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39–012 2014

113th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 113–106 

REQUESTS FOR FY 2015 BUDGET AMENDMENTS 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

FY 2015 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF 

AGRICULTURE, DEFENSE, ENERGY, HOMELAND SECURITY, THE 

INTERIOR, AND STATE, AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL SCIENCE 

FOUNDATION AND THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

MAY 2, 2014.—Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 

to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, DC, May 1, 2014. 

Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Budget amendments for the Departments of 

Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, the Interior, and 

State, as well as the National Science Foundation and the Court 

Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia. These amendments do not affect the proposed FY 2015 

Budget totals. 

These amendments are necessary to reflect correctly policies assumed in the FY 2015 Budget. The details of these amendments 

are set forth in the enclosure from the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 

Enclosure. 


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[Estimate No. 1, 113th Cong., 2nd Session] 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Washington, DC, May 1, 2014. 

THE PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Submitted for your consideration are amendments to your Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2015 Budget for the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, the Interior, and State, as well 

as the National Science Foundation and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia. These 

amendments do not affect the proposed FY 2015 Budget totals. 

These amendments are necessary to reflect correctly policies assumed in your FY 2015 Budget. 

Recommendation 

I reviewed these amendments and am satisfied that they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the heads of the affected Departments and agencies in recommending that you transmit the 

amendments to the Congress. 

Sincerely, 

BRIAN C. DEESE, 

Deputy Director. 

Enclosures. 


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

FOREST SERVICE

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 173 

FY 2015 Pending Request: — 

Proposed Amendment: Language 

Revised Request: — 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 

‘‘2014’’ and substitute 2015.) 

This amendment would revise the fiscal year referenced in the 

language to reflect correctly the policy assumed in the FY 2015 

Budget. Without this amendment, funding for the forest roads and 

trails activity becoming available in FY 2015 under the Act of 

March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) would not be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury. 

The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 

this technical language amendment. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 192 

FY 2015 Pending Request: — 

Proposed Amendment: Language 

Revised Request: — 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 

section 716 and renumber the subsequent sections accordingly.) 

This amendment would remove a General Provision that was inadvertently retained in the FY 2015 Budget. Without this amendment, the Denali Commission, which is estimated to receive into its 

trust fund approximately $7 million in FY 2015 in interest payments on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund, would have access to these funds limited to a maximum of $4 million in that 

year. 

The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 

this technical language amendment. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY PROGRAMS 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 252 

FY 2015 Pending Request: — 

Proposed Amendment: Language 

Revised Request: — 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 

the opening bracket after ‘‘2017’’ and insert a new opening bracket 

after ‘‘procurement’’ and before the colon.) 


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This amendment would reinstate language inadvertently deleted 

in the FY 2015 Budget that is necessary to specify that a portion 

of the funds is available for procurement. 

The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 

this technical language amendment. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

ENERGY PROGRAMS

NUCLEAR ENERGY

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 393 

FY 2015 Pending Request: — 

Proposed Amendment: Language 

Revised Request: — 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, add the 

following new language after ‘‘direction’’ and before the period:) 

including official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $10,000 

The proposed language would provide $10,000 in reception and 

representation funding within the Nuclear Energy account to support the Gen IV International Forum Policy Group Meeting, a nuclear energy-specific event that will be hosted by the United States 

in the first quarter of FY 2016. Planning and funds obligation 

would need to occur in FY 2015 to support the meeting schedule. 

The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 

this technical language amendment. 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 566 

FY 2015 Pending Request: — 

Proposed Amendment: Language 

Revised Request: — 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, in section 543, paragraph (a)(1), delete ‘‘37’’ and substitute 67.) 

This amendment corrects the citation to the Bipartisan Budget 

Act of 2013. The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by this technical language amendment. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 653 

FY 2015 Pending Request: — 

Proposed Amendment: Language 

Revised Request: — 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, in the 

second proviso delete ‘‘111–390’’ and substitute 110–390.) 


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This amendment corrects the citation to the White Mountain 

Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act. The 

proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by this technical language amendment. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION

OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 692 

FY 2015 Pending Request: — 

Proposed Amendment: Language 

Revised Request: — 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, in the 

fifth proviso delete ‘‘2013’’ and substitute 2014.) 

This amendment would revise the fiscal year referenced in the 

language. Without this amendment, funds would be prohibited 

from being spent in FY 2015. 

The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 

this technical language amendment. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 732 

FY 2015 Pending Request: — 

Proposed Amendment: Language 

Revised Request: — 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, add at 

the end the following new section:) 

REAUTHORIZE THE FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND

SEC. 421. Provided further, That the language under the heading 

‘‘Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund’’ in the Department of 

the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–88) is amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ each 

place it appears and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

This amendment would extend from FY 2015 to FY 2020 the authority for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund to initiate forest ecosystem 

health and recovery projects, such as release from competing vegetation and density control treatments. The reauthorization allows 

receipts derived from these activities to be deposited back to the 

Fund and makes the receipts available for those purposes. If the 

authority were to lapse in FY 2015, the scope of the permanent authority from the FY 1993 Department of the Interior and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act (Public Law 102–381) would only permit BLM to plan and prepare salvage timber sales and to complete 

subsequent site reforestation. 

The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 

this technical language amendment. 


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL 

PROGRAMS 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 938 

FY 2015 Pending Request: — 

Proposed Amendment: Language 

Revised Request: — 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, in section 7062, after ‘‘$160,000,000’’ insert of unobligated balances; after 

‘‘under’’ insert titles I, III, and IV of; and after ‘‘title I of this Act’’ 

insert no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds were made available.) 

This amendment would revise the special transfer language relating to Contributions to International Organizations that was included in the FY 2015 Budget to allow the appropriations provided 

in FY 2015 to be utilized more fully. The proposed language prospectively permits the capture of expired unobligated balances of 

FY 2015 appropriations prior to cancellation when it is certain that 

the original obligations will have been fully paid and closed out. 

This language would reflect more accurately the intent to associate 

accrued costs of U.S. membership in international organizations to 

the relevant fiscal year. This would be applicable in cases where 

U.S. financial participation is restricted. 

The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 

this technical language amendment. 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 1218 

FY 2015 Pending Request: — 

Proposed Amendment: Language 

Revised Request: — 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, add the 

following new proviso before the period:) 

: 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 

This amendment would provide the National Science Foundation 

flexibility to implement its headquarters relocation and is similar 

to authority the agency possesses for other major projects. 

The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 

this technical language amendment. 

COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER

SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 1281 

FY 2015 Pending Request: — 


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Proposed Amendment: Language 

Revised Request: — 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, after 

‘‘2002;’’ insert the following new language:) 

of which $6,990,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 

is for relocation of an offender supervision field office; 

This amendment would modify the appropriations language to 

make $6.99 million from the requested budget authority available 

for a three-year period, to be used only for the relocation expenses 

of an offender supervision field office. Subsequent to transmittal of 

the FY 2015 Budget, the agency learned from the General Services 

Administration that the relocation and expansion of the field office 

may not occur in FY 2015 as originally planned. 

The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 

this technical language amendment. 

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