PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

CONSOLIDATED AND FURTHER CONTINUING 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 

127 STAT. 198 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

Public Law 113–6 

113th Congress 

An Act 

Making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SHORT TITLE

SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated and 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SEC. 2. 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. Availability of funds. 

DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 

ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 

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 

DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 

Title I—Department of Commerce 

Title II—Department of Justice 

Title III—Science 

Title IV—Related agencies 

Title V—General provisions 

DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 

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 

Title VI—Other Department of Defense Programs 

Title VII—Related agencies 

Title VIII—General provisions 

Title IX—Overseas contingency operations 

DIVISION D—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS 

ACT, 2013 

Title I—Departmental management and operations 

Consolidated and 

Further 

Continuing 

Appropriations 

Act, 2013. 

Mar. 26, 2013 

[H.R. 933] 

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Title II—Security, enforcement, and investigations 

Title III—Protection, preparedness, response, and recovery 

Title IV—Research and development, training, and services 

Title V—General provisions 

DIVISION E—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 

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 F—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 

Title I—General Provisions 

Title II—Energy and Water Development 

Title III—Financial Services and General Government 

Title IV—Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 

Title V—Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 

Title VI—Legislative Branch 

Title VII—Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Title VIII—Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related 

Agencies 

DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS 

REFERENCES

SEC. 3. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in division A, B, C, D, or E of this Act 

shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. 

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

SEC. 4. The explanatory statement regarding this Act printed 

in the Senate section of the Congressional Record on or about 

March 11, 2013, by the Chairwoman of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate shall have the same effect with respect to 

the allocation of funds and implementation of this Act as if it 

were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. 

AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

SEC. 5. 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. 

DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, 

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED 

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 

The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2013, for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs 

and for other purposes, namely: 

Agriculture, 

Rural 

Development, 

Food and Drug 

Administration, 

and Related 

Agencies 

Appropriations 

Act, 2013. 

President. 

1 USC 1 note. 

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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, $46,388,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be available 

for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $498,000 

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 $1,422,000 shall be 

available for the Office of Advocacy and Outreach; not to exceed 

$25,046,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, of which $24,242,000 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 $9,006,000 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 

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, 

$16,008,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative 

Deadline. 

Obligation 

availability. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 201 

agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155 and shall be 

obligated within 90 days of the enactment of this Act. 

NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, $14,225,000. 

OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 

Analysis, $9,049,000. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, $44,031,000. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, $6,247,000: Provided, That no funds made available by 

this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A– 

76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and the Committee 

on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, including 

agency budgets for contracting out. 

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Civil Rights, $893,000. 

OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

$22,692,000. 

AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS

(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. 486, for programs 

and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, 

and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

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, $271,336,000, 

to remain available until expended, of which $175,694,000 shall 

be available for payments to the General Services Administration 

for rent; of which $13,473,000 is for payments to the Department 

of Homeland Security for building security activities; and of which 

$82,169,000 is for buildings operations and maintenance expenses: 

Reports. 

127 STAT. 202 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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 year rental payments 

for such agency or office: Provided further, That the Secretary 

is authorized to transfer funds from a Departmental agency to 

this account to recover the full cost of the space and security 

expenses of that agency that are funded by this account when 

the actual costs exceed the agency estimate which will be available 

for the activities and payments described herein. 

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.), 

$3,992,000, 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, $89,016,000, 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, $45,074,000. 

OFFICE OF ETHICS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $3,405,000. 

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, $893,000. 

ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 

$77,397,000. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 203 

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, $179,477,000, of which up to $62,500,000 shall be available 

until expended for the Census of Agriculture. 

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, $1,101,853,000: 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 section 732(b) of division A of Public Law 112–55 

(125 Stat. 587) is amended by adding at the end the following 

new sentence: ‘‘The conveyance authority provided by this subsection expires September 30, 2013, and all conveyances under 

this subsection must be completed by that date.’’: 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. 

Expiration date. 

Easements. 

Easements. 

Maryland. 

7 USC 2254. 

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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, $738,638,000, 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 

report accompanying this 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, Critical Agricultural Materials Act, veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicultural 

scholars, graduate fellowship and institution challenge grants, and 

grants management systems shall remain available until expended: 

Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000: 

Provided further, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native 

and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made available to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with 

funds awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: 

Provided further, That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions eligible to receive 

funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222. 

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, $475,854,000, 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 report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for facility improvements 

at 1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: Provided 

further, That institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 

3221 for cooperative extension receive no less than $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, 

$21,482,000, 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 report accompanying this Act: 

Provided, That funds for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative 

shall remain available until September 30, 2014. 

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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, $893,000. 

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec- tion 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), $821,851,000, of which $1,500,000, 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 $15,970,000, 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 $36,858,000, to remain available until 

expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of which 

$696,000 shall be for activities under the authority of the Horse 

Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which 

$52,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used 

to support avian health; of which $4,335,000, to remain available 

until expended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; 

of which $153,950,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

be for specialty crop pests; of which, $9,068,000, to remain available 

until expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem 

pests; of which $56,638,000, to remain available until expended, 

shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $2,750,000, to remain 

available until expended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which 

$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the 

wildlife damage management program for aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts available under this heading for wildlife services 

methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That of amounts available under this 

heading for the screwworm program, $4,971,000 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 

127 STAT. 206 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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 2013, 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, 

$78,863,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 

pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 

buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 

building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 

current replacement value of the building. 

Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, 

as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701). 

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $62,592,000 (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 

Notification. 

Fees. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 207 

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 $20,056,000 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)), $1,331,000. 

GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, $40,261,000: 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, $811,000. 

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), 

$1,001,427,000; 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 2013 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 

Employment 

positions. 

Notification. 

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Public Law 110–246: 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, $893,000. 

FARM SERVICE AGENCY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

$1,208,290,000: Provided, 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. 

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), $4,369,000. 

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), $5,500,000, 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 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 209 

(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 

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: $1,500,000,000 for guaranteed 

farm ownership loans and $475,000,000 for farm ownership direct 

loans; $1,500,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans 

and $1,050,090,000 for direct operating loans; emergency loans, 

$34,658,000; 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, $100,000,000: 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 ownership, 

$20,140,000 for direct loans; farm operating loans, $58,490,000 for 

direct operating loans, $17,850,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 

operating loans, emergency loans, $1,317,000, to remain available 

until expended; and Indian highly fractionated land loans, $173,000. 

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $312,897,000, of 

which $304,977,000 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

For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 

$74,900,000: Provided, That the funds made available under section 

522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may 

be used for the Common Information Management System: Provided 

further, 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. 

Contracts. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Pink Bollworm. 

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FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 

Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, 

to remain available until expended. 

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, $893,000. 

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 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 211 

therein for use in the plant materials program by donation, 

exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant 

to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection 

or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary 

buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $830,998,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2014: 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. 

WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection 

and Flood Prevention Act, $14,700,000 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, $893,000. 

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; $206,857,000: Provided, 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; 

$27,952,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $31,277,000 for 

section 515 rental housing; $150,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 

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multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single 

family housing acquired property; and $5,000,000 for section 523 

self-help housing land 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, $53,730,000 

shall be for direct loans; section 504 housing repair loans, 

$3,821,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, $11,000,000: 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 total amount appropriated 

in this paragraph, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Housing 

Insurance Fund Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary 

for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 

2012, shall be available through June 30, 2013, for communities 

designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 

Partnership Zones: 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, 2013. 

In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 

as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $16,526,000, 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, $410,627,000 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, $907,128,000; 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 of this amount not less than $3,000,000 is available for newly 

constructed units financed under sections 514 and 516 of the 

Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall 

be funded for a 1-year period: Provided further, That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 1-year agreements 

Time period. 

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may be transferred and used for the purposes of any debt reduction; 

maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 

preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized under title 

V of the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided 

under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2013 for a farm 

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, $27,782,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That of the funds made available under this heading, $10,000,000, 

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, $17,782,000 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 

Contracts. 

Vouchers. 

Loans. 

Applicability. 

Time period. 

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restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that 

additional funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are 

needed, funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstration 

program may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That 

if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a multifamily 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), $30,000,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of 

Mutual and Self-Help Grants allocated by the Secretary for Rural 

Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2012, shall 

be available through June 30, 2013, for communities designated 

by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 

Zones. 

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, $33,136,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated 

under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural 

Housing Assistance Grants allocated by the Secretary for Rural 

Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2012, shall 

be available through June 30, 2013, for communities designated 

by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 

Zones. 

RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 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 $57,481,000 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, $3,880,000, 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, $28,428,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That $6,121,000 of 

the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 215 

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 $5,938,000 

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 $3,369,000 

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 of the 

total amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal 

to the amount of Rural Community Facilities Program Account 

funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2012, shall be available through 

June 30, 2013, for communities designated by the Secretary of 

Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones: 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 sections 306 and 310B 

and described in subsections (f) and (g) of section 310B and section 

381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

$85,904,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

of the amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

$1,000,000 shall be made available for two grants to qualified 

national organizations 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 

of the total amount appropriated under this heading, the amount 

Grants. 

Grants. 

Grants. 

Grants. 

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equal to the amount of Rural Business Program Account funds 

allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership 

Zones for the fiscal year 2012, shall be available through June 

30, 2013, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 

as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural business 

and cooperative development programs described in section 

381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: 

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. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 

the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), $18,889,000. 

For the cost of direct loans, $6,052,000, as authorized by the 

Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which 

$900,000 shall be available through June 30, 2013, for Federally 

Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which $2,000,000 shall 

be available through June 30, 2013, 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: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated 

under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural 

Development Loan Fund Program Account funds allocated by the 

Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal 

year 2012, shall be available through June 30, 2013, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

Area Partnership Zones. 

In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

loan programs, $4,438,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 

the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

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, $180,000,000 shall not be obligated and $180,000,000 

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), $27,706,000, of which $2,250,000 shall be 

for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer 

for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $3,456,000 

shall be for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

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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 $15,000,000, 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. 1621 

note). 

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), 

$3,400,000: 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, $524,466,000, to remain available until expended, of 

which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural 

utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and 

of which not to exceed $993,000 shall be available for the rural 

utilities program described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, 

That $66,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 

shall be for loans and grants including water and waste disposal 

systems grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, Federally recognized 

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 $5,750,000 shall 

be made available for a grant to a qualified non-profit multi-state 

regional technical assistance organization, with experience in 

Grants. 

Determination. 

Loans. 

Grants. 

Hawaii. 

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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 $15,000,000 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 $3,400,000 shall be for solid waste 

management grants: Provided further, That of the total amount 

appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount 

of Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones 

for the fiscal year 2012, shall be available through June 30, 2013, 

for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural 

Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural utilities programs 

described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act: 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. 

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 

as authorized by section 1006a of title 16 of the United States 

Code, except for the limitations contained in the last sentence 

of such section, for projects whose features include agricultural 

water supply benefits, groundwater protection, environmental 

enhancement and flood control, $40,000,000: Provided, That such 

loans shall be made by the Rural Utilities Service. 

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: 5 percent 

rural electrification loans, $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to 

section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; guaranteed 

underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; cost 

of money rural telecommunications loans, $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. 

Grants. 

Contracts. 

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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $34,467,000, 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, $42,239,000. 

For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in 

rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $24,950,000, 

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: Provided further, That $3,000,000 

shall be made available to those noncommercial educational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas and are qualified 

for Community Service Grants by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) of the Communications Act of 1934, 

including associated translators and repeaters, regardless of the 

location of their main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and 

equipment to allow local control over digital content and programming through the use of high-definition broadcast, multi-casting 

and datacasting technologies. 

For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 

of the Rural Electrification Act, $4,000,000, 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, $811,000. 

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; $19,916,436,000, to remain available 

through September 30, 2014, of which such sums as are made 

available under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and 

Grants. 

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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, $16,504,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 

of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

further, That of the total amount available, $35,000,000 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. 

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), $7,046,000,000, to remain available 

through September 30, 2014: 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, and $35,000,000 shall 

be used for management information systems: Provided further, That funds made available for the purposes specified in section 

17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall only be made available upon a determination by the Secretary that funds are available 

to meet caseload requirements without the use of funds in the 

contingency reserve that are without fiscal year limitation: 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. 

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $77,290,160,000, of which 

$3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2014, 

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 until 

expended, notwithstanding section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: 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 

Workfare. 

Determination. 

Grants. 

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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, $253,952,000, to remain available through September 

30, 2014: 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 2013 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, 2014: 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, $143,505,000: Provided, That of the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes of section 4404 of Public 

Law 107–171, as amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110– 

246. 

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 $158,000 for representation allowances and 

for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 

3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $176,789,000: 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 

127 STAT. 222 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

$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 TRANSFERS 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, $2,806,000, shall be transferred to and 

merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 

and Expenses’’: Provided, That funds made available for the cost 

of agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development 

and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential 

may be used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior 

notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

Congress. 

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, as 

amended), for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions 

abroad under title II of said Act, $1,435,000,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

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), $184,000,000, 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, 

$6,806,000; 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 

$6,452,000 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’’. 

Notification. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 223 

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; $4,223,295,000: Provided, That 

of the amount provided under this heading, $718,669,000 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, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 

U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2014 but collected in fiscal year 2013; $97,722,000 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; $299,000,000 

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; $20,242,000 shall be derived from 

biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

379j–52, and shall be credited to this account and remain available 

until expended; $23,848,000 shall be derived from animal drug 

user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 

to this account and remain available until expended; $6,031,000 

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; $505,000,000 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; $12,925,000 shall be derived from food and feed recall 

fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, and shall be credited to 

this account and remain available until expended; $15,367,000 shall 

be derived from food reinspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

379j–31, and shall be credited to this account and remain available 

until expended; and amounts derived from voluntary qualified 

importer program fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, 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 2013 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, animal 

drug, and animal generic drug assessments for fiscal year 2013 

Fees. 

Fees. 

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received during fiscal year 2013, including any such fees assessed 

prior to fiscal year 2013 but credited for fiscal year 2013, shall 

be subject to the fiscal year 2013 limitations: 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) 

$887,162,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied 

Nutrition and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 

Affairs; (2) $1,261,369,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $329,708,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics 

Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in the 

Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $167,576,000 shall be for the Center 

for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the Office 

of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $393,988,000 shall be for the Center 

for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field activities 

in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $59,429,000 shall be for 

the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $482,398,000 

shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related field 

activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed 

$168,971,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which 

$61,713,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts 

paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) not to 

exceed $213,352,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 

Administration for rent; and (10) $259,342,000 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 the Secretary may, prior to the due date for such fees, accept 

payment of 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 

authorized for fiscal year 2014, and that amounts of such fees 

assessed for fiscal year 2014 for which the Secretary accepts payment in fiscal year 2013 shall not be included in amounts provided 

under this heading: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 

of this amount shall be for official reception and representation 

expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to 

section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made available under 

this heading for other activities: 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, 

and priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n may 

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 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 225 

by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided, $5,320,000, to remain available until expended. 

INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $63,300,000 (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. 

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 204 passenger motor vehicles of which 170 shall be 

for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, 

That 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 of the Department of Agriculture that are remaining available at the end of the fiscal year, 

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 726 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 

Notification. 

Notification. 

127 STAT. 226 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

or acquisition of capital equipment, including equipment for the 

improvement and implementation of a financial management plan, 

information technology, and other systems of the National Finance 

Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National 

Finance Center: Provided further, That none of the amounts 

reserved shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary submits written notification of the obligation to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 

Provided further, That the limitation on the obligation of funds 

pending notification to Congressional Committees shall not apply 

to any obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, is necessary 

to respond to a declared state of emergency that significantly 

impacts the operations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven 

to continue operations of the National Finance Center. 

SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used 

to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 

or similar arrangements between the United States Department 

of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent 

of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of 

such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual 

interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate 

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. Funds made available by this Act 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. 707. 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. 

Notification. 

Notification. 

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SEC. 708. 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. 709. 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. 710. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 

purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricultural Research, 

Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, none of the funds 

in this or any other Act may be used to prohibit the provision 

of in-kind support from non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) 

of such Act in the form of unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise 

charged against the grant, consistent with the indirect rate of 

cost approved for a recipient. 

SEC. 711. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 

unobligated balances from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency and 

the Rural Development mission area, shall remain available 

through September 30, 2014, for information technology expenses. 

SEC. 712. The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize a State 

agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the maximum 

amount of liquid infant formula specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when 

issuing liquid infant formula to participants. 

SEC. 713. 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. 714. In the case of each program established or amended 

by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 

110–246), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III of such 

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. 715. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

requirements pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(1) may be waived for 

any amounts higher than those specified under this authority for 

fiscal year 2009. 

SEC. 716. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 

2013 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized under the 

Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 

shall be used to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

Waiver authority. 

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the release of eligible commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of 

the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any such funds made available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to section 

302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act. 

SEC. 717. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than $1,800,000 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. 718. 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. 719. For an additional amount for ‘‘Food and Drug 

Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’, $50,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, of which $40,000,000 is for one-time activities directly related to implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act, and of which $10,000,000 is for one-time activities 

directly related to improving the safety of the human drug supply. 

SEC. 720. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to carry 

out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 

SEC. 721. 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) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)); 

(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 

$1,400,000,000; 

(3) The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Act authorized by section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended 

(16 U.S.C. 3839bb–1)) in excess of $73,000,000; and 

(4) Agricultural Management Assistance Program as 

authorized by section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, 

as amended (7 U.S.C. 1524) in excess of $2,500,000 for the 

Natural Resources Conservation Service. 

SEC. 722. 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)(v) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of 

$981,000,000, 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 

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Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110–246 

in excess of $41,000,000, including the transfer of funds under 

subsection (c) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, until October 

1, 2013: Provided further, That $117,000,000 made available on 

October 1, 2013, to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard 

B. Russell National School Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 

of Public Law 110–246 shall be excluded from the limitation 

described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(vi) 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)(v) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, $150,000,000 

are hereby rescinded. 

SEC. 723. Subject to authorizing legislation by the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry, the Secretary may reserve, through April 

1, 2013, up to 5 percent of the funding available for the following 

items for projects in areas that are engaged in strategic regional 

development planning as defined by the Secretary: business and 

industry guaranteed loans; rural development loan fund; rural business enterprise grants; rural business opportunity grants; rural 

economic development program; rural microenterprise program; biorefinery assistance program; rural energy for America program; 

value-added producer grants; broadband program; water and waste 

program; and rural community facilities program. 

SEC. 724. There is hereby appropriated $600,000 for the purposes of section 727 of division A of Public Law 112–55. 

SEC. 725. 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 of the United States 

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 2014 appropriations 

Act. 

SEC. 726. (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 

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, 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) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 

Notifications. 

Deadlines. 

Rescission. 

127 STAT. 230 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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, the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, 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 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 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, the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, 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, the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission shall notify in writing 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) As described in this section, no funds may be used for 

any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services or the Chairman of the Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission 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. 727. 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 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 231 

and industry loan in an amount that does not exceed 3 percent 

of the guaranteed principal portion of the loan. 

SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available to the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug 

Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to any non-Department of Agriculture or non-Department of 

Health and Human Services employee questions or responses to 

questions that are a result of information requested for the appropriations hearing process. 

SEC. 729. 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. 730. 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 30 days 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. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

area eligible for rural housing programs of the Rural Housing 

Service on September 30, 2012, shall remain eligible for such programs until September 30, 2013. 

SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this 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 (or 

had an officer or agent of such corporation acting on behalf of 

the corporation convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any 

Federal or State law within the preceding 24 months, where the 

awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency 

has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, or such 

officer or agent, and made a determination that this further action 

is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

SEC. 733. None of the funds made available by this 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 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 

the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not 

necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

SEC. 734. 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 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

8731). 

SEC. 735. In the event that a determination of non-regulated 

status made pursuant to section 411 of the Plant Protection Act 

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127 STAT. 232 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

is or has been invalidated or vacated, the Secretary of Agriculture 

shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon request 

by a farmer, grower, farm operator, or producer, immediately grant 

temporary permit(s) or temporary deregulation in part, subject to 

necessary and appropriate conditions consistent with section 411(a) 

or 412(c) of the Plant Protection Act, which interim conditions 

shall authorize the movement, introduction, continued cultivation, 

commercialization and other specifically enumerated activities and 

requirements, including measures designed to mitigate or minimize 

potential adverse environmental effects, if any, relevant to the 

Secretary’s evaluation of the petition for non-regulated status, while 

ensuring that growers or other users are able to move, plant, 

cultivate, introduce into commerce and carry out other authorized 

activities in a timely manner: Provided, That all such conditions 

shall be applicable only for the interim period necessary for the 

Secretary to complete any required analyses or consultations related 

to the petition for non-regulated status: Provided further, That 

nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the Secretary’s 

authority under section 411, 412 and 414 of the Plant Protection 

Act. 

SEC. 736. None of the funds made available by this or any 

other Act may be used to pay for mitigation associated with the 

removal of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project number 

2342. 

SEC. 737. Of the unobligated balance of funds available to 

the Department of Agriculture for the cost of broadband loans 

under the heading ‘‘Rural Development Programs—Rural Utilities 

Service—Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’ in prior appropriation Acts, $25,320,000 is rescinded. 

SEC. 738. Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to 

section 9004(d)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8104), $28,045,000 are hereby rescinded. 

SEC. 739. Funds received by the Secretary of Agriculture in 

the global settlement of any Federal litigation concerning Federal 

mortgage loans during fiscal year 2012 may be expended, in addition 

to any other available funds, by the Rural Housing Service to 

pay for costs associated with servicing single family housing loans 

guaranteed by the Rural Housing Service and such funds shall 

remain available until expended. 

SEC. 740. 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 the funds made 

available under this Act. 

SEC. 741. There is hereby appropriated for the ‘‘Emergency 

Conservation Program’’, $11,100,000, to remain available until 

expended; for the ‘‘Emergency Forestry Restoration Program’’, 

$14,200,000, to remain available until expended; and for the ‘‘Emergency Watershed Protection Program’’, $65,454,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not less than $48,257,000 made 

available for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program under 

this general provision are provided for necessary expenses for a 

major disaster declaration issued under the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 

et. seq.). 

Deadline. 

Spending plan. 

Rescission. 

Rescission. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 233 

SEC. 742. 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, 

‘‘Implementation of Regulations Required Under Title XI, of the 

Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Conduct in Violation 

of the Act’’ (75 Fed. Reg. 35338 (June 22, 2010)) unless the combined 

annual cost to the economy of such rules does not exceed 

$100,000,000 or such rules have already been published in compliance with Section 721 of the Consolidated and Further Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2012, Public Law 112–55: Provided, That no 

funds made available by this or any other Act be used to publish 

a final or interim final rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to 

implement, proposed sections 201.2(l), 201.2(t), 201.2(u), 201.3(c), 

201.210, 201.211, 201.213, or 201.214 of ‘‘Implementation of Regulations Required Under Title XI of the Food, Conservation and Energy 

Act of 2008; Conduct in Violation of the Act’’ (75 Fed. Reg. 35338 

(June 22, 2010)): Provided further, That none of the funds made 

available by this or any other Act may be used to implement 

such rules until 60 days from the publication date of such rules: 

Provided further, That none of the funds made available by this 

Act may be used to enforce or to take regulatory action based 

on or in furtherance of sections 201.2(o), 201.3(a), or 201.215(a), 

of Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as they exist at 

the time this Act is passed, or to write, prepare, or publish a 

final or interim final rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement, the definitions or criteria embodied in these sections: Provided 

further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, within 60 days, 

rescind sections 201.2(o), 201.3(a), or 201.215(a), of Title 9 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations. 

SEC. 743. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act— 

(1) the amount made available for buildings operations 

and maintenance expenses in the matter before the first proviso 

under the heading ‘‘AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

AND RENTAL PAYMENTS’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRICULTURAL 

PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be $52,169,000; 

(2) the amount made available 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 in the matter before the first proviso under 

the heading ‘‘FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE’’ under 

the heading ‘‘AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall 

be $1,056,427,000; and 

(3) the amount made available to provide competitive 

grants to State agencies in the second proviso under the 

heading ‘‘CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS’’ under the heading ‘‘FOOD

AND NUTRITION SERVICE’’ under the heading ‘‘DOMESTIC 

FOOD PROGRAMS’’ in title IV shall be $10,000,000. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013’’. 

DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 

The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Departments of 

Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the 

Commerce, 

Justice, Science, 

and Related 

Agencies 

Appropriations 

Act, 2013. 

Regulations. 

Deadlines. 

127 STAT. 234 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes, 

namely: 

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, $482,538,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2014, of which $11,360,000 

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. 

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 

Department of 

Commerce 

Appropriations 

Act, 2013. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 235 

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, $101,796,000, 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), and for grants, and for the cost 

of loan guarantees authorized by section 27 (15 U.S.C. 3722) of 

such Act, $187,300,000, 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 $5,000,000 shall be for loan guarantees under 

section 26; and of which up to $5,000,000 shall be for loan guarantees under 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 sections 

26 and 27 combined are available to subsidize total loan principal, 

any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $70,000,000. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of administering the economic development assistance programs as provided for by law, $37,500,000: 

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, 

Applicability. 

127 STAT. 236 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with 

public or private organizations, $28,689,000. 

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, 

$100,228,000, to remain available until September 30, 2014. 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $256,255,000: 

Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 

for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities. 

PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs, 

provided for by law, $667,953,000, to remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That $649,953,000 is appropriated from 

the general fund and $18,000,000 is derived from available unobligated balances from the Census Working Capital Fund: Provided 

further, That from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 

for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Provided further, 

That within the amounts appropriated, $1,000,000 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), 

$45,994,000, to remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of 

Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management, analysis, operations, and related services, and 

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 LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 237 

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, $2,933,241,000, 

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 2013, so 

as to result in a fiscal year 2013 appropriation from the general 

fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 

2013, should the total amount of such offsetting collections be 

less than $2,933,241,000 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: 

Provided further, That any amount received in excess of $2,933,241,000 in fiscal year 2013 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 from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 

shall be made available in fiscal year 2013 for official reception 

and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 

2013 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 

(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, 

Spending plan. 

127 STAT. 238 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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), $621,173,000, 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, 

$143,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

$128,500,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership, and of which $14,500,000 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), $60,000,000, 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 

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 five 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, 

Budget estimate. 

15 USC 1513b 

note. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 239 

contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the 

purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, $3,112,614,000, to remain available until September 30, 2014, except that funds provided for 

cooperative enforcement shall remain available until September 

30, 2015: 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, 

$119,064,000 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 Cooperative Research, Annual Stock Assessments, 

Survey and Monitoring Projects, Interjurisdictional Fisheries 

Grants, and Fish Information Networks: Provided further, That 

of the $3,246,678,000 provided for in direct obligations under this 

heading $3,112,614,000 is appropriated from the general fund, 

$119,064,000 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 $212,664,000: Provided further, That any deviation from 

the amounts designated for specific activities in the statement 

accompanying this 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 allocating grants under sections 306 and 306A 

of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, no 

coastal State shall receive more than 5 percent or less than 1 

percent of increased funds appropriated over the previous fiscal 

year: 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, $1,926,036,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, except that funds provided for 

construction of facilities shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the $1,941,036,000 provided for in direct obligations 

under this heading, $1,926,036,000 is appropriated from the general 

fund and $15,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year 

obligations: Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts 

designated for specific activities in the statement accompanying 

this 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 

Budget estimate. 

Grants. 

127 STAT. 240 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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, $1,000,000 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, 2014: 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 2013, obligations of direct loans may not exceed 

$24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed 

$59,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936: Provided, That none of the funds made 

available under this heading may be used for direct loans for 

any new fishing vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity 

in any United States fishery. 

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 

Task force. 

Reports. 

15 USC 1543. 

Guidelines. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 241 

annual report on related incentive strategies, implementation plans 

and program results. 

RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

For expenses necessary for the renovation and modernization of Department of Commerce facilities, $2,040,000, 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.), $28,753,000. 

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. 

SEC. 104. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded 

under this title resulting from personnel actions taken in response 

to funding reductions included in this title or from actions taken 

for the care and protection of loan collateral or grant property 

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. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Certification. 

127 STAT. 242 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

SEC. 105. (a) Section 105(f) of the Commerce, Justice, Science, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112– 

55) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

(e)(2)’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

(e)’’. 

(b) 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 subsection (a) of this section, 

are hereby adopted by reference. 

SEC. 106. 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. 107. 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. 108. 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. 109. 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. 110. Section 113(b)(3) of division B of Public Law 112– 

55 is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2013’’. 

125 Stat. 603. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

Incorporation by 

reference. 

33 USC 878a 

note. 

33 USC 878a. 

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TITLE II 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the administration of the Depart- ment of Justice, $110,822,000, 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, $33,426,000, to remain available until expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and 

clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, $313,438,000, 

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. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $85,985,000, 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, $12,772,000. 

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, $881,000,000, of which not to 

exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain 

available until expended: Provided, 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 

Determination. 

Department of 

Justice 

Appropriations 

Act, 2013. 

127 STAT. 244 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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 previous 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 reimburse the Office of Personnel 

Management for salaries and expenses associated with the election 

monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 

1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973f): 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, $162,170,000, to remain available until expended: 

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 $115,000,000 

in fiscal year 2013), 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 2013, so as to result in a final 

fiscal year 2013 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

at $47,170,000. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 

Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agreements, $1,969,687,000: 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: 

Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $10,000,000 shall only be available after the Attorney General 

certifies that each United States Attorney is participating 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, $223,258,000, to remain available until expended 

and to be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund: 

Provided, That not less than $1,500,000 shall be for debtor audits: 

Certification. 

Human 

trafficking. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 245 

Provided further, 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, $223,258,000 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 2013, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2013 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, $2,000,000. 

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 $10,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase 

and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security 

caravans; and not to exceed $11,000,000 is for the purchase, 

installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommunications equipment and a secure automated information network 

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, 

$12,036,000: 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, $20,948,000, 

to be derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture 

Fund. 

Determination. 

127 STAT. 246 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, 

$1,196,000,000, 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, $10,000,000, 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, $1,647,383,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 

$20,000,000 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, $90,039,000, 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 

Determination. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 247 

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, $521,793,000, 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, $8,185,007,000, 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 $500,000 shall be for a comprehensive review of the implementation of the recommendations related 

to the Federal Bureau of Investigation that were proposed in the 

report issued 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; 

$80,982,000, 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, 

$2,050,904,000; 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 

Review. 

127 STAT. 248 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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, $1,153,345,000, 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 $15,000,000 shall remain available 

until expended: Provided, That, in the current fiscal year and 

any fiscal year thereafter, no funds appropriated under this or 

any other Act shall be used to pay administrative expenses or 

the compensation of any officer or employee of the United States 

to implement an amendment or amendments to section 478.118 

of title 27, Code of Federal Regulations, or to change the definition 

of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in section 478.11 of title 27, Code of Federal 

Regulations, or remove any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 

as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided further, That none 

of the funds appropriated herein shall be available to investigate 

or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities 

under section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That such funds shall be available to investigate and act 

upon applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States 

Code: Provided further, That no funds made available by this or 

any other Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions, 

or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or Departments: Provided further, That, 

in the current fiscal year and any fiscal year thereafter, no funds 

made available by this or any other Act shall be expended to 

promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory 

of any business licensed under section 923 of title 18, United 

States Code: Provided further, That, in the current fiscal year 

and any fiscal year thereafter, no funds authorized or made available under this or any other Act may be used to deny any application 

for a license under section 923 of title 18, United States Code, 

or renewal of such a license due to a lack of business activity, 

provided that the applicant is otherwise eligible to receive such 

a license, and is eligible to report business income or to claim 

an income tax deduction for business expenses under the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986. 

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, including purchase (not to exceed 835, 

of which 808 are for replacement only) and hire of law enforcement 

and passenger motor vehicles, and for the provision of technical 

assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign governments, $6,820,217,000: 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 

42 USC 250a. 

18 USC 923 note. 

18 USC 923 note. 

18 USC 921 note. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 249 

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, 2014: 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 authorized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Education 

Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note), for the care and 

security in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: 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: Provided further, 

That of the amount provided under this heading, not less than 

$99,496,000 shall be for activation of newly constructed prisons 

in Berlin, New Hampshire, Aliceville, Alabama, Yazoo City, Mississippi, and Hazelton, West Virginia, as requested in the Department’s fiscal year 2013 budget. 

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, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

of which not less than $66,965,000 shall be available only for 

modernization, maintenance and repair, and of which not to exceed 

$14,000,000 shall be available to construct areas for inmate work 

programs: 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 

States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program 

set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation, including purchase (not to exceed five for replacement only) 

and hire of passenger motor vehicles. 

Contracts. 

127 STAT. 250 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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’’); and the Violence Against 

Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); and for related victims 

services, $416,500,000, 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) $189,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against 

women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act; 

(2) $25,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance grants 

for victims of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault 

as authorized by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

(3) $3,500,000 is for the National Institute of Justice for 

research and evaluation of violence against women and related 

issues addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence 

Against Women, which may 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 

Grants. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 251 

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 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) $25,000,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance, 

as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act; 

(7) $36,500,000 is for rural domestic violence and child 

abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 

40295 of the 1994 Act; 

(8) $9,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent crimes against 

women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of the 2005 

Act; 

(9) $41,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

(10) $4,250,000 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) $15,500,000 is for a grant program to support families 

in the justice system, including for the purposes described 

in the safe havens for children program, as authorized by 

section 1301 of the 2000 Act, and the court training and 

improvements program, as authorized by section 41002 of the 

1994 Act; 

(12) $5,750,000 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, which may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office of Justice 

Programs; and 

(15) $500,000 is for the Office on Violence Against Women 

to establish a national clearinghouse that provides training 

and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual assault 

of American Indian and Alaska Native women. 

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 

127 STAT. 252 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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); and other programs, $127,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which— 

(1) $48,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs, 

and other activities, as authorized by part C of title I of the 

1968 Act, of which $36,000,000 is for the administration and 

redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey; 

(2) $43,000,000 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: 

Provided, That of the amounts provided under this paragraph, 

$5,000,000 is transferred directly to the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards from the National Institute of Justice for research, testing 

and evaluation programs; 

(3) $1,000,000 is for an evaluation clearinghouse program; 

and 

(4) $35,000,000 is for regional information sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title I of the 1968 Act. 

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 

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); and other programs, $1,140,418,000, to remain available until 

expended as follows— 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 253 

(1) $392,418,000 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, $2,000,000 is for 

a program to improve State and local law enforcement intelligence capabilities including antiterrorism training and 

training to ensure that constitutional rights, civil liberties, 

civil rights, and privacy interests are protected throughout 

the intelligence process, $4,000,000 is for a State, local, and 

tribal assistance help desk and diagnostic center program, 

$5,000,000 is for a Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and Survivability Initiative (VALOR), 

$6,000,000 is for a criminal justice reform and recidivism reduction program, and $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; 

(2) $255,000,000 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) $5,000,000 for a border prosecutor initiative to 

reimburse State, county, parish, tribal, or municipal governments for costs associated with the prosecution of criminal 

cases declined by local offices of the United States Attorneys; 

(4) $19,000,000 for competitive grants to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat 

juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than 

compensation); 

(5) $13,500,000 for victim services programs for victims 

of trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 

106–386, and for programs authorized under Public Law 109– 

164; 

(6) $41,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 

1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act; 

(7) $9,000,000 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); 

(8) $12,500,000 for grants for Residential Substance Abuse 

Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by part S of 

title I of the 1968 Act; 

(9) $3,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Improvement 

Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public Law 

108–405, and for grants for wrongful conviction review; 

(10) $9,000,000 for economic, high technology and Internet 

crime prevention grants, including as authorized by section 

401 of Public Law 110–403; 

(11) $4,000,000 for a student loan repayment assistance 

program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law 110–315; 

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(12) $20,000,000 for implementation of the Adam Walsh 

Act and related activities; 

(13) $13,000,000 for an initiative relating to children 

exposed to violence; 

(14) $18,000,000 for an Edward Byrne Memorial criminal 

justice innovation program; 

(15) $21,500,000 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; 

(16) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public 

Website; 

(17) $5,000,000 for competitive and evidence-based programs to reduce gun crime and gang violence; 

(18) $12,000,000 for grants to assist State and tribal 

governments and related activities, as authorized by the NICS 

Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); 

(19) $6,000,000 for the National Criminal History Improvement Program for grants to upgrade criminal records; 

(20) $12,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences 

Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 

Act; 

(21) $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 (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; 

(22) $6,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate 

program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act; 

(23) $38,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes; 

(24) $68,750,000 for offender reentry programs and 

research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 

(Public Law 110–199), of which not to exceed $5,000,000 is 

for a program to improve State, local, and tribal probation 

supervision efforts and strategies; 

(25) $4,000,000 for a veterans treatment courts program; 

(26) $1,000,000 for the purposes described in the Missing 

Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (section 240001 of 

the 1994 Act); 

(27) $7,000,000 for a program to monitor prescription drugs 

and scheduled listed chemical products; 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 255 

(28) $12,500,000 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); 

(29) $3,500,000 for emergency law enforcement assistance, 

as authorized by section 609M of the Justice Assistance Act 

of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10513; Public Law 98–473); and 

(30) $2,750,000 to establish and operate a National Center 

for Campus Public Safety: 

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); and other juvenile justice programs, 

$279,500,000, to remain available until expended as follows— 

(1) $44,000,000 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 

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) $20,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized 

by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, pursuant to sections 

261 and 262 thereof— 

(A) $10,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program; 

(B) $5,000,000 shall be for gang and youth violence 

education, prevention and intervention, and related activities; and 

(C) $5,000,000 shall be for programs and activities 

to enforce State laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or the purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, for prevention and reduction 

of consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and for 

technical assistance and training; 

(4) $19,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims 

of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

(5) $25,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability Block 

Grants program as authorized by part R of title I of the 1968 

Act and Guam shall be considered a State; 

127 STAT. 256 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

(6) $11,000,000 for community-based violence prevention 

initiatives; 

(7) $67,000,000 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); 

(8) $1,500,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial 

personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of 

the 1990 Act; and 

(9) $2,000,000 for grants and technical assistance in support of the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention: 

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 (6), (8) and (9) may be used for training 

and technical assistance: Provided further, That the previous two 

provisos shall not apply to grants and projects authorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act. 

PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

For payments and expenses authorized under section 1001(a)(4) 

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

of 1968, such sums as are necessary (including amounts for administrative costs), to remain available until expended; and $16,300,000 

for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for 

educational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 

section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

General that emergent circumstances require additional funding 

for such disability and education payments, the Attorney General 

may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from 

available appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, 

That any transfer pursuant to the previous 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. 

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’’), 

$222,500,000, 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— 

(1) $12,500,000 is for anti-methamphetamine-related activities, which shall be transferred to the Drug Enforcement 

Administration upon enactment of this Act; 

Determination. 

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(2) $20,000,000 is for improving tribal law enforcement, 

including hiring, equipment, training, and anti-methamphetamine activities; and 

(3) $190,000,000 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, $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Tribal Resources Grant Program: Provided further, 

That of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 

$10,000,000 is for community policing development activities 

in furtherance of the purposes in section 1701. 

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, 2014, 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. 

Project extension. 

5 USC 3104 note. 

Abortion. 

Abortion. 

Abortion. 

Waiver authority. 

127 STAT. 258 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 

the current fiscal year and any fiscal year thereafter, section 102(b) 

of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102– 

395) shall extend to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 

and Explosives in the conduct of undercover investigative operations 

and shall apply with respect to any undercover investigative operation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 

that is necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against 

the United States. 

SEC. 208. None of the funds made available to the Department 

of Justice in this Act may be used 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. 209. (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. 210. 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 

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. 211. 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 accompanying statement, and to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided 

under this title in previous years. 

SEC. 212. 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. 213. 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. 214. 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’’— 

Applicability. 

Certification. 

Prisons and 

prisoners. 

Prisons and 

prisoners. 

Investigations. 

Applicability. 

28 USC 533 note. 

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(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, and of such amounts, $1,300,000 

shall be transferred to the Bureau of Prisons for Federal inmate 

research and evaluation purposes. 

SEC. 215. 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 by this or any 

other Act making appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2013 

for the following programs, waive the following requirements: 

(1) For the Adult and Juvenile Offender State and Local 

Reentry Demonstration Projects under part FF of title I of 

the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

U.S.C. 3797w(g)(1)), the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) 

of such part. 

(2) For State, Tribal, and Local Reentry Courts under part 

FF of title I of such Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w–2(e)(1) 

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 under 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. 216. 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. 217. 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. 218. (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 2013. 

(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. 

Firearms. 

Waiver authority. 

127 STAT. 260 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation in fiscal 

year 2013, 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) 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 2013, 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 2013, $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 45 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 

2013. 

(f) Subsections (a) through (d) of this section shall sunset on 

September 30, 2013. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2013’’. 

Termination 

date. 

Spending plan. 

Deadline. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 261 

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, 

$5,850,000. 

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, $5,144,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2014, of which up to $14,500,000 

shall be available for a reimbursable agreement with the Department of Energy for the purpose of re-establishing facilities to 

produce fuel required for radioisotope thermoelectric generators 

to enable future missions: Provided, That $75,000,000 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: Provided further, 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. 

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 

Determination. 

Notification. 

Science 

Appropriations 

Act, 2013. 

127 STAT. 262 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 

$570,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2014. 

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, 

$642,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2014. 

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, 

$3,887,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That not less than $1,197,000,000 shall be for the Orion 

Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 

$1,857,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System, which shall 

have a lift capability not less than 130 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, $1,454,200,000 shall be for launch vehicle development and $402,800,000 shall be for exploration ground systems: 

Provided further, That funds made available for the Orion MultiPurpose 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 $525,000,000 shall be for commercial spaceflight activities: Provided further, That $308,000,000 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 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 263 

vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation 

of mission and administrative aircraft, $3,953,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2014. 

EDUCATION

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying 

out 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, $125,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2014, 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. 

CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 

conduct and support of science, aeronautics, exploration, space operations and education 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; not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $2,823,000,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That not 

less than $39,100,000 shall be available for independent verification 

and validation activities. 

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, $680,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That hereafter, notwithstanding section 315 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act 

of 1958 (51 U.S.C. 20145), all proceeds from leases entered into 

under that section shall be deposited into this account: Provided 

further, That such proceeds 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 two preceding provisos shall be available for obligation for 

fiscal year 2013 in an amount not to exceed $3,791,000: 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 315 of the National Aeronautics 

and Space Act of 1958 (51 U.S.C. 20145). 

Deadline. 

Budget estimate. 

51 USC 30103 

note. 

Time period. 

Contracts. 

51 USC 20145 

note. 

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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $38,000,000, of 

which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2014. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Funds for announced prizes 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 

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. 

Section 30102(c) of title 51, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(2) in paragraph (3) by striking the period at the end 

inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) refunds or rebates received on an on-going basis from 

a credit card services provider under the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration’s credit card programs.’’. 

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; $5,983,280,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2014, of which not to exceed 

$500,000,000 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 

Spending plan. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 265 

$158,190,000 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, $196,170,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds may be used to reimburse the Judgment Fund established under section 1304 of title 31, United States 

Code. 

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, $895,610,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That not 

less than $54,890,000 shall be available until expended for activities 

authorized by section 7030 of Public Law 110–69. 

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; $299,400,000: 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 2013 for maintenance and operation of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

the next fiscal year. 

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.), $4,440,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

$2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation 

expenses. 

127 STAT. 266 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 

authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, $14,200,000, of 

which $400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2014. 

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 15 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, 

2013’’. 

TITLE IV 

RELATED AGENCIES 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, 

including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $9,400,000: 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): 

Provided further, That there shall be an Inspector General at the 

Commission on Civil Rights who shall have the duties, responsibilities, and authorities specified in the Inspector General Act of 

1978: Provided further, That an individual appointed to the position 

of Inspector General of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) 

shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the position of 

Inspector General of the Commission on Civil Rights: Provided 

further, That the Inspector General of the Commission on Civil 

Rights shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General 

of GAO in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the 

Commission on Civil Rights, and shall not appoint any individuals 

to positions within the Commission on Civil Rights: Provided further, That the Inspector General may waive any statutorily required 

reporting requirement (with the exception of the semiannual report 

required by section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978) upon 

a certification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives and the Senate that such report is not necessary 

Waiver authority. 

Certification. 

5 USC app. 8G. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 267 

for effective oversight of the Commission: Provided further, That 

of the amounts made available in this paragraph, $450,000 shall 

be transferred directly to the Office of Inspector General of GAO 

upon enactment of this Act for salaries and expenses necessary 

to carry out the duties of the Inspector General of the Commission 

on Civil Rights. 

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, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Genetic Information NonDiscrimination 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 $29,500,000 for payments to State and local 

enforcement agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 

$370,000,000: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to make 

available for official reception and representation expenses not to 

exceed $2,250 from available funds: Provided further, That the 

Commission may take no action to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until such time as the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

the Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance 

with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this Act: 

Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept and use 

any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commission. 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, 

including hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to 

exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 

$83,000,000, 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, 

$365,000,000, of which $339,400,000 is for basic field programs 

and required independent audits; $4,200,000 is for the Office of 

Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be necessary 

may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; $17,000,000 

is for management and grants oversight; $3,400,000 is for client 

self-help and information technology; and $1,000,000 is for loan 

Notification. 

127 STAT. 268 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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 division, and 

section 3003 of division G, the Legal Services Corporation shall 

be considered an agency of the United States Government. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—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 2012 and 2013, 

respectively. 

Section 501(a)(2)(A) of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 

and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

1996 (Public Law 104–134) is amended by striking ‘‘on the basis 

of the most recent decennial census of population conducted pursuant to section 141 of title 13, United States Code’’ and inserting 

‘‘triennially by the Bureau of the Census, except that, with respect 

to fiscal year 2013, the change in allocation resulting from the 

amendment made to this subparagraph by the Commerce, Justice, 

Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 shall only 

be half of the change which would otherwise result from that 

amendment in order to phase in the change over a 2 year period’’. 

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.), $3,081,000. 

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, $51,251,000, of which $1,000,000 

shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 

$111,600 shall be available for official reception and representation 

expenses. 

110 Stat. 

1321–51. 

Applicability. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 269 

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, 2014: 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. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), 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 2013, 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 

Notifications. 

Deadlines. 

Contracts. 

127 STAT. 270 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

by Congress; unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming 

of funds. 

(b) None of the funds provided under this Act to any agency 

of the Department of Justice, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to any agency of the Department of Justice that remain 

available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2013, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 

derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 

a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or initiates a new 

program, project or activity; (2) eliminates a program, project or 

activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 

project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; 

(4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames 

offices, programs or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 

functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

(7) augments existing programs, projects or activities in excess 

of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 

percent funding for any program, project or activity, or numbers 

of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results from any general savings, 

including savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result 

in a change in existing programs, projects or activities as approved 

by Congress; unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 45 days in advance of such reprogramming 

of funds. 

(c) Subsection (b) of this section shall sunset on September 

30, 2013. 

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 its 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 the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

Definition. 

Termination 

date. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 271 

and subsequent reports shall be submitted within 30 days of the 

end of each quarter thereafter. 

(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. 

SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be 

available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country 

of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, 

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 $730,000,000 shall not be available 

for obligation until the following fiscal year. 

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) Tracing studies conducted by the Bureau of 

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are released without 

adequate disclaimers regarding the limitations of the data. 

(b) For fiscal year 2013 and thereafter, the Bureau of Alcohol, 

Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall include in all such data 

releases, language similar to the following that would make clear 

that trace data cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about 

firearms-related crime: 

(1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law enforcement 

authorities in conducting investigations by tracking the sale 

and possession of specific firearms. Law enforcement agencies 

may request firearms traces for any reason, and those reasons 

are not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. Not 

Firearm traces. 

18 USC 923 note. 

Discrimination. 

42 USC 10601 

note. 

Tobacco and 

tobacco products. 

Transfer 

authority. 

127 STAT. 272 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

all firearms used in crime are traced and not all firearms 

traced are used in crime. 

(2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes 

of determining which types, makes, or models of firearms are 

used for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute 

a random sample and should not be considered representative 

of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or 

any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally traced 

to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms 

traced do not necessarily represent the sources or methods 

by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime. 

SEC. 515. (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) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by 

this Act may not be used for the purpose of defraying the costs 

of a banquet or conference that is not directly and programmatically 

related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, 

such as a banquet or conference held in connection with planning, 

training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to 

a project funded by the grant or contract. 

(d) 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. 

(e) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this section 

shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director 

of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 

the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, determines that 

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. 516. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available under this Act may be used by the Departments 

Consultation. 

Assessment. 

China. 

Effective date. 

Consultation. 

Determination. 

Applicability. 

Certification. 

Public 

information. 

Web posting. 

Audits. 

Reports. 

Deadlines. 

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of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration, or the National Science Foundation to acquire an 

information technology system unless the head of the entity 

involved, in consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

or other appropriate Federal entity, has made an assessment of 

any associated 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 that are 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 an information technology 

system described in an assessment required by subsection (a) and 

produced, manufactured or assembled by one or more entities that 

are owned, directed or subsidized by the People’s Republic of China 

unless the head of the assessing entity described in subsection 

(a) determines, and reports that determination to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 

that the acquisition of such system is in the national interest 

of the United States. 

SEC. 517. 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. 518. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 

treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

under this Act or any other Act may be expended or obligated 

by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

to pay administrative expenses or to compensate an officer or 

employee of the United States in connection with requiring an 

export license for the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section 

121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed on 

April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale 

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 

Exports and 

imports. 

Firearms. 

Canada. 

Torture. 

Determination. 

Reports. 

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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. 519. 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. 520. 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. 521. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau 

of Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to 

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. 522. 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, 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. 

Deadline. 

Notifications. 

National security 

letters. 

Firearms. 

Ammunition. 

Termination. 

President. 

Determination. 

Federal Register, 

publication. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 275 

SEC. 523. 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 2013 until the enactment 

of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013. 

SEC. 524. The Departments, agencies, and commissions funded 

under this Act, shall establish and maintain on the homepages 

of their Internet websites— 

(1) a direct link to the Internet websites of their Offices 

of Inspectors General; and 

(2) a mechanism on the Offices of Inspectors General 

website by which individuals may anonymously report cases 

of waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to those Departments, 

agencies, and commissions. 

SEC. 525. 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. 526. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to the 

Department of Justice, the following funds are hereby rescinded, 

not later than September 30, 2013, from the following accounts 

in the specified amounts— 

(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $26,000,000; 

(2) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, $722,697,000; 

(3) ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 

Violent Crime Reduction Program’’, $1,028,000; 

(4) ‘‘Federal Prison System, Buildings and Facilities’’, 

$64,700,000; 

(5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office 

on Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs’’, $12,000,000; 

(6) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office 

of Justice Programs’’, $43,000,000; and 

(7) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, $12,200,000. 

(b) The Department of Justice shall submit to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

a report no later than September 1, 2013, specifying the amount 

of each rescission made pursuant to subsection (a). 

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 

Reports. 

Deadlines. 

Contracts. 

Grants. 

Certification. 

Web link. 

5 USC app. 8M 

note. 

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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 

(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 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. 529. 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. 530. 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. 531. (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. 

Cuba. 

Khalid Sheikh 

Mohammed. 

Detainees. 

Cuba. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 277 

SEC. 532. None of the funds made available under this Act 

may be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations 

for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries. 

SEC. 533. 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. 534. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

shall instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

United States Government 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. 

SEC. 535. (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) The limitation in subsection (a) shall also apply to any 

funds 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. 536. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to relocate the Bureau of the Census or employees from 

Deadline. 

Certification. 

Applicability. 

China. 

Light bulbs. 

ACORN. 

127 STAT. 278 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

the Department of Commerce to the jurisdiction of the Executive 

Office of the President. 

SEC. 537. 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. 538. 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. 539. (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. 540. None of the funds made available by this 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 an 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. 541. None of the funds made available by this 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 an 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. 542. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the Department of Commerce who uses amounts in the Fisheries Enforcement 

Asset Forfeiture Fund of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration that consists of the sums described in section 

311(e)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861(e)(1)) for any purpose other than 

a purpose specifically authorized under such section. 

Corporations. 

Corporations. 

Pornography. 

Firearms. 

Spending plans. 

Deadline. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 279 

SEC. 543. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 

may be used to carry out the functions of the Political Science 

Program in the Division of Social and Economic Sciences of the 

Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences of the 

National Science Foundation, except for research projects that the 

Director of the National Science Foundation certifies as promoting 

national security or the economic interests of the United States. 

(b) The Director of the National Science Foundation shall publish a statement of the reason for each certification made pursuant 

to subsection (a) on the public website of the National Science 

Foundation. 

(c) Any unobligated balances for the Political Science Program 

described in subsection (a) may be provided for other scientific 

research and studies that do not duplicate those being funded 

by other Federal agencies. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, Science, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013’’. 

DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 

The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2013, for military functions administered 

by the Department of Defense and for other purposes, namely: 

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, $40,199,263,000. 

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, $26,902,346,000. 

Department of 

Defense 

Appropriations 

Act, 2013. 

Web posting. 

Certification. 

127 STAT. 280 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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, $12,531,549,000. 

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, $28,052,826,000. 

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, $4,456,823,000. 

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, $1,874,023,000. 

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 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 281 

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, $658,251,000. 

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, 

$1,722,425,000. 

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 section 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, $7,981,577,000. 

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 section 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, $3,153,990,000. 

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; 

and not to exceed $12,478,000 can be used for emergencies and 

127 STAT. 282 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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, 

$35,409,260,000. 

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; and not to exceed $14,804,000 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, $41,614,453,000. 

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, $6,034,963,000. 

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; 

and 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, 

$34,780,406,000. 

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, $31,862,980,000: Provided, That not more than 

$30,000,000 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 $36,480,000 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 $8,563,000, to remain available until expended, is available 

only for expenses relating to certain classified activities, and may 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 283 

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, $3,182,923,000. 

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, $1,256,347,000. 

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, $277,377,000. 

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, $3,261,324,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 

Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment 

and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of passenger 

motor vehicles; personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; 

travel expenses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 

Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, 

regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units in 

127 STAT. 284 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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), $7,154,161,000. 

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, $6,494,326,000. 

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, $13,516,000, 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, $335,921,000, 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, $310,594,000, to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy 

shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, 

Determination. 

Determination. 

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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, $529,263,000, 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, $11,133,000, 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. 

Determination. 

Determination. 

Determination. 

Determination. 

Determination. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the Department of the Army, $287,543,000, 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), $108,759,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2014. 

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, $519,111,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

FUND

For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund, $50,198,000. 

Determination. 

Determination. 

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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, $6,028,754,000, to 

remain available for obligation until September 30, 2015. 

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, $1,535,433,000, to 

remain available for obligation until September 30, 2015. 

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, $1,857,823,000, to 

remain available for obligation until September 30, 2015. 

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, $1,641,306,000, to 

remain available for obligation until September 30, 2015. 

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, $5,741,664,000, to 

remain available for obligation until September 30, 2015. 

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, 

$17,382,152,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2015. 

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, 

$3,036,871,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2015. 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

For construction, procurement, production, and modification 

of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 

training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 289 

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, $659,897,000, to 

remain available for obligation until September 30, 2015. 

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, $565,371,000; 

Virginia Class Submarine, $3,217,601,000; 

Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $1,652,557,000; 

CVN Refuelings, $1,613,392,000; 

CVN Refuelings (AP), $70,010,000; 

DDG–1000 Program, $669,222,000; 

DDG–51 Destroyer, $4,036,628,000; 

DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $466,283,000; 

Littoral Combat Ship, $1,784,959,000; 

LPD–17 (AP), $263,255,000; 

Joint High Speed Vessel, $189,196,000; 

Moored Training Ship, $307,300,000; 

LCAC Service Life Extension Program, $85,830,000; and 

For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first destina- tion transportation, $290,035,000. 

Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Programs, $372,573,000. 

In all: $15,584,212,000, to remain available for obligation until 

September 30, 2017: Provided, That additional obligations may 

be incurred after September 30, 2017, 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 

replacement only; expansion of public and private plants, including 

the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, 

127 STAT. 290 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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, 

$5,955,078,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2015. 

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, 

$1,411,411,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2015. 

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, $11,774,019,000, 

to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2015. 

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, $4,962,376,000, to remain available for 

obligation until September 30, 2015. 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

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 

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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, $594,694,000, to 

remain available for obligation until September 30, 2015. 

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, $17,082,508,000, to remain available for obligation until 

September 30, 2015. 

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, $4,878,985,000, to remain available for 

obligation until September 30, 2015. 

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), $223,531,000, 

to remain available until expended. 

TITLE IV 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY

For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 

development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, 

rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 

$8,676,627,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2014. 

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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, 

$16,963,398,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2014: 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: Provided 

further, That funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for the Cobra Judy program. 

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, 

$25,432,738,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2014. 

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, 

$18,631,946,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2014: Provided, That of the funds made available in this paragraph, $250,000,000 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 

connection therewith, $223,768,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2014. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

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TITLE V 

REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $1,516,184,000. 

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, $697,840,000, 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 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, $32,715,304,000; of which $30,885,165,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed one percent shall 

remain available until September 30, 2014, and of which up to 

$15,934,952,000 may be available for contracts entered into under 

the TRICARE program; of which $521,762,000, to remain available 

for obligation until September 30, 2015, shall be for procurement; 

and of which $1,308,377,000, to remain available for obligation 

until September 30, 2014, 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 to develop Expenditure 

plan. 

Waiver authority. 

Certification. 

Contracts. 

Contracts. 

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a joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs 

(DOD–VA) integrated Electronic Health Record, not more than 25 

percent may be obligated until the DOD–VA Interagency Program 

Office submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress, and such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure 

that: (1) defines the budget and cost baseline for development 

of the integrated Electronic Health Record; (2) identifies the deployment timeline for the system for both agencies; (3) breaks out 

annual and total spending for each Department; (4) relays detailed 

cost-sharing business rules; (5) establishes data standardization 

schedules between the Departments; (6) has been submitted to 

the Government Accountability Office for review; and (7) complies 

with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems 

acquisition management practices of the Federal Government. 

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, $1,301,786,000, 

of which $635,843,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, 

of which no less than $53,948,000 shall be for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of $22,214,000 

for activities on military installations and $31,734,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2014, to assist State and local governments; $18,592,000 shall be for procurement, to remain available 

until September 30, 2015, of which $1,823,000 shall be for the 

Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program to assist 

State and local governments; and $647,351,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2014, shall be for research, development, test 

and evaluation, of which $627,705,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program. 

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, $1,159,263,000: 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. 

Determination. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 295 

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, $350,321,000, of which $347,621,000 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; and of which 

$2,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, shall 

be for procurement. 

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. 

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Management Account, $534,421,000. 

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. 

Turkey. 

Pay rates. 

Foreign 

nationals. 

10 USC 1584 

note. 

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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 $4,000,000,000 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 

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, 2013: 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 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

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 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

Applicability. 

Deadline. 

Reprogramming 

requests. 

Notification. 

Determination. 

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of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2013: 

Provided, That the report shall include— 

(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 

to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made 

by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 

(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both 

by budget activity and program, project, and activity as detailed 

in the Budget Appendix; and 

(3) an identification of items of special congressional 

interest. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of the funds 

provided in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer 

until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the 

congressional defense committees, unless the Secretary of Defense 

certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that 

such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 

requirement. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in 

working capital funds of the Department of Defense established 

pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may 

be maintained in only such amounts as are necessary at any time 

for cash disbursements to be made from such funds: Provided, 

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 

Contracts. 

Notifications. 

Deadlines. 

10 USC 2306b 

note. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Notification. 

Certification. 

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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 10-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 

(4) the contract does not provide for a price adjustment 

based on a failure to award a follow-on contract. 

Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used for 

a multiyear procurement contract as follows: 

F/A–18E, F/A–18F, and EA–18G aircraft; up to 10 DDG–51 

Arleigh Burke class Flight IIA guided missile destroyers, as well 

as the AEGIS Weapon Systems, MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems, 

and Commercial Broadband Satellite Systems associated with those 

vessels; SSN–774 Virginia class submarine and government-furnished equipment; CH–47 Chinook helicopter; and V–22 Osprey 

aircraft variants. 

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 

Determination. 

Humanitarian 

assistance. 

Territories. 

Reports. 

Budget request. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

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Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 

Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. 

SEC. 8012. (a) During fiscal year 2013, 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 2014 budget request for the Department 

of Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2014 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 2014. 

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to military 

(civilian) technicians. 

SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 

be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 

action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 

the Congress. 

SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 

be available for the basic pay and allowances of any member of 

the Army participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits 

paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from the Department 

of Defense Education Benefits Fund when time spent as a fulltime student is credited toward completion of a service commitment: 

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 Waiver authority. 

Certification. 

Definition. 

Anchor and 

mooring chain. 

Applicability. 

Lobbying. 

Budget request. 

Effective date. 

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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. 

SEC. 8017. 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 or unsafe for 

further use. 

SEC. 8018. 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. 8019. In addition to the funds provided elsewhere in 

this Act, $15,000,000 is appropriated only 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. 8020. Funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense 

Media Activity shall not be used for any national or international 

political or psychological activities. 

SEC. 8021. During the current fiscal year, the Department 

of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to exceed 

$350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10, 

United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only 

from the Government of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, 

That upon receipt, such contributions from the Government of 

Kuwait shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which 

incurred such obligations. 

Kuwait. 

Applicability. 

Contracts. 

Waiver authority. 

Certification. 

Arms and 

munitions. 

Certification. 

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SEC. 8022. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, not 

less than $38,634,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol 

Corporation, of which— (1) $28,404,000 shall be available from ‘‘Operation and 

Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil Air Patrol Corporation 

operation and maintenance, readiness, counterdrug activities, 

and drug demand reduction activities involving youth programs; 

(2) $9,298,000 shall be available from ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 

(3) $932,000 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. 8023. (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 2013 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 2013, 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 2014 budget request, submit a report 

presenting the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort 

to be allocated for each defense FFRDC during that fiscal year 

and the associated budget estimates. 

SEC. 8024. 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 

Contracts. 

Reports. 

127 STAT. 302 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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. 8025. 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. 8026. 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. 8027. (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 2013. Such report shall separately 

indicate the dollar value of items for which the Buy American 

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. 

Reports. 

Memorandum. 

Determination. 

Contracts. 

Rescission. 

41 USC 8304 

note. 

Certification. 

Definition. 

Waiver authority. 

Certification. 

Applicability. 

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SEC. 8028. 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. 8029. (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. 8030. 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. 8031. (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 2014 budget request for the Department 

of Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2014 Department of Defense budget 

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 2014 procurement appropriation 

and not in the supply management business area or any other 

Budget request. 

Definition. 

Housing. 

Native 

Americans. 

State listing. 

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area or category of the Department of Defense Working Capital 

Funds. 

SEC. 8032. 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, 2014: 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, as amended, shall remain available until 

September 30, 2014. 

SEC. 8033. 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. 8034. 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. 8035. (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. 

SEC. 8036. 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; 

Contracts. 

Determination. 

Determination. 

Labeling. 

Fraud. 

Debarment. 

50 USC 403u 

note. 

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(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. 8037. (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 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; or 

(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. 

SEC. 8038. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to approve or license the sale of the F–22A advanced 

tactical fighter to any foreign government: Provided, That the 

Department of Defense may conduct or participate in studies, 

research, design and other activities to define and develop a future 

export version of the F–22A that protects classified and sensitive 

information, technologies and U.S. warfighting capabilities. 

SEC. 8039. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

shall be available to convert to contractor performance an activity 

or function of the Department of Defense that, on or after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, is performed by Department 

of Defense civilian employees unless— 

(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 

Contracts. 

Waiver authority. 

Determination. 

Certification. 

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of the activity or function by a contractor would be less costly 

to the Department of Defense by an amount that equals or 

exceeds the lesser of— 

(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization’s personnel-related costs for performance of that activity or function by Federal employees; or 

(B) $10,000,000; and 

(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage for a 

proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of Defense 

by— 

(A) not making an employer-sponsored health insurance plan available to the workers who are to be employed 

in the performance of that activity or function under the 

contract; or 

(B) offering to such workers an employer-sponsored 

health benefits plan that requires the employer to contribute less towards the premium or subscription share 

than the amount that is paid by the Department of Defense 

for health benefits for civilian employees under chapter 

89 of title 5, United States Code. 

(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection 

(a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 

of title 10, United States Code, and notwithstanding any administrative regulation, requirement, or policy to the contrary shall have 

full authority to enter into a contract for the performance of any 

commercial or industrial type function of the Department of Defense 

that— 

(A) is included on the procurement list established pursuant 

to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (section 8503 of 

title 41, United States Code); 

(B) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 

nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency 

for other severely handicapped individuals in accordance with 

that Act; or 

(C) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 

firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an Indian tribe, 

as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination 

and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native 

Hawaiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the 

Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 

(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or contracts 

for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 2474 of 

title 10, United States Code. 

(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the Department 

of Defense under the authority provided by this section shall be 

credited toward any competitive or outsourcing goal, target, or 

measurement that may be established by statute, regulation, or 

policy and is deemed to be awarded under the authority of, and 

in compliance with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United 

States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial activities. 

(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: 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 307 

‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2007/ 2018’’: DDG– 51 Destroyer, $98,400,000; 

‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2007/ 2018’’: DDG– 51 Destroyer Advance Procurement, $2,500,000; 

‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2007/ 2018’’: CVN 

Refueling Overhaul, $14,100,000; 

‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Army, 2011/ 2013’’, 

$14,862,000; 

‘‘Other Procurement, Army, 2011/2013’’, $108,098,000; 

‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy, 2011/2013’’, $43,860,000; 

‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2011/ 2015’’: DDG– 

51 Destroyer, $215,300,000; 

‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy, 2011/2013’’, $22,000,000; 

‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2011/2013’’, $93,400,000; 

‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force, 2011/2013’’, $9,500,000; 

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, 2012/XXXX’’, 

$21,000,000; 

‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army, 2012/2014’’, $47,400,000; 

‘‘Other Procurement, Army, 2012/2014’’, $179,608,000; 

‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy, 2012/2014’’, $19,040,000; 

‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2012/ 2016’’: Littoral 

Combat Ship, $28,800,000; 

‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2012/ 2016’’: DDG– 

51 Destroyer, $83,000,000; 

‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy, 2012/2014’’, $36,467,000; 

‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps, 

2012/2014’’, $16,300,000; 

‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps, 2012/2014’’, $132,555,000; 

‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2012/2014’’, 

$394,299,000; 

‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force, 2012/2014’’, $52,898,000; 

‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force, 2012/2014’’, $55,800,000; 

‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide, 2012/2014’’, $16,000,000; 

‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, 2012/ 

2013’’, $41,000,000; 

‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, 2012/ 

2013’’, $246,800,000; 

‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 

2012/2013’’, $149,460,000. 

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 

North Korea. 

127 STAT. 308 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the activities 

and programs included within the National Intelligence Program 

and the Military Intelligence Program: Provided, That nothing in 

this section authorizes deviation from established Reserve and 

National Guard personnel and training procedures. 

SEC. 8044. During the current fiscal year, none of the funds 

appropriated in this Act may be used to reduce the civilian medical 

and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the September 30, 2003, level: Provided, That the Service 

Surgeons General may waive this section by certifying to the 

congressional defense committees that the beneficiary population 

is declining in some catchment areas and civilian strength reductions may be consistent with responsible resource stewardship and 

capitation-based budgeting. 

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 and 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. 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. 8048. None of the funds made available in this or any 

other Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee 

of the Department of Defense who approves or implements the 

transfer of administrative responsibilities or budgetary resources 

of any program, project, or activity financed by this Act to the 

jurisdiction of another Federal agency not financed by this Act 

without the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That this 

limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly provided 

for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions of Acts providing 

supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense. 

SEC. 8049. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

none of the funds available to the Department of Defense for the 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Salaries. 

Supercomputer. 

Certification. 

Applicability. 

Waiver authority. 

Certification. 

Ball and roller 

bearings. 

50 USC 403f 

note. 

Drugs and drug 

abuse. 

10 USC 374 note. 

Waiver authority. 

Certification. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 309 

current fiscal year 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— 

(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. 8050. 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. 8051. 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. 8052. 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 

Contracts. 

Applicability. 

127 STAT. 310 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

charged to any current appropriation account for the same purpose 

as the expired or closed account if— 

(1) the obligation would have been properly chargeable 

(except as to amount) to the expired or closed account before 

the end of the period of availability or closing of that account; 

(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to 

any current appropriation account of the Department of 

Defense; and 

(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. 8053. (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. 8054. 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. 

SEC. 8055. None of the funds appropriated in title IV of this 

Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery to military 

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 

Waiver authority. 

Certification. 

Anthracite. 

Germany. 

Reimbursement. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 311 

House of Representatives and the Senate that it is in the national 

security interest to do so. 

SEC. 8056. (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. 8057. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 

may be used to support any training program involving a unit 

of the security forces or police of a foreign country if the Secretary 

of Defense has received credible information from the Department 

of State that the unit has committed a gross violation of human 

rights, unless all necessary corrective steps have been taken. 

(b) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, shall ensure that prior to a decision to conduct any training 

program referred to in subsection (a), full consideration is given 

to all credible information available to the Department of State 

relating to human rights violations by foreign security forces. 

(c) The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of State, may waive the prohibition in subsection (a) if 

he determines that such waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances. 

(d) Not more than 15 days after the exercise of any waiver 

under subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report 

to the congressional defense committees describing the extraordinary circumstances, the purpose and duration of the training 

program, the United States forces and the foreign security forces 

involved in the training program, and the information relating 

to human rights violations that necessitates the waiver. 

SEC. 8058. 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. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

Waiver authority. 

Determination. 

Consultation. 

Human rights. 

Applicability. 

Contracts. 

Waiver authority. 

Determination. 

127 STAT. 312 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

SEC. 8059. 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. 8060. 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. 8061. During the current fiscal year, 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 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

that it is in the national security interest to do so. 

SEC. 8062. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 10, United 

States Code, a Reserve who is a member of the National Guard 

serving on full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) of 

title 32, United States Code, may perform duties in support of 

the ground-based elements of the National Ballistic Missile Defense 

System. 

SEC. 8063. 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. 8064. 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) 

Waiver authority. 

Time period. 

Arms and 

munitions. 

Waiver authority. 

Certification. 

Classified 

information. 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

Effective date. 

Waiver authority. 

Certification. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

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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. 8065. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 

be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity 

of the Department of Defense that procures malt beverages and 

wine with nonappropriated funds for resale (including such alcoholic 

beverages sold by the drink) on a military installation located 

in the United States unless such malt beverages and wine are 

procured within that State, or in the case of the District of 

Columbia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 

installation is located: Provided, That in a case in which the military 

installation is located in more than one State, purchases may be 

made in any State in which the installation is located: Provided 

further, That such local procurement requirements for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic beverages only for 

military installations in States which are not contiguous with 

another State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 

than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and the District 

of Columbia shall be procured from the most competitive source, 

price and other factors considered. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8066. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $133,381,000 

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. 8067. Section 8106 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (titles I through VIII of the matter under 

subsection 101(b) of Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–111; 10 

U.S.C. 113 note) shall continue in effect to apply to disbursements 

that are made by the Department of Defense in fiscal year 2013. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8068. 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 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Applicability. 

Contracts. 

Real property. 

Applicability. 

Alcohol and 

alcoholic 

beverages. 

127 STAT. 314 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

in writing with the source of funds and a detailed justification, 

execution plan, and timeline for each proposed project. 

SEC. 8069. 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. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8070. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 

the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $479,736,000 shall be 

for the Israeli Cooperative Programs: Provided, That of this amount, 

$211,000,000 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, $149,679,000 

shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) 

program, including cruise missile defense research and development 

under the SRBMD program, of which $39,200,000 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, $74,692,000 shall 

be available for an upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile 

Defense Architecture, and $44,365,000 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 the transfer authority provided under this provision 

is in addition to any other transfer authority contained in this 

Act. 

SEC. 8071. (a) None of the funds available to the Department 

of Defense may be obligated to modify command and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command operational and administrative control of U.S. Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet. 

(b) None of the funds available to the Department of Defense 

may be obligated to modify command and control relationships 

to give United States Transportation Command operational and 

administrative control of C–130 and KC–135 forces assigned to 

the Pacific and European Air Force Commands. 

(c) The command and control relationships in subsections (a) 

and (b) which existed on March 13, 2011, shall remain in force 

unless changes are specifically authorized in a subsequent Act. 

(d) This subsection does not apply to administrative control 

of Navy Air and Missile Defense Command. 

Israel. 

Determination. 

Grants. 

Fisher House 

Foundation, Inc. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 315 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $372,573,000 

shall be available until September 30, 2013, 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, 

2007/2013’’: LHA Replacement Program $156,685,000; 

(2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 

2008/2013’’: LPD–17 Amphibious Transport Dock Program 

$80,888,000; and 

(3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 

2009/2013’’: CVN Refueling Overhauls Program $135,000,000. 

SEC. 8073. 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. 

414) during fiscal year 2013 until the enactment of the Intelligence 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. 

SEC. 8074. 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. 8075. The budget of the President for fiscal year 2014 

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, and the Procurement 

accounts: Provided, That these documents shall include a description of the funding requested for each contingency operation, for 

each military 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. 8076. 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. 8077. 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 

Determination. 

Grants. 

10 USC 221 note. 

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national interest, he 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. 8078. 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. 8079. 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. 8080. (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. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8081. 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 $100,000,000 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. 8082. For purposes of section 7108 of title 41, United 

States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made under the 

heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ that is not closed 

at the time reimbursement is made shall be available to reimburse 

the Judgment Fund and shall be considered for the same purposes 

as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 

Navy’’ appropriations in the current fiscal year or any prior fiscal 

year. 

SEC. 8083. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

may be used to transfer research and development, acquisition, 

Tactical 

unmanned aerial 

vehicles. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

Waiver authority. 

Determination. 

Notification. 

Deployment. 

Foreign 

intelligence. 

53rd Weather 

Reconnaissance 

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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. 8084. 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. 8085. 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, 2014. 

SEC. 8086. 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. 8087. The Director of National Intelligence shall include 

the budget exhibits identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) as described 

in the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 

with the congressional budget justification books: 

(1) For procurement programs requesting more than 

$10,000,000 in any fiscal year, the P–1, Procurement Program; 

P–5, Cost Analysis; P–5a, Procurement History and Planning; 

P–21, Production Schedule; and P–40, Budget Item Justification. 

(2) For research, development, test and evaluation projects 

requesting more than $5,000,000 in any fiscal year, the R– 

1, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Program; R– 

2, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Budget Item 

Justification; R–3, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation 

Project Cost Analysis; and R–4, Research, Development, Test 

and Evaluation Program Schedule Profile. 

SEC. 8088. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit 

a report to the congressional intelligence committees to establish 

the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2013: 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; 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

50 USC 415a–2 

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(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. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8089. 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. 8090. (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. 403–1(d)) that— 

(1) creates a new start effort; 

(2) terminates a program with appropriated funding of 

$10,000,000 or more; 

(3) transfers funding into or out of the National Intelligence 

Program; or 

(4) transfers funding between appropriations, 

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) of the National Security 

Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–1(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. 8091. 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. 

Submission. 

50 USC 415a–9 

note. 

Notification. 

Deadlines. 

Certification. 

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SEC. 8092. 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. 8093. The Department of Defense shall continue to report 

incremental contingency operations costs for Operation New Dawn 

and Operation Enduring Freedom, or any other named operations 

in the U.S. Central Command area of operation on a monthly 

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. 8094. 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. 8095. Funds appropriated by this Act for operation and 

maintenance may be available for the purpose of making remittances to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund 

in accordance with the requirements of section 1705 of title 10, 

United States Code. 

SEC. 8096. (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. 8097. (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 

Contracts. 

Time period. 

Web posting. 

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Reports. 

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(2) take any action to enforce any provision of an existing 

agreement with an employee or independent contractor that 

mandates that the employee or independent contractor resolve 

through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights 

Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 

assault or harassment, including assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or 

negligent hiring, supervision, or retention. 

(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

by this Act may be expended for any Federal contract unless the 

contractor certifies that it requires each covered subcontractor to 

agree not to enter into, and not to take any action to enforce 

any provision of, any agreement as described in paragraphs (1) 

and (2) of subsection (a), with respect to any employee or independent contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 

For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcontractor’’ is an 

entity that has a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a contract 

subject to subsection (a). 

(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with respect 

to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements with employees or 

independent contractors that may not be enforced in a court of 

the United States. 

(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the application of 

subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or subcontractor 

for the purposes of a particular contract or subcontract if the 

Secretary or the Deputy Secretary personally determines that the 

waiver is necessary to avoid harm to national security interests 

of the United States, and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The 

determination shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 

waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, and shall 

state any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver and the reasons 

each such alternative would not avoid harm to national security 

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. 

SEC. 8098. None of the funds made available under this Act 

may be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations 

for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8099. From within the funds appropriated for operation 

and maintenance for the Defense Health Program in this Act, 

up to $139,204,000, 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 

ACORN. 

Public 

information. 

Deadline. 

Waiver authority. 

Determination. 

Certification. 

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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. 8100. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence 

shall not employ more Senior Executive employees than are specified in the classified annex. 

SEC. 8101. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act 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. 8102. 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. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8103. There is hereby established in the Treasury of 

the United States the ‘‘Ship Modernization, Operations and 

Sustainment Fund’’. There is appropriated $2,382,100,000, for the 

‘‘Ship Modernization, Operations and Sustainment Fund’’, to remain 

available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That the Secretary 

of the Navy shall transfer funds from the ‘‘Ship Modernization, 

Operations and Sustainment Fund’’ to appropriations for military 

personnel; operation and maintenance; research, development, test 

and evaluation; and procurement, only for the purposes of manning, 

operating, sustaining, equipping and modernizing the Ticonderogaclass guided missile cruisers CG–63, CG–64, CG–65, CG–66, CG– 

68, CG–69, CG–73, and the Whidbey Island-class dock landing 

ships LSD–41 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. 

SEC. 8104. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used by the Secretary of Defense to take beneficial occupancy 

of more than 2,500 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 

Waiver authority. 

Certification. 

Time periods. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Notification. 

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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. 8105. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall resume quarterly 

reporting of 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. 

SEC. 8106. None of the funds appropriated in this or any 

other Act may be used to plan, prepare for, or otherwise take 

any action to undertake or implement the separation of the National 

Intelligence Program budget from the Department of Defense 

budget. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8107. 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, 2013. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8108. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in the 

Act, there is appropriated $270,000,000 for an additional amount 

for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, to be 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 funds may not be made available for a school unless 

its enrollment of Department of Defense-connected children is 

greater than 50 percent. 

Determination. 

Grants. 

Contracts. 

Reprogramming 

request. 

Deadline. 

Determination. 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

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SEC. 8109. 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. 8110. (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and 

subsection (d), none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer any 

individual detained at Guanta ́namo to the custody or control of 

the individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, or 

any other foreign entity unless the Secretary of Defense submits 

to Congress the certification described in subsection (b) not later 

than 30 days before the transfer of the individual. 

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any action taken by the 

Secretary to transfer any individual detained at Guanta ́namo to 

effectuate— 

(A) an order affecting the disposition of the individual 

that is issued by a court or competent tribunal of the United 

States having lawful jurisdiction (which the Secretary shall 

notify Congress of promptly after issuance); or 

(B) a pre-trial agreement entered in a military commission 

case prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. 

(b) A certification described in this subsection is a written 

certification made by the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence 

of the Secretary of State and in consultation with the Director 

of National Intelligence, that— 

(1) the government of the foreign country or the recognized 

leadership of the foreign entity to which the individual detained 

at Guanta ́namo is to be transferred— 

(A) is not a designated state sponsor of terrorism or 

a designated foreign terrorist organization; 

(B) maintains control over each detention facility in 

which the individual is to be detained if the individual 

is to be housed in a detention facility; 

(C) is not, as of the date of the certification, facing 

a threat that is likely to substantially affect its ability 

to exercise control over the individual; 

(D) has taken or agreed to take effective actions to 

ensure that the individual cannot take action to threaten 

the United States, its citizens, or its allies in the future; 

(E) has taken or agreed to take such actions as the 

Secretary of Defense determines are necessary to ensure 

that the individual cannot engage or re-engage in any 

terrorist activity; and 

(F) has agreed to share with the United States any 

information that— 

(i) is related to the individual or any associates 

of the individual; and 

(ii) could affect the security of the United States, 

its citizens, or its allies; and 

(2) includes an assessment, in classified or unclassified 

form, of the capacity, willingness, and past practices (if 

Consultation. 

Notification. 

Cuba. 

Certification. 

Deadline. 

Khalid Sheikh 

Mohammed. 

Detainees. 

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applicable) of the foreign country or entity in relation to the 

Secretary’s certifications. 

(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and subsection (d), 

none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in 

this or any other Act may be used to transfer any individual 

detained at Guanta ́namo to the custody or control of the individual’s 

country of origin, any other foreign country, or any other foreign 

entity if there is a confirmed case of any individual who was 

detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, 

at any time after September 11, 2001, who was transferred to 

such foreign country or entity and subsequently engaged in any 

terrorist activity. 

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any action taken by the 

Secretary to transfer any individual detained at Guanta ́namo to 

effectuate— 

(A) an order affecting the disposition of the individual 

that is issued by a court or competent tribunal of the United 

States having lawful jurisdiction (which the Secretary shall 

notify Congress of promptly after issuance); or 

(B) a pre-trial agreement entered in a military commission 

case prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. 

(d)(1) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applicability 

to a detainee transfer of a certification requirement specified in 

subparagraph (D) or (E) of subsection (b)(1) or the prohibition 

in subsection (c), if the Secretary certifies the rest of the criteria 

required by subsection (b) for transfers prohibited by (c) and, with 

the concurrence of the Secretary of State and in consultation with 

the Director of National Intelligence, determines that— 

(A) alternative actions will be taken to address the underlying purpose of the requirement or requirements to be waived; 

(B) in the case of a waiver of subparagraph (D) or (E) 

of subsection (b)(1), it is not possible to certify that the risks 

addressed in the paragraph to be waived have been completely 

eliminated, but the actions to be taken under subparagraph 

(A) will substantially mitigate such risks with regard to the 

individual to be transferred; 

(C) in the case of a waiver of subsection (c), the Secretary 

has considered any confirmed case in which an individual who 

was transferred to the country subsequently engaged in terrorist activity, and the actions to be taken under subparagraph 

(A) will substantially mitigate the risk of recidivism with regard 

to the individual to be transferred; and 

(D) the transfer is in the national security interests of 

the United States. 

(2) Whenever the Secretary makes a determination under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees 

of Congress, not later than 30 days before the transfer of the 

individual concerned, the following: 

(A) A copy of the determination and the waiver concerned. 

(B) A statement of the basis for the determination, 

including— 

(i) an explanation why the transfer is in the national 

security interests of the United States; and 

(ii) in the case of a waiver of subparagraph (D) or 

(E) of subsection (b)(1), an explanation why it is not possible 

to certify that the risks addressed in the subparagraph 

to be waived have been completely eliminated. 

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(C) A summary of the alternative actions to be taken to 

address the underlying purpose of, and to mitigate the risks 

addressed in, the subparagraph or subsection to be waived. 

(D) The assessment required by subsection (b)(2). 

(e) In this section: 

(1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 

(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 

on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 

on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee 

on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 

(2) The term ‘‘individual detained at Guanta ́namo’’ means 

any individual located at United States Naval Station, 

Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, as of October 1, 2009, who— 

(A) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 

of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

(B) is— 

(i) in the custody or under the control of the 

Department of Defense; or 

(ii) otherwise under detention at United States 

Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

(3) The term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means any 

organization so designated by the Secretary of State under 

section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1189). 

SEC. 8111. (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. 8112. None of the funds made available by this 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 the agency has considered suspension or debarment 

of the corporation and made a determination that this further 

action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

Corporations. 

Tax liability. 

Determination. 

Definitions. 

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SEC. 8113. None of the funds made available by this 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 the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further 

action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

SEC. 8114. 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. 8115. None of the funds made available by this Act for 

International Military education and training, foreign military 

financing, excess defense article, assistance under section 1206 

of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2006 

(Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456) issuance for direct commercial 

sales of military equipment, or peacekeeping operations for the 

countries of Chad, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic 

of the Congo, and Burma may be used to support any military 

training or operation that include child soldiers, as defined by 

the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, and except if such assistance is otherwise permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers 

Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c– 

1). 

SEC. 8116. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 

1541 et seq.). 

SEC. 8117. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to retire, divest, realign, or transfer Air Force aircraft, 

to disestablish or convert units associated with such aircraft, or 

to disestablish or convert any other unit of the Air National Guard 

or Air Force Reserve: Provided, That this section shall not apply 

to actions affecting C–5, C–17, or E–8 aircraft, or the units associated with such aircraft: Provided further, That this section shall 

continue in effect through the date of enactment of an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of 

the Department of Defense. 

SEC. 8118. The Secretary of the Air Force shall obligate and 

expend funds previously appropriated for the procurement of RQ– 

4B Global Hawk and C–27J Spartan aircraft for the purposes 

for which such funds were originally appropriated. 

SEC. 8119. It is the Sense of the Senate that the next available 

capital warship of the U.S. Navy be named the USS Ted Stevens 

to recognize the public service achievements, military service sacrifice, and undaunted heroism and courage of the long-serving 

United States Senator for Alaska. 

SEC. 8120. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 

be used to retire C–23 Sherpa aircraft. 

SEC. 8121. The total amount available in the Act for pay for 

civilian personnel of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 

2013 shall be the amount otherwise appropriated or made available 

by this Act for such pay reduced by $72,718,000. 

SEC. 8122. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to enter into a contract for UH–60 Leak Proof Drip Pans 

Contracts. 

Extension date. 

Country listing. 

Child soldiers. 

Corporations. 

Criminal 

violation. 

Determination. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 327 

using procedures other than competitive procedures (as defined 

in section 2302(2) of title 10, United States Code). 

SEC. 8123. 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 

1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1646; 22 U.S.C. 5952 note) 

or any provision of an Act authorizing appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2013 relating to sharing classified 

ballistic missile defense information with Russia. 

SEC. 8124. 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. 8125. 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. 8126. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to enter into a contract with any person or other entity 

listed in the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS)/System for Award 

Management (SAM) as having been convicted of fraud against the 

Federal Government. 

SEC. 8127. None of the funds made available by this Act for 

the Department of Defense 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 

Rosoboronexport: Provided, 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. 8128. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used by the Secretary of Defense to implement an enrollment 

fee for the TRICARE for Life program under chapter 55 of title 

10, United States Code, that does not exist as of the date of 

the enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 8129. (a) REQUIREMENT TO CONTINUE PROVISION OF TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.—The Secretaries of the military departments shall carry out tuition assistance 

programs for members of the Armed Forces during the remainder 

of fiscal year 2013 using amounts specified in subsection (b). 

(b) AMOUNTS.—The minimum amount used by the Secretary 

of a military department for tuition assistance for members of 

an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary pursuant 

to subsection (a) shall be not less than— 

(1) the amount appropriated or otherwise made available 

by this Act for tuition assistance programs for members of 

that Armed Force, minus 

(2) an amount that is not more than the percentage of 

the reduction required to the Operation and Maintenance 

account for that Armed Force for fiscal year 2013 by the budget 

sequester required by section 251A of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

Waiver. 

Certification. 

Rosoboronexport. 

127 STAT. 328 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

TITLE IX 

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

MILITARY PERSONNEL 

MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Army’’, 

$9,790,082,000: 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’’, 

$774,225,000: 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, MARINE CORPS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Marine 

Corps’’, $1,425,156,000: 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’’, 

$1,286,783,000: 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’’, 

$156,893,000: 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’’, 

$39,335,000: 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’’, $24,722,000: Provided, That such amount is designated 

by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 329 

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’’, 

$25,348,000: 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’’, $583,804,000: 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, AIR FORCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Personnel, Air 

Force’’, $10,473,000: 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’’, $28,452,018,000: 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’’, $5,839,934,000: 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’’, $4,116,340,000: 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’’, $9,249,736,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

127 STAT. 330 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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’’, $7,714,079,000: Provided, That of the funds provided 

under this heading, not to exceed $1,650,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2014, shall be for payments to reimburse 

key cooperating nations for logistical, military, and other support, 

including access, provided to United States military operations in 

support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and post-operation Iraq 

border security related to the activities of the Office of Security 

Cooperation in Iraq, notwithstanding any other provision of law: 

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, in his 

discretion, based on documentation determined by the Secretary 

of Defense to adequately account for the support provided, and 

such determination is final and conclusive upon the accounting 

officers of the United States, and 15 days following notification 

to the appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, That 

the requirement under this heading to provide notification to the 

appropriate congressional committees shall not apply with respect 

to a reimbursement for access based on an international agreement: 

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 operations in Afghanistan, and 15 days 

following notification to the appropriate congressional committees: 

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 in this section 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’’, $157,887,000: 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’’, $55,924,000: 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. 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

Notification. 

Time period. 

Consultation. 

Determination. 

Time period. 

Notification. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 331 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

Marine Corps Reserve’’, $25,477,000: 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’’, $60,618,000: 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, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

Army National Guard’’, $392,448,000: 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’’, $34,500,000: 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. 

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, there 

is appropriated $582,884,000 for the ‘‘Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund’’ for expenses directly relating to overseas 

contingency operations by United States military forces, to be available until expended: Provided, That of the funds made available 

in this section, the Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds 

only to military personnel accounts, operation and maintenance 

accounts, procurement accounts, and working capital fund accounts: 

Provided further, That the funds made available in this paragraph 

may only be used for programs, projects, or activities categorized 

as Overseas Contingency Operations in the fiscal year 2013 budget 

request for the Department of Defense and the justification material 

and other documentation supporting such request: Provided further, 

That the funds transferred shall be merged with and shall be 

available for the same purposes and for the same time period, 

as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That 

the Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees 

15 days prior to such transfer: Provided further, That the transfer 

authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other 

transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: Provided 

further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds 

Determination. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

127 STAT. 332 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to 

this appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes 

and for the same time period as originally appropriated: 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. 

AFGHANISTAN INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the ‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’, $325,000,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That such 

funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, which shall be undertaken by the Secretary of State, unless 

the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense jointly decide 

that a specific project will be undertaken by the Department of 

Defense: Provided further, That the infrastructure referred to in 

the preceding proviso is in support of the counterinsurgency 

strategy, which may require funding for facility and infrastructure 

projects, including, but not limited to, water, power, and transportation projects and related maintenance and sustainment costs: 

Provided further, That the authority to undertake such infrastructure projects is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to foreign nations: Provided further, That any projects funded 

under this heading shall be jointly formulated and concurred in 

by the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense: Provided further, 

That funds may be transferred to the Department of State for 

purposes of undertaking projects, which funds shall be considered 

to be economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961 for purposes of making available the administrative authorities contained in that Act: Provided further, That the transfer 

authority in the preceding proviso is in addition to any other 

authority available to the Department of Defense to transfer funds: 

Provided further, That any unexpended funds transferred to the 

Secretary of State under this authority shall be returned to the 

Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund if the Secretary of State, in 

coordination with the Secretary of Defense, determines that the 

project cannot be implemented for any reason, or that the project 

no longer supports the counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan: 

Provided further, That any funds returned to the Secretary of 

Defense under the previous proviso shall be available for use under 

this appropriation and shall be treated in the same manner as 

funds not transferred to the Secretary of State: Provided further, 

That contributions of funds for the purposes provided herein to 

the Secretary of State in accordance with section 635(d) of the 

Foreign Assistance Act 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, not fewer than 15 

days prior to making transfers to or from, or obligations from 

the Fund, notify the appropriate committees of Congress in writing 

of the details of any such transfer: Provided further, That the 

‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ are the Committees on Armed 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Determination. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 333 

Services, Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and 

the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs and Appropriations of the House of Representatives: 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. 

AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND

For the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, $5,124,167,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2014: 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, and 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 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’’, $550,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 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’’, 

$67,951,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Notification. 

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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’’, $15,422,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2015: 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’’, $338,493,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 

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’’, 

$1,740,157,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 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’’, $215,698,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 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’’, $22,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 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’’, $283,059,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2015: 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. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 335 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, $98,882,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 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’’, $822,054,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 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, AIR FORCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 

$305,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 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’’, 

$34,350,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 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’’, $116,203,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2015: 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’’, 

$2,680,270,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 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’’, 

$188,099,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

127 STAT. 336 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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

For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat vehicles, 

ammunition, other weapons and other procurement for the reserve 

components of the Armed Forces, $1,500,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2015: Provided, That the 

Chiefs of National Guard and Reserve components shall, not later 

than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, individually submit 

to the congressional defense committees the modernization priority 

assessment for their respective National Guard or Reserve component: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 

Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test 

and Evaluation, Army’’, $29,660,000, to remain available until September 30, 2014: 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’’, $52,519,000, to remain available until September 30, 2014: 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’’, $53,150,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2014: 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’’, $112,387,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2014: 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. 

Deadline. 

Assessment. 

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REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working Capital Funds’’, $243,600,000: 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. 

OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Program’’, 

$993,898,000, which shall be for operation and maintenance: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985. 

DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter- Drug Activities, Defense’’, $469,025,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2014: 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’’, 

$1,622,614,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 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. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Inspector Gen- eral’’, $10,766,000: 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 2013. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 9002. Upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense 

that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary 

may, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, 

transfer up to $3,500,000,000 between the appropriations or funds 

made available to the Department of Defense in this title: Provided, 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, 2013. 

SEC. 9003. Supervision and administration costs associated with 

a construction project funded with appropriations available for operation and maintenance, ‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’, 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 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 $200,000,000 of the amount 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 $20,000,000: Provided further, That not 

later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal year quarter, the 

Reports. 

Deadlines. 

Notification. 

Determination. 

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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 $5,000,000 

or more, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 

committees a written notice containing each of the following: 

(1) The location, nature and purpose of the proposed project, 

including how the project is intended to advance the military 

campaign plan for the country in which it is to be carried 

out. 

(2) The budget, implementation timeline with milestones, 

and completion date for the proposed project, including any 

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 

Iraq. 

Afghanistan. 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

Plans. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Data 

Submmissions. 

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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 AROC must approve all projects and the execution plan 

under the ‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’ (AIF) and any project 

in excess of $5,000,000 from the Commanders Emergency Response 

Program (CERP): 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 provisos and accompanying report 

language for the ASFF, AIF, and CERP. 

SEC. 9010. Funds made available in this title to the Department 

of Defense for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 

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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, up 

to $93,000,000 of funds made available in this title under the 

heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’ may be obligated and 

expended for purposes of the Task Force for Business and Stability 

Operations, subject to the direction and control of the Secretary 

of Defense, with concurrence of the Secretary of State, to carry 

out strategic business and economic assistance activities in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom: Provided, That 

not less than 15 days before making funds available pursuant 

to the authority provided in this section for any project with a 

total anticipated cost of $5,000,000 or more, the Secretary shall 

submit to the congressional defense committees a written notice 

containing a detailed justification and timeline for each proposed 

project. 

SEC. 9012. From funds made available to the Department of 

Defense in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ up to $508,000,000 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: Provided, That to the extent authorized under the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, the operations and activities that may be carried out by the Office of 

Security Cooperation in Iraq may, with the concurrence of the 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Determination. 

Certification. 

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Secretary of State, include non-operational training activities in 

support of Iraqi Ministry 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 2013, 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 

notification 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 2013. 

(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: 

‘‘Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay Program, 2009/XXXX’’, 

$127,200,000; 

‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, 2012/2013’’, 

$1,000,000,000; 

‘‘Other Procurement, Army, 2012/2014’’, $207,600,000; 

‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps, 

2012/2014’’, $32,176,000; 

‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps, 2012/2014’’, $2,776,000; 

‘‘Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund, 2012/ 

2013’’, $400,000,000; 

‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 

2012/2013’’, $50,000,000; 

‘‘Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund, 2012/ 

2014’’, $40,300,000. 

SEC. 9014. (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 Committees 

on Appropriations 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 

Pakistan. 

Certification. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Plans. 

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basing and operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross border 

attacks into neighboring countries; 

(2) not supporting terrorist activities against United States 

or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and Pakistan’s military and 

intelligence agencies are not intervening extra-judicially into 

political and judicial processes in Pakistan; 

(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) issuing visas in a timely manner for United States 

visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts and assistance programs in Pakistan; and 

(6) 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 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 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 the authority of the previous proviso, the Secretaries shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 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. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 

Appropriations Act, 2013’’. 

DIVISION D—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 

The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department 

of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2013, and for other purposes, namely: 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS 

DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security, as authorized by section 102 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and executive management of 

the Department of Homeland Security, as authorized by law, 

$130,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $45,000 shall be for 

official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

That all official costs associated with the use of government aircraft 

by Department of Homeland Security personnel to support official 

travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid 

Department of 

Homeland 

Security 

Appropriations 

Act, 2013. 

Reports. 

Waiver authority. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 343 

from amounts made available for the Immediate Office of the Secretary and the Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

expenditure plans for the Office of Policy, the Office for Intergovernmental Affairs, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the 

Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, and the Privacy 

Officer. 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Management, as authorized by sections 701 through 705 of 

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 through 345), 

$218,511,000, of which not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official 

reception and representation expenses: Provided, That of the total 

amount made available under this heading, $5,448,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2017, solely for the alteration and 

improvement of facilities, tenant improvements, and relocation costs 

to consolidate Department headquarters operations at the Nebraska 

Avenue Complex; and $9,680,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2015, for the Human Resources Information Technology 

program: Provided further, That the Under Secretary for Management shall, pursuant to the requirements contained in House Report 

112–331, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives with the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2014, submitted pursuant to the requirements 

of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a Comprehensive 

Acquisition Status Report, which shall include the information 

required under the heading ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary for 

Management’’ under title I of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74), and quarterly updates 

to such report not later than 45 days after the completion of 

each quarter. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Homeland Security 

Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $51,500,000, of which $5,000,000 shall 

remain available until September 30, 2014, for financial systems 

modernization efforts. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Homeland Security 

Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and Department-wide technology investments, $243,732,000; of which $118,000,000 shall be available for 

salaries and expenses; and of which $125,732,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, shall be available for development 

and acquisition of information technology equipment, software, services, and related activities for the Department of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Department of Homeland Security Chief 

Information Officer shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, at the time 

that the President’s budget is submitted each year under section 

Deadline. 

Plans. 

Reports. 

Deadline. 

Deadline. 

Expenditure 

plan. 

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1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a multi-year investment 

and management plan, to include each of fiscal years 2013 through 

2016, for all information technology acquisition projects funded 

under this heading or funded by multiple components of the Department of Homeland Security through reimbursable agreements, that 

includes— 

(1) the proposed appropriations included for each project 

and activity tied to mission requirements, program management capabilities, performance levels, and specific capabilities 

and services to be delivered; 

(2) the total estimated cost and projected timeline of 

completion for all multi-year enhancements, modernizations, 

and new capabilities that are proposed in such budget or underway; 

(3) a detailed accounting of operations and maintenance 

and contractor services costs; and 

(4) a current acquisition program baseline for each project, 

that— 

(A) notes and explains any deviations in cost, performance parameters, schedule, or estimated date of completion 

from the original acquisition program baseline; 

(B) aligns the acquisition programs covered by the 

baseline to mission requirements by defining existing 

capabilities, identifying known capability gaps between 

such existing capabilities and stated mission requirements, 

and explaining how each increment will address such 

known capability gaps; and 

(C) defines life-cycle costs for such programs. 

ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and operations 

coordination activities, as authorized by title II of the Homeland 

Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $322,280,000; of which 

not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representation 

expenses; and of which $94,359,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2014. 

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.), $121,164,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 

may be used for certain confidential operational expenses, including 

the payment of informants, to be expended at the direction of 

the Inspector General. 

TITLE II 

SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relating to 

border security, immigration, customs, agricultural inspections and 

regulatory activities related to plant and animal imports, and 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 345 

transportation of unaccompanied minor aliens; purchase and lease 

of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; 

and contracting with individuals for personal services abroad; 

$8,293,351,000; of which $3,274,000 shall be derived from the 

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses 

related to the collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant 

to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 

U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which not 

to exceed $34,425 shall be for official reception and representation 

expenses; of which such sums as become available in the Customs 

User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of 

the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 

U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account; of which not 

to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space 

in connection with preclearance operations; and of which not to 

exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary 

of Homeland Security: Provided, That for fiscal year 2013, the 

overtime limitation prescribed in section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) shall be $35,000; and notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated 

by this Act shall be available to compensate any employee of U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection for overtime, from whatever source, 

in an amount that exceeds such limitation, except in individual 

cases determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 

designee of the Secretary, to be necessary for national security 

purposes, to prevent excessive costs, or in cases of immigration 

emergencies: Provided further, That the Border Patrol shall maintain an active duty presence of not less than 21,370 full-time 

equivalent agents protecting the borders of the United States in 

the fiscal year. 

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

For necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

for operation and improvement of automated systems, including 

salaries and expenses, $719,866,000; of which $325,526,000 shall 

remain available until September 30, 2015; and of which not less 

than $138,794,000 shall be for the development of the Automated 

Commercial Environment. 

BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY

For expenses for border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, $324,099,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2015. 

AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for the operations, maintenance, and 

procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, unmanned aircraft systems, 

and other related equipment of the air and marine program, 

including salaries and expenses and operational training and mission-related travel, the operations of which include the following: 

the interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement or 

administration of laws enforced by the Department of Homeland 

127 STAT. 346 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

Security; and, at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the provision of assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies 

in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; 

$799,006,000; of which $283,570,000 shall be available for salaries 

and expenses; and of which $515,436,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2015: Provided, That no aircraft or other related 

equipment, with the exception of aircraft that are one of a kind 

and have been identified as excess to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection requirements and aircraft that have been damaged 

beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other Federal agency, 

department, or office outside of the Department of Homeland Security during fiscal year 2013 without prior notice to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives: 

Provided further, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives, not later than 90 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act, on any changes to the 5-year strategic 

plan for the air and marine program required under this heading 

in Public Law 112–74. 

CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, renovate, 

equip, furnish, operate, manage, and maintain buildings, facilities, 

and related infrastructure necessary for the administration and 

enforcement of the laws relating to customs, immigration, and 

border security, $233,563,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2017: Provided, That the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives, at the time that 

the President’s budget proposal is submitted pursuant to the 

requirements of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

an inventory of the real property of U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection and a plan for each activity and project proposed for 

funding under this heading that includes the full cost by fiscal 

year of each activity and project proposed and underway in fiscal 

year 2014. 

U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigration and 

customs laws, detention and removals, and investigations, including 

overseas vetted units operations; and purchase and lease of up 

to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; 

$5,394,402,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available until expended for conducting special operations under section 

3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081); 

of which not to exceed $11,475 shall be for official reception and 

representation expenses; of which not to exceed $2,000,000 shall 

be for awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted for 

solely under the certificate of the Secretary of Homeland Security; 

of which not less than $305,000 shall be for promotion of public 

awareness of the child pornography tipline and activities to counter 

child exploitation; of which not less than $5,400,000 shall be used 

to facilitate agreements consistent with section 287(g) of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)); and of which 

Deadline. 

Inventory. 

Plans. 

Reports. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

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not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or reimburse 

other Federal agencies for the costs associated with the care, 

maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully 

present in the United States: Provided, That none of the funds 

made available under this heading shall be available to compensate 

any employee for overtime in an annual amount in excess of 

$35,000, except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 

designee of the Secretary, may waive that amount as necessary 

for national security purposes and in cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, That of the total amount provided, 

$15,770,000 shall be for activities to enforce laws against forced 

child labor, of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall remain available 

until expended: Provided further, That of the total amount available, 

not less than $1,600,000,000 shall be available to identify aliens 

convicted of a crime who may be deportable, and to remove them 

from the United States once they are judged deportable, of which 

$138,249,000 shall be for completion of Secure Communities deployment: Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary of Homeland 

Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall 

report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives, not later than 45 days after the 

end of each quarter of the fiscal year, on progress in implementing 

the preceding proviso and the funds obligated during that quarter 

to make such progress: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

Homeland Security shall prioritize the identification and removal 

of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime: Provided 

further, That funding made available under this heading shall 

maintain a level of not less than 34,000 detention beds through 

September 30, 2013: Provided further, That of the total amount 

provided, not less than $2,753,610,000 is for detention and removal 

operations, including transportation of unaccompanied minor aliens: 

Provided further, That of the total amount provided, $10,300,000 

shall remain available until September 30, 2014, for the Visa Security Program: Provided further, That not less than $10,000,000 

shall be available for investigation of intellectual property rights 

violations, including operation of the National Intellectual Property 

Rights Coordination Center: Provided further, That none of the 

funds provided under this heading may be used to continue a 

delegation of law enforcement authority authorized under section 

287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) 

if the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General determines that the terms of the agreement governing the delegation 

of authority have been violated: Provided further, That none of 

the funds provided under this heading may be used to continue 

any contract for the provision of detention services if the two 

most recent overall performance evaluations received by the contracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent median 

score in any subsequent performance evaluation system: Provided 

further, That nothing under this heading shall prevent U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement from exercising those 

authorities provided under immigration laws (as defined in section 

101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1101(a)(17))) during priority operations pertaining to aliens convicted of a crime. 

Contracts. 

Determination. 

Detention beds. 

Aliens. 

Reports. 

Deadlines. 

Waiver authority. 

127 STAT. 348 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses of immigration and customs enforcement auto- mated systems, $33,500,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2015: Provided, That of the total amount provided, up to $1,000,000 may be transferred to the Department of Justice Executive Office of Immigration Review to improve case management 

and electronic communication with U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement: Provided further, That no transfer described in the 

previous proviso shall occur until 15 days after the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

are notified of such transfer. 

CONSTRUCTION

For necessary expenses to plan, construct, renovate, equip, 

and maintain buildings and facilities necessary for the administration and enforcement of the laws relating to customs and immigration, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016. 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

AVIATION SECURITY

For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration related to providing civil aviation security services pursuant 

to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107– 

71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $5,052,620,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2014, of which not to exceed $7,650 

shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 

That of the total amount made available under this heading, not 

to exceed $3,975,517,000 shall be for screening operations, of which 

$408,930,000 shall be available for explosives detection systems; 

$115,204,000 shall be for checkpoint support; and not to exceed 

$1,077,103,000 shall be for aviation security direction and enforcement: Provided further, That of the amount made available in 

the preceding proviso for explosives detection systems, $99,930,000 

shall be available for the purchase and installation of these systems: 

Provided further, That any award to deploy explosives detection 

systems shall be based on risk, the airport’s current reliance on 

other screening solutions, lobby congestion resulting in increased 

security concerns, high injury rates, airport readiness, and increased 

cost effectiveness: Provided further, That security service fees 

authorized under section 44940 of title 49, United States Code, 

shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and 

shall be available only for aviation security: Provided further, That 

the sum appropriated under this heading from the general fund 

shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2013 so as to result in a 

final fiscal year appropriation from the general fund estimated 

at not more than $2,982,620,000: Provided further, That any security service fees collected in excess of the amount made available 

under this heading shall become available during fiscal year 2014: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 

United States Code, for fiscal year 2013, any funds in the Aviation 

Security Capital Fund established by section 44923(h) of title 49, 

Fees. 

Explosives 

detection 

systems. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 349 

United States Code, may be used for the procurement and installation of explosives detection systems or for the issuance of other 

transaction agreements for the purpose of funding projects described 

in section 44923(a) of such title: Provided further, That none of 

the funds made available in this Act may be used for any recruiting 

or hiring of personnel into the Transportation Security Administration that would cause the agency to exceed a staffing level of 

46,000 full-time equivalent screeners: Provided further, That the 

preceding proviso shall not apply to personnel hired as part-time 

employees: Provided further, That not later than 90 days after 

the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 

Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives a detailed report on— 

(1) the Department of Homeland Security efforts and 

resources being devoted to develop more advanced integrated 

passenger screening technologies for the most effective security 

of passengers and baggage at the lowest possible operating 

and acquisition costs; 

(2) how the Transportation Security Administration is 

deploying its existing passenger and baggage screener 

workforce in the most cost effective manner; and 

(3) labor savings from the deployment of improved technologies for passenger and baggage screening and how those 

savings are being used to offset security costs or reinvested 

to address security vulnerabilities: 

Provided further, That the Administrator of the Transportation 

Security Administration shall, within 270 days of the date of enactment of this Act, establish procedures allowing members of cabin 

flight crews of air carriers to participate in the Known Crewmember 

pilot program, unless the Administrator determines that meeting 

the requirement within this timeline is not practicable and informs 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 

Representatives of the basis for that determination and the new 

timeline for implementing the requirement: Provided further, That 

Members of the United States House of Representatives and United 

States Senate, including the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 

Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department 

of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, Deputy 

Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and the United 

States Attorneys; and senior members of the Executive Office of 

the President, including the Director of the Office of Management 

and Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage screening. 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration related to surface transportation security activities, 

$124,418,000, to remain available until September 30, 2014. 

TRANSPORTATION THREAT ASSESSMENT AND CREDENTIALING

For necessary expenses for the development and implementation of screening programs of the Office of Transportation Threat 

Assessment and Credentialing, $192,424,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2014. 

Deadline. 

Procedures. 

Determination. 

Notification. 

49 USC 44903 

note. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

127 STAT. 350 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration related to transportation security support and intelligence 

pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public 

Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $954,277,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That of 

the funds appropriated under this heading, $20,000,000 may not 

be obligated for headquarters administration until the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration submits to 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives detailed expenditure plans for air cargo security, 

checkpoint support, and explosives detection systems refurbishment, 

procurement, and installations on an airport-by-airport basis for 

fiscal year 2013: Provided further, That these plans shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

Act. 

FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS

For necessary expenses of the Federal Air Marshal Service, 

$907,757,000: Provided, That the Director of the Federal Air Marshal Service shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 

45 days after the date of enactment of this Act a detailed, classified 

expenditure and staffing plan for ensuring optimal coverage of 

high risk flights. 

COAST GUARD

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of 

the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase or lease 

of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, which shall be for 

replacement only; purchase or lease of small boats for contingent 

and emergent requirements (at a unit cost of no more than 

$700,000) and repairs and service-life replacements, not to exceed 

a total of $31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for 

overseas deployments and activities; minor shore construction 

projects not exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any location; 

payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 

402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare; $7,074,782,000; 

of which $594,000,000 shall be for defense-related activities, of 

which $254,000,000 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; of which $24,500,000 shall be derived from 

the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of 

section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 

2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed $15,300 shall be for official 

reception and representation expenses: Provided, That none of the 

funds made available by this Act shall be for expenses incurred 

for recreational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United 

States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from owners 

of yachts and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That 

of the funds provided under this heading, $75,000,000 shall be 

withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters Directorates 

Deadline. 

Plans. 

Deadline. 

Expenditure 

plans. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 351 

until a revised future-years capital investment plan for fiscal years 

2014 through 2018, as specified under the heading Coast Guard 

‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ of this Act is submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives: Provided further, That funds made 

available under this heading for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism may be allocated by program, project, 

and activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the environmental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard under chapter 

19 of title 14, United States Code, $13,151,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2017. 

RESERVE TRAINING

For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the Coast Guard reserve 

program; personnel and training costs; and equipment and services; 

$132,528,000. 

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, renovation, 

and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, 

and aircraft, including equipment related thereto; and maintenance, 

rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities and equipment; as 

authorized by law; $1,545,393,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be 

derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 

purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 

(33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which $10,000,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2017, for military family housing, of which 

not more than $6,828,691 shall be derived from the Coast Guard 

Housing Fund established pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 687; of which 

$1,082,800,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, to 

acquire, effect major repairs to, renovate, or improve vessels, small 

boats, and related equipment; of which $190,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, to acquire, effect major repairs 

to, renovate, or improve aircraft or increase aviation capability; 

of which $64,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, 

for other acquisition programs; of which $84,411,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, for shore facilities and aids to 

navigation, including waterfront facilities at Navy installations used 

by the Coast Guard; of which $113,682,000 shall be available for 

personnel compensation and benefits and related costs: Provided, 

That the funds provided by this Act shall be immediately available 

and allotted to contract for the production of the sixth National 

Security Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds for postproduction costs: Provided further, That the funds provided by 

this Act shall be immediately available and allotted to contract 

for long lead time materials, components, and designs for the seventh National Security Cutter notwithstanding the availability of 

funds for production costs or post-production costs: Provided further, 

That the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

Deadline. 

Investment plan. 

14 USC 663 note. 

Contracts. 

Contracts. 

127 STAT. 352 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

Representatives, at the time that the President’s budget is submitted each year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

Code, a future-years capital investment plan for the Coast Guard 

that identifies for each requested capital asset— 

(1) the proposed appropriations included in that budget; 

(2) the total estimated cost of completion, including and 

clearly delineating the costs of associated major acquisition 

systems infrastructure and transition to operations; 

(3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year for the 

next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition program baseline or 

project completion, whichever is earlier; 

(4) an estimated completion date at the projected funding 

levels; and 

(5) a current acquisition program baseline for each capital 

asset, as applicable, that— 

(A) includes the total acquisition cost of each asset, 

subdivided by fiscal year and including a detailed description of the purpose of the proposed funding levels for each 

fiscal year, including for each fiscal year funds requested 

for design, pre-acquisition activities, production, structural 

modifications, missionization, post-delivery, and transition 

to operations costs; 

(B) includes a detailed project schedule through 

completion, subdivided by fiscal year, that details— 

(i) quantities planned for each fiscal year; and 

(ii) major acquisition and project events, including 

development of operational requirements, contracting 

actions, design reviews, production, delivery, test and 

evaluation, and transition to operations, including necessary training, shore infrastructure, and logistics; 

(C) notes and explains any deviations in cost, performance parameters, schedule, or estimated date of completion 

from the original acquisition program baseline and the 

most recent baseline approved by the Department of Homeland Security’s Acquisition Review Board, if applicable; 

(D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to mission 

requirements by defining existing capabilities of comparable legacy assets, identifying known capability gaps 

between such existing capabilities and stated mission 

requirements, and explaining how the acquisition of each 

asset will address such known capability gaps; 

(E) defines life-cycle costs for each asset and the date 

of the estimate on which such costs are based, including 

all associated costs of major acquisitions systems infrastructure and transition to operations, delineated by purpose and fiscal year for the projected service life of the 

asset; 

(F) includes the earned value management system 

summary schedule performance index and cost performance 

index for each asset, if applicable; and 

(G) includes a phase-out and decommissioning schedule 

delineated by fiscal year for each existing legacy asset 

that each asset is intended to replace or recapitalize: 

Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall 

ensure that amounts specified in the future-years capital investment 

plan are consistent, to the maximum extent practicable, with proposed appropriations necessary to support the programs, projects, 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 353 

and activities of the Coast Guard in the President’s budget as 

submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

for that fiscal year: Provided further, That any inconsistencies 

between the capital investment plan and proposed appropriations 

shall be identified and justified: Provided further, That subsections 

(a) and (b) of section 6402 of Public Law 110–28 shall apply with 

respect to the amounts made available under this heading. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

For necessary expenses for applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; and for maintenance, rehabilitation, 

lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by 

law; $19,690,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 

of which $500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 

Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the 

Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)): Provided, That 

there may be credited to and used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received from State and local governments, other public 

authorities, private sources, and foreign countries for expenses 

incurred for research, development, testing, and evaluation. 

RETIRED PAY

For retired pay, including the payment of obligations otherwise 

chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, payments 

under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

Benefits Plans, payment for career status bonuses, concurrent 

receipts and combat-related special compensation under the 

National Defense Authorization Act, and payments for medical care 

of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of 

title 10, United States Code, $1,423,000,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, 

including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type 

use for replacement only; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase 

of motorcycles made in the United States; hire of aircraft; services 

of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the 

Director of the Secret Service; rental of buildings in the District 

of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities 

on private or other property not in Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform protective functions; payment 

of per diem or subsistence allowances to employees in cases in 

which a protective assignment on the actual day or days of the 

visit of a protectee requires an employee to work 16 hours per 

day or to remain overnight at a post of duty; conduct of and 

participation in firearms matches; presentation of awards; travel 

of United States Secret Service employees on protective missions 

without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this 

or any other Act if approval is obtained in advance from the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives; research and development; grants to conduct 

behavioral research in support of protective research and operations; 

Applicability. 

127 STAT. 354 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

and payment in advance for commercial accommodations as may 

be necessary to perform protective functions; $1,555,913,000; of 

which not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official reception and 

representation expenses; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall 

be to provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law 

enforcement organizations in counterfeit investigations; of which 

$2,366,000 shall be for forensic and related support of investigations 

of missing and exploited children; of which $6,000,000 shall be 

for a grant for activities related to investigations of missing and 

exploited children and shall remain available until September 30, 

2014; and of which $4,000,000 shall be for activities related to 

training in electronic crimes investigations and forensics: Provided, 

That up to $18,000,000 for protective travel shall remain available 

until September 30, 2014: Provided further, That $4,500,000 for 

National Special Security Events shall remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided further, That the United States Secret 

Service is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from Federal agencies and entities, as defined in section 

105 of title 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving training 

sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Center, except that 

total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed 

total budgetary resources available under this heading at the end 

of the fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

available under this heading shall be available to compensate any 

employee for overtime in an annual amount in excess of $35,000, 

except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee 

of the Secretary, may waive that amount as necessary for national 

security purposes: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

available to the United States Secret Service by this Act or by 

previous appropriations Acts may be made available for the protection of the head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary 

of Homeland Security: Provided further, That the Director of the 

United States Secret Service may enter into an agreement to provide such protection on a fully reimbursable basis: Provided further, 

That none of the funds made available to the United States Secret 

Service by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may be 

obligated for the purpose of opening a new permanent domestic 

or overseas office or location unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 

15 days in advance of such obligation: Provided further, That for 

purposes of section 503(b) of this Act, $15,000,000 or 10 percent, 

whichever is less, may be transferred between ‘‘Protection of persons 

and facilities’’ and ‘‘Domestic field operations’’. 

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, repair, 

alteration, and improvement of physical and technological infrastructure, $56,750,000; of which $4,430,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2017, shall be for acquisition, construction, 

improvement, and maintenance of facilities; and of which 

$52,320,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, shall 

be for information integration and technology transformation execution: Provided, That the Director of the United States Secret Service 

shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives at the time that the President’s 

Deadline. 

Plans. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Waiver authority. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 355 

budget proposal for fiscal year 2014 is submitted pursuant to the 

requirements of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

a multi-year investment and management plan for its Information 

Integration and Technology Transformation program that describes 

funding for the current fiscal year and the following 3 fiscal years, 

with associated plans for systems acquisition and technology deployment. 

TITLE III 

PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY 

NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, support for 

operations, and information technology, $50,220,000: Provided, That 

not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representation 

expenses. 

INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION SECURITY

For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection and 

information security programs and activities, as authorized by title 

II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), 

$1,157,529,000, of which $200,000,000, shall remain available until 

September 30, 2014: Provided, That of the total amount provided 

for the ‘‘Infrastructure security compliance’’ program, project, and 

activity, $20,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until the 

Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives an expenditure plan for the 

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program that includes 

the number of facilities covered by the program, inspectors onboard, inspections pending, and inspections projected to be completed by September 30, 2013. 

FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

The revenues and collections of security fees credited to this 

account shall be available until expended for necessary expenses 

related to the protection of federally owned and leased buildings 

and for the operations of the Federal Protective Service: Provided, 

That the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget shall certify in writing to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives not later than May 1, 2013, that the operations 

of the Federal Protective Service will be fully funded in fiscal 

year 2013 through revenues and collection of security fees, and 

shall adjust the fees to ensure fee collections are sufficient to 

ensure that the Federal Protective Service maintains not fewer 

than 1,371 full-time equivalent staff and 1,007 full-time equivalent 

Police Officers, Inspectors, Area Commanders, and Special Agents 

who, while working, are directly engaged on a daily basis protecting 

and enforcing laws at Federal buildings (referred to as ‘‘in-service 

field staff’’): Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Strategic plan. 

Certification. 

Deadline. 

Expenditure 

plan. 

Deadline. 

127 STAT. 356 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

Protective Service shall include with the submission of the President’s fiscal year 2014 budget a strategic human capital plan that 

aligns fee collections to personnel requirements based on a current 

threat assessment. 

OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric Identity 

Management, as authorized by section 7208 of the Intelligence 

Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), 

$232,422,000: Provided, That of the total amount made available 

under this heading, $113,956,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided further, That the Secretary of Homeland 

Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than 60 days 

after the date of enactment of this Act, an expenditure plan for 

the Office of Biometric Identity Management: Provided further, That the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives at the time 

the President’s budget is submitted each year under section 1105(a) 

of title 31, United States Code, a multi-year investment and 

management plan for the Office of Biometric Identity Management 

program, to include each fiscal year starting with the current fiscal 

year and the 3 subsequent fiscal years, that provides— 

(1) the proposed appropriation for each activity tied to 

mission requirements and outcomes, program management 

capabilities, performance levels, and specific capabilities and 

services to be delivered, noting any deviations in cost or 

performance from the prior fiscal years expenditure or investment and management plan for United States Visitor and 

Immigrant Status Indicator Technology; 

(2) the total estimated cost, projected funding by fiscal 

year, and projected timeline of completion for all enhancements, 

modernizations, and new capabilities proposed in such budget 

and underway, including and clearly delineating associated 

efforts and funds requested by other agencies within the 

Department of Homeland Security and in the Federal Government and detailing any deviations in cost, performance, 

schedule, or estimated date of completion provided in the prior 

fiscal years expenditure or investment and management plan 

for United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology; and 

(3) a detailed accounting of operations and maintenance, 

contractor services, and program costs associated with the 

management of identity services: 

Provided further, That amounts obligated under Public Law 112– 

175 for National Protection and Programs Directorate, ‘‘United 

States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology’’ shall 

be charged to the appropriate successor account of the following: 

National Protection and Programs Directorate, ‘‘Office of Biometric 

Identity Management’’; U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs, 

$132,499,000; of which $26,702,000 is for salaries and expenses; 

Deadline. 

Plans. 

Deadline. 

Expenditure 

plan. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 357 

and of which $85,390,000 is for BioWatch operations: Provided, That of the amount made available under this heading, $20,407,000 

shall remain available until September 30, 2014, for biosurveillance, 

chemical defense, medical and health planning and coordination, 

and workforce health protection: Provided further, That not to 

exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 

expenses. 

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, $973,118,000, including activities authorized by the 

National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), 

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Cerro Grande Fire Assistance 

Act of 2000 (division C, title I, 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake 

Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Defense 

Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 

107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404, 

405), Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), the Implementing 

Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 

110–53), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 

U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 

Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 1394), and 

the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public 

Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 917): Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 

shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

further, That for fiscal year 2013 and thereafter, for purposes of 

planning, coordination, execution, and decision making related to 

mass evacuation during a disaster, the Governors of the State 

of West Virginia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or their 

designees, shall be incorporated into efforts to integrate the activities of Federal, State, and local governments in the National Capital 

Region, as defined in section 882 of the Homeland Security Act 

of 2002 (Public Law 107–296): Provided further, That of the total 

amount made available under this heading, $35,180,000 shall be 

for the Urban Search and Rescue Response System, of which none 

is available for Federal Emergency Management Agency administrative costs: Provided further, That of the total amount made 

available under this heading, $22,000,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2014, for capital improvements and other 

expenses related to continuity of operations at the Mount Weather 

Emergency Operations Center: Provided further, That of the total 

amount made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2014, for expenses related to modernization of automated systems: Provided further, That the 

Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in 

consultation with the Department of Homeland Security Chief 

Information Officer, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives an expenditure 

plan including results to date, plans for the program, and a list 

of projects with associated funding provided from prior appropriations and provided by this Act for modernization of automated 

systems. 

Consultation. 

Expenditure 

plan. 

Disaster 

evacuation. 

West Virginia. 

Pennsylvania. 

6 USC 462 note. 

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STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

For grants contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, $1,466,082,000, which shall be allocated as follows: 

(1) Not less than $346,600,000 shall be for the State Homeland Security Grant Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which not less 

than $46,600,000 shall be for Operation Stonegarden: Provided, 

That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, 

for fiscal year 2013, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall 

make available to local and tribal governments amounts provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004. 

(2) Not less than $500,376,000 shall be for the Urban 

Area Security Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland 

Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which not less than 

$10,000,000 shall be for organizations (as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 

from tax section 501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to be at high risk of a terrorist 

attack. 

(3) Not less than $97,500,000 shall be for Public Transportation Security Assistance and Railroad Security Assistance 

under sections 1406 and 1513 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public 

Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 1135 and 1163), of which not less than 

$10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security: Provided, That such 

public transportation security assistance shall be provided 

directly to public transportation agencies. 

(4) Not less than $97,500,000 shall be for Port Security 

Grants in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 

(5) Notwithstanding section 503 of this Act, $188,932,000 

shall be distributed, according to threat, vulnerability, and 

consequence, at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland 

Security based on the following authorities: 

(A) The State Homeland Security Grant Program under 

section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

U.S.C. 605): Provided, That notwithstanding subsection 

(c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 2013, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available to local 

and tribal governments amounts provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in accordance 

with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004. 

(B) Operation Stonegarden. 

(C) The Urban Area Security Initiative under section 

2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604). 

(D) Organizations (as described under section 501(c)(3) 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 

tax section 501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary 

of Homeland Security to be at high risk of a terrorist 

attack. 

(E) Public Transportation Security Assistance and Railroad Security Assistance, under sections 1406 and 1513 

of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135 and 1163), including 

Security Amtrak security: Provided, That such public transportation 

assistance. 

Puerto Rico. 

Security 

assistance. 

Puerto Rico. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 359 

security assistance shall be provided directly to public 

transportation agencies. 

(F) Port Security Grants in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 

70107. 

(G) Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance under section 1532 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 

9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 

1182). 

(H) The Metropolitan Medical Response System under 

section 635 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 

Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 723). 

(I) The Citizen Corps Program. 

(J) The Driver’s License Security Grants Program in 

accordance with section 204 of the REAL ID Act of 2005 

(49 U.S.C. 30301 note). 

(K) The Interoperable Emergency Communications 

Grant Program under section 1809 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 579). 

(L) Emergency Operations Centers under section 614 

of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c). 

(M) The Buffer Zone Protection Program Grants. 

(N) Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants. 

(6) $235,174,000 shall be to sustain current operations 

for training, exercises, technical assistance, and other programs, 

of which $157,991,000 shall be for training of State, local, 

and tribal emergency response providers: 

Provided, That for grants under paragraphs (1) through (5), applications for grants shall be made available to eligible applicants not 

later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, that 

eligible applicants shall submit applications not later than 80 days 

after the grant announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 

the receipt of an application: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

609(a)(11)), or any other provision of law, a grantee may not use 

more than 5 percent of the amount of a grant made available 

under this heading for expenses directly related to administration 

of the grant: Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs 

(1) and (2), the installation of communications towers is not considered construction of a building or other physical facility: Provided 

further, That grantees shall provide reports on their use of funds, 

as determined necessary by the Secretary of Homeland Security: 

Provided further, That in fiscal year 2013 and thereafter: (a) the 

Center for Domestic Preparedness may provide training to emergency response providers from the Federal Government, foreign 

governments, or private entities, if the Center for Domestic 

Preparedness is reimbursed for the cost of such training, and any 

reimbursement under this subsection shall be credited to the 

account from which the expenditure being reimbursed was made 

and shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, for the purposes for which amounts in the account may be expended; (b) 

the head of the Center for Domestic Preparedness shall ensure 

that any training provided under (a) does not interfere with the 

primary mission of the Center to train State and local emergency 

response providers; and (c) subject to (b), nothing in (a) prohibits 

the Center for Domestic Preparedness from providing training to 

6 USC 763a. 

Reports. 

Determination. 

Grants. 

Deadlines. 

127 STAT. 360 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 

existing chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosives, mass 

casualty, and medical surge courses pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4103 

without reimbursement for the cost of such training. 

FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

For grants for programs authorized by the Federal Fire Preven- tion and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), $675,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2014, of which $337,500,000 

shall be available to carry out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 

2229) and $337,500,000 shall be available to carry out section 

34 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

For emergency management performance grants, as authorized 

by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et 

seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan 

No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 

RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2013, as 

authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 

Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 

percent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland 

Security necessary for its radiological emergency preparedness program for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the methodology 

for assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable 

and shall reflect costs of providing such services, including administrative costs of collecting such fees: Provided further, That fees 

received under this heading shall be deposited in this account 

as offsetting collections and will become available for authorized 

purposes on October 1, 2013, and remain available until September 

30, 2015. 

UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Administration and for other purposes, as authorized by the Federal Fire 

Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and 

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), 

$44,000,000. 

DISASTER RELIEF FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 

et seq.), $7,007,926,000, to remain available until expended, of 

which $24,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General for audits and investigaExpenditure tions related to disasters: Provided, That the Administrator of the 

plan. 

Deadline. 

Effective date. 

Fees. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 361 

Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit an expenditure plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives detailing the use of the funds made 

available in this or any other Act for disaster readiness and support 

not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act: 

Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency shall submit to such Committees a quarterly 

report detailing obligations against the expenditure plan and a 

justification for any changes from the initial plan: Provided further, 

That the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives the following reports, 

including a specific description of the methodology and the source 

data used in developing such reports: 

(1) an estimate of the following amounts shall be submitted 

for the budget year at the time that the President’s budget 

is submitted each year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

States Code: 

(A) the unobligated balance of funds to be carried 

over from the prior fiscal year to the budget year; 

(B) the unobligated balance of funds to be carried 

over from the budget year to the budget year plus 1; 

(C) the amount of obligations for non-catastrophic 

events for the budget year; 

(D) the amount of obligations for the budget year for 

catastrophic events delineated by event and by State; 

(E) the total amount that has been previously obligated 

or will be required for catastrophic events delineated by 

event and by State for all prior years, the current year, 

the budget year, the budget year plus 1, the budget year 

plus 2, and the budget year plus 3 and beyond; 

(F) the amount of previously obligated funds that will 

be recovered for the budget year; 

(G) the amount that will be required for obligations 

for emergencies, as described in section 102(1) of the Robert 

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

(42 U.S.C. 5122(1)), major disasters, as described in section 

102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), fire management 

assistance grants, as described in section 420 of the Robert 

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

(42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activities, and disaster readiness 

and support activities; 

(H) the amount required for activities not covered 

under section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 

901(b)(2)(D)(iii); Public Law 99–177); 

(2) an estimate or actual amounts, if available, of the 

following for the current fiscal year shall be submitted not 

later than the fifth day of each month: 

(A) a summary of the amount of appropriations made 

available by source, the transfers executed, the previously 

allocated funds recovered, and the commitments, allocations, and obligations made; 

(B) a table of disaster relief activity delineated by 

month, including— 

(i) the beginning and ending balances; 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

127 STAT. 362 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

(ii) the total obligations to include amounts obligated for fire assistance, emergencies, surge, and disaster support activities; 

(iii) the obligations for catastrophic events delineated by event and by State; and 

(iv) the amount of previously obligated funds that 

are recovered; 

(C) a summary of allocations, obligations, and expenditures for catastrophic events delineated by event; and 

(D) the date on which funds appropriated will be 

exhausted: 

Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $6,400,000,000 is for major disasters declared pursuant to the 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That the amount in 

the preceding proviso is 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. 

FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM

For necessary expenses, including administrative costs, under 

section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

4101) and under sections 100215, 100216, 100226, 100230, and 

100246 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 

(Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 917), $95,329,000, and such additional sums as may be provided by State and local governments 

or other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities 

under section 1360(f)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain 

available until expended. 

NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 

(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), and the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance 

Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 917), 

$171,000,000, which shall be derived from offsetting amounts collected under section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance Act 

of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which not to exceed $22,000,000 

shall be available for salaries and expenses associated with flood 

mitigation and flood insurance operations; and not less than 

$149,000,000 shall be available for flood plain management and 

flood mapping, to remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That any additional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) 

of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) 

shall be credited as an offsetting collection to this account, to 

be available for flood plain management and flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2013, no funds shall be available 

from the National Flood Insurance Fund under section 1310 of 

that Act (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of: 

(1) $132,000,000 for operating expenses; 

(2) $1,056,602,000 for commissions and taxes of agents; 

(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury 

borrowings; and 

(4) $120,000,000, which shall remain available until 

expended, for flood mitigation actions under section 1366 of 

the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c): 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 363 

Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 

102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 

4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance 

Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National Flood Insurance 

Fund to supplement other amounts specified as available for 

section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 

notwithstanding subsection (f)(8) of such section 102 (42 U.S.C. 

4012a(f)(8)) and subsection 1366(e) and paragraphs (2) and 

(3) of section 1367(b) of the National Flood Insurance Act 

of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(2)–(3)): Provided further, 

That total administrative costs shall not exceed 4 percent of 

the total appropriation. 

NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

For the predisaster mitigation grant program under section 

203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), $25,000,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

To carry out the emergency food and shelter program pursuant 

to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed 

3.5 percent of the total amount made available under this heading. 

TITLE IV 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES 

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES

For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigration services, $111,924,000 for the E-Verify Program, as described in section 

403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note), to assist United States 

employers with maintaining a legal workforce: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds otherwise made 

available to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

may be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up to 5 

vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the Administrator 

of General Services does not provide vehicles for lease: Provided 

further, That the Director of United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services may authorize employees who are assigned 

to those areas to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ 

residences and places of employment. 

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 

Training Center, including materials and support costs of Federal 

law enforcement basic training; the purchase of not to exceed 117 

vehicles for police-type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

expenses for student athletic and related activities; the conduct 

127 STAT. 364 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

of and participation in firearms matches and presentation of 

awards; public awareness and enhancement of community support 

of law enforcement training; room and board for student interns; 

a flat monthly reimbursement to employees authorized to use personal mobile phones for official duties; and services as authorized 

by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; $228,467,000; of 

which up to $44,758,000 shall remain available until September 

30, 2014, for materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement 

basic training; of which $300,000 shall remain available until 

expended to be distributed to Federal law enforcement agencies 

for expenses incurred participating in training accreditation; and 

of which not to exceed $9,180 shall be for official reception and 

representation expenses: Provided, That the Center is authorized 

to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from agencies 

receiving training sponsored by the Center, 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: Provided further, 

That section 1202(a) of Public Law 107–206 (42 U.S.C. 3771 note), 

as amended by Public Law 112–74, is further amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’: Provided 

further, That the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 

Center shall schedule basic or advanced law enforcement training, 

or both, at all four training facilities under the control of the 

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to ensure that such 

training facilities are operated at the highest capacity throughout 

the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal Law Enforcement 

Training Accreditation Board, including representatives from the 

Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal accreditation 

experts involved in law enforcement training, shall lead the Federal 

law enforcement training accreditation process to continue the 

implementation of measuring and assessing the quality and 

effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 

ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

For acquisition of necessary additional real property and facilities, construction, and ongoing maintenance, facility improvements, 

and related expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 

Center, $28,385,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: 

Provided, That the Center is authorized to accept reimbursement 

to this appropriation from government agencies requesting the 

construction of special use facilities. 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Science and Technology and for management and administration 

of programs and activities, as authorized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $132,000,000: 

Provided, That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception 

and representation expenses. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 365 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for science and technology research, 

including advanced research projects, development, test and evaluation, acquisition, and operations as authorized by title III of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the 

purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $703,471,000; of 

which $538,539,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2015; and of which $164,932,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, solely for operation and construction of laboratory 

facilities. 

DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 

Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Homeland Security Act 

of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for management and administration 

of programs and activities, $39,650,000: Provided, That not to 

exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 

expenses: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives a strategic plan of investments 

necessary to implement the Department of Homeland Security’s 

responsibilities under the domestic component of the global nuclear 

detection architecture that shall: 

(1) define the role and responsibilities of each Departmental 

component in support of the domestic detection architecture, 

including any existing or planned programs to pre-screen cargo 

or conveyances overseas; 

(2) identify and describe the specific investments being 

made by each Departmental component in fiscal year 2013 

and planned for fiscal year 2014 to support the domestic 

architecture and the security of sea, land, and air pathways 

into the United States; 

(3) describe the investments necessary to close known 

vulnerabilities and gaps, including associated costs and timeframes, and estimates of feasibility and cost effectiveness; and 

(4) explain how the Department’s research and development funding is furthering the implementation of the domestic 

nuclear detection architecture, including specific investments 

planned for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear research, 

development, testing, evaluation, and operations, $226,830,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2014. 

SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

For expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office acquisition and deployment of radiological detection systems in accordance 

with the global nuclear detection architecture, $51,455,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2015. 

Deadline. 

Strategic plan. 

127 STAT. 366 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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. Subject to the requirements of section 503 of this 

Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for 

activities in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts 

for such activities established pursuant to this Act, 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. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 

by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred 

to the Department of Homeland Security that remain available 

for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2013, 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 a new program, project, or activity; 

(2) eliminates a program, project, office, or activity; 

(3) increases funds 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 of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

or the House of Representatives for a different purpose; or 

(5) contracts out any function or activity for which funding 

levels were requested for Federal full-time equivalents in the 

object classification tables contained in the fiscal year 2013 

Budget Appendix for the Department of Homeland Security, 

as modified by the joint explanatory statement accompanying 

this Act, unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives are notified 15 days in 

advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided by previous 

appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security that remain available for obligation 

or expenditure in fiscal year 2013, or provided from any accounts 

in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 

of fees or proceeds available to the agencies funded by this Act, 

shall be available for obligation or expenditure for programs, 

projects, or activities through a reprogramming of funds in excess 

of $5,000,000 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; 

(3) reduces by 10 percent the numbers of personnel 

approved by the Congress; or 

(4) results from any general savings from a reduction in 

personnel that would result in a change in existing programs, 

projects, or activities as approved by the Congress, unless the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 

reprogramming of funds. 

Notifications. 

Deadlines. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 367 

(c) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 

for the current fiscal year for the Department of Homeland Security 

by this Act or provided by previous appropriations Acts may be 

transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, 

except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by 

more than 10 percent by such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 

under this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 

under subsection (b) and shall not be available for obligation unless 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. 

(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, 

no funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between 

appropriations after June 30, except in extraordinary circumstances 

that imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protection 

of property. 

(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in this 

section shall apply to any use of deobligated balances of funds 

provided in previous Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Acts. 

SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security Working Capital Fund, established pursuant to section 403 of Public Law 103– 

356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), shall continue operations as a permanent 

working capital fund for fiscal year 2013: Provided, That none 

of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Homeland Security may be used to make payments to 

the Working Capital Fund, except for the activities and amounts 

allowed in the President’s fiscal year 2013 budget: Provided further, 

That funds provided to the Working Capital Fund shall be available 

for obligation until expended to carry out the purposes of the 

Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That all departmental 

components shall be charged only for direct usage of each Working 

Capital Fund service: Provided further, That funds provided to 

the Working Capital Fund shall be used only for purposes consistent 

with the contributing component: 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: Provided 

further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be subject to the 

requirements of section 503 of this Act. 

SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 

not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 

at the end of fiscal year 2013 from appropriations for salaries 

and expenses for fiscal year 2013 in this Act shall remain available 

through September 30, 2014, in the account and for the purposes 

for which the appropriations were provided: Provided, That prior 

to the obligation of such funds, a request shall be submitted to 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives for approval in accordance with section 503 

of this Act. 

SEC. 506. Funds made available by 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 2013 until the enactment of 

an Act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2013. 

SEC. 507. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), 

none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to— 

(1) make or award a grant allocation, grant, contract, other 

transaction agreement, task or delivery order on a Department 

Grants. 

Contracts. 

Notifications. 

Deadlines. 

Approval request. 

Applicability. 

127 STAT. 368 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

of Homeland Security multiple award contract, or to issue 

a letter of intent totaling in excess of $1,000,000; 

(2) award a task or delivery order requiring an obligation 

of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 from multiyear Department of Homeland Security funds or a task or 

delivery order that would cause cumulative obligations of multiyear funds in a single account to exceed 50 percent of the 

total amount appropriated; 

(3) make a sole-source grant award; or 

(4) announce publicly the intention to make or award items 

under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) including a contract covered 

by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary notifies the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

at least 3 full business days in advance of making an award or 

issuing a letter as described in that subsection. 

(c) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 

compliance with this section would pose a substantial risk to human 

life, health, or safety, an award may be made without notification, 

and the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 

5 full business days after such an award is made or letter issued. 

(d) A notification under this section— 

(1) may not involve funds that are not available for obligation; and 

(2) shall include the amount of the award; the fiscal year 

for which the funds for the award were appropriated; type 

of contract; and the account and each program, project, and 

activity from which the funds are being drawn. 

(e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives 5 full business days in advance 

of announcing publicly the intention of making an award under 

‘‘State and Local Programs’’. 

SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency 

shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional facilities, except 

within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 

of conducting Federal law enforcement training without the advance 

approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives, 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 that cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used for expenses for any construction, 

repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus 

otherwise required under chapter 33 of title 40, United States 

Code, has not been approved, except that necessary funds may 

be expended for each project for required expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus. 

SEC. 510. (a) Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the Department 

of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division E of Public 

Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall apply with respect 

to funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such 

sections applied to funds made available in that Act. 

Applicability. 

Contracts. 

Briefing. 

Deadline. 

Determination. 

Waiver authority. 

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(b) The third proviso of section 537 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 U.S.C. 114), shall not 

apply with respect to funds made available in this Act. 

SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used in contravention of the applicable provisions of the Buy 

American Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term 

‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States 

Code. 

SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used by any person other than the Privacy Officer appointed 

under subsection (a) of section 222 of the Homeland Security Act 

of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 142(a)) to alter, direct that changes be made 

to, delay, or prohibit the transmission to Congress of any report 

prepared under paragraph (6) of such subsection. 

SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 337 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448). 

SEC. 514. Within 45 days after the end of each month, the 

Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland Security 

shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives a monthly budget and staffing 

report for that month that includes total obligations, on-board 

versus funded full-time equivalent staffing levels, and the number 

of contract employees for each office of the Department. 

SEC. 515. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 49, 

United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Security’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security Support’’ for fiscal years 2004 

and 2005 that are recovered or deobligated shall be available only 

for the procurement or installation of explosives detection systems, 

air cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject to 

notification: Provided, That quarterly reports shall be submitted 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives on any funds that are recovered or deobligated. 

SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used to process or approve a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for services provided as of June 

1, 2004, by employees (including employees serving on a temporary 

or term basis) of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security who are known as 

of that date as Immigration Information Officers, Contact Representatives, or Investigative Assistants. 

SEC. 517. Any funds appropriated to Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, 

Construction, and Improvements’’ for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 

2005, and 2006 for the 110–123 foot patrol boat conversion that 

are recovered, collected, or otherwise received as the result of negotiation, mediation, or litigation, shall be available until expended 

for the Fast Response Cutter program. 

SEC. 518. Section 532(a) of Public Law 109–295 (120 Stat. 

1384) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 

SEC. 519. The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement 

Training Center instructor staff shall be classified as inherently 

governmental for the purpose of the Federal Activities Inventory 

Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 

SEC. 520. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 

the funds appropriated in this or any other Act to the ‘‘Office 

of the Secretary and Executive Management’’, the ‘‘Office of the 

Grants. 

Contracts. 

Classified 

information. 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

Explosives 

detection 

systems. 

Deadlines. 

Budget. 

Reports. 

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Under Secretary for Management’’, or the ‘‘Office of the Chief Financial Officer’’, may be obligated for a grant or contract funded under 

such headings by any means other than full and open competition. 

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to obligation of funds for 

a contract awarded— 

(1) by a means that is required by a Federal statute, 

including obligation for a purchase made under a mandated 

preferential program, including the AbilityOne Program, that 

is authorized under chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code; 

(2) pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 

et seq.); 

(3) in an amount less than the simplified acquisition 

threshold described under section 3101 (b) of title 41, United 

States Code; or 

(4) by another Federal agency using funds provided through 

an interagency agreement. 

(c)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Homeland 

Security may waive the application of this section for the award 

of a contract in the interest of national security or if failure to 

do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare. 

(2) Not later than 5 days after the date on which the Secretary 

of Homeland Security issues a waiver under this subsection, the 

Secretary shall submit notification of that waiver to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

including a description of the applicable contract to which the 

waiver applies and an explanation of why the waiver authority 

was used: Provided, That the Secretary may not delegate the 

authority to grant such a waiver. 

(d) In addition to the requirements established by subsections 

(a), (b), and (c) of this section, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall review departmental contracts 

awarded through means other than a full and open competition 

to assess departmental compliance with applicable laws and regulations: Provided, That the Inspector General shall review selected 

contracts awarded in the previous 3 fiscal years through means 

other than a full and open competition: Provided further, That 

in selecting which contracts to review, the Inspector General shall 

consider the cost and complexity of the goods and services to be 

provided under the contract, the criticality of the contract to fulfilling Department missions, past performance problems on similar 

contracts or by the selected vendor, complaints received about the 

award process or contractor performance, and such other factors 

as the Inspector General deems relevant: Provided further, That 

the Inspector General shall report the results of the reviews to 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives no later than February 4, 2015, and every 3 

years thereafter. 

SEC. 521. None of the funds provided by this or previous appropriations Acts shall be used to fund any position designated as 

a Principal Federal Official (or the successor thereto) for any Robert 

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

5121 et seq.) declared disasters or emergencies unless— 

(1) the responsibilities of the Principal Federal Official 

do not include operational functions related to incident management, including coordination of operations, and are consistent 

with the requirements of section 509(c) and sections 503(c)(3) 

and 503(c)(4)(A) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

Deadlines. 

Reviews. 

5 USC app. 8I 

note. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Waiver authority. 

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319(c) and 313(c)(3) and 313(c)(4)(A)) and section 302 of the 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

5143); 

(2) not later than 10 business days after the latter of 

the date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security appoints 

the Principal Federal Official and the date on which the President issues a declaration under section 401 or section 501 

of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191, respectively), the Secretary 

of Homeland Security shall submit a notification of the appointment of the Principal Federal Official and a description of 

the responsibilities of such Official and how such responsibilities are consistent with paragraph (1) to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the House 

of Representatives, and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee of the Senate; and 

(3) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a report specifying 

timeframes and milestones regarding the update of operations, 

planning and policy documents, and training and exercise protocols, to ensure consistency with paragraph (1) of this section. 

SEC. 522. None of the funds provided or otherwise made available in this Act shall be available to carry out section 872 of 

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452). 

SEC. 523. Funds made available in this Act may be used to 

alter operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast 

Guard nationwide, including civil engineering units, facilities design 

and construction centers, maintenance and logistics commands, and 

the Coast Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 

in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any Civil 

Engineering Unit unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted 

after the date of enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

to grant an immigration benefit unless the results of background 

checks required by law to be completed prior to the granting of 

the benefit have been received by United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, and the results do not preclude the granting 

of the benefit. 

SEC. 525. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

(6 U.S.C. 391) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until September 30, 

2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 30, 2013,’’; 

(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2012,’’ 

and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2013,’’. 

SEC. 526. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require 

that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that 

provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes 

(which outcomes shall be specified in terms of cost, schedule, and 

performance). 

SEC. 527. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used to 

approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel-inspection laws 

pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for the transportation of crude oil 

distributed from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretaries 

Consultation. 

Contracts. 

Fees. 

Reports. 

Notification. 

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of the Departments of Energy and Transportation and representatives from the United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate 

measures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee 

on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

Representatives within 2 business days of any request for waivers 

of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 

501(b). 

SEC. 528. None of the funds made available to the Office of 

the Secretary and Executive Management under this Act may be 

expended for any new hires by the Department of Homeland Security that are not verified through the E-Verify Program as described 

in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 

Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 

SEC. 529. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 

reduce the United States Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center 

mission or its government-employed or contract staff levels. 

SEC. 530. None of the funds made available in this Act for 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used to prevent an 

individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 

(within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act) from importing a prescription drug from Canada 

that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: 

Provided, That this section shall apply only to individuals transporting on their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription 

drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That the 

prescription drug may not be— 

(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of 

the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); or 

(2) a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the 

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 

SEC. 531. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a competition 

under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for activities 

performed with respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 

SEC. 532. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 

with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

of any proposed transfers of funds available under section 

9703.1(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United States Code (as added by Public 

Law 102–393) from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture 

Fund to any agency within the Department of Homeland Security: 

Provided, That none of the funds identified for such a transfer 

may be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives approve the proposed 

transfers. 

SEC. 533. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national 

identification card. 

SEC. 534. If the Administrator of the Transportation Security 

Administration determines that an airport does not need to participate in the E-Verify Program as described in section 403(a) of 

the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 

of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note), the Administrator shall certify to 

Determination. 

Certification. 

National 

identification 

card. 

Consultation. 

Notification. 

Applicability. 

Drugs and drug 

abuse. 

Canada. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

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the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives that no security risks will result from such 

non-participation. 

SEC. 535. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

except as provided in subsection (b), and 30 days after the date 

on which the President determines whether to declare a major 

disaster because of an event and any appeal is completed, the 

Administrator shall publish on the Web site of the Federal Emergency Management Agency a report regarding that decision that 

shall summarize damage assessment information used to determine 

whether to declare a major disaster. 

(b) The Administrator may redact from a report under subsection (a) any data that the Administrator determines would compromise national security. 

(c) In this section— 

(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Administrator of 

the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and 

(2) the term ‘‘major disaster’’ has the meaning given that 

term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 

SEC. 536. Any official that is required by this Act to report 

or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives may not delegate such authority 

to perform that act unless specifically authorized herein. 

SEC. 537. Section 550(b) of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109–295; 6 U.S.C. 121 

note), as amended by section 550 of the Department of Homeland 

Security Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–83), is further 

amended by striking ‘‘on October 4, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘on October 

4, 2013’’. 

SEC. 538. 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. 539. None of the funds made available in 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. 540. None of the funds made available in this or any 

other Act for fiscal year 2013 and thereafter may be used to propose 

or effect a disciplinary or adverse action, with respect to any Department of Homeland Security employee who engages regularly with 

the public in the performance of his or her official duties solely 

because that employee elects to utilize protective equipment or 

measures, including but not limited to surgical masks, N95 respirators, gloves, or hand-sanitizers, where use of such equipment 

or measures is in accord with Department of Homeland Security 

policy, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Office 

of Personnel Management guidance. 

6 USC 416. 

Khalid Sheikh 

Mohammed. 

Detainees. 

Cuba. 

Definitions. 

Deadline. 

President. 

Determination. 

Web posting. 

Reports. 

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SEC. 541. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 

SEC. 542. (a) Any company that collects or retains personal 

information directly from any individual who participates in the 

Registered Traveler or successor program of the Transportation 

Security Administration shall safeguard and dispose of such 

information in accordance with the requirements in— 

(1) the National Institute for Standards and Technology 

Special Publication 800–30, entitled ‘‘Risk Management Guide 

for Information Technology Systems’’; 

(2) the National Institute for Standards and Technology 

Special Publication 800–53, Revision 3, entitled ‘‘Recommended 

Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and 

Organizations’’; and 

(3) any supplemental standards established by the 

Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration 

(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’). 

(b) The airport authority or air carrier operator that sponsors 

the company under the Registered Traveler program shall be known 

as the ‘‘Sponsoring Entity’’. 

(c) The Administrator shall require any company covered by 

subsection (a) to provide, not later than 30 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act, to the Sponsoring Entity written certification that the procedures used by the company to safeguard and 

dispose of information are in compliance with the requirements 

under subsection (a). Such certification shall include a description 

of the procedures used by the company to comply with such requirements. 

SEC. 543. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 

this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor 

performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory performance or performance that does not meet the basic requirements 

of a contract. 

SEC. 544. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Security 

Administration shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives, a report that 

either— 

(1) certifies that the requirement for screening all air cargo 

on passenger aircraft by the deadline under section 44901(g) 

of title 49, United States Code, has been met; or 

(2) includes a strategy to comply with the requirements 

under title 44901(g) of title 49, United States Code, including— 

(A) a plan to meet the requirement under section 

44901(g) of title 49, United States Code, to screen 100 

percent of air cargo transported on passenger aircraft 

arriving in the United States in foreign air transportation 

(as that term is defined in section 40102 of that title); 

and 

(B) specification of— 

(i) the percentage of such air cargo that is being 

screened; and 

(ii) the schedule for achieving screening of 100 

percent of such air cargo. 

Certification. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

Contracts. 

Deadline. 

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(b) The Administrator shall continue to submit reports 

described in subsection (a)(2) every 180 days thereafter until the 

Administrator certifies that the Transportation Security Administration has achieved screening of 100 percent of such air cargo. 

SEC. 545. In developing any process to screen aviation passengers and crews for transportation or national security purposes, 

the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that all such 

processes take into consideration such passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties consistent with applicable laws, regulations, 

and guidance. 

SEC. 546. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of title 8, United 

States Code, of the funds deposited into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, $7,500,000 shall be allocated by United States 

Citizenship and Immigration Services in fiscal year 2013 for the 

purpose of providing an immigrant integration grants program. 

(b) For an additional amount for ‘‘United States Citizenship 

and Immigration Services’’ for the purpose of providing immigrant 

integration grants, $2,500,000. 

(c) None of the funds made available to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for grants for immigrant integration 

may be used to provide services to aliens who have not been 

lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 

SEC. 547. For an additional amount for necessary expenses 

for reimbursement of the actual costs to State and local governments 

for providing emergency management, public safety, and security 

at events, as determined by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, related to the presence of a National 

Special Security Event, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2014. 

SEC. 548. Notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation contained 

in section 503(c) of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

may transfer to the fund established by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up 

to $20,000,000 from appropriations available to the Department 

of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 

SEC. 549. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used by the Department of Homeland 

Security to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract 

is entered into in accordance with the requirements of subtitle 

I of title 41, United States Code or chapter 137 of title 10, United 

States Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 

contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered into without regard to the above referenced statutes. 

SEC. 550. (a) For an additional amount for data center migration, $55,000,000. 

(b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for data center 

migration may be transferred by the Secretary of Homeland Security between appropriations for the same purpose, notwithstanding 

section 503 of this Act. 

(c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur until 

15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives are notified of such transfer. 

SEC. 551. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the 

Secretary of Homeland Security determines that specific U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service Processing Centers 

Determination. 

Detention 

facilities. 

Real property. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Contracts. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

Deadline. 

Certification. 

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or other U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities no longer meet the mission need, the Secretary is 

authorized to dispose of individual Service Processing Centers or 

other U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement owned detention 

facilities by directing the Administrator of General Services to 

sell all real and related personal property which support Service 

Processing Centers or other U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities, subject to such terms and conditions as necessary to protect Government interests and meet program requirements: Provided, That the proceeds, net of the costs 

of sale incurred by the General Services Administration and U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall be deposited as offsetting collections into a separate account that shall be available, 

subject to appropriation, until expended for other real property 

capital asset needs of existing U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement assets, excluding daily operations and maintenance 

costs, as the Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further, That 

any sale or collocation of federally owned detention facilities shall 

not result in the maintenance of fewer than 34,000 detention beds: 

Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives shall be notified 15 days 

prior to the announcement of any proposed sale or collocation. 

SEC. 552. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the 

Under Secretary for Management’’, $29,000,000, to remain available 

until expended, for necessary expenses to plan, acquire, design, 

construct, renovate, remediate, equip, furnish, improve infrastructure, and occupy buildings and facilities for the department headquarters consolidation project and associated mission support 

consolidation: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall receive an 

expenditure plan not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act detailing the allocation of these funds. 

SEC. 553. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Firefighter 

Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waivers from the 

requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), 

(c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and 

Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

SEC. 554. None of the funds made available under this 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, or allied organizations. 

SEC. 555. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection and the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall, with respect 

to fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, submit to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

at the time that the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 

2014 is submitted pursuant to the requirements of section 1105(a) 

of title 31, United States Code, the information required in the 

multi-year investment and management plans required, respectively, under the headings U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ under title II of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74), and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection, ‘‘Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’ under such title, and section 568 of 

such Act. 

Deadlines. 

Plans. 

ACORN. 

Expenditure 

plan. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

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SEC. 556. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure 

enforcement of immigration laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))). 

SEC. 557. (a) Notwithstanding Office of Management and 

Budget Circular A–11, funds made available in fiscal year 2013, 

or any fiscal year thereafter, under Department of Homeland Security, Coast Guard, ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ 

for— 

(1) long lead time materials, components, and designs of 

a vessel of the Coast Guard shall be immediately available 

and allotted to make a contract award notwithstanding the 

availability of funds for production, outfitting, post-delivery 

activities, and spare or repair parts; and 

(2) production of a vessel of the Coast Guard shall be 

immediately available and allotted to make a contract award 

notwithstanding the availability of funds for outfitting, postdelivery activities, and spare or repair parts. 

(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop fiscal 

policy that prescribes Coast Guard budgetary policies, procedures 

and technical direction necessary to comply with subsection (a) 

of this section and consistent with the Department of Defense 

Financial Management Regulation (Volume 2A, Chapter 1 C. Procedures for Full Funding) to include the costs associated with outfitting and post-delivery activities; spare and repair parts; and long 

lead time materials. The requirement set forth in this section shall 

not preclude the immediate availability or allotment of funds for 

fiscal year 2013, pursuant to subsection (a). 

(c) In this section— 

(1) the term ‘‘long lead time items’’ means components, 

parts, material, or effort which must be procured in advance 

of the production award in order to maintain the production 

schedule; 

(2) the term ‘‘outfitting’’ means procurement or installation 

of onboard repair parts, other secondary items, equipage, and 

recreation items; precommissioning crew support; general use 

consumables furnished to the shipbuilder; the fitting out 

activity to fill a vessel’s initial allowances; and contractorfurnished spares; and 

(3) the term ‘‘post-delivery activities’’ means design, planning, Government-furnished material, and related labor for nonproduction and non-long lead time items contract activities 

and other work, including certifications, full operational capability activities and other equipment installation; spares, logistics, technical analysis, and support; correction of Governmentresponsible defects and deficiencies identified during builders 

trials, acceptance trials, and testing during the post-delivery 

period; costs of all work required to correct defects or deficiencies identified during the post-delivery period; and costs 

of all work required to correct trial card deficiencies on a 

vessel of a particular class, as well as on subsequent vessels 

of that class (whether or not delivered) until the corrective 

action for that cutter class is completed. 

SEC. 558. (a) Of the amounts made available by this Act for 

National Protection and Programs Directorate, ‘‘Infrastructure 

Protection and Information Security’’, $202,000,000 for the ‘‘Federal 

Network Security’’ program, project, and activity shall be used 

to deploy on Federal systems technology to improve the information 

Deadlines. 

44 USC 3541 

note. 

Definitions. 

Contracts. 

14 USC 577 note. 

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security of agency information systems covered by section 3543(a) 

of title 44, United States Code: Provided, That funds made available 

under this section shall be used to assist and support Governmentwide and agency-specific efforts to provide adequate, risk-based, 

and cost-effective cybersecurity to address escalating and rapidly 

evolving threats to information security, including the acquisition 

and operation of a continuous monitoring and diagnostics program, 

in collaboration with departments and agencies, that includes equipment, software, and Department of Homeland Security supplied 

services: Provided further, That not later than April 1, 2013, and 

quarterly thereafter, the Under Secretary of Homeland Security 

of the National Protection and Programs Directorate shall submit 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 

of Representatives a report on the obligation and expenditure of 

funds made available under this section: Provided further, That 

continuous monitoring and diagnostics software procured by the 

funds made available by this section shall not transmit to the 

Department of Homeland Security any personally identifiable 

information or content of network communications of other agencies’ 

users: Provided further, That such software shall be installed, maintained, and operated in accordance with all applicable privacy laws 

and agency-specific policies regarding network content. 

(b) Funds made available under this section may not be used 

to supplant funds provided for any such system within an agency 

budget. 

(c) Not later than July 1, 2013, the heads of all Federal agencies 

shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and House of Representatives expenditure plans for necessary 

cybersecurity improvements to address known vulnerabilities to 

information systems described in subsection (a). 

(d) Not later than October 1, 2013, and quarterly thereafter, 

the head of each Federal agency shall submit to the Director of 

the Office of Management and Budget a report on the execution 

of the expenditure plan for that agency required by subsection 

(c): Provided, That the Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget shall summarize such execution reports and annually 

submit such summaries to Congress in conjunction with the annual 

progress report on implementation of the E-Government Act of 

2002 (Public Law 107–347), as required by section 3606 of title 

44, United States Code. 

(e) This section shall not apply to the legislative and judicial 

branches of the Federal Government and shall apply to all Federal 

agencies within the executive branch except for the Department 

of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Office of the 

Director of National Intelligence. 

SEC. 559. (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. 560. (a) Notwithstanding sections 58c(e) and 1451 of title 

19, United States Code, upon the request of any persons, the 

Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may enter 

into reimbursable fee agreements for a period of up to 5 years 

Contracts. 

Time period. 

Pornography. 

Applicability. 

Reports. 

Expenditure 

plans. 

Reports. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 379 

with such persons for the provision of U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection services and any other costs incurred by U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection relating to such services. Such requests 

may include additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection services 

at existing U.S. Customs and Border Protection-serviced facilities 

(including but not limited to payment for overtime), the provision 

of U.S. Customs and Border Protection services at new facilities, 

and expanded U.S. Customs and Border Protection services at land 

border facilities. 

(1) By December 31, 2013, the Commissioner may enter 

into not more than 5 agreements under this section. 

(2) The Commissioner shall not enter into such an agreement if it would unduly and permanently impact services 

funded in this or any other appropriations Acts, or provided 

from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

by the collection of fees. 

(b) Funds collected pursuant to any agreement entered into 

under this section shall be deposited in a newly established account 

as offsetting collections and remain available until expended, without fiscal year limitation, and shall directly reimburse each appropriation for the amount paid out of that appropriation for any 

expenses incurred by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in providing U.S. Customs and Border Protection services and any other 

costs incurred by U.S. Customs and Border Protection relating 

to such services. 

(c) The amount of the fee to be charged pursuant to an agreement authorized under subsection (a) of this section shall be paid 

by each person requesting U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

services and shall include, but shall not be limited to, the salaries 

and expenses of individuals employed by U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection to provide such U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

services and other costs incurred by U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection relating to those services, such as temporary placement 

or permanent relocation of those individuals. 

(d) U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall terminate the 

provision of services pursuant to an agreement entered into under 

subsection (a) with a person that, after receiving notice from the 

Commissioner that a fee imposed under subsection (a) is due, fails 

to pay the fee in a timely manner. In the event of such termination, 

all costs incurred by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which 

have not been reimbursed, will become immediately due and payable. Interest on unpaid fees will accrue based on current U.S. 

Treasury borrowing rates. Additionally, any person who, after notice 

and demand for payment of any fee charged under subsection 

(a) of this section, fails to pay such fee in a timely manner shall 

be liable for a penalty or liquidated damage equal to two times 

the amount of the fee. Any amount collected pursuant to any 

agreement entered into under this subsection shall be deposited 

into the account specified under subsection (b) of this section and 

shall be available as described therein. 

(e) Each facility at which such U.S. Customs and Border Protection services are performed shall provide, maintain, and equip, 

without cost to the Government, facilities in accordance with U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection specifications. 

(f) The authority found in this section may not be used to 

enter into agreements to expand or begin to provide U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection services outside of the United States. 

Termination. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

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(g) The authority found in this section may not be used at 

existing U.S. Customs and Border Protection-serviced air facilities 

to enter into agreements for costs other than payment of overtime. 

(h) The Commissioner shall notify the appropriate Committees 

of Congress 15 days prior to entering into any agreement under 

the authority of this section and shall provide a copy of the agreement to the appropriate Committees of Congress. 

(i) For purposes of this section the terms: 

(1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection ‘‘services’’ means 

any activities of any employee or contractor of U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection pertaining to customs and immigration 

inspection-related matters. 

(2) ‘‘Person’’ means any natural person or any corporation, 

partnership, trust, association, or any other public or private 

entity, or any officer, employee, or agent thereof. 

(3) ‘‘Appropriate Committees of Congress’’ means the 

Committees on Appropriations; Finance; Judiciary; and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 

the Committees on Appropriations; Judiciary; Ways and Means; 

and Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 561. None of the funds made available under this Act 

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. 562. Twenty percent of each of the appropriations provided 

in this Act for the ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive Management’’, the ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary for Management’’, and 

the ‘‘Office of the Chief Financial Officer’’ shall be withheld from 

obligation until the reports and plans required in this Act to be 

submitted on or before May 1, 2013, are received by the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 563. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or 

any other provision of law, during the period beginning on October 

1, 2013, and ending on September 30, 2014, section 204(a)(1)(I) 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(I)) 

is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(iv) Each petition to compete for consideration 

for a visa under section 1153(c) of this title shall be 

accompanied by a fee equal to $30. All amounts collected under this clause shall be deposited into the 

Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.’’: 

Provided, That the Department of State, in consultation with the 

Department of Homeland Security, shall report to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act 

on the steps being taken to implement the recommendations of 

GAO–07–1174. 

SEC. 564. The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall cancel the liquidated balances of all remaining 

uncancelled or partially cancelled loans disbursed under the 

Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–88) and 

the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the 

Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 

109–234), as amended by section 4502 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, 

Cancellation. 

Loans. 

Consultation. 

Reports. 

Deadline. 

Time period. 

8 USC 1154 note. 

Obligation 

availability. 

Deadline. 

Firearms. 

Definitions. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Records. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 381 

Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 110–28) to the extent that revenues 

of the local government during the period following the major 

disaster are insufficient to meet the budget of the local government, 

including additional disaster-related expenses of a municipal character. In calculating a community’s revenues while determining 

cancellation, the Administrator shall exclude revenues for special 

districts and any other revenues that are required by law to be 

disbursed to other units of local government or used for specific 

purposes more limited than the scope allowed by the General Fund. 

In calculating a community’s expenses, the Administrator shall 

include disaster-related capital expenses for which the community 

has not been reimbursed by Federal or insurance proceeds, debt 

service expenses, and accrued but unpaid uncompensated absences 

(vacation and sick pay). In calculating the operating deficit of the 

local government, the Administrator shall also consider all interfund 

transfers. When considering the period following the disaster, the 

Administrator may consider a period of 3, 5, or 7 full fiscal years 

after the disaster, beginning on the date of the declaration, in 

determining eligibility for cancellation. The criteria for cancellation 

do not apply to those loans already cancelled in full. Applicants 

shall submit supplemental documentation in support of their 

applications for cancellation on or before April 30, 2014, and the 

Administrator shall issue determinations and resolve any appeals 

on or before April 30, 2015. Loans not cancelled in full shall be 

repaid not later than September 30, 2035. The Administrator may 

use funds provided under Public Law 109–88 to reimburse those 

communities that have repaid all or a portion of loans, including 

interest, provided as Special Community Disaster Loans under 

Public Law 109–88 or Public Law 109–234, as amended by section 

4502 of Public Law 110–28. Further, the Administrator may use 

funds provided under Public Law 109–88 for necessary expenses 

to carry out this provision. 

SEC. 565. The Inspector General shall review the applications 

for public assistance provided through the Disaster Relief Fund 

with a project cost that exceeds $10,000,000 and the resulting 

decisions issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

for category A debris removal for DR–1786 upon receipt of a request 

from an applicant made no earlier than 90 days after filing an 

appeal with the Federal Emergency Management Agency without 

regard to whether the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency has issued a final agency determination on 

the application for assistance: Provided, That not later than 180 

days after the date of such request, the Inspector General shall 

determine whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

correctly applied its rules and regulations to determine eligibility 

of the applicant’s claim: Provided further, That if the Inspector 

General finds that the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

determinations related to eligibility and cost involved a 

misapplication of its rules and regulations, the applicant may 

submit the dispute to the arbitration process established under 

the authority granted under section 601 of Public Law 111–5 not 

later than 15 days after the date of issuance of the Inspector 

General’s finding in the previous proviso: Provided further, That 

if the Inspector General finds that the Federal Emergency Management Agency provided unauthorized funding, that the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency shall take corrective action. 

Deadline. 

Deadline. 

Determination. 

Claims. 

Review. 

Deadline. 

Deadline. 

Deadlines. 

Determinations. 

Appeals. 

127 STAT. 382 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

SEC. 566. None of the funds provided in this or any other 

Act may be obligated to implement the National Preparedness 

Grant Program or any other successor grant programs unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 

SEC. 567. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to provide funding for the position of Public Advocate 

within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

SEC. 568. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to reimburse any Federal department or agency for its 

participation in a National Special Security Event. 

SEC. 569. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 

employees of a single component of the Department of Homeland 

Security, who are stationed in the United States, at a single international conference unless the Secretary of Homeland Security 

determines that such attendance is in the national interest and 

notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

House of Representatives within at least 10 days of that determination and the basis for that determination: 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. 

(RESCISSIONS)

SEC. 570. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 

Homeland Security, 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 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: 

(1) $1,800,000 from Public Law 112–74 under the heading 

‘‘Analysis and Operations’’; 

(2) $73,232,000 from funds made available in Public Law 

112–10 and Public Law 112–74 under the heading U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection, ‘‘Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’; 

(3) $3,108,311 from unobligated prior year balances from 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ‘‘Construction’’; 

(4) $25,000,000 from Public Law 110–329 under the 

heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; 

(5) $43,000,000 from Public Law 111–83 under the heading 

Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; 

(6) $63,500,000 from Public Law 112–10 under the heading 

Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; 

(7) $23,000,000 from Public Law 112–74 under the heading 

Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; 

and 

(8) $21,667,000 from Public Law 112–74 under the heading 

Transportation Security Administration, ‘‘Surface Transportation Security’’. 

Definition. 

Determination. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 383 

(RESCISSION)

SEC. 571. Of the funds provided in Public Law 110–161, Public 

Law 110–329, and Public Law 111–83, under the heading ‘‘National 

Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’ for congressionally directed spending 

items, $12,000,000 are rescinded from projects for which no applications were submitted or from projects which were completed for 

an amount less than that appropriated. 

(RESCISSIONS)

SEC. 572. Of the funds transferred to the Department of Homeland Security when it was created in 2003, the following funds 

are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

in the specified amounts: (1) $199,657 from ‘‘Operations’’; 

(2) $445,328 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; (3) $63,045 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection ‘‘Violent Crime Reduction Programs’’; (4) $86,597 from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ‘‘Violent Crime Reduction Programs’’; (5) $1,739 from Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, 

and Improvements’’; (6) $1,329,239 from Federal Emergency Management 

Agency ‘‘Office of Domestic Preparedness’’; (7) $3,262,677 from Federal Emergency Management 

Agency ‘‘National Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’; and (8) $2,291,844 from Transportation Security Administration 

‘‘Administration’’. 

(RESCISSIONS)

SEC. 573. The following unobligated balances made available 

to the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to section 505 

of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 

(Public Law 112–74; 125 Stat. 984) are rescinded: 

(1) $314,674 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive 

Management’’; 

(2) $185,813 from ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary for 

Management’’; 

(3) $114,391 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Financial Officer’’; 

(4) $59,507 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Information Officer’’; 

(5) $568,188 from ‘‘Analysis and Operations’’; 

(6) $45,525 from ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’; 

(7) $568,480 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 

(8) $3,581,483 from U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 

(9) $1,075,942 from Transportation Security Administration 

‘‘Federal Air Marshals’’; 

(10) $18,142,454 from Coast Guard ‘‘Operating Expenses’’; 

(11) $991,520 from Coast Guard ‘‘Reserve Training’’; 

(12) $1,033,599 from Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; 

(13) $2,371,377 from United States Secret Service ‘‘Salaries 

and Expenses’’; 

127 STAT. 384 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

(14) $82,084 from National Protection and Programs Directorate ‘‘Management and Administration’’; (15) $1,683,470 from National Protection and Programs 

Directorate ‘‘Infrastructure Protection and Information Security’’; (16) $184,583 from National Protection and Programs 

Directorate ‘‘United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology’’; (17) $259,874 from Federal Emergency Management 

Agency ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; (18) $206,722 from Federal Emergency Management 

Agency ‘‘State and Local Programs’’; (19) $450,017 from Office of Health Affairs; 

(20) $205,799 from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; (21) $512,660 from Federal Law Enforcement Training 

Center ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; (22) $244,553 from Science and Technology ‘‘Management 

and Administration’’; and (23) $128,565 from Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 

‘‘Management and Administration’’. 

SEC. 574. Fourteen days after the Secretary of Homeland Security submits a report required under this division to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

the Secretary shall submit a copy of that report to the Committee 

on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Homeland 

Security Appropriations Act, 2013’’. 

DIVISION E—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS 

AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

ACT, 2013 

The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes, namely: 

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, $1,684,323,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of this amount, 

not to exceed $80,173,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

design, architect and engineer services, and host nation support, 

as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Army determines 

Determination. 

Notification. 

Military 

Construction and 

Veterans Affairs, 

and Related 

Agencies 

Appropriations 

Act, 2013. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 385 

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, $1,549,164,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of this amount, 

not to exceed $102,619,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 

unless the Secretary of 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, $322,543,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: 

Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed $18,635,000 shall 

be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 

services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Air 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. 

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, $3,582,423,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2017: 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 $315,562,000 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, 

$26,969,000 shall be available for payments to the North Atlantic 

Determination. 

Notification. 

Determination. 

Notification. 

Determination. 

Notification. 

127 STAT. 386 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

Treaty Organization for the planning, design, and construction of 

a new North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters. 

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, $613,799,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed $26,622,000 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, $42,386,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not 

to exceed $4,000,000 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, 

$305,846,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed $15,951,000 

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 

reserve components of the Navy and Marine Corps as authorized 

by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

Construction Authorization Acts, $49,532,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed $2,118,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized Determination. 

Notification. 

Determination. 

Notification. 

Determination. 

Notification. 

Determination. 

Notification. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 387 

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, 

$10,979,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed $2,879,000 

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, $254,163,000, 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, $4,641,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2017. 

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, $530,051,000. 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps 

for construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 

expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

$102,182,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017. 

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, 

Determination. 

Notification. 

127 STAT. 388 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance 

premiums, as authorized by law, $378,230,000. 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, $83,824,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2017. 

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, $497,829,000. 

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, $52,238,000. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND

For the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement 

Fund, $1,786,000, 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, $151,000,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2017, which shall be only for the Assembled Chemical Weapons 

Alternatives program. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 1990 

For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure 

Account 1990, established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base 

Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), 

$409,396,000, to remain available until expended. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 2005 

For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure 

Account 2005, established by section 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense 

Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), 

$126,697,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to obligating 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 389 

an amount for a construction project that exceeds or reduces the 

amount identified for that project in the most recently submitted 

budget request for this account by 20 percent or $2,000,000, whichever is less: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall not 

apply to projects costing less than $5,000,000, except for those 

projects not previously identified in any budget submission for 

this account and exceeding the minor construction threshold under 

section 2805 of title 10, United States Code. 

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 

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. 

Steel. 

Notification. 

Certification. 

Contracts. 

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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 Sea, unless such 

contracts are awarded to United States firms or United States 

firms in joint venture with host nation firms. 

SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this title for 

military construction in the United States territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering 

the Arabian Sea, may be used to award any contract estimated 

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. 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. 115. 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. 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. 

Notification. 

Military exercise. 

Deadline. 

Contracts. 

Kwajalein Atoll. 

Contracts. 

Japan. 

Notification. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 391 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority available 

to the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited to the Department 

of Defense Base Closure Account established by section 207(a)(1) 

of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and 

Realignment Act (10 U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 

207(a)(2)(C) of such Act, may be transferred to the account established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and 

Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be merged 

with, and to be available for the same purposes and the same 

time period as that account. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 119. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 days 

for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to 

sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 

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. 

(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 accounts established by sections 2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) 

of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 

U.S.C. 2687 note), 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 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

10 USC 2821 

note. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

127 STAT. 392 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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 

section or until transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such 

section. 

SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this title, or 

in any Act making appropriations for military construction which 

remain available for obligation, may be obligated or expended to 

carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing 

project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or 

at a military installation for the purposes of supporting a function 

that has been approved for realignment to another installation, 

in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 

of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 

2687 note), unless such a project at a military installation approved 

for realignment will support a continuing mission or function at 

that installation or a new mission or function that is planned 

for that installation, or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies 

that the cost to the United States of carrying out such project 

would be less than the cost to the United States of cancelling 

such project, or if the project is at an active component base that 

shall be established as an enclave or in the case of projects having 

multi-agency use, that another Government agency has indicated 

it will assume ownership of the completed project. The Secretary 

of Defense may not transfer funds made available as a result 

of this limitation from any military construction project, land 

acquisition, or family housing project to another account or use 

such funds for another purpose or project without the prior approval 

of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

This section shall not apply to military construction projects, land 

acquisition, or family housing projects for which the project is 

vital to the national security or the protection of health, safety, 

or environmental quality: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 

shall notify the congressional defense committees within seven days 

of a decision to carry out such a military construction project. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 124. 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 

Time period. 

Determination. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Certification. 

Reports. 

Deadline. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 393 

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. 125. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used by the Secretary of Defense to take beneficial occupancy 

of more than 2,500 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 

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. 126. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used for any action that relates to or promotes the expansion 

of the boundaries or size of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, 

Colorado. 

SEC. 127. 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. 128. (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. 129. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds made available to the Department of Defense for 

military construction in this or any other Act, may be obligated 

or expended for planning and design and construction of projects 

at Arlington National Cemetery. 

Certification. 

Colorado. 

Waiver authority. 

Certification. 

Time period. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

127 STAT. 394 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

SEC. 130. Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘Military 

Construction, Defense-Wide’’, from prior appropriations Acts, 

$20,000,000 are hereby cancelled: Provided, That no amounts may 

be cancelled from amounts that were designated by Congress as 

an emergency requirement or for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution 

on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

SEC. 131. Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘Department 

of Defense Base Closure Account 2005’’, from prior appropriations 

Acts, $132,513,000 are hereby cancelled: Provided, That no amounts 

may be cancelled from amounts that were designated by Congress 

as an emergency requirement or for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 132. Of the proceeds credited to the Department of Defense 

Family Housing Improvement Fund pursuant to subsection (c)(1)(C) 

of section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, from a Department 

of Navy land conveyance, the Secretary of Defense shall transfer 

$10,500,000 to the Secretary of the Navy under paragraph (3) 

of subsection (d) of such section for use by the Secretary of the 

Navy as provided in paragraph (1) of such subsection until 

expended. 

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, $60,599,855,000, to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 

$9,204,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 395 

be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans Benefits 

Administration’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, 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, and for the payment of benefits under the Veterans 

Retraining Assistance Program, $12,023,458,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation 

program services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized 

to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 of title 38, United 

States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) 

of that subsection, shall be charged to this account. 

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, $104,600,000, 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 2013, 

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, $157,814,000. 

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of direct loans, $19,000, 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 $2,729,000. 

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 

out the direct loan program, $346,000, which may be paid to the 

127 STAT. 396 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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, $1,089,000. 

VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

MEDICAL SERVICES

For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, 

inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including care and 

treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department, 

and including medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare 

employees hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to State 

homes as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States 

Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as authorized 

by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, loan repayments 

authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus 

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; $155,000,000, 

which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 

this heading that become available on October 1, 2012; and in 

addition, $43,557,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2013, and shall remain available until September 

30, 2014: 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.); $6,033,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall 

Drugs and drug 

abuse. 

Requirements. 

Priorities. 

Priorities. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 397 

become available on October 1, 2013, and shall remain available 

until September 30, 2014. 

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, 

$4,872,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on 

October 1, 2013, and shall remain available until September 30, 

2014. 

MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical 

and prosthetic research and development as authorized by chapter 

73 of title 38, United States Code, $582,674,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available until September 30, 2014. 

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, $258,284,000, of which 

not to exceed $25,828,000 shall remain available until September 

30, 2014: Provided, That none of the funds under this heading 

may be used to expand the Urban Initiative project beyond those 

sites outlined in the fiscal year 2012 or previous budget submissions 

or any other rural strategy, other than the Rural Initiative included 

in the fiscal year 2013 budget submission, until the Secretary 

of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress a strategy to serve the burial needs 

of veterans residing in rural and highly rural areas and that 

strategy has been approved by the Committees: Provided further, 

That the strategy shall include: (1) A review of previous policies 

of the National Cemetery Administration regarding establishment 

of new national cemeteries, including whether the guidelines of 

the Administration for establishing national cemetery annexes 

remain valid; (2) Data identifying the number of and geographic 

areas where rural veterans are not currently served by national 

or existing State cemeteries and identification of areas with the 

largest unserved populations, broken down by veterans residing 

in urban versus rural and highly rural; (3) Identification of the 

number of veterans who reside within the 75-mile radius of a 

cemetery that is limited to cremations or of a State cemetery 

Strategy. 

Urban and rural 

areas. 

127 STAT. 398 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

which has residency restrictions, as well as an examination of 

how many communities that fall under a 75-mile radius have an 

actual driving distance greater than 75 miles; (4) Reassessment 

of the gaps in service, factoring in the above conditions that limit 

rural and highly rural veteran burial options; (5) An assessment 

of the adequacy of the policy of the Administration on establishing 

new cemeteries proposed in the fiscal year 2013 budget request; 

(6) Recommendations for an appropriate policy on new national 

cemeteries to serve rural or highly rural areas; (7) Development 

of a national map showing the locations and number of all unserved 

veterans; and (8) A time line for the implementation of such strategy 

and cost estimates for using the strategy to establish new burial 

sites in at least five rural or highly rural locations: Provided further, 

That the Comptroller General of the United States shall review 

the strategy to ensure that it includes the elements listed above: 

Provided further, That this strategy shall be submitted no later 

than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 

further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall issue guidelines 

on committal services held at cemeteries under the jurisdiction 

of the National Cemetery Administration to ensure that: (1) veterans’ families may arrange to hold committal services with any 

religious or secular content they desire; (2) the choice by a family 

of an honor guard and the content and presentation of military 

honors may not be interfered with; and (3) attendance at committal 

services by outside organizations dedicated to the support of veterans will not be constrained except at the request of family members: Provided further, That the Department shall not edit, control, 

or exercise prior restraints on the content of religious speech and 

expression by speakers at events at veterans national cemeteries 

except as provided in section 2413 of title 38, United States Code: 

Provided further, That actions permitted by the foregoing provisos 

shall be subject to compliance with Department security, safety, 

and law enforcement regulations. 

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, $424,737,000, 

of which not to exceed $20,837,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2014: Provided, That the Board of Veterans Appeals 

shall be funded at not less than $86,006,000: Provided further, 

That of the funds made available under this heading, such sums 

as may be necessary shall be available to the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs to comply with the Department’s energy management 

requirements under section 543(f)(7) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(f)(7)): Provided further, That 

funds provided under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General 

operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

Guidelines. 

Deadline. 

Review. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 399 

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, 

$2,164,074,000: 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 $113,000,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2014. 

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, 

$3,327,444,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 

$1,021,000,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of which not 

to exceed $30,630,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2014: Provided further, That $1,812,045,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of which not to exceed $126,000,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2014: Provided further, That 

$494,399,000 shall be for information technology systems development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall remain available 

until September 30, 2014: 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 sub-accounts 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 between 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 

Time period. 

Certification. 

Determination. 

127 STAT. 400 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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 of the funds provided for information technology systems 

development, modernization, and enhancement for the development 

of a joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs 

(DOD–VA) integrated electronic health record (iEHR), not more 

than 25 percent may be obligated until the DOD–VA Interagency 

Program Office submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 

both Houses of Congress, and such Committees approve, a plan 

for expenditure that: (1) defines the budget and cost baseline for 

development of the integrated Electronic Health Record; (2) identifies the deployment timeline for the system for both Agencies; 

(3) breaks out annual and total spending for each Department; 

(4) relays detailed cost-sharing business rules; (5) establishes data 

standardization schedules between the Departments; (6) has been 

submitted to the Government Accountability Office for review; and 

(7) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, 

and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal 

Government: 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.), $115,000,000, 

of which $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2014. 

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, $532,470,000, of which $502,470,000 

shall remain available until September 30, 2017, and of which 

$30,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

$5,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as provided in section 

7108 of title 41, United States Code, for claims paid for contract 

disputes: Provided further, 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 

Expenditure 

plan. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 401 

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 2013, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by 

the awarding of a construction documents contract by September 

30, 2013; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by 

September 30, 2014: 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, $607,530,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2017, 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, $85,000,000, 

to remain available until expended. 

GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

For grants to assist States and tribal governments in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as authorized 

Reports. 

Contracts. 

Deadlines. 

127 STAT. 402 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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 2013 for ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be transferred as necessary to any 

other of the mentioned appropriations: Provided, That before a 

transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

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 2013, in this Act 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 

Notification. 

Authority 

requests. 

Authority 

request. 

Time period. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 403 

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 2012. 

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 

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 2013, 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 2013 

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 

2013 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 $3,360,000 for the Office of Employment and 

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 

Determination. 

Reimbursement. 

127 STAT. 404 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

credited to the ‘‘General administration’’ and ‘‘Information technology systems’’ accounts for use by the office that provided the 

service. 

SEC. 211. No appropriations in this title shall be available 

to enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual 

rental cost is more than $1,000,000, unless the Secretary submits 

a report which the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress approve within 30 days following the date on which 

the report is received. 

SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, or medical 

services provided to any person under chapter 17 of title 38, United 

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, 

Requirements. 

Regulations. 

Contracts. 

Native 

Americans. 

Contracts. 

Reports. 

Deadline. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 405 

as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall 

mean those lands sited within the external boundaries of the Alaska 

Native regions specified in sections 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), 

and those lands within the Alaska Native regions specified in 

sections 7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are not within the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage, the Fairbanks North Star 

Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough or the Matanuska Susitna 

Borough. 

(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 2013, 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. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act or any other Act for the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with: 

(1) section 842 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. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States 

Code. 

SEC. 222. Of the amounts made available to the Department 

of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2013, in this Act 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. 

Waiver authority. 

Notification. 

Authority 

request. 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

Definition. 

127 STAT. 406 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 

of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2013 for ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Medical facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, 

minor projects’’, and ‘‘Information technology systems’’, up to 

$247,356,000, 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 

H of Public Law 112–74, the following amounts which became 

available on October 1, 2012, are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in the amounts specified: 

(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical services’’, 

$1,500,000,000. 

(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical support and 

compliance’’, $200,000,000. 

Notification. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 407 

(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, 

2014: 

(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical services’’, 

$1,500,000,000. 

(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical support and 

compliance’’, $200,000,000. 

(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical facilities’’, 

$250,000,000. 

SEC. 227. The Secretary of the Department 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 the Department 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. 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 2013, the funding allocated for 

a medical care initiative identified in the fiscal year 2013 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. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to enter into a contract using procedures that do not 

give to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans 

(as that term is defined in section 3(q)(3) of the Small Business 

Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(3)) that are included in the database under 

section 8127(f) of title 38, United States Code, any preference available with respect to such contract, except for a preference given 

to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled 

veterans (as defined in section 3(q)(2) of the Small Business Act 

(15 U.S.C. 632(q)(2)). 

SEC. 232. Funds made available under the heading ‘‘Medical 

services’’ in title II of division H of Public Law 112–74 may be 

used to carry out section 1787 of title 38, United States Code. 

Contracts. 

Time period. 

Reprogramming 

request. 

Deadlines. 

Notification. 

Notifications. 

Contracts. 

Deadlines. 

127 STAT. 408 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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, $62,929,000, 

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, $32,481,000: 

Provided, That $2,726,000 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 

only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $65,800,000, of which not to exceed $27,000,000 

shall remain available until September 30, 2015. 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. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 409 

CONSTRUCTION

For necessary expenses for planning and design and construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s 

Home National Cemetery, $103,000,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2017, of which, $84,000,000 shall be for planning 

and design and construction associated with the Millennium Project 

at Arlington National Cemetery; and $19,000,000 shall be for study, 

planning, design, and architect and engineer services for future 

expansion of burial space at Arlington National Cemetery. 

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, $67,590,000, of 

which $2,000,000 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, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $150,768,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: 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. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

SEC. 401. Of the unobligated balances in section 2005 in title 

X, of Public Law 112–10 and division H in title IV of Public 

Law 112–74, $150,768,000 are hereby rescinded: 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. 

127 STAT. 410 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

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. No part of any funds appropriated in this Act shall 

be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for 

normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution, 

or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 

or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation 

pending before Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 

SEC. 504. 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. 505. 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. 506. 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. 507. 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. 508. (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 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. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 

Pornography. 

Time period. 

Web posting. 

Public 

information. 

Reports. 

Determination. 

Submissions. 

Lobbying. 

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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. 510. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for 

Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries or successors. 

SEC. 511. (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, Guantanamo 

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, 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. 512. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available in this Act may be used by an agency of the executive 

branch to pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency 

in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 

41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

SEC. 513. None of the funds provided 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. 514. None of the funds made available by this 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 the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further 

action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 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 the agency has considered suspension or debarment 

Corporations. 

Tax liability. 

Determination. 

Corporations. 

Criminal 

violation. 

Determination. 

Contracts. 

Detainees. 

Cuba. 

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of the corporation and made a determination that this further 

action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

SEC. 516. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2013 

for pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed 

within the levels appropriated in this Act. 

SEC. 517. 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 that are stationed within the United States at any single conference occurring 

outside a state of the United States, except for employees of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs stationed in the Philippines, unless 

the relevant Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress at least 5 days in advance that such 

attendance is important to the national interest. 

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

Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013’’. 

DIVISION F—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS 

ACT, 2013 

The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable 

corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several 

departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units 

of Government for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes, namely: 

TITLE I 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SEC. 1101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at the 

level specified in subsection (c) and under the authority and conditions provided in applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2012, 

for projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and 

loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided for, 

and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made 

available in the following appropriations Acts: 

(1) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division B of Public Law 112– 

74). 

(2) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of Public Law 112–74). 

(3) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division E of Public 

Law 112–74). 

(4) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 

and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 

(division F of Public Law 112–74). 

(5) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012 (division G of Public Law 112–74). 

(6) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public 

Law 112–74). 

(7) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of 

Public Law 112–55), except for the appropriations designated 

by the Congress as being for disaster relief under the heading 

Full-Year 

Continuing 

Appropriations 

Act, 2013. 

Reports. 

Deadline. 

Pay raises. 

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‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Emergency Relief’’ and in the last proviso of section 239 

of such Act. 

(8) The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 

Law 112–77), except for appropriations under the heading 

‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil’’. 

(b) For purposes of this division, the term ‘‘level’’ means an 

amount. 

(c) The level referred to in subsection (a) shall be the amounts 

appropriated in the appropriations Acts referred to in such subsection, including transfers and obligation limitations, except that 

such level shall be calculated without regard to any rescission 

or cancellation of funds or contract authority, other than— 

(1) the 0.16 percent across-the-board rescission in section 

436 of division E of Public Law 112–74 (relating to the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies); and 

(2) the 0.189 percent across-the-board rescission in section 

527 of division F of Public Law 112–74, (relating to the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 

and Related Agencies). 

SEC. 1102. Appropriations made by section 1101 shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided 

by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

SEC. 1103. Appropriations provided by this division that, in 

the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2012, carried a 

multiple-year or no-year period of availability shall retain a comparable period of availability. 

SEC. 1104. No appropriation or funds made available or 

authority granted pursuant to section 1101 shall be used to initiate 

or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, 

or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2012. 

SEC. 1105. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this division, the requirements, authorities, conditions, limitations, and 

other provisions of the appropriations Acts referred to in section 

1101 shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 

1106. 

SEC. 1106. Unless otherwise provided for in this division or 

in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds made 

available and authority granted pursuant to this division shall 

be available through September 30, 2013. 

SEC. 1107. Expenditures made pursuant to the Continuing 

Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public Law 112–175) shall be 

charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization provided by this division. 

SEC. 1108. Funds appropriated by this division may be obligated 

and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 

(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), and section 313 of the Foreign 

Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 

6212). 

SEC. 1109. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 

whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 

fiscal year 2012, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 

Act of 2008, the levels established by section 1101 shall be the 

amounts necessary to maintain program levels under current law 

and under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable 

appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2012. 

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(b) In addition to the amounts otherwise provided by section 

1101, the following amounts shall be available for the following 

accounts for advance payments for the first quarter of fiscal year 

2014: 

(1) ‘‘Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs, Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners’’, for benefit payments under title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and 

Health Act of 1977, $40,000,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

(2) ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Centers 

for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Grants to States for Medicaid’’, for payments to States or in the case of section 1928 

on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act, 

$106,335,631,000, to remain available until expended. 

(3) ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Payments to States for Child 

Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs’’, for payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, 

IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and 

the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), $1,100,000,000, to 

remain available until expended. 

(4) ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Payments for Foster Care 

and Permanency’’, for payments to States or other non-Federal 

entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, 

$2,200,000,000. 

(5) ‘‘Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security 

Income Program’’, for benefit payments under title XVI of the 

Social Security Act, $19,300,000,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

SEC. 1110. Each amount made available in this division by 

reference to an appropriation that was previously 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 or as being for disaster 

relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated 

by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as 

being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such 

Act, respectively. 

SEC. 1111. With respect to any discretionary account for which 

advance appropriations were provided for fiscal year 2013 or 2014 

in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2012, in addition to amounts 

otherwise made available by this division, advance appropriations 

are provided in the same amount for fiscal year 2014 or 2015, 

respectively, with a comparable period of availability. 

SEC. 1112. (a) Section 147 of the Continuing Appropriations 

Act, 2011 (Public Law 111–242), as added by section 1(a)(2) of 

the Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011 (Public Law 111–322; 5 U.S.C. 5303 note), is 

amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking the matter after ‘‘ending 

on’’ and before ‘‘shall be made’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2013,’’; 

and 

(2) in subsection (c), by striking the matter after ‘‘ending on’’ 

and before ‘‘no senior executive’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2013,’’. 

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(b) Section 114 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 

2013 (Public Law 112–175; 5 U.S.C. 5303 note) is repealed. 

SEC. 1113. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date of the 

enactment of this division, each department and agency in subsection (c) shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

the House of Representatives and the Senate a spending, expenditure, or operating plan for fiscal year 2013— 

(1) at the program, project, or activity level (or, for foreign 

assistance programs funded in titles III, IV and VIII of the 

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, at the country, regional, and central 

program level, and for any international organization); or 

(2) as applicable, at any greater level of detail required 

for funds covered by such a plan in an appropriations Act 

referred to in section 1101, in the joint explanatory statement 

accompanying such Act, or in committee report language incorporated by reference in such joint explanatory statement. 

(b) If a sequestration is ordered by the President under section 

251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

of 1985, the spending, expenditure, or operating plan required by 

this section shall reflect such sequestration. 

(c) The departments and agencies to which this section applies 

are as follows: 

(1) The Department of Agriculture. 

(2) The Department of Commerce. 

(3) The Department of Education. 

(4) The Department of Energy. 

(5) The Department of Health and Human Services. 

(6) The Department of Homeland Security. 

(7) The Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

(8) The Department of the Interior. 

(9) The Department of Justice. 

(10) The Department of Labor. 

(11) The Department of State and United States Agency 

for International Development. 

(12) The Department of Transportation. 

(13) The Department of the Treasury. 

(14) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

(15) The National Science Foundation. 

(16) The Judiciary. 

(17) With respect to amounts made available under the 

heading ‘‘Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President’’, agencies funded under such heading. 

(18) The Federal Communications Commission. 

(19) The General Services Administration. 

(20) The Office of Personnel Management. 

(21) The National Archives and Records Administration. 

(22) The Securities and Exchange Commission. 

(23) The Small Business Administration. 

(24) The Environmental Protection Agency. 

(25) The Indian Health Service. 

(26) The Smithsonian Institution. 

(27) The Social Security Administration. 

(28) The Corporation for National and Community Service. 

(29) The Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 

(30) The Food and Drug Administration. 

(31) The Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 

Applicability. 

Deadline. 

Plans. 

Repeal. 

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SEC. 1114. Not later than May 15, 2013, and each month 

thereafter through November 1, 2013, the Director of the Office 

of Management and Budget shall submit to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

a report on all obligations incurred in fiscal year 2013, by each 

department and agency, using funds made available by this division. 

Such report shall— 

(1) set forth obligations by account; and 

(2) compare the obligations incurred in the period covered 

by the report to the obligations incurred in the same period 

in fiscal year 2012. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’. 

TITLE II 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT 

SEC. 1201. The amounts available for ‘‘Corps of Engineers— 

Civil, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers—Civil, Construction’’ are hereby reduced by $20,000,000. 

SEC. 1202. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project, Central Utah Project 

Completion Account’’ shall be $19,700,000, of which, $1,200,000 

shall be deposited into the ‘‘Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account’’ for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation 

and Conservation Commission. In addition $1,300,000 is provided 

for necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the responsibilities 

of the Secretary of the Interior. 

SEC. 1203. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for each 

of the following accounts shall be as follows: ‘‘Department of Energy, 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’’, $1,814,091,000; ‘‘Department of Energy, Nuclear Energy’’, $759,000,000; ‘‘Department of 

Energy, Science’’, $4,876,000,000; ‘‘Department of Energy, Advanced 

Research Projects Agency—Energy’’, $265,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

SEC. 1204. Notwithstanding section 1101, of the unobligated 

balances from prior year appropriations available under ‘‘Department of Energy, Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve’’ $6,000,000 

are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may 

be rescinded from amounts that were designated as an emergency 

requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 

or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

1985. 

SEC. 1205. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 

‘‘Department of Energy, Atomic Energy Defense Activities, National 

Nuclear Security Administration, Weapons Activities’’ shall be 

$7,577,341,000. 

(b) Section 301(c) of division B of Public Law 112–274 shall 

not apply to amounts made available by this section. 

SEC. 1206. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

by this division, $110,000,000 is appropriated for ‘‘Department of 

Energy, Atomic Energy Defense Activities, National Nuclear Security Administration, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’’ for domestic 

uranium enrichment research, development, and demonstration. 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 417 

SEC. 1207. Section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, shall 

be applied to amounts made available by this division by substituting the date specified in section 1106 of this division for 

‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 

TITLE III 

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 

SEC. 1301. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

division, except section 1106, the District of Columbia may expend 

local funds under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds’’ for 

such programs and activities under title IV of H.R. 6020 (112th 

Congress), as reported by the Committee on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District 

of Columbia Funds—Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the 

Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request Act of 2012 (D.C. Act 19–381), 

as modified as of the date of the enactment of this division. 

(b) Section 803(b) of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of Public Law 112– 

74; 125 Stat. 940) is amended by striking ‘‘November 1, 2012’’ 

and inserting ‘‘November 1, 2013’’. 

SEC. 1302. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘District 

of Columbia, Federal Funds, Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia’’ shall be 

$24,700,000, of which not less than $9,800,000 shall be used for 

costs associated with the Presidential Inauguration. 

SEC. 1303. Notwithstanding section 1101, the fifth proviso 

under the heading ‘‘Federal Communications Commission, Salaries 

and Expenses’’ in division C of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied 

by substituting ‘‘$98,739,000’’ for ‘‘$85,000,000’’. 

SEC. 1304. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, 

amounts made available by section 1101 for ‘‘Department of the 

Treasury, Departmental Offices, Salaries and Expenses’’ and 

‘‘Department of the Treasury, Office of Inspector General, Salaries 

and Expenses’’ may be used for activities in connection with section 

1602(e) of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist 

Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States 

Act of 2012 (subtitle F of title I of division A of Public Law 112– 

141). 

SEC. 1305. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Office 

of Government Ethics, Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be $18,664,000, 

of which $5,000,000 shall be for development and deployment of 

the centralized, publicly accessible database required in section 

11(b) of the STOCK Act (Public Law 112–105). 

SEC. 1306. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Small 

Business Administration, Business Loans Program Account’’ for 

the cost of guaranteed loans as authorized by section 7(a) of the 

Small Business Act and section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall be $333,600,000. 

SEC. 1307. Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘Depart- ment of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture Fund’’, $950,000,000 

are rescinded. 

SEC. 1308. Notwithstanding section 1101, the Community 

Development Financial Institutions Fund is authorized during 

Fiscal Year 2013 to guarantee bonds and notes pursuant section 

114A of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory 

Rescission. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

127 STAT. 418 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.): Provided, That 

no funds appropriated by this Act for ‘‘Department of the Treasury— 

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program 

Account’’ shall be available for the cost, if any, of guaranteed 

loans (as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974) pursuant to section 114A of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4701 

et seq.) to subsidize total loan principal not to exceed $500,000,000. 

SEC. 1309. Sections 9503(a), 9504(a) and (b), and 9505(a) of 

title 5, United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘Before July 

23, 2013’’ each place it occurs and inserting ‘‘Before September 

30, 2013’’. 

SEC. 1310. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Executive Office of The President and Funds Appropriated to the President, Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation’’ shall 

be $0. 

SEC. 1311. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘The 

Judiciary, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial 

Services, Defender Services’’ shall be $1,040,000,000. 

SEC. 1312. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements 

Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), as amended, 

is amended— 

(1) in the third sentence (relating to the district of Kansas), 

by striking ‘‘21 years or more’’ and inserting ‘‘22 years and 

6 months or more’’; and 

(2) in the seventh sentence (relating to the district of 

Hawaii), by striking ‘‘18 years or more’’ and inserting ‘‘19 

years and 6 months or more’’. 

(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and 

Urban Development, The Judiciary, The District of Columbia, and 

Independent Agencies Appropriations Act of 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 inserting 

‘‘and 6 months’’ after ‘‘20 years’’. 

(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) by inserting after ‘‘authorized by this subsection’’ the 

following: ‘‘, except in the case of the central district of California and the western district of North Carolina’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘11 years’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The first vacancy 

in the office of district judge in the central district of California 

occurring 10 years and 6 months or more after the confirmation 

date of the judge named to fill the temporary district judgeship 

created in that district by this subsection, shall not be filled. 

The first vacancy in the office of district judge in the western 

district of North Carolina occurring 10 years or more after 

the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary 

district judgeship created in that district by this subsection, 

shall not be filled.’’. 

SEC. 1313. Notwithstanding section 1101 of this division or 

division A, the level for the ‘‘Commodity Futures Trading Commission’’ shall be the level specified under Public Law 112–55 and 

the authorities and conditions, including comparable periods of 

availability, provided under such Public Law shall apply to such 

appropriation. 

Applicability. 

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SEC. 1314. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Federal 

Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Inspector General’’ 

shall be $34,568,000. 

TITLE IV 

INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

SEC. 1401. Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for the 

following appropriations of the Department of the Interior shall 

be: 

(a) $950,757,000 for ‘‘Bureau of Land Management, Management of Lands and Resources’’: Provided, That the amounts included 

under such heading in division E of Public Law 112–74 shall be 

applied to funds appropriated by this division by substituting 

‘‘$950,757,000’’ for ‘‘$961,900,000’’ the second place it appears; 

(b) $0 for ‘‘Bureau of Land Management, Construction’’; 

(c) $1,213,915,000 for ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Resource Management’’; 

(d) $19,136,000 for ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Construction’’; 

(e) $2,214,202,000 for ‘‘National Park Service, Operation of 

the National Park Service’’; 

(f) $131,173,000 for ‘‘National Park Service, Construction’’; 

(g) $105,910,000 for ‘‘Bureau of Indian Affairs, Construction’’; 

(h) $84,946,000 for ‘‘Insular Affairs, Assistance to Territories’’: 

Provided, That the matter under such heading in division E of 

Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this 

division as follows: by substituting ‘‘$75,684,000’’ for ‘‘$78,517,000’’; 

and by substituting ‘‘$9,262,000’’ for ‘‘$9,480,000’’; 

(i) $146,000,000 for ‘‘Office of the Special Trustee for American 

Indians, Federal Trust Programs’’; and 

(j) $726,473,000 for ‘‘Department-wide Programs, Wildland Fire 

Management’’: Provided, That of the amounts made available by 

section 140(b) of Public Law 112–175 (126 Stat. 1321), $7,500,000 

are rescinded. 

SEC. 1402. The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2013 

by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 

SEC. 1403. Section 10101(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f(a)), as amended by section 430 

of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division E of Public Law 112–74; 

125 Stat. 1047), is further amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘on’’ 

the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘before, on,’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (2)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘located’’ the second place it appears; 

(B) by inserting at the end of the following: ‘‘Such 

claim maintenance fee shall be in lieu of the assessment 

work requirement contained in the Mining Law of 1872 

(30 U.S.C. 28 to 28e) and the related filing requirements 

contained in section 314(a) and (c) of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1744(a) 

and (c)).’’; and 

(C) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ in the first sentence and inserting 

‘‘(a)(1)’’. 

Rescission. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

127 STAT. 420 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

SEC. 1404. (a) Division II of Public Law 104–333 (16 U.S.C. 

461 note) is amended in each of sections 107, 208, 310, 408, 507, 

607, 707, 809, and 910, by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 

(b) Effective on October 12, 2012, section 7 of Public Law 

99–647, as amended by section 702(d) of Public Law 109–338 and 

section 1767 of Public Law 112–10, is further amended by striking 

‘‘the date’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2013’’. 

(c) Section 12 of Public Law 100–692 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) 

is amended— 

(1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 

‘‘2013’’; and 

(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the date that is 5 years 

after the date of enactment of this sub section’’ and inserting 

‘‘September 30, 2013’’. 

(d) Section 108 of Public Law 106–278 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) 

is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 

SEC. 1405. Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for the 

following appropriations of the Environmental Protection Agency 

shall be: 

(a) $785,291,000 for ‘‘Science and Technology’’; 

(b) $2,651,440,000 for ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’; 

(c) $1,176,431,000 for ‘‘Hazardous Substance Superfund’’: Provided, That the matter under such heading in division E of Public 

Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division 

as follows: by substituting ‘‘$1,176,431,000’’ for ‘‘$1,215,753,000’’ 

the second place it appears; and by substituting ‘‘September 30, 

2012’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2011’’; and 

(d) $3,579,094,000 for ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance Grants’’: 

Provided, That the amounts included under such hearing in division 

E of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to fund appropriated 

by this division as follows: by substituting ‘‘$1,451,791,000’’ for 

‘‘$1,468,806,000’’; by substituting ‘‘$908,713,000’’ for ‘‘$919,363,000’’; 

and by substituting ‘‘$19,952,000’’ for ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 

SEC. 1406. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to the 

Environmental Protection Agency under the following headings 

from prior appropriation Acts, the following amounts are rescinded: 

(1) ‘‘Hazardous Substance Superfund’’, $15,000,000. 

(2) ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance Grants’’, $35,000,000, as 

follows: 

(A) $10,000,000 from unobligated Brownfields balances. 

(B) $5,000,000 from unobligated categorical grant balances. 

(C) $10,000,000 from unobligated Drinking Water State 

Revolving Funds balances. 

(D) $10,000,000 from unobligated Clean Water State 

Revolving Funds balances. 

(b) No amounts may be rescinded under subsection (a) 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. 1407. Notwithstanding subsection (d)(2) of section 33 of 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 

136w–8), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

may assess pesticide registration service fees under such section 

for fiscal year 2013. 

Rescissions. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

16 USC 461 note. 

Effective date. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 421 

SEC. 1408. Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for the 

following appropriations of the Department of Agriculture shall 

be: 

(a) $1,536,596,000 for ‘‘Forest Service, National Forest System’’; 

(b) $369,800,000 for ‘‘Forest Service, Capital Improvement and 

Maintenance’’; and 

(c) $1,971,390,000 for ‘‘Forest Service, Wildland Fire Management’’. 

SEC. 1409. Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for the 

following appropriations of the Department of Health and Human 

Services shall be: 

(a) $3,914,599,000 for ‘‘Indian Health Service, Indian Health 

Services’’; and 

(b) $441,605,000 for ‘‘Indian Health Service, Indian Health 

Facilities’’. 

SEC. 1410. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 

‘‘Smithsonian Institution, Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 

$640,512,000. 

SEC. 1411. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation, Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 

$7,023,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated herein, 

$1,300,000, to remain available until expended, may be used for 

expenses related to the relocation from the Old Post Office Building. 

SEC. 1412. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Presidio 

Trust, Presidio Trust Fund’’ shall be $0. 

SEC. 1413. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Dwight 

D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, Salaries and Expenses’’ shall 

be $1,050,000 and the level for ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 

Commission, Capital Construction’’ shall be $0: Provided, That section 8162(m) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 

2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106–79), as added by section 

8120 (a) of Public Law 107–117 (115 Stat. 2273), is amended by 

adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) EXPIRATION.—Any reference in section 8903(e) of title 

40, U.S.C. to the expiration at the end of, or extension beyond, 

a 7-year period shall be considered to be a reference to an 

expiration on, or extension beyond, September 30, 2013.’’. 

SEC. 1414. Notwithstanding section 1101, section 408 of division 

E of Public Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1038) shall be applied to funds 

appropriated by this division by substituting ‘‘112–10, and 112– 

74’’ for ‘‘112–10’’ and by substituting ‘‘2012’’ for ‘‘2011’’. 

SEC. 1415. The authority provided by section 331 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2000 (enacted by reference in section 1000(a)(3) of Public Law 

106–113; 16 U.S.C. 497 note) shall continue in effect through the 

date specified in section 1106 of this division. 

SEC. 1416. No funds made available under this Act shall be 

used for a 180-day period beginning on date of enactment of this 

Act to enforce with respect to any farm (as that term is defined 

in section 112.2 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 

regulations)) the Spill, Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure 

rule, including amendments to that rule, promulgated by the 

Environmental Protection Agency under part 112 of title 40, Code 

of Federal Regulations. 

Time period. 

Effective date. 

Extension. 

Applicability. 

40 USC 8903 

note. 

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TITLE V 

LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, 

AND RELATED AGENCIES 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 1501. Of the funds available to the Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training Administration in this or any other 

Act making appropriations that remain unobligated as of the date 

of enactment of this Act, up to $30,000,000 may be transferred 

to ‘‘Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 

Office of Job Corps’’ for Job Corps operations for program years 

2012 and 2013 and shall be in addition to any other amounts 

available to the Office of Job Corps for such purposes: Provided, 

That not less than $10,000,000 shall be transferred within 30 

days of enactment of this Act to support Job Corps operations 

for the program year ending June 30, 2013: Provided further, That 

not later than 15 days after any transfer has been made under 

the authority of this section, the Secretary of Labor shall submit 

a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

Representatives and the Senate that details the source of the transferred funds, the specific programs, projects, or activities for which 

such funds will be used, provides a detailed explanation of the 

need for such transfer, and itemizes the cost saving measures 

implemented by the Office of the Job Corps during Program Years 

2012 and 2013 and the savings gained by implementing each initiative. 

SEC. 1502. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level which may 

be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account 

of the Unemployment Trust Fund for administrative expenses of 

‘‘Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 

State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations’’ shall be $3,940,865,000 (which includes all amounts available to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments 

and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews), of which 

$3,115,142,000 shall be for grants to the States for the administration of State unemployment insurance laws under paragraph (1). 

For the purposes of this section, the first proviso under this heading 

in Public Law 112–74 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2013’’ and 

‘‘4,585,000’’ for ‘‘2012’’ and ‘‘4,832,000’’, respectively. 

SEC. 1503. Notwithstanding section 1101, language under the 

heading ‘‘Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’ in Public Law 112–74 shall be applied 

to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘‘is authorized 

to collect and retain up to $2,499,000’’ for ‘‘may retain up to 

$1,499,000’’. 

SEC. 1504. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Department of Labor, Veterans Employment and Training’’ shall be 

$264,436,000, of which $226,251,000 shall be derived from the 

Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That the level provided under such 

heading for Veterans Workforce Investment Program grants shall 

be used for the Transition Assistance Program and activities authorized by the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, shall be available 

through September 30, 2013, and shall be in addition to any other 

funds available for those purposes: Provided further, That of the 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

Grants. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

Deadline. 

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level provided under such heading, not less than $14,000,000 shall 

be for the Transition Assistance Program, and $3,414,000 shall 

be for the National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services 

Institute. 

SEC. 1505. All funds provided for the Health Centers program, 

as defined by section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, by 

this Act or any other Act providing appropriations for fiscal year 

2013 shall be obligated by the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services by September 30, 2013, of which $48,000,000 shall be 

awarded for base grant adjustments. 

SEC. 1506. The Director of the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (hereafter referred to in this division as ‘‘CDC’’) 

may detail CDC staff without reimbursement for up to 30 days 

to support an activation of the CDC Emergency Operations Center, 

so long as the Director provides notification within 15 days of 

the use of this authority and a full report to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

within 30 days after the 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, That the 

annual reimbursement cannot exceed $3,000,000 across CDC. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 1507. To facilitate the implementation of the permanent 

Working Capital Fund (‘‘WCF’’) authorized in Public Law 112– 

74, on or after October 1, 2013, unobligated balances of amounts 

appropriated for business services for fiscal year 2013 shall be 

transferred to the WCF: Provided, That on or after October 1, 

2013, the CDC shall transfer other amounts available for business 

services to other CDC appropriations consistent with the benefit 

each appropriation received from the business services appropriation in fiscal year 2013: Provided further, That assets purchased 

with funds appropriated for or reimbursed to business services 

in this or any other Act may be transferred to the WCF and 

customers billed for depreciation of those assets: Provided further, 

That CDC shall, consistent with the authorities provided in 42 

U.S.C. 231, ensure that the WCF is used only for administrative 

support services and not for programmatic activity funding: Provided further, That CDC shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 

than 15 days prior to any transfer made under the authority provided in this section. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 1508. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, 

Office of the Director’’ shall be $1,528,181,000: Provided, That the 

fourth proviso under such heading shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting the following: ‘‘: Provided further, 

That $165,000,000 shall be for the National Children’s Study (NCS), 

except that not later than July 15, 2013 the Director shall estimate 

the amount needed for the NCS during fiscal year 2013, taking 

into account the succeeding proviso, and any funds in excess of 

the estimated need shall be transferred to and merged with the 

accounts for the various Institutes and Centers of NIH in proportion 

to their shares of total NIH appropriations made by this Act: 

Deadline. 

Cost estimate. 

Applicability. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Effective date. 

42 USC 247d–4 

note. 

Notification. 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

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Provided further, That the Director shall contract with the National 

Academy of Sciences within 60 days of enactment of this Act to 

appoint an expert Institute of Medicine/National Research Council 

(IOM/NRC) panel to conduct a comprehensive review and issue 

a report regarding proposed methodologies for the NCS Main Study, 

including whether such methodologies are likely to produce scientifically sound results that are generalizable to the United States 

population and appropriate sub-populations: Provided further, That 

no contracts shall be awarded for conducting the Main Study until 

at least 60 days after the IOM/NRC report has been available 

to the public:’’. 

SEC. 1509. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children 

and Families, Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ shall be 

$1,016,000,000. 

SEC. 1510. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children 

and Families, Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’ shall be $2,328,313,000: Provided, That in addition to the amounts required to be reserved by the States under 

section 658G of the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

Act, $297,078,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities 

authorized under section 658G of such Act, of which $108,950,000 

shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler 

care. 

SEC. 1511. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

by section 1101, $33,500,000 is appropriated for ‘‘Department of 

Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children and Families Services’’ for making payments under 

the Head Start Act: Provided, That notwithstanding section 640 

of such Act, up to $25,000,000 of such funds shall be available 

for allocation by the Secretary to supplement activities described 

in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of the Head Start 

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. 

SEC. 1512. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Public 

Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ shall be increased 

by $17,000,000 for expenses necessary for replacement of building 

leases and associated renovation costs for Public Health Service 

agencies and other components of the Department of Health and 

Human Services, including relocation and fit-out costs, to remain 

available until expended. 

SEC. 1513. Of the amount provided by section 1101 for ‘‘Department of Education, Safe Schools and Citizenship Education’’ for 

subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, $3,000,000, to remain available until 

expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to 

Violence 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. 

Contracts. 

Deadline. 

Contracts. 

Deadline. 

Review. 

Reports. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 425 

SEC. 1514. Notwithstanding section 1101, the provisos under 

the heading ‘‘Department of Education—Special Education’’ shall 

be applicable as if the following four provisos were inserted after 

the first proviso: ‘‘: Provided further, That the Secretary shall distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in section 

611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount by which a 

State’s allocation under section 611(d), from funds appropriated 

under this heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), in 

accordance with section 611(d)(3)(A)(i)(II) and (III) without regard 

to section 611(d)(3)(A)(i)(I) and section 611(d)(3)(B): 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 preceding 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 from 

funds appropriated for 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:’’. 

SEC. 1515. Of the amount provided by section 1101 for ‘‘Department of Education, Higher Education’’ for subpart 2 of part A 

of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, up to $4,451,000 

shall be available to fund continuation awards for projects originally 

supported under subpart 1 of part A of title VII of such act. 

SEC. 1516. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Railroad 

Retirement Board, Limitation on Administration’’ shall be 

$111,149,000. 

SEC. 1517. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Social 

Security Administration, Supplemental Security Income Program’’ 

for research and demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, and 

1144 of the Social Security Act shall be $17,000,000. 

SEC. 1518. Of the funds made available by section 1101 for 

‘‘Social Security Administration, Limitation on Administrative 

Expenses’’, $23,000,000 shall be for section 1149 of the Social Security Act and $7,000,000 shall be for section 1150 of the Social 

Security Act. 

SEC. 1519. Of the funds made available by section 1101 for 

‘‘Social Security Administration, Limitation on Administrative 

Expenses’’ for the cost 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, $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 

$483,052,000 is additional new budget authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act. 

SEC. 1520. Of the funds made available for the CommunityBased Care Transitions Program under section 3026 of Public Law 

111–148, $200,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

SEC. 1521. Notwithstanding section 1101, the rescissions made 

in sections 522 and 525 of division F of Public Law 112–74 shall 

be repeated in this Act with respect to funds available for fiscal 

year 2013. 

Rescissions. 

Rescission. 

Applicability. 

127 STAT. 426 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

SEC. 1522. Section 148 of Public Law 112–175 is amended 

to read as follows: ‘‘Activities authorized by part A of title IV 

and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (except for activities 

authorized in section 403(b) of such Act) shall continue through 

September 30, 2013, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2012, 

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.’’. 

TITLE VI 

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

SEC. 1601. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

for a payment to Irene Hirano Inouye, widow of Daniel K. Inouye, 

late a Senator from Hawaii, $193,400. 

SEC. 1602. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Joint 

Congressional Committee On Inaugural Ceremonies of 2013’’ shall 

be $0. 

SEC. 1603. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Capitol 

Police, General Expenses’’ shall be $62,004,000. 

SEC. 1604. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level of funding 

for ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, General Administration’’ shall be 

$97,340,000. 

SEC. 1605. (a) Notwithstanding section 1104, of the amounts 

made available by section 1101 for accounts under the heading 

‘‘Architect of the Capitol’’, the Architect of the Capitol may transfer 

an aggregate amount of not more than $61,247,000 to ‘‘Architect 

of the Capitol, Capitol Building’’, solely for expenses related to 

the rehabilitation of the United States Capitol Dome. 

(b) The transfer of amounts under the authority of subsection 

(a) shall be subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

(c) Any amounts transferred under the authority of subsection 

(a) shall remain available until expended. 

SEC. 1606. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, available balances 

of expired Architect of the Capitol appropriations shall be available 

to the Architect of the Capitol to make the deposit to the credit 

of the Employees’ Compensation Fund required by section 8147(b) 

of title 5, United States Code. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with respect 

to appropriations for fiscal year 2013 and each year thereafter. 

SEC. 1607. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Library 

of Congress, Copyright Office, Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 

$737,000 under the first proviso, and shall be $34,250,000 under 

the fourth proviso. 

SEC. 1608. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Government Printing Office, Congressional Printing and Binding’’ shall 

be $83,632,000; ‘‘Government Printing Office, Government Printing 

Office Revolving Fund’’ shall be $4,000,000. 

SEC. 1609. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Government Printing Office, Office of Superintendent of Documents, Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be $31,500,000 and the amounts authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets and 

other related publications to depository and other designated 

libraries shall apply to publications for fiscal years 2011 and 2012. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

2 USC 1871. 

Irene Hirano 

Inouye. 

Extension date. 

126 Stat. 1322. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 427 

SEC. 1610. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Government Accountability Office, Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 

$506,282,000, the amount applicable under the first proviso under 

that heading shall be $26,404,000. 

SEC. 1611. (a) IN GENERAL.—Available balances of expired 

Government Accountability Office appropriations shall be available 

to the Government Accountability Office to make the deposit to 

the credit of the Employees’ Compensation Fund required by section 

8147(b) of title 5 United States Code. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with respect 

to fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

SEC. 1612. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund’’ shall be $8,000,000. 

TITLE VII 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND 

RELATED PROGRAMS 

SEC. 1701. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, the amounts 

included under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 

Maintenance’’ under title I in division I of Public Law 112–74 

shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division as follows: 

by substituting ‘‘$938,125,000’’ for ‘‘$762,000,000’’ in the first paragraph; and by substituting ‘‘$688,499,000’’ for ‘‘$775,000,000’’ in 

the second paragraph. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for the following 

accounts under title I in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall 

be applied to funds appropriated by this division as follows: ‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’, 

$2,006,499,000; ‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission, 

United States and Mexico, Salaries and Expenses’’, $43,499,000; 

‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission, United States 

and Mexico, Construction’’, $27,675,000; ‘‘American Sections, International Commissions’’, $11,923,000; ‘‘International Fisheries 

Commissions’’, $34,617,000; ‘‘Commission for the Preservation of 

America’s Heritage Abroad, Salaries and Expenses’’, $606,000; 

‘‘United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 

Salaries and Expenses’’, $2,932,000; ‘‘Commission on Security and 

Cooperation in Europe, Salaries and Expenses’’, $2,443,000; 

‘‘Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of 

China, Salaries and Expenses’’, $1,906,000; and ‘‘United StatesChina Economic and Security Review Commission, Salaries and 

Expenses’’, $3,312,000. 

SEC. 1702. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, the amounts 

included under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ under title 

III in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds 

appropriated by this division as follows: by substituting in the 

first sentence in the first paragraph ‘‘$2,755,950,000’’ for 

‘‘$2,625,000,000’’; by substituting in the first sentence in the second 

paragraph ‘‘$5,720,499,000’’ for ‘‘$5,542,860,000’’; and by substituting in the second proviso in the second paragraph 

‘‘$1,650,000,000’’ for ‘‘$1,050,000,000’’. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 1101, the amounts included under 

the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ under title III in division 

I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated 

by this division by inserting after the tenth proviso and before 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

31 USC 711 note. 

127 STAT. 428 PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 

the period the following: ‘‘: Provided further, That not less than 

$325,400,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 

be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the 

heading ‘Development Assistance’ in this Act’’. 

SEC. 1703. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, the sixth proviso 

under the heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and 

Related Programs’’ in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall be 

applied to funds appropriated by this division by substituting the 

following: ‘‘Provided further, That funds made available for 

demining, conventional weapons destruction, and related activities, 

in addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes, 

may be used for administrative expenses related to the operation 

and management of demining, conventional weapons destruction, 

and related programs’’. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 1101, the first sentence under the 

heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 

Programs’’ in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied 

to funds appropriated by this division by inserting ‘‘to remain 

available until September 30, 2014,’’ after ‘‘$590,113,000,’’. 

(c) Notwithstanding section 1101, the third proviso under the 

heading ‘‘International Security Assistance, Department of State, 

Peacekeeping Operations’’ in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall 

be applied to funds appropriated by this division by substituting 

‘‘$161,000,000’’ for ‘‘$91,818,000’’ and ‘‘2014’’ for ‘‘2013’’. 

(d) Notwithstanding section 1101, the amounts included in 

the first paragraph under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

Program’’ under title IV in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall 

be applied to funds appropriated by this division by substituting 

in the second proviso ‘‘$3,100,000,000’’ for ‘‘$3,075,000,000’’ and 

by substituting in the fourth proviso ‘‘$815,300,000’’ for 

‘‘$808,725,000’’. 

SEC. 1704. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for 

the following accounts under title V in division I of Public Law 

112–74 shall be as follows: ‘‘Global Environment Facility’’, 

$129,400,000; ‘‘Contribution to the International Bank for 

Reconstruction and Development’’, $186,957,000; ‘‘Contribution to 

the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund’’, 

$15,000,000; and in the first paragraph under ‘‘Contribution to 

the International Development Association’’, $1,358,500,000; and 

‘‘Contribution to the Inter-American Development Bank’’, 

$111,153,000. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for the following 

accounts shall be $0: ‘‘Multilateral Assistance, International Financial Institutions, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Limitation on Callable Capital Subscriptions’’; ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Assistance 

for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’; and ‘‘International Security 

Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund’’. 

(c) Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for the second paragraphs for the following accounts under title V in division I of 

Public Law 112–74 shall be $0: ‘‘Contribution to the International 

Development Association’’; ‘‘Contribution to the Inter-American 

Development Bank’’; and ‘‘Contribution to the African Development 

Fund’’. 

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(d) Section 70 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 

286 et seq.), is amended in subsection (b) by adding at the end 

the following: 

‘‘(3) In order to pay for the increase in the United States 

subscription to the Bank under subsection (a)(1)(B), there are 

authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, 

$4,639,501,466 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

‘‘(4) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under 

paragraph (3), $278,370,088 shall be for paid in shares of 

the Bank, and $4,361,131,378 shall be for callable shares of 

the Bank.’’. 

SEC. 1705. 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, $400,000,000 are rescinded. 

SEC. 1706. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, section 7006 in 

division I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division by substituting ‘‘Afghanistan, Pakistan, 

and other hostile or high-risk areas’’ for ‘‘Afghanistan, and Pakistan’’. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 1101, the amount included in section 7034(f) in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied 

to funds appropriated by this division by substituting 

‘‘$100,000,000’’ for ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 

(c) Notwithstanding section 1101, section 7054(b) in division 

I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated 

by this division by inserting before the period in paragraph (2) 

‘‘; or (3) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is for the purpose 

of demilitarizing or disposing of such cluster munitions’’. 

(d) Notwithstanding section 1101, section 7054(b) in division 

I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied for purposes of this division 

by inserting before the period in paragraph (2) ‘‘; or (3) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is for the purpose of demilitarizing 

or disposing of such cluster munitions’’. 

(e) Notwithstanding section 1101, section 7063 in division I 

of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by 

this division by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ for ‘‘September 

30, 2013’’. 

(f) Notwithstanding section 1101, sections 7070(a) and 7072(a) 

in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division by substituting ‘‘headings’’ for ‘‘heading’’ 

and substituting ‘‘ ‘Global Health Programs’, ‘Economic Support 

Fund’, and ‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’ 

for ‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’ ’’. 

(g) Notwithstanding section 1101, section 7070 in division I 

of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by 

this division by adding the following: 

‘‘(d) Funds appropriated by this division under the heading 

‘Economic Support Fund’ may be made available, not withstanding 

any other provision of law, 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 Consultation. 

Applicability. 

Rescission. 

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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), and shall be made 

available in amounts consistent with the amounts made available 

under the heading ‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

Asia’ in fiscal year 2012, in consultation with the Committees 

on Appropriations.’’. 

(h) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 

Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is 

amended— 

(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 

(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 2012’’ and 

inserting ‘‘2012, and 2013’’; and 

(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2012’’ each place 

it appears and inserting ‘‘2013’’; and 

(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection 

(b)(2), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 

(i) Notwithstanding section 1101, section 7041(h) in division 

I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated 

by this division by including the following before the period: ‘‘Provided, That prior to obligating funds made available by this Act 

for assistance for Syria, the Secretary of State shall consult with 

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 such funds 

shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations’’. 

(j) Notwithstanding section 1101, the fifth proviso under the 

heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in division I of Public Law 112– 

74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division by substituting: ‘‘Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

heading in this Act may be made available for the costs, as defined 

in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan 

guarantees for Jordan and’’ for ‘‘Provided further, That up to 

$30,000,000 of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2011 under 

this heading in Public Law 112–10, division B, may be made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for’’. 

SEC. 1707. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for 

the following accounts under title VIII in division I of Public Law 

112–74 shall be as follows: ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, 

$3,210,650,000, of which $918,435,000 is for Worldwide Security 

Protection (to remain available until expended); and ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’, $1,272,200,000, of which 

$1,261,400,000 is for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 

acquisition, and construction, as authorized: Provided, That funds 

made available under this subsection shall be used for operations 

at high threat posts, security programs to protect personnel and 

property under Chief of Mission authority, preventing the compromise of classified United States Government information and 

equipment, and security construction or upgrade requirements at 

Department of State facilities worldwide, including for Worldwide 

Security Upgrades. 

Notification. 

Syria. 

Consultation. 

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(b) Of the unobligated balances from funds appropriated under 

title VIII in division I of Public Law 112–74 under the heading 

‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ and 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, $1,109,700,000 are rescinded. 

(c) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 

Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 

Appropriations providing an assessment of security requirements 

at United States diplomatic facilities worldwide, including those 

facilities considered expeditionary in nature; a comprehensive plan 

for addressing such requirements; and a detailed description of 

Embassy security improvements to be supported from funds made 

available by this section: Provided, That such report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 

(d) Notwithstanding section 1101, the amounts included under 

the heading ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ under title VIII in division 

I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated 

by this division as follows: by substituting ‘‘$59,151,000’’ for 

‘‘$67,182,000’’, and by substituting ‘‘$6,000,000’’ for ‘‘$19,545,000’’ 

for the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction; and by 

substituting ‘‘$49,901,000’’ for ‘‘$44,387,000’’ for the Special 

Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. 

(e) Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for the following 

accounts under title VIII in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall 

be as follows: ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, $774,661,000; 

‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, $1,152,850,000; and ‘‘Economic 

Support Fund’’, $3,119,896,000. 

SEC. 1708. Notwithstanding section 1101, title VIII of division 

I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated 

by this division by inserting the following at the end of section 

8004: 

‘‘SEC. 8005. Funds appropriated by this title under the headings 

‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’, ‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’, and ‘Educational and Cultural Exchange 

Programs’ may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this title under such headings: Provided, That such 

transfers shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

transfer authority in this section is in addition to any transfer 

authority otherwise available under any other provision of law. 

‘‘SEC. 8006. Funds appropriated by this title shall be made 

available for assistance for Jordan, in addition to amounts otherwise 

made available by this Act.’’. 

TITLE VIII 

TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN 

DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

SEC. 1801. (a) Notwithstanding sections 1101 and 1104, the 

level for limitations on obligation and liquidation of contract 

authority shall be available in the following accounts equal to 

the level of the contract authority subject to such limitation appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund in Sections 1101, 1105, 

1107, 1110, 1121, 31101, 32603, and 51001 of Public Law 112– 

141 for fiscal year 2013: 

Notification. 

Applicability. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

Plans. 

Rescission. 

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(1) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Highway 

Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’; 

(2) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Highway 

Administration—Federal-Aid Highways—(Limitation on 

Obligations)—(Highway Trust Fund)—(Liquidation of Contract 

Authorization)—(Highway Trust Fund)’’; 

(3) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration—Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 

Programs—(Liquidation of Contract Authorization)—(Limitation on Obligations)—(Highway Trust Fund)’’; 

(4) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration—Motor Carrier Safety Grants—(Liquidation of Contract Authorization)—(Limitation on Obligations)— 

(Highway Trust Fund)’’; Provided, Section 131 of Division C 

of Public Law 112–55 is hereby deleted; and 

(5) ‘‘Department of Transportation—National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration—Operations and Research—(Liquidation of Contract Authorization)—(Limitation on Obligations)—(Highway Trust Fund)’’. 

(b) Section 120 of division C of Public Law 112–55 shall not 

apply to amounts made available by this division. 

(c) During the period covered by this division, section 1102 

of Public Law 112–141 shall be applied— 

(1) in subsection (b)(10), as if the limitation applicable 

through fiscal year 2011 applied through fiscal year 2012; and 

(2) in subsection (c)(5), by treating the reference to section 

204 of title 23, United States Code, as a reference to sections 

202 and 204 of such title. 

SEC. 1802. Notwithstanding sections 1101 and 1104, the language under the heading ‘‘Department of Transportation—National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration—Highway Traffic Safety 

Grants—(Liquidation of Contract Authorization)—(Limitation on 

Obligations)—(Highway Trust Fund)’’ shall be applied to funds 

made available by this Act as if the language read as follows: 

‘‘For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 

of 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109–59 

(as amended by section 31106 of Public Law 112–141), and section 

31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, $554,500,000, to remain available until expended, 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 2013, 

are in excess of $554,500,000 for programs authorized under 23 

U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109–59 (as amended 

by section 31106 of Public Law 112–141), and section 31101(a)(6) 

of Public Law 112–141, of which $235,000,000 shall be for ‘Highway 

Safety Programs’ under 23 U.S.C. 402, $29,000,000 shall be for 

‘High Visibility Enforcement Program’ under section 2009 of Public 

Law 109–59 (as amended by section 31106 of Public Law 112– 

141), $265,000,000 shall be for ‘National Priority Safety Programs’ 

under 23 U.S.C. 405, and $25,500,000 shall be for ‘Administrative 

Expenses’ under section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made 

available for 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘Impaired Driving Countermeasures’ 

(as described in subsection (d) of such section) shall be available 

for technical assistance to the States.’’ 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

125 Stat. 656. 

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SEC. 1803. (a) Amounts provided by section 1101 for ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Transit Administration—Formula 

and Bus Grants—(Liquidation of Contract Authority)—(Limitation 

on Obligations)—(Highway Trust Fund)’’ are available for payment 

of obligations incurred in the Federal Public Transportation Assistance Program in this account, and for payment of obligations 

incurred in carrying out 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 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141: Provided, That, notwithstanding sections 1101 and 1104, the proviso 

under such heading shall be applied to funds provided by this 

Act as if the proviso read as follows: ‘‘Provided, That funds available 

for the implementation or execution of programs authorized by 

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 

20005(b) of Public Law 112–141 shall not exceed obligations of 

$8,478,000,000.’’. 

(b) Notwithstanding sections 1101 and 1104, for necessary 

administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration’s 

programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 

as amended by Public Law 112–141, $102,713,000, to remain available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall be available to carry 

out 49 U.S.C. 5329. 

(c) Notwithstanding sections 1101 and 1104, amounts provided 

for ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Transit Administration—Research and University Research Centers’’ shall be available 

for necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5312–5314 and 5322, 

as amended by Public Law 112–141: Provided, That, of the amount 

provided under this heading, not less than $35,000,000 shall be 

available to carry out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5312. 

(d) Notwithstanding section 1101, the language under the 

heading ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Transit Administration—Capital Investment Grants’’ in division C of Public Law 

112–55 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act as if 

the language: ‘‘, of which $35,481,000’’ and all that follows through 

the end of the first proviso were deleted. 

(e) Section 601(e)(1)(B) of division B of Public Law 110–432 

shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 1106 

of this division for ‘‘4 years after such date’’. 

SEC. 1804. Section 112 of division C of Public Law 112–55 

shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division by treating 

such section as if it were amended by striking ‘‘49 U.S.C. 41742(b) 

shall not apply, and’’. 

SEC. 1805. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning 

and Development, Homeless Assistance Grants’’ shall be 

$2,033,000,000: Provided, That the level for project-based rental 

assistance with rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms 

shall be $0, and any unobligated amounts appropriated under such 

heading for such purpose in fiscal year 2012 or in any prior Act 

shall be applied in fiscal year 2013 by making any such amounts 

available for any purpose under such heading: Provided further, 

That the first proviso shall be applied by striking ‘‘$250,000,000’’ 

and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000’’. 

SEC. 1806. Notwithstanding sections 1101 and 1104, the level 

for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public and 

Indian Housing, Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

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Account’’ shall be $12,200,000: Provided, the second proviso under 

such heading in division C of Public Law 112–55 shall be applied 

to funds appropriated by this division by substituting 

‘‘$976,000,000’’ for ‘‘$360,000,000’’; Provided further, section 184(d) 

of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 is 

amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(d) GUARANTEE FEE.—The Secretary shall establish and collect, 

at the time of issuance of the guarantee, a fee for the guarantee 

of loans under this section, in an amount not exceeding 3 percent 

of the principal obligation of the loan. The Secretary may also 

establish and collect annual premium payments in an amount not 

exceeding 1 percent of the remaining guaranteed balance (excluding 

the portion of the remaining balance attributable to the fee collected 

at the time of issuance of the guarantee). The Secretary shall 

establish the amount of the fees and premiums by publishing a 

notice in the Federal Register. The Secretary shall deposit any 

fees and premiums collected under this subsection in the Indian 

Housing Loan Guarantee Fund established under subsection (i).’’. 

SEC. 1807. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public and Indian 

Housing, Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ shall be $14,939,369,000, 

to remain available until expended, which shall be available on 

October 1, 2012 (in addition to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under such heading that became available on October 1, 

2012), and, notwithstanding section 1111, an additional 

$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2013: Provided, That of the amounts available 

for such heading, $1,375,000,000 shall be for activities specified 

in paragraph (3) under such heading in title II of division C of 

Public Law 112–55: Provided further, That in applying paragraph 

1 under such heading in such Public Law to 2013, under the 

penultimate proviso strike ‘‘(4) for incremental’’ and all that follows 

up to the colon and insert ‘‘(4) for PHAs, that despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, would 

otherwise be required to terminate participating families from the 

program due to insufficient funds’’. 

SEC. 1808. The heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, HOUSING CERTIFICATE

FUND (RESCISSION)’’ in division C of Public Law 112–55 shall be 

applied by striking ‘‘(RESCISSION)’’ in the heading and by replacing 

all of the language under such heading with the language under 

such heading in division A of Public Law 111–117 and by striking 

‘‘2010’’ in such replacement language and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 

SEC. 1809. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public and Indian 

Housing, Public Housing Operating Fund’’ shall be $4,262,010,000: 

Provided, That such heading shall be applied in fiscal year 2013 

by striking ‘‘, of which’’ and all that follows up to the period. 

SEC. 1810. Section 216 in division C of Public Law 112–55 

shall be applied in fiscal year 2013 by striking ‘‘September 30, 

2012’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2013’’. 

DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS 

SEC. 3001. (a) There is hereby rescinded the applicable percentage (as specified in subsection (b)) of the budget authority provided 

Rescission. 

Applicability. 

125 Stat. 698. 

Applicability. 

125 Stat. 680. 

125 Stat. 679. 

Applicability. 

125 Stat. 677. 

Applicability. 

Notice. 

Federal Register, 

publication. 

42 USC 

1715z–13a. 

Applicability. 

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(or obligation limit imposed) for fiscal year 2013 for any discretionary account in divisions A through E of this Act; and 

(b) For purposes of subsection (a), the applicable percentage 

shall be— 

(1) for budget authority in the nonsecurity category (as 

defined in section 250(c)(4)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, in— 

(A) divisions A and E, 2.513. percent; and 

(B) division B, 1.877 percent; and 

(2) for budget authority in the security category (as defined 

in section 250(c)(4)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985), 0.1 percent. 

(c) Any rescission made by subsection (a) shall be applied 

proportionately— 

(1) to each discretionary account and each item of budget 

authority described in such subsection; and 

(2) within each such account and item, to each program, 

project, and activity (with programs, projects, and activities 

as delineated in the applicable appropriation Act or accompanying reports covering such account or item). 

(d) This section shall not apply to amounts 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 or as being for disaster 

relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act; and 

(e) Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 

section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 

submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report specifying the account and 

amount of each rescission made pursuant to this section. 

SEC. 3002. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

if, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, a sequestration 

order issued by the President pursuant to section 251A(7)(A) of 

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

is in effect, the reductions in each discretionary account under 

such order shall apply to the amounts provided in this Act consistent 

with section 253(f) of that Act, and shall be in addition to any 

reductions required by section 251(a) of that Act. 

SEC. 3003. (a) The head of any Executive branch department, 

agency, board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 

appropriations Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector 

General or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector 

General, regarding the costs and contracting procedures related 

to each conference held by any such department, agency, board, 

commission, or office during fiscal year 2013 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 

Reports. 

Sequestration. 

Applicability. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

Applicability. 

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(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 

2013 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 to an Executive branch agency 

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. 3004. (a) If, for fiscal year 2013, the amount of new 

budget authority provided in appropriation Acts exceeds the discretionary spending limits set forth in section 251(c)(2) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act on new budget authority 

for any category due to estimating differences with the Congressional Budget Office, the Director of the Office of Management 

and Budget shall increase the applicable percentage in subsection 

(c) with respect to that category by such amount as is necessary 

to eliminate the amount of the excess in that category. 

(b) Subject to subsection (a), there is hereby rescinded the 

applicable percentage (as specified in subsection (c)) of— 

(1) the budget authority provided (or obligation limit 

imposed) for fiscal year 2013 for any discretionary account 

in divisions A through F of this Act; 

(2) the budget authority provided in any advance appropriation for fiscal year 2013 for any discretionary account in any 

prior fiscal year appropriation Act; and 

(3) the contract authority provided in fiscal year 2013 for 

any program subject to limitation incorporated or otherwise 

contained in divisions A through F of this Act. 

(c) For purposes of subsection (b), the applicable percentage 

shall be— 

(1) for budget authority in the nonsecurity category (as 

defined in section 250(c)(4)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985), 0 percent; and 

Applicability. 

Rescission. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

PUBLIC LAW 113–6—MAR. 26, 2013 127 STAT. 437 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 933: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 159 (2013): 

Mar. 6, considered and passed House. 

Mar. 13, 14, 18–20, considered and passed Senate, amended. 

Mar. 21, House concurred in Senate amendments. 

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(2) for budget authority in the security category (as defined 

in section 250(c)(4)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985), 0 percent. 

(d) Any rescission made by subsection (b) shall be applied 

proportionately— 

(1) to each discretionary account and each item of budget 

authority described in such subsection; and 

(2) within each such account and item, to each program, 

project, and activity (with programs, projects, and activities 

as delineated in the applicable appropriation Act or accompanying reports covering such account or item). 

(e) This section shall not apply to— 

(1) amounts 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 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act; or 

(2) the amount made available by division F of this Act 

for ‘‘Social Security Administration, Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’ for 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. 

(f) Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 

section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 

submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report specifying the account and 

amount of each rescission made pursuant to this section. 

Approved March 26, 2013. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

Applicability.