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Calendar No. 149 

113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 1st Session 113–80 

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 

APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2014 

JULY 25, 2013.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, from the Committee on Appropriations, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 1371] 

The Committee on Appropriations reports an original bill (S. 

1371) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for 

other purposes, reports favorably thereon and recommends that the 

bill do pass. 

Amounts of new budget (obligational) authority for fiscal year 2014 

Total of bill as reported to the Senate .................... $44,304,163,000 

Amount of 2013 appropriations 1 ............................. 43,345,888,000 

Amount of 2014 budget estimate ............................ 45,435,193,000 

Bill as recommended to Senate compared to— 

2013 appropriations .......................................... ∂958,275,000 

2014 budget estimate ........................................ ¥1,131,030,000 1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112– 

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C O N T E N T S 

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Overview and Summary of the Bill ........................................................................ 5 

Program, Project, and Activity ............................................................................... 5 

Reprogramming Guidelines .................................................................................... 5 

Relationship With Budget Offices .......................................................................... 6 

Congressional Budget Justifications ...................................................................... 7 

Agency Reports ........................................................................................................ 7 

Title I: Department of the Treasury: 

Departmental Offices ....................................................................................... 9 

Department-wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs ............ 12 

Office of Inspector General ....................................................................... 12 

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration .............................. 13 

Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program ....... 15 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ........................................................ 16 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund ................................................................................ 18 

Financial Management Service ....................................................................... 18 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau .................................................. 19 

United States Mint ........................................................................................... 20 

Bureau of the Public Debt ............................................................................... 20 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service ............................................................................ 21 

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund ................................. 22 

Bureau of Engraving and Printing ................................................................. 23 

Internal Revenue Service ................................................................................. 24 

Taxpayer Services ..................................................................................... 26 

Enforcement ............................................................................................... 28 

Operations Support ................................................................................... 32 

Business Systems Modernization ............................................................. 34 

Administrative Provisions—Internal Revenue Service .......................... 36 

Administrative Provisions—Department of the Treasury ............................. 37 

Title II: Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the 

President: 

Compensation of the President ....................................................................... 38 

The White House .............................................................................................. 38 

Executive Residence at the White House ....................................................... 39 

White House Repair and Restoration ............................................................. 39 

Council of Economic Advisers .......................................................................... 40 

National Security Council and Homeland Security Council ......................... 40 

Office of Administration ................................................................................... 40 

Office of Management and Budget .................................................................. 41 

Office of National Drug Control Policy ........................................................... 43 

Federal Drug Control Programs: 

High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas ................................................... 44 

Other Federal Drug Control Programs .................................................... 45 

Unanticipated Needs ........................................................................................ 46 

Data-Driven Innovation ................................................................................... 46 

Integrated, Efficient and Effective Uses of Information Technology ........... 47 

Special Assistance to the President ................................................................ 48 

Official Residence of the Vice President ......................................................... 48 

Administrative Provisions—Executive Office of the President and Funds 

Appropriated to the President ..................................................................... 49 

Title III: The Judiciary: 

Supreme Court of the United States .............................................................. 50 

Care of the Building and Grounds ........................................................... 51 

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ............................... 51 

United States Court of International Trade ................................................... 52 
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Title III—Continued 

Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services ................. 52 

Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund .............................................. 53 

Defender Services ...................................................................................... 53 

Fees of Jurors and Commissioners .......................................................... 54 

Court Security ........................................................................................... 54 

Administrative Office of the United States Courts ........................................ 55 

Federal Judicial Center .................................................................................... 55 

Judicial Retirement Funds .............................................................................. 56 

United States Sentencing Commission ........................................................... 56 

Administrative Provisions—The Judiciary ..................................................... 56 

Title IV—District of Columbia: 

Federal Funds: 

Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support ...................................... 58 

Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the 

District of Columbia .............................................................................. 59 

Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts ............................ 60 

Federal Payment for Defender Services in District of Columbia 

Courts ..................................................................................................... 61 

Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision 

Agency for the District of Columbia ..................................................... 62 

Federal Payment to the Public Defender Service for the District 

of Columbia ............................................................................................ 63 

Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority ..................................................................................................... 64 

Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council .......... 64 

Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions ............................................ 66 

Federal Payment for School Improvement .............................................. 66 

Federal Payment for the D.C. National Guard ....................................... 69 

Federal Payment for Redevelopment of the St. Elizabeths Hospital 

Campus ................................................................................................... 70 

Federal Payment for HIV/AIDS Prevention ............................................ 70 

Federal Payment for D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities 

Grants ..................................................................................................... 71 

District of Columbia Funds ............................................................................. 71 

Title V—Independent Agencies: 

Administrative Conference of the United States ........................................... 72 

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation .............................................. 72 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission ...................................................... 73 

Consumer Product Safety Commission ........................................................... 75 

Election Assistance Commission ..................................................................... 78 

Federal Communications Commission ............................................................ 78 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Office of the Inspector General .... 81 

Federal Election Commission .......................................................................... 81 

Federal Labor Relations Authority ................................................................. 82 

Federal Trade Commission .............................................................................. 83 

General Services Administration .................................................................... 84 

Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation ...................................................... 94 

Merit Systems Protection Board ..................................................................... 95 

Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation ....................................... 96 

National Archives and Records Administration ............................................. 97 

National Credit Union Administration ........................................................... 101 

Office of Government Ethics ............................................................................ 102 

Office of Personnel Management ..................................................................... 103 

Office of Special Counsel .................................................................................. 107 

Postal Regulatory Commission ........................................................................ 108 

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board ................................................. 109 

Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board ........................................ 110 

Securities and Exchange Commission ............................................................ 111 

Selective Service System .................................................................................. 115 

Small Business Administration ....................................................................... 115 

United States Postal Service ........................................................................... 125 

United States Tax Court .................................................................................. 129 

Statement Concerning General Provisions ............................................................ 129 

Title VI—General Provisions—This Act ................................................................ 131 

Title VII—General Provisions—Governmentwide ................................................ 133 

Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia ......................................... 137 

Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 139 
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Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 140 

Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 140 

Budgetary Impact of Bill ......................................................................................... 160 

Comparative Statement of New Budget Authority ............................................... 161 
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OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF THE BILL 

The Financial Services and General Government appropriations 

bill provides funding for the Department of the Treasury, including 

the Internal Revenue Service; the Executive Office of the President; 

the Judiciary; the District of Columbia; and more than two dozen 

independent Federal agencies. 

The Committee recommends $44,304,163,000 in discretionary 

and mandatory appropriations. This represents an increase of 

$958,275,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level, and a decrease of $1,131,030,000 below the budget request. Of the total, 

$23,189,650,000 is provided in discretionary appropriations, including $158,650,000 for the Small Business Administration Disaster 

Loans Program Account designated by Congress as disaster relief 

pursuant to Public Law 112–25. This discretionary amount is 

$1,136,503,000 below the budget request of $24,326,153,000. Mandatory appropriations total $21,114,513,000. 

PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 

During fiscal year 2014, for the purposes of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as 

amended, with respect to appropriations contained in the accompanying bill, the terms ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ [PPA] shall 

mean any item for which a dollar amount is contained in appropriations acts (including joint resolutions providing continuing appropriations) or accompanying reports of the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations, or accompanying conference reports 

and joint explanatory statements of the committee of conference. 

REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES 

The Committee includes a provision (section 608) establishing 

the authority of agencies to reprogram funds and the limitation on 

that authority. The provision specifically requires the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 

any proposal to reprogram funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity [PPA]; (3) increases 

funds or personnel for any PPA for which funds have been denied 

or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to redirect funds that 

were directed in such reports for a specific activity to a different 

purpose; (5) augments an existing PPA in excess of $5,000,000 or 

10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces an existing PPA by 

$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures offices differently than the congressional 

budget justifications or the table at the end of the Committee report, whichever is more detailed. 

The Committee retains the requirement that each agency submit 

an operating plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
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priations not later than 60 days after enactment of this act to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer 

authorities provided in this act. Specifically, each agency should 

provide a table for each appropriation with columns displaying the 

budget request; adjustments made by Congress; adjustments for rescissions, if appropriate; and the fiscal year enacted level. The table 

shall delineate the appropriation both by object class and by PPA. 

The report must also identify items of special congressional interest. 

The Committee expects the agencies and bureaus to submit reprogramming requests in a timely manner and to provide a thorough explanation of the proposed reallocations, including a detailed 

justification of increases and reductions and the specific impact the 

proposed changes will have on the budget request for the following 

fiscal year. Except in emergency situations, reprogramming requests should be submitted no later than June 30. 

The Committee expects each agency to manage its programs and 

activities within the amounts appropriated by Congress. The Committee reminds agencies that reprogramming requests should be 

submitted only in the case of an unforeseeable emergency or a situation that could not have been anticipated when formulating the 

budget request for the current fiscal year. Further, the Committee 

notes that when a Department or agency submits a reprogramming 

or transfer request to the Committees on Appropriations and does 

not receive identical responses from the House and the Senate, it 

is the responsibility of the Department or agency to reconcile the 

House and the Senate differences before proceeding, and if reconciliation is not possible, to consider the request to reprogram 

funds unapproved. 

RELATIONSHIP WITH BUDGET OFFICES 

Through the years, the Committee has channeled most of its inquiries and requests for information and assistance through the 

budget offices of the various departments, agencies, offices, and 

commissions. The Committee has often pointed to the natural affinity and relationship between the budget offices and the Committee 

which makes such a relationship workable. The Committee reiterates its longstanding position that while the Committee reserves 

the right to call upon any office or officer in the departments, agencies, and commissions, the primary conjunction between the Committee and these entities must be through the budget offices. To 

help ensure the Committee’s ability to perform its responsibilities, 

the Committee insists on having direct, unobstructed, and timely 

access to the budget offices and expects to be able to receive forthright and complete responses from those offices and their employees. 

The Committee has encountered growing difficulties in securing 

timely agency compliance with mandated reporting requirements 

and has experienced several situations in which deadlines for submission of reports were disregarded entirely. The Committee expects and directs all agencies from which reports are required to 

allow sufficient time to secure any necessary internal and external 

clearances of reports in order to satisfy congressional deadlines. 

The Committee strongly urges agencies to alert the Committee as 
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far as possible in advance of any expected slippage in meeting a report delivery due date. 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS 

Budget justifications are prepared not for the use of the agency, 

but instead are the primary tool used by the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations to evaluate the resource requirements and fiscal needs of agencies. The Committee is aware that 

the format and presentation of budget materials is largely left to 

the agency within presentation objectives set forth by OMB. In 

fact, OMB Circular A–11, part 6 specifically states that the ‘‘agency 

should consult with your congressional committees beforehand to 

ensure their awareness of your plans to modify the format of agency budget documents.’’ The Committee expects all the budget justifications to adhere to this directive and provide the data needed 

to make appropriate and meaningful funding decisions. 

The Committee directs that justifications submitted with the fiscal year 2015 budget requests by agencies funded under this act 

must contain the customary level of detailed data and explanatory 

statements to support the appropriations requests at the level of 

detail contained in the funding table included at the end of the report. Among other items, agencies shall provide a detailed discussion of proposed new initiatives, proposed changes in the agency’s 

financial plan from prior year enactment, and detailed data on all 

programs and comprehensive information on any office or agency 

restructurings. At a minimum, each agency must also provide adequate justification for funding and staffing changes for each individual office and materials that compare programs, projects, and 

activities that are proposed for fiscal year 2015 to the fiscal year 

2014 enacted level. 

The Committee includes a new general provision requiring that 

agencies provide, as a component incorporated within their fiscal 

year 2015 budget justification materials submitted to the Committee, a separate table briefly describing the top management 

challenges for fiscal year 2014 as identified by the agency inspector 

general, along with an explanation of how the fiscal year 2015 

budget request addresses each such management challenge. 

The Committee is aware that the analytical materials required 

for review by the Committee are unique to each agency in this act. 

Therefore, the Committee expects that each agency will coordinate 

with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in advance on its planned presentation for its budget justification materials in support of the fiscal year 2015 budget request. 

AGENCY REPORTS 

As a measure to reduce costs and conserve paper, the Committee 

reminds agencies funded by this act that currently provide separate copies of periodic reports (such as Performance and Accountability Reports) and correspondence to the chairs of the House and 

Senate Appropriations Committees and Subcommittees on Financial Services and General Government, and also to the ranking 

members of the committees and subcommittees, to send only one 

copy jointly addressed to the chairs of the Committee and sub-
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committee and one copy jointly addressed to the ranking members 

of the Committee and subcommittee (separate copies should be sent 

to the House and the Senate). Eliminating duplication will reduce 

by one-half (from eight to four) the copies of periodic reports agencies send to the committees. 
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TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $307,771,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 311,775,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 302,450,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Secretary of the Treasury has the primary role in formulating and managing the domestic and international tax and financial policies of the Federal Government. The Secretary’s responsibilities funded by the Departmental Offices Salaries and Expenses appropriation include: recommending and implementing 

U.S. domestic and international economic and tax policy; formulating fiscal policy; governing the fiscal operations of the Government; executing the Nation’s financial sanction policies; disrupting 

and dismantling terrorist financial infrastructure; protecting the 

United States and the international financial system from terrorist 

financing, money laundering, and other financial crimes; managing 

the public debt; managing international development policy; representing the United States on international monetary, trade, and 

investment issues; overseeing Department of the Treasury overseas 

operations; and directing the administrative operations of the Department of the Treasury. The majority of the Salaries and Expenses appropriation provides resources for policy formulation and 

implementation in the areas of domestic and international finance, 

terrorist financing and financial crimes, tax, economic, trade, financial operations and general fiscal policy. This appropriation also 

provides resources to support the Secretary, policy components, and 

departmental administrative policies in financial and personnel 

management, procurement operations, and information systems 

and telecommunications. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $302,450,000 for the Departmental 

Offices account of the Department of the Treasury for fiscal year 

2014. This amount is $9,325,000 below the budget request and 

$5,321,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. An additional 

$7,400,000 will support the Department’s administration of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities and 

Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act (RESTORE Act), 

to be derived from the trust fund established under that act. 
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The funding recommendations are made based on information included in the budget justification. The Committee notes Treasury’s 

request to support implementation of the State Small Business 

Credit Initiative and directs Treasury to use recommended resources to conduct outreach and provide technical support to States 

participating in the program. 

The Committee directs the Department to prioritize resources 

within the Departmental Offices account for the Office of Terrorism 

and Financial Intelligence in order to support safeguarding financial systems against illicit use and combating rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, money launderers, proliferators of weapons of 

mass destruction, and other national security threats. 

National Money Laundering Strategy.—The Committee is concerned that a number of recommendations made in the 2007 National Money Laundering Strategy have not been implemented. 

Within 180 days of enactment, the Committee directs the Department of the Treasury, in coordination with the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, to report on its 

progress toward implementing each of the recommendations in the 

2007 National Money Laundering Strategy. 

Student Debt.—The Committee notes that there is over 

$1,000,000,000,000 in outstanding student loan debt, of which 

$150,000,000,000 is in private student loans. More than 850,000 

students have defaulted on their private student loans worth more 

than $8,100,000,000. The Committee directs the Department to 

work with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of 

the Comptroller of the Currency, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Federal Reserve to offer clear guidance consistent 

with safety and soundness principles recognizing the unique characteristics of private student loans compared to other debt and providing flexibility to lenders working with borrowers to avoid default. 

Office of Financial Education.—The Committee is concerned 

about the low level of literacy and numeracy skills among the adult 

population of the United States, as one in seven adults do not have 

basic literacy skills to succeed in all but the most rudimentary literacy tasks. The Department’s Office of Financial Education administers the National Financial Literacy Challenge and develops 

strategies to combat predatory lending. The Office of Financial 

Education also coordinates the efforts of the Financial Literacy and 

Education Commission, a group chaired by the Secretary of the 

Treasury and composed of representatives from 20 Federal departments, agencies, and commissions. The Commission works to improve financial literacy and education for people throughout the 

United States. The Committee encourages the Department to explore the degree to which current financial literacy programs benefit those individuals with less than basic literacy skills and to develop measurable goals and objectives for the Financial Literacy 

and Education Commission that address the needs of this population. Finally, the Committee urges the Department to explore opportunities to work with community-based adult and family literacy organizations to promote and implement future financial literacy initiatives. 
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Group Home Mortgage Program.—Under authorities provided 

pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–289), the Federal housing Enterprises have been 

placed into conservatorship, with Treasury providing ongoing financial support to the Enterprises to ensure they remain active 

participants in the marketplace. The Group Home Mortgage Program—formerly Community Living mortgage loans—comprises approximately $173,000,000 of Fannie Mae’s roughly 

$3,000,000,000,000 portfolio and is designed to provide financing 

for small, community-based group homes for individuals who are 

unable to live independently. The program is intended to provide 

aid to individuals and legal entities, including nonprofit and forprofit corporations, limited partnerships, and government agencies 

that serve adults and children with physical and mental disabilities. The Committee urges Treasury and the Enterprises to explore 

adjustments to the lending requirements, or alternative financing 

structures, under the Group Home Mortgage Program—including 

enhanced down payment requirements—so that taxpayers will continue to benefit from profits generated under the program and 

members of the disabled community will continue to have accessible and affordable housing. 

Economic Sanctions and Divestments.—The Committee recommendation includes resources for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence programs. With these funds, the Department will continue 

to issue and enforce economic and trade sanctions consistent with 

national security and foreign policy goals. These sanctions are a 

key tool for asserting U.S. policy toward countries and entities 

under sanction. The Committee directs the Department to fully implement all sanctions and divestment measures, particularly those 

applicable to North Korea, Belarus, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Zimbabwe 

and designated rebel groups operating in and around the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Committee directs the Department to 

promptly notify the Committee of any resource constraints that adversely impact the implementation of any sanctions program. 

Sanctioning Those Fostering Violence in the Democratic Republic 

of Congo.—The Committee directs the Secretary of the Treasury in 

consultation with the Secretary of State to submit a report to the 

Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the 

Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 

on Appropriations, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

of the House of Representatives not later than 60 days after enactment of this act, in classified form if necessary, listing persons impacted by the asset freeze in section 1284 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239). 

Ivory Poaching.—Militias, armed groups, insurgents and even 

terrorist groups are using profits from illegal ivory poaching and 

trafficking to further violence in Africa and elsewhere. Often the 

sales are to China and involved organized crime, shell companies, 

and arms traffickers. Accordingly, the Committee directs the Department to use all available resources to pursue and enforce 

money laundering and other related laws as related to the illegal 

ivory trade, particularly in Africa. The Department shall report to 
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the Committee semiannually during fiscal year 2014 on such enforcement actions taken during such fiscal year. 

Management of Capital Investments.—The Committee notes that 

section 123 of the bill requires the Secretary of the Treasury to develop an annual Capital Investment Plan, to be submitted to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives within 30 days following submission of the President’s 

annual budget request. The Committee directs the Department to 

include estimated funding needs for the lifetime capital needs for 

each project, not just for the budget year. The Committee also directs the Department to include in the Capital Investment Plan 

meaningful and understandable summaries of capital investments 

by project type (e.g., information technology). The Committee directs the Office of the Chief Information Officer to ensure that adequate resources are devoted both to projects in the capital phase 

and to proper maintenance and modernization of existing systems 

and to ensure that all projects are tracked properly and described 

completely in the annual Capital Investment Plan. 

DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... $2,725,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,725,000 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The 1997 Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act 

established this account, which is authorized to be used by or on 

behalf of Treasury bureaus at the Secretary’s discretion to modernize business processes and increase efficiency through technology investments, as well as other activities that involve more 

than one Treasury bureau or Treasury’s interface with other Government agencies. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $2,725,000 for Department-wide 

Systems and Capital Investments Programs [DSCIP] for fiscal year 

2014 in accordance with the budget request. Funding was not provided for DSCIP for fiscal year 2013. 

The Committee notes that the DSCIP account has been utilized 

to fund a wide variety of multiyear initiatives. Given the complexity of these initiatives, the bill includes language in section 123 

directing the Department of the Treasury to submit an annual 

Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appropriations 

within 30 days after the President’s budget submission. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $29,582,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 31,351,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 32,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

As a result of the 1988 amendments to the Inspector General 

[IG] Act, the Secretary of the Treasury established the Office of Inspector General [OIG] in 1989. 

The OIG conducts and supervises audits, evaluations, and investigations designed to: (1) promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in departmental programs and operations; and (2) keep the Secretary and Congress 

fully and currently informed of problems and deficiencies in the administration of departmental programs and operations. The audit 

function provides program audit, contract audit, and financial 

statement audit services. Contract audits provide professional advice to agency contracting officials on accounting and financial matters relative to negotiation, award, administration, repricing, and 

settlement of contracts. Program audits review and audit all facets 

of agency operations. Financial statement audits assess whether financial statements fairly present the agency’s financial condition 

and results of operations, the adequacy of accounting controls, and 

compliance with laws and regulations. These audits contribute significantly to improved financial management by helping Treasury 

managers identify improvements needed in their accounting and 

internal control systems. The evaluations function reviews program 

performance and issues critical to the mission of the Department. 

The investigative function provides for the detection and investigation of improper and illegal activities involving programs, personnel, and operations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $32,000,000 for salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General. This amount is $649,000 

above the budget request and $2,418,000 above the fiscal year 2013 

enacted level. An additional amount of $2,800,000 will support audits and investigations related to the Department’s efforts to carry 

out the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourists Opportunities and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act (RESTORE Act) to be derived from the trust fund established under 

that act. 

The Committee directs the Inspector General to utilize funds provided to perform audits on Treasury’s antimoney laundering and 

terrorist financing activities, capital investment spending and planning, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. 

TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $151,393,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 149,538,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 156,375,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration [TIGTA] 

was established by the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 
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(Public Law 105–206). TIGTA was created to provide independent 

audit and investigative services necessary to improve the quality 

and credibility of oversight of the Internal Revenue Service [IRS] 

and ensure that the IRS is held to a high level of accountability. 

TIGTA conducts audits, investigations, and inspections and evaluations to assess the operations and programs of the IRS and related entities, the IRS Oversight Board and the Office of Chief 

Counsel to (1) promote the economic, efficient, and effective administration of the Nation’s tax laws and to detect and deter fraud and 

abuse in IRS programs and operations; and (2) recommend actions 

to resolve fraud and other serious problems, abuses, and deficiencies in these programs and operations, and keep the Secretary 

and Congress fully and currently informed of these issues and the 

progress made in resolving them. 

The audit function provides program audit, limited contract 

audit, and financial audit services. Program audits review and 

audit all facets of the IRS and related entities in an effort to improve IRS systems and operations, while ensuring fair and equitable treatment of taxpayers. Contract audits focus on invoices/ 

vouchers submitted to the IRS to determine whether charges are 

valid and to identify erroneous and improper payments. The investigative function provides for the detection and investigation of improper and illegal activities involving IRS programs and operations 

and protects the IRS and related entities against external attempts 

to corrupt or threaten the administration of the tax laws. 

During fiscal year 2012, TIGTA recovered, protected, and identified monetary benefits totaling $22,700,000,000, including 

$388,000,000 in potential increased and protected revenue and 

$22,100,000,000 in potential cost savings. In fiscal year 2012, the 

Office of Audit completed 117 audits, and the Office of Investigations opened 3,453 investigations and closed 3,346 investigations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $156,375,000 for 

the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. This 

amount is $4,982,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and 

$6,837,000 above the budget request. The Committee recognizes 

the expansive workload that TIGTA has assumed as well as considerable demands on its resources in order to be responsive to Congress, and includes a modest increase to support TIGTA’s work. 

The Committee appreciates the challenges TIGTA faces in adapting 

its oversight activities to address increasingly complex and highrisk issues associated with IRS operations, including detection and 

investigation of fraud and electronic crime, review of procurement 

activities, and safeguarding of taxpayer privacy. The Committee 

recognizes that growth in the size and workload of the IRS generates concomitant increased work for TIGTA. 

The Committee appreciates TIGTA’s vigilance to identify weak or 

non-existent internal controls, lax oversight, and serious managerial deficiencies within the IRS organization that spawned an array 

of different, highly inappropriate and unacceptable activities occurring over a period of recent years. The Committee is troubled by 

the report findings describing questionable handling of applications 

for tax-exempt status, excessive unseemly expenditures for con-
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ferences, and the misuse of travel and purchase cards. The Committee directs TIGTA to keep the Committee regularly informed 

about its ongoing audit, investigative, and examination work, including briefings on final reports before such reports are publicly 

released. The Committee expects TIGTA to timely bring to the 

Committee’s attention any issues concerning the IRS’s failure to 

undertake meaningful prompt remedial action to correct systemic 

deficiencies and to institute processes to prevent recurrence of any 

activities that call into question the IRS’s ability to uphold the 

trust of the American public. 

The Committee relies on TIGTA’s annual assessment of the serious management challenges facing the IRS as it evaluates resource 

needs. In the most recent submission, TIGTA highlighted the growing problem of identity theft tied to tax refunds among the predominant challenges. The Committee notes that TIGTA has made 

numerous recommendations for the IRS to institute or improve 

processes that will bolster the IRS’s ability to detect and prevent 

the issuance of fraudulent tax refunds resulting from identity theft. 

These include enhanced use of third-party income and withholding 

information in tandem with fraud filters, and better coordination 

with responsible Federal agencies and banking institutions to develop mechanisms to ensure proper and accurate direct depositing 

of refunds. The Committee urges TIGTA to continue to assist the 

IRS in improving its arsenal of tools to better serve innocent taxpayer victims of identity theft and other schemes. 

The Committee commends TIGTA for its ongoing review of the 

IRS’s business systems modernization program and other information technology projects. The Committee shares TIGTA’s concern 

that the IRS is developing and launching its modernized systems 

without adequately contemplating the security implications. The 

Committee also acknowledges the critical importance of the priorities TIGTA has identified in its strategic plan, including adapting 

to the IRS’s continuously evolving operations and mitigating intensified risks associated with modernization, security, addressing the 

tax gap, and human capital challenges facing the IRS in light of 

budgetary limitations. 

In addition, TIGTA plays a pivotal role in responding to threats 

and attacks against IRS employees, property, and sensitive information. Furthermore, as the IRS bolsters its efforts to address 

international tax compliance and combat offshore evasion, TIGTA’s 

attendant responsibilities to build a foundation of inspections of the 

IRS’s global activities have grown, necessitating an international 

presence, new law enforcement partnerships, and working relationships with foreign revenue collection agencies and antifraud organizations. 

SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF

PROGRAM

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $41,716,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 34,923,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 34,923,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (Public Law 110–343) 

established the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program [SIGTARP] to perform audits and investigations of the Troubled Asset Relief Program [TARP]. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $34,923,000 for the SIGTARP for 

fiscal year 2014. The recommendation is $6,793,000 below the fiscal 

year 2013 enacted level because the SIGTARP will be able to utilize carryover balances to fund a portion of fiscal year 2014. The 

recommendation is equal to the budget request. The Committee is 

pleased with the quality of the audits and investigations conducted 

by the SIGTARP, particularly with regard to written materials provided to the Congress and the public. 

FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $110,566,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 103,909,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 112,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network [FinCEN], a bureau 

within the Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, is the largest overt collector of financial intelligence in the United States. FinCEN’s mission is to safeguard the 

financial system from the abuses of financial crime, including terrorist financing, money laundering, and other illicit activity. 

FinCEN accomplishes its mission by administering the Bank Secrecy Act, a collection of statutes that form the Nation’s antimoney 

laundering/counterterrorist financing regulatory regime. As the delegated administrator of the Bank Secrecy Act, FinCEN is responsible for the development and implementation of regulations, rules, 

and guidance issued under the Bank Secrecy Act. FinCEN also 

oversees the work of eight Federal agencies that have been delegated responsibility to examine various sectors of the financial industry for compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act’s requirements. 

FinCEN is responsible for collecting, maintaining, and disseminating the information reported by financial institutions under the 

Bank Secrecy Act through a Governmentwide access service. 

FinCEN is the United States’ Financial Intelligence Unit [FIU] and 

a founding member of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence 

Units. As the United States’ FIU, FinCEN routinely shares information and cooperates with other FIUs around the world to address the global problems of terrorist financing, money laundering, 

and other illicit activity. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $112,000,000 for the Financial 

Crimes Enforcement Network [FinCEN]. This amount is $1,434,000 
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above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $8,091,000 above the 

budget request. 

The Committee is frustrated that the budget request proposes 

funding reductions for FinCEN activities. FinCEN plays a key role 

in preventing terrorism and promoting the Nation’s security by deterring and detecting criminal financial activity. The recommended 

increase will allow FinCEN to maintain mission critical functions 

that would be hampered under the budget request, enable FinCEN 

to better leverage taxpayer investments in newly enhanced information systems, and improve FinCEN’s ability to capitalize on the 

anticipated benefits resulting from the fiscal year 2013 reorganization. 

Information Technology Modernization.—The Committee is 

pleased with FinCEN’s continued efforts to modernize the technical 

environment for implementation of the Bank Secrecy Act [BSA]. 

The modernization, near completion, re-engineered the BSA data 

architecture, updated antiquated infrastructure required to support 

data capture and dissemination, implemented innovative Web services and enhanced electronic filing, and provided enhanced analytical tools. This system is used by banks, Federal law enforcement, 

State and local law enforcement, and other Federal intelligence 

agencies to report, gather, and analyze data to identify money 

laundering, terrorist financing, tax evasion, and vulnerabilities in 

the financial industry. The new system will enhance the capability 

of the Treasury and its partners to pursue money laundering, terrorist financing, and tax evasion. 

The Committee is pleased with the results of the Treasury Office 

of Inspector General’s audit of the modernization project (OIG–13– 

036). The Inspector General reported that through February 2013, 

FinCEN had generally met all scheduled milestones on time and 

that the project costs are within budget. The Committee appreciates that FinCEN has engaged stakeholder groups during the development process, including regulators, law enforcement, and industry users of BSA data. FinCEN is directed to continue to submit 

a semiannual report to the Committee on Appropriations summarizing the agency’s progress regarding the modernization effort, including milestones planned and achieved, progress on cost and 

schedule, management of contractor oversight, strategies to involve 

stakeholders, and acquisition management efforts. 

The Committee also directs FinCEN to focus efforts on improving 

the completeness and reliability of BSA data in accordance with 

recommendations by the Treasury Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office. The Committee notes that while a 

new BSA infrastructure will improve the capabilities of processing 

and analyzing BSA data, the accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of 

the data itself will ultimately determine the effectiveness of the 

system and related processes. 

FinCEN Reorganization.—The Committee notes that FinCEN is 

undertaking a major reorganization during fiscal year 2013. The 

goal of the reorganization is to enhance the agency’s ability to meet 

its mission by streamlining and better aligning the bureau’s analytical, enforcement, liaison, and rulemaking capabilities and by improving communication internally and with stakeholders. The Committee notes that FinCEN has reported details of the reorganiza-
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tion to the Committees on Appropriations, including its plans for 

communicating and managing the impact of the reorganization on 

stakeholders. The Committee directs FinCEN to continue frequent 

and detailed communication with stakeholders as the reorganization progresses. The Committee also directs FinCEN to report to 

the Committee semiannually on the progress of the reorganization, 

with the final report to be submitted one year after the last step 

of the reorganization is complete. 

Human Trafficking.—The Committee recognizes that human 

trafficking and slavery are frequently conducted by transnational 

criminal organizations. The Committee notes FinCEN’s history of 

supporting law enforcement cases that combat human trafficking, 

and emphasizes the importance of continuing this effort as part of 

the bureau’s broader mission to detect and disrupt all forms of financial crime. In addition to analyzing financial flows for this important effort in the course of ongoing strategic operations, FinCEN 

shall use this data to ensure reporting institutions remain vigilant 

in detecting the laundering of human trafficking proceeds by 

issuing an advisory to financial institutions on filing suspicious activity reports [SARs] regarding human trafficking activities. The 

advisory should provide SAR filers a list of red flag indicators that 

may potentially signal human trafficking to be included in the narratives of relevant SAR filings. 

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

(RESCISSION)

The Committee recommends a rescission of $1,200,000,000 of unobligated balances in the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. 

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $217,369,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 2 ......................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation 2 ............................................................... ........................... 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

2The budget proposes to consolidate the Financial Management Service and the Bureau of the 

Public Debt under one appropriation entitled ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’. Funding proposed 

for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service for fiscal year 2014 is $360,165,000. The Committee recommendation is consistent with the budget request. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Financial Management Service [FMS] implements payment 

policy and procedures for Federal agencies, issues and distributes 

payments, promotes the use of electronics in the payment process, 

provides debt collection operational services to client agencies, and 

implements collections policy, regulations, standards, and procedures for the Federal Government. FMS also provides financial accounting, reporting, and financing services to the Federal Government and the Government’s agents who participate in the payments and collections process by generating a series of Governmentwide reports. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a consolidated appropriation for the 

Financial Management Service and the Bureau of the Public Debt 

under a new appropriation entitled ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’ 

and in the amount of $360,165,000, consistent with the budget request. 

ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $99,678,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 2 ......................................................................... 96,211,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 100,678,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

2Does not reflect the transfer from the Internal Revenue Service under the Program Integrity 

Cap adjustment requested in the budget. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Homeland Security Act created the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

and Trade Bureau [TTB] within the Department of the Treasury 

and charged TTB with collecting revenue and protecting the public. 

TTB enforces certain Federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol and tobacco. TTB works directly and in cooperation with others to maintain a sound revenue management and collection system that continues to reduce the regulatory burden, improve service, collect the revenue due, and prevent tax evasion and other 

criminal conduct. TTB is also responsible for preventing consumer 

deception, ensuring that regulated products comply with Federal 

commodity, safety, and distribution requirements, and providing 

customer service. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $100,678,000 for TTB for fiscal year 

2014. This amount is $4,467,000 above the budget request, excluding the requested transfer from the Internal Revenue Service under 

the Program Integrity Cap adjustment requested in the budget. 

The recommendation would be $533,000 below the budget request 

if the Program Integrity Cap Adjustment were to be enacted. The 

recommended amount is $1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. 

The Committee recommendation includes $2,000,000 for the costs 

of special law enforcement agents and related activities for targeting tobacco smuggling and other criminal diversion activities. Illegally trafficked tax-free tobacco is sold at lower prices, increasing 

consumption and tobacco-related illness while depriving governments of revenue. Since 2011, special TTB enforcement efforts led 

to the initiation of 58 cases with a total estimated combined Federal tax liability of $340,000,000 and seizures and forfeitures of approximately $115,000,000. Cases have included illegal manufacturing of cigarettes, illegal importation of tobacco products, excise 

tax evasion on cigarettes, illegal transportation of alcohol from 

lower tax States to higher tax States, importation of intentionally 

mislabeled wine, and illegal manufacturing of spirits. 
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UNITED STATES MINT

UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The United States Mint manufactures coins, sells numismatic 

and investment products, and provides for security and asset protection. Public Law 104–52 established the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund (the Fund). The Fund encompasses the previous Salaries and Expenses, Coinage Profit Fund, Coinage Metal Fund, and 

the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund. The Mint submits annual 

audited business-type financial statements to the Secretary of the 

Treasury and to Congress in support of the operations of the revolving fund. 

The operations of the Mint are divided into two major activities: 

Manufacturing and sales (including circulating coinage and numismatic and investment products); and protection. The Mint is credited with receipts from its circulating coinage operations, equal to 

the full cost of producing and distributing coins that are put into 

circulation, including depreciation of the Mint’s plant and equipment on the basis of current replacement value. Those receipts pay 

for the costs of the Mint’s operations, which include the costs of 

production and distribution. The difference between the face value 

of the coins and these costs is a profit, which is deposited as seigniorage to the general fund. In fiscal year 2012, the Mint transferred $105,900,000 to the general fund. Any seigniorage used to finance the Mint’s capital acquisitions is recorded as budget authority in the year that funds are obligated for this purpose and as receipts over the life of the asset. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a spending level of $19,000,000 for 

circulating coinage and protective service capital investments for 

the Mint. This amount is equal to both the fiscal year 2013 enacted 

level and the budget request. 

BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $172,290,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 2 ......................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation 2 ............................................................... ........................... 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

2The budget proposes to consolidate the Financial Management Service and the Bureau of the 

Public Debt under one appropriation entitled ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’. Funding proposed 

for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service for fiscal year 2014 is $360,165,000. The Committee recommendation is consistent with the budget request. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Bureau of the Public Debt conducts all public debt operations and promotes the sale of U.S. savings-type securities. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a consolidated appropriation for the 

Financial Management Service and the Bureau of the Public Debt 
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under a new appropriation entitled ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’ 

and in the amount of $360,165,000, consistent with the budget request. 

BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... $360,165,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 360,165,000 

1The budget proposes to consolidate the Financial Management Service and the Bureau of the 

Public Debt under one appropriation entitled ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’. The fiscal year 

2013 enacted level was $217,369,000 for the Financial Management Service and $172,290,000 

for the Bureau of the Public Debt. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a proposed consolidation of 

the Financial Management Service and the Bureau of the Public 

Debt. The Bureau of the Fiscal Service will continue the operations 

of both agencies by providing central payment services to Federal 

agencies, operating the Federal Government’s collections and deposit systems, providing governmentwide accounting and reporting 

services, managing the collection of delinquent debt owed to the 

Federal Government, borrowing on behalf of the Federal Government, and providing support services for other Federal agencies on 

a reimbursable basis. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $360,165,000 for the Bureau of the 

Fiscal Service, consistent with the budget request. The Fiscal Service is a consolidated bureau proposed by the President for fiscal 

year 2014 and therefore was not provided a specific appropriation 

for fiscal year 2013. Compared to the fiscal year 2013 enacted level 

for both the Financial Management Service [FMS] and the Bureau 

of the Public Debt [BPD], the recommendation represents a decrease of $29,494,000. 

The Committee appreciates the Department’s efforts, outlined in 

the January 7, 2013 letter to the General Services Administration, 

to ensure a smooth transition to a consolidated Bureau of the Fiscal Service and notes that the Department has committed to maintain operations of the former headquarters of the Financial Management Service until December 31, 2019. 

The Committee has included language (section 125) authorizing 

the Treasury Department to retain a portion of assets recovered 

under an unclaimed asset recovery program to cover the cost of 

such program. The Committee directs that any funds retained by 

Treasury pursuant to such section shall only be used for operational and administrative costs of recovering unclaimed assets. 

The remainder of the recovered assets shall be deposited in the 

Treasury for the purposes of deficit reduction. 
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND PROGRAM

ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $220,558,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 224,936,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 230,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund makes 

investments in the form of grants, loans, equity investments, deposits, and technical assistance grants to new and existing community development financial institutions [CDFIs] through the CDFI 

program. CDFIs include community development banks, credit 

unions, venture capital funds, revolving loan funds, and microloan 

funds, among others. Recipient institutions engage in lending and 

investment for affordable housing, small business, and community 

development within underserved communities. The CDFI Fund administers the Bank Enterprise Award [BEA] Program, which provides a financial incentive to insured depository institutions to undertake community development financing activities. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $230,000,000 for the CDFI Fund, 

which is an increase of $9,442,000 to the fiscal year 2013 enacted 

level and an increase of $5,064,000 the budget request. 

The Committee supports funding for the CDFI Fund because of 

the program’s unique ability to leverage private sector investment 

in community development projects such as affordable housing, retail development, and community centers, as well as lending to 

small businesses. Funding for the CDFI Fund expands the power 

of CDFIs to improve urban and rural communities through sound 

but patient investment. With just a small amount of seed financing 

from the CDFI Fund, CDFIs transform communities. CDFIs often 

provide the ‘‘last mile’’ of financing to our Nation’s most challenged 

areas. CDFIs also provide banking services to the unbanked and 

others targeted by predatory lenders. 

Healthy Food Financing Initiative.—The Committee recommends 

$25,000,000 for the CDFI Fund to carry out the Healthy Food Financing Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to increase the availability of affordable, healthy foods in underserved urban and rural 

communities. Many of these communities are only served by fast 

food restaurants and convenience stores that offer limited healthy 

food options. Recommended funding will increase the availability of 

affordable financing for grocery store development, supplies and 

equipment to improve food production technology, and improvements and modernization of food distribution mechanisms and infrastructure. 

The Committee finds that food hubs, which consolidate food from 

local farmers and distribute these foods to food processors, retailers, and restaurants, serve an important niche in creating local 

food systems that are economically viable, sustainable, and capable 

of increasing the availability of healthy, affordable foods. The Com-
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mittee finds that food hubs also allow smaller and geographically 

distant farms to be more competitive and reach bigger markets. 

The Committee directs the CDFI Fund to encourage awardees to 

include food hubs as part of the overall strategy for increasing the 

availability of healthy, affordable foods as required under the 

Healthy Food Financing Initiative. 

Native Programs.—The Committee recommends a set-aside of 

$15,000,000 for grants, loans, and technical assistance and training 

programs to benefit Native American, Alaskan Natives, and Native 

Hawaiian communities in the coordination of development strategies, increased access to equity investments, and loans for development activities. 

Bond Guarantee Program.—The Committee includes a provision 

enabling the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee up to 

$1,000,000,000 in bonds in fiscal year 2014, as authorized by section 1134 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 

240). The bond guarantees will not result in a cost to the taxpayer. 

The bonds will support CDFI lending and investment activities in 

underserved communities by providing a source of long-term capital, and the funds raised through the bonds will be used to capitalize new loans or refinance existing loans. 

CDFI Capacity Building.—The Committee recommendation includes $2,000,000 to enhance the CDFI Fund’s efforts in building 

the capacity of CDFIs to serve the needs of underserved communities. The Committee directs that such funds shall be used to support the enhancement of CDFIs’ presence and activities in underserved communities. 

Non-Metropolitan and Rural Areas.—The Committee directs 

Treasury to take into consideration the unique conditions, challenges, and scale of non-metropolitan areas when designing programs to address economic revitalization and community development. The Committee notes that the CDFI Fund is required by 12 

U.S.C. 4706(b) to seek to fund a geographically diverse group of 

award recipients, including those from non-metropolitan and rural 

areas. 

BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing [BEP] has been the sole 

manufacturer of U.S. paper currency for almost 150 years. The origin of the BEP is traced to an act of Congress passed on February 

25, 1862, 12 Stat. 345, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury 

to issue a new currency—United States notes. While this law was 

the cornerstone authority for the operations of the engraving and 

printing division of the Treasury for many years, it was not until 

an Act of June 20, 1874, 18 Stat. 100, that the Congress first referred to this division as the ‘‘Bureau of Engraving and Printing.’’ 

The Bureau’s status as a distinct bureau within the Department of 

the Treasury was solidified by section 1 of the Act of June 4, 1897, 

30 Stat. 18, which placed all of the business of the BEP under the 

immediate control of a director, subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. The 1897 law is now codified in 31 U.S.C. 

303. 
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The BEP designs, manufactures, and supplies Federal Reserve 

notes and other security documents issued by the Federal Government. The operations of the BEP are currently financed by means 

of a revolving fund established in accordance with the provisions 

of Public Law 656, August 4, 1950 (31 U.S.C. 181), which requires 

the BEP to be reimbursed by customer agencies for all costs of 

manufacturing products and services performed. The BEP is also 

authorized to assess amounts to acquire capital equipment and provide for working capital needs. No direct appropriation is required 

to cover the activities of the BEP. 

Currency Accessibility for the Blind and Visually Impaired.—The 

Committee is concerned about the ability of blind and visually impaired individuals to identify denominations of United States currency. In May 2008, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the Treasury Department to provide 

meaningful access to currency for blind and visually impaired persons in order to comply with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The 

Committee finds that this is an obligation we have to our service 

members and veterans who have lost their sight while serving their 

country. 

The Committee directs the Government Accountability Office to 

report within 180 days on how the BEP can expedite the development, design, testing, and printing of currency with accessibility 

features, including tactile features and high-contrast numerals. 

The report should include a description of how the BEP may expedite the Federal acquisition process for the specialized equipment 

required to create accessibility features. 

Further, the Committee directs Treasury’s Office of Inspector 

General to provide to the Committee an assessment of BEP’s plans 

to develop, design, test, and print currency with accessibility features within 60 days of receipt and to report on its progress and 

implementation every 6 months thereafter until the plan is fully 

implemented. 

Finally, the Committee encourages the BEP to contract with the 

Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and 

Physically Handicapped, and relevant Executive Agencies, for the 

purpose of distributing supplemental currency readers to blind and 

other visually impaired U.S. citizens and legal residents. 

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Internal Revenue Service [IRS] administers the Nation’s tax 

laws and collects the revenue that funds more than 92 percent of 

the Federal Government’s operations and public services. The IRS’s 

mission is to provide taxpayers with quality service by helping 

them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all. The IRS focuses 

its enforcement programs toward increasing voluntary tax compliance by deterring taxpayers inclined to evade their tax obligations 

while vigorously pursuing those who violate the law. Each year, 

IRS employees deal directly with more American taxpayers than 

any other institution, public or private. 
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During fiscal year 2012, the IRS processed more than 237 million 

returns, issued over 123.3 million refunds, and collected over 

$2,500,000,000,000 for the Federal Government. Of the more than 

146 million individual income tax returns processed, nearly 81 percent were filed electronically. This marks a significant increase in 

electronically filed returns compared to the 31 percent in fiscal 

year 2001. The IRS provided taxpayer assistance through more 

than 372 million visits to the IRS.gov Web site, and assisted 97 

million taxpayers through its toll-free telephone helpline or at 

walk-in Taxpayer Assistance Centers. The IRS employed a total 

work force of 97,941, including seasonal and part-time employees. 

In fiscal year 2012, the average cost of collecting $100 in tax revenue was 48 cents, the lowest cost since 2008. An important focus 

for the IRS in recent years has been to undertake a major modernization of its systems, including expanding its Internet services 

and business operations to better serve taxpayers and enforce the 

law. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a total of $12,069,559,000 for the 

Internal Revenue Service for fiscal year 2014. This is an increase 

of $276,496,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and 

$791,474,000 below the budget request. 

Tax Gap.—The vast majority of Americans pay their fair share 

of taxes, yet there is still a ‘‘tax gap.’’ The tax gap is the difference 

between what taxpayers are supposed to pay and what they actually do pay. In January 2012, the IRS issued an updated estimate, 

based on tax year 2006 liabilities, reflecting a gross tax gap of 

$450,000,000,000 and a net tax gap of $385,000,000,000. Of the 

gross tax gap, more than 83 percent is attributable to underreporting of income. The determination in the 2001 assessment 

that compliance is far higher when reported amounts are subject 

to information reporting and, more so, when subject to withholding, 

remained valid with the 2006 tax gap estimate. 

To reduce the tax gap, experts recommend a number of approaches. These include improving information reporting, improving taxpayer services, increasing research on noncompliance, improving the partnership between the IRS and the tax administration community, and leveraging technology to improve IRS’s systems. The Committee supports all of these approaches in combination. 

Tax Compliance.—The Committee remains concerned that absent 

a better understanding of the current sources of noncompliance, efforts to improve compliance may be hampered, misdirected, and 

difficult to measure. To gain meaningful insights into taxpayer behavior, the Committee strongly supports the work of the National 

Taxpayer Advocate and the IRS Office of Research to examine factors that influence taxpayer compliance behavior, including how 

and the extent to which various factors influence such behavior, 

and how the establishment of a cognitive learning and applied research laboratory might facilitate continued evaluation. 

Operating Plan and Notification.—In addition to the regular operating plan requirements detailed in the introduction in this report, the Committee directs the IRS to include details on any 
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planned reorganization, job reductions or increases to offices or activities within the agency, and modifications to any service or enforcement activity. The Committee also directs the IRS to obtain 

and include comments of the IRS Oversight Board as part of its operating plan submission to the Committee. Further, the IRS should 

promptly notify the Committee and the IRS Oversight Board of any 

substantial changes to these plans. 

Budget Presentation for Staffing of New Initiatives.—The Committee is concerned that, in the annual budget justification materials submitted by the IRS to the Committee, resources designated 

for hiring of staff for new initiatives are not predicated on the expected hiring dates, but instead assume that such planned hiring 

will occur at the beginning of the fiscal year. This approach for 

budgeting for hiring of new staff does not mirror the reality of the 

typical hiring activity and has resulted in funds being directed for 

purposes and activities other than personnel acquisition that were 

not substantiated or described in the budget justification. The Committee strongly believes that transparency in the budget request 

documents is critical for congressional oversight and informed decision making. The Committee directs that, beginning with the justification materials submitted by the IRS to the Committee for fiscal year 2015, funding requests should more accurately reflect the 

anticipated hiring dates for staff identified for proposed new initiatives. 

TAXPAYER SERVICES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $2,235,224,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 2,412,576,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,316,246,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Taxpayer Services appropriation provides for taxpayer services, including forms and publications; processing tax returns and 

related documents; filing and account services; taxpayer advocacy 

services; and assisting taxpayers to understand their tax obligations, correctly file their returns, and pay taxes due in a timely 

manner. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $2,316,246,000 for Taxpayer Services, which is $81,022,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level, 

and $96,330,000 below the budget request. Bill language is included providing not less than $5,600,000 for the tax counseling for 

the elderly program, not less than $10,000,000 for low-income taxpayer clinic [LITC] grants, not less than $18,000,000, to be available for 2 years, for a community volunteer income tax assistance 

[VITA] matching grant program for tax return preparation assistance and $210,000,000 for the Taxpayer Advocate Service. 

The Committee recognizes the significant service challenges requiring rapid implementation that the IRS has faced as a result of 

recent tax law provisions designed to assist taxpayers in difficult 

economic times. 
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Telephone Level of Service.—The Committee acknowledges that 

telephonic access to the IRS is critical to promoting voluntary compliance. In recent years, the IRS has experienced a decline in its 

level of service on its toll-free taxpayer service line due to increased 

volume. In 2012, the IRS answered just 68 percent of its calls, and 

callers spent an average of 17 minutes waiting on hold. The Committee encourages the IRS to continue to make steady progress in 

its telephonic response performance and work to sustain taxpayer 

service delivery in an atmosphere of fiscal austerity and budgetary 

constraints. 

E-Filing.—The Committee is heartened by the IRS’s steady improved performance in increasing the number of tax filers who submit their returns electronically and without additional cost. Electronic filing benefits taxpayers and promotes effective tax administration because it decreases processing errors, expedites processing 

and payment of refunds, and allows the IRS to efficiently maintain 

up-to-date records. It costs the IRS 15 cents to process an electronically filed return, compared to $3.50 to process a paper filed return. 

During the fiscal year 2012 filing season, nearly 119 million individual tax returns, or almost 81 percent, were filed electronically, 

an increase of 4.7 percent from the previous year. Business returns 

filed electronically were up by 15 percent to 36.7 percent of the 

total filings, and tax professionals’ use of electronically filing rose 

to nearly 76 million returns, a jump of over 5 percent compared to 

2011. 

In view of the high rate of electronic filing of tax returns, the 

IRS’s ability to process returns on a daily basis, and the popularity 

of electronic deposit of refunds, the Committee strongly urges the 

IRS to reevaluate and update its measure on refund timeliness as 

recommended by GAO and the IRS Oversight Board. 

Taxpayer Assistance Blueprint.—In response to the Committee’s 

directive in the fiscal year 2006 Treasury Appropriations Act, the 

IRS, in consultation with the IRS Oversight Board and the National Taxpayer Advocate, developed a ‘‘Taxpayer Assistance Blueprint’’ to institute a 5-year strategic plan for taxpayer services. The 

Committee expects the Taxpayer Assistance Blueprint to be an integral and guiding component of ongoing strategic planning for delivering services. The Committee supports continued efforts to conduct research on taxpayer needs and taxpayer service performance. 

The Committee directs the IRS, the IRS Oversight Board, and 

the National Taxpayer Advocate to continue to submit to Congress 

annual updates to the Taxpayer Assistance Blueprint identifying 

any changes to its current strategic plan for taxpayer service, including the results of any new research and relevant findings, and 

any open issues requiring additional research. 

Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance.—The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance [VITA] program is an important aspect of IRS 

efforts to provide income tax preparation assistance programs for 

low-income taxpayers. 

A grant program established in 2008 provides direct funds to enable VITA programs to extend services to underserved populations 

and hardest-to-reach areas, both urban and nonurban, as well as 

to increase the capacity to file returns electronically, heighten qual-
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ity control, enhance training of volunteers, and significantly improve the accuracy rate of returns prepared by VITA sites. 

The Committee notes that in November 2012, IRS awarded 

matching grants to 207 organizations enabling them to offer free 

tax preparation services during the 2013 tax filing season at locations in all 50 States and the District of Columbia. The Committee 

recognizes that the applications for these grants far exceed the 

available resources. 

The Committee provides that, within funds provided, $18,000,000 

shall be available for 2 years for exclusive use as part of continuing 

a matching grant program established and administered by the 

IRS, in consultation with the Taxpayer Advocate Service, for not 

for profit organizations which provide volunteer income tax return 

preparation services for lower income individual taxpayers. 

The Committee strongly urges the IRS to make every effort to 

expand the quantity and funding level of VITA grants focused on 

serving persons with disabilities proportional to the growing disability population requiring tax assistance. The Committee understands that entities that are currently increasing their outreach efforts to better serve the needs of the disability population have experienced difficulty in applying for Federal grant assistance due to 

a lack of resources at the local level needed to complete the application. The Committee urges the IRS to allow national coalitions responsible for the coordination of local community partnerships focused specifically on the expanded provision of tax services for individuals with disabilities to compete in the VITA community matching grant processes. 

Taxpayer Services in Alaska and Hawaii.—Given the remote distance of Alaska and Hawaii from the U.S. mainland and the difficulty experienced by Alaska and Hawaii taxpayers in receiving 

needed tax assistance by the national toll-free line, it is imperative 

that the Taxpayer Advocate Service Centers in these States are 

fully staffed and capable of resolving taxpayer problems of the most 

complex nature. The Committee directs the IRS to continue to staff 

each Taxpayer Advocate Service Center in each of these States 

with a collection technical advisor and an examination technical 

advisor in addition to the current complement of office staff. Staffing should be increased if, as the result of the IRS Restructuring 

and Reform Act of 1998, subsequent legislation, or other factors, 

the volume of cases or their complexity increases. 

ENFORCEMENT

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $5,288,768,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 5,666,787,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,342,980,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Enforcement appropriation provides for the examination of 

tax returns, both domestic and international; the administrative 

and judicial settlement of taxpayer appeals of examination findings; technical rulings; monitoring employee pension plans; determining qualifications of organizations seeking tax-exempt status; 

examining tax returns of exempt organizations; enforcing statutes 
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relating to detection and investigation of criminal violations of the 

internal revenue laws; identifying underreporting of tax obligations; securing unfiled tax returns; and collecting unpaid accounts. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $5,342,980,000 for enforcement activities for fiscal year 2014. This amount is $54,212,000 above the 

fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $323,807,000 below the budget 

request. Bill language is included to provide not less than 

$60,257,000 to the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement program. 

Processing of Applications for Tax-Exempt Status.—Recently, the 

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration [TIGTA] released audit findings delineating the disturbing use of inappropriate case screening criteria in the handling of applications for 

tax-exempt status spanning numerous months. The report described unacceptable delays in case disposition, weak internal controls, communications breakdowns, and serious management deficiencies. The Committee shares the general outrage about these inexcusable organizational missteps that are wholly inconsistent with 

the IRS’s mission to promote integrity and fairness for all. The 

Committee strongly believes that immediate, meaningful, transparent, and sustained corrective action is warranted to restore any 

erosion of public trust in the IRS, strengthen the agency, and prevent any recurrence of the circumstances that led to the inappropriate behavior. 

The Committee directs the IRS to vigilantly adopt, follow, and 

build upon the multi-step action plan outlined in the acting commissioner’s preliminary assessment published on June 24, 2013. 

The Committee is cognizant that the changes necessary will be 

challenging, time-consuming, and require strong, sustained leadership engagement at the highest levels. 

The Committee is acutely aware that the lack of a precise definition of the term ‘‘primarily’’ in discerning the quantity and nature 

of an organization’s social welfare activities relative to an entity’s 

total activities including political campaign intervention is problematic. The absence of unequivocal guidance in the statute and 

rules for qualifying for 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status has generated 

considerable confusion. While this lack of clarity in no way excuses 

the IRS’s inconsistent treatment of certain applicants for tax-exempt status, it may have contributed to the processing delays. The 

Committee fully appreciates that the Department of the Treasury, 

not the IRS, is responsible for developing and promulgating tax 

policy consistent with the Tax Code authored by Congress. The 

Committee is encouraged that, consistent with one of the recommendations of TIGTA, the IRS has initiated discussion with the 

Treasury Department to pursue changes to guidance on measuring 

‘‘primary activity’’ and clarification of the definition of ‘‘political 

campaign intervention’’ with respect to social welfare organizations 

seeking tax-exempt status. The Committee understands that these 

matters will be included in the Treasury’s next Priority Guidance 

Plan, and expects the Department to keep the Committee regularly 

and fully informed of the status of developments as revisions to the 

guidance are formulated and finalized. 
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Furthermore, the Committee strongly believes that the IRS, particularly the Exempt Organizations component, should work quickly to vastly improve its consultations with the Taxpayer Advocate 

Service [TAS]. This shall include responding to TAS directives for 

expedited processing of significant hardship cases, promptly referring over-age cases, and routinely alerting TAS to systemic issues. 

Moreover, the Committee notes that the Taxpayer Advocate has 

publicly issued a report outlining 16 recommendations to address 

the factors that contributed to the use of questionable screening 

criteria and processing delays. The Committee expects the IRS to 

consider and identify the suggestions and input of both the Taxpayer Advocate and the IRS Oversight Board in issuing any future 

public report on the status of reforms instituted in response to the 

TIGTA report on processing of applications for tax-exempt status. 

Consistent with the reforms that the leadership of the IRS is instituting within the organization, the Committee includes three 

new administrative provisions in the bill setting forth specific directives and expectations of the Committee with regard to the handling of applications for tax-exempt status for social welfare organizations. These include mandates on the publication of guidance for 

processing applications, internal controls for expeditious case processing, and staff training. 

Combating Refund Fraud and Identity Theft.—Identity theft is a 

serious and growing problem in the United States. Detection and 

deterrence pose a daunting challenge for the IRS. Taxpayers are 

harmed when identity thieves file fraudulent tax documents using 

stolen names and Social Security numbers, and wrongfully receive 

refunds. Identity theft can be devastating for victims, whose legitimate refunds are blocked, forcing them to spend months untangling their account problems with the IRS. 

The Committee recommends that the IRS invest in techniques 

and processes including the adoption of unique identifiers to help 

decrease the ability of fraud perpetrators to gain access to social security numbers and other personally identifiable information. The 

Committee recommends enhanced recognition processes and creation of an alternate entity resolution and linking technology that 

would facilitate automated identification of duplicates in the system which in combination with other identifiers would prevent illegitimate access to the kinds of information that allow for refundrelated identity theft to persist. 

The Committee acknowledges that while the IRS has made some 

inroads in its capacity to flag and filter questionable filings, the 

IRS still needs to significantly improve its timeliness and effectiveness in responding to taxpayers who report that they have been 

victims of refund-related identity theft. The Committee is dismayed 

that resolving refund-related identity theft cases can consume more 

than 1 year and that communication between the IRS and victims 

is frequently limited and confusing. The Committee directs the IRS 

to institute, and share with the Committee within 90 days of enactment, an action plan and timetable predicated on a goal of reducing 

by half the average amount of time a taxpayer must await a disposition of a refund fraud claim. 

Preventing Payroll Tax Fraud.—The Committee recognizes that 

many employers outsource payroll and related tax duties to third- 
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party payroll service providers to help assure filing deadlines and 

deposit requirements are met and streamline business operations. 

While most payroll service providers are trustworthy, failures can 

pose devastating financial setbacks for multiple clients, particularly 

small businesses. The Committee is aware that the National Taxpayer Advocate has recommended an array of practical solutions to 

address this persistent problem, including more effective early detection of potential fraud; registration, certification, and bonding 

requirements for third-party payroll tax services; restrictions on 

changing addresses of record; and greater consideration of offers in 

compromise to assist defrauded businesses with relief from tax liability. 

The Committee directs the IRS to intensify its scrutiny of questionable practices of payroll service providers and continue to inform taxpayers of their responsibility for payment of all Federal 

and State employment taxes notwithstanding any contractual relationship with a payroll service provider. The Committee directs the 

IRS to report to the Committee within 90 days of enactment on (1) 

what data is currently collected on delinquent payroll service providers, (2) how this data is currently being used to prevent fraud, 

and (3) what the IRS would do with this data if given additional 

resources for this purpose. 

The Committee includes an administrative provision requiring 

that the IRS issue a notice of confirmation of any address change 

relating to an employer making employment tax payments, and 

that such notice be sent to both the employer’s former and new address and requires that an officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud by a 

third party payroll tax preparer. 

National Research Program.—As noted previously, the Committee strongly supports the work of the National Research Program [NRP] to increase understanding of the tax gap. The Committee agrees with GAO, TIGTA, the National Taxpayer Advocate, 

and the IRS Oversight Board, which have all recommended greater 

and more frequent data collection and studies of the tax gap including the portion of the tax gap attributable to international transactions. 

Performance Measures.—The Committee strongly urges the IRS 

to develop additional performance measures to evaluate the effectiveness of IRS programs such as preparer regulation, new information reports for merchant payment cards and stock basis, the 

Compliance Assurance Process [CAP] program, and Offshore Voluntary Disclosure programs. The Committee shares the perspective 

of the IRS Oversight Board that such measures would provide 

greater insight into how specific initiatives impact compliance and 

would contribute to better informed management and funding decisions. 

Misclassification of Contractors.—The Committee continues to be 

highly concerned with the misclassification of workers as independent contractors rather than as employees. This 

misclassification leads to the underreporting and underpayment of 

employment and payroll taxes by employers and individuals, which 

accounts for a substantial portion of the gross tax gap. The Com-
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mittee is encouraged by IRS actions to develop an agency-wide plan 

and a worker classification team to assist external stakeholders. 

The Committee understands that the IRS is undertaking a random 

sampling selection to study worker classification and other employment tax issues, including the safe harbor provision. The Committee looks forward to reviewing the findings and recommendations at the conclusion of this study. 

The Committee is concerned that staffing within the IRS’s SS– 

8 program, responsible for making determinations as to a worker’s 

Federal employment tax status, has not kept pace with the record 

and sustained SS–8 filings during the past three filing seasons. 

The Committee believes that the IRS SS–8 program is critical to 

ensuring that workers are classified correctly, identifying leads for 

employment tax exams and criminal investigations, and combating 

the underreporting of employment taxes that contributes significantly to the tax gap. The Committee believes it is crucial, given 

the growing workload, that the IRS maintain sufficient staffing at 

SS–8 processing locations. Prior to making any staffing reductions 

at the SS–8 processing locations, the Committee directs the IRS to 

provide a report to the Committee that details the past 5 years of 

staffing levels and employee productivity, SS–8 receipt volumes, 

and rationale for the proposed workforce changes. 

OPERATIONS SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $3,939,521,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 4,480,843,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,109,506,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Operations Support appropriation provides for overall planning and direction of the IRS including Infrastructure, including 

administrative services related to space and housing, rent and 

space alterations, buildings service maintenance, guard services, 

and non-IT equipment; Shared Services and Support, including policy management, IRS-wide support for research, strategic planning, 

communications and liaison, finance, human resources, equity, diversity, and inclusion programs, printing, postage, business systems planning, corporate training, legal services, procurement, and 

employee benefit programs; and Information Services, including the 

staffing, equipment, and related costs to manage, maintain, and operate the information systems critical to the support of tax administration programs. 

Funding for Operations Support budget activities undergirds 

both Taxpayer Services and Enforcement programs that depend on 

agile, sophisticated information systems to promptly and properly 

process tax and information returns, account for tax revenues collected, permit automated requests for account and return transcripts, issue billings for taxes owed, generate refund payments, assist in selection of returns for audit, and provide telecommunications services for the full array of IRS business activities, including Web site and toll-free phone access. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $4,109,506,000 for Operations Support for fiscal year 2014. This amount is $169,985,000 above the 

fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $371,337,000 below the budget 

request. Bill language is included allowing up to $250,000,000 of 

these funds to remain available until September 30, 2015, for information technology support and not to exceed $1,000,000 to remain 

available until September 30, 2016, for research; not less than 

$2,000,000 for the Internal Revenue Oversight Board; and $25,000 

for official reception and representation expenses. 

The recommended funding supports initiatives being undertaken 

to implement the information technology and operational infrastructure critical to delivery of new tax credits and other IT 

changes necessitated by changes in the law. For any cost estimates, 

the Committee expects the IRS to follow the best practices outlined 

in GAO’s Cost Guide for a comprehensive, well-documented, accurate, and credible cost estimate. It is imperative that the Committee be regularly apprised of updated cost estimates in order to 

have sufficient reliable information about the specific fiscal 2014 

funding needs in the context of what has been expended to date 

and with what results, as well as what costs may be expected to 

arise in fiscal years beyond 2014. 

Information Technology [IT] Management and Oversight.—The 

IRS funds 155 IT systems. Of these, 20 are major systems each 

having an annual budget of greater than $10,000,000. The IRS has 

made significant strides in improving the management and oversight of its business systems modernization [BSM] program. The 

Committee strongly urges the IRS to vigilantly address major systemic problems with its non-BSM portfolio of information technology projects. 

The Committee shares the concerns, cited by both TIGTA and 

GAO, that the IRS lacks a comprehensive integrated system to provide accurate, relevant, and timely financial and operating data 

that can be used to evaluate performance measures, productivity, 

and the associated costs of IRS programs. This deficiency hinders 

IRS management decisionmaking as well as congressional oversight of progress in achieving program goals. 

The Committee notes that while the IRS uses its IT governance 

process to track progress in completing activities and achieving 

milestones in non-BSM IT project implementation, it lacks a quantitative measure for doing so and as a result, cannot determine the 

extent of functionality achieved as incremental stages of project development are reached. Quantitative measures are valuable project 

management tools for securing complete information for 

ascertaining status and progress in delivering systems. 

In response to GAO’s recommendation as part of its evaluation 

work related to the BSM spending plans several years ago, the IRS 

developed a useful measure based on capabilities to be achieved for 

each milestone. The Committee strongly encourages the IRS to consider developing and using a quantitative measure of scope for all 

of its non-BSM major IT systems to provide more complete understanding of the functionalities achieved along the course of project 

work, and to better ensure that investments are producing the re-
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sults expected. In addition, TIGTA has identified problems in several areas of IT management and oversight including, but not limited to, such areas as classification of investment projects, oversight and governance structure, risk management, contingency 

planning, and contractor performance and accountability. 

Although progress has been made, the Committee remains concerned about chronic material weaknesses in IRS’s internal controls over information security that expose systems to serious risk. 

The Committee expects the IRS to continue efforts to fully address 

information security vulnerabilities, including promptly instituting 

corrective action in response to recommendations of TIGTA and 

GAO in this area. 

The Committee directs the administration and the IRS to include 

within the fiscal year 2015 budget request a proposed long-term 

multiyear funding strategy and timetable within the Operations 

Support account to upgrade and modernize the aging legacy IRS information technology infrastructure. 

Strategic Planning for E-Service Enhancements.—E-services is a 

suite of Web-based products that allow tax professionals and taxpayers to conduct business with the IRS electronically. The Committee believes there is considerable untapped potential for more 

robust use of virtual technology and enhanced electronic communications in transactions between the IRS and taxpayers and tax 

professionals. The Committee directs the IRS to develop and share 

with the Committee, within 180 days of enactment, a strategic 

plan, including identification of specific short-term and long-term 

opportunities for new or enhanced uses of e-services and an assessment of the related resource needs. 

Information Technology Reports.—The Committee directs the IRS 

to submit quarterly reports on particular major project activities to 

the Committees on Appropriations and the GAO, no later than 30 

days following the end of each calendar quarter in fiscal year 2014. 

The Committee expects the reports to include detailed, plain 

English explanations of the costs and schedules for the previous 3 

months and a description of the anticipated cost and schedule for 

the upcoming 3 months for the following major information technology project activities: IRS.gov; Returns Remittance Processing; 

EDAS/IPM; Information Returns and Document Matching; E-services; Taxpayer Advocate Service Integrated System and other 

projects associated with significant changes in law. The Committee 

further directs GAO to review and provide an annual report to the 

Committees evaluating the cost and schedule of activities of all 

major IRS information technology projects for the year, with particular focus on the projects about which the IRS is submitting 

quarterly reports to the Committee. 

BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $329,550,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 300,827,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 300,827,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Business Systems Modernization account provides resources 

for revamping business practices and acquiring new technology. 

The IRS has undertaken a multiyear, multibillion dollar effort to 

migrate from its antiquated legacy system to bring the IRS tax administration system to a level of public and private sector best 

practices. The IRS is using a formal methodology to prioritize, approve, fund, and evaluate its portfolio of business systems modernization investments. This methodology is designed to enforce a 

documented, repeatable, and measurable process for managing investments throughout their life cycle. The process is reviewed by 

the Government Accountability Office on a regular basis. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $300,827,000 for Business Systems 

Modernization [BSM] for fiscal year 2014. This amount is 

$28,723,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. The Committee encourages the IRS to use 

resources available through user fee revenues to augment the direct discretionary appropriation for the BSM program. 

The Committee is committed to ensuring continued progress as 

the IRS builds on the commendable foundational work accomplished in 2012 to successfully deploy the CADE2 program to provide daily account processing and to update the Modernized e-File 

program to launch additional system capabilities. The Committee 

recognizes that successful high-risk systems modernization efforts 

depend upon sustained and adequate funding to support automation refinements designed to help improve customer service 

through faster response, enhance compliance and enforcement activities, and enhance production volumes at lower error rates. 

The Committee expects the IRS to continue to submit quarterly 

reports to the Committee and the Government Accountability Office [GAO] during fiscal year 2014, no later than 30 days following 

the end of each calendar quarter. The Committee expects the reports to include detailed, plain English explanations of the costs 

and schedules for CADE2 and MeF activities for the previous 3 

months and a description of the anticipated cost and schedule for 

the upcoming 3 months. The Committee further directs GAO to review and provide an annual report to the Committee evaluating the 

cost and schedule of CADE2 and MeF activities for the year. 

The Committee remains concerned that IRS systems modernization, by its nature, is a high-risk endeavor, and appreciates that 

the IRS has, in recent years, satisfied the majority of developmental milestones planned for completion early, under budget, or 

within 10 percent of cost and schedule estimates. Because of the 

tendency for certain projects or components to exceed schedule and 

cost estimates, the Committee urges IRS management to maintain 

close routine scrutiny of cost and schedule factors. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The Committee has included six administrative provisions carried in prior appropriations acts and five new directives as follows: 

Section 101 continues a provision allowing the IRS to transfer up 

to 5 percent of any appropriation made available to the agency in 

fiscal year 2014 to any other IRS account, with the exception of the 

Enforcement account, which is limited to 3 percent. The IRS is directed to follow the Committee’s reprogramming procedures outlined earlier in this report. 

Section 102 continues a provision maintaining a training program in taxpayers’ rights and cross-cultural relations. 

Section 103 continues a provision requiring the IRS to institute 

and enforce policies and procedures, which will safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and protect taxpayers against 

identity theft. 

Section 104 continues a provision directing that funds shall be 

available for improved facilities and increased staffing to support 

sufficient and effective 1–800 help line services for taxpayers including enhanced reception and response time of taxpayer correspondence, particularly for victims of tax-related crimes. 

Section 105 renews a provision enacted in Public Law 111–117 

that prohibits the use of funds in this act to enter into, renew, extend, administer, implement, enforce, provide oversight of, or make 

any payment related to any qualified tax collection contract. 

Section 106 continues a provision enacted in Public Law 113–6 

that extends authority for appointment to critical administrative, 

technical, and professional positions needed to carry out the functions of the IRS. 

Section 107 is a new provision allowing a 2-year renewal of the 

term of a critical pay provision based on critical organizational 

need. 

Section 108 is a new provision requiring the IRS to issue notices 

to employers of any address change request and to give special consideration to offers in compromise for taxpayers who have been victims of payroll tax preparer fraud. 

Section 109 is a new provision requiring the IRS to publicize on 

its Web site clear guidance for processing of applications for taxexempt status involving potentially significant political campaign 

intervention. 

Section 110 is a new provision requiring the IRS to institute controls and management oversight to ensure prompt processing of applications for tax-exempt status using objective criteria. 

Section 111 is a new provision requiring the IRS to conduct staff 

training before each Federal election cycle including instruction on 

what activities constitute political campaign intervention. 

Section 112 is a new provision that prohibits the use of funds by 

the IRS to target United States citizens for exercising any right 

guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

The Committee includes 15 administrative provisions carried 

over from prior appropriations acts. The administrative provisions 

are as follows: 

Section 113 authorizes certain basic services within the Treasury 

Department in fiscal year 2014, including purchase of uniforms; 

maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; and contracts 

with the Department of State for health and medical services to 

employees and their dependents serving in foreign countries. 

Section 114 authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between Departmental Offices, Departmentwide Systems and Capital Investments Programs, Office of Inspector General, Special Inspector 

General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network appropriations under certain 

circumstances. 

Section 115 authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 

Administration under certain circumstances. 

Section 116 requires that the purchase of law enforcement vehicles be consistent with departmental vehicle management principles. 

Section 117 prohibits the Department of the Treasury and the 

Bureau of Engraving and Printing from redesigning the $1 Federal 

Reserve Note. 

Section 118 authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer 

funds from Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, to 

the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of debt collection. Such amounts shall be reimbursed to the Salaries and Expenses account from debt collections received in the Debt Collection 

Fund. 

Section 119 extends the authority to conduct a personnel management demonstration project. 

Section 120 requires prior approval for the construction and operation of a museum by the United States Mint. 

Section 121 prohibits the merger of the United States Mint and 

the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without prior approval of 

the committees of jurisdiction. 

Section 122 authorizes the Department’s intelligence activities. 

Section 123 permits the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to use 

$5,000 from the Industrial Revolving Fund for reception and representation expenses. 

Section 124 requires the Secretary of the Treasury to develop an 

annual Capital Investment Plan. 

Section 125 relates to refunds, drawbacks, and payments of 

claims by certain Federal agencies. 

Section 126 relates to the recovery of assets of the United States. 

Section 127 relates to bond financing under section 114A of the 

Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act 

of 1994. 
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TITLE II 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS 

APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $450,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 450,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 450,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This account provides for the compensation of the President, including an expense allowance as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 102. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $450,000 for 

compensation of the President, including an expense allowance of 

$50,000. This is the same as the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and 

the same as the budget request. The expense account is for official 

use as authorized by title 3, United States Code, and is not considered taxable to the President. The bill specifies that any unused 

amount shall revert to the Treasury consistent with 31 U.S.C. 

1552. 

THE WHITE HOUSE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $56,860,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 55,110,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 55,110,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account of The White House provides staff assistance and administrative services for the direct 

support of the President. The White House also serves as the President’s representative before the media. In accordance with 3 U.S.C. 

105, The White House office also supports and assists the activities 

of the spouse of the President. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $55,110,000 for 

The White House, Salaries and Expenses. The recommendation is 

$1,750,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and is equal to 

the budget request. 
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The Committee directs the Executive Office of the President 

[EOP] to allocate sufficient resources to continue the robust operation of the Office of National AIDS Policy [ONAP]. ONAP is responsible for leading implementation of the National HIV/AIDS 

Strategy and holding Federal agencies and local jurisdictions accountable for implementing effective, scalable, and cost-effective 

interventions for HIV prevention and care through commissioning 

policy research, consulting with the community, and helping jurisdictions modernize data systems and other activities to align with 

the strategy. The Committee directs the administration to continue 

to coordinate a Governmentwide effort to achieve the goals of the 

National HIV/AIDS strategy. 

EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

OPERATING EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $13,398,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 12,768,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 12,768,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

These funds provide for the care, maintenance, repair, alteration, 

refurnishing, improvement, air-conditioning, heating, and lighting 

of the White House and the official and ceremonial functions of the 

President. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,768,000 for 

the Executive Residence at the White House. The Committee recommendation is $630,000 less than the fiscal year 2013 enacted 

level and equal to the budget request. The bill also continues certain restrictions on reimbursable expenses for use of the Executive 

Residence. 

WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $749,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 750,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 750,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This account funds the repair, alteration, and improvement of 

the Executive Residence at the White House. A separate account 

was established in fiscal year 1996 to program and track expenditures for the capital improvement projects at the Executive Residence at the White House. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $750,000 for 

White House Repair and Restoration, equal to the budget request 

and $1,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. 
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COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $4,184,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 4,192,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,192,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Council of Economic Advisers analyzes the national economy 

and its various segments, advises the President on economic developments, recommends policies for economic growth and stability, 

appraises economic programs and policies of the Federal Government, and assists in the preparation of the annual Economic Report of the President to Congress. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,192,000 for 

salaries and expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers. This 

amount is equal to the budget request and is $8,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. 

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $13,022,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 12,621,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 12,621,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The National Security Council advises the President in integrating domestic, foreign, and military policies related to national 

security, and the Homeland Security Council advises the President 

in coordinating homeland security-related policies across the Government. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,621,000 for 

the salaries and expenses of the National Security Council and the 

Homeland Security Council. This amount is equal to the budget request and is $401,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. 

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $112,726,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 113,135,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 113,135,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Office of Administration provides administrative services to 

the EOP. These services, defined by Executive Order 12028 of 
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1977, include financial, personnel, library and records services, information management systems support, and general office services. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $113,135,000 for 

the Office of Administration for fiscal year 2014. This amount is an 

increase of $409,000 to the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and is 

equal to the budget request. 

The Committee’s recommendation includes $12,006,000 to stabilize and modernize the information technology infrastructure 

within the EOP. This funding supports the continuation of a major 

initiative that will refresh the aging information technology infrastructure, strengthen disaster recovery and information security capabilities, and transition the EOP’s communications architecture to 

integrate mobile devices while complying with security and records 

management requirements. The Committee is pleased with 

progress to date on the initiative and notes that metrics tracking 

results have improved. The Committee supports continued investment in the initiative to further modernize the IT infrastructure, 

accommodate increasing data needs, and prepare for cybersecurity 

threats. 

The Committee directs the Office of Administration to place a top 

priority on the implementation of comprehensive policies and procedures for the preservation of all records, including electronic 

records such as emails, videos, and social networking communication, consistent with the requirements of the Presidential Records 

Act, the Federal Records Act, and other pertinent laws. The Office 

of Administration shall work closely with the National Archives 

and Records Administration [NARA] to ensure the full and complete maintenance and formatting of electronic records that will 

eventually be turned over to NARA. The Committee expects the Office of Administration to keep the Committee fully apprised of 

funding needs related to record preservation and retention. 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $89,277,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 93,397,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 93,397,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Office of Management and Budget [OMB] assists the President in the discharge of his budgetary, management, and other executive responsibilities. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $93,397,000 for 

the Office of Management and Budget, which is $4,120,000 above 

the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and equal to the budget request. 
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The recommendation will allow OMB to continue its work developing and executing the President’s Budget and overseeing the performance of Federal agencies. In recent years, OMB’s non-politically appointed civil service staffing levels declined while undertaking new responsibilities under major legislation such as the 

Budget Control Act of 2011 and the Government Performance and 

Results Modernization Act of 2010. The Committee directs OMB to 

allocate increased funds toward restoring non-politically appointed 

civil service staffing levels, including for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The Committee also directs OMB to utilize additional resources to respond in a timely and complete manner to requests 

from Congress, in particular requests related to program funding 

and operations. 

Alternative Contracting Models.—The Committee believes that in 

some instances using transaction-based or no-cost contracting models for delivering or procuring information technology goods and 

services can save resources and increase efficiencies. The Committee believes that OMB should provide guidance to agencies on 

transaction-based and no-cost funding models including when it is 

appropriate to consider using these contract models, how to calculate potential savings from their use, and standards and best 

practices for conducting the procurement. The Committee directs 

OMB to report within 90 days after enactment of this act on the 

use of transaction-based or no-costing funding models for procuring 

information technology goods and services. The report shall include 

information on (a) transaction-based or no-cost funding model use 

by agencies; (b) quantifiable costs savings and cost avoidance 

through their use; (c) plans to continue or expand their future use; 

and (d) the status of the issuance of guidance to agencies regarding 

their use. 

Federal Budgeting System.—The Committee notes that OMB 

maintains the Federal Government’s core budgeting system, which 

is accessed by over 1,000 users Governmentwide to collect, validate, 

analyze, prepare, and publish information related to the Federal 

budget. The Committee appreciates OMB’s submission of the required report detailing current capabilities of and deficiencies in 

the system. In recent years, OMB has added the capability for the 

system to collect, analyze, and share information on Governmentwide management and budgeting activities. However, the last 

major upgrade to the system was completed in 1993. The Committee notes that, using limited resources, OMB has made improvements to the system that have enhanced data quality and implemented efficiencies in the budget process. The Committee directs 

OMB to continue making enhancements to the system within current resources and to notify the Committee of any cost-effective opportunities that OMB may identify to further improve the system. 

Chemical Security.—The Committee is concerned about the effectiveness of the Nation’s chemical security efforts. The Committee 

directs OMB, as part of its mission to improve the effectiveness and 

efficiency of Government programs and rules, to conduct a comprehensive review of the regulatory regime related to chemical security and to provide a report to the Committee detailing the review within 180 days of enactment. The review and report shall 
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identify regulatory gaps that may pose an unacceptable security 

risk, identify and evaluate the effectiveness of strategies for closing 

such gaps, identify existing redundancies between current regulatory regimes, and identify and evaluate strategies for eliminating 

such redundancies. The report shall also describe how Federal entities with responsibilities for chemical security coordinate with each 

other and how such coordination can be improved, including specific milestones such as formal agreements. The review and report 

should be done in conjunction with the activity completed through 

the Chemical Government Coordinating Council and the Chemical 

Sector Coordination Council. 

Status of Disaster Spending.—The Committee directs OMB to coordinate with the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board 

to publish information on its Web site regarding the status of funding provided under Public Law 113–2, including commitments, obligations, unobligated balances, and expenditures. The Committee 

directs OMB to publish this information on a publicly available 

Web site within 60 days of the termination of the Hurricane Sandy 

Rebuilding Task Force, and provide quarterly updates. 

Children’s Programs.—The Committee directs OMB to submit a 

report within 90 days of enactment on the feasibility of producing 

an analysis of current levels of spending on children and children’s 

programs, including a detailed breakdown by agency, department, 

and initiative. 

Consultations with the Committee Under GPRAMA.—The Committee recalls that all Federal agencies have an obligation under 

the Government Performance and Results Act [GPRA] Modernization Act [GPRAMA] of 2010 (Public Law 111–352) to publish a 

strategic plan not later than the first Monday in February of any 

year following the year in which a presidential term of office commences. These plans are thus due in February 2014. In the preparation of such plans, the GPRAMA also requires that agencies consult periodically with Congress—including soliciting both ‘‘majority 

and minority views’’ from the appropriations committees—and that 

each agency incorporate into its strategic guidance a description of 

how agency goals and objectives ‘‘incorporate views and suggestions 

obtained through congressional consultations required [by the 

Act].’’ Although the OMB required that agencies submit the first 

draft of their strategic plans on or before June 3, 2013, few if any 

such consultations have as yet taken place with this Committee. 

The Committee, therefore, directs that agency representatives 

promptly contact both the Majority and the Minority staffs of this 

Committee in order to arrange GPRAMA consultations. The Committee further requests that OMB facilitate such contacts and discussions wherever necessary. 

OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $24,451,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 22,647,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 23,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Office of National Drug Control Policy [ONDCP], established 

by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, and reauthorized by Public 

Law 109–469, is charged with developing policies, objectives, and 

priorities for the National Drug Control Program. In addition, 

ONDCP administers the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 

program, the Drug-Free Communities Support Program, and several other related initiatives. 

This account provides funding for personnel compensation, travel, and other basic operations of the Office, and for general policy 

research to support the formulation of the National Drug Control 

Strategy. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $23,000,000 for ONDCP’s salaries and expenses. This amount is $1,451,000 less 

than fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $353,000 above the budget 

request. Due to budget constraints, no funding is provided for policy research. 

FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $238,045,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 193,400,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 238,522,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas [HIDTA] program 

was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Public Law 

100–690) and the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s reauthorization (Public Law 109–469) to provide assistance to Federal, 

State, and local law enforcement entities operating in those areas 

most adversely affected by drug trafficking. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $238,522,000 for 

the HIDTA program, $477,000 more than the fiscal year 2013 level 

and $45,122,000 above the budget request. The Committee directs 

that funding shall be provided for the existing HIDTAs at no less 

than the fiscal year 2013 level. 

ONDCP is directed to consult with the HIDTAs in advance of deciding programmatic spending allocations for discretionary (supplemental) funding. 

The Committee recommendation specifies that up to $2,700,000 

may be used for auditing services and associated activities. 

The Committee directs that HIDTA funds be transferred to the 

appropriate drug control agencies expeditiously and includes provisions in the bill to help prevent delay. Transferred funds that are 

no longer necessary for their original purpose may be transferred 

back to the HIDTA program. 
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The Committee recognizes the National HIDTA Assistance Center for providing programmatic support to the HIDTA program to 

include training, financial management/audit review, and other essential services. 

HIDTA funds should not be used to supplant existing support for 

ongoing Federal, State, or local drug control operations normally 

funded out of the operating budgets of each agency. ONDCP is directed to withhold all HIDTA funds from a State until such time 

as a State or locality has met its financial obligation. 

OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $105,339,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 95,376,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 105,550,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–690), and the 

Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act (Public 

Law 109–469) established this account to be administered by the 

Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The funds 

appropriated to the program support high-priority drug control programs and may be transferred to drug control agencies. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $105,550,000 for 

Other Federal Drug Control Programs, which is $211,000 more 

than the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $10,174,000 above the 

budget request. Within this amount, the Committee provides the 

following funding levels: 

Amount 

Drug-Free Communities Support Program ........................................................................................................... $92,000,000 

National Community Anti-Drug Coalition training ..................................................................................... 2,000,000 

Drug court training and technical assistance .................................................................................................... 1,400,000 

Anti-doping activities ........................................................................................................................................... 9,000,000 

World Anti-Doping Agency [WADA] ....................................................................................................................... 1,900,000 

Activities as authorized by Public Law 109–469, section 1105 ........................................................................ 1,250,000 

Drug-Free Communities Support Program.—ONDCP directs the 

Drug-Free Communities Support Program [DFCSP] in partnership 

with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. DFCSP provides dollar-for-dollar matching grants of up to 

$125,000 to local coalitions that mobilize their communities to prevent youth alcohol, tobacco, illicit drug, and inhalant abuse. Such 

grants support coalitions of youth; parents; media; law enforcement; school officials; faith-based organizations; fraternal organizations; State, local, and tribal government agencies; healthcare professionals; and other community representatives. The DFCSP enables these coalitions to strengthen their coordination and prevention efforts, encourage citizen participation in substance abuse reduction efforts, and disseminate information about effective pro-
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grams. The Committee provides $92,000,000 for the continuation of 

the DFCSP. 

The Committee includes a provision in the bill directing ONDCP to provide $2,000,000 of DFCSP funds for training and related purposes as authorized by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 

by Public Law 109–469. 

UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $986,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 1,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

These funds enable the President to meet unanticipated exigencies in support of the national interest, security, or defense. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $1,000,000, which is $14,000 more 

than the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2013 and equal to the 

budget request. 

DATA-DRIVEN INNOVATION

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget estimate, 2014 1 ......................................................................... $14,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,000,000 

1 Includes $8,000,000 for the information technology management program. The Committee recommends $8,000,000 for that program, equal to the fiscal year 2014 budget request, under 

the appropriation ‘‘Integrated, Efficient and Effective Uses of Information Technology’’. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The goal of the Data-Driven Innovation program is to expand 

and improve the use of data and evidence to maximize government 

effectiveness and efficiency. The Data-Driven Innovation program 

builds on the Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation, 

which supported pilot projects designed to reduce errors, promote 

efficiency, and improve the service of Federal programs administered by States. The Data-Driven Innovation program will also support targeted projects with the goal of demonstrating results or 

testing methods that will be replicable across Federal programs. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $6,000,000 for the Data-Driven Innovation program, $8,000,000 below the fiscal year 2014 budget request. The Committee does not adopt the proposal to fund the information technology management program under the ‘‘Data-Driven Innovation’’ appropriation and instead recommends funds for 

that program under the appropriation ‘‘Integrated, Efficient and Effective Uses of Information Technology’’. Adjusting for that change, 

the recommendation is equal to the budget request. No funding 

was provided for the Data-Driven Innovation program in fiscal year 

2013. 
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The Committee reminds the EOP that the Committee expects to 

be regularly apprised of how efforts under the Data-Driven Innovation program affect agency and program-specific projects and missions on a case-by-case basis. The Committee expects EOP to demonstrate how all changes comply with current law and to notify the 

Committee and relevant authorizing committees as to how any 

projects or reforms will affect program designs, operations, and outcomes. The Committee directs that the Data-Driven Innovation 

program shall not be a substitute for the Committee’s routine consideration of agency needs or evaluation of program operations in 

accordance with the regular budget and oversight process. Finally, 

the Committee directs the EOP to notify the Committee immediately upon any change in an agency spending plan pursuant to 

any efforts under the Data-Driven Innovation program. 

INTEGRATED, EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE USES OF INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $4,990,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 2 ......................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 8,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

2The budget requested $8,000,000 for the information technology management program under 

the appropriation ‘‘Data-Driven Investment’’. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The goal of the Integrated, Efficient and Effective Uses of Information Technology [IEEUIT] program is to turn around poorly performing information technology [IT] projects, improve the efficiency 

and effectiveness of agency IT portfolios, and centralize key IT 

services for Government agencies, saving taxpayer dollars in the 

future that would otherwise be spent on inefficient and duplicative 

IT services. The EOP began a major IT reform effort in fiscal year 

2009 by leveraging existing resources provided for management improvements and dedicated funding for the effort was first provided 

in fiscal year 2012. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $8,000,000 for the IEEUIT program. 

The recommendation is equal to the amount requested by the 

President for fiscal year 2014 for information technology management efforts requested under the appropriation ‘‘Data-Driven Innovation’’ and is an increase of $3,010,000 to the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. 

The Committee appreciates the administration’s comprehensive 

and innovative approach to improving IT development processes 

and maximizing efficiencies across the Federal IT portfolio. The 

Federal Government invests approximately $80,000,000,000 a year 

in IT development for a wide variety of capabilities, spanning, for 

example, from basic desktop computing to a searchable database 

for investigating terrorist financing activity. 

Using resources provided for general management improvements, 

in 2009 the administration began a major IT reform effort focused 
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on improving poorly performing IT projects, consolidating costly 

data centers, and consolidating common IT functions across Federal agencies. The administration estimates that taxpayer savings 

realized to date under the current IT reform initiative totals approximately $489,000,000. 

The Committee reminds the EOP that the Committee expects to 

be regularly apprised of how Governmentwide IT reform efforts affect agency-specific projects and missions on a case-by-case basis. 

The Committee directs that IT reform initiatives shall not be a substitute for the Committee’s routine consideration of agency needs 

in accordance with the regular budget process. Finally, the Committee directs the EOP to notify the Committee immediately upon 

any change in an agency spending plan pursuant to any efforts to 

modernize, streamline, or improve Federal IT projects. 

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $4,319,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 4,328,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,328,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This appropriation provides for staff and expenses to enable the 

Vice President to provide assistance to the President in connection 

with the performance of executive duties and responsibilities. 

These funds also support the official activities of the spouse of the 

Vice President. The Vice President also has a staff funded by the 

Senate to assist him in the performance of his legislative duties. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,328,000 for 

special assistance to the President. This amount is the same as 

both the budget request and is an increase of $9,000 to the fiscal 

year 2013 enacted level. 

OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

OPERATING EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $306,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 307,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 307,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This account supports the care and operation of the Vice President’s residence on the grounds of the Naval Observatory. These 

funds specifically support equipment, furnishings, dining facilities, 

and services required to perform and discharge the Vice President’s 

official duties, functions, and obligations. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $307,000 for the 

official residence of the Vice President. This amount is equal to the 

budget request and is $1,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted 

level. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE

PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Section 201 continues a provision that provides flexibility in the 

use of funds in accounts under the EOP. 

Section 202 requires a detailed financial plan by the Director of 

ONDCP prior to the obligation of funds in fiscal year 2014. 

Section 203 allows for the transfer of up to 2 percent among programs within ONDCP. 

Section 204 establishes reprogramming requirements for 

ONDCP. 
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TITLE III 

THE JUDICIARY 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Established under Article III of the Constitution, the judicial 

branch of Government is a separate but equal branch. The Federal 

judiciary consists of the Supreme Court, United States Courts of 

Appeals, District Courts, Bankruptcy Courts, Court of International Trade, Court of Federal Claims, and several other entities 

and programs. The organization of the judiciary, the district and 

circuit boundaries, the places of holding court, and the number of 

Federal judges are legislated by the Congress and signed into law 

by the President. 

The Committee’s recommended funding levels support the Federal judiciary’s role of providing equal justice under the law and include sufficient funds to support this critical mission. The recommended funding level includes the salaries of judges and support staff and the operation and security of our Nation’s courts. 

The judicial branch is subject to the same funding constraints 

facing the executive and legislative branches. It is imperative that 

the Federal judiciary devote its resources primarily to the retention 

of staff. Further, it is also important that the judiciary contain controllable costs such as travel, construction, and other expenses. 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $74,684,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 74,838,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 74,838,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The United States Supreme Court consists of nine justices appointed under Article III of the Constitution of the United States, 

one of whom is appointed as Chief Justice of the United States. 

The Supreme Court acts as the final arbiter in the Federal court 

system. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $74,838,000 for 

the Justices, their supporting personnel, and the costs of operating 

the Supreme Court, excluding the care of the building and grounds. 

The recommendation is $154,000 above the fiscal year 2013 funding level and the same as the budget request. 
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CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $8,143,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 11,635,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 11,158,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Care of the Building and Grounds, for expenditure by the Architect of the Capitol, provides for the structural and mechanical care 

of the United States Supreme Court Building and Grounds, including maintenance and operation of mechanical, electrical, and electronic equipment. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $11,158,000 for 

personnel and other services related to the Supreme Court building 

and grounds, which is supervised by the Architect of the Capitol. 

The recommendation is $3,015,000 more than the fiscal year 2013 

funding level and $477,000 below the budget request. 

The Court shall continue to provide to the Committee detailed 

single-spaced quarterly reports on the Supreme Court modernization project, including descriptions; timeliness; milestones; and 

funding committed, obligated, and expended, as well as any unobligated balances of each major capital project. In addition, the report 

should include the identification, descriptions, and status of any 

contract claims. 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $32,462,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 33,355,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 33,355,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was 

established on October 1, 1982 under Article III of the Constitution. The court was formed by the merger of the United States 

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the appellate division of 

the United States Court of Claims. The court consists of 12 judges 

who are appointed by the President, with the advice and consent 

of the Senate. Judges are appointed to the court under Article III 

of the Constitution of the United States. 

The Federal Circuit has nationwide jurisdiction in a variety of 

subjects, including international trade, Government contracts, patents, certain claims for money from the United States Government, 

Federal personnel, and veterans’ benefits. Appeals to the court 

come from all Federal district courts, the United States Court of 

Federal Claims, the United States Court of International Trade, 

and the United States Court of Veterans Appeals. The court also 

takes appeals of certain administrative agencies’ decisions, including the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Board of Contract Ap-
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peals, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, and the 

Trademark Trial and Appeals Board. Decisions of the United 

States International Trade Commission, the Office of Compliance of 

the United States Congress, and the Government Accountability 

Office Personnel Appeals Board are also reviewable by the court. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $33,355,000. 

The recommendation is $893,000 above the fiscal year 2013 funding level and the same as the budget request. 

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $21,405,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 21,973,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 21,378,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The United States Court of International Trade, located in New 

York City, consists of nine Article III judges. The court has exclusive nationwide jurisdiction over civil actions brought against the 

United States, its agencies and officers, and certain civil actions 

brought by the United States, arising out of import transactions 

and the administration and enforcement of the Federal customs 

and international trade laws. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,378,000. 

The recommendation is $27,000 below the fiscal year 2013 funding 

level and $595,000 below the budget request. 

COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL

SERVICES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $5,015,955,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 5,170,239,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,089,169,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Salaries and Expenses is one of four accounts that provide total 

funding for the Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services. In addition to funding the salaries of judges and support staff, this account also funds the operating costs of appellate, 

district, and bankruptcy courts, the Court of Federal Claims, and 

probation and pretrial services offices. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,089,169,000 

for salaries and expenses. The recommendation is $73,214,000 
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above the fiscal year 2013 funding level and $81,070,000 below the 

budget request. 

Perimeter Security Pilot Project.—The Committee is aware that 

the Judiciary’s review of the new U.S. Marshals Service Court Security Officer [CSO] staffing standards has been completed. The 

new standards call for a modest increase in staffing, but cannot be 

fully implemented at this time due to budget constraints. The Committee continues to support the efficacy of the Judiciary’s Perimeter 

Security Pilot Project, but understands that due to fiscal constraints, the Judiciary is unable to expand the program at this 

time. 

VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION TRUST FUND

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $4,990,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 5,327,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,327,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Enacted by the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 

(Public Law 99–660), the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is 

a Federal no-fault program designed to resolve a perceived crisis in 

vaccine tort liability claims that threatened the continued availability of childhood vaccines nationwide. The statute’s primary intention is the creation of a more efficient adjudicatory mechanism 

that ensures a no-fault compensation result for those allegedly injured or killed by certain covered vaccines. This program protects 

the availability of vaccines in the United States by diverting a substantial number of claims from the tort arena. 

Not only did this act create a special fund to pay judgments 

awarded under the act, but it also created the Office of Special 

Masters within the United States Court of Federal Claims to hear 

vaccine injury cases. The act stipulates that up to eight special 

masters may be appointed for this purpose. The special masters expenditures are reimbursed to the judiciary for vaccine injury cases 

from a special fund set up under the Vaccine Act. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,327,000. The 

recommendation is $337,000 above fiscal year 2013 funding level 

and the same as the budget request. 

DEFENDER SERVICES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $1,037,920,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 1,068,623,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,098,446,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Defender Services program ensures the right to counsel 

guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, the Criminal Justice Act (18 

U.S.C. 3006A(e)) and other congressional mandates for those who 

cannot afford to retain counsel and other necessary defense serv-
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ices. The Criminal Justice Act provides that courts appoint counsel 

from Federal public and community defender organizations or from 

a panel of private attorneys established by the court. The Defender 

Services program helps to maintain public confidence in the Nation’s commitment to equal justice under the law and ensures the 

successful operation of the constitutionally based adversary system 

of justice by which Federal criminal laws and federally guaranteed 

rights are enforced. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,098,446,000. The recommendation is $60,526,000 above the fiscal year 2013 

funding level and $29,823,000 above the budget request. The Defender Services program is urged to reexamine the program for cost 

containment opportunities as the rest of the Judiciary has done 

and continues to do. The recommendation does not provide an increase in the hourly panel attorney pay rate. 

FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $51,804,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 54,414,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 54,891,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This account provides for the statutory fees and allowances of 

grand and petit jurors and for the compensation of jury and land 

commissioners. Budgetary requirements depend primarily upon the 

volume and the length of jury trials demanded by parties to both 

civil and criminal actions and the number of grand juries being 

convened by the courts at the request of the United States Attorneys. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $54,891,000. The recommendation is $3,087,000 above the fiscal year 2013 funding level and $477,000 above the budget request. 

COURT SECURITY

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $499,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 524,338,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 520,278,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Court Security appropriation was established in 1983 and 

funds the necessary expenses incident to the provision of protective 

guard services, and the procurement, installation, and maintenance 

of security systems and equipment for United States courthouses 

and other facilities housing Federal court operations, including 

building access control, inspection of mail and packages, directed 

security patrols, perimeter security provided by the Federal Protec-
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tive Service, and other similar activities as authorized by section 

1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Public 

Law 100–702). 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $520,278,000. The recommendation is $21,278,000 above the fiscal year 2013 

funding level and $4,060,000 below the budget request. 

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $82,743,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 85,354,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 83,601,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Administrative Office [AO] of the United States Courts was 

created in 1939 by an act of Congress. It serves the Federal judiciary in carrying out its constitutional mission to provide equal justice under the law. Beyond providing numerous services to the Federal courts, the AO provides support and staff counsel to the Judicial Conference of the United States and its committees, and implements Judicial Conference policies as well as applicable Federal 

statutes and regulations. The AO is the focal point for communication and coordination within the Federal judiciary and with Congress, the executive branch, and the public on behalf of the judiciary. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $83,601,000. 

This recommendation is $858,000 above the fiscal year 2013 funding level and $1,753,000 below the budget request. 

FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $26,946,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 27,664,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 26,400,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Federal Judicial Center, located in Washington, DC, improves the management of Federal judicial dockets and court administration through education for judges and staff, and research, 

evaluation, and planning assistance for the courts and the Judicial 

Conference. The Center’s responsibilities include educating judges 

and other judicial branch personnel about legal developments and 

efficient litigation management and court administration. Additionally, the Center also analyzes the efficacy of case and court management procedures and ensures the Federal judiciary is aware of 

the methods of best practice. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $26,400,000. 

The recommendation is $546,000 below the fiscal year 2013 funding level and $1,264,000 below the budget request. 

JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS

PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $125,464,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 126,931,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 126,931,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The funds in this account cover the estimated future benefit payments to be made to retired bankruptcy judges and magistrate 

judges, claims court judges, and spouses and dependent children of 

deceased judicial officers. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $126,931,000 for 

payments to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund and the Claims 

Court Judges Retirement Fund. The recommendation is $1,467,000 

above the fiscal year 2013 funding level and consistent with the 

budget request. 

UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $16,467,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 17,016,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 16,637,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The United States Sentencing Commission establishes, reviews, 

and revises sentencing guidelines, policies, and practices for the 

Federal criminal justice system. The Commission is also required 

to monitor the operation of the guidelines and to identify and report necessary changes to the Congress. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $16,637,000. 

The recommendation is $170,000 above the fiscal year 2013 funding level and $379,000 below the budget request. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

The Committee recommends the following administrative provisions for the judiciary: 
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Section 301 allows the judiciary to expend funds for the employment of experts and consultative services. 

Section 302 allows the judiciary, subject to the Committee’s reprogramming procedures, to transfer up to 5 percent between appropriations, but limits to 10 percent the amount that may be 

transferred into any one appropriation. 

Section 303 limits official reception and representation expenses 

incurred by the Judicial Conference of the United States to no 

more than $11,000. 

Section 304 grants the judicial branch the same tenant alteration 

authorities as the executive branch. 

Section 305 provides continued authority for a court security 

pilot program. 

Section 306 provides certain contracting authorities to the three 

remaining judicial branch entities without them. 

Section 307 extends for 1 year the authorization of a temporary 

judgeship in Kansas, Hawaii, Missouri, Alabama, Arizona, Florida, 

New Mexico, Texas, and California. 

Section 308 authorizes additional district judgeships in Arizona, 

California, Delaware, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Texas and converts a temporary judgeship to permanent status in Arizona, in 

California, and in New Mexico. 

Section 309 amends the Jury Selection and Service Act to add 

additional categories under which a juror may not be excluded. 
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TITLE IV 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

FEDERAL PAYMENTS

FEDERAL FUNDS

A total of $674,802,000 in Federal funds are estimated to be 

available to the District of Columbia government, the District of 

Columbia Courts, the District of Columbia Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, and other D.C. entities. This is 

$713,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $1,530,000 

below the budget request. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $29,940,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 35,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 35,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Resident Tuition Support program was created by the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–98), 

expanded through the District of Columbia College Access Improvement Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–157), and amended and reauthorized through Public Law 110–97. This program provides eligible college-bound District residents the opportunity to expand their 

higher education choices. 

Under the program, financial assistance is available to qualified 

District residents who attend public colleges outside of the District 

of Columbia, private postsecondary institutions in the District of 

Columbia, Maryland, or Virginia, or any historically black college 

or university. The private-school tuition grants are restricted to 

nonprofit institutions. Students who attend public schools receive 

assistance equal to the difference between the tuition paid by residents of the State in which the institution is located and the tuition charged to nonresident students, with an annual limit of 

$10,000 and a lifetime limit of $50,000. Private-school students receive a $2,500 maximum annual grant, with a lifetime limit of 

$12,500. 

Since its inception over a decade ago, the program has disbursed 

more than $317,500,000 as of April 2013 for the benefit of more 

than 19,664 District of Columbia residents, with grants averaging 

$6,900 per year. For the most recently completed academic year 

(2011–2012), 5,253 students received $33,450,000 in grants. Sixty 

percent of the program grantees are the first in their families to 

attend college. Program participants have enrolled in more than 

600 colleges and universities in 49 States. This has brought an in-
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fusion of the District’s students as well as Federal dollars to State 

university systems nationwide. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $35,000,000 for the resident tuition support program, $5,060,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

The Committee urges the Office of the State Superintendent of 

Education to continue its efforts to improve the student retention, 

persistence, and college graduation rate of program participants. 

The Committee believes that innovative initiatives designed to promote retention of District students in colleges and universities 

should be expanded where possible. The Committee acknowledges 

the challenges facing the students who do enroll in college to reach 

graduation. Data reveal that among program grantees, many students interrupt their enrollment or drop out entirely on their path 

to a degree, and over 48 percent graduate from college in 6 years. 

The Committee is encouraged by the initiatives that the State 

Superintendent has launched or is contemplating that are designed 

to enhance college retention and success. These programs include 

financial aid forums, guidance counselor certification, boot camps 

and summer institute programs, high achievers program, a retention mentor program, and a smart college choice campaign to guide 

students in selection of colleges and universities particularly suited 

to their academic and financial needs. 

The Committee is pleased that the Office of the State Superintendent of Education has developed a number of administrative 

changes to help contain overall costs so that the funds provided are 

invested in an effective and efficient manner. Further, the Committee is encouraged by new, shortened application period and 

award notification windows and an invoicing deadline for participating colleges and universities to improve the processing of payments. 

The Committee directs that the State Superintendent shall include, as a component of the fiscal year 2015 budget justification 

submission, an annual update of the District’s efforts, including research findings, to enhance the retention, persistence, and graduation rates of program participants, including early awareness and 

readiness initiatives to promote academic college preparation, guidance, and other support mechanisms and partnerships. The budget 

justification should also describe the status and effectiveness of 

cost containment measures instituted. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS

IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $24,651,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 14,900,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 14,900,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Due to the fact that the District of Columbia is the seat of the 

Federal Government and headquarters of many international organizations, District police, fire, and emergency personnel have had 
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to provide security for a number of events. As the need for the District of Columbia to provide security increases, overtime costs for 

personnel escalate and divert local police from neighborhood patrols. The complexity and costs associated with these events, including unique needs for crowd control, surveillance, and protection 

against unusual threats, are high and growing, and demand effective and efficient coordinated operations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $14,900,000, 

for the District of Columbia for the costs of providing public safety 

at events related to the presence of the national capital in the District of Columbia, for the costs of providing support requested by 

the United States Secret Service Division in carrying out their protective duties under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions. This is $9,751,000 below the 

fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. The fiscal year 2013 enacted level included $9,800,000 in enhanced funding for planning activities leading up to and associated 

with the 57th Presidential Inauguration. 

In addition, the District may use any funds remaining from prior 

year appropriations under this heading. The District may use the 

payment to cover the costs of Executive transportation support including motorcades and helicopter landings. The Committee directs 

the District of Columbia to submit a detailed budget justification 

for emergency planning and security with its funding request for 

fiscal year 2015. The Committee further directs the District of Columbia to submit, within 60 days of the end of fiscal year 2014, a 

report to the House and the Senate Committees on Appropriations 

detailing the purposes and amounts expended using the funds, particularly noting any deviation from the original proposed spending. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $232,375,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 222,667,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 232,137,316 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Under the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 

Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33, title XI), the Federal 

Government is required to finance the District of Columbia Courts. 

This Federal payment to the District of Columbia Courts funds the 

operations of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Superior 

Court, the Court System, and the Capital Improvement Program. 

Capital improvement projects include implementation of the updated Facilities Master Plan, with particular focus on expansion of 

the Moultrie Courthouse to address space shortfalls. By law, the 

annual budget includes estimates of the expenditures for the operations of the Courts prepared by the Joint Committee on Judicial 

Administration as well as the President’s recommendation for funding the Courts’ operations. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a Federal payment to the District of 

Columbia Courts of $232,137,316, which is $237,684 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $9,470,316 above the President’s 

budget request. This amount includes $13,374,726 for the Court of 

Appeals, $114,921,340 for the Superior Court, $69,213,250 for the 

Court System, and $34,628,000 for capital improvements to courthouse facilities. 

The Committee recommendation for the District of Columbia Superior Court is $2,355,000 above the President’s recommended 

funding of $112,566,340 and will permit the Court to enhance public safety and reduce recidivism among juvenile males by creating 

a drop-in center for supervision and services. 

The Committee recommendation for the District of Columbia 

Court System is $226,000 above the President’s recommended 

funding of $68,987,250 and will permit the Court System to support strategic transformation of human resources management to 

an integral partnership within the administration of the courts. 

The Committee recommendation for capital improvements provides $6,889,000 above the President’s recommendation of 

$27,739,000 to support the Facilities Master Plan, particularly the 

Moultrie Courthouse Addition (C Street Expansion). The Committee acknowledges that steady progress on the Facilities Master 

Plan should provide a cost-effective path to address deficiencies in 

the Courts’ space needs and promote improved public access to 

services. 

The Committee supports the Courts’ request to maintain the current level of funds available for its official reception and representation purposes. These resources enable the Courts to meet various 

community outreach responsibilities including supporting legal 

education in the District of Columbia as the home of six law 

schools; work with the D.C. Bar committees; and host the significant number of international guests who visit the D.C. Courts to 

learn about legal systems in democratic societies. The Committee 

notes that the current amount of the Courts’ reception and representation funds is commensurate with small Federal agencies 

and considerably less than the comparative representation funds 

available to other District officials. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF

COLUMBIA COURTS

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $54,890,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 49,890,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 49,890,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The District of Columbia Courts appoint and compensate attorneys to represent persons who are financially unable to obtain such 

representation. The Defender Services programs provide counsel 

for indigent persons who are charged with criminal offenses, for 

family proceedings involving child abuse, neglect, and termination 

of parental rights, and for guardianship proceedings for protection 
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of mentally incapacitated individuals and minors whose parents 

are deceased. 

In addition to legal representation, these programs provide indigent persons with services such as transcripts of court proceedings, 

expert witness testimony, foreign and sign language interpretation, 

and investigations and genetic testing. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $49,890,000 

for Defender Services in the District of Columbia Courts. This is 

$5,000,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. 

The reduction in the budgetary needs for this program is attributable to the laudable savings realized from use of a new accounting methodology and enhanced technology that provide more precise tools to account for and project costs. The Committee commends the vast improvements in business processes and management that have reduced the timespan from initial appointment of 

counsel to payment for services to 3 years, down from 7 years. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER

SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $212,557,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 227,968,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 227,968,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency [CSOSA] 

for the District of Columbia is an independent Federal agency created by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 

Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33, title XI). CSOSA acquired the operational responsibilities for the former District agencies in charge of probation and parole, and houses the Pretrial 

Services Agency within its framework. The mission of CSOSA is to 

increase public safety, prevent crime, reduce recidivism, and support the fair administration of justice in close collaboration with 

the community. The CSOSA appropriation supports the Community Supervision Program which monitors or supervises approximately 15,500 offenders on a daily basis and 24,000 different offenders over the course of a year and the Pretrial Services Agency 

[PSA] which supervised released defendants in 24,663 cases during 

fiscal year 2012. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $227,968,000, 

which is $15,411,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and 

the same as the budget request. Of this amount, $59,519,000 is 

designated for the Pretrial Services Agency and $168,449,000 is 

designated for the Community Supervision Program. 

The Committee is supportive of CSOSA’s efforts to successfully 

reintegrate ex-offenders to their communities and notes the centrality of job training and employment readiness in reducing recidi-
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vism. CSOSA is encouraged to work with organizations that have 

demonstrated effectiveness and best practices to improve the outcomes for men and women returning home from prison and under 

court supervision. 

CSOSA has enjoyed a long history of working with grassroots, 

nonprofit providers of transitional housing, including faith-based 

organizations, that offer counseling, mentoring, and life skills 

training to men and women returning home from prison. The Committee notes that this is a model program for the Nation. 

The Committee is encouraged that the Community Supervision 

Program has continued to maintain officer-to-offender caseload levels closer to nationally recommended levels, a significant improvement over the 100:1 average ratios prior to the Agency’s inception. 

The Committee appreciates the efforts of CSOSA management to 

identify savings and other efficiencies through targeted cutbacks, 

streamlining of programs, and strategic reorganization as the agency fulfills its critical mission and addresses high priority public 

safety needs amid Governmentwide fiscal constraints. 

The Committee commends the collaborative efforts of the Community Supervision Program to continue to partner with the District of Columbia Government, the United States Parole Commission, and the Bureau of Prisons [BOP] to implement the Secure 

Residential Treatment Program in 2009. This program aims to provide a secure, residential substance abuse treatment intervention/ 

sanction alternative to high-risk, chronic substance abusing and 

criminally involved male D.C. code offenders in lieu of revoking 

them to BOP custody. The Committee understands that in July 

2012, the District of Columbia Government and BOP assumed financial responsibility for operational expenses. The Committee encourages CSOSA to keep the Committee regularly informed of how 

well this program is meeting its goals of increasing offenders’ 

chances of successful community reintegration and breaking the 

cycle of recidivism. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE FOR THE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $37,167,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 40,607,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 40,607,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Public Defender Service [PDS] for the District of Columbia, 

an independent organization established by a District of Columbia 

statute (16 D.C. Code 2–1601–1608), has a distinct mission to provide and promote quality legal representation services within the 

District of Columbia justice system. PDS provides legal representation to indigent adults and children facing loss of liberty and provides support in the form of training, consultation, and legal reference services to members of the local bar appointed as counsel 

in criminal, juvenile, and mental health cases involving indigent 

individuals. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a Federal payment to the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia of $40,607,000, which 

is $3,440,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND

SEWER AUTHORITY

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $14,970,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 14,500,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 14,500,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Approximately one-third of the District is served by a combined 

sewer system, constructed by the Federal Government in 1890, in 

which both sanitary waste and storm water flow through the same 

pipes. When the collection system or the Blue Plains treatment 

plant reach capacity, typically during periods of heavy rainfall, the 

system is designed to overflow the excess water. This mixture of 

sewage and storm water runoff is discharged to the Anacostia and 

Potomac Rivers, Rock Creek, and tributary waters between 60 and 

75 times each year. Under a judicial consent decree entered on 

March 23, 2005, the Water and Sewer Authority is undertaking a 

20-year, $2,600,000,000 sewer construction program to reduce combined sewer overflows [CSO]. The Clean Rivers Project includes 

deep underground storage tunnels, side tunnels to reduce flooding, 

pump station rehabilitation, and the elimination of over a dozen 

CSO outfalls along the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers and Rock 

Creek. When completed in 2025, this project is expected to vastly 

improve water quality and significantly reduce debris in our Nation’s capital waterways as well as improve the health of the 

Chesapeake Bay. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $14,500,000 to 

be matched by at least $14,500,000 provided by the Water and 

Sewer Authority, to continue implementation of the Long-Term 

Combined Sewer Overflow Control Plan. This is $470,000 below the 

fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

The Committee understands that the Clean Rivers project is currently exploring a more expansive investment in green infrastructure with low impact development technologies. The Committee is 

encouraged by the potential benefits not only for stormwater management, but for job creation, improved air quality, greener public 

and private spaces, and added wildlife habitat. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING

COUNCIL

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $1,796,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 1,800,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,800,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia [CJCC] is the primary forum in which District of Columbia 

criminal justice agencies can identify and address interagency coordination on issues such as illegal drugs, juvenile justice, halfway 

houses, information technology, and identification of arrestees to 

improve public safety in the District of Columbia for its residents, 

visitors, victims, and offenders. 

The CJCC was originally established pursuant to a memorandum 

of agreement in May 1998 and functions as an independent working group to foster cooperation among the more than a dozen Federal and local governmental agencies which have law enforcement 

responsibility in our Nation’s capital. Under a local enactment in 

August 2001, the CJCC was established as an independent agency 

within the District of Columbia. 

The CJCC maintains the Justice Integrated Information System 

[JUSTIS] using technology that allows for the seamless sharing of 

information at critical decision points throughout the justice system. JUSTIS connects Federal agencies, the District government, 

and court information systems, so that criminal activity can be easily monitored across an array of participating agencies. Agencies 

currently using JUSTIS include the Metropolitan Police Department, the D.C. Department of Corrections, D.C. Superior Court, the 

U.S. Park Police, the U.S. Capitol Police, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Pretrial Services Agency, CSOSA, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, 

and the D.C. and Maryland Public Defenders Service. No other system provides this range of access to Federal and local information 

in the District. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $1,800,000 to 

CJCC. This is $4,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and 

the same as the budget request. 

Among the activities that the recommended Federal payment 

will support during fiscal year 2014 is continued enhancements to 

expand the reach of the JUSTIS information system’s capabilities 

to promote sharing of public safety information and more effective 

mobilization in response to matters transcending a single agency. 

The Committee expects that the resources will also support the 

GunStat initiative; improved information sharing on mental health 

and substance abuse to redirect persons to necessary support services; records management, court-based release, court processing 

and papering reforms; clear business processes to help reduce the 

number of outstanding warrants; and a comprehensive approach to 

truancy prevention. 

The Committee directs the CJCC to submit annual performance 

measures in an annual report to accompany the fiscal year 2015 

budget justification, which should also describe progress made on 

specific CJCC initiatives. 
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $499,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 500,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 500,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure provides 

support to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and Superior 

Court through reviewing and investigating allegations of judicial 

misconduct. The Judicial Nomination Commission recommends 

candidates to the President of the United States for nomination to 

judicial vacancies in these courts. In accordance with the National 

Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 

1997 (Public Law 105–33), the Federal Government is responsible 

for financing of the District of Columbia Courts, including the operations of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Superior Court, 

the Court System, and the Capital Improvement Program. Although independent of the Courts by design, these two Commissions provide important functions within the judicial branch of 

local government in the District of Columbia. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $500,000 as a Federal payment for 

the judicial commissions, of which $205,000 is designated for the 

Judicial Nomination Commission and $295,000 is designated for 

the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure. This amount 

is $1,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as 

the budget request. Funds shall remain available until September 

30, 2015. The Committee continues to support the rationale of recognizing these commissions as local judicial branch agencies for 

which Federal support for the operations is necessary. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $59,880,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 52,200,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 42,200,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Committee continues its commitment to improving educational opportunities for the children of the District of Columbia. 

For nearly a decade, Congress has supported a three-sector funding 

arrangement to provide Federal resources for the District of Columbia Public Schools, public charter schools, and for a scholarship 

program for low-income students to attend private schools. 

For the last 6 years the District has charted a new management 

course for the District’s challenged public school system in response 

to Public Law 110–33, which vested authority over the school superintendent, operating budget, and capital program in the Mayor 

beginning in 2007. Given that District of Columbia public school 

students have chronically performed well below national averages 

in reading and mathematics, the Committee commends the 
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progress that has been made to streamline bureaucracy, recruit 

new principals, expand course offerings available to students, expand pre-K classrooms, complete major renovations, and raise 

math and reading test scores. For the ensuing 2013–2014 school 

year, enrollment of 46,060 students is projected, representing a decline of over 1,000 students below the 2012–2013 enrollment. 

Public charter schools in the District of Columbia have grown 

considerably since the first two opened in 1996 and served 160 students. In school year 2012–2013, 56 tuition-free, autonomous public 

charter schools on 100 campuses operated in the District, enrolling 

33,699 students in every ward of the city, and serving 43 percent 

of all District of Columbia public school students. Enrollment in 

charter schools is projected to increase by over 3,700 in school year 

2013–2014, a growth rate of 11 percent. The District of Columbia 

School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134), one of the strongest charter school laws in the Nation, guarantees charter school autonomy from the District of Columbia Public Schools and from the 

District government and mandates uniform per student funding of 

all public school students, both traditional and charter. 

Congress established the private school scholarship program as 

a 5-year pilot in 2003. In April 2011, the Opportunity Scholarship 

Program was reauthorized for 5 years through enactment of Public 

Law 112–10, division C. The intent of this program is to help increase the District of Columbia’s capacity to provide parents, particularly low-income parents whose children attend low-performing 

schools, more options for quality education. In school year 2012– 

2013, 1,584 students participated in the program and were enrolled 

at 52 participating nonpublic schools. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $42,200,000, which is $17,680,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and 

$10,000,000 below the budget request. These funds are allocated as 

follows: $20,000,000 for the District of Columbia Public Schools to 

improve public school education, $20,000,000 to expand quality 

charter schools and $2,200,000 for the Secretary of Education for 

private school scholarships under Public Law 112–10, division C. 

Private School Scholarships.—The Committee supports continuing the Opportunity Scholarship program, and notes that Congress expressed its clear intent to advance this program through 

continuous funding and a 5 year reauthorization in 2011. The Committee is aware that the available unexpended balances are due, in 

part, to factors beyond the program’s control, and expects that any 

funding appropriated for the Opportunity Scholarship Program, including currently available balances, will be used to continue the 

program and enroll new students in order to facilitate a credible 

and scientifically valid evaluation of the program. 

The Committee’s recommendation takes into consideration expected resource needs for the scholarship program based on historic 

attrition and enrollment rates and anticipated increases in program participation by new students, measured against funds on 

hand. Based on program data, for school year 2013–2014, the projected costs are $16,624,847, which will support 1,752 students, including 1,304 renewals and 448 new awards calculated at the max-
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imum inflation-adjusted scholarship rate. This enrollment level 

would be 168 additional students, or an 11-percent increase, above 

the school year 2012–2013 participation. For school year 2014– 

2015, the projected costs are $16,911,709, which will support 1,741 

students, calculated at the maximum inflation-adjusted scholarship 

rate. The Committee believes it is essential to evaluate these projected resource needs in light of the fact that there is at least 

$33,439,651 in unexpended prior year carryover funding currently 

available to the program. The Committee’s recommended funding 

of $2,200,000 will support the ongoing administration and evaluation component of the program without depleting funds available 

for scholarship awards. 

The Committee directs the Secretary of Education to develop, as 

necessary, any appropriate cost containment protocols, consistent 

with Public Law 112–10, division C, to address any potential enrollment oversubscription issues posed by retention of students 

newly entering the program and extension to new enrollments in 

future school years to ensure that expansion of the program is undertaken in conformity with the authorized funding level. 

The Committee expects that any school enrolling a scholarship 

participant under the Opportunity Scholarship Program should satisfy certain minimum reasonable expectations as an educational 

setting in full compliance with the statutory requirements of section 3007(a)(4) of Public Law 112–10, division C relating to valid 

certificates of occupancy, school accreditation, site inspections, financial stability, fiscal management controls, and teacher qualifications. 

The Committee directs the Secretary of Education to work with 

the Office of Management and Budget to develop and implement 

suitable administrative control mechanisms to promote greater 

oversight of the program. 

Public Schools.—The Committee directs the District of Columbia 

Public Schools [DCPS] to submit a detailed spending plan outlining 

specific activities no later than 60 days after enactment of this act. 

The Committee expects that this spending plan should contain a 

particular emphasis on initiatives to improve the recruitment and 

retention of a high-quality teacher and principal workforce in District public schools. 

The District has 11,000 special needs students for whom the District must provide or secure educational services. The Committee 

expects the District to continue to make substantial progress in 

achieving compliance with the 2006 Federal court-ordered consent 

decree, eliminating inadequacies in treatment and support for special needs students, and establishing more inclusive learning environments for these students within the District of Columbia Public 

Schools system. 

Public Charter Schools.—With respect to the recommended Federal payment for fiscal year 2014 for public charter schools, the 

Committee directs the District of Columbia Public Charter School 

Board to submit to Congress, through the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, a detailed spending plan outlining specific 

activities no later than 60 days after enactment of this act. This 

spending plan should particularly emphasize enhancing the academic quality of existing charter schools, expanding the capacity of 
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high-performing charter schools, and executing a robust performance management system to help identify low-performing schools 

and close them. The Committee expects that funding provided for 

charter schools will be used in accordance with the plan submitted. 

Over the years, public charter schools have moved into and revitalized former DCPS school buildings that otherwise would have 

been developed into condominiums or used for other commercial 

purposes. These buildings, including several historic structures, 

often long-abandoned and severely blighting neighborhoods, have 

been converted to public charter schools. However, despite a law 

giving the charter schools a ‘‘right of first offer’’ whenever the District government disposes of a former public school building by 

sale, lease, or transfer, charter schools often lose out to commercial 

developers. 

The Committee directs the Mayor of the District of Columbia to 

submit to the Committees on Appropriations, as part of the fiscal 

year 2015 Federal payment budget justification materials, a detailed fiscal year 2015–2019 public education facilities plan that 

will ensure public charter school equitable access to surplus or underutilized DCPS space consistent with the law. 

The Committee reminds the government of the District of Columbia that students in public charter schools are to have access to the 

same publicly funded services that are offered to students in traditional public schools. These include school nurses, School Resource 

Officers, crossing guards, and mental health and other wraparound services. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE D.C. NATIONAL GUARD

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $374,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 500,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 500,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The D.C. National Guard is a Federal, rather than a local, entity 

and responds to orders of the President of the United States who 

is the Commander-in-Chief of the D.C. National Guard pursuant to 

law (District of Columbia Official Code § 49–409 and Executive 

Order No. 11485 (October 1, 1969)). Unlike a Governor of a State, 

the Mayor is not authorized to deploy the National Guard under 

any circumstances. The District of Columbia National Guard is specifically trained to support law enforcement during critical missions, such as demonstrations, Presidential inaugurations and funerals, and emergency services for weather-related contingencies. 

The D.C. Air Guard patrols the skies over the District on roundthe-clock alert. However, residency restrictions preclude a significant number of Guard members from eligibility for tuition assistance programs, which has severely hampered recruitment and retention efforts. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $500,000 for 

the D.C. National Guard designated for the Major General David 

F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and 
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College Access Program, a tuition assistance program for nonresident District of Columbia National Guard members. This 

amount is $126,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and 

the same as the budget request. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ST. ELIZABETHS

HOSPITAL CAMPUS

Appropriations, 2013 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... $9,800,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 9,800,000 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

St. Elizabeths, established by Congress in 1855 as the Government Hospital for the Insane and officially renamed as St. Elizabeths Hospital in 1916, is presently divided into two campuses. The 

West Campus, owned by the Federal Government and under the 

custody and control of the General Services Administration, will be 

the new headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security. 

The East Campus, owned by the District of Columbia, is still in use 

as a mental health facility. The fiscal year 2014 budget request 

seeks a new Federal payment of $9,800,000 to support various redevelopment planning activities on the East Campus to stimulate 

economic and community revitalization in tandem with the transformation of the West Campus property. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a one-time Federal payment of $9,800,000, to remain available until expended, to support the revitalization efforts underway at the East Campus of St. Elizabeths 

in the District of Columbia. The Committee understands that the 

Federal funding will be leveraged with a total of $202,000,000 in 

local and private funds in fiscal years 2012 through 2016 to support revitalization that will bring together opportunities for community business development, workforce development, financial 

services, and other economic benefits for the community. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR HIV/AIDS PREVENTION

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $4,990,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 5,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The District of Columbia is facing a daunting HIV epidemic. 

Based on the national HIV/AIDS case based reporting system, the 

District currently has the highest AIDS diagnosis rate in the country. Currently, 2.7 percent of the population was diagnosed and is 

living with HIV in the District. Early diagnosis and increased access to care improves health outcomes and reduces the chances of 

spreading the disease. According to the most recent local epidemiology report, more than 76 percent of persons in the District entered into care and treatment within 3 months of their HIV diagnosis, a steady increase from the 58 percent in 2006. The percentage of infected individuals whose disease progressed from HIV to 
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AIDS decreased to 24.2 percent, down from 47 percent in 2004. 

HIV-related deaths per year have dropped from 237 in 2006 to 66 

in 2010, and there were no pediatric HIV diagnoses in 2010, which 

is notable given that as recently as 2005, the District accounted for 

nearly 10 percent (6 of 68) pediatric AIDS cases nationwide. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee acknowledges the serious health situation and 

recommends a special Federal payment of $5,000,000 to support 

the use of emerging and effective technology and social networking 

to promote regular and routine testing to significantly increase the 

number of District residents who know their HIV status and increase the number of HIV positive residents immediately linked to 

care. This amount is $10,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted 

level and the same as the budget request. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR D.C. COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND

HUMANITIES GRANTS

Appropriations, 2013 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... $1,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. ........................... 

The budget requests a special Federal payment of $1,000,000 to 

fund competitively awarded grants for nonprofit fine and performing arts organizations based in and primarily serving the District of Columbia. This request relates to a proposal to eliminate 

funding for the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs 

[NCACA] grants program administered by the Commission on Fine 

Arts, a Federal entity funded under the Interior appropriation. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee is unable to support the request for a new special 

Federal payment to the District of Columbia for grants for nonprofit fine and performing arts organizations in fiscal year 2014. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

The Committee recommends, for the operating expenses of the 

District of Columbia, the amount which will be submitted to Congress by the government of the District of Columbia as set forth in 

the enrolled version of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request Act of 

2013, District of Columbia Bill 20–198, as may be amended. Of the 

total amount of funds, the Committee recommends the distribution 

of funds between local funds, Federal grant funds, Medicaid payments, other funds and private funds. The Committee further recommends an additional $124,200,000 in appropriated Federal payments as set forth under this title. The Committee directs that any 

changes to the financial plan as submitted by the District must follow the reprogramming guidelines. 
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TITLE V 

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $2,894,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 3,200,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 3,200,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Administrative Conference of the United States [ACUS] is 

an independent agency and advisory committee created to study 

administrative processes in order to recommend improvements to 

Congress and agencies. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $3,200,000 for ACUS, equal to the budget request and $306,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted 

level. 

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $449,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 150,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is an independent agency established by Congress in 1992 (Public Law 102– 

281) to encourage and support research, study, and labor designed 

to produce new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit 

of mankind. Its mission is accomplished through the sponsorship of 

national competitions designed to promote innovation in the fields 

of homeland security, life sciences, and education. Through its 

Frontiers of Discovery—Work in Progress and Discover the Future 

programs, the agency recognizes cutting-edge innovations of worthy 

American scientists, student inventors, and exemplary teachers 

who inspire despite especially challenging educational environments or personal physical disabilities. 

Initial funding for the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation was derived from the sale of three denominations of specially 

minted coins sold by the United States Mint from August 1992 

through June 1993. Revenues from the coin sales surcharges were 
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deposited in the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Fund at the Department of the Treasury, and made available to the Foundation. 

To address the fact that the coin sales revenues had been depleted, 

Congress authorized funding for the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation in the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public 

Law 111–8). 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $150,000 for fiscal year 2014 for the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation. This is $299,000 

below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $150,000 above the request. The Committee expects the Foundation to seek alternative 

sources of funds for its operations other than discretionary appropriations. 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $204,883,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 315,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 315,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC] was established as an independent agency by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 1389; 7 U.S.C. 4a). The Commission administers the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. section 

1, et seq. 

The 1974 Act brought under Federal regulation futures trading 

in all goods, articles, services, rights, and interests; commodity options trading; and leverage trading in gold and silver bullion and 

coins; and otherwise strengthened the regulation of the commodity 

futures trading industry. It established a comprehensive regulatory 

structure to oversee the volatile futures trading complex. The 

CFTC’s statutory mandate was renewed and/or expanded in 1978, 

1982, 1986, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2008, and 2010. 

The CFTC is the sole Federal regulator responsible for overseeing the futures, options, and swaps markets by encouraging 

competitiveness and efficiency, ensuring market integrity, and protecting market participants against manipulation, abusive trading 

practices, fraud, and other unscrupulous activities. Effective oversight by the CFTC fosters open, competitive, and financially sound 

markets. This enables the markets to better serve their designated 

functions of providing a price discovery mechanism and a means to 

offset price risk. 

Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act 

(Public Law 111–203), the CFTC acquired expanded responsibilities 

for comprehensive oversight of the once-unregulated over-thecounter U.S. derivatives market to protect and benefit end-users 

and the broader American public. This complex swaps market has 

a notional value of nearly eight times the size of that of the futures 

markets. For the first time, 75 entities have registered as swap 

dealers and two as major swap participants. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $315,000,000 for 

the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. This is $110,117,000 

above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. The Committee supports the need for increased resources for the CFTC above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level to 

satisfy its substantially broadened regulatory workload and to ensure appropriate oversight of the futures markets, which are growing steadily in volume and new users and rapidly evolving in their 

complexity and diversity. 

The Committee emphasizes that this recommend funding is indispensable for conducting vigilant oversight of the futures and 

swaps markets to ensure market integrity and transparency and 

protect participants against manipulation, fraud, abusive trading 

practices, and unscrupulous conduct. The funding level will permit 

the CFTC to devote greater resources to its examinations function 

to ensure ongoing compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. It will foster continued execution of the requirements 

of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act facilitating transition 

from ‘‘start-up’’ rule-writing to direct examinations and surveillance 

activities. Moreover, it will allow mission-critical investments in 

new and upgraded sophisticated technology to collect, monitor, and 

analyze voluminous quantities of data generated round-the-clock by 

global trading markets. For example, the CFTC needs to continue 

to enhance and incorporate software to load swaps data into a data 

warehouse computer for use in market surveillance, risk monitoring, enforcement, and economic analysis. 

The CFTC regulates the activities of 62,958 registrants, including 51,068 salespersons, 1,172 commodity pool operators, 2,470 

commodity trading advisors, 5,650 floor brokers, 1,102 floor traders, 128 futures commission merchants, 14 retail foreign exchange 

dealers, and 1,354 introducing brokers. Currently, the CFTC has 

designated 16 contract markets (boards of trade or exchanges) that 

meet criteria for trading futures or options or both. In addition, 17 

derivative clearing organizations are registered with the CFTC. 

The Committee is particularly concerned that without the requested resources, the CFTC will continue to face extreme challenges in accomplishing all that it is expected to do, and at a significant technological disadvantage. It is imperative that the staffing and organization of the CFTC adapt to keep pace with the 

growth surge which cannot be undertaken without an increase in 

its operating budget that balances investments in human capital 

and technology. 

As emphasized in the CFTC’s 2011–2015 strategic plan, ‘‘effective 

oversight can only be accomplished if the regulator has access to 

all relevant activity in the markets.’’ Promptly collecting, synthesizing, managing, and analyzing the vast volume of data and information is paramount in CFTC’s surveillance work and real-time 

public reporting. Without question, enhanced cutting-edge technology is essential to CFTC’s capacity to leverage financial and 

human resources to execute not only the CFTC’s core mission, but 

for fulfilling the expanded responsibilities under Dodd-Frank reforms. 
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Spending Plan.—The Committee directs the CFTC to submit, 

within 30 days of enactment, a detailed spending plan for the allocation of the funds made available, displayed by discrete program, 

project, and activity, including staffing projections, specifying both 

FTEs and contractors, and planned investments in information 

technology. 

Information Technology Investments.—The Committee underscores the crucial need for the CFTC to make mission-critical investments in technology to sort through the millions of pieces of information generated daily by markets. The CFTC’s responsibilities 

to integrate both swaps and futures markets and perform required 

analysis and oversight requires a comprehensive overhaul of the 

current systems and a greater attention to automating surveillance 

and market risk analysis. The amount and detail of trade data collected and analyzed by the CFTC is expanding with its new authority over swaps markets and can only be managed by completely 

automating the collection and analysis of market data. 

Regulatory Coordination and Harmonization.—The Committee 

stresses that with the enactment of Public Law 111–203, it is all 

the more critical for the CFTC, in collaboration with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission [SEC], to ensure optimum harmonization in executing the respective oversight responsibilities of each 

agency with respect to over-the-counter derivative products. The 

Committee expects the CFTC and the SEC to limit, to the greatest 

extent possible, inconsistent regulation of similar products and entities that could lead to opportunities for regulatory arbitrage. The 

Committee continues to support the use of funds to support the 

Joint SEC–CFTC Advisory Committee. 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $114,271,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 117,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 117,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Consumer Product Safety Commission [CPSC] is an independent regulatory agency that was established on May 14, 1973, 

and is responsible for protecting the public against unreasonable 

risks of injury from consumer products; assisting consumers to 

evaluate the comparative safety of consumer products; developing 

uniform safety standards for consumer products and minimizing 

conflicting State and local regulations; and promoting research and 

investigation into the causes and prevention of product-related 

deaths, illnesses, and injuries. 

In carrying out its mandate, the CPSC establishes mandatory 

product safety standards, where appropriate, to reduce the unreasonable risk of injury to consumers from consumer products; helps 

industry develop voluntary safety standards; bans unsafe products 

if it finds that a safety standard is not feasible; monitors recalls of 

defective products; informs and educates consumers about product 

hazards; conducts research and develops test methods; collects and 
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publishes injury and hazard data; and promotes uniform product 

regulations by governmental units. 

On August 14, 2008, Congress reauthorized the Commission by 

enacting the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 

[CPSIA] (Public Law 110–314). CPSIA represents the most substantial change in the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s authorities since the creation of the Commission. Among other things, 

it enhances the Commission’s recall authority, streamlines the 

rulemaking process, provides for the creation of a new searchable 

database of consumer product complaints, and requires product certification. 

On August 12, 2011, certain provisions of the CPSIA were 

amended by Public Law 112–28, which gave the Commission additional flexibility and authorities to deal with certain product safety 

issues. 

On January 14, 2013, the Drywall Safety Act (Public Law 112– 

266) gave the Commission authority to stop further imports of 

problem drywall by ensuring that all drywall is marked with manufacturer and country of origin and does not contain levels of sulfur 

that could cause corrosion in homes. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $117,000,000 for the Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, which is $2,729,000 above the fiscal 

year 2013 funding level and the same as the budget request. 

In 2008, Congress overwhelmingly passed the Consumer Product 

Safety Improvement Act [CPSIA]. The CPSIA was specifically intended to remove many of the regulatory restrictions that impaired 

the CPSC’s ability to quickly and proactively respond to emerging 

consumer product hazards, especially those affecting children. The 

Committee supports the Commission’s current regulatory efforts, 

particularly those that seek to ensure we have strong mandatory 

safety standards for durable infant and toddler products and harmful chemicals, and believes that any effort to impose additional 

statutory constraints on these proceedings is unwarranted. 

The Committee includes a provision making technical corrections 

to the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act and a provision requiring the Government Accountability Office to study 

whether CPSC has adequate authorities to respond quickly to 

emerging product safety hazards. 

As the Commission considers new upholstered furniture flammability standards, CPSC should take steps to reduce or limit the use 

of flame retardant chemicals. In 2012, the Commission released a 

study that indicates that flame retardant chemicals, as currently 

used in upholstered furniture foam, have no practical impact on 

flammability. It has been argued that flame retardant chemicals 

can cause liver and thyroid toxicity as well as neurological and reproductive problems. 

Currently, the State of California is updating its standard for 

furniture flammability, which most furniture sold in the United 

States is manufactured to meet. California’s new proposed standard, expected to be effective beginning in 2014, would increase fire 

safety without requiring flame retardant chemicals. This standard 

would prevent smoldering ignitions, such as from cigarettes, which 
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are the leading cause of furniture fires and deaths, as testified to 

in the subcommittee’s hearing on the effectiveness of furniture 

flammability standards last year. 

Although CPSC proposed a draft standard in 2008 similar to 

California’s current effort, the Commission is considering a new 

standard with an open flame test that would likely result in the 

use of both fire barriers and flame retardant chemicals in furniture. This has raised concerns from many including from some in 

the public health community and some in industry. The Committee 

urges the CPSC to continue work on a furniture flammability 

standard that addresses smoldering ignition risk and does not impede the eventual adoption of, and compliance with, California’s 

new proposed standard. 

The Committee remains concerned with the risks posed by window coverings, and other accessible household cords. As the Senate 

committee reports for the past few years have noted in detail, fatalities and nonfatal incidents with corded window coverings continue to occur. The CPSC has recently docketed a petition on this 

issue, which the Committee urges the Commission to review expeditiously, considering the issues and possible regulatory options, including risk associated with window coverings currently in homes. 

In December 2012, the Government Accountability Office [GAO] 

released a report titled: ‘‘Consumer Product Safety Commission: 

Agency Faces Challenges in Responding to New Product Risks.’’. In 

that report, GAO concluded that ‘‘section 29(f) of the Consumer 

Product Safety Act has not achieved the results expected by Congress when it enacted this provision and CPSC may benefit from 

having more flexibility to exchange information with its counterparts in other countries, which would help CPSC prevent unsafe 

products from entering the U.S. marketplace.’’. To be responsive to 

the deficiency found by GAO, the Committee includes a provision 

that will provide the CPSC with enhanced flexibility to execute information sharing arrangements with certain foreign counterparts. 

The Committee believes that these modifications will allow the 

CPSC to more effectively respond to new and emerging consumer 

product hazards, and prevent dangerous products from entering the 

U.S. stream of commerce.’’ 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Section 501 makes technical corrections to the Virginia Graeme 

Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act. 

Section 502 requires a GAO study of CPSC’s ability to respond 

quickly to emerging product safety hazards. 

Section 503 provides enhanced flexibility to allow the CPSC to 

execute information sharing agreements with foreign governments 

and to more effectively respond to new and emerging product safety 

hazards. 
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $11,477,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 11,062,500 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 11,062,500 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Election Assistance Commission [EAC] was created by the 

Help America Vote Act of 2002 [HAVA] (Public Law 107–252). 

Under HAVA, the EAC’s role is to promulgate voluntary State 

guidelines for election systems, maintain a national certification 

program for voting equipment, serve as a national clearinghouse of 

information on improving the administration of Federal elections, 

and provide related guidance on meeting HAVA requirements. The 

EAC is also charged with awarding and auditing grants to improve 

election administration and to enhance election equipment, and 

with maintaining a national mail voter registration form developed 

in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee provides $11,062,500 for EAC’s administrative 

expenses, which is $414,500 less than the fiscal year 2013 enacted 

level and the same as the budget request. The Committee bill requires that $2,750,000 of these funds be transferred to the National 

Institute for Standards and Technology [NIST] for technical assistance related to the development of voluntary State voting systems 

guidelines. 

Within 30 days of the transfer, the Director of NIST (or designee) 

shall provide to the Executive Director (or Acting) of the EAC and 

the Committee an expenditure plan for the funds that includes: (1) 

the number and position title and office of each staff person doing 

work and amount of time each staff person spends on that work; 

(2) the specific tasks accomplished including length of time needed 

to accomplish the task; (3) an explanation of expenditures, including contracts and grants, and use of the EAC funding transferred 

to NIST (including enumeration of funds); (4) an explanation of 

how the work accomplished relates to mandated activities under 

HAVA. Finally, the Executive Director (or Acting) of the EAC and 

Director of NIST (or designee) shall work together to set priorities 

for the work outlined in order to meet timelines. 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $339,844,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 359,299,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 359,299,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Federal Communications Commission [FCC] is charged with 

regulating interstate and international communications by radio, 

television, wire, satellite, and cable. The FCC is also charged with 

promoting the safety of life and property through wire and radio 

communications. The mandate of the FCC under the Communications Act is to make available to all people of the United States a 

rapid, efficient, nationwide, and worldwide wire and radio communication service. The FCC performs five major functions to fulfill 

this charge: (1) spectrum allocation; (2) creating rules to promote 

fair competition and protect consumers where required by market 

conditions; (3) authorization of service; (4) enhancing public safety 

and homeland security; and (5) enforcement. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommendation provides $359,299,000 for the 

salaries and expenses of the Federal Communications Commission 

[FCC], of which $359,299,000 is to be derived from the collection 

of fees. The recommendation is $19,455,000 above the fiscal year 

2013 enacted level and equal to the budget request. 

The recommendation includes $11,089,340 for the activities of 

the Office of Inspector General. The Committee directs the FCC to 

continue to submit the independent budget of the FCC Inspector 

General to the President without alteration. 

The Committee also recommends that up to $89,400,000 be retained from spectrum auction activities to fund the administrative 

expenses of conducting such auctions. The recommendation will 

support, among other auction-related activities, the cost of the 

FCC’s expanded responsibilities related to the implementation of 

incentive auctions provisions included in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–96). 

The Committee has included language (section 510) to extend 

FCC’s exemption from the Anti-deficiency Act [ADA] until December 31, 2015. 

The Committee has included language (section 511) that prohibits the FCC from enacting certain recommendations regarding 

universal service that were made by the Joint Board of FCC members and State utility commissioners. 

Office of Native Affairs and Policy [ONAP].—The FCC found that 

many tribal communities face significant obstacles to the deployment of broadband infrastructure, including high buildout costs, 

limited financial resources that deter investment by commercial 

providers, and a shortage of technically trained members who can 

undertake deployment and adoption planning. Available data, 

which are sparse, suggest that less than 10 percent of residents on 

tribal lands have access to broadband service. 

ONAP was created by unanimous Commission vote in July 2010 

in response a recommendation in the FCC’s National Broadband 

Plan, which recognized that the lack of basic and advanced communications services on tribal lands leaves tribal members with less 

access to telecommunications services than any other segment of 

the population. ONAP is responsible for developing and driving a 

Commission-wide tribal agenda and ensuring tribal voices are 
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taken into account in Commission proceedings. ONAP’s work with 

tribes is focused on bringing modern communications infrastructure and the resulting benefits to tribal nations and Native communities throughout the United States. 

The Committee directs the FCC to develop a plan to fully implement its Statement of Policy on Establishing a Government-to-Government Relationship with Indian tribes adopted in June 2000 and, 

to support that goal, recommends not less than $300,000 to support 

consultation with federally recognized Indian tribes, Alaska Natives villages, and entities related to Hawaiian Home Lands in 

order to ensure continuation of robust outreach to such communities. The Committee also directs the FCC to report to the Committee on any resource needs related to ONAP and implementing 

the Statement of Policy on Establishing a Government-to-Government Relationship with Indian Tribes. 

Universal Service Reform.—The Committee commends the FCC 

for its ongoing work to reform the Universal Service Fund [USF] 

and support the expansion of broadband availability in rural areas. 

The Committee remains concerned, however, that participants in 

reformed USF support structures continue to delay finalizing capital expenditures and investments in new telecommunications infrastructure because support levels may be uncertain. The Committee therefore urges the FCC to continue working to finalize reformed USF support as soon as is practicable. 

International Coordination.—The Committee is aware that the 

Commission continues to work to implement the first-ever voluntary reverse auction of broadcast television spectrum in order to 

repurpose underutilized spectrum for mobile broadband use. This 

effort, which was authorized as part of the Middle Class Tax Relief 

and Job Creation Act of 2012, is critical to ensuring that the 

United States maintains its position as the global leader on mobile 

broadband deployment. 

In order to successfully complete the auction, the Commission 

will need to reassign some remaining broadcast stations to new frequencies. For stations located along the northern and southern border, this raises unique challenges as frequency assignments in 

those areas must be coordinated with Canada and Mexico. The 

Committee notes that reassignment and reallocation of frequencies 

was authorized subject to international coordination. 

Therefore, the Committee strongly urges the Commission to take 

into account the importance of these negotiations as it implements 

the auction and reassigns spectrum. 

Call Completion in Rural Areas.—The Committee is concerned 

that the persistence of calls failing to complete to rural areas 

threatens public safety and local economies. Telephone service in 

rural areas has become less reliable as consumers experience calls 

that fail to complete, are delayed, have poor voice quality, lack correct caller ID information, or are never connected. While the Committee finds that the FCC’s February 2012 Declaratory Ruling on 

Rural Call Completion Issues has helped make progress towards 

addressing call completion problems, the problems are continuing 

to occur. The FCC must take decisive steps to ensure that rural 

consumers and businesses do not face continuing disconnection. 

The Committee directs the FCC to take immediate action to ensure 
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that all providers fulfill their obligation to properly route and complete all calls, including by continuing to promote industry best 

practices and by using all authorized and appropriate enforcement 

powers to take action against parties found to be engaging in the 

prohibited activities outlined in the Declaratory Ruling. The Committee also directs the FCC to submit a report to the Committee 

within 60 days of enactment detailing the process and extent to 

which FCC is tracking call completion rates, how the FCC is reviewing anomalies in call completion rates, and what steps the 

FCC plans to take to resolve call completion problems. 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $34,568,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 34,568,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 34,568,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [FDIC] Office of Inspector General [OIG] conducts audits, investigations, and other reviews to assist and augment the FDIC’s contribution to the stability of, and public confidence in, the Nation’s financial system. A 

separate appropriation more effectively ensures the OIG’s independence consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 and 

other legislation. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $34,568,000 for the FDIC inspector 

general, the same as both the budget request and the fiscal year 

2013 enacted level. Funds are to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation resolution fund. 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $66,234,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 2 ......................................................................... 65,791,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 66,395,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

2 Consistent with 2 U.S.C. 437d(d), the Federal Election Commission [FEC] provided to the 

Congress a copy of the budget request the FEC submitted to the President. That request for 

fiscal year 2014 totaled $67,000,000. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Federal Election Commission [FEC] was created through the 

1974 Amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 

(Public Law 93–443). Consistent with its duty of executing our Nation’s Federal campaign finance laws, and in pursuit of its mission 

of maintaining public faith in the integrity of the Federal campaign 

finance system, FEC conducts three major regulatory programs: (1) 

providing public disclosure of funds raised and spent to influence 
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Federal elections; (2) enforcing compliance with restrictions on contributions and expenditures made to influence Federal elections; 

and (3) administering public financing of Presidential campaigns. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $66,395,000 for the Federal Election 

Commission, which is $604,000 more than the President’s budget 

request and $161,000 more than the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. 

The recommendation is $605,000 below the budget request the 

FEC submitted to the President. The FEC concurrently submitted 

a copy of such request to the Congress as authorized by 2 U.S.C. 

437d(d). 

The Committee has included language (section 621) that would 

save the FEC $430,000 annually by requiring Senate candidate 

committees, and supporters of Senate candidates, to file campaign 

finance reports electronically, consistent with the requirements for 

all other political committees and campaigns. Under current law, 

such filings are required to be manually submitted. 

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $24,674,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 25,490,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 25,490,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Federal Labor Relations Authority [FLRA] is an independent 

administrative Federal agency created by title VII of the Civil 

Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–454) with a mission to 

carry out five statutory responsibilities in relation to the Federal 

workforce: (1) determining the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (2) resolving complaints of unfair labor 

practices; (3) adjudicating exceptions to arbitrator’s awards; (4) adjudicating legal issues relating to the duty to bargain; and (5) resolving impasses during negotiations. 

The FLRA’s authority is divided by law and by delegation among 

a three-member authority and an Office of General Counsel, appointed by the President and subject to Senate confirmation; and 

the Federal Service Impasses Panel, which consists of seven parttime members appointed by the President. 

In addition, the FLRA is engaged in case-related interventions, 

training and facilitation of labor-management partnerships, and resolving disputes. FLRA promotes labor-management cooperation by 

providing training and assistance to labor organizations and agencies on resolving disputes, facilitates the creation of partnerships, 

and trains the parties on rights and responsibilities under the Federal Labor Relations Management statute. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $25,490,000 for 

the Federal Labor Relations Authority. This amount is equal to the 
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budget request and $816,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted 

level. 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $310,940,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 301,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 301,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Federal Trade Commission [FTC] administers a variety of 

Federal antitrust and consumer protection laws. Activities in the 

antitrust area include detection and elimination of illegal collusion, 

anticompetitive mergers, unlawful single-firm conduct, and injurious vertical agreements. The FTC enforces consumer protection 

laws involving advertising, marketing, and financial practices; 

fights consumer fraud; and addresses privacy and identity protection concerns. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommendation provides $301,000,000. The rec- ommendation is $9,940,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level 

and equal to the budget request. Of the amounts provided, $15,000,000 is derived from Do-Not- Call fees and $197,000,000 is derived from Hart-Scott-Rodino permerger filing fees. Section 624 of the bill adjusts, for inflation, premerger filing fees. These fees have not been adjusted for inflation 

since 2001. Section 624 also establishes a new tier for merger 

transactions valued at over $1,000,000. The total amount of direct 

appropriations for this account is therefore $89,000,000. 

The Committee continues to place a high priority on the FTC’s 

mission to protect consumers and preserve competition in the marketplace. The Committee is pleased with the FTC’s efforts to protect consumers by investigating fraud and misleading practices related to mortgage lending, identity theft, data security, and 

healthcare. The Committee is also pleased that the FTC has 

worked to preserve competition in the marketplace through education and enforcement of Federal laws related to anticompetitive 

practices. Over the past 3 years, the FTC saved consumers more 

than $3,000,000,000 in economic injury by stopping illegal practices 

in the marketplace. In 2012 alone, the FTC took action against 

mergers likely to harm competition in markets with a total of 

$20,200,000,000 in sales. The Committee directs the FTC to 

robustly continue such activities. 

Children’s Online Privacy Protection.—The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act [COPPA] was enacted in 1998 to put parents 

in control of what information is collected from their young children online. COPPA requires Web sites and online services, including apps, to notify parents directly and get their approval before 

they collect, use, or disclose a child’s personal information. The 

FTC issued updated rules on July 1, 2013 that widened the definition of children’s personal information to include persistent identi-
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fiers such as cookies that track a child’s activity online, as well as 

geolocation information, photos, videos, and audio recordings. The 

Committee appreciates the FTC’s work related to children’s online 

privacy and directs the FTC to continue to diligently enforce 

COPPA to ensure that children’s privacy continues to be protected 

as technology evolves. 

Pay for Delay.—The Supreme Court’s decision in Federal Trade 

Commission v. Actavis held that ‘‘reverse settlements’’ between 

brand name drug companies and generic drug companies are not 

immune from antitrust scrutiny. These agreements, in which brand 

name drug companies pay generic drug companies to stay off of the 

market or delay their entry into the market, can rob consumers 

and taxpayers of the savings offered by generic drug competition. 

Congress expects the FTC to pursue challenges to such settlement 

agreements when they threaten competition and harm consumers. 

Sports Concussion.—The Committee is encouraged by the FTC’s 

efforts to protect children, parents, and coaches of young athletes 

from over-hyped and unsupported claims that certain sports equipment reduces the risk of concussion. According to the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, a concussion is a type of traumatic 

brain injury that can occur in any sport or recreation activity. 

Given the potential for real injury to children, the Committee 

urges the FTC to remain vigilant in its enforcement efforts against 

potential unfair and deceptive practices related to sports concussion. The FTC should review any National Academies’ report on 

sports-related concussions in youth for any matter that may inform 

efforts to protect consumers from unfair or deceptive practices in 

or affecting commerce. 

Do-Not-Call Initiative.—The recommendation includes funding 

for the FTC Do-Not-Call initiative and implementation of the Telemarketing Sales Rule [TSR], of which the entire amount is to be 

derived from the collection of fees. The Do-Not-Call initiative was 

launched pursuant to the FTC’s amended TSR to establish a national database of telephone numbers of consumers who choose not 

to receive telephone solicitations from telemarketers. The Do-NotCall initiative has received broad support from, and will provide 

significant benefits to, consumers from all corners of the United 

States. 

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The General Services Administration [GSA] was established by 

the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (Public Law 81–152) when Congress mandated the consolidation of the 

Federal Government’s real property and administrative services. 

GSA is organized into the Public Buildings Service, the Federal Acquisition Service, the Office of Governmentwide Policy, and the Office of Citizen Services. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

Battery Purchases.—The Committee is concerned that Federal 

agencies are not adequately considering service life when contracting for large quantities of batteries. Disregarding battery life 
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prevents the Government from determining which product offers 

the best value to the taxpayer. For example, purchasing a slightly 

more expensive product with a significantly longer service life may 

provide a better value to the taxpayer. 

The Committee directs GSA to submit a report not later than 90 

days after enactment on the costs and benefits of: (1) collecting industry standard test results for service life from venders selling 

batteries through GSA; and (2) sharing this data with Federal 

agencies seeking technical assistance to prepare a contract for the 

purchase of batteries. If benefits exceed costs, the Committee expects GSA to implement such a policy. 

FBI Headquarters Consolidation.—The Committee directs GSA 

to move forward in a timely and transparent way with the consolidation of FBI Headquarters so that employees currently located at 

the J. Edgar Hoover building may be co-located with their colleagues who are currently spread out across 20 leased offices in the 

region. The Committee strongly encourages GSA to follow the Environment and Public Works Committee-passed resolution which directs GSA to find a 45 to 55 acre location within a reasonable distance of the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and Quantico that is 

also within 2.0 miles of a Metrorail station and 2.5 miles of the 

Capital Beltway. This consolidation is in the best interests of the 

FBI’s information sharing, collaboration, and integration of strategic priorities. The FBI must have a central headquarters that 

meets its needs for security and transportation access. 

Use of Stairs.—The Committee continues to believe that the Federal Government should be a leader in encouraging workplace 

wellness. The Committee directs that GSA begin to undertake the 

following actions at future GSA-owned and leased buildings: (1) 

display signage next to all banks of elevators or on elevator doors, 

at the entrance to all nonemergency use public stairwells, and at 

the base of escalators, indicating the location of and encouraging 

use of the stairs; and (2) utilize new building designs that promote 

the use of stairs. In order to ascertain precisely how much progress 

has been made and how much remains, GSA is directed to provide 

a report within 120 days after enactment of this act on the percentage of Federal buildings with such signage as well as on actions 

undertaken with regard to the design of new facilities, with a view 

to increasing the likely use of stairs. 

Green Buildings.—The Committee agrees with the findings of the 

‘‘Green Building Certification System Review’’ (PNNL–20966) regarding the transparency and consensus based approaches used by 

various green building rating systems (PNNL–20966, pages 4.6, 4.7 

and 4.8 respectively). The Committee notes that green building rating systems utilized by the General Services Administration, including the LEED green building rating system, are compliant with 

Office of Management and Budget [OMB] Circular A–119 regarding 

Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary 

Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities. 

The Committee is aware that the National Academies of Science 

report on green building rating systems pursuant to section 2830 

of Public Law 112–81, shows that the preponderance of available 

evidence finds that green building rating systems provide a framework for reducing energy and water use in buildings, compared to 
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design approaches and practices used for conventional buildings. 

The Committee notes these findings are consistent with a PNNL 

post-occupancy review of General Services Administration [GSA] 

facilities that found LEED Gold buildings have a 27 percent reduction in energy use and 19 percent lower operating costs. 

Pursuant to Public Law 111–8, section 748 and Executive Order 

13423 the GSA must reduce and minimize the quantity of toxic and 

hazardous chemicals materials acquired and used by the agency. In 

complying with these acts, the Committee encourages the GSA to 

look at methods and strategies that provide a greater understanding and valuation of human health impacts related to construction, operation and occupation of facilities in its portfolio. 

Sustainable Roofing Systems.—The Committee recommends that 

agency budgets be allowed to consider opportunities for long-term 

contracts under which the Government would pay over the life of 

the contract rather than upfront, for the acquisition of sustainable 

roofing systems for Federal buildings. Sustainable roofing systems 

should minimize the burden on the environment, conserve energy, 

and extend the useful life of the roof asset. In addition, the Committee encourages the GSA to consider a pilot program for implementation of a sustainable roof system with a payment over time 

plan to develop more information on the overall savings to the Government. 

FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND—LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF

REVENUE

Limitation on availability of revenue: 

Limitation on availability, 2013 1 .................................................. $8,017,967,000 

Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2014 ....................... 9,950,560,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 9,950,560,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended 

The Federal Buildings Fund program consists of the following activities financed largely from rent charges: 

Construction and Acquisition of Facilities.—This activity provides 

for the construction or purchase of facilities and prospectus-level 

extensions to existing buildings. All costs directly attributable to 

site acquisition, construction, and the full range of design and construction services, and management and inspection of construction 

projects are funded under this activity. 

Repairs and Alterations.—This activity provides for repairs and 

alterations of existing buildings as well as associated design and 

construction services. Protection of the Government’s investment, 

health and safety of building occupants, transfer of agencies from 

leased space, and cost effectiveness are the principal criteria used 

in establishing priorities. Repairs to prevent deterioration and 

damage to buildings, their support systems, and operating equipment are given priority. 

Installment Acquisition Payments.—This activity provides for 

payments for liabilities incurred under purchase contract authority 

and lease purchase arrangements. GSA makes periodic payments 

to cover principal, interest, and other requirements on the debt incurred for construction of Federal buildings. 
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Rental of Space.—This activity provides for the leasing of privately owned buildings. Including space occupied by Federal agencies in U.S. Postal Service facilities, GSA provided 193 million 

square feet of rental space in fiscal year 2012. GSA expects to provide 197 million square feet of rental space in fiscal year 2013 and 

194 million in fiscal year 2014. 

Building Operations.— Building Services.—This activity provides services for Government-owned and -leased facilities, including cleaning, utilities and fuel, maintenance, security, and miscellaneous services (such as moving, evaluation of new materials and equipment, and field supervision). 

Salaries and Expenses.—This activity provides general management and administration of all real property related programs including salaries and benefits paid from the Federal 

Buildings Fund, administrative costs funded directly by the 

Federal Buildings Fund, and contributions to the GSA Working 

Capital Fund. 

Other Reimbursable Programs.—When requested by other Federal agencies, the Public Buildings Service provides building services, such as tenant alterations, cleaning and other operations, and 

protection services which are in excess of those services provided 

under the commercial rental charges. 

To the extent practicable, before expansion, building projects 

should envision maximum utilization. 

CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION

Limitation on availability, 2013 1 ......................................................... $50,000,000 

Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2014 .............................. 816,167,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 816,167,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The construction and acquisition fund shall be available for site, 

design, construction, management, and inspection costs for the construction of new Federal facilities. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a limitation of $816,167,000 for construction and acquisition of facilities in fiscal year 2014. 

REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS

Limitation on availability, 2013 1 2 ....................................................... $287,000,000 

Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2014 .............................. 1,302,382,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,261,382,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. 2 Includes emergency funding of $7,000,000 in the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 

(division A of Public Law 113–2). 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Under this activity, the General Services Administration [GSA] 

executes its responsibility for repairs and alterations [R&A] of both 

Government-owned and -leased facilities under the control of GSA. 
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The primary goal of this activity is to provide commercially equivalent space to tenant agencies. Safety, quality, and operating efficiency of facilities are given primary consideration in carrying out 

this responsibility. 

R&A workload requirements originate with scheduled onsite inspections of buildings by qualified regional engineers and building 

managers. The work identified through these inspections is programmed in order of priority into the Inventory Reporting Information System and incorporated into a 5-year plan for accomplishment, based upon funding availability, urgency, and the volume of 

R&A work that GSA has the capability to execute annually. Since 

fiscal year 1995, design and construction services activities associated with repair and alteration projects have been funded in this 

account. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a limitation of $1,261,382,000 for 

repairs and alterations in fiscal year 2014. 

CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR

Appropriations, 2013 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. $41,000,000 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $41,000,000 for both construction 

and repair of Federal facilities in fiscal year 2014. 

The fiscal year 2014 budget request includes $41,000,000 for the 

John A. Campbell Courthouse. The bill provides the requested 

funding which is included for repair of the existing courthouse and 

for construction to fully meet the housing and security needs of the 

Court (including relocating judicial entities from leased space) in 

the most cost-effective way possible. While it is the intent of Congress to provide for the security and space needs for the Southern 

District of Alabama District Court in the most cost-efficient manner, the project must meet the security needs of the court, according to the U.S. Marshal’s guidelines, as well as provide adequate 

space for the U.S. District Court and Clerk’s office, U.S. Eleventh 

Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Bankruptcy 

Court, Bankruptcy Administrator, Probation Office, U.S. Senator’s 

field office, and a remote office for the U.S. Attorney. 

INSTALLMENT ACQUISITION PAYMENTS

Limitation on availability, 2013 1 ......................................................... $126,801,000 

Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2014 .............................. 113,470,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 113,470,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 enable GSA to enter 

into contractual arrangements for the construction of a backlog of 

approved but unfunded projects. This activity provides for the payment of interest to the Federal Financing Bank related to facilities 
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acquired pursuant to the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (40 

U.S.C. 592). 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a limitation of $113,470,000 for installment acquisition payments consistent with the budget request. 

RENTAL OF SPACE

Limitation on availability, 2013 1 ......................................................... $5,210,198,000 

Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2014 .............................. 5,387,109,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,387,109,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

GSA is responsible for leasing general purpose space and land incident thereto for Federal agencies, except in cases where GSA has 

delegated its leasing authority. GSA’s policy is to lease privately 

owned buildings and land only when: (1) Federal space needs cannot be otherwise accommodated satisfactorily in existing Government-owned or -leased space; (2) leasing proves to be more efficient 

than the construction or alteration of a Federal building; (3) construction or alteration is not warranted because requirements in 

the community are insufficient or are indefinite in scope or duration; or (4) completion of a new Federal building within a reasonable time cannot be assured. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a limitation of $5,387,109,000 for 

rental of space. The Committee recommendation is $176,911,000 

above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

BUILDING OPERATIONS

Limitation on availability, 2013 1 ......................................................... $2,350,968,000 

Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2014 .............................. 2,331,432,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,331,432,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This activity provides for the operation of all Government-owned 

facilities under the jurisdiction of GSA and building services in 

GSA-leased space where the terms of the lease do not require the 

lessor to furnish such services. Services included in building operations are cleaning, protection, maintenance, payments for utilities 

and fuel, grounds maintenance, and elevator operations. Other related supporting services include various real property management and staff support activities such as space acquisition and assignment; the moving of Federal agencies as a result of space alterations in order to provide better space utilization in existing buildings; onsite inspection of building services and operations accomplished by private contractors; and various highly specialized contract administration support functions. 
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The space, operations, and services referred to above are furnished by GSA to its tenant agencies in return for payment of rent. 

Due to considerations unique to their operation, GSA also provides 

varying levels of above-standard services in agency headquarters 

facilities, including those occupied by the EOP, such as the east 

and west wings of the White House. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a limitation of $2,331,432,000 for 

building operations. This amount is $19,536,000 less than the fiscal 

year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

GOVERNMENTWIDE POLICY

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $60,993,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 62,548,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 62,548,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Office of Governmentwide Policy [OGP], working cooperatively with other agencies, provides the leadership needed to develop and evaluate policies associated with high-performance green 

buildings and real property, acquisition policy, personal property, 

travel and transportation management, vehicles and aircraft, committee and regulations management, and management of Federal 

spending data. OGP collaborates with partner agencies and other 

stakeholders to improve public access to policy information and 

support data, and improve transparency in Government. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $62,548,000 for 

Governmentwide Policy. This amount is $1,555,000 above the fiscal 

year 2013 enacted level and consistent with the budget request. 

Human trafficking and slavery occur internationally and in the 

United States, and are pervasive in the manufacturing, agriculture, 

and services industries (e.g., hotels). As the largest customer of 

goods and services in the world, the U.S. Government could significantly reduce slavery worldwide by purchasing goods and services 

free of slave labor. Executive Order 13627 (‘‘Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts’’) and the 

‘‘End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act’’ (title XVII of 

Public Law 112–239) are important first steps in eradicating slavery and trafficking from the U.S. Government supply chain, by focusing on procurement for overseas bases. The Committee encourages the Administrator, with public input including from nongovernmental organizations, to establish guidelines consistent with 

Executive Order 13627 in GSA procurement programs. In addition, 

GSA should ensure that appropriate training exists to facilitate implementation of these guidelines. 
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OPERATING EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $69,361,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 64,453,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 64,453,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Operating Expenses supports a variety of operational activities 

which are not feasible or appropriate for a user fee arrangement. 

Major programs include the personal property utilization and donation activities of the Federal Acquisition Service; the real property 

utilization and disposal activities of the Public Buildings Service; 

the activities of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals; and the 

Management and Administration activities, including support of 

Governmentwide emergency response and recovery activities, and 

top-level agency-wide management, administration, and communications activities. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $64,453,000 for 

Operating Expenses. This amount is $4,908,000 below the fiscal 

year 2013 enacted level and consistent with the budget request. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $57,884,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 62,908,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 62,908,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This appropriation provides agency-wide audit and investigative 

functions to identify and correct management and administrative 

deficiencies within the General Services Administration [GSA], 

which create conditions for existing or potential instances of fraud, 

waste, and mismanagement. The audit function provides internal 

audit and contract audit services. Contract audits provide professional advice to GSA contracting officials on accounting and financial matters relative to the negotiation, award, administration, repricing, and settlement of contracts. Internal audits review and 

evaluate all facets of GSA operations and programs, test internal 

control systems, and develop information to improve operating efficiencies and enhance customer services. The investigative function 

provides for the detection and investigation of improper and illegal 

activities involving GSA programs, personnel, and operations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $62,908,000 for 

the Office of Inspector General. This amount is $5,024,000 above 

the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 
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ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT [E-GOV] FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $12,375,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 20,150,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 20,150,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This program supports interagency ‘‘electronic government’’ or ‘‘egov’’ initiatives and projects that use the Internet or other electronic methods to provide individuals, businesses, and government 

agencies with simpler and more timely access to Federal information, benefits, services, and business opportunities. The program 

would also further the administration’s implementation of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act [GPEA] of 1998, which calls 

upon agencies to provide the public with optional use and acceptance of electronic information, services, and signatures, when practicable. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $20,150,000 for the Electronic Government Fund. This amount is $7,775,000 above 

the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $3,663,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 3,550,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 3,550,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This appropriation provides pensions, office staffs, and related 

expenses for former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, 

William Clinton, and George W. Bush, and for postal franking 

privileges for the widow of former President Ronald Reagan. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $3,550,000 for allowances and office 

staff for former Presidents, $113,000 below the fiscal year 2013 

funding level and the same as the budget request. 

Below is listed a detailed analysis of the Committee’s recommendation for fiscal year 2014 funding: 

FISCAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Carter G.H. Bush Clinton G.W. Bush Widows Total 

Personnel compensation ..................................... ................ 96 96 96 ................ 288 

Personnel benefits .............................................. ................ 65 119 102 ................ 286 

Benefits for former Presidents (pensions) ......... 203 203 215 211 ................ 832 

Travel .................................................................. ................ 62 ................ 42 ................ 104 

Rental Payments to GSA .................................... 110 183 425 421 ................ 1,139 

Communications, utilities, and misc. ................ 20 65 15 95 7 202 
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FISCAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS— 

Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Carter G.H. Bush Clinton G.W. Bush Widows Total 

Printing ............................................................... 5 14 18 26 ................ 63 

Other services ..................................................... 125 82 30 168 ................ 405 

Supplies .............................................................. 3 15 7 40 ................ 65 

Equipment .......................................................... 4 50 26 86 ................ 166 

Fiscal year 2014 request ...................... 470 835 951 1,287 7 3,550 

FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $34,032,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 34,804,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 34,804,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Federal Citizen Services Fund provides for the salaries and 

expenses of the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies [OCSIT]. OCSIT provides the means for citizens, businesses, other governments, and the media to obtain information 

and services easily from the Government via the Web, email, printed media, and telephone. OCSIT leads several interagency groups 

to share best practices and develop strategies for improving the 

way Government provides services to the American public. 

OCSIT provides information and services to the public primarily 

through USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov, the official web portal of 

the U.S. Government. OCSIT also provides direct telephone (1– 

800–FED–INFO), email and online assistance to citizens through 

the National Contact Center, and offers comprehensive and cost-effective contact center solutions to customer Federal agencies 

through the USA Services program. OCSIT also coordinates the 

publication and distribution of information through the Government Printing Office’s Public Documents Distribution Center in 

Pueblo, Colorado. 

The Federal Citizen Services [FCS] Fund is financed from annual 

appropriations to pay for the salaries and expenses of OCSIT staff 

and Citizens Services programs. Reimbursements from Federal 

agencies pay for the direct costs of information services OCSIT provides on their behalf. The FCS Fund also receives funding from 

user fees for publications ordered by the public, payments from private entities for services rendered, and gifts from the public. All income is available without regard to fiscal year limitations, but is 

subject to an annual aggregate expenditure limit as set forth in appropriation acts. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $34,804,000 for the Federal Citizen 

Services Fund, an increase of $772,000 above the fiscal year 2013 

enacted level and the same as the budget request. The appropriation will be augmented by reimbursements from Federal agencies 
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for distribution of consumer publications, user fees from the public, 

and other income. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Section 520 authorizes GSA to use funds for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 

Section 521 authorizes GSA to transfer funds within the Federal 

buildings fund to meet program requirements. 

Section 522 requires that the fiscal year 2015 budget request 

meet certain standards. 

Section 523 provides that no funds may be used to increase the 

amount of occupiable square feet, provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided, to any 

agency which does not pay the requested rate. 

Section 524 continues the provision that permits GSA to pay 

small claims less than $250,000 made against the Government. 

Section 525 provides that certain lease agreements must conform 

to an approved prospectus. 

Section 526 allows GSA to use green building certification systems that are voluntary, consensus-based, and consistent with statute and Federal requirements. 

HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $747,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 750,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation is an independent 

agency established by Congress in 1975 (Public Law 93–642) to encourage exceptional college students to pursue careers in public 

service through the Truman Scholarship program. The Truman 

Scholarship is a merit-based award available to college juniors who 

plan to pursue careers in Government or elsewhere in public service. Truman Scholars receive up to $30,000 for graduate or professional school, participate in leadership development activities, and 

have special opportunities for internships and employment with 

the Federal Government. 

The Foundation Trust Fund was established with a one-time 

$30,000,000 appropriation in 1976. The authorizing legislation directed that this endowment be invested solely in U.S. Treasury Securities, the interest from which has funded the Foundation’s operating budget. With the decline in interest rates, the Foundation 

has experienced a significant decline in Federal financial support. 

From fiscal year 2002 to fiscal year 2012, despite having cut expenditures by 40 percent, annual trust fund revenue has declined 

63 percent. The Foundation anticipates a budget deficit of 

$1,650,000 without the requested appropriation. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $750,000 for the 

Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation. This amount is $3,000 

above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $750,000 above the 

budget request. The appropriation is provided to offset the decline 

in trust fund revenues, to increase direct financial support to scholars, to ensure compliance with Government audit reporting requirements, and to invest in technology and financial development 

activities. 

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $40,177,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 2 ......................................................................... 40,070,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 42,740,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

2 Consistent with 5 U.S.C. 1204(k), the Merit Systems Protection Board submitted an independent budget estimate to the Congress. The independent request for fiscal year 2014 totaled 

$45,413,000. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Merit Systems Protection Board [MSPB] was established by 

the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. MSPB is an independent 

quasi-judicial agency manifested to protect Federal merit systems 

against partisan political and other prohibited personnel practices 

and to ensure adequate protection for employees against abuses by 

agency management. 

MSPB assists Federal agencies in running a merit-based civil 

service system. This is accomplished on a case-by-case basis 

through hearing and deciding employee appeals and on a systemic 

basis by reviewing significant actions and regulations of the Office 

of Personnel Management [OPM] and conducting studies of the 

civil service and other merit systems. The intended results of 

MSPB’s efforts are to assure that personnel actions taken against 

employees are processed within the law and that actions taken by 

OPM and other agencies support and enhance Federal merit principles. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $42,740,000 for 

the Merit Systems Protection Board [MSPB], an increase of 

$2,563,000 to the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. The recommendation is a decrease of $2,673,000 to the MSPB’s independent budget 

request as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 1204(k) and is an increase of 

$2,670,000 to the President’s budget request. The Committee 

makes available not more than $2,345,000 for adjudicating retirement appeals through an appropriation from the trust fund consistent with past practice. 
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MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION

MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $2,196,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 2,100,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,100,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The General Fund payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart 

L. Udall Trust Fund is invested in Treasury securities with maturities suitable to the needs of the Fund. Interest earnings from the 

investments are used to carry out the activities of the Morris K. 

Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation. The Foundation awards 

scholarships, fellowships, and grants, and funds activities of the 

Udall Center. 

The Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation also supports training programs for professionals in health care policy and 

public policy, such as the Native Nations Institute [NNI]. NNI, 

based at the University of Arizona, provides Native Americans with 

leadership and management training, and analyzes policies relevant to tribes. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,100,000 for 

the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund. This amount 

is equal to the budget request and a decrease of $96,000 to the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. 

The Committee is highly concerned about reports that the Udall 

Foundation (Foundation) may not have been maintaining adequate 

internal controls over its funding, employment policies, and contracting procedures. The Committee understands that the Foundation may not have performed annual assessments of its internal 

controls despite submitting statements indicating it had; inappropriately awarded sole source contracts; approved contract modifications leading to significant cost overruns; and demonstrated poor 

control over personnel management. 

The Committee has requested the Government Accountability Office [GAO] to evaluate the Foundation’s internal controls and refer 

any potential criminal findings to the Department of Justice, consistent with current law. The Committee looks forward to the results of the GAO evaluation for informing future funding and policy 

recommendations. 

The Committee notes that the Foundation has begun to overhaul 

its internal controls and appreciates the Foundation’s transparency 

regarding such reforms. The Committee directs the Foundation to 

fully cooperate with GAO and implement recommended reforms as 

soon as possible. The Committee also directs the Foundation to report semiannually to the Committee regarding its progress on implementing reformed internal controls, including milestones 

planned and achieved. 

Finally, the Committee provides for the Inspector General of the 

Department of the Interior to conduct annual audits and investigations of the Foundation in order to ensure that the Foundation’s 
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spending, management, and other activities are subject to regular 

oversight and review. 

ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $3,784,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 3,600,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 3,600,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution is a 

Federal program established by Public Law 105–156 to assist parties in resolving environmental, natural resource, and public lands 

conflicts. The Institute is part of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart 

L. Udall Foundation and serves as an impartial, nonpartisan institution providing professional expertise, services, and resources to 

all parties involved in such disputes. The Institute helps parties determine whether collaborative problem solving is appropriate for 

specific environmental conflicts, how and when to bring all the parties together for discussion, and whether a third-party facilitator or 

mediator might be helpful in assisting the parties in their efforts 

to reach consensus or to resolve the conflict. In addition, the Institute maintains a roster of qualified facilitators and mediators with 

substantial experience in environmental conflict resolution and can 

help parties in selecting an appropriate neutral professional. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,600,000 for 

the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund. This amount is a decrease of $184,000 to the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and is equal 

to the budget request. 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

The National Archives and Records Administration [NARA] is 

the national recordkeeper, managing the Government’s archives 

and records, and operating the Presidential libraries. NARA is an 

independent agency created by statute in 1934 and tasked with the 

unique mission to identify, access, protect, preserve, and make 

available for use the important documents and records of all three 

branches of the Federal Government. NARA administers the Information Security Oversight Office, is the publisher of the Federal 

Register, and makes grants for historical documentation through 

the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. In 

addition, NARA is charged with additional responsibilities including mediating Freedom of Information Act disputes and coordinating controlled unclassified information. 

OPERATING EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $372,553,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 370,706,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 370,706,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This account provides for basic operations dealing with management of the Federal Government’s archives and records, operation 

of Presidential libraries, review for declassification of classified security information, and other duties. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $370,706,000 for operating expenses 

of the National Archives and Records Administration for fiscal year 

2014. This amount is $1,847,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted 

level and the same as the budget request. 

The Committee’s recommendation supports initiatives to 

strengthen NARA’s record management leadership role; address archival storage needs; continue to develop, build, and expand the IT 

infrastructure to conduct the business of the National Declassification Center established in Executive Order 13526; operate and 

maintain the Electronic Records Archive [ERA]; and improve research room holdings protection. 

The Committee notes that security of NARA’s collections and 

holdings has been identified as a material weakness by the Archivist and cited as a management challenge by the Inspector General. The Committee directs and expects NARA to institute, maintain, and enforce effective inventory controls and adequate levels of 

security within its facilities to reduce the risk of loss, damage, or 

destruction of irreplaceable historic documents and artifacts. 

As the steward of an astronomical volume of temporary and permanent agency records, the Committee strongly urges the Archivist 

to continue to explore bar-coding and other innovative alternatives 

for cataloging boxed materials entrusted to NARA’s care, institute 

enhanced quality controls, regain accountability for the security of 

classified records in its custody, and institute more stringent management controls at the Washington National Records Center and 

any other facilities in which NARA is the custodian of Federal 

records. 

The Committee commends NARA’s leadership in ensuring that 

the Federal Government identifies and protects its records from the 

time of their creation, so records are available to operational staff 

at critical times and later preserved for access to the public. The 

Committee acknowledges the August 2012 issuance of the Managing Government Records Directive to establish a robust records 

management framework and actions to support agency records 

management programs. The Committee is dismayed that the percentage of Federal agencies achieving a passing score for compliance in targeted areas of records management is very low. The 

Committee is hopeful that the issuance of the Directive will elevate 

the visibility and importance of integrating records management 

planning and programs into Federal agency routine business operations. The Committee urges NARA to continue to explore ways to 

decrease the risks to Federal records and improve agency records 

management practices, through inspections, mandatory agency selfassessments, training curricula including on-line courses to reach 

a broader audience across the Federal Government, and other compliance tools. 
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The Committee believes that providing reliable access to electronic records far into the future, regardless of advancements in 

technology, is of utmost importance. The Committee strongly urges 

NARA, as it operates and maintains the ERA, to ensure effective 

and efficient preservation, appraisal, scheduling, and routine transfer of electronic records by Federal agencies. The Committee expects NARA to prioritize its efforts to accelerate user adoption of 

the ERA system, including providing instructional guidance and 

training materials. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $4,092,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 4,130,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,130,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The mission of the Office of Inspector General [OIG] is to ensure 

that NARA safeguards and preserves the records of our Government while providing the American people with access to the essential documentation of their rights and the actions of their Government. The OIG accomplishes this by combating fraud, waste, and 

abuse through high-quality objective audits and investigations covering all aspects of agency operations at 44 facilities nationwide. 

The OIG also serves as an independent, internal advocate for the 

economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of NARA and its operations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $4,130,000 for the Office of Inspector General [OIG]. This amount is $38,000 above the fiscal year 

2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. The Committee supports a distinct account for the OIG in order to clearly 

identify the resources necessary to staff and operate the expanding 

mission-critical oversight and accountability functions performed by 

the OIG to ensure responsible NARA stewardship over public 

records. 

REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $9,082,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 8,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 8,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This account provides for the repair, alteration, and improvement 

of Archives facilities and Presidential libraries nationwide, and provides adequate storage for holdings. Funding made available will 

better enable NARA to maintain its facilities in proper condition 

for public visitors, researchers, and NARA employees, and also 

maintain the structural integrity of the buildings. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $8,000,000 for the repairs and restoration account. This amount is $1,082,000 below the fiscal year 

2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

The Committee appreciates NARA’s submission of an update of 

its comprehensive capital needs assessment for its entire infrastructure of Presidential libraries and records facilities, as part of 

the fiscal year 2014 budget submission and urges NARA to include 

an appropriate level of funding for repair of valuable historic Presidential libraries in the fiscal year 2015 budget request. 

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION

GRANTS PROGRAM

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $4,990,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 3,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission 

[NHPRC] provides grants nationwide to preserve and publish 

records that document American history. Administered within the 

National Archives, which preserves Federal records, NHPRC helps 

State, local, and private institutions preserve non-Federal records, 

helps publish the papers of major figures in American history, and 

helps archivists and records managers improve their techniques, 

training, and ability to serve a range of information users. Since 

1964, the NHPRC has funded nearly 5,000 projects at local government archives, colleges and universities, and other nonprofit institutions to facilitate use of public records and other collections by 

scholars, family and local historians, journalists, documentary 

filmmakers, and many others. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission [NHPRC]. This amount 

is $10,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $2,000,000 

above the budget request. 

The Committee supports the central role the NHPRC program 

plays in the preservation and dissemination of the Nation’s documentary heritage and its success in leveraging private sector contributions. 

The Committee notes that the funding provided will enable 

NARA, through the NHPRC, to undertake a variety of initiatives, 

including advancing archives preservation, access, and digitization 

projects within the interlocking repositories of historic records and 

hidden collections; ensuring public access to some of the most important historical resources that are maintained outside of Federal 

repositories; and digitizing nationally significant historic records 

collections to facilitate round-the-clock Internet availability. 
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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The National Credit Union Administration [NCUA] Central Liquidity Facility [CLF] was created by the National Credit Union 

Central Liquidity Facility Act (Public Law 95–630). The CLF is a 

mixed-ownership Government corporation managed by the National Credit Union Administration Board and owned by its member credit unions. 

The purpose of the CLF is to improve the general financial stability of credit unions by meeting their seasonal and emergency liquidity needs and thereby encourage savings, support consumer 

and mortgage lending, and provide basic financial resources to all 

segments of the economy. To become eligible for CLF services, credit unions invest in the capital stock of the CLF, and the facility 

uses the proceeds of such investments and the proceeds of borrowed funds to meet the liquidity needs of credit unions. The primary sources of funds for the CLF are stock subscriptions from 

credit unions and borrowings. 

The CLF may borrow funds from any source, with the amount 

of borrowing limited to 12 times the amount of subscribed capital 

stock and surplus. 

Loans are available to meet short-term requirements for funds 

attributable to emergency outflows from managerial difficulties or 

local economic downturns. Seasonal credit is also provided to accommodate fluctuations caused by cyclical changes in such areas as 

agriculture, education, and retail business. Loans can also be made 

to offset protracted credit problems caused by factors such as regional economic decline. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends that lending through the CLF be 

limited to the maximum level provided for by section 307(a)(4)(A) 

of the Federal Credit Union Act. This limitation provides the 

NCUA maximum flexibility to assist with credit unions’ financial 

liquidity. The Committee also recommends the budget request of 

limiting administrative expenses for the CLF to $1,250,000 in fiscal 

year 2014. 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $1,245,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 1,128,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,128,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Community Development Revolving Loan Fund Program 

[CDRLF] was established in 1979 to assist officially designated 

‘‘low-income’’ credit unions in providing basic financial services to 

low-income communities. Low-interest loans and deposits are made 

available to assist these credit unions. Loans or deposits are nor-
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mally repaid in 5 years, although shorter repayment periods may 

be considered. Technical assistance grants [TAGs] are also available to low-income credit unions for improving operations as well 

as addressing safety and soundness issues. Credit unions use TAG 

funds for specific initiatives, including taxpayer assistance, financial education, home ownership initiatives, and training assistance. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $1,128,000 for technical assistance 

grants to community development credit unions. This funding level 

is equal to the budget request and $117,000 below the fiscal year 

2013 enacted level. The Committee expects the CDRLF to continue 

making loans from available funds derived from repaid loans and 

interest earned on previous loans to designated credit unions. 

The Committee supports NCUA’s outreach efforts to underserved 

rural and urban communities across America through technical assistance grants provided within CDRLF. The Committee encourages NCUA to continue its efforts to provide financial education, 

particularly regarding consumer credit and home mortgages, and to 

provide alternatives to predatory lending services through targeted 

technical assistance grants and support. 

OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $18,627,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 15,325,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 15,325,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Office of Government Ethics [OGE], a separate agency within the executive branch, was established by the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–521). The OGE is charged by law 

to provide overall direction of executive branch policies designed to 

prevent conflicts of interest and ensure high ethical standards for 

executive branch employers. The OGE carries out these responsibilities by promulgating and maintaining enforceable standards of 

ethical conduct for nearly 4 million civilian employees and uniformed service members in more than 130 executive branch agencies and the White House; overseeing a financial disclosure system 

that reaches 28,000 public and over 325,000 confidential filers; providing direct education and training products to 5,700 ethics officials; conducting outreach to the general public, the private sector, 

and civil society; and sharing good practices with and providing 

technical assistance to State, local, and foreign governments and 

international organizations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $15,325,000 for 

salaries and expenses of the OGE in fiscal year 2014. This amount 

is $3,302,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. 
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The Committee’s recommendation supports OGE’s mission-critical work to foster high ethical standards for executive branch employees, prevent conflicts of interest, and strengthen the public’s 

confidence that the Government’s business is conducted with impartiality and integrity. The OGE has designated three priorities 

to advance these objectives in fiscal year 2014: (1) interpret, implement, and advise on ethics laws, policies, and program management; (2) harness technology to promote transparency, education, 

and oversight; and (3) ensure effective communications both within 

the Federal Government and with outside audiences to enhance 

understanding of ethics laws, policies, and program management, 

and promote transparency, education, and oversight. 

Under Public Law 113–6, Congress provided an additional $5,000,000 above the fiscal year 2012 funding of $13,664,000, to remain available until expended, to help the OGE comply with its 

statutory mandates under the Stop Trading on Congressional 

Knowledge [STOCK] Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–105). The 

STOCK Act established new requirements for executive branch ethics programs, ethics officials, and the hundreds of thousands of 

Federal employees who currently file either public or confidential 

financial disclosure reports pursuant to the Ethics in Government 

Act. 

Implementation of the STOCK Act imposes pivotal additional responsibilities on the OGE, most notably the mandate to develop, 

deploy, operate, and maintain automated systems to provide electronic filing for 28,000 public financial disclosure filers across the 

executive branch. The Committee’s recommended funding supports 

the requested additional $1,660,000 to support the technical and 

staffing requirements for the systems as well as other STOCK Act 

mandates, including submission of periodic transaction reports by 

filers, compliance with specific notification and recusal restrictions 

regarding employment negotiations or agreements, and enhanced 

disclosure requirements for certain filers. 

The Committee directs OGE officials to keep the Committee regularly informed about developments and progress related to its 

STOCK Act implementation activities. 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $97,578,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 95,757,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 95,757,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Office of Personnel Management [OPM] was established by 

Public Law 95–454, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, enacted 

on October 13, 1978. OPM is responsible for management of Federal human resources policy and oversight of the merit civil service 

system. Although individual agencies are largely responsible for 

personnel operations, OPM provides a Governmentwide framework 

for human resources policy, advises and assists agencies (often on 
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a reimbursable basis) with workforce planning and personnel matters, and ensures that agency operations are consistent with requirements of law on issues such as veterans preference and merit 

system compliance. OPM oversees examination of applicants for 

employment in the competitive service; issues regulations and policies on recruitment, hiring, classification and pay, training, and 

other aspects of personnel management; and manages the process 

for personnel security and background checks for suitability and 

national security clearances. OPM is also responsible for administering the retirement, health benefits, and life insurance programs affecting most Federal employees, retired Federal employees, and their families and survivors. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a general fund appropriation of 

$95,757,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Office of Personnel 

Management. This amount is $1,821,000 less than the fiscal year 

2013 level and the same as the budget request. 

The recommendation includes the requested funding for the Enterprise Human Resources Integration project, the Human Resources Line of Business project, and the workforce acquisition initiative. 

Retirement Processing.—The Committee recognizes OPM’s 

progress in addressing the backlog of retirement claims. OPM is directed to continue to inform the Committee of developments to improve processing rates. 

Retirement Modernization.—The Committee directs OPM to continue providing reports and status update briefings, as developments and milestones occur, and future plans are determined. 

LIMITATION

(TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

Limitation, 2013 1 .................................................................................. $112,291,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 118,578,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 118,578,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

These funds will be transferred from the appropriate trust funds 

of the Office of Personnel Management to cover administrative expenses for the retirement and insurance programs, including the 

cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a limitation of $118,578,000 which 

is $6,287,000 more than the fiscal year 2013 level and the same as 

the budget request. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $3,136,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 4,684,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,684,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Office of Inspector General is charged with establishing policies for conducting and coordinating efforts which promote economy, efficiency, and integrity in the Office of Personnel Management’s activities which prevent and detect fraud, waste, and mismanagement in the agency’s programs. Contract audits provide 

professional advice to agency contracting officials on accounting 

and financial matters regarding the negotiation, award, administration, repricing, and settlement of contracts. Internal agency audits review and evaluate all facets of agency operations, including 

financial statements. Evaluation and inspection services provide 

detailed technical evaluations of agency operations. Insurance audits review the operations of health and life insurance carriers, 

healthcare providers, and insurance subscribers. The investigative 

function provides for the detection and investigation of improper 

and illegal activities involving programs, personnel, and operations. 

Administrative sanctions debar from participation in the health insurance program those healthcare providers whose conduct may 

pose a threat to the financial integrity of the program itself or to 

the well-being of insurance program enrollees. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,684,000 for 

salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in fiscal 

year 2014. This amount is $1,548,000 more than the fiscal year 

2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

(LIMITATION ON TRANSFER FROM TRUST FUNDS)

Limitation, 2013 1 .................................................................................. $21,132,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 21,340,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 21,340,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a limitation on transfers from the 

trust funds in support of the Office of Inspector General [OIG] activities totaling $21,340,000 for fiscal year 2014. This amount is 

$208,000 more than the fiscal year 2013 enacted level, and the 

same as the budget request. The Committee includes a provision 

that funds OIG oversight of the OPM Revolving Fund. For fiscal 

year 2014, the oversight funding equals one-third of 1 percent of 

the Revolving Fund budget estimate. 
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GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES HEALTH

BENEFITS

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $10,818,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 11,404,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 11,404,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This appropriation covers the Government’s share of the cost of 

health insurance for annuitants covered by the Federal Employees 

Health Benefits Program and the Retired Federal Employees 

Health Benefits Act of 1960, as well as administrative expenses incurred by OPM for these programs. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a mandatory appropriation of $11,404,000,000 for Government payments for annuitants, employees health benefits. 

GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE

INSURANCE

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $51,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 53,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 53,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Public Law 96–427, the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance 

Act of 1980, requires that all employees under the age of 65 who 

separate from the Federal Government for purposes of retirement 

on or after January 1, 1990, continue to make contributions toward 

their basic life insurance coverage after retirement until they reach 

the age of 65. These retirees will contribute two-thirds of the cost 

of the basic life insurance premium, identical to the amount contributed by active Federal employees for basic life insurance coverage. As with the active Federal employees, the Government is required to contribute one-third of the cost of the premium for retirees’ basic coverage. OPM, acting as the payroll office on behalf of 

Federal retirees, has requested, and the Committee has provided, 

the funding necessary to make the required Government contribution associated with annuitants’ postretirement life insurance coverage. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a mandatory appropriation of 

$53,000,000 for the Government payment for annuitants, employee 

life insurance. 

PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $9,780,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 9,178,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 9,178,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The civil service retirement and disability fund was established 

in 1920 to administer the financing and payment of annuities to retired Federal employees and their survivors. The fund covers the 

operation of the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal 

Employees’ Retirement System. 

This appropriation provides for the Government’s share of retirement costs, transfers of interest on the unfunded liability and annuity disbursements attributable to military service, and survivor 

annuities to eligible former spouses of some annuitants who did not 

elect survivor coverage. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a mandatory appropriation of $9,178,000,000 for payment to the civil service retirement and disability fund. 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $18,934,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 20,639,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 20,639,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel [OSC] provides a safe channel 

for Federal employees to report waste, fraud, abuse, and threats to 

public health and safety. 

The OSC was first established on January 1, 1979. From 1979 

until 1989, it operated as an autonomous investigative and prosecutorial arm of the Merit Systems Protection Board [MSPB]. In 

1989, Congress enacted the Whistleblower Protection Act (Public 

Law 101–12), which made OSC an independent agency within the 

executive branch. In 1994, the Uniformed Services Employment 

and Reemployment Rights Act [USERRA] (Public Law 103–353) became law. It defined employment-related rights of persons in connection with military service, prohibited discrimination against 

them because of that service, and gave OSC new authority to pursue remedies for violations by Federal agencies. 

Enactment of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act 

(Public Law 112–199) in November 2012 significantly expanded the 

jurisdiction of the OSC and the types of cases the OSC is required 

by law to investigate. 

The OSC continues to experience significant growth in its caseload. In fiscal year 2012, the new case intake volume reached nearly 4,800, representing an increase over record levels of cases presented in the previous fiscal year. Caseload size trends reflect 

growth of 68 percent since fiscal year 2008. Areas of significant 

growth included prohibited personnel practice complaints as well 

as USERRA cases, which nearly doubled in volume with the launch 

of a new 3-year demonstration project to help further protect veteran’s employment rights as authorized under the Veterans’ Bene-
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fits Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–275). Hatch Act cases and whistleblower disclosure matters continued at elevated levels in fiscal year 

2012. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $20,639,000 for 

the OSC. This amount is $1,705,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

The Committee acknowledges that the OSC continues to experience dramatic growth in its caseload and rapid increases in requests for its services, although staffing levels have remained relatively unchanged. The Committee commends OSC’s efforts to institute significant cost-savings measures, achieve a 52-percent increase in productivity since fiscal year 2008, realize a 3-percent reduction in costs per case, and vastly improve its ability to obtain 

favorable corrective outcomes. The Committee’s recommended level 

will help ensure that the OSC can manage its escalating workload 

and discharge its mission without incurring backlogs. 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $14,275,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 14,304,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 14,304,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Postal Regulatory Commission [PRC] is an independent 

agency that has exercised regulatory oversight over the United 

States Postal Service since its creation by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970. For over 3 decades, that oversight consisted primarily of conducting public, on-the-record hearings concerning proposed rates, mail classification, and major service changes, and recommended decisions for action to the Postal Service Board of Governors. The mission of the PRC is to ensure transparency and accountability of the United States Postal Service and foster a vital 

and efficient universal mail system. 

The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 

109–435) assigned significant responsibilities to the PRC. These enhanced authorities include providing regulatory oversight of the 

pricing of Postal Service products and services, ensuring Postal 

Service transparency and accountability, consulting on delivery 

service standards and performance measures, consulting on international postal policies, preventing cross-subsidization or other 

anticompetitive postal practices, and serving as a forum to act on 

complaints with postal products and services. The PRC provides 

leadership and recommends policies that foster a robust and viable 

postal system. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation, out of the Postal Fund, of $14,304,000 for the Postal Regulatory Commission. This 

amount is $29,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the 

same as the budget request. The funds will support 77 FTEs and 

enable the PRC to meet its mission of ensuring transparency and 

accountability in postal operations, services, and finances. 

The Committee notes that in fiscal year 2014, the PRC will be 

engaged in issuing advisory opinions and hearing cases of major 

national policy import as the Postal Service adjusts to changing 

mail usage; reviewing efforts of the Postal Service to restructure its 

network; overseeing the exercise of pricing flexibility; and fully 

evaluating the merits of new ideas for innovative products and 

services that could boost postal revenue, provide greater efficiencies, and produce cost savings. With the Postal Service’s closure 

or consolidation of potentially hundreds of mail processing facilities 

and a significant number of postal retail facilities, the Committee 

understands that the number of appeals to the PRC and the volume of documents per docket as a result of these actions can be expected to grow exponentially over the next few years. 

The Committee appreciates the vital statutory role the PRC 

plays in the Universal Postal Union, a specialized agency of the 

United Nations, to support the Secretary of State in foreign policy 

related to international postal services, including treaties and conventions. The Committee urges the PRC, which is funded from the 

Postal Service Fund which is derived directly from postal rates and 

fees paid by postal customers, to continue to optimize efficient use 

of its resources, including exercising prudent decisionmaking and 

strict accountability for its necessary travel expenditures. 

PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $898,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 3,100,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,100,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Recommended by the July 22, 2004 report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 

Commission), the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board 

[PCLOB] was originally established through the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458). 

The PCLOB was made a component of the White House Office 

within the Executive Office of the President. 

Under the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53), the PCLOB was reconstituted as an independent agency within the executive branch. The 

dual mission of the PCLOB is to: (1) analyze and review actions the 

executive branch takes to protect the Nation from terrorism, ensuring that the need for such actions is balanced with the need to protect privacy and civil liberties; and (2) ensure that liberty concerns 

are appropriately considered in the development and implementa-
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tion of laws, regulations, and policies related to efforts to protect 

the Nation against terrorism. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,100,000 for 

the PCLOB. This amount is $3,202,000 above the fiscal year 2013 

enacted level and $1,000,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee strongly supports the mission of the PCLOB. The 

Committee notes that the original Board ceased operations on January 30, 2008, with the intention that a new, more independent 

Board would be instituted in its place. 

The Committee is pleased that after over 5 years of dormancy, 

the PCLOB has been reconstituted and that, as of May 7, 2013, has 

a confirmed full-time chairman. The Committee acknowledges the 

substantial array of administrative tasks coincident to launching 

the Board as an independent agency, including securing work 

space, recruiting staff expertise, acquiring information technology, 

and implementing a strategic work plan and performance measures 

to fulfill its unique responsibilities. The Committee is cognizant 

that, in light of recent developments raising public concerns about 

the adequacy of privacy and civil liberties protections, the role and 

responsibilities of the Board will be of particular significance. The 

Committee commends the Board for hosting a recent public workshop with invited experts, academics, and advocacy organizations 

regarding certain surveillance programs. 

The Committee recommends enhanced funding of an additional 

$1,000,000 above the budget request in recognition of the critical 

importance that the Board achieve full operational capability without delay and that the resources available will permit the PCLOB 

to immediately undertake robust activities to accomplish its mission. 

RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $28,293,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 12,500,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 20,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board [Recovery 

Board] was established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 [Recovery Act] to ensure accountability and transparency in the expenditure of Recovery Act funds and to minimize 

fraud, waste, and mismanagement. The Recovery’s Board’s responsibilities under the Recovery Act will sunset on September 30, 

2013. The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 required the 

Recovery Board to detect and remediate waste, fraud, and abuse of 

Federal spending related to the impact of Hurricane Sandy. The 

Recovery’s Board’s responsibilities under the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act will sunset on September 30, 2015. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $20,000,000 for the Recovery Board. The recommendation is $8,293,000 below the 

fiscal year 2013 enacted level. The recommendation is $7,500,000 

above the budget request to ensure that the Recovery Board has 

sufficient resources to carry out its responsibilities on spending related to Hurricane Sandy. 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $1,321,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 1,674,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,674,000,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] is an independent agency responsible for administering many of the Nation’s 

laws regulating the areas of securities and finance. 

The mission of the SEC is to administer and enforce Federal securities laws in order to protect investors, maintain fair, honest, 

and efficient markets, and promote capital formation. This includes 

ensuring full disclosure of financial information, regulating the Nation’s securities markets, and preventing and policing fraud and 

malpractice in the securities and financial markets. The strength 

of the American economy and our Nation’s financial markets is dependent upon investors’ confidence in the financial disclosures and 

statements released by publicly traded companies. 

As the investor’s advocate, the SEC has responsibility for approximately 35,000 entities, including direct oversight of about 

11,000 investment advisers, 9,700 mutual funds and exchange 

traded funds, and close to 4,600 broker-dealers with more than 

160,000 branch offices. It is also responsible for reviewing the disclosures and financial statements of more than 9,500 reporting 

companies, overseeing approximately 460 transfer agents, 17 national securities exchanges, eight active clearing agencies, and 10 

nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, as well as the 

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking 

Board, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, and the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The SEC also acquired new 

or expanded oversight responsibilities with respect to the derivatives markets, hedge fund and other private fund advisers, municipal advisors, credit rating agencies, clearing agencies, and entities 

registering with the SEC in connection with the security-based 

swap regulatory regime. 

The enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) (Public Law 111–203) 

added significantly to SEC’s responsibilities, including bringing 

transparency and accountability to the over-the-counter derivatives 

market; registering and overseeing hedge fund and private equity 

advisers; enhanced supervision of nationally recognized statistical 

rating organizations and clearing agencies; heightened regulation 
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of asset-backed securities; and creation of a new whistleblower program. 

With the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups 

[JOBS] Act (Public Law 112–106), the SEC has additional responsibilities to undertake various initiatives, including rulemaking and 

studies touching on capital formation, disclosure and registration 

requirements, and implementing rules and methods relating to a 

new exemption that will allow crowdfunding. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends a total budget (obligational) author- ity of $1,674,000,000 for the salaries and expenses of the SEC, to 

be fully derived from $1,674,000,000 in fee collections. This total 

funding level is $353,000,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted 

level and the same as the budget request. 

The Committee’s recommended funding increase is expected to 

allow the SEC to more aggressively police the securities markets 

through examinations and enforcement actions. The resources will 

help enhance risk-based oversight of the investment management 

industry, expand inspections of credit rating agencies, and permit 

the SEC to conduct more comprehensive examinations, reach a 

broader universe of the entities it regulates, and improve its ability 

to uncover and prosecute fraud. 

In addition, the recommended increase supports urgent, critical 

investments in information technology upgrades so that SEC staff 

are equipped with cutting edge automation support tools to enhance their ability to promptly handle tips, complaints, and referrals as well as to better identify emerging risks using improved 

surveillance tools. The Committee expects the SEC to implement 

key controls to effectively safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, 

and availability of its financial and sensitive information and systems. 

The Committee strongly believes that fair and orderly markets 

are essential to restore public confidence in and bolster the integrity of our capital markets. The Committee emphasizes that with 

this significant recommended funding increase comes a concomitant responsibility on the part of the SEC to aggressively safeguard 

the investing public. The SEC must be vigilant in its enforcement 

of securities laws, and failures to properly investigate and take appropriate action will not be condoned. 

Fee Offset Nature of Account.—Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, 

transaction fees receipts are treated as offsetting collections equal 

to the amount of the appropriation. In addition, an ‘‘SEC Reserve 

Fund’’ is designated for necessary functions as determined by the 

SEC and drawn from registration fee receipts. The Committee reminds the SEC of its obligation to notify Congress of the date, 

amount, and purpose of any obligation from the Fund within 10 

days of such obligation. 

Spending Plan.—The Committee directs the SEC to submit, 

within 30 days of enactment, a detailed spending plan for the allocation of appropriated funds displayed by discrete program, project, 

and activity, including staffing projections, specifying both FTEs 

and contractors, and planned investments in information technology. 
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Regulatory Reform Efforts.—While recognizing the many challenges facing the SEC, the Committee strongly urges the SEC to 

act expeditiously to adopt strong and effective regulatory proposals 

to reform the financial system, consistent with Congress’s intent in 

enacting the Dodd-Frank Act and the JOBS Act. 

Use of Independent Leasing Authority.—The Committee understands that the SEC is pursuing corrective measures to address the 

serious problems identified in the October 3, 2011, GAO Decision 

B–322160 relating to the agency’s exercise of its independent leasing authority and adherence to budgetary obligation recording 

practices for multiyear contracts over the last 20 years. The Committee directs that, as part of the spending plan to be submitted 

to the Committee no later than 30 days following enactment of this 

act, the SEC shall include a detailed remedial action plan and 

timetable, reviewed before its submission by the Inspector General, 

describing how the SEC intends to rectify the Antideficiency Act 

violation and what procedures it has instituted to ensure compliance with the recording statute (31 U.S.C. 1501(a)(1)). 

Regulatory Coordination and Harmonization.—The Committee 

stresses that with the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, it is all 

the more critical for the SEC, in collaboration with the CFTC, to 

ensure optimum harmonization in executing the respective oversight responsibilities of each agency with respect to over-thecounter derivative products. The Committee expects the SEC and 

the CFTC to limit, to the greatest extent possible, inconsistent regulation of similar products and entities that could lead to opportunities for regulatory arbitrage. The Committee continues to support 

the use of funds to support the Joint SEC–CFTC Advisory Committee. 

Money Market Mutual Funds.—Given the role that money market mutual funds play in short-term financing for State and local 

governments, the Committee is concerned that a floating net asset 

value will alter the nature of money market mutual funds, tighten 

capital availability, and increase costs. The Committee urges the 

SEC, as it continues to examine proposals to reform money market 

mutual funds, to engage with State and local government officials 

to address their concerns. 

Disclosure to Investors.—The Committee remains concerned that 

American investors may be unwittingly investing in companies or 

organizations with ties to countries that sponsor terrorism or are 

linked to human rights violations. The Committee believes that a 

company’s association with sponsors of terrorism and human rights 

abuses, no matter how large or small, can have a materially adverse result on a public company’s operations, financial condition, 

earnings, and stock prices, all of which can negatively affect the 

value of an investment. Investors and consumers also have a reasonable right to know what activities their investments or purchases may be directly or indirectly supporting. 

In order to protect American investors’ savings and to disclose 

these business relationships to investors, an Office of Global Security Risk was established within the Division of Corporation Finance. The Committee notes that under the Dodd-Frank Act, public 

companies are required to provide disclosure to the SEC in matters 

involving conflict minerals, extractive industries, and mining safety 
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matters. The Committee understands that the SEC will be implementing the requirements, as directed, in the coming months. The 

Committee expects the work of the Office to remain a high priority 

during fiscal year 2014 and directs the SEC to continue to submit 

quarterly reports on its activities. 

The Committee is concerned that current SEC regulations leave 

broad discretion to companies to decide if disclosure of their activities is required with respect to business interests in or with a state 

sponsor of terrorism. Companies are only required to make disclosures in cases where the companies judges the information is ‘‘material’’ to investors or is necessary to ensure a required statement 

is not misleading. In November 2007, the SEC issued a concept release seeking comment about whether to develop a new mechanism 

to facilitate greater access to companies’ disclosures concerning 

their business activities in or with state sponsors of terrorism. The 

comment period ended on January 22, 2008, and the SEC has 

taken no action since that time. 

The Committee believes that business conducted by a publicly 

traded company that could subject such company to sanctions 

should be considered material and disclosed. Therefore, the Committee directs the Commission to issue final rules that require each 

issuer to disclose activities that may subject it to sanctions under 

section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. 

Climate Change Disclosure.—The Committee directs the SEC to 

submit to the Committee, no later than 90 days following enactment of this act, an updated staff report focused on the quality, 

specificity, and thoroughness of disclosure related to climate 

change, with particular attention to the adequacy of disclosure by 

large companies in key sectors. The Committee expects that the report fully describe the status of SEC’s own initiatives to carry out 

the February 2010 guidance (75 Fed. Reg. 6290) as well as efforts 

the SEC will implement in fiscal year 2014. The Committee strongly urges that, during fiscal year 2014, the SEC convene the public 

roundtable on climate change disclosure as contemplated in the 

2010 guidance. 

JOBS Act Studies.—The Committee directs the SEC to study and 

submit a report to the Committee, no later than 2 years following 

enactment of this Act, on the impact of the JOBS Act on capital 

formation, including but not limited to: (1) the amount of capital 

raised under the new offering methods in the JOBS Act; (2) the 

number of issuances and amount raised between registered and unregistered offerings; (3) the number of placement agents and brokers facilitating the new offering methods; (4) the number of Federal, State, other actions taken against issuers with respect to the 

new offering venues; and (5) the costs associated with raising capital under the new rules in comparison to the prior rules. 

The Committee is concerned about press reports of shell companies attempting to qualify as emerging growth companies in order 

to evade securities laws to which they would otherwise be subject, 

and directs the SEC to closely monitor the situation. 

The Committee directs the SEC to study and submit a report to 

the Committee, no later than 1 year following enactment of this 

act, on whether and how the definition of the term ‘‘held of record’’ 
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in section 12(g)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 

U.S.C. 781(g)(5)) should be revised. 

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $23,936,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 24,134,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 22,900,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Selective Service System is an independent Federal agency, 

operating with permanent authorization under the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.). The agency is not part 

of the Department of Defense, but its basic mission is to be prepared to supply manpower to the Armed Forces adequate to ensure 

the security of the United States during a time of national emergency. Since 1973, the Armed Forces have relied on volunteers to 

fill military manpower requirements. However, the Selective Service System remains the primary vehicle by which personnel will be 

brought into the military if Congress and the President should authorize a return to the draft. 

In December 1987, Selective Service was tasked by law (Public 

Law 100–180) to develop plans for a postmobilization healthcare 

personnel delivery system capable of providing the necessary critically skilled healthcare personnel to the Armed Forces in time of 

emergency. An automated system capable of handling mass registration and inductions is now complete, together with necessary 

draft legislation, a draft Presidential proclamation, prototype forms 

and letters, and other products. These products will be available 

should the need arise. The development of supplemental standby 

products, such as a compliance system for healthcare personnel, 

continues using very limited existing resources. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $22,900,000 for 

the Selective Service System. This amount is $1,036,000 below the 

fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $1,234,000 below the budget request. 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2013 1 2 ......................................................................... $1,847,180,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 3 ......................................................................... 968,838,000 

Committee recommendation 3 ............................................................... 949,238,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

2 Includes emergency funding of $804,000,000 in the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 

(division A of Public Law 113–2). 3 Includes $158,650,000 in disaster relief funding pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Small Business Administration [SBA] provides American entrepreneurs access to capital, Federal contracting opportunities, 
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and entrepreneurial education in order to grow businesses and create jobs. SBA also provides disaster assistance for businesses of all 

sizes, non-profit organizations, homeowners, and renters. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommendation provides $949,238,000 for the 

Small Business Administration [SBA]. The recommendation is 

$897,942,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level, which included $804,000,000 in emergency funding, and $19,600,000 below 

the budget request. The recommendation includes $158,650,000 for 

the Disaster Loans Program Account designated by Congress as 

disaster relief pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985. Funding is distributed among the SBA 

appropriation accounts as described below. 

ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2013 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. $211,490,000 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

SBA’s Entrepreneurial Development Programs support non-credit 

business assistance to entrepreneurs. The appropriation includes 

funding for a vast network of resource partners located throughout 

the Nation, including Small Business Development Centers, Women’s Business Centers, SCORE (previously Service Corps of Retired 

Executives) chapters, and Veterans Business Outreach centers. 

This resource network and several other SBA programs provide 

training, counseling, and technical assistance to entrepreneurs. 

The ‘‘Entrepreneurial Development Programs’’ appropriation is a 

new appropriation recommended by the Committee for fiscal year 

2014. The appropriation provides funding for non-credit business 

assistance programs previously funded under the appropriation for 

‘‘Salaries and Expenses.’’ 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommendation provides $211,490,000 for the 

SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs. Both the fiscal year 

2013 enacted level and the budget request included funding for 

SBA’s Entrepreneurial Development Programs within the Salaries 

and Expenses appropriation. After adjusting for the recommended 

changes to the appropriations accounts, the recommendation represents an increase of $19,487,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and an increase of $1,150,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee recommendations, by program, are displayed in 

the following table: 

ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2013 

enacted 1

Fiscal year 2014 

budget estimate 

Committee 

recommendation 

Small Business Development Centers ....................................................... 112,275 104,680 114,750 

SCORE ........................................................................................................ 6,986 6,520 7,140 

Women’s Business Centers ........................................................................ 13,972 13,050 14,000 
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ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2013 

enacted 1

Fiscal year 2014 

budget estimate 

Committee 

recommendation 

Women’s Business Council ........................................................................ 996 900 1,000 

Microloan Technical Assistance ................................................................. 19,960 19,850 20,000 

Veterans Business Outreach Centers ........................................................ 2,495 2,500 2,500 

PRIME ......................................................................................................... 3,493 ........................ ........................

Native American Outreach ......................................................................... 1,248 1,050 2,000 

7(j) Technical Assistance .......................................................................... 3,094 2,790 3,100 

HUBZone ..................................................................................................... 2,495 2,000 2,000 

Regional Innovation Clusters ..................................................................... 4,990 5,000 5,000 

Disaster Recovery 2 .................................................................................... 19,960 ........................ ........................

Entrepreneurial Education and Growth Accelerators ................................. ........................ 45,000 15,000 

Boots to Business ...................................................................................... ........................ 7,000 5,000 

State Trade and Export Promotion [STEP] ................................................. ........................ ........................ 20,000 

Total, Entrepreneurial Development Programs ............................. 191,963 210,340 211,490 

1 Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

2 Emergency funding provided in the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 113–2). 

The Committee directs that the amounts provided for SBA’s Entrepreneurial Development Programs, as specified in the table 

above, shall be administered in the same manner as previous years 

and shall not be reduced, reallocated, or reprogrammed to provide 

additional funds for other programs, initiatives, or activities. 

Small Business Development Centers.—The Committee continues 

to support the Small Business Development Center [SBDC] Program and recommends $114,750,000 for fiscal year 2014, 

$2,475,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and 

$10,070,000 above the budget request. The Committee is disappointed that the budget request again proposes to reduce support 

for the SBDC program. The SBDC network—which encompasses 

over 900 service centers across the Nation—provides management 

and technical assistance to an estimated 1.2 million small business 

owners and aspiring entrepreneurs each year. In particular, the 

Committee finds that procurement technical assistance provided at 

the local level by SBDCs is valuable for connecting local small businesses to procurement opportunities. As the economy struggles, 

SBDCs have reported a significant increase in demand for their expertise as businesses seek guidance on how to weather the economic downturn and as newly unemployed Americans look for advice on starting a small business as a new career path. Providing 

support for SBDCs is more critical than ever as our economy works 

to recover and grow. The Committee directs SBA to prioritize the 

continuation of a robust SBDC network and to partner with the 

network and SBA’s other resource partners in the implementation 

of all of SBA’s lending, entrepreneurial development, and procurement programs. 

Microloan Program.—The Committee recommends $20,000,000 

for grants to Microloan intermediaries under the Microloan program for marketing, management, and technical assistance provided to borrowers. An additional $4,600,000 is recommended 

under the heading ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ to support 

estimated lending volume of $25,000,000 under the Microloan program. 
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Veterans Programs.—The Committee supports funding for vet- erans programs and provides $2,500,000 for veterans business outreach centers. When determining the allocation of the funding, the 

Committee strongly encourages SBA to consider centers with significant experience in conducting outreach to veterans. The Committee also recommends $5,000,0000 for SBA’s Boots to 

Business program to assist veterans seeking to start their own 

businesses and create jobs. The Committee understands that SBA 

plans for Boots to Business to be accessible to all veterans and to 

become a standard portion of the curricula offered at the revised 

Transition Assistance Program [TAP] offered to service members, 

providing the option of entrepreneurship training to all of our Nation’s veterans. 

Native American Outreach.—SBA’s Office of Native American Affairs works to ensure that American Indians, Alaska Natives, and 

Native Hawaiians seeking to create, develop, and expand small 

businesses have full access to SBA’s entrepreneurial development, 

lending, and procurement programs. The Committee recommends 

$2,000,000 for SBA’s Native American outreach programs, an increase of $950,000 above the budget request and $752,000 above 

the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. The Committee directs SBA to 

submit a spending plan within 60 days of enactment detailing 

planned spending on Native American outreach programs in fiscal 

year 2014. 

Regional Innovation Clusters.—The Committee recommends 

$5,000,000 for SBA’s regional innovation clusters. The Committee 

encourages SBA to support nonprofit organizations that provide 

business development services designed to accelerate industry sectors built on regional assets under the initiative. 

State Trade and Export Program [STEP].—The Committee recommends $20,000,000 for STEP for fiscal year 2014. STEP provides 

grants to states to supplement their export promotion programs 

with the goal of increasing the number of small businesses that are 

exporting and raising the value of exports for small businesses that 

are already exporting. States provide matching funds for STEP 

grants and have used funds to support trade missions, international marketing efforts, export counseling, and export trade 

show exhibits. The recommendation provides funding for the third 

and final year of the program, as authorized by the Small Business 

Jobs Act of 2010. 

Entrepreneurial Education and Growth Accelerators.—The Committee recommends $15,000,000 for the entrepreneurial education 

and growth accelerators programs requested by the President. The 

recommendation will allow SBA to expand its Entrepreneurial 

Education initiative, which provides intensive training to small 

business owners with existing small businesses that have completed the ‘‘startup’’ phase and are facing common, solvable challenges to sustain and grow their businesses. The recommendation 

will also allow SBA to provide grants, under a competitive process, 

to universities and private sector organizations to start a new or 

scale an existing growth accelerator program to support startups 

with high-growth potential. The Committee directs SBA to require 

$4 of matching funds for every $1 awarded under the growth accelerator program. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 2 ......................................................................... $436,513,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 485,923,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 254,833,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

2 Includes emergency funding of $20,000,000 in the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 

(division A of Public Law 113–2). 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Salaries and Expenses appropriation provides for the overall 

operating expenses of the SBA, including compensation and benefits for staff located at headquarters, regional, and district offices, 

rent and other agency-wide costs, and operating costs for program 

offices, including the Office of Capital Access, Office of Credit Risk 

Management, Office of Entrepreneurial Development, Office of Investments and Innovation, Office of Government Contracting and 

Business Development, Office of International Trade, Office of 

Management and Administration, and for other program and supporting offices. 

The Salaries and Expenses appropriation previously provided 

funding for non-credit business assistance programs. The Committee recommendation for fiscal year 2014 provides funding for 

those programs under a new appropriation titled ‘‘Entrepreneurial 

Development Programs’’. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommendation provides $254,833,000 for salaries and expenses of the SBA. The recommendation is $181,680,000 

below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and is $231,090,000 below 

the budget request. The decrease in funding recommended for fiscal 

year 2014 reflects the Committee recommendation to provide funding for non-credit business assistance programs under a new appropriation titled ‘‘Entrepreneurial Development Programs.’’ After adjusting for the recommended changes to the appropriations accounts, the recommendation represents an effective increase of 

$10,323,000 to the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and an effective 

decrease of $20,750,000 to the budget request. 

Export Promotion.—As part of the administration’s Export Promotion Cabinet, the SBA has a goal of supporting 50,000 new small 

business exporters by 2017. The recommendation includes funding 

requested to support efforts to expand trade financing by commercial lending institutions and community banks, remove barriers to 

identifying and connecting to foreign buyers, and ensure that SBA’s 

resource partners are equipped to provide export counseling. 

Procurement Center Representatives.—SBA’s Procurement Center 

Representatives [PCRs] promote small business participation in 

Federal contracting. The recommendation includes funding requested to enhance the PCR program to increase Federal contracting opportunities for small businesses, connect the Federal 

Government with more innovative small businesses, and save taxpayer dollars by increasing the competitiveness of Federal contracting. The Committee directs SBA to ensure that PCRs conduct 

outreach to local partners in order to leverage resources and share 

best practices. 
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Credit Risk Management.—The Committee recommends 

$12,000,000 for SBA’s Office of Credit Risk Management [OCRM]. 

In support of its mission to analyze and manage the risk of SBA’s 

estimated $75,000,000,000 loan portfolio, OCRM performs performance analytics to identify and understand lender performance 

trends and assess the quality of the overall loan portfolio. The 

Committee finds that OCRM plays a key role in eliminating waste, 

fraud, and abuse in SBA lending programs and protecting taxpayer 

losses on loans by ensuring lenders comply with procedures that 

mitigate the risk of loss under SBA’s loan programs. 

The Committee is concerned about the quality of lender oversight 

activities at SBA, particularly considering the magnitude of SBA’s 

loan portfolio, and notes that SBA’s Office of Inspector General [IG] 

continues to identify weaknesses in SBA’s lender oversight process. 

SBA loan programs rely on numerous outside parties (e.g., private 

lenders, local economic development organizations, nonprofit community lenders, and venture capital investors) to complete loan 

transactions, and many of SBA’s loans are made by lenders to 

whom SBA has delegated loan-making authority. For example, the 

SBA IG reports that in fiscal year 2011, approximately 67 percent 

of the dollars guaranteed under SBA’s 7(a) program were made by 

lenders using delegated authorities. The Committee concurs with 

the SBA IG’s finding that the risks inherent in delegated lending 

require an effective oversight program to: (1) monitor lender compliance with SBA policies and procedures; and (2) take corrective 

action when a material noncompliance is detected. 

The Committee finds that credit risk management should be a 

key tenet of SBA’s efforts to administer efficient and effective loan 

programs to ensure the best use of taxpayer dollars. The Committee directs SBA to report to the Committee within 90 days of 

enactment on the status of SBA’s current credit risk management 

capabilities and how those capabilities can be strengthened. The report shall also include an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of changing SBA’s organizational structure so that OCRM is 

independent from SBA’s Office of Capital Access and the director 

of OCRM reports directly to the SBA Administrator. 

Finally, the Committee finds that the Loan and Lender Monitoring System [L/LMS] is a vital component of the SBA’s technical 

capability to provide oversight of its largest lending programs, the 

7(a) and 504 loan programs. OCRM uses L/LMS as a tool for managing the risk in the loan and lender portfolios. The Committee directs SBA to continue utilizing L/LMS to ensure that lenders are 

employing sound financial risk management techniques to manage 

and monitor risk within their SBA loan portfolios. The Committee 

directs SBA to maintain the current capabilities and capacity of the 

L/LMS system and encourages the agency to consider how updating 

or expanding the system could improve lender oversight capabilities. 

Major Information Technology Acquisition.—The Committee recommends $6,100,000 to continue development activities related to 

the modernization of SBA’s agency-wide loan management and accounting system. Additional funding will be contributed from 

amounts provided for the administrative expenses of the Disaster 

Loans Program Account because the modernization supports that 
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program in addition to SBA’s business loan programs. The Committee expects that appropriations provided for fiscal year 2014 

will fulfill development funding required for the modernized system. Operation and maintenance costs for the new system will continue in future fiscal years, consistent with other information technology systems. 

The Committee will continue to monitor progress on the modernization due to the risk inherent in major Federal information 

technology [IT] projects. The Government Accountability Office 

[GAO] finds that ‘‘Federal IT projects too frequently incur numerous cost overruns and schedule slippages while contributing little 

to mission-related outcome’’ (GAO 12–7). The Committee directs 

SBA to focus modernization activities on activities identified by 

GAO as common factors of successful Federal IT programs. In particular, the Committee directs SBA to ensure, consistent with GAO 

recommendations, that: (1) program officials actively engage with 

stakeholders; (2) senior agency executives support the program; (3) 

end users participate in testing of system functionality prior to formal end user acceptance testing; and (4) program officials maintain 

regular communication with contractors. 

The Committee directs SBA to continue to report quarterly to the 

Committees on Appropriations summarizing the agency’s progress 

regarding the modernization effort. The Committee directs that 

such reports shall include progress on time and budget, both estimated and planned, beginning with the first fiscal year of the modernization project. The Committee emphasizes the need for such reports to include plain language descriptions of the project in place 

of technical jargon. 

Employee Ownership.—The Committee finds that employee ownership protects jobs, promotes economic growth, supports local 

economies, and is often a viable alternative for business owners 

considering succession. The Committee directs SBA to promote employee ownership in developing and implementing entrepreneurial 

development programs. The Committee also directs SBA to submit 

a report within 90 days of enactment on what SBA programs can 

do to promote employee ownership through training, education, and 

financing. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2013 1 2 ......................................................................... $21,234,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 19,400,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 19,400,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

2 Includes emergency funding of $5,000,000 in the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 

(division A of Public Law 113–2). 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The SBA Office of Inspector General conducts audits to identify 

wasteful expenditures and program mismanagement, investigates 

fraud and other wrongdoing, and takes other actions to deter and 

detect waste, fraud, abuse, and inefficiencies in SBA programs and 

operations. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommendation provides $19,400,000 for the Office of Inspector General. The recommendation is $1,834,000 below 

the fiscal year 2013 enacted level, which included $5,000,000 in 

emergency funding, and is equal to the budget request. 

The Committee directs the Inspector General to continue routine 

analysis and reporting on SBA’s modernization of its loan management and accounting systems, including acquisition, contractor 

oversight, implementation, and progress regarding budget and 

schedule. 

OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $9,102,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 8,455,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 8,455,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Office of Advocacy, an independent office within SBA, solicits 

and represents the views, concerns, and interests of small businesses before Congress, the White House, Federal agencies, Federal 

courts, and State policymakers. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommendation provides $8,455,000 for the Office of Advocacy. The recommendation is $647,000 below the fiscal 

year 2013 enacted level and is equal to the budget request. 

The Committee is concerned that the Office of Advocacy is not 

sufficiently inclusive and transparent in soliciting and incorporating the views of small businesses into its processes, recommendations, and comments on Federal policies, activities, 

rulemakings, and legislation. 

The Government Accountability Office [GAO] is currently undertaking an evaluation of the Office of Advocacy to review the extent 

to which it maintains and follows policies and procedures for determining when it will comment on the regulatory process, when it 

will comment on non-regulatory activities, and how it will solicit 

and accept input representing the varying perspectives of small 

businesses. The Committee looks forward to reviewing the GAO 

evaluation for informing future funding and policy recommendations. 

The Committee directs the Office of Advocacy to submit a report 

to the Committee within 60 days of enactment detailing the process 

under which it solicits feedback from small businesses and ensures 

that its recommendations and comments represent a balanced perspective on the views of affected small business stakeholders. 
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BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $484,266,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 263,160,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 263,160,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

SBA administers a variety of loan programs to expand entrepreneurs’ access to capital to start and grow small businesses. The 

7(a) loan program is the Federal Government’s primary business 

loan program to assist small businesses in obtaining financing 

when they do not qualify for traditional credit. Under 7(a), SBA 

guarantees a portion (typically 75 to 90 percent) of loans made by 

private lenders. Under the 504 program, SBA supports loans to 

small businesses for financing major fixed assets such as real estate and major equipment. The 504 program combines SBA guaranteed loans made by nonprofit Certified Development Companies 

[CDCs] with loans from private lenders to provide financing for 

small businesses. 

Under the Small Business Investment Company [SBIC] program, 

SBA partners with professionally managed investment funds, 

called SBICs. The SBICs combine their own capital with funds borrowed with an SBA guarantee to make investments in small businesses. Finally, under the Microloan program, SBA provides funds 

to specialized nonprofit, community-based intermediary lenders 

which provide small loans for working capital, inventory, and other 

operating expenses. The maximum Microloan is $50,000 and the 

average loan made under the program is $13,000. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommendation provides $263,160,000. The rec- ommendation is $221,106,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted 

level and is equal to the budget request. 

The recommendation provides $151,560,000 for administrative 

expenses, which may be transferred to and merged with SBA salaries and expenses to cover the common overhead expenses associated with the business loans programs. 

The recommendation provides $4,600,000 for the Microloan direct 

loan program to support lending volume estimated at $25,000,000. 

An additional amount of $20,000,000 is recommended under the 

heading ‘‘Entrepreneurial Development Programs’’ for technical assistance grants to Microlending intermediaries. The Committee directs SBA to continue to conduct outreach to existing financial entities that may be well-suited to participate in the Microloan program so that the program can grow and expand access to microcapital across the country. SBA shall submit a written report to the 

Committees on Appropriations within 90 days of enactment summarizing the agency’s plans for expanding the reach of the 

Microloan program. 

The recommendation provides $107,000,000 to subsidize 

$7,500,000,000 of lending under the 504 guaranteed loan program. 

For a typical year, estimated fees collected from lenders and bor-
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rowers fully offset estimated Government payments on losses under 

the 504 loan program. However, the budget requests funding for 

fiscal year 2014 because fee collections are not expected to offset 

the cost to the Government for that year due to circumstances related to the economic downturn. The recommended funding will 

allow SBA to continue operating the 504 loan program in fiscal 

year 2014. The Committee expects the 504 loan program to return 

to typical operation when the economy fully recovers. The recommendation does not include funding for fiscal year 2014 to subsidize the 7(a) program, consistent with the President’s request, because fee collections are expected to fully offset the cost of the program, enabling lending volume of up to $17,500,000,000. 

DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 2 ......................................................................... $896,065,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 3 ......................................................................... 191,900,000 

Committee recommendation 3 ............................................................... 191,900,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

2 Includes emergency funding of $779,000,000 in the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 

(division A of Public Law 113–2). 3 Includes $158,650,000 in disaster relief funding pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

SBA provides low-interest, long-term loans to businesses of all 

sizes, homeowners, renters, and nonprofit organizations affected by 

disasters. SBA disaster loans are the primary form of Federal assistance for the repair and rebuilding of non-farm, private sector 

disaster losses. SBA makes two types of disaster loans. Physical 

disaster loans are for permanent rebuilding and replacement of uninsured or underinsured disaster-damaged privately owned real 

and/or personal property and are available to businesses of all 

sizes, nonprofit organizations, homeowners, and renters. Economic 

Injury Disaster Loans provide necessary working capital for small 

businesses and nonprofit organizations until normal operations resume after a disaster. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $191,900,000 for the administrative 

costs of the Disaster Loans program, $704,165,000 below the fiscal 

year 2013 enacted level which included $779,000,000 in emergency 

funding. The recommendation is equal to the budget request and, 

of the total recommendation, $158,650,000 is designated by Congress as disaster relief pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

SBA is urged to promptly notify the Committee of the status of 

disasters requiring loan assistance. The Committee directs SBA to 

improve the quality of service and provide greater transparency for 

disaster loan applicants, particularly with regard to application 

status. The Committee directs SBA to submit a report to the Committee within 90 days of enactment describing the feasibility of a 

secure Web portal for disaster loan applicants, including an estimate of the cost of such Web portal, a detailed description of poten-
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tial new capabilities, and an analysis of private sector best practices for status tracking. 

The Committee is concerned that SBA has not yet initiated pilot 

testing of the Expedited Disaster Loan Program and the Immediate 

Disaster Assistance Program authorized by Public Law 110–234. 

The Committee notes that funding provided for those programs remains unused. The Committee urges SBA to test both of these programs in response to disasters occurring in fiscal year 2014 in 

order to best ready these programs for future disaster response. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Section 530 continues a provision concerning transfer authority 

and availability of funds. 

Section 531 authorizes SBA to carry out section 1122 of Public 

Law 111–240 during fiscal year 2014. 

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $78,153,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 70,751,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 70,751,000 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Post Office dates back to 1775. It became the Postal Service 

in 1971 as an independent establishment of the executive branch 

of the United States Government. The Postal Service’s basic function and obligation is to provide postal services to bind the Nation 

together through the personal, educational, literary, and business 

correspondence of the people. Its mission is to provide prompt, reliable, and efficient services to patrons in all areas and render postal 

services to all communities. The Postal Service does not depend 

upon taxpayer subsidies through discretionary appropriations for 

its operations but generates nearly all of its more than 

$65,000,000,000 in annual gross operating revenue by charging 

users of the mail for the costs of postage, products, and services. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends appropriations totaling $70,751,000 for payment to the Postal Service Fund, a decrease of $7,402,000 

below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

This amount constitutes an advance appropriation for fiscal year 

2015 to compensate for revenue forgone on free mail for the blind 

and for overseas voters. 

The Committee includes provisions in the bill to ensure that mail 

for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free; 

that 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue without reduction; and that none of the funds provided be used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post offices in fiscal 

year 2014. 
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Mail Delivery.—Since fiscal year 1981, annual appropriations 

bills have each included language requiring 6-day per week postal 

delivery. The Committee believes that 6-day mail delivery is one of 

the most important services provided by the Federal Government 

to its citizens. Especially in rural and small-town America, this 

critical postal service is the linchpin that serves to bind the Nation 

together. 

Fiscal Health.—The Committee remains concerned about the 

fragile fiscal health of the Postal Service. The Postal Service continues to experience unsustainable financial losses, threatening its 

viability. Decline in first-class mail volume continues to have a 

staggering impact on the Postal Service. 

The most recent financial report issued in May 2013 reflected a net loss of $1,900,000,000 in the second quarter of 2013, compared 

with a $1,300,000,000 loss in the first quarter. Operating revenues 

of $16,300,000,000 for the second quarter were $121,000,000 higher 

than the same period a year ago, largely attributable to receipts 

from package delivery services and advertising mail. The revenue 

boost marked the first revenue increase in 5 years, a positive fiscal 

indicator. Although the Postal Service’s expenses were 

$1,200,000,000 less than the same period in 2012, the overall expenses of $18,200,000,000 for the quarter offset the otherwise 

healthy increase in revenue to produce the net loss. Quarterly mail 

volume declined to 38,800,000,000 pieces, down from 

39,400,000,000 pieces for the same period a year ago. Revenue from 

first-class mail, which is the largest source of Postal Service revenue, declined by $198,000,000 or 2.7 percent, from the revenue realized in the same period last year, and first-class mail volume declined by 713 million pieces, or 4.1 percent. 

Postal Retail Network.—The Committee acknowledges that on 

May 9, 2012, the Postal Service announced its intent to implement 

a strategy to balance the need for continued retail services while 

achieving cost savings that will not result in the wholesale shuttering of small and rural post offices but could modify retail window hours. The Committee appreciates the Postal Service’s need to 

adjust its infrastructure, but emphasizes that it is imperative to 

evaluate the perspectives of affected postal customers in determining the most viable solution for any community impacted by the 

proposed changes. 

The Committee notes that on August 23, 2012, the Postal Regulatory Commission [PRC] issued an advisory opinion on the Post 

Office Structure Plan to match post office retail hours with workload. While the PRC found the plan to be consistent with public 

policy, the PRC offered a number of concrete recommendations to 

further enhance the initiative, particularly concerning access, community input, revenue and staffing. For example, in surveying communities, postal customers should be provided clear choice between 

alternatives. Moreover, the PRC stressed the importance of an internal review and data collection plan to monitor and measure 

changes in revenue to help evaluate whether the initiative is meeting its objectives and goals. To preserve adequate retail access and 

maintain universal service, the Committee strongly urges the Postal Service to incorporate the recommendations of the PRC into its 

conduct of the structure plans. 
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The Committee strongly urges the Postal Service to continue to 

expand the co-location of postal services and other innovative approaches to serving communities, significantly grow its inventory of 

automated postal centers for self-service access particularly in currently underserved areas, and widely disseminate information 

through national advertising promoting the benefits to postal customers of on-line and self-service options. 

Consolidation of Mail Processing Facilities.—The Postal Service 

is developing and implementing a major realignment of its postal 

facilities to achieve greater efficiencies, reduce redundancies, and 

realize cost savings. Many questions and concerns remain unanswered about how consolidation of the processing and transportation networks will impact current nationwide delivery service 

standards for first-class mail, periodicals, package services, and 

standard mail, as well as how the postal workforce, mailers, customers, and communities may be impacted by the realignment decisions. 

As proposed, the Postal Service would eliminate overnight service for first-class mail and periodicals, and would instead provide 

2- and 3-day delivery service. These service standard changes are 

contemplated in order to capture significant cost savings from the 

proposed consolidation of a significant portion of the mail processing and transportation networks. 

In July 2012, the Postal Service proceeded with a phased implementation plan that included interim services standards until January 31, 2014, generally preserving most overnight first-class mail 

service, and consolidating 140 plants. 

The Committee understands that on September 28, 2012, the 

PRC issued an advisory opinion analyzing the Postal Service’s plan 

to close and consolidate 229 of its 461 processing plants to better 

match declining mail volume and achieve savings. The Committee 

notes that the PRC identified potential net savings estimates lower 

than levels projected by the Postal Service. The PRC focused on the 

utility of more robust modeling in selecting facilities for closure, 

emphasizing that actual plant productivities are best measured by 

comparing work hours to the volume of mail processed, rather than 

the physical size of the plant. 

The PRC also cautioned that projected cost savings may be offset 

by volume losses if mailers decide that changed service levels no 

longer meet their needs. The PRC urged the Postal Service to adopt 

a plan to better inform all customers of the service they can expect 

to receive, and to develop and inform mailers of a transportation 

hub plan. 

The Committee remains concerned that the information provided 

by the Postal Service to customers concerning the potential decline 

in the service they may experience is vague and inadequate. The 

Committee underscores the need for the Postal Service to assimilate the PRC’s recommendations as facilities designated for study 

are selected and assessed. 

The Committee directs the Postal Service to submit a report to 

the Committee, no later than 45 days following enactment of this 

act, describing the extent to which each of the recommendations of 

the PRC have been adopted. 
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To ensure a fair and transparent process for decisions about mail 

processing facilities, the Committee directs the Postal Service to 

conduct a public community meeting and obtain the results of an 

audit by the Postal Service Inspector General showing that the 

prior study is no longer valid before closing or consolidating a mail 

processing facility that has been recently studied for closure that 

was either terminated, suspended, or halted. 

The Committee is concerned that the U.S. Postal Service’s Network Optimization Plan, as finalized on July 1, 2012 and published 

in the Federal Register under 39 CFR Part 121, has resulted in 

service delivery standards in some areas at levels below the quality 

enjoyed in other states. For this reason the Committee directs the 

Government Accountability Office [GAO] to study and report to the 

Committee by January 15, 2014, on the extent to which relaxed 

service standards for alternate means of transportation [AMOT] 

implemented by the U.S. Postal Service based on its July, 2012 

Network Optimization Plan have disproportionately impacted mailers and postal customers in states or regions of the country that 

depend on AMOT for normal delivery and whether such impacts 

have resulted in inequities in ensuring universal service. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $240,985,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 241,468,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 241,468,000 

1 Exempt from sequester of funds pursuant to section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General 

[OIG] is an independent organization established in 1996 and 

charged with reporting to Congress on the overall efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of Postal Service programs and operations. 

The OIG plays a key role in maintaining the integrity and accountability of America’s postal service, its revenue and assets, and its 

employees. The OIG meets this responsibility by conducting and 

supervising objective and independent audits, investigations, and 

other reviews. 

In fiscal year 2012, the OIG issued 208 audit reports, of which 

52 indicated financial impact in the form of funds put to better use, 

questioned costs, or potential revenue of $12,072,831,145. The OIG 

completed 3,993 investigative cases, secured 1,119 arrests and indictments, and referred 1,679 administrative actions. The Inspector 

General’s investigations of injury compensation fraud, financial 

fraud, and contract fraud produced a total of $189,193,265 in cost 

avoidance during fiscal year 2012. Cumulative fines, restitution, 

and recoveries totaled $2,281,277,293. There were 112,087 hotline 

contacts. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation, out of the Postal 

Fund, of $241,468,000 for the United States Postal Service Office 

of Inspector General. This amount is $483,000 above the fiscal year 

2013 funding level and the same as the budget request. The Committee appreciates the efforts of the Inspector General to perform 

its exemplary audit and investigative work under severe spending 

constraints. 

UNITED STATES TAX COURT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2013 1 ........................................................................... $50,977,000 

Budget estimate, 2014 ........................................................................... 52,653,294 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 52,653,294 

1Does not reflect the March 1, 2013, sequester of funds under Public Law 112–25. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The U.S. Tax Court is an independent judicial body in the legislative branch established in 1969 under Article I of the Constitution of the United States. The Court was created to provide a national forum for the resolution of disputes between taxpayers and 

the Internal Revenue Service, resolve cases expeditiously while giving careful consideration to the merits of each matter, and ensure 

the uniform interpretation of the Internal Revenue Code. 

The Tax Court is one of three courts in which taxpayers can 

bring suit to contest IRS liability determinations, and the only one 

in which taxpayers can do so without prepaying any portion of the 

disputed taxes. The matters over which the Court has jurisdiction 

are set forth in various sections of title 26 of the United States 

Code. 

The Court is composed of 19 judges, one of whom the judges elect 

as chief judge. Tax Court judges are appointed to 15-year terms by 

the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. In their 

judicial duties the judges are assisted by senior judges, who participate in the adjudication of regular cases, and by special trial 

judges, who hear small tax cases and certain regular cases assigned to them by the chief judge. 

The Court conducts trial sessions in 74 cities throughout the 

United States, including Hawaii and Alaska. Decisions by the 

Court are reviewable by the U.S. Courts of Appeals and, if certiorari is granted, by the Supreme Court. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $52,653,294 for 

the U.S. Tax Court. This amount is $1,676,294 above the fiscal 

year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

STATEMENT CONCERNING GENERAL PROVISIONS 

The Financial Services and General Government appropriations 

bill includes general provisions which govern both the activities of 

the agencies covered by the bill, and, in some cases, activities of 
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agencies, programs, and general government activities that are not 

specifically covered by the bill. 

The bill contains a number of general provisions that have been 

carried in this bill for many years and which are routine in nature 

and scope. General provisions in the bill are explained under this 

section of the report. Those general provisions that deal with a single agency only are shown as administrative provisions immediately following that particular agency’s or department’s appropriation accounts in the bill. Those provisions that address activities or directives affecting all of the agencies covered in this bill are 

contained in title VI. General provisions that are Governmentwide 

in scope are specified in title VII of this bill. General provisions applicable to the District of Columbia are set forth in title VIII of this 

bill. 
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TITLE VI 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

Section 601 continues the provision prohibiting pay and other expenses of non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this act. 

Section 602 continues the provision prohibiting obligations beyond the current fiscal year and prohibits transfers of funds unless 

expressly provided. 

Section 603 continues the provision limiting expenditures for any 

consulting service through procurement contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection. 

Section 604 continues the provision prohibiting funds in this act 

from being transferred without express authority. 

Section 605 continues the provision prohibiting the use of funds 

to engage in activities that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the 1930 Tariff Act (46 Stat. 590). 

Section 606 continues the provision prohibiting the use of funds 

unless the recipient agrees to comply with the Buy American Act. 

Section 607 continues the provision prohibiting funding for any 

person or entity convicted of violating the Buy American Act. 

Section 608 continues the provision authorizing the reprogramming of funds and specifies the reprogramming procedures for 

agencies funded by this act. 

Section 609 continues the provision ensuring that 50 percent of 

unobligated balances may remain available for certain purposes. 

Section 610 continues the provision restricting the use of funds 

for the Executive Office of the President to request official background reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation without 

the written consent of the individual who is the subject of the report. 

Section 611 continues the provision ensuring that the cost accounting standards shall not apply with respect to a contract under 

the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. 

Section 612 continues the provision allowing use of certain funds 

relating to nonforeign area cost of living allowances. 

Section 613 continues the provision waiving restrictions on the 

purchase of nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies in the 

case of acquisition by the Federal Government of information technology. 

Section 614 continues a provision on the acceptance by agencies 

or commissions funded by this act, or by their officers or employees, 

of payment or reimbursement for travel, subsistence, or related expenses from any person or entity (or their representative) that engages in activities regulated by such agencies or commissions. 
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Section 615 continues a provision allowing the Public Company 

Accounting Oversight Board to obligate amounts collected from 

monetary penalties for the purpose of funding scholarships for accounting students, as authorized by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 

(Public Law 107–204). 

Section 616 continues a provision permitting the Securities and 

Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to fund a joint advisory committee to advise on emerging 

regulatory issues, notwithstanding section 708 of this act. 

Section 617 continues the provision requiring certain agencies to 

provide quarterly reports on unobligated prior year fund balances. 

Section 618 continues the provision requiring agencies covered by 

this act with independent leasing authority to consult with the 

General Services Administration before seeking new office space or 

making alterations to existing office space. 

Section 619 continues the provision prohibiting expenditure of 

funds to any corporation with certain unpaid Federal tax liabilities 

unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the 

corporation and made a determination that further action is not 

necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

Section 620 continues the provision prohibiting the expenditure 

of funds to any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 

violation within the preceding 24 months unless the agency has 

considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made 

a determination that further action is not necessary to protect the 

interests of the Government. 

Section 621 is a new provision related to electronic filing of campaign finance reports by Senators and candidates seeking election 

to the Senate. 

Section 622 continues a provision relating to use of funds for certain terrestrial operations by commercial providers in broadcast 

spectrum. 

Section 623 is a new provision eliminating a requirement that a 

separate homeland security funding analysis be included with the 

President’s annual budget. 

Section 624 is a new provision that adjusts for inflation certain 

filing fees related to mergers. 

Section 625 is a new provision relating to agency reporting requirements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

2009. 

Section 626 is a new provision requiring that agency budget justifications include a separate table and explanations relating to 

management challenges identified by Inspectors General. 

Section 627 is a new provision establishing a working group to 

facilitate cooperation between the Federal Trade Commission and 

the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with respect to petroleum markets. 

Section 628 is a new provision relating to travel to Cuba for professional research or professional meetings or conferences related 

to disaster prevention, emergency preparedness, and natural resource protection. 
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TITLE VII 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENTWIDE 

DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Section 701 continues the provision requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free 

from the illegal use of controlled substances. 

Section 702 continues the provision setting specific limits on the 

cost of passenger vehicles purchased by the Federal Government 

with exceptions for police, heavy duty, electric hybrid, and clean 

fuels vehicles with an exception for commercial vehicles that operate on emerging motor vehicle technology. 

Section 703 continues the provision allowing funds made available to agencies for travel to also be used for quarters allowances 

and cost-of-living allowances. 

Section 704 continues the provision prohibiting the government, 

with certain specified exceptions, from employing non-U.S. citizens 

whose posts of duty would be in the continental United States. 

Section 705 continues the provision ensuring that agencies will 

have authority to pay the General Services Administration for 

space renovation and other services. 

Section 706 continues the provision allowing agencies to use receipts from the sale of materials for acquisition, waste reduction 

and prevention, environmental management programs, and other 

Federal employee programs. 

Section 707 continues the provision providing that funds for administrative expenses may be used to pay rent and other service 

costs in the District of Columbia. 

Section 708 continues the provision precluding interagency financing of groups absent prior statutory approval. 

Section 709 continues the provision prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for enforcing regulations disapproved in accordance 

with the applicable law of the United States. 

Section 710 continues the provision limiting the amount that can 

be used for redecoration of offices under certain circumstances. 

Section 711 continues the provision that permits interagency 

funding of national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives, which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, and entities. 

Section 712 continues the provision requiring agencies to certify 

that a schedule C appointment was not created solely or primarily 

to detail the employee to the White House. 

Section 713 continues the provision prohibiting the use of funds 

to prevent Federal employees from communicating with Congress 
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or to take disciplinary or personnel actions against employees for 

such communication. 

Section 714 continues the provision prohibiting Federal training 

not directly related to the performance of official duties. 

Section 715 continues the provision prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda designed to support or 

defeat legislation pending before Congress. 

Section 716 continues the provision prohibiting the use of appropriated funds by an agency to provide home addresses of Federal 

employees to labor organizations, absent employee authorization, or 

court order. 

Section 717 continues the provision prohibiting the use of appropriated funds to provide nonpublic information such as mailing or 

telephone lists to any person or organization outside of the Government without approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 

Section 718 continues the provision prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda purposes within the 

United States not authorized by Congress. 

Section 719 continues the provision directing agencies’ employees 

to use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. 

Section 720 continues the provision authorizing the use of current fiscal year funds to finance an appropriate share of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board administrative costs. 

Section 721 continues a provision authorizing the transfer of 

funds to the General Services Administration to finance an appropriate share of various governmentwide boards and councils under 

certain conditions. 

Section 722 continues the provision authorizing breastfeeding at 

any location in a Federal building or on Federal property. 

Section 723 continues the provision permitting interagency funding of the National Science and Technology Council, and requiring 

an OMB report on the budget and resources of the Council. 

Section 724 continues the provision requiring identification of the 

Federal agencies providing Federal funds and the amount provided 

for all proposals, solicitations, grant applications, forms, notifications, press releases, or other publications related to the distribution of funding to a State. 

Section 725 continues the provision prohibiting the use of funds 

to monitor personal information relating to the use of Federal 

Internet sites. 

Section 726 continues the provision regarding contraceptive coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan. 

Section 727 continues the provision recognizing that the United 

States is committed to ensuring the health of the Olympic, Pan 

American and Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to antidoping in sport activities. 

Section 728 continues the provision allowing departments and 

agencies to use official travel funds to participate in the fractional 

aircraft ownership pilot programs. 

Section 729 continues the provision prohibiting funds for implementation of OPM regulations limiting detailees to the legislative 

branch and placing certain limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship program. 
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Section 730 continues the provision prohibiting the expenditure 

of funds for the acquisition of certain additional Federal law enforcement training facilities. 

Section 731 continues a provision that prohibits the use of funds 

to begin or announce a study or a public-private competition regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any function 

performed by civilian Federal employees pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any other administrative 

regulation, directive, or policy. 

Section 732 continues a provision that prohibits executive branch 

agencies from creating or funding prepackaged news stories that 

are broadcast or distributed in the United States unless specific notification conditions are met. 

Section 733 continues a provision prohibiting funds used in contravention of the Privacy Act, section 552a of title 5, United States 

Code or section 522.224 of title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

Section 734 continues and makes permanent a provision requiring OMB to submit a crosscut budget report on Great Lakes restoration activities not later than 45 days after the submission of 

the budget of the President to Congress. 

Section 735 continues a provision prohibiting funds in this or any 

other act from being used for a Federal contract with inverted corporations, unless the contract preceded this act or the Secretary 

grants a waiver in the interest of national security. 

Section 736 prohibits the Office of Personnel Management or any 

other agency from using funds to implement regulations changing 

the competitive areas under reductions-in-force for Federal employees. 

Section 737 modifies a provision enacted in fiscal year 2010 requiring agency compilation of inventories of service contracts. 

Section 738 directs OMB to issue guidance relating to the ban on 

direct conversion to contract performance of work performed by 

Federal employees, absent public-private competition. 

Section 739 continues a provision requiring agencies to remit to 

the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal 

to the Office of Personnel Management’s average unit cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding fiscal year to be available to the Office of Personnel Management for the cost of processing retirements of employees who separate under Voluntary 

Early Retirement Authority or who receive Voluntary Separation 

Incentive Payments. 

Section 740 prohibits certain personnel management constraints. 

Section 741 limits the pay increases of certain prevailing rate 

employees. 

Section 742 eliminates automatic statutory pay increases for the 

Vice President, political appointees paid under the executive schedule, ambassadors who are not career members of the Foreign Service, politically appointed (noncareer) Senior Executive Service employees, and any other senior political appointee paid at or above 

level IV of the executive schedule. 

Section 743 modifies the formula for calculating the cap on the 

amount that the Federal Government reimburses Federal contractors for executive compensation. 
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Section 744 continues a provision requiring reports to Inspectors 

General concerning expenditures for agency conferences. 

Section 745 declares the inapplicability of these general provisions to title IV and title VIII. 

Given the need for transparency and accountability in the Federal budgeting process, and that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s budget is funded independently of the annual appropriations spending bills, the Committee directs the Bureau to provide an informal, nonpublic full briefing at least annually before 

the relevant Appropriations subcommittee on the Bureau’s finances 

and expenditures. 
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TITLE VIII 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Section 801 continues the provision that appropriates funds for 

refunding overpayments of taxes collected and for paying settlements and judgments against the District of Columbia government. 

Section 802 continues the provision that prohibits the use of Federal funds for publicity or propaganda purposes. 

Section 803 continues the provision that establishes notification 

requirements for certain reprogramming and transfer requirements 

with respect to funds and specifies a timeframe for approval and 

execution of requests to reprogram and transfer local funds. 

Section 804 continues the provision that prohibits the use of Federal funds for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 

offices of U.S. Senator or Representative under section 4(d) of the 

D.C. Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979. 

Section 805 continues the provision that restricts the use of official vehicles to official duties and not between a residence and 

workplace, except under certain circumstances. 

Section 806 continues the provision that prohibits the use of Federal funds by the District of Columbia Attorney General or any 

other officer or entity of the District government to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks to require 

Congress to provide for voting representation in Congress for the 

District of Columbia. 

Section 807 continues the provision that prohibits the use of Federal funds in this act to distribute, for the purpose of preventing 

the spread of blood borne pathogens, sterile needles or syringes in 

any location that has been determined by local public health officials or local law enforcement authorities to be inappropriate for 

such distribution. 

Section 808 continues the provision that includes a ‘‘conscience 

clause’’ on legislation that pertains to contraceptive coverage by 

health insurance plans. 

Section 809 continues the provision prohibiting use of Federal 

funds to change the legality of marijuana use. 

Section 810 restricts the use of Federal funds for abortion, with 

certain exceptions. 

Section 811 continues a provision requiring the submittal of a revised appropriated funds operating budget that reflects the total 

amount of the approved appropriation and realigns all budget data 

for personal services and other-than-personal-services with anticipated actual expenditures. 

Section 812 continues a provision requiring the submittal of a revised appropriated funds budget for the District of Columbia 

Schools that aligns the schools’ budgets to actual enrollment. 
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Section 813 continues, with modification, a provision authorizing 

the transfer of local funds to capital and enterprise funds. 

Section 814 is a new provision that prohibits obligations beyond 

the current fiscal year and prohibits transfers of funds unless expressly provided. 

Section 815 is a new provision that ensures that 50 percent of 

unobligated balances may remain available for certain purposes. 

Section 816 is a new provision relating to the transmission of the 

District of Columbia local budget to the Congress. 

Section 817 is a new provision permitting the District of Columbia to obligate and expend local funds upon enactment by the District of Columbia government of its annual budget and to establish 

the start of the local fiscal year. 

Section 818 is a new provision granting the District of Columbia 

authority to spend local funds if the District’s budget has not been 

approved by Congress at the start of a fiscal year. 

Section 819 is a new provision allowing the expenditure of funds 

by the District of Columbia under certain contingency fee contracts 

for the provision of legal services. 

Section 820 continues the provision which limits references to 

‘‘this Act’’ as referring to only this title. 
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COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports on general appropriations bills identify each Committee amendment to 

the House bill ‘‘which proposes an item of appropriation which is 

not made to carry out the provisions of an existing law, a treaty 

stipulation, or an act or resolution previously passed by the Senate 

during that session.’’ 

The Committee is filing an original bill, which is not covered 

under this rule, but reports this information in the spirit of full disclosure. 

Items providing funding for fiscal year 2014 which lack authorization are as follows: 

Department of the Treasury 

Departmental Offices 

Department-wide Systems and Capital Investments 

Office of the Inspector General 

Inspector General for Tax Administration 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

Fiscal Service 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau 

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund 

Internal Revenue Service: 

Taxpayer Services 

Enforcement 

Operations Support 

Business Systems Modernization 

Executive Office of the President 

Office of Management and Budget 

Office of National Drug Control Policy 

District of Columbia 

Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support 

Federal Payment for the District of Columbia Water and Sewer 

Authority 

Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions 

Federal Payment for the D.C. National Guard 

Independent Agencies 

Administrative Conference of the United States 

Election Assistance Commission 

Federal Communications Commission 

Federal Election Commission 

Federal Trade Commission 

General Services Administration: 
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1Deposits into the Federal Buildings Fund are available for real property management and 

related activities in the amounts specified in annual appropriations laws, as provided by 40 

U.S.C. 592. 

E-Government Fund 

Federal Buildings Fund 1

Merit Systems Protection Board 

National Archives and Records Administration, National Historical Publications and Records Commission 

National Credit Union Administration: Community Development 

Revolving Loan Fund 

Office of Government Ethics 

Office of Special Counsel 

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(c), RULE XXVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on July 25, 2013, the 

Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill (S. 1371) 

making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other 

purposes, provided that the bill be subject to amendment and that 

the bill be consistent with the subcommittee funding guidance, by 

a recorded vote of 16–14, a quorum being present. The vote was as 

follows: 

Yeas Nays 

Chairwoman Mikulski Mr. Shelby 

Mr. Leahy Mr. Cochran 

Mr. Harkin Mr. McConnell 

Mrs. Murray Mr. Alexander 

Mrs. Feinstein Ms. Collins 

Mr. Durbin Ms. Murkowski 

Mr. Johnson Mr. Graham 

Ms. Landrieu Mr. Kirk 

Mr. Reed Mr. Coats 

Mr. Pryor Mr. Blunt 

Mr. Tester Mr. Moran 

Mr. Udall Mr. Hoeven 

Mrs. Shaheen Mr. Johanns 

Mr. Merkley Mr. Boozman 

Mr. Begich 

Mr. Coons 

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports on 

a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or part 

of any statute include ‘‘(a) the text of the statute or part thereof 

which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a comparative print of 

that part of the bill or joint resolution making the amendment and 

of the statute or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by 

stricken-through type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions which 
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would be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form 

recommended by the Committee.’’ 

In compliance with this rule, changes in existing law proposed to 

be made by the bill are shown as follows: existing law to be omitted 

is enclosed in black brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and 

existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman. 

TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS 

CHAPTER 14—FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS 

Subchapter I—Disclosure of Federal Campaign Funds 

§ 432. Organization of political committees 

(a) Treasurer; vacancy; official authorizations 

* * * * * * * 

ø(g) Filing with and receipt of designations, statements, and 

reports by Secretary of Senate; forwarding to Commission; filing requirements with Commission; public inspection and preservation of designations, etc. 

ø(1) Designations, statements, and reports required to be filed 

under this Act by a candidate for the office of Senator, by the principal campaign committee of such candidate, and by the Republican 

and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committees shall be filed 

with the Secretary of the Senate, who shall receive such designations, statements, and reports, as custodian for the Commission. 

ø(2) The Secretary of the Senate shall forward a copy of any 

designation, statement, or report filed with the Secretary under 

this subsection to the Commission as soon as possible (but no later 

than 2 working days) after receiving such designation, statement, 

or report. 

ø(3) All designations, statements, and reports required to be 

filed under this Act, except designations, statements, and reports 

filed in accordance with paragraph (1), shall be filed with the Commission. 

ø(4) The Secretary of the Senate shall make the designations, 

statements, and reports received under this subsection available for 

public inspection and copying in the same manner as the Commission under section 438(a)(4) of this title, and shall preserve such 

designations, statements, and reports in the same manner as the 

Commission under section 438(a)(5) of this title.¿ 

(g) Filing of Designations, Statements, and Reports With the 

Commission 

All designations, statements, and reports required to be filed 

under this Act shall be filed with the Commission. 
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND 

EMPLOYEES 

PART III—EMPLOYEES

Subpart I—Miscellaneous 

CHAPTER 95—PERSONNEL FLEXIBILITIES RELATING TO 

THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 

§ 9503. Streamlined critical pay authority 

(a) Notwithstanding section 9502, and without regard to the 

provisions of this title governing appointments in the competitive 

service or the Senior Executive Service and chapters 51 and 53 (relating to classification and pay rates), the Secretary of the Treasury 

may, øBefore September 30, 2013¿ before September 30, 2015, establish, fix the compensation of, and appoint individuals to, designated critical administrative, technical, and professional positions 

needed to carry out the functions of the Internal Revenue Service, 

if— 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(5) the terms of such appointments are limited to no more 

than 4 years renewable for an additional two years, based on 

a critical organizational need; 

TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES 

Subtitle A—General Military Law 

PART IV—SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT

CHAPTER 137—PROCUREMENT GENERALLY 

§ 2324. Allowable costs under defense contracts 

(e) SPECIFIC COSTS NOT ALLOWABLE.—(1) * * * 

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(P) Costs of compensation of any contractor employee for 

a fiscal year, regardless of the contract funding source, to the 

extent that such compensation exceeds the benchmark compensation amount determined applicable for the fiscal year by 

the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy under section 1127 of title 41, except that the Secretary of Defense may 

establish one or more narrowly targeted exceptions for scientists and engineers upon a determination that such exceptions are needed to ensure that the Department of Defense has 

continued access to needed skills and capabilities.¿ 

(P) Costs of compensation of any contractor employees for 

a fiscal year, regardless of the contract funding source, to the 

extent that such compensation exceeds the annual amount paid 

to the President in accordance with section 102 of title 3, except 

that the head of the agency may establish one or more narrowly 

targeted exceptions for scientists, engineers, or other specialists 
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upon a determination that such exceptions are needed to ensure 

that the agency has continued access to needed skills and capabilities. 

TITLE 12—BANKS AND BANKING 

CHAPTER 47—COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BANKING 

Subchapter I—Community Development Banking and 

Financial Institutions 

§ 4713a Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for community or economic development purposes 

(a) Definitions 

* * * * * * * 

ø(h) Authorization of appropriations 

ø(1) In general 

øThere are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. 

ø(2) Use of fees 

øTo the extent that the amount of funds appropriated 

for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) are not sufficient to 

carry out this section, the Secretary may use the fees collected under subsection (g) for the cost of providing guarantees of bonds and notes under this section.¿ 

(h) FEDERAL CREDIT REFORM ACT.—The provisions of this section satisfy the requirements of subsections (b) and (e) of section 504 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

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ø(k) Termination 

This section is repealed, and the authority provided under this 

section shall terminate, on September 30, 2014.¿ 

TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE 

CHAPTER 1—MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN 

RESTRAINT OF TRADE 

§ 18a. Premerger notification and waiting period 

(a) Filing 

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ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF FILING FEES

Pub. L. 101–162, title VI, § 605, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1031, 

as amended by Pub. L. 101–302, title II, May 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 

217; Pub. L. 102–395, title I, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1847; Pub. L. 

103–317, title I, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1739; Pub. L. 106–553, 
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§ 1(a)(2) [title VI, § 630(b)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2762, 2762A– 

109, provided that: 

‘‘(a) * * * 

‘‘(b) øThe filing fees¿ Subject to subsection (c), the filing fees referred to in subsection (a) are— 

‘‘(1) ø$45,000¿ $60,000 if the aggregate total amount determined under section 7A(a)(2) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 

18a(a)(2)) is less than $100,000,000 (as adjusted and published 

for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2004, in the 

same manner as provided in section 8(a)(5) of the Clayton Act 

(15 U.S.C. 19(a)(5)) to reflect the percentage change in the 

gross national product for such fiscal year compared to the 

gross national product for the year ending September 30, 

2003); 

‘‘(2) ø$125,000¿ $170,000 if the aggregate total amount determined under section 7A(a)(2) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 

18a(a)(2)) is not less than $100,000,000 (as so adjusted and 

published) but less than $500,000,000 (as so adjusted and published); øand¿ 

‘‘(3) ø$280,000¿ $375,000 if the aggregate total amount determined under section 7A(a)(2) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 

18a(a)(2)) is not less than $500,000,000 (as so adjusted and 

published)ø.¿ but less than $1,000,000,000 (as so adjusted and 

published); and ‘‘(4) $500,000 if the aggregate total amount determined 

under section 7A(a)(2) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a(a)(2)) 

is not less than $1,000,000,000 (as so adjusted and published).’’ 

‘‘(c) For fiscal year 2016, and each fiscal year thereafter, the 

Federal Trade Commission shall publish in the Federal Register 

and increase the amount of each filing fee under subsection (b) in 

the same manner and on the same dates as provided under section 

8(a)(5) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 19(a)(5)) to reflect the percentage change in the gross national product for the fiscal year as compared to the gross national product for fiscal year 2013 except that 

the Federal Trade Commission— 

‘‘(1) shall round any increase in a filing fee under this subsection to the nearest $5,000; 

‘‘(2) shall not increase filing fees under this subsection if 

the increase in the gross national product is less than 1 percent; 

and 

‘‘(3) shall not decrease filing fees under this subsection.’’ 

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CHAPTER 47—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

§ 2078. Cooperation with States and other Federal agencies 

(a) Programs to promote Federal-State cooperation * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(f) Sharing of information with Federal, State, local, and foreign government agencies 

(1) Agreements and conditions 

* * * * * * * 
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ø(2)¿ (3) Abrogation of agreements 

The Commission may abrogate any agreement or memorandum of understanding with another agency if the Commission determines that the other agency has failed to maintain 

in confidence any information provided under such agreement 

or memorandum of understanding, or has used any such information for purposes other than those set forth in such agreement or memorandum of understanding. 

ø(3)¿ (4) Additional rules against disclosure 

Except as provided in paragraph (4), the Commission shall 

not be required to disclose under section 552 of title 5 or any 

other provision of law— 

* * * * * * * 

ø(4) Limitation¿ (5) Rules of construction 

øNothing in this subsection authorizes¿ Nothing in this 

subsection may be construed— 

(A) to authorize the Commission to withhold information from the Congress or prevent the Commission from 

complying with an order of a court of the United States in 

an action commenced by the United States or the 

Commissionø.¿; or 

(B) to prohibit the Commission from providing any information received under this subsection, which is related 

to an immediate health or safety threat to the public or to 

a potential violation of a criminal law, to the Attorney General or to other appropriate Federal, State, or local agencies. 

ø(5)¿ (6) Definition 

* * * * * * * 

CHAPTER 106—POOL AND SPA SAFETY 

§ 8004. State swimming pool safety grant program 

(a) In general 

* * * * * * * 

(b) Eligibility 

To be eligible for a grant under the program, a State shall— 

(1) * * * 

(A) except as provided in section 8005(a)(1)(A)(i) of 

this title, applies to øall swimming pools constructed after 

the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of 

the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012 in the State¿ all swimming pools constructed in the State after the date the State first submits 

an application to the Commission for a grant under this 

section; and 

* * * * * * * 
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(e) Authorization of appropriations 

øThere are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission 

for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010 $2,000,000 to carry out this 

section, such sums to remain available until expended.¿ There is 

authorized to be appropriated to the Commission such sums as may 

be necessary to carry out this section through fiscal year 2015. Any 

amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection that remain unexpended and unobligated at the end of øfiscal year 2012¿ fiscal 

year 2015 shall be retained by the Commission and credited to the 

appropriations account that funds enforcement of the Consumer 

Product Safety Act [15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.]. 

§ 8005. Minimum State law requirements 

(a) In general 

(1) Safety standards 

A State meets the minimum State law requirements of this 

section if— 

(A) the State requires by statute— 

(i) the enclosure of all outdoor residential pools 

and spas by barriers to entry that will effectively prevent small children from gaining unsupervised and 

unfettered access to the pool or spa; and 

ø(ii) that all pools and spas be equipped with devices and systems designed to prevent entrapment by 

pool or spa drains;¿ 

ø(iii)¿ (ii) that pools and spas built more than 1 

year after the date of the enactment of such statute 

have— 

(I) more than 1 drain; 

(II) 1 or more unblockable drains; or 

(III) no main drain; and 

ø(iv) 1 every swimming pool and spa that has a 

main drain, other than an unblockable drain, be 

equipped with a drain cover that meets the consumer 

product safety standard established by section 8003 of 

this title; and 

ø(v) that periodic notification is provided to owners of residential swimming pools or spas about compliance with the entrapment protection standards of 

the ASME/ANSI A112.19.8 performance standard, or 

any successor standard; and¿ 

ø(2) No liability inference associated with State notification requirement 

øThe minimum State law notification requirement under 

paragraph (1)(A)(v) shall not be construed to imply any liability on the part of a State related to that requirement.¿ 

ø(3)¿ (2) Use of minimum State law requirements 

The Commission— 

(A) shall use the minimum State law requirements 

under paragraph (1) solely for the purpose of determining 
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the eligibility of a State for a grant under section 8004 of 

this title; and 

(B) may not enforce any requirement under paragraph 

(1) except for the purpose of determining the eligibility of 

a State for a grant under section 8004 of this title. 

ø(4)¿ (3) Requirements to reflect national performance 

standards and Commission guidelines 

In establishing minimum State law requirements under øparagraph (1)¿ paragraph (1)(B), the Commission shall— 

TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE 

CHAPTER 79—TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT 

ENHANCEMENT 

§ 7209. Requirements relating to certain travel-related transactions with Cuba 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(b) Prohibition on travel relating to tourist activities 

* * * * * * * 

(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall promulgate regulations 

authorizing by general license the travel related and other transactions ordinarily incident to professional research by full-time professionals and their staff; attendance at professional meetings or 

conferences in Cuba if the sponsoring organization is a United 

States professional organization; and the organization and management of professional meetings and conferences in Cuba if the sponsoring organization is a United States professional organization, if 

such travel is related to disaster prevention, emergency preparedness, and natural resource protection, including for fisheries, coral 

reefs, and migratory species. 

TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE 

PART I—ORGANIZATION OF COURTS

CHAPTER 5—DISTRICT COURTS 

§ 133. Appointment and number of district judges 

(a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 

consent of the Senate, district judges for the several judicial districts, as follows: 

Districts Judges 

Alabama: 

* * * * * * * 

øArizona ...................................................................................................................................................... 12¿ 

Arizona ........................................................................................................................................................ 15 

* * * * * * * 

øCalifornia: 
148 

Districts Judges 

øNorthern ................................................................................................................................................ 14 

øEastern .................................................................................................................................................. 6 

øCentral .................................................................................................................................................. 27 

øSouthern ................................................................................................................................................ 13¿ 

California: 

Northern .................................................................................................................................................. 14 

Eastern .................................................................................................................................................... 10 

Central .................................................................................................................................................... 28 

Southern .................................................................................................................................................. 13 

* * * * * * * 

øDelaware ................................................................................................................................................... 4¿ 

Delaware ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 

* * * * * * * 

øMinnesota .................................................................................................................................................. 7≈ 

Minnesota .................................................................................................................................................... 8 

* * * * * * * 

øNew Mexico ............................................................................................................................................... 6¿ 

New Mexico ................................................................................................................................................. 8 

* * * * * * * 

øTexas: 

øNorthern ................................................................................................................................................ 12 

øSouthern ................................................................................................................................................ 20 

øEastern .................................................................................................................................................. 7 

øWestern ................................................................................................................................................. 15¿ 

Texas: 

Northern .................................................................................................................................................. 12 

Southern .................................................................................................................................................. 20 

Eastern .................................................................................................................................................... 7 

Western ................................................................................................................................................... 15 

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PART V—PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 121—JURIES; TRIAL BY JURY 

§ 1862. Discrimination prohibited 

No citizen shall be excluded from service as a grand or petit 

juror in the district courts of the United States or in the Court of 

International Trade on account of race, color, religion, sex, sexual 

orientation, gender identity, national origin, or economic status. 

* * * * * * * 

CHAPTER 123—FEES AND COSTS 

§ 1914. District court; filing and miscellaneous fees; rules of 

court 

(a) The clerk of each district court shall require the parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in such court, whether 

by original process, removal or otherwise, to pay a filing fee of 

ø$350¿ $362, except that on application for a writ of habeas corpus 

the filing fee shall be $5. 
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TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE 

Subtitle I—General 

CHAPTER 5—OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 

Subchapter I—Organization 

§ 501. Office of Management and Budget 

* * * * * * * 

Pub. L. 111–117, div. C, title VII, § 743, Dec. 16, 2009, 123 

Stat. 3216, as amended by Pub. L. 112–74, div. C, title VII, § 740, 

Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 939, provided that: 

‘‘(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

‘‘(e) * * * 

‘‘(1) * * * 

‘‘(2) ensure that— 

* * * * * * * 

‘‘(B) øthe agency is giving special management attention to functions that are closely associated with inherently governmental functions;¿ to the maximum extent 

practicable, the agency is not using conractor employees to 

perform any functions closely associated with inherently 

governmental functions; 

* * * * * * * 

Subtitle II—The Budget Process 

CHAPTER 11—THE BUDGET AND FISCAL, BUDGET, AND 

PROGRAM INFORMATION 

§ 1105. Budget contents and submission to Congress 

(a) * * * 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(35)(A)(i) a detailed, separate analysis, by budget function, by agency, and by initiative area (as determined by the 

administration) for the prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, 

the fiscal years for which the budget is submitted, and the ensuing fiscal year identifying the amounts of gross and net appropriations or obligational authority and outlays that contribute to homeland security, with separate displays for mandatory and discretionary amounts, including— 

ø(I) summaries of the total amount of such appropriations or new obligational authority and outlays requested 

for homeland security; 

ø(II) an estimate of the current service levels of homeland security spending; 
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ø(III) the most recent risk assessment and summary of 

homeland security needs in each initiative area (as determined by the administration); and 

ø(IV) an estimate of user fees collected by the Federal 

Government on behalf of homeland security activities; 

ø(ii) with respect to subclauses (I) through (IV) of clause 

(i), amounts shall be provided by account for each program, 

project and activity; and 

ø(iii) an estimate of expenditures for homeland security activities by State and local governments and the private sector 

for the prior fiscal year and the current fiscal year. 

ø(B) In this paragraph, consistent with the Office of Management and Budget’s June 2002 ‘‘Annual Report to Congress 

on Combatting Terrorism’’, the term ‘‘homeland security’’ refers 

to those activities that detect, deter, protect against, and respond to terrorist attacks occurring within the United States 

and its territories. 

ø(C) In implementing this paragraph, including determining what Federal activities or accounts constitute homeland security for purposes of budgetary classification, the Office of Management and Budget is directed to consult periodically, but at least annually, with the House and Senate Budget 

Committees, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, and the Congressional Budget Office.¿ 

ø(36)¿ (35) as supplementary materials, a separate analysis of the budgetary effects for all prior fiscal years, the current fiscal year, the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted, and ensuing fiscal years of the actions the Secretary of 

the Treasury has taken or plans to take using any authority 

provided in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, 

including— 

* * * * * * * 

ø(37)¿ (36) 1 information on estimates of appropriations for 

the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is 

submitted for the following medical care accounts of the Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs 

account: 

* * * * * * * 

ø(38)¿ (37) a separate statement for the Crow Settlement 

Fund established under section 411 of the Crow Tribe Water 

Rights Settlement Act of 2010, which shall include the estimated amount of deposits into the Fund, obligations, and outlays from the Fund. 

ø(37)¿ (38) 2 the list of plans and reports, as provided for 

under section 1125, that agencies identified for elimination or 

consolidation because the plans and reports are determined 

outdated or duplicative of other required plans and reports. 

* * * * * * * 
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CHAPTER 13—APPROPRIATIONS 

Subchapter II—Trust Funds and Refunds 

§ 1324. Refund of internal revenue collections 

(a) * * * 

(b) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(c) Amounts appropriated under subsection (a)of this section 

shall be administered, as appropriate, as if they were made available through separate appropriations to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General. 

Funds so appropriated shall be available to the Secretary of the 

Treasury for refunds by the Internal Revenue Service of taxes collected pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code and related interest; 

separately to the Secretary of the Treasury for refunds and drawbacks of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and ammunition taxes and refunds of other taxes which may arise and any interest on such refunds, including payment of claims for prior fiscal years; to the Secretary of Homeland Security for refunds and drawbacks of receipts 

collected pursuant to the customs revenue functions administered by 

the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to delegation by the 

Secretary of the Treasury and any interest on such refunds, including payment of claims for prior fiscal years; and to the Attorney 

General for refunds of firearms taxes and refunds of other taxes 

which may arise and any interest on such refunds, including payment of claims for prior fiscal years. 

* * * * * * * 

Subtitle III—Financial Management 

CHAPTER 37—CLAIMS 

Subchapter II—Claims of the United States Government 

§ 3711. Collection and compromise 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(i)(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(5) This subsection is not intended to limit existing statutory 

authority of agencies to sell loans, debts, or other assets. 

(j)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury (referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may locate and recover assets of the 

United States Government on behalf of any executive, judicial, or 

legislative agency in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary considers appropriate. 

(2) Notwithstanding any other law concerning the depositing 

and collection of Federal payments, including section 3302(b) of this 

title, the Secretary may retain a portion of the amounts recovered 

pursuant to this subsection to cover the Secretary’s costs associated 
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with locating and recovering assets of the United States. The 

amounts retained shall be deposited into an account established in 

the Treasury to be known as the ‘‘Unclaimed Assets Recovery Account’’ (referred to in this paragraph as the ‘‘Account’’). Amounts deposited in the Account shall be available until expended to cover 

costs associated with implementation and operation of the Secretary’s asset recovery program established under this subsection. 

(3) To carry out the purposes of this subsection, the Secretary 

may: 

(A) Transfer to the Account from funds appropriated to the 

Department of Treasury such amounts as may be necessary to 

meet liabilities and obligations incurred prior to the receipt of 

recovered assets; and 

(B) Reimburse any appropriation from which funds were 

transferred under this paragraph from the amounts retained 

from recovered assets. Any reimbursement under this paragraph shall occur during the period of availability of the funds 

originally transferred from an appropriation and shall be available for the same time period and purposes as originally appropriated. 

TITLE 41—PUBLIC CONTRACTS 

Subtitle I—Federal Procurement Policy 

DIVISION B—OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY

CHAPTER 11—ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE AND 

AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS OF ADMINISTRATOR 

Subchapter II—Authority and Functions of the 

Administrator 

§ 1127. Determining benchmark compensation amount 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply only with respect to 

costs of compensation incurred under contracts entered into before 

the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection. 

* * * * * * * 

DIVISION C—PROCUREMENT

CHAPTER 43—ALLOWABLE COSTS 

§ 4301. Definitions 

In this chapter: 

(1) COMPENSATION.—* * * 

* * * * * * * 
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ø(4) SENIOR EXECUTIVE.—The term ‘‘senior executive’’, with 

respect to a contractor, means the 5 most highly compensated 

employees in management positions at each home office and 

each segment of the contractor.¿ 

* * * * * * * 

§ 4304. Specific costs not allowable 

(a) * * * 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(16) Costs of compensation of senior executives of contractors for a fiscal year, regardless of the contract funding source, 

to the extent that the compensation exceeds the benchmark 

compensation amount determined applicable for the fiscal year 

by the Administrator under section 1127 of this title.¿ 

(16) Costs of compensation of any contractor or subcontractor employee for a fiscal year, regardless of the contract 

funding source, to the extent that such compensation exceeds the 

annual amount paid to the President of the United States in accordance with section 102 of title 3, except that the head of an 

executive agency may establish one or more narrowly targeted 

exceptions for scientists, engineers, and other specialist positions upon a determination that such exceptions are needed to 

ensure that the executive agency has continued access to needed 

skills and capabilities. 

JUDICIAL IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1990, PUBLIC LAW 

101–650 

TITLE II—FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS 

SEC. 203. DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE DISTRICT COURTS. 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(c) TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS.—The President shall appoint, by 

and with the advice and consent of the Senate— 

* * * * * * * 

Except with respect to the district of Kansas, the western district of Michigan, the eastern district of Pennsylvania, the district 

of Hawaii, and the northern district of Ohio, the first vacancy in 

the office of district judge in each of the judicial districts named in 

this subsection, occurring 10 years and six months or more after 

the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary 

judgeship created by this subsection, shall not be filled. The first 

vacancy in the office of district judge in the district of Kansas occurring ø22 years and six months¿ 23 years and six months or 

more after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary judgeship created for such district under this subsection, 

shall not be filled. The first vacancy in the office of district judge 

in the western district of Michigan, occurring after December 1, 

1995, shall not be filled. The first vacancy in the office of district 
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judge in the eastern district of Pennsylvania, occurring 5 years or 

more after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary judgeship created for such district under this subsection, 

shall not be filled. The first vacancy in the office of district judge 

in the northern district of Ohio occurring 19 years or more after 

the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary 

judgeship created under this subsection shall not be filled. The first 

vacancy in the office of the district judge in the district of Hawaii 

occurring ø19 years and six months¿ 20 years and six months or 

more after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary judgeship created under this subsection shall not be filled. 

For districts named in this subsection for which multiple judgeships are created by this Act, the last of those judgeships filled 

shall be the judgeships created under this section. 

21ST CENTURY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, PUBLIC LAW 107–273 

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title III, § 312(c), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 

Stat. 1788, as amended by Pub. L. 113–6, div. F, title III, § 312(c), 

Mar. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 418, provided that: 

‘‘(c) Temporary Judgeships.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— * * * 

* * * * * * * 

‘‘(2) VACANCIES NOT FILLED.—The first vacancy in the office of district judge in each of the offices of district judge authorized by this subsection, except in the case of the central 

district of California and the western district of North Carolina, occurring ø11 years¿ 12 years or more after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary district 

judgeship created in the applicable district by this subsection, 

shall not be filled. The first vacancy in the office of district 

judge in the central district of California occurring ø10 years 

and 6 months¿ 11 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. 
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ENSURING NEEDED HELP ARRIVES NEAR CALLERS 

EMPLOYING 911 ACT, 2004, PUBLIC LAW 108–494 

* * * * * * * 

Universal Service Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act 

TITLE III—UNIVERSAL SERVICE 

SEC. 302. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN TITLE 31 PROVISIONS TO UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—During the period beginning on the date of 

enactment of this Act and ending on øDecember 31, 2013¿ December 31, 2015, section 1341 and subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 

31, United States Code, do not apply— 

* * * * * * * 

(b) POST-2005 FULFILLMENT OF PROTECTED OBLIGATIONS.—Section 1341 and subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States 

Code, do not apply after øDecember 31, 2013¿ December 31, 2015, 

to an expenditure or obligation described in subsection (a)(2) made 

or authorized during the period described in subsection (a). 

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 

2009, PUBLIC LAW 111–5 

DIVISION A—APPROPRIATIONS PROVISIONS

TITLE XV—ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY 

Subtitle A—Transparency and Oversight Requirements 

SEC. 1511. CERTIFICATIONS. 

With respect to covered funds made available to State or local 

governments for infrastructure investments, the Governor, mayor, 

or other chief executive, as appropriate, shall certify that the infrastructure investment has received the full review and vetting required by law and that the chief executive accepts responsibility 

that the infrastructure investment is an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars. Such certification shall include a description of the 

investment, the estimated total cost, and the amount of covered 

funds to be used, and shall be posted on a website øand linked to 

the website established by section 1526¿. A State or local agency 

may not receive infrastructure investment funding from funds 

made available in this Act unless this certification is made and 

posted. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 1512. REPORTS ON USE OF FUNDS. 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(c) RECIPIENT REPORTS.—Not later than 10 days after the end 

of each calendar quarter, each recipient that received recovery 
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funds from a Federal agency shall submit a report to that agency 

that contains— 

* * * * * * * 

ø(d) AGENCY REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days after the end 

of each calendar quarter, each agency that made recovery funds 

available to any recipient shall make the information in reports 

submitted under subsection (c) publicly available by posting the information on a website.¿ 

(d) AGENCY REPORTS.—Starting October 1, 2013, each agency 

that made recovery funds available to any recipient shall make 

available to the public detailed spending data as prescribed by the 

Office of Management and Budget and pursuant to the Federal 

Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 

109–282). 

(e) OTHER REPORTS.—The Congressional Budget Office and the 

Government Accountability Office shall comment on the information described in subsection (c)(3)(D) for any reports submitted 

under subsection (c). Such comments shall be due within 45 days 

after such reports are submitted. 

(f) COMPLIANCE.—Within 180 days of enactment, as a condition 

of receipt of funds under this Act, Federal agencies shall require 

any recipient of such funds to provide the information required 

under subsection (c). 

(g) GUIDANCE.—Federal agencies, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall provide for 

user-friendly means for recipients of covered funds to meet the requirements of this section. 

(h) REGISTRATION.—Funding recipients required to report information per subsection (c)(4) must register with the Central Contractor Registration database or complete other registration requirements as determined by the Director of the Office of 

anagement and Budget. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 1514. INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEWS. 

(a) REVIEWS.—Any inspector general of a Federal department 

or executive agency shall review, as appropriate, any concerns 

raised by the public about specific investments using funds made 

available in this Act. Any findings of such reviews not related to 

an ongoing criminal proceeding shall be relayed immediately to the 

head of the department or agency concerned. In addition, the findings of such reviews, along with any audits conducted by any inspector general of funds made available in this Act, shall be posted 

on the inspector general’s website øand linked to the website established by section 1526¿, except that portions of reports may be redacted to the extent the portions would disclose information that 

is protected from public disclosure under sections 552 and 552a of 

title 5, United States Code. 

* * * * * * * 
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Subtitle B—Recovery Accountability and Transparency 

Board 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 1523. FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD. 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(b) REPORTS.—* * * 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— (A) IN GENERAL.—All reports submitted under this 

subsection shall be made publicly available and posted on 

øthe website established by section 1526¿ a public website. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 1530. TERMINATION OF THE BOARD. 

The Board shall terminate on September 30, ø2013¿ 2015. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOME RULE 

ACT 

TITLE IV—THE DISTRICT CHARTER 

PART D—DISTRICT BUDGET AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Subpart 1—Budget and Financial Management 

ENACTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS BY CONGRESS

Sec. 446. [D.C. Official Code § 1–204.46] The Council, within 56 

calendar days after receipt of the budget proposal from the Mayor, 

and after public hearing, shall by act adopt the annual budget for 

the District of Columbia government. Any supplements thereto 

shall also be adopted by act by the Council after public hearing. 

øSuch budget so adopted shall be submitted by the Mayor to the 

President for transmission by him to the Congress.¿ The Mayor 

shall submit to the President of the United States for transmission 

to Congress the portion of the budget so adopted with respect to Federal funds and the Mayor shall notify the Speaker of the House of 

Representatives, and the President of the Senate, as to the portion 

of the budget so adopted with respect to local funds; provided, that 

in a control year (as defined in section 305(4) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 

1995 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 47–393(4)), the Mayor shall submit to 

the President of the United States for transmission to Congress the 

budget so adopted. Except as provided in section 445A(b), section 

467(d), section 471(c), section 472(d)(2), section 475(e)(2), section 

483(d), and section 490(f), (g), (h)(3), and (i)(3), [D.C. Official Code 
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§ 1–204.45a(b), § 1–204.67(d), § 1–204.71(c), § 1–204.72(d)(2), § 1– 

204.75(e)(2), § 1–204.83(d), and subsections (f), (g), (h)(3), and (i)(3) 

of §§ 1–204.90] no amount may be obligated or expended by any officer or employee of the District of Columbia government unless 

such amount has been approved by Act of Congress, and then only 

according to such Act: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 

provision of this Act, effective for fiscal year 2013, and for each succeeding fiscal year, during a period in which there is an absence of 

a Federal appropriations Act authorizing the expenditure of District 

of Columbia local funds, the District of Columbia may obligate and 

expend local funds for programs and activities at the rate set forth 

in the Budget Request Act adopted by the Council, or a reprogramming adopted pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding any other 

provision of this Act, øthe Mayor shall not transmit any annual 

budget or amendments or supplements thereto, to the President of 

the United States¿ the Mayor shall not submit to the President of 

the United States, or, for a fiscal year which is not a control year, 

notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President 

of the Senate regarding, any annual budget or amendments or supplements thereto until the completion of the budget procedures contained in this Act. After the adoption of the annual budget for a 

fiscal year (beginning with the annual budget for fiscal year 1995), 

no reprogramming of amounts in the budget may occur unless the 

Mayor submits to the Council a request for such reprogramming 

and the Council approves the request, but only if any additional expenditures provided under such request for an activity are offset by 

reductions in expenditures for another activity. 

* * * * * * * 

ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT AMOUNTS NOT INCLUDED IN ANNUAL BUDGET

Sec. 446B. [D.C. Official Code § 1–204.46b] (a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(f) * * * 

BUDGET AND FISCAL YEAR AUTONOMY

Sec. 446C. (a) BUDGET AUTONOMY.—Notwithstanding the fourth 

sentence of section 446 of the Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, 

sec. 1–204.46), the second and third sentences of section 447 of the 

Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.47), section 602(c) of 

the Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–206.02(c)), or sections 

816 and 817 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (D.C. Official Code, secs. 47–369.01 and 47– 

369.02), upon the enactment by the District of Columbia of the annual budget, or any amendments or supplements thereto, for a fiscal 

year, officers and employees of the District of Columbia government 

may obligate and expend District of Columbia funds and hire employees in accordance with that budget. 

(b) FISCAL YEAR AUTONOMY.—Notwithstanding section 441 of 

the Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.41), the fiscal 

year of the District government and any entity of the District government shall commence and end on such dates as may be established by the District of Columbia. 
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(c) EXCEPTION FOR CONTROL YEAR.—Subsection (a) shall not 

apply in the case of any fiscal year that is a control year, as defined 

in section 305(4) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (D.C. Official Code, 

sec. 47–393(4)). 

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with respect to 

fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
(160) 

BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL 

PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 

308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93–344, AS AMENDED 

[In millions of dollars] 

Budget authority Outlays 

Committee 

guidance 1

Amount 

in bill 

Committee 

guidance 

Amount 

in bill 

Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee 

guidance to its subcommittees of amounts in the 

budget resolution for 2014: Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government: 

Mandatory ............................................................... NA 21,229 NA 2 21,223 

Discretionary ........................................................... 23,031 23,190 NA 2 24,186 

Security .......................................................... 27 27 NA NA 

Nonsecurity .................................................... 23,004 23,163 NA NA 

Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation: 

2014 ........................................................................ .................... .................... .................... 3 39,449 

2015 ........................................................................ .................... .................... .................... 4,355 

2016 ........................................................................ .................... .................... .................... 869 

2017 ........................................................................ .................... .................... .................... 306 

2018 and future years ........................................... .................... .................... .................... 194

Financial assistance to State and local governments 

for 

2014 ............................................................................ NA 653 NA 445 

1 There is no section 302(a) allocation to the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal year 2014. 

2 Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

3 Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

NA: Not applicable. 

NOTE.—Consistent with the funding recommended in the bill for disaster relief funding and in accordance with section 

251(b)(2)(D) of the BBEDCA of 1985, the Committee anticipates that the Budget Committee will provide, at the appropriate time, 

302(a) allocation for the Committee on Appropriations reflecting an upward adjustment of $159,000,000 in budget authority plus 

associated outlays. 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2013 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 307,771 311,775 302,450 ¥5,321 ¥9,325 Department-wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs ................................................................................ ............................ 2,725 2,725 ∂2,725 ............................Office of Inspector General ........................................................................................................................................ 29,582 31,351 32,000 ∂2,418 ∂649 Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration ................................................................................................... 151,393 149,538 156,375 ∂4,982 ∂6,837 Special Inspector General for TARP ........................................................................................................................... 41,716 34,923 34,923 ¥6,793 ............................Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ..................................................................................................................... 110,566 103,909 112,000 ∂1,434 ∂8,091 

Subtotal, Departmental Offices .................................................................................................................... 641,028 634,221 640,473 ¥555 ∂6,252 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund (rescission) ......................................................................................................................... ¥950,000 ¥950,000 ¥1,200,000 ¥250,000 ¥250,000 

Total, Departmental Offices .......................................................................................................................... ¥308,972 ¥315,779 ¥559,527 ¥250,555 ¥243,748 

Financial Management Service .................................................................................................................................. 217,369 ............................ ............................ ¥217,369 ............................Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau ............................................................................................................. 99,678 96,211 100,678 ∂1,000 ∂4,467 Bureau of the Public Debt ......................................................................................................................................... 172,290 ............................ ............................ ¥172,290 ............................Bureau of the Fiscal Service ...................................................................................................................................... ............................ 360,165 360,165 ∂360,165 ............................Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account .................................................................. 220,558 224,936 230,000 ∂9,442 ∂5,064 Payment of Government Losses in Shipment ............................................................................................................ 2,000 2,000 2,000 ............................ ............................

Total, Department of the Treasury, non-IRS ................................................................................................ 402,923 367,533 133,316 ¥269,607 ¥234,217 

Internal Revenue Service 

Taxpayer services ....................................................................................................................................................... 2,235,224 2,412,576 2,316,246 ∂81,022 ¥96,330 Enforcement ................................................................................................................................................................ 5,288,768 5,420,883 5,342,980 ∂54,212 ¥77,903 

Enhanced tax enforcement activities ................................................................................................................ ............................ 245,904 ............................ ............................ ¥245,904 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2013 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Subtotal ......................................................................................................................................................... 5,288,768 5,666,787 5,342,980 ∂54,212 ¥323,807 

Operations support ..................................................................................................................................................... 3,939,521 4,314,757 4,109,506 ∂169,985 ¥205,251 

Enhanced tax enforcement activities ................................................................................................................ ............................ 166,086 ............................ ............................ ¥166,086 

Subtotal ......................................................................................................................................................... 3,939,521 4,480,843 4,109,506 ∂169,985 ¥371,337 

Business systems modernization ............................................................................................................................... 329,550 300,827 300,827 ¥28,723 ............................

Total, Internal Revenue Service .................................................................................................................... 11,793,063 12,861,033 12,069,559 ∂276,496 ¥791,474 Total, title I, Department of the Treasury .................................................................................................... 12,195,986 13,228,566 12,202,875 ∂6,889 ¥1,025,691 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (13,145,986 ) (13,766,576 ) (13,402,875 ) (∂256,889 ) (¥363,701 ) Rescissions .......................................................................................................................................... (¥950,000 ) (¥950,000 ) (¥1,200,000 ) (¥250,000 ) (¥250,000 ) 

TITLE II—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

The White House 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 56,860 55,110 55,110 ¥1,750 ............................

Compensation of the President ......................................................................................................................... 450 450 450 ............................ ............................

Subtotal ......................................................................................................................................................... 57,310 55,560 55,560 ¥1,750 ............................

Executive Residence at the White House: 

Operating expenses ........................................................................................................................................... 13,398 12,768 12,768 ¥630 ............................White House repair and restoration .................................................................................................................. 749 750 750 ∂1 ............................

Subtotal ......................................................................................................................................................... 14,147 13,518 13,518 ¥629 ............................

Council of Economic Advisers .................................................................................................................................... 4,184 4,192 4,192 ∂8 ............................National Security Council and Homeland Security Council ....................................................................................... 13,022 12,621 12,621 ¥401 ............................
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Office of Administration ............................................................................................................................................. 112,726 113,135 113,135 ∂409 ............................

Total, The White House ................................................................................................................................. 201,389 199,026 199,026 ¥2,363 ............................

Office of Management and Budget ........................................................................................................................... 89,277 93,397 93,397 ∂4,120 ............................

Office of National Drug Control Policy 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 24,451 22,647 23,000 ¥1,451 ∂353 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program ......................................................................................................... 238,045 193,400 238,522 ∂477 ∂45,122 Other Federal Drug Control Programs ........................................................................................................................ 105,339 95,376 105,550 ∂211 ∂10,174 

Total, Office of National Drug Control Policy ............................................................................................... 367,835 311,423 367,072 ¥763 ∂55,649 

Unanticipated needs .................................................................................................................................................. 986 1,000 1,000 ∂14 ............................Data-driven innovation ............................................................................................................................................... ............................ 14,000 6,000 ∂6,000 ¥8,000 Integrated, efficient and effective uses of information technology .......................................................................... 4,990 ............................ 8,000 ∂3,010 ∂8,000 Special Assistance to the President and Official Residence of the Vice President: 

Salaries and expenses ...................................................................................................................................... 4,319 4,328 4,328 ∂9 ............................Operating expenses ........................................................................................................................................... 306 307 307 ∂1 ............................

Subtotal ......................................................................................................................................................... 4,625 4,635 4,635 ∂10 ............................Total, title II, Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated the President ............................ 669,102 623,481 679,130 ∂10,028 ∂55,649 

TITLE III—THE JUDICIARY 

Supreme Court of the United States 

Salaries and expenses: 

Salaries of Justices ........................................................................................................................................... 2,207 2,213 2,213 ∂6 ............................Other salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................. 72,477 72,625 72,625 ∂148 ............................

Subtotal ......................................................................................................................................................... 74,684 74,838 74,838 ∂154 ............................

Care of the building and grounds ............................................................................................................................. 8,143 11,635 11,158 ∂3,015 ¥477 

Total, Supreme Court of the United States .................................................................................................. 82,827 86,473 85,996 ∂3,169 ¥477 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2013 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 

Salaries and expenses: 

Salaries of judges ............................................................................................................................................. 2,524 2,532 2,532 ∂8 ............................Other salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................. 29,938 30,823 30,823 ∂885 ............................

Total, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit .................................................................... 32,462 33,355 33,355 ∂893 ............................

United States Court of International Trade 

Salaries and expenses: 

Salaries of judges ............................................................................................................................................. 1,715 1,727 1,727 ∂12 ............................Other salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................. 19,690 20,246 19,651 ¥39 ¥595 

Total, U.S. Court of International Trade ....................................................................................................... 21,405 21,973 21,378 ¥27 ¥595 

Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services 

Salaries and expenses: 

Salaries of judges and bankruptcy judges ....................................................................................................... 338,037 353,062 353,062 ∂15,025 ............................Other salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................. 4,677,918 4,817,177 4,736,107 ∂58,189 ¥81,070 

Subtotal ......................................................................................................................................................... 5,015,955 5,170,239 5,089,169 ∂73,214 ¥81,070 

Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund .................................................................................................................. 4,990 5,327 5,327 ∂337 ............................Defender services ....................................................................................................................................................... 1,037,920 1,068,623 1,098,446 ∂60,526 ∂29,823 Fees of jurors and commissioners ............................................................................................................................. 51,804 54,414 54,891 ∂3,087 ∂477 Court security ............................................................................................................................................................. 499,000 524,338 520,278 ∂21,278 ¥4,060 

Total, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services ....................................................... 6,609,669 6,822,941 6,768,111 ∂158,442 ¥54,830 
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Administrative Office of the United States Courts 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 82,743 85,354 83,601 ∂858 ¥1,753 

Federal Judicial Center 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 26,946 27,664 26,400 ¥546 ¥1,264 

Judicial Retirement Funds 

Payment to Judiciary Trust Funds .............................................................................................................................. 125,464 126,931 126,931 ∂1,467 ............................

United States Sentencing Commission 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 16,467 17,016 16,637 ∂170 ¥379 

Total, title III, the Judiciary .......................................................................................................................... 6,997,983 7,221,707 7,162,409 ∂164,426 ¥59,298 

TITLE IV—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support .......................................................................................................... 29,940 35,000 35,000 ∂5,060 ............................Federal payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia .................................... 24,651 14,900 14,900 ¥9,751 ............................Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts ................................................................................................ 232,375 222,667 232,137 ¥238 ∂9,470 Federal Payment for Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts ................................................................... 54,890 49,890 49,890 ¥5,000 ............................Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia ................ 212,557 227,968 227,968 ∂15,411 ............................Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service .................................................................... 37,167 40,607 40,607 ∂3,440 ............................Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority ................................................................ 14,970 14,500 14,500 ¥470 ............................Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council ................................................................................ 1,796 1,800 1,800 ∂4 ............................Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions ............................................................................................................... 499 500 500 ∂1 ............................Federal Payment for School Improvement ................................................................................................................. 59,880 52,200 42,200 ¥17,680 ¥10,000 Federal Payment for the D.C. National Guard ........................................................................................................... 374 500 500 ∂126 ............................Federal Payment for Redevelopment of the St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Campus ......................................................... ............................ 9,800 9,800 ∂9,800 ............................Federal Payment for Testing and Treatment of HIV/AIDS ......................................................................................... 4,990 5,000 5,000 ∂10 ............................Federal payment for D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Grants ............................................................ ............................ 1,000 ............................ ............................ ¥1,000 

Total, Title IV, District of Columbia ............................................................................................................. 674,089 676,332 674,802 ∂713 ¥1,530 

TITLE V—OTHER INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

Administrative Conference of the United States ....................................................................................................... 2,894 3,200 3,200 ∂306 ............................Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation ........................................................................................................... 449 ............................ 150 ¥299 ∂150 Commodity Futures Trading Commission .................................................................................................................. 204,883 315,000 315,000 ∂110,117 ............................Consumer Product Safety Commission ...................................................................................................................... 114,271 117,000 117,000 ∂2,729 ............................
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2013 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Election Assistance Commission 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 11,477 11,063 11,063 ¥414 ............................

Federal Communications Commission 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 339,844 359,299 359,299 ∂19,455 ............................Offsetting fee collections—current year ................................................................................................................... ¥339,844 ¥359,299 ¥359,299 ¥19,455 ............................

Direct appropriation .......................................................................................................................................... ............................ ............................ ............................ ............................ ............................

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Office of Inspector General (by transfer) ................................................... (34,568 ) (34,568 ) (34,568 ) ............................ ............................Federal Election Commission ..................................................................................................................................... 66,234 65,791 66,395 ∂161 ∂604 Federal Labor Relations Authority .............................................................................................................................. 24,674 25,490 25,490 ∂816 ............................

Federal Trade Commission 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 310,940 301,000 301,000 ¥9,940 ............................Offsetting fee collections—current year ................................................................................................................... ¥115,000 ¥103,000 ¥197,000 ¥82,000 ¥94,000 Offsetting fee collections, telephone database ......................................................................................................... ¥15,000 ¥15,000 ¥15,000 ............................ ............................

Direct appropriation .......................................................................................................................................... 180,940 183,000 89,000 ¥91,940 ¥94,000 

General Services Administration 

Federal Buildings Fund 

Limitations on Availability of Revenue: 

Construction and acquisition of facilities ........................................................................................................ 50,000 816,167 816,167 ∂766,167 ............................Repairs and alterations .................................................................................................................................... 280,000 1,302,382 1,261,382 ∂981,382 ¥41,000 Construction and repair .................................................................................................................................... ............................ ............................ 41,000 ∂41,000 ∂41,000 Installment acquisition payments ..................................................................................................................... 126,801 113,470 113,470 ¥13,331 ............................Rental of space ................................................................................................................................................. 5,210,198 5,387,109 5,387,109 ∂176,911 ............................Building operations ........................................................................................................................................... 2,350,968 2,331,432 2,331,432 ¥19,536 ............................
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Subtotal, Limitations on availability of revenue .......................................................................................... 8,017,967 9,950,560 9,950,560 ∂1,932,593 ............................

Repayment of debt ..................................................................................................................................................... 87,620 ............................ ............................ ¥87,620 ............................Rental income to fund ............................................................................................................................................... ¥9,777,590 ¥9,950,560 ¥9,950,560 ¥172,970 ............................

Total, Federal Buildings Fund ...................................................................................................................... ¥1,672,003 ............................ ............................ ∂1,672,003 ............................

Government-wide policy ............................................................................................................................................. 60,993 62,548 62,548 ∂1,555 ............................Operating expenses .................................................................................................................................................... 69,361 64,453 64,453 ¥4,908 ............................Office of Inspector General ........................................................................................................................................ 57,884 62,908 62,908 ∂5,024 ............................Electronic Government Fund ...................................................................................................................................... 12,375 20,150 20,150 ∂7,775 ............................Allowances and office staff for former Presidents .................................................................................................... 3,663 3,550 3,550 ¥113 ............................Federal Citizen Services Fund .................................................................................................................................... 34,032 34,804 34,804 ∂772 ............................

Total, General Services Administration ........................................................................................................ ¥1,433,695 248,413 248,413 ∂1,682,108 ............................

Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation ................................................................................................................... 747 ............................ 750 ∂3 ∂750 

Merit Systems Protection Board 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 40,177 40,070 42,740 ∂2,563 ∂2,670 Limitation on administrative expenses ...................................................................................................................... 2,340 2,345 2,345 ∂5 ............................

Total, Merit Systems Protection Board ......................................................................................................... 42,517 42,415 45,085 ∂2,568 ∂2,670 

Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation 

Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund ...................................................................................................... 2,196 2,100 2,100 ¥96 ............................Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund .................................................................................................................... 3,784 3,600 3,600 ¥184 ............................

Total, Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation .............................................................................. 5,980 5,700 5,700 ¥280 ............................

National Archives and Records Administration 

Operating expenses .................................................................................................................................................... 372,553 370,706 370,706 ¥1,847 ............................

Reduction of debt .............................................................................................................................................. ¥17,000 ¥18,000 ¥18,000 ¥1,000 ............................

Subtotal ......................................................................................................................................................... 355,553 352,706 352,706 ¥2,847 ............................

Office of the Inspector General .................................................................................................................................. 4,092 4,130 4,130 ∂38 ............................Repairs and restoration ............................................................................................................................................. 9,082 8,000 8,000 ¥1,082 ............................National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants Program ............................................................ 4,990 3,000 5,000 ∂10 ∂2,000 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2013 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Total, National Archives and Records Administration ................................................................................. 373,717 367,836 369,836 ¥3,881 ∂2,000 

National Credit Union Administration 

Community Development Revolving Loan Fund ......................................................................................................... 1,245 1,128 1,128 ¥117 ............................Office of Government Ethics ...................................................................................................................................... 18,627 15,325 15,325 ¥3,302 ............................

Office of Personnel Management 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 97,578 95,757 95,757 ¥1,821 ............................

Limitation on administrative expenses ............................................................................................................. 112,291 118,578 118,578 ∂6,287 ............................

Office of Inspector General ........................................................................................................................................ 3,136 4,684 4,684 ∂1,548 ............................

Limitation on administrative expenses ............................................................................................................. 21,132 21,340 21,340 ∂208 ............................

Govt Payment for Annuitants, Employees Health Benefits ........................................................................................ 10,818,000 11,404,000 11,404,000 ∂586,000 ............................Govt Payment for Annuitants, Employee Life Insurance ........................................................................................... 51,000 53,000 53,000 ∂2,000 ............................Payment to Civil Svc Retirement and Disability Fund .............................................................................................. 9,780,000 9,178,000 9,178,000 ¥602,000 ............................

Total, Office of Personnel Management ....................................................................................................... 20,883,137 20,875,359 20,875,359 ¥7,778 ............................

Office of Special Counsel ........................................................................................................................................... 18,934 20,639 20,639 ∂1,705 ............................Postal Regulatory Commission ................................................................................................................................... 14,275 14,304 14,304 ∂29 ............................Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board .............................................................................................................. 898 3,100 4,100 ∂3,202 ∂1,000 Recovery and Accountability Transparency Board ..................................................................................................... 28,293 12,500 20,000 ¥8,293 ∂7,500 Securities and Exchange Commission ....................................................................................................................... 1,321,000 1,674,000 1,674,000 ∂353,000 ............................

SEC fees ............................................................................................................................................................ ¥1,321,000 ¥1,674,000 ¥1,674,000 ¥353,000 ............................

Selective Service System ............................................................................................................................................ 23,936 24,134 22,900 ¥1,036 ¥1,234 

Small Business Administration 

Entreprenuerial development programs ..................................................................................................................... ............................ ............................ 211,490 ∂211,490 ∂211,490 Salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 416,513 485,923 254,833 ¥161,680 ¥231,090 Office of Inspector General ........................................................................................................................................ 16,234 19,400 19,400 ∂3,166 ............................
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Office of Advocacy ...................................................................................................................................................... 9,102 8,455 8,455 ¥647 ............................Business Loans Program Account: 

Direct loans subsidy .......................................................................................................................................... 3,671 4,600 4,600 ∂929 ............................Guaranteed loans subsidy ................................................................................................................................. 332,933 107,000 107,000 ¥225,933 ............................Administrative expenses .................................................................................................................................... 147,662 151,560 151,560 ∂3,898 ............................

Total, Business loans program account ....................................................................................................... 484,266 263,160 263,160 ¥221,106 ............................

Disaster Loans Program Account: 

Administrative expenses .................................................................................................................................... 117,065 33,250 33,250 ¥83,815 ............................

Disaster relief category ............................................................................................................................ ............................ 158,650 158,650 ∂158,650 ............................

Total, Disaster loans program account ............................................................................................... 117,065 191,900 191,900 ∂74,835 ............................Total, Small Business Administration ................................................................................................. 1,043,180 968,838 949,238 ¥93,942 ¥19,600 

United States Postal Service 

Payment to the Postal Service Fund: 

Advance appropriations ..................................................................................................................................... 78,153 70,751 70,751 ¥7,402 ............................

Office of Inspector General ........................................................................................................................................ 240,985 241,468 241,468 ∂483 ............................

Total, United States Postal Service .............................................................................................................. 319,138 312,219 312,219 ¥6,919 ............................

United States Tax Court ............................................................................................................................................. 50,977 52,653 52,653 ∂1,676 ............................

Total, title V, Independent Agencies ............................................................................................................ 21,997,728 23,685,107 23,584,947 ∂1,587,219 ¥100,160 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (21,919,575 ) (23,455,706 ) (23,355,546 ) (∂1,435,971 ) (¥100,160 ) Advances .............................................................................................................................................. (78,153 ) (70,751 ) (70,751 ) (¥7,402 ) ............................

(By transfer) .................................................................................................................................................. (34,568 ) (34,568 ) (34,568 ) ............................ ............................

OTHER APPROPRIATIONS 

Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2) 

General Services Administration 

Federal Buildings Fund 

Repairs and alterations (emergency) ......................................................................................................................... 7,000 ............................ ............................ ¥7,000 ............................
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2013 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Small Business Administration 

Salaries and expenses (emergency) ........................................................................................................................... 20,000 ............................ ............................ ¥20,000 ............................Office of Inspector General (emergency) ................................................................................................................... 5,000 ............................ ............................ ¥5,000 ............................Disaster Loans Program Account: 

Direct loan subsidy (emergency) ....................................................................................................................... 520,000 ............................ ............................ ¥520,000 ............................Administrative expenses (emergency) ............................................................................................................... 259,000 ............................ ............................ ¥259,000 ............................

Total, Disaster Loans Program Account ....................................................................................................... 779,000 ............................ ............................ ¥779,000 ............................Total, Small Business Administration .......................................................................................................... 804,000 ............................ ............................ ¥804,000 ............................Total, Other Appropriations ........................................................................................................................... 811,000 ............................ ............................ ¥811,000 ............................Grand total .................................................................................................................................................... 43,345,888 45,435,193 44,304,163 ∂958,275 ¥1,131,030 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (43,406,735 ) (45,743,802 ) (45,274,762 ) (∂1,868,027 ) (¥469,040 ) Rescissions .......................................................................................................................................... (¥950,000 ) (¥950,000 ) (¥1,200,000 ) (¥250,000 ) (¥250,000 ) Emergency appropriations ................................................................................................................... (811,000 ) ............................ ............................ (¥811,000 ) ............................Advances .............................................................................................................................................. (78,153 ) (70,751 ) (70,751 ) (¥7,402 ) ............................

(By transfer) .................................................................................................................................................. (34,568 ) (34,568 ) (34,568 ) ............................ ............................

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