547. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

5 Administration to enforce— 

6 ‘‘(1) Amendment 40 to the Fishery Manage7 ment Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf 

8 of Mexico published in the Federal Register on April 

9 22, 2015, or any other effort of the same substance; 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(2) Red Snapper Management Measures pub12 lished in the Federal Register on May 1, 2015, or 

13 any other effort of the same substance that estab14 lishes annual catch limits or annual catch targets for 

15 Red Snapper that would result in the commercial 

16 fishing for Red Snapper in the Federal waters of the 

17 Gulf of Mexico lasting longer than 5 times the num18 ber of days recreational fishers are allowed to catch 

19 and retain at least 2 such fish each day in such Fed20 eral waters. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 548. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used with respect to the case State of Texas, 

23 et al. v. United States of America, et al. (No. B–14–254 

24 in the United States District Court for the Southern Dis25 trict of Texas, No. 15–40238 in the United States Court 


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1 of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit), or the case United States 

2 v. Texas in the Supreme Court of the United States 

3 (Docket No. 15–674). 

4 ‘‘SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to prosecute or hold liable any person 

6 or corporation for a violation of section 2(a) of the Migra7 tory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703(a)). 

8 ‘‘SEC. 550. (a) No funds made available in this Act 

9 may be used to facilitate, permit, license, or promote ex10 ports to the Cuban military or intelligence service or to 

11 any officer of the Cuban military or intelligence service, 

12 or an immediate family member thereof. 

13 ‘‘(b) This section does not apply to exports of goods 

14 permitted under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 

15 Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 

16 ‘‘(c) In this section— 

17 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Cuban military or intelligence 

18 service’ includes, but is not limited to, the Ministry 

19 of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, and the Min20 istry of the Interior, of Cuba, and any subsidiary of 

21 either such Ministry; and 

22 ‘‘(2) the term ‘immediate family member’ 

23 means a spouse, sibling, son, daughter, parent, 

24 grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or neph25 ew. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 551. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per3 sonnel of the Department of Justice to negotiate or con4 clude a settlement with the Federal Government that in5 cludes terms requiring the defendant to donate or con6 tribute funds to an organization or individual.’’. 

7 TITLE III—FINANCIAL SERVICES 

8 AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 

9 SEC. 301. BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION. 

10 In title V of division E of the Consolidated Appropria11 tions Act, 2016— 

12 (1) redesignate sections 501 and 502 as sec13 tions 505 and 506, respectively; and 

14 (2) insert before the heading ‘‘FEDERAL COM15 MUNICATIONS COMMISSION’’ the following: 

16 ‘‘BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION

17 ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 ‘‘SEC. 501. Section 1017(a)(2)(C) of Public Law 

19 111–203 is repealed. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 502. Effective October 1, 2016, notwith21 standing section 1017 of Public Law 111–203— 

22 ‘‘(1) the Board of Governors of the Federal Re23 serve System shall not transfer amounts specified 

24 under such section to the Bureau of Consumer Fi25 nancial Protection; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) there are authorized to be appropriated to 

2 the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection such 

3 sums as may be necessary to carry out the authori4 ties of the Bureau under Federal consumer financial 

5 law. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 503. (a) During fiscal year 2016, on the date 

7 on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac8 cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 

9 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 

10 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent11 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv12 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

13 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 

14 of such request. 

15 ‘‘(b)(1) Any such notification shall include the 

16 amount of the funds requested, an explanation of how the 

17 funds will be obligated by object class and activity, and 

18 why the funds are necessary to protect consumers. 

19 ‘‘(2) Any notification required by this section shall 

20 be made available on the Bureau’s public Web site. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 504. (a) Not later than 2 weeks after the end 

22 of each quarter of each fiscal year, the Bureau of Con23 sumer Financial Protection shall submit a report on its 

24 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

25 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 


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1 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, 

2 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af3 fairs of the Senate. 

4 ‘‘(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 

5 include— 

6 ‘‘(1) the obligations made during the previous 

7 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 

8 ‘‘(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 

9 of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 

10 ‘‘(3) the number of full-time equivalents within 

11 each office during the previous quarter; 

12 ‘‘(4) the estimated number of full-time equiva13 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis14 cal year; and 

15 ‘‘(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec16 tives, and performance measures of each office. 

17 ‘‘(c) At the request of any committee specified in sub18 section (a), the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 

19 shall make Bureau officials available to testify on the con20 tents of the reports required under subsection (a).’’. 

21 SEC. 302. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

22 At the end of title VI of division E of the Consoli23 dated Appropriations Act, 2016, insert the following new 

24 sections: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 636. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to imple3 ment or enforce section 5000A of the Internal Revenue 

4 Code of 1986, section 6055 of such Code, section 1502(c) 

5 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

6 Law 111–148), or any amendments made by section 

7 1502(b) of such Act. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 637. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any 

10 individual to carry out any transfer of funds to the Inter11 nal Revenue Service under the Patient Protection and Af12 fordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) or the Health 

13 Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public 

14 Law 111–152). 

15 ‘‘SEC. 638. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to make 

17 a determination that a church, an integrated auxiliary of 

18 a church, or a convention or association of churches is not 

19 exempt from taxation for participating in, or intervening 

20 in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition 

21 to) any candidate for public office unless— 

22 ‘‘(1) the Commissioner of Internal Revenue 

23 consents to such determination; 

24 ‘‘(2) not later than 30 days after such deter25 mination, the Commissioner notifies the Committee 


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1 on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 

2 and the Committee on Finance of the Senate of such 

3 determination; and 

4 ‘‘(3) such determination is effective with respect 

5 to the church, integrated auxiliary of a church, or 

6 convention or association of churches not earlier 

7 than 90 days after the date of the notification under 

8 paragraph (2). 

9 Consent under paragraph (1) may not be delegated. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 639. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex12 pended to provide for the enforcement of any rule, regula13 tion, policy, or guideline implemented pursuant to the De14 partment of the Treasury Guidance for United States Po15 sitions on MDBs Engaging with Developing Countries on 

16 Coal-Fired Power Generation dated October 29, 2013, 

17 when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or 

18 guideline would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, 

19 the carrying out of any coal-fired or other power-genera20 tion project the purpose of which is to increase exports 

21 of goods and services from the United States or prevent 

22 the loss of jobs from the United States. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 640. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, authorize, 

25 or otherwise allow, whether by general or specific license, 


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1 travel-related or other transactions incident to non-aca2 demic educational exchanges described in section 

3 515.565(b)(2) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 641. (a) None of the funds made available by 

5 this Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, author6 ize, or otherwise allow the use, purchase, trafficking, or 

7 import of property confiscated by the Cuban Government. 

8 ‘‘(b) In this section, the terms ‘confiscated’, ‘Cuban 

9 Government’, ‘property’, and ‘traffic’ have the meanings 

10 given such terms in paragraphs (4), (5), (12)(A), and 

11 (13), respectively, of section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and 

12 Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 

13 U.S.C. 6023). 

14 ‘‘SEC. 642. (a) None of the funds made available by 

15 this Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, author16 ize, or otherwise allow any financial transaction with an 

17 entity owned or controlled, in whole or in part, by the 

18 Cuban military or intelligence service or with any officer 

19 of the Cuban military or intelligence service, or an imme20 diate family member thereof. 

21 ‘‘(b) The limitation on the use of funds under this 

22 section does not apply to financial transactions with re23 spect to exports of goods permitted under the Trade Sanc24 tions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 

25 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) or to payments in furtherance of the 


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1 lease agreement, or other financial transactions necessary 

2 for maintenance and improvements of the military base 

3 at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including any adjacent areas 

4 under the control or possession of the United States. 

5 ‘‘(c) In this section— 

6 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Cuban military’ includes the 

7 Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the 

8 Ministry of the Interior, and their subsidiaries; and 

9 ‘‘(2) the term ‘immediate family’ means a 

10 spouse, sibling, child (adopted or otherwise), parent, 

11 grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece or neph12 ew. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 643. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to regulate, directly or indirectly, the 

15 prices, other fees, or data caps and allowances (as such 

16 terms are described in paragraph 164 of the Report and 

17 Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order in the 

18 matter of protecting and promoting the open Internet, 

19 adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on 

20 February 26, 2015 (FCC 15–24)) charged or imposed by 

21 providers of broadband Internet access service (as defined 

22 in the final rules in Appendix A of such Report and Order 

23 on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order) for such serv24 ice, regardless of whether such regulation takes the form 


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1 of requirements for future conduct or enforcement regard2 ing past conduct. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 644. None of the funds made available by this 

4 or any other Act may be used by the Financial Stability 

5 Oversight Council to make a determination, pursuant to 

6 subsection (a) or (b) of section 113 of the Financial Sta7 bility Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5323), with respect to a 

8 nonbank financial company until— 

9 ‘‘(1) the Financial Stability Oversight Council, 

10 in the notice described in subsection (e)(1) of such 

11 section, identifies with specificity the risks to the fi12 nancial stability of the United States presented by 

13 the nonbank financial company and explains in suffi14 cient detail why regulatory action by the relevant 

15 primary financial regulatory agency would be insuffi16 cient to mitigate or prevent such risks; and 

17 ‘‘(2) if the nonbank financial company presents 

18 a plan in a hearing conducted pursuant to sub19 section (e)(2) of such section to modify its business, 

20 structure, or operations in order to mitigate the 

21 risks identified in such a notice— 

22 ‘‘(A) the Financial Stability Oversight 

23 Council makes a determination as to whether 

24 such plan, if implemented, adequately mitigates 

25 the identified risks; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) if the Financial Stability Oversight 

2 Council determines that such plan would ade3 quately mitigate the identified risk, the Coun4 cil— 

5 ‘‘(i) approves such plan; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) allows the nonbank financial 

7 company a reasonable period of time to im8 plement such plan. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 645. (a) None of the funds made available by 

10 this or any other Act may be used to employ a contractor 

11 to carry out or otherwise participate in activities described 

12 in section 301.7602–1T of title 26, Code of Federal Regu13 lations, or any substantially similar regulation. 

14 ‘‘(b) None of the funds made available by this or any 

15 other Act may be used to promulgate a final regulation 

16 based on the notice of proposed rulemaking published by 

17 the Internal Revenue Service in the Federal Register on 

18 June 18, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 34668 et seq.), or any sub19 stantially similar regulation. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 646. None of the funds made available by this 

21 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

22 or enforce any requirement that a contemporaneous writ23 ten acknowledgment of a charitable contribution by a 

24 donee organization under subsection (f)(8)(A) of section 

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1 payer identification number or social security number of 

2 a donee in order for the donee to be allowed a deduction 

3 under subsection (a) of such section.’’. 

4 SEC. 303. GOVERNMENTWIDE PROHIBITION ON REGULA5 TIONS THAT IMPOSE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS. 

6 At the end of title VII of division E of the Consoli7 dated Appropriations Act, 2016, insert the following new 

8 section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 752. None of the funds made available by this 

10 or any other Act may be used to— 

11 ‘‘(1) publish in the Federal Register any pro12 posed or final regulation, any standard, rule, guid13 ance, interpretation, or order that has the effect of 

14 imposing a legal obligation; or 

15 ‘‘(2) publish in any other media or in any other 

16 way disseminate any standard, rule, guidance, inter17 pretation, or order that has the effect of imposing 

18 a legal obligation.’’. 

19 TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF 

20 HOMELAND SECURITY 

21 SEC. 401. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

22 At the end of division F of the Consolidated Appro23 priations Act, 2016 (before the short title), insert the fol24 lowing new sections: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 576. No funds, resources, or fees made avail2 able to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any 

3 other official of a Federal agency, by this Act or any other 

4 Act for any fiscal year, including any deposits into the 

5 ‘Immigration Examinations Fee Account’ established 

6 under section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality 

7 Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), may be obligated to expand the 

8 existing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or newly 

9 proposed Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and 

10 Lawful Permanent Residents as outlined in memoranda 

11 signed November 20, 2014, by the Secretary of the De12 partment of Homeland Security. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 577. (a) In this section, the term ‘sanctuary 

14 city’ means a State or a political subdivision of a State 

15 that has in place a statute, policy, or practice that pro16 hibits law enforcement officers of the State, or of the polit17 ical subdivision, from assisting or cooperating with Fed18 eral immigration law enforcement in the course of carrying 

19 out the officers’ routine law enforcement duties. 

20 ‘‘(b)(1) A sanctuary city shall not be eligible to re21 ceive, for a minimum period of at least 1 year, any Depart22 ment of Homeland Security grant funded under the head23 ing ‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, State and 

24 Local Programs’. 


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1 ‘‘(2) A jurisdiction that is found to be a sanctuary 

2 city shall only become eligible to receive funds or grants 

3 under paragraph (b)(1) after the Secretary of Homeland 

4 Security certifies that the jurisdiction is no longer a sanc5 tuary city. 

6 ‘‘(c)(1) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Sec7 retary of Homeland Security shall determine which States 

8 or political subdivisions of a State are sanctuary cities and 

9 shall report to Congress such determinations. 

10 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue 

11 a report concerning the compliance of any particular State 

12 or political subdivision of a State at the request of the 

13 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Com14 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

15 the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, or the Com16 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. 

17 ‘‘(d) Any funds that are not allocated to a sanctuary 

18 city, due to the jurisdiction’s designation as a sanctuary 

19 city, shall be reallocated to the States and political subdivi20 sions of States that are not sanctuary cities. 

21 ‘‘(e) Nothing in this section may be construed to re22 quire law enforcement officials from a State or political 

23 subdivision of a State to report or arrest victims or wit24 nesses of a criminal offense. 


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1 ‘‘(f) This section shall take effect on the date of en2 actment of the Article I Consolidated Appropriations 

3 Amendments, 2016.’’. 

4 TITLE V—DEPARTMENT OF THE 

5 INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, 

6 AND RELATED AGENCIES 

7 SEC. 501. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 

8 At the end of title I of division G of the Consolidated 

9 Appropriations Act, 2016 (before the short title), insert 

10 the following new sections: 

11 ‘‘REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULES

12 ‘‘SEC. 122. Before the end of the 60-day period be13 ginning on the date of the enactment of the Article I Con14 solidated Appropriations Amendments, 2016, the Sec15 retary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule published 

16 on December 28, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 81666 et seq.), and 

17 the final rule published on September 10, 2012 (77 Fed. 

18 Reg. 55530 et seq.), without regard to any other provision 

19 of statute or regulation that applies to issuance of such 

20 rules. Such reissuances (including this section) shall not 

21 be subject to judicial review. 

22 ‘‘LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKEN

23 ‘‘SEC. 123. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act shall be used to implement or enforce the threatened 

25 species listing of the lesser prairie chicken under the En26 dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 


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1 ‘‘NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT

2 ‘‘SEC. 124. Before the end of the 60-day period be3 ginning on the date of the enactment of the Article I Con4 solidated Appropriations Amendments, 2016, the Sec5 retary of the Interior shall amend the interim rule per6 taining to the northern long-eared bat published by the 

7 Department of the Interior in the Federal Register on 

8 April 2, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 17974 et seq.), only in such 

9 a way that— 

10 ‘‘(1) take incidental to any activity conducted in 

11 accordance with the habitat conservation measures 

12 identified at pages 18024 to 18205 of volume 80 of 

13 the Federal Register (April 2, 2015), as applicable, 

14 is not prohibited; and 

15 ‘‘(2) the public comment period for such in16 terim rule is reopened for not less than 90 days. 

17 ‘‘KING COVE ROAD LAND EXCHANGE

18 ‘‘SEC. 125. (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the 

19 land exchange required under this section (including the 

20 designation of the road corridor and the construction of 

21 the road along the road corridor) is in the public interest. 

22 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL LAND.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘Federal 

25 land’ means the approximately 206 acres of 

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1 picted on the map entitled ‘Project Area Map’ 

2 and dated September 2012. 

3 ‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘Federal 

4 land’ includes the 131 acres of Federal land in 

5 the Wilderness, which shall be used for the road 

6 corridor along which the road is to be con7 structed in accordance with subsection (c)(2). 

8 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘non9 Federal land’ means the approximately 43,093 acres 

10 of land owned by the State as depicted on the map 

11 entitled ‘Project Area Map’ and dated September 

12 2012. 

13 ‘‘(3) REFUGE.—The term ‘Refuge’ means the 

14 Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in the State. 

15 ‘‘(4) ROAD CORRIDOR.—The term ‘road cor16 ridor’ means the road corridor designated under sub17 section (c)(2)(A). 

18 ‘‘(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

19 the Secretary of the Interior. 

20 ‘‘(6) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the State 

21 of Alaska. 

22 ‘‘(7) WILDERNESS.—The term ‘Wilderness’ 

23 means the Izembek Wilderness designated by section 

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1 servation Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 96– 

2 487). 

3 ‘‘(c) LAND EXCHANGE REQUIRED.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the State offers to con5 vey to the Secretary all right, title, and interest of 

6 the State in and to the non-Federal land, the Sec7 retary shall convey to the State all right, title, and 

8 interest of the United States in and to the Federal 

9 Land. 

10 ‘‘(2) USE OF FEDERAL LAND.—The Federal 

11 land shall be conveyed to the State for the purposes 

12 of— 

13 ‘‘(A) designating a road corridor through 

14 the Refuge; and 

15 ‘‘(B) constructing a noncommercial single16 lane gravel road along the road corridor be17 tween the cities of King Cove and Cold Bay in 

18 the State to provide access to emergency med19 ical services via the all-weather airport in Cold 

20 Bay. 

21 ‘‘(3) VALUATION, APPRAISALS, AND EQUALI22 ZATION.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The value of the Fed24 eral land and the non-Federal land to be ex25 changed under this section— 


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1 ‘‘(i) shall be equal, as determined by 

2 appraisals conducted in accordance with 

3 subparagraph (B); or 

4 ‘‘(ii) if not equal, shall be equalized in 

5 accordance with subparagraph (C). 

6 ‘‘(B) APPRAISALS.— 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—As soon as prac8 ticable after the date of enactment of the 

9 Article I Consolidated Appropriations 

10 Amendments, 2016, the Secretary and 

11 State shall select an appraiser to conduct 

12 appraisals of the Federal land and non13 Federal land. 

14 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—The apprais15 als required under clause (i) shall be con16 ducted in accordance with nationally recog17 nized appraisal standards, including— 

18 ‘‘(I) the Uniform Appraisal 

19 Standards for Federal Land Acquisi20 tions; and 

21 ‘‘(II) the Uniform Standards of 

22 Professional Appraisal Practice. 

23 ‘‘(C) EQUALIZATION.— 

24 ‘‘(i) SURPLUS OF FEDERAL LAND.—If 

25 the final appraised value of the Federal 


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1 land exceeds the final appraised value of 

2 the non-Federal land to be conveyed under 

3 the land exchange under this section, the 

4 value of the Federal land and non-Federal 

5 land shall be equalized— 

6 ‘‘(I) by conveying additional non7 Federal land in the State to the Sec8 retary, subject to the approval of the 

9 Secretary; 

10 ‘‘(II) by the State making a cash 

11 payment to the United States; or 

12 ‘‘(III) by using a combination of 

13 the methods described in subclauses 

14 (I) and (II). 

15 ‘‘(ii) SURPLUS OF NON-FEDERAL

16 LAND.—If the final appraised value of the 

17 non-Federal land exceeds the final ap18 praised value of the Federal land to be 

19 conveyed under the land exchange under 

20 this section, the value of the Federal land 

21 and non-Federal land shall be equalized by 

22 the State adjusting the acreage of the non23 Federal land to be conveyed. 

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1 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

2 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), the Secretary may 

3 accept a payment under clause (i)(II) in 

4 excess of 25 percent of the value of the 

5 Federal land conveyed. 

6 ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATION.—On completion of the 

7 exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land 

8 under this section— 

9 ‘‘(A) the boundary of the Wilderness shall 

10 be modified to exclude the Federal land; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the non-Federal land shall be— 

12 ‘‘(i) added to the Wilderness; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) administered in accordance 

14 with— 

15 ‘‘(I) the Wilderness Act (16 

16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); and 

17 ‘‘(II) other applicable laws. 

18 ‘‘(5) DEADLINE.—The land exchange under 

19 this section shall be completed not later than 90 

20 days after the date of enactment of the Article I 

21 Consolidated Appropriations Amendments, 2016. 

22 ‘‘(d) ROUTE OF ROAD CORRIDOR.—The route of the 

23 road corridor shall follow the southern road alignment as 

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1 ronmental impact statement entitled ‘Izembek National 

2 Wildlife Refuge Land Exchange/Road Corridor Final En3 vironmental Impact Statement’ and dated February 5, 

4 2013. 

5 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ROAD.—The re6 quirements relating to usage, barrier cables, and dimen7 sions and the limitation on support facilities under sub8 sections (a) and (b) of section 6403 of the Omnibus Public 

9 Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 

10 Stat. 1180) shall apply to the road constructed in the road 

11 corridor. 

12 ‘‘(f) EFFECT.—The exchange of Federal land and 

13 non-Federal land under this section shall not constitute 

14 a major Federal action for purposes of the National Envi15 ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).’’. 

16 SEC. 502. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. 

17 In title II of division G of the Consolidated Appro18 priations Act, 2016, under the heading ‘‘Administrative 

19 Provisions—Environmental Protection Agency’’, insert 

20 after the fifth paragraph the following: 

21 ‘‘The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

22 Agency shall base agency policies and actions regarding 

23 air emissions from forest biomass including, but not lim24 ited to, air emissions from facilities that combust forest 

25 biomass for energy, on the principle that forest biomass 


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1 emissions do not increase overall carbon dioxide accumula2 tions in the atmosphere when USDA Forest Inventory and 

3 Analysis data show that forest carbon stocks in the U.S. 

4 are stable or increasing on a national scale, or when forest 

5 biomass is derived from mill residuals, harvest residuals 

6 or forest management activities. Such policies and actions 

7 shall not pre-empt existing authorities of States to deter8 mine how to utilize biomass as a renewable energy source 

9 and shall not inhibit States’ authority to apply the same 

10 policies to forest biomass as other renewable fuels in im11 plementing Federal law.’’. 

12 SEC. 503. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

13 At the end of division G of the Consolidated Appro14 priations Act, 2016 (before the short title), insert the fol15 lowing new sections: 

16 ‘‘LIMITATION ON PAYMENT OF LEGAL FEES

17 ‘‘SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to pay legal fees pursuant to a settlement 

19 in any case, in which the Federal Government is a party, 

20 that arises under— 

21 ‘‘(1) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 

22 seq.); 

23 ‘‘(2) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

24 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); or 

25 ‘‘(3) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

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1 ‘‘WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES

2 ‘‘SEC. 429. None of the funds made available in this 

3 Act or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to 

4 develop, adopt, implement, administer, or enforce any 

5 change to the regulations and guidance in effect on Octo6 ber 1, 2012, pertaining to the definition of waters under 

7 the jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

8 Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), including the provisions of 

9 the rules dated November 13, 1986, and August 25, 1993, 

10 relating to said jurisdiction, and the guidance documents 

11 dated January 15, 2003, and December 2, 2008, relating 

12 to said jurisdiction. 

13 ‘‘GHG NSPS

14 ‘‘SEC. 430. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act shall be used to propose, finalize, implement, or en16 force— 

17 ‘‘(1) any standard of performance under section 

18 111(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(b)) for 

19 any new fossil fuel-fired electricity utility generating 

20 unit if the Administrator of the Environmental Pro21 tection Agency’s determination that a technology is 

22 adequately demonstrated includes consideration of 

23 one or more facilities for which assistance is pro24 vided (including any tax credit) under subtitle A of 

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1 15961 et seq.) or section 48A of the Internal Rev2 enue Code of 1986; 

3 ‘‘(2) any regulation or guidance under section 

4 111(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(b)) es5 tablishing any standard of performance for emis6 sions of any greenhouse gas from any modified or 

7 reconstructed source that is a fossil fuel-fired elec8 tric utility generating unit; or 

9 ‘‘(3) any regulation or guidance under section 

10 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(d)) 

11 that applies to the emission of any greenhouse gas 

12 by an existing source that is a fossil fuel-fired elec13 tric utility generating unit. 

14 ‘‘LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS

15 ‘‘SEC. 431. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used by the Administrator of the Environ17 mental Protection Agency to propose, promulgate, imple18 ment, administer, or enforce a national primary or sec19 ondary ambient air quality standard for ozone that is 

20 lower than the standard established under section 50.15 

21 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 

22 July 2, 2014), until at least 85 percent of the counties 

23 that were nonattainment areas under that standard as of 

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1 ‘‘DEFINITION OF FILL MATERIAL

2 ‘‘SEC. 432. None of the funds made available in this 

3 Act or any other Act may be used by the Environmental 

4 Protection Agency to develop, adopt, implement, admin5 ister, or enforce any change to the regulations in effect 

6 on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definitions of the 

7 terms ‘fill material’ or ‘discharge of fill material’ for the 

8 purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

9 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 

10 ‘‘SOCIAL COST OF CARBON

11 ‘‘SEC. 433. None of the funds made available by this 

12 or any other Act shall be used for the social cost of carbon 

13 (SCC) to be incorporated into any rulemaking or guidance 

14 document until a new Interagency Working Group (IWG) 

15 revises the estimates using the discount rates and the do16 mestic-only limitation on benefits estimates in accordance 

17 with Executive Order 12866 and OMB Circular A–4 as 

18 of January 1, 2015: Provided, That such IWG shall pro19 vide to the public all documents, models, and assumptions 

20 used in developing the SCC and solicit public comment 

21 prior to finalizing any revised estimates. 

22 ‘‘HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

23 ‘‘SEC. 434. None of the funds made available by this 

24 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

25 or enforce the final rule entitled ‘Hydraulic Fracturing on 

26 Federal and Indian Lands’ as published in the Federal 


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1 Register on March 26, 2015, and March 30, 2015 (80 

2 Fed. Reg. 16127 and 16577, respectively). 

3 ‘‘FINANCIAL ASSURANCE

4 ‘‘SEC. 435. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to develop, propose, finalize, implement, 

6 enforce, or administer any regulation that would establish 

7 new financial responsibility requirements pursuant to sec8 tion 108(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re9 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 

10 U.S.C. 9608(b)). 

11 ‘‘LEAD TEST KIT

12 ‘‘SEC. 436. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to implement or enforce regulations 

14 under subpart E of part 745 of title 40, Code of Federal 

15 Regulations (commonly referred to as the ‘Lead; Renova16 tion, Repair, and Painting Rule’), or any subsequent 

17 amendments to such regulations, until the Administrator 

18 of the Environmental Protection Agency publicizes Envi19 ronmental Protection Agency recognition of a commer20 cially available lead test kit that meets both criteria under 

21 section 745.88(c) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations. 

22 ‘‘LIMITATION ON STATUS CHANGES

23 ‘‘SEC. 437. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act shall be used to propose, finalize, implement, or en25 force any regulation or guidance under section 612 of the 

26 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7671k) that changes the status 


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1 from acceptable to unacceptable for purposes of the Sig2 nificant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program of any 

3 hydrofluorocarbon used as a refrigerant or in foam blow4 ing agents, applications or uses. Nothing in this section 

5 shall prevent EPA from approving new materials, applica6 tions or uses as acceptable under the SNAP program.’’. 

7 TITLE VI—DEPARTMENTS OF 

8 LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN 

9 SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, 

10 AND RELATED AGENCIES 

11 SEC. 601. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 

12 At the end of title I of division H of the Consolidated 

13 Appropriations Act, 2016 (before the short title), insert 

14 the following new sections: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en17 force the proposed Definition of the Term ‘Fiduciary’; 

18 Conflict of Interest Rule—Retirement Investment Advice 

19 regulation published by the Department of Labor in the 

20 Federal Register on April 20, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 21928 

21 et seq.). 

22 ‘‘SEC. 116. (a) Subject to the requirement under sub23 section (b), none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

24 made available by this Act may be used to promulgate or 

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1 1910, 1915, or 1926 of title 29, Code of Federal Regula2 tions (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 

3 of this Act), related to occupational exposure to respirable 

4 crystalline silica, including the proposed rulemaking by the 

5 Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the De6 partment of Labor issued on September 12, 2013 (78 Fed. 

7 Reg. 56274), until— 

8 ‘‘(1) a review is conducted after the date of en9 actment of this Act by a small business advocacy re10 view panel, pursuant to the Small Business Regu11 latory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 

12 601 note), and the panel delivers a report on the re13 view to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupa14 tional Safety and Health; 

15 ‘‘(2) the Secretary, acting through the Assist16 ant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and 

17 Health, commissions an independent study, to be 

18 conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, ex19 amining— 

20 ‘‘(A) the epidemiological justification of the 

21 Occupational Safety and Health Administration 

22 for proposing to reduce the occupational expo23 sure limits to respirable crystalline silica, estab24 lished by such Administration and in effect on 

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1 Act, including consideration of the prevalence 

2 or lack of disease and mortality associated with 

3 such occupational exposure limits; 

4 ‘‘(B) the ability of sampling methods to 

5 collect samples of respirable crystalline silica 

6 and laboratories to measure such samples (in a 

7 manner that meets the criteria for accuracy and 

8 precision contained in the most recent publica9 tion of the NIOSH Manual of Analytical Meth10 ods, published by the National Institute for Oc11 cupational Safety and Health) to determine oc12 cupational exposures to respirable crystalline 

13 silica that are less than or equal to the occupa14 tional exposure limits and action levels for res15 pirable crystalline silica proposed by the Occu16 pational Safety and Health Administration as 

17 of the day before the date of enactment of this 

18 Act; 

19 ‘‘(C) the ability of regulated industries to 

20 comply with such occupational exposure limits 

21 or action levels; 

22 ‘‘(D) the steady decline in silicosis related 

23 mortality rates based on data maintained by the 

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1 ‘‘(E) the ability of various types of per2 sonal protective equipment to protect employees 

3 from occupational exposure to respirable crys4 talline silica; and 

5 ‘‘(F) the costs of the different types of 

6 such personal protective equipment as compared 

7 to the costs of engineering and work practice 

8 controls related to such equipment; and 

9 ‘‘(3) the Secretary, acting through such Assist10 ant Secretary, submits to the Committee on Appro11 priations, and the Committee on Health, Education, 

12 Labor, and Pensions, of the Senate, a report con13 taining the results of the independent study con14 ducted under paragraph (2). 

15 ‘‘(b) Notwithstanding the funding limitation under 

16 subsection (a), from the funds appropriated to the Occu17 pational Safety and Health Administration for safety and 

18 health standards, $800,000 shall be made available to con19 duct the independent study under subsection (a)(2) and 

20 submit the report under subsection (a)(3), which report 

21 shall be submitted by not later than 1 year after the date 

22 of enactment of the Article I Consolidated Appropriations 

23 Amendments, 2016. 

24 ‘‘SEC. 117. An Occupational Safety and Health Ad25 ministration inspector shall not administer, enforce, or 


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1 otherwise implement any policy or interpretation of the 

2 Occupational Safety and Health Administration that al3 lows an individual affiliated with a third-party organiza4 tion to accompany such OSHA inspector on a walkaround 

5 inspection.’’. 

6 SEC. 602. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV7 ICES. 

8 At the end of title II of division H of the Consolidated 

9 Appropriations Act, 2016, insert the following new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 

11 or any other Act may be used to carry out the provisions 

12 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

13 Law 111–148) or the Health Care and Education Rec14 onciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152), or the 

15 amendments made by such provisions of either Act.’’. 

16 SEC. 603. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 

17 At the end of title III of division H of the Consoli18 dated Appropriations Act, 2016, insert the following new 

19 section: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 314. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to— 

22 ‘‘(a) implement, administer, or enforce the final regu23 lations on ‘Program Integrity: Gainful Employment’ pub24 lished by the Department of Education on October 31, 

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1 ‘‘(b) promulgate or enforce any new regulation or rule 

2 with respect to the definition or application of the term 

3 ‘gainful employment’ under the Higher Education Act of 

4 1965 on or after the date of enactment of the Article I 

5 Consolidated Appropriations Amendments, 2016.’’. 

6 SEC. 604. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. 

7 In title IV of division H of the Consolidated Appro8 priations Act, 2016, insert after section 408 the following 

9 new sections: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 409. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to implement or enforce any rule amend12 ing parts 101, 102, and 103 of title 29, Code of Federal 

13 Regulations (relating to the filing and processing of peti14 tions pursuant to the representation of employees for the 

15 purposes of collective bargaining with their employer), in16 cluding the final rule published by the National Labor Re17 lations Board in the Federal Register on December 15, 

18 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 74308). 

19 ‘‘SEC. 410. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to investigate, issue, enforce or litigate 

21 any administrative directive, regulation, representation 

22 issue or unfair labor practice proceeding or any other ad23 ministrative complaint, charge, claim or proceeding that 

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1 ard to determine whether entities are ‘joint employers’ in 

2 effect as of January 1, 2014.’’. 

3 TITLE VII—TRANSPORTATION, 

4 HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL5 OPMENT, AND RELATED 

6 AGENCIES 

7 SEC. 701. HOUSING TRUST FUND. 

8 In title II of division L of the Consolidated Appro9 priations Act, 2016, under the heading ‘‘Community Plan10 ning and Development—Home Investment Partnerships 

11 Program’’, insert at the end before the period the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘: Provided further, That notwithstanding paragraph 

14 (1)(B)(i) or (2)(B)(i) of section 1337(a) of the Housing 

15 and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 

16 4567(a)), amounts allocated under such paragraphs shall 

17 be credited to, made available, and merged with this ac18 count: Provided further, That no amounts made available 

19 by any provision of law may be transferred, repro20 grammed, or credited to the Housing Trust Fund’’. 

21 SEC. 702. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

22 At the end of division L of the Consolidated Appro23 priations Act, 2016 (before the short title), insert the fol24 lowing new sections: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 422. Section 31111(b)(1)(A) of title 49, 

2 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘or of less 

3 than 28 feet on a semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck 

4 tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination,’ and inserting ‘or, 

5 notwithstanding section 31112, of less than 33 feet on a 

6 semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck tractor7 semitrailer-trailer combination,’. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 423. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

10 under this Act shall be used to finalize or implement sec11 tions 256.1 through 256.5 and 399.80 of the Department 

12 of Transportation’s proposed rulemaking, as published in 

13 the Federal Register on Friday, May 23, 2014 (79 Fed. 

14 Reg. 29969), relating to Transparency of Airline Ancillary 

15 Fees and Other Consumer Protection Issues. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to carry out the rule entitled ‘Affirma18 tively Furthering Fair Housing’, published by the Depart19 ment of Housing and Urban Development in the Federal 

20 Register on July 19, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 43710; Docket 

21 No. FR–5173–P–01), or to carry out the notice entitled 

22 ‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool’, 

23 published by the Department of Housing and Urban De24 velopment in the Federal Register on September 26, 2014 

25 (79 Fed. Reg. 57949; Docket No. FR–5173–02).’’. 


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1 TITLE VIII—ENFORCE THE LAW 

2 FOR SANCTUARY CITIES ACT 

3 SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Enforce the Law for 

5 Sanctuary Cities Act’’. 

6 SEC. 802. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE CRIMI7 NAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SCAAP) 

8 FUNDING. 

9 Section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 

10 Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)) is amended by adding at the end 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(7) A State (or a political subdivision of a 

13 State) shall not be eligible to enter into a contrac14 tual arrangement under paragraph (1) if the State 

15 (or political subdivision)— 

16 ‘‘(A) has in effect any law, policy, or proce17 dure in contravention of subsection (a) or (b) of 

18 section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 

19 and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 

20 U.S.C. 1373); or 

21 ‘‘(B) prohibits State or local law enforce22 ment officials from gathering information re23 garding the citizenship or immigration status, 

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1 SEC. 803. LIMITATION ON DOJ GRANT PROGRAMS. 

2 (a) COPS.—In the case of a State or unit of local 

3 government that received a grant award under part Q of 

4 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

5 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.), if, during a fiscal 

6 year, that State or local government is a State or local 

7 government described in subsection (c), the Attorney Gen8 eral shall withhold all of the amount that would otherwise 

9 be awarded to that State or unit of local government for 

10 the following fiscal year. 

11 (b) BYRNE-JAG.—In the case of a State or unit of 

12 local government that received a grant award under sub13 part 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

14 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), 

15 if, during a fiscal year, that State or unit of local govern16 ment is described in subsection (c), the Attorney General 

17 shall withhold all of the amount that would otherwise be 

18 awarded to that State or unit of local government for the 

19 following fiscal year. 

20 (c) STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DE21 SCRIBED.—A State or unit of local government described 

22 in this subsection is any State or local government that— 

23 (1) has in effect any law, policy, or procedure 

24 in contravention of subsection (a) or (b) of section 

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1 grant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373); 

2 or 

3 (2) prohibits State or local law enforcement of4 ficials from gathering information regarding the citi5 zenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of 

6 any individual. 

7 TITLE IX—FINANCIAL REGU8 LATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT 

9 OF 2016 

10 SEC. 901. ENACTMENT. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of title IX of S. 

12 1910, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, as introduced 

13 in the Senate on July 30, 2015, are hereby enacted into 

14 law with the revisions described in subsection (b). 

15 (b) REVISIONS.—Sections 901 and 965(k)(1) of the 

16 provisions described in subsection (a) are revised by strik17 ing ‘‘Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 

19 2016’’. 

20 SEC. 902. PUBLICATION OF ACT. 

21 In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United 

22 States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 

23 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United States 

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1 pendix setting forth the text of the bill referred to in sec2 tion 901, as revised pursuant to such section. 

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