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Calendar No. 128 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1284 

[Report No. 113–71] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 

Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 11, 2013 

Mr. HARKIN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 

and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and 

for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
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1 Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

2 September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

5 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

6 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment 

9 Act of 1998 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIA’’), the Sec10 ond Chance Act of 2007, the Women in Apprenticeship 

11 and Non-Traditional Occupations Act of 1992 (‘‘WANTO 

12 Act’’), and the Workforce Innovation Fund, as established 

13 by this Act, $3,264,213,000, plus reimbursements, shall 

14 be available. Of the amounts provided: 

15 (1) for grants to States for adult employment 

16 and training activities, youth activities, and dis17 located worker employment and training activities, 

18 $2,683,766,000 as follows: 

19 (A) $791,644,000 for adult employment 

20 and training activities, of which $79,644,000 

21 shall be available for the period July 1, 2014, 

22 through June 30, 2015, and of which 

23 $712,000,000 shall be available for the period 

24 October 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015; 
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1 (B) $846,632,000 for youth activities, 

2 which shall be available for the period April 1, 

3 2014 through June 30, 2015; and 

4 (C) $1,045,490,000 for dislocated worker 

5 employment and training activities, of which 

6 $185,490,000 shall be available for the period 

7 July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, and of 

8 which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 

9 period October 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015: 

10 Provided, That notwithstanding the transfer limitation 

11 under section 133(b)(4) of the WIA, up to 30 percent of 

12 such funds may be transferred by a local board if approved 

13 by the Governor: Provided further, That a local board may 

14 award a contract to an institution of higher education or 

15 other eligible training provider if the local board deter16 mines that it would facilitate the training of multiple indi17 viduals in high-demand occupations, if such contract does 

18 not limit customer choice: Provided further, That notwith19 standing section 128(a)(1) of the WIA, the amount avail20 able to the Governor for statewide workforce investment 

21 activities shall not exceed 7.5 percent of the amount allot22 ted to the State from each of the appropriations under 

23 the preceding subparagraphs; 

24 (2) for federally administered programs, 

25 $487,779,000 as follows: 
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1 (A) $220,859,000 for the dislocated work2 ers assistance national reserve, of which 

3 $20,859,000 shall be available for the period 

4 July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, and of 

5 which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 

6 period October 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015: 

7 Provided, That funds provided to carry out sec8 tion 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA may be used to 

9 provide assistance to a State for statewide or 

10 local use in order to address cases where there 

11 have been worker dislocations across multiple 

12 sectors or across multiple local areas and such 

13 workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State 

14 workforce development plan with emerging eco15 nomic development needs; and train such eligi16 ble dislocated workers: Provided further, That 

17 funds provided to carry out section 171(d) of 

18 the WIA may be used for demonstration 

19 projects that provide assistance to new entrants 

20 in the workforce and incumbent workers: Pro21 vided further, That none of the funds shall be 

22 obligated to carry out section 173(e) of the 

23 WIA; 
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1 (B) $47,467,000 for Native American pro2 grams, which shall be available for the period 

3 July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015; 

4 (C) $84,123,000 for migrant and seasonal 

5 farmworker programs under section 167 of the 

6 WIA, including $77,949,000 for formula grants 

7 (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 

8 employment and training services), $5,667,000 

9 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not 

10 less than 70 percent shall be for permanent 

11 housing), and $507,000 for other discretionary 

12 purposes, which shall be available for the period 

13 July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015: Provided, 

14 That notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law or related regulation, the Department of 

16 Labor shall take no action limiting the number 

17 or proportion of eligible participants receiving 

18 related assistance services or discouraging 

19 grantees from providing such services; 

20 (D) $994,000 for carrying out the 

21 WANTO Act, which shall be available for the 

22 period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015; 

23 (E) $84,530,000 for YouthBuild activities 

24 as described in section 173A of the WIA, which 
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1 shall be available for the period April 1, 2014 

2 through June 30, 2015; and 

3 (F) $49,806,000 to be available to the Sec4 retary of Labor (referred to in this title as 

5 ‘‘Secretary’’) for the Workforce Innovation 

6 Fund to carry out projects that demonstrate in7 novative strategies or replicate effective evi8 dence-based strategies that align and strength9 en the workforce investment system in order to 

10 improve program delivery and education and 

11 employment outcomes for beneficiaries, which 

12 shall be for the period July 1, 2014 through 

13 September 30, 2015: Provided, That amounts 

14 shall be available for awards to States or State 

15 agencies that are eligible for assistance under 

16 any program authorized under the WIA, con17 sortia of States, or partnerships, including re18 gional partnerships: Provided further, That not 

19 more than 5 percent of the funds available for 

20 workforce innovation activities shall be for tech21 nical assistance and evaluations related to the 

22 projects carried out with these funds: Provided 

23 further, That the Secretary may authorize 

24 awardees to use a portion of awarded funds for 

25 evaluation, upon the Chief Evaluation Officer’s 
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1 approval of an evaluation plan: Provided fur2 ther, That $5,000,000 of the funds provided for 

3 the Workforce Innovation Fund shall be used 

4 for innovative and evidence-based approaches to 

5 improving outcomes for disconnected youth: 

6 Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 of the 

7 funds provided for the Workforce Innovation 

8 Fund may be used for performance-based 

9 awards or other agreements under the Pay for 

10 Success program: Provided further, That any 

11 funds obligated for Pay for Success projects or 

12 agreements shall remain available for disburse13 ment until expended, notwithstanding 31 

14 U.S.C. 1552(a), and that any funds deobligated 

15 from such projects or agreements shall imme16 diately be available for Workforce Innovation 

17 Fund activities; 

18 (3) for national activities, $92,668,000, as fol19 lows: 

20 (A) $6,590,000, in addition to any 

21 amounts available under paragraph (2) for Pi22 lots, Demonstrations, and Research, which shall 

23 be available for the period April 1, 2014 

24 through June 30, 2015; 
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1 (B) $80,078,000 for ex-offender activities, 

2 under the authority of section 171 of the WIA 

3 and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 

4 2007, which shall be available for the period 

5 April 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, notwith6 standing the requirements of section 

7 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA: Pro8 vided, That of this amount, $20,000,000 shall 

9 be for competitive grants to national and re10 gional intermediaries for activities that prepare 

11 young ex-offenders and school dropouts for em12 ployment, with a priority for projects serving 

13 high-crime, high-poverty areas; and 

14 (C) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 

15 Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 

16 171(c)(2) of the WIA, which shall be available 

17 for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 

18 2015, and which shall not be subject to the re19 quirements of section 171(c)(4)(D). 

20 OFFICE OF JOB CORPS

21 To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIA, includ22 ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 

23 hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter24 ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 

25 purchase of real property for training centers as author-
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1 ized by the WIA, $1,706,923,000, plus reimbursements, 

2 as follows: 

3 (1) $1,586,776,000 for Job Corps Operations, 

4 which shall be available for the period July 1, 2014 

5 through June 30, 2015; 

6 (2) $90,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation 

7 and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 

8 available for the period July 1, 2014 through June 

9 30, 2017: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 

10 up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the oper11 ational needs of such centers or to achieve adminis12 trative efficiencies: Provided further, That any funds 

13 transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall 

14 not be available for obligation after June 30, 2015: 

15 Provided further, That the Committees on Appro16 priations of the House of Representatives and the 

17 Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of 

18 any transfer; and 

19 (3) $30,147,000 for necessary expenses of the 

20 Office of Job Corps, which shall be available for obli21 gation for the period October 1, 2013 through Sep22 tember 30, 2014: 

23 Provided further, That no funds from any other appropria24 tion shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job 

25 Corps centers. 
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1 COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER

2 AMERICANS

3 To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 

4 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $447,355,000, 

5 which shall be available for the period July 1, 2014 

6 through June 30, 2015, and may be recaptured and reobli7 gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 

8 FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

9 For payments during fiscal year 2014 of trade ad10 justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 

11 of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 

12 of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 

13 employment and case management services, allowances for 

14 job search and relocation, and related State administrative 

15 expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 

16 title II of the Trade Act of 1974, including benefit pay17 ments, allowances, training, employment and case man18 agement services, and related State administration pro19 vided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment 

20 Assistance Extension Act of 2011, $656,000,000, together 

21 with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to 

22 the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period 

23 subsequent to September 15, 2014. 
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1 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT

2 SERVICE OPERATIONS

3 For authorized administrative expenses, 

4 $85,896,000, together with not to exceed $3,742,198,000 

5 which may be expended from the Employment Security 

6 Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 

7 (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 

8 (1) $2,911,575,000 from the Trust Fund is for 

9 grants to States for the administration of State un10 employment insurance laws as authorized under title 

11 III of the Social Security Act (including not less 

12 than $60,000,000 to conduct in-person reemploy13 ment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 

14 insurance improper payment reviews, and 

15 $10,000,000 for activities to address the 

16 misclassification of workers), the administration of 

17 unemployment insurance for Federal employees and 

18 for ex-service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 

19 8501–8523, and the administration of trade read20 justment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment 

21 assistance, and alternative trade adjustment assist22 ance under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 

23 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Exten24 sion Act of 2011, and shall be available for obliga25 tion by the States through December 31, 2014, ex-
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1 cept that funds used for automation acquisitions or 

2 competitive grants awarded to States for improved 

3 operations, reemployment and eligibility assessments 

4 and improper payments, or activities to address 

5 misclassification of workers shall be available for 

6 Federal obligation through December 31, 2014 and 

7 for obligation by the States through September 30, 

8 2016, and funds used for unemployment insurance 

9 workloads experienced by the States through Sep10 tember 30, 2014 shall be available for Federal obli11 gation through December 31, 2014; 

12 (2) $11,243,000 from the Trust Fund is for na13 tional activities necessary to support the administra14 tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 

15 system; 

16 (3) $708,247,000 from the Trust Fund, to17 gether with $22,550,000 from the General Fund of 

18 the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 

19 with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, of which 

20 not less than $30,000,000 shall be used to provide 

21 reemployment services to beneficiaries of unemploy22 ment insurance, and shall be available for Federal 

23 obligation for the period July 1, 2014 through June 

24 30, 2015; 
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1 (4) $20,871,000 from the Trust Fund is for na2 tional activities of the Employment Service, includ3 ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred4 it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

5 1986, and the provision of technical assistance and 

6 staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act, includ7 ing not to exceed $1,166,000 that may be used for 

8 amortization payments to States which had inde9 pendent retirement plans in their State employment 

10 service agencies prior to 1980; 

11 (5) $65,262,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 

12 administration of foreign labor certifications and re13 lated activities under the Immigration and Nation14 ality Act and related laws, of which $50,222,000 

15 shall be available for the Federal administration of 

16 such activities, and $15,040,000 shall be available 

17 for grants to States for the administration of such 

18 activities; 

19 (6) $63,346,000 from the General Fund is to 

20 provide workforce information, national electronic 

21 tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag22 ner-Peyser Act and section 171 (e)(2)(C) of the 

23 WIA and shall be available for Federal obligation for 

24 the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015; and 
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1 (7) $25,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for 

2 competitive grants to States for the administration 

3 and evaluation of demonstration projects under sec4 tion 305 of the Social Security Act (as added by sec5 tion 2102 of the Middle Class Tax Relief Act and 

6 Job Creation Act of 2012), except that section 

7 305(d)(3) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2017’’ 

8 for ‘‘2015’’, and these funds shall be available for 

9 Federal obligation through December 31, 2017: 

10 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In11 sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2014 is 

12 projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 

13 3,357,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 

14 Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 

15 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 

16 for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 

17 III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 

18 funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 

19 to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 

20 Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 

21 carrying out activities under such title III if the other 

22 States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 

23 declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 

24 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 

25 further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 
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1 for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 

2 Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 

3 the National Directory of New Hires under section 

4 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That funds appro5 priated in this Act which are used to establish a national 

6 one-stop career center system, or which are used to sup7 port the national activities of the Federal-State unemploy8 ment insurance or immigration programs, may be obli9 gated in contracts, grants, or agreements with non-State 

10 entities: Provided further, That States awarded competi11 tive grants for improved operations under title III of the 

12 Social Security Act, or awarded grants to support the na13 tional activities of the Federal-State unemployment insur14 ance system, may award subgrants to other States under 

15 such grants, subject to the conditions applicable to the 

16 grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

17 this Act for activities authorized under title III of the So18 cial Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used 

19 by States to fund integrated Unemployment Insurance 

20 and Employment Service automation efforts, notwith21 standing cost allocation principles prescribed under the 

22 Office of Management and Budget Circular A–87: Pro23 vided further, That the Secretary, at the request of a State 

24 participating in a consortium with other States, may 

25 reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the 
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1 Social Security Act to other States participating in the 

2 consortium in order to carry out activities that benefit the 

3 administration of the unemployment compensation law of 

4 the State making the request: Provided further, That the 

5 Secretary may collect fees for the costs associated with 

6 additional data collection, analyses, and reporting services 

7 relating to the National Agricultural Workers Survey re8 quested by State and local governments, public and private 

9 institutions of higher education, and non-profit organiza10 tions and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the 

11 provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural 

12 Workers Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to 

13 meet the information collection and reporting needs of 

14 such entities, which shall be credited to this appropriation 

15 and shall remain available until September 30, 2015, for 

16 such purposes. 

17 In addition, $20,000,000 from the Employment Se18 curity Administration Account of the Unemployment 

19 Trust Fund shall be available to conduct in-person reem20 ployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 

21 insurance improper payment reviews. 

22 STATE PAID LEAVE FUND

23 For grants and contracts to assist in the start-up of 

24 new paid leave programs in the States, $5,000,000. 
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1 ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND

2 OTHER FUNDS

3 For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 

4 Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 

5 Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 

6 Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In7 ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad8 vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 

9 of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 

10 Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 

11 Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 

12 sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 

13 obligation through September 30, 2015. 

14 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

15 For expenses of administering employment and train16 ing programs, $100,994,000, together with not to exceed 

17 $50,608,000 which may be expended from the Employ18 ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy19 ment Trust Fund. 

20 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 

23 Security Administration, $176,472,000. 
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1 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

2 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND

3 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor4 poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in5 cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 

6 title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 

7 of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 

8 available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 

9 to make such contracts and commitments without regard 

10 to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 

11 as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ12 ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep13 tember 30, 2014, for the Corporation: Provided, That 

14 none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 

15 year 2014 shall be available for obligations for administra16 tive expenses in excess of $505,441,000: Provided further, 

17 That to the extent that the number of new plan partici18 pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 

19 100,000 in fiscal year 2014, an amount not to exceed an 

20 additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep21 tember 30, 2015, for obligation for administrative ex22 penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici23 pants: Provided further, That an additional $50,000 shall 

24 be made available through September 30, 2015, for obliga25 tion for investment management fees for every 
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1 $25,000,000 in assets received by the Corporation as a 

2 result of new plan terminations or asset growth, after ap3 proval by the Office of Management and Budget and noti4 fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

5 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 

6 obligations in excess of the amounts provided in this para7 graph may be incurred for unforeseen and extraordinary 

8 pretermination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer 

9 program related expenses after approval by the Office of 

10 Management and Budget and notification of the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

12 and the Senate. 

13 WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi16 sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 

17 agencies and their employees for inspection services ren18 dered, $243,254,000. 

19 OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man22 agement Standards, $41,206,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE

2 PROGRAMS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con5 tract Compliance Programs, $106,000,000. 

6 OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 

9 Compensation Programs, $115,488,000, together with 

10 $2,116,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 

11 in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 

12 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 

13 SPECIAL BENEFITS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex16 penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during 

17 the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

18 81; continuation of benefits as provided for under the 

19 heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Security 

20 Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Com21 pensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sections 

22 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948; and 50 per23 cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 

24 by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 

25 Compensation Act, $396,000,000, together with such 
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1 amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse2 quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation 

3 and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 

4 15 of the current year: Provided, That amounts appro5 priated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary 

6 to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the 

7 time of injury, for portions of the salary of a re-employed, 

8 disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of re9 imbursements unobligated on September 30, 2013, shall 

10 remain available until expended for the payment of com11 pensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That 

12 in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation 

13 from the Postal Service and from any other corporation 

14 or instrumentality required under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay 

15 an amount for its fair share of the cost of administration, 

16 such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of 

17 administration for employees of such fair share entities 

18 through September 30, 2014: Provided further, That of 

19 those funds transferred to this account from the fair share 

20 entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal 

21 Employees’ Compensation Act, $60,017,000 shall be made 

22 available to the Secretary as follows: 

23 (1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto24 mated data processing systems operations and tele25 communications systems, $19,499,000; 
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1 (2) For automated workload processing oper2 ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 

3 intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000; 

4 (3) For periodic roll disability management and 

5 medical review, $16,190,000; 

6 (4) For program integrity, $1,360,000; and 

7 (5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 

8 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 

9 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 

10 person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 

11 under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work12 ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 

13 claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu14 rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 

15 SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

16 For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 

17 and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 

18 275, $98,235,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 

20 benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 

21 for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 

22 as may be necessary. 

23 For making benefit payments under title IV for the 

24 first quarter of fiscal year 2015, $24,000,000, to remain 

25 available until expended. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES

2 OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND

3 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 

4 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

5 Act, $55,176,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil7 ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 

8 such claim such identifying information (including Social 

9 Security account number) as may be prescribed. 

10 BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 

13 Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 

14 until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 

15 section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev16 enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 

17 interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) 

18 of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be 

19 expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2014 for expenses 

20 of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene21 fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 

22 exceed $33,033,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 

23 Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 

24 exceed $25,365,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage25 ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $327,000 
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1 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In2 spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay3 ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 

4 Department of the Treasury. 

5 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 

8 and Health Administration, $567,012,000, including not 

9 to exceed $103,987,000 which shall be the maximum 

10 amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 

11 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 

12 which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 

13 of State occupational safety and health programs required 

14 to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary 

15 under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith16 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 

17 Health Administration may retain up to $200,000 per fis18 cal year of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise 

19 authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize such 

20 sums for occupational safety and health training and edu21 cation: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

22 the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending 

23 September 30, 2014, to collect and retain fees for services 

24 provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, 

25 and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provi-
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1 sions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and inter2 national laboratory recognition programs that ensure the 

3 safety of equipment and products used by workers in the 

4 workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds ap5 propriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or ex6 pended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 

7 standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 

8 is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 

9 operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 

10 camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur11 ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 

12 shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 

13 any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 

14 respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 

15 included within a category having a Days Away, Re16 stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 

17 and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica18 tion code for which such data are published, less than the 

19 national average rate as such rates are most recently pub20 lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 

21 Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 

22 except— 

23 (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con24 sultation, technical assistance, educational and train25 ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
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1 (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 

2 response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita3 tion for violations found during such inspection, and 

4 to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor5 rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 

6 any willful violations found; 

7 (3) to take any action authorized by the Act 

8 with respect to imminent dangers; 

9 (4) to take any action authorized by the Act 

10 with respect to health hazards; 

11 (5) to take any action authorized by the Act 

12 with respect to a report of an employment accident 

13 which is fatal to one or more employees or which re14 sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 

15 and to take any action pursuant to such investiga16 tion authorized by the Act; and 

17 (6) to take any action authorized by the Act 

18 with respect to complaints of discrimination against 

19 employees for exercising rights under the Act: 

20 Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 

21 apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 

22 which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em23 ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That 

24 $10,709,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood train25 ing grants. 
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1 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 

5 Health Administration, $380,721,000, including purchase 

6 and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 

7 with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas8 senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 

9 mine rescue and recovery activities; in addition, not to ex10 ceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine 

11 Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and 

12 the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by law 

13 to be collected, to be available for mine safety and health 

14 education and training activities, notwithstanding 31 

15 U.S.C. 3302; in addition, the Mine Safety and Health Ad16 ministration is authorized to collect and retain up to 

17 $2,499,000 from fees collected for the approval and cer18 tification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use 

19 in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities, 

20 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; in addition, the Mine 

21 Safety and Health Administration is authorized to collect 

22 and retain fees for services related to the analysis of rock 

23 dust samples, and may utilize such sums to administer 

24 such activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; the Sec25 retary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, 
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1 and other contributions from public and private sources 

2 and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agen3 cies, Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and 

4 Health Administration is authorized to promote health 

5 and safety education and training in the mining commu6 nity through cooperative programs with States, industry, 

7 and safety associations; the Secretary is authorized to rec8 ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin9 cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 

11 reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe12 ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 

13 chapters or in the national organization; any funds avail14 able to the Department of Labor may be used, with the 

15 approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine 

16 rescue and survival operations in the event of a major dis17 aster; and the Secretary may reallocate among the items 

18 funded under this heading up to $3,000,000 to support 

19 inspections or investigations pursuant to section 103 of 

20 the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977: Pro21 vided, That the Secretary may transfer such sums as may 

22 be necessary to ‘‘Departmental Management’’ for the Of23 fice of the Solicitor move related to the relocation of the 

24 Mine Safety and Health Administration headquarters. 
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1 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta4 tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 

5 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv6 ices rendered, $542,811,000, together with not to exceed 

7 $67,041,000 which may be expended from the Employ8 ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy9 ment Trust Fund. 

10 OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 

13 Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 

14 and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 

15 of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 

16 people with disabilities, $42,432,000. 

17 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage21 ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 

22 $346,359,000, together with not to exceed $326,000, 

23 which may be expended from the Employment Security 

24 Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 

25 Fund: Provided, That $66,375,000 for the Bureau of 
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1 International Labor Affairs shall be available for obliga2 tion through December 31, 2014: Provided further, That 

3 funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Af4 fairs may be used to administer or operate international 

5 labor activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assist6 ance, and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, 

7 grants, subgrants and other arrangements: Provided fur8 ther, That not more than $59,887,000 shall be for pro9 grams to combat exploitative child labor internationally 

10 and not less than $6,488,000 shall be used to implement 

11 model programs that address worker rights issues through 

12 technical assistance in countries with which the United 

13 States has free trade agreements or trade preference pro14 grams: Provided further, That $8,467,000 shall be used 

15 for program evaluation and shall be available for obliga16 tion through September 30, 2015: Provided further, That 

17 funds available for program evaluation may be transferred 

18 to any other appropriate account in the Department for 

19 such purpose: Provided further, That the funds available 

20 to the Women’s Bureau may be used for grants to serve 

21 and promote the interests of women in the workforce. 

22 VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

23 Not to exceed $262,333,000 may be derived from the 

24 Employment Security Administration account in the Un25 employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 
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1 chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 

2 of which: 

3 (1) $203,081,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 

4 grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis5 abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 

6 section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em7 ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 

8 such title, and for the expenses described in section 

9 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obliga10 tion by the States through December 31, 2014: Pro11 vided, That, in addition, such funds may be used to 

12 support such specialists and representatives in the 

13 provision of services to transitioning members of the 

14 Armed Forces who have participated in the Transi15 tion Assistance Program and have been identified as 

16 in need of intensive services, to members of the 

17 Armed Forces who are wounded, ill, or injured and 

18 receiving treatment in military treatment facilities or 

19 warrior transition units, and to the spouses or other 

20 family caregivers of such wounded, ill, or injured 

21 members; 

22 (2) $14,000,000 if for carrying out the Transi23 tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 

24 10 U.S.C. 1144; 
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1 (3) $41,838,000 is for Federal administration 

2 of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States 

3 Code; and 

4 (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 

5 Employment and Training Services Institute under 

6 38 U.S.C. 4109: 

7 Provided further, That the Secretary may reallocate 

8 among the appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) 

9 through (4) above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 

10 the appropriation from which such reallocation is made. 

11 In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 

12 $38,185,000 is for carrying out the Homeless Veterans 

13 Reintegration Programs under 38 U.S.C. 2021. 

14 IT MODERNIZATION

15 For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen16 tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re17 lated to support systems and modernization, $19,775,000. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

21 General Act of 1978, $77,634,000, together with not to 

22 exceed $5,886,000 which may be expended from the Em23 ployment Security Administration account in the Unem24 ployment Trust Fund. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

3 for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo4 nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora5 tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 

6 Level II. 

7 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre9 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro11 priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 

12 Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 

13 project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ14 ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 

15 transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 

16 this section shall not be used to create any new program 

17 or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 

18 provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit19 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 

21 of any transfer. 

22 SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 

23 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

24 available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex25 pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 
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1 manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 

2 or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 

3 and host countries already identified by the United States 

4 Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 

5 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available to the 

6 Department of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of 

7 the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improve8 ment Act of 1998 may be used for any purpose other than 

9 competitive grants for training in the occupations and in10 dustries for which employers are using H–1B visas to hire 

11 foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to 

12 support such training. 

13 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad15 ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 

16 of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi17 vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 

18 in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 

19 apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 

20 in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 

21 Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es22 tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re23 ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 

24 funds, taking into account factors including the relative 

25 cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 
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1 comparable State or local government employees, and the 

2 size of the organizations that administer Federal pro3 grams involved including Employment and Training Ad4 ministration programs. Notwithstanding this section, the 

5 limitation on salaries for the Job Corps shall continue to 

6 be governed by section 101. 

7 SEC. 106. The Secretary shall take no action to 

8 amend, through regulatory or administration action, the 

9 definition established in section 667.220 of title 20 of the 

10 Code of Federal Regulations for functions and activities 

11 under title I of WIA, or to modify, through regulatory or 

12 administrative action, the procedure for redesignation of 

13 local areas as specified in subtitle B of title I of that Act 

14 (including applying the standards specified in section 

15 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act, but notwithstanding the time 

16 limits specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act), until 

17 such time as legislation reauthorizing the Act is enacted. 

18 Nothing in the preceding sentence shall permit or require 

19 the Secretary to withdraw approval for such redesignation 

20 from a State that received the approval not later than Oc21 tober 12, 2005, or to revise action taken or modify the 

22 redesignation procedure being used by the Secretary in 

23 order to complete such redesignation for a State that initi24 ated the process of such redesignation by submitting any 
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1 request for such redesignation not later than October 26, 

2 2005. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec5 retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ6 ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di7 rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv8 ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 

9 determined that those services will be more efficiently per10 formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 

11 shall not apply to section 173A(f)(2) of the WIA. 

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 108. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 

14 than 0.5 percent from each appropriation made available 

15 in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 

16 out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 

17 are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 

18 this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man19 agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 

20 Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 

21 available for obligation through September 30, 2015: Pro22 vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 

23 Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 

24 a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
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1 of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua2 tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

3 (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 

4 ‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Office of Job 

5 Corps’’, ‘‘Community Service Employment for Older 

6 Americans’’, ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Em7 ployment Service Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Secu8 rity Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation 

9 Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Fed10 eral Contract Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor 

11 Management Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and 

12 Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Admin13 istration’’, funding made available to the ‘‘Bureau of 

14 International Affairs’’ and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the 

15 ‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses’’ ac16 count, and ‘‘Veterans Employment and Training’’. 

17 SEC. 109. (a) Of the funds appropriated under sec18 tion 272(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2014, 

19 the Secretary may reserve no more than 3 percent of such 

20 funds to conduct evaluations and provide technical assist21 ance relating to the activities carried out under section 

22 271 of such Act, including activities carried out under 

23 such section supported by the appropriations provided for 

24 fiscal years 2011 through 2013. 
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1 (b) Institutions of higher education awarded grants 

2 under section 271 of the Trade Act of 1974 may award 

3 subgrants to other institutions of higher education that 

4 meet the definition of ‘‘eligible institution’’ under section 

5 271(b)(1)(A) of such Act, subject to the conditions appli6 cable to such grants. 

7 TRANSFER OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL AUTHORITIES

8 SEC. 110. (a) AUTHORITY OF COMPTROLLER GEN9 ERAL TO PAY WAGES AND LIST CONTRACTORS VIO10 LATING CONTRACTS.—40 U.S.C. 3144, is amended— 

11 (1) in the title, by striking ‘‘of Comptroller 

12 General’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘The 

14 Comptroller General’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary 

15 of Labor’’. 

16 (b) REPORT OF VIOLATIONS AND WITHHOLDING OF

17 AMOUNTS FOR UNPAID WAGES AND LIQUIDATED DAM18 AGES.—40 U.S.C. 3703, is amended in subsection (b)(3), 

19 by— 

20 (1) striking ‘‘The Comptroller General’’ in the 

21 first sentence and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of 

22 Labor’’; and 

23 (2) striking ‘‘the Comptroller General’’ in the 

24 second sentence and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 

25 Labor’’. 
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1 SEC. 111. (a) Section 5315 of title 5, United States 

2 Code, is amended after the item relating to the Assistant 

3 Secretaries of Labor by inserting ‘‘Administrator, Wage 

4 and Hour Division, Department of Labor.’’ 

5 (b) Section 5316, title 5, United States Code, is 

6 amended by striking ‘‘Administrator, Wage and Hour and 

7 Public Contracts Division, Department of Labor.’’ 

8 SEC. 112. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE

9 CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE

10 SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 

12 a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em13 ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em14 ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in 

15 the petition into the United States at any time dur16 ing the 120-day period beginning on the start date 

17 for which the employer is seeking the services of the 

18 nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 

19 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER

20 90TH DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry 

21 may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United 

22 States after the date that is 90 days after the start 

23 date for which the employer is seeking the services 

24 of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 
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1 (A) completes a new assessment of the 

2 local labor market by— 

3 (i) listing job orders in local news4 papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 

5 (ii) posting the job opportunity on the 

6 appropriate Department of Labor Elec7 tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 

8 place of employment; and 

9 (B) offers the job to an equally or better 

10 qualified United States worker who— 

11 (i) applies for the job; and 

12 (ii) will be available at the time and 

13 place of need. 

14 (3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT

15 TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 

16 consider an employer in the seafood industry who 

17 brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 

18 during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) 

19 to be staggering the date of need in violation of sec20 tion 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regula21 tions, or any other applicable provision of law. 

22 (b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this sec23 tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad24 mitted to the United States pursuant to section 
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1 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 

2 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 

3 (c) CONSULTATION AND DELEGATION AUTHORITY.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 214(c) of the Immi5 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)) is 

6 amended— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 

8 the following: ‘‘In this subsection, the term 

9 ‘consultation’ includes, with respect to non10 immigrants described in section 

11 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B), the authority of the Sec12 retary of Labor to issue labor market deter13 minations, including temporary labor certifi14 cations, and to establish regulations and policies 

15 for such issuance, including determining the ap16 propriate prevailing wage rates for occupations 

17 in which such nonimmigrants will be em18 ployed.’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (14)(B) (8 U.S.C. 

20 1184(c)(14)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘sub21 paragraph (A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 

22 (A)’’. 

23 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

24 by paragraph (1)(A) shall apply to the promulgation 

25 of regulations, the issuance of labor market deter-
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1 minations, and other actions carried out by the Sec2 retary of Labor and the Secretary of Homeland Se3 curity before, on, or after the date of the enactment 

4 of this Act. 

5 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the 

6 amendments made by this section may be construed to 

7 limit or modify any other authority provided or exercised 

8 under section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 

9 Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)) or any other law governing the 

10 authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Sec11 retary of Labor, or any other officer or employee of the 

12 Federal Government. 

13 DIRECTIVE FOR THE SECRETARY OF LABOR

14 SEC. 113. In an investigation by the Department of 

15 substantial violations related to the admission of non16 immigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of 

17 the Immigration and Nationality Act, if the employer of 

18 such nonimmigrants demonstrates, by a preponderance of 

19 the evidence, that an agent of the employer engaged in 

20 fraud or misrepresentation to the Department that was 

21 outside the scope of the authority conferred by the em22 ployer, the Secretary is authorized— 

23 (1) to exclude the employer of such non24 immigrants from debarment proceedings under sec25 tion 655.118 of title 20, Code of Federal Regula-
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1 tions, which were commenced on or after January 1, 

2 2013; and 

3 (2) to initiate or continue debarment pro4 ceedings against the agent who engaged in such 

5 fraud or misrepresentation. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 

7 Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 

8 TITLE II 

9 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

10 SERVICES 

11 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

12 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

13 For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 

14 Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 

15 with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai16 ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,574,646,000: Provided, 

17 That no more than $40,000 shall be available until ex18 pended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 

19 of the PHS Act, including associated administrative ex20 penses and relevant evaluations: Provided further, That no 

21 more than $94,893,000 shall be available until expended 

22 for carrying out the provisions of Public Law 104–73 and 

23 for expenses incurred by the Department of Health and 

24 Human Services (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) per25 taining to administrative claims made under such law: 
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1 Provided further, That all funds provided for Health Cen2 ters program, as defined by section 330 of the PHS Act, 

3 by this Act or any other Act for fiscal year 2014 shall 

4 be obligated by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv5 ices (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) by September 

6 30, 2014, of which not less than $142,000,000 shall be 

7 made available as base grant adjustments and of which 

8 not less than $700,000,000 shall be used to support new 

9 access points including approved and unfunded applica10 tions from fiscal year 2013, grants to expand medical serv11 ices, behavioral health, oral health, pharmacy, and vision 

12 services, and costs associated with the HHS administra13 tion of these grants. 

14 HEALTH WORKFORCE

15 For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 

16 Act with respect to the health workforce, section 1128E 

17 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care Quality 

18 Improvement Act of 1986, $773,190,000: Provided, That 

19 sections 340G–1(b), 747(c)(2), 751(j)(2), 762(k), and the 

20 proportional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through 

21 (4) of section 756(e) of the PHS Act shall not apply to 

22 funds made available under this heading: Provided further, 

23 That for any program operating under section 751 of the 

24 PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary may 

25 hereafter waive any of the requirements contained in sec-
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1 tions 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the 

2 full project period of a grant under such section: Provided 

3 further, That in addition to fees authorized by section 

4 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 

5 1986, fees shall be collected for the full disclosure of infor6 mation under such Act sufficient to recover the full costs 

7 of operating the National Practitioner Data Bank and 

8 shall remain available until expended to carry out that 

9 Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the full dis10 closure of information under the ‘‘Health Care Fraud and 

11 Abuse Data Collection Program’’, authorized by section 

12 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, shall be sufficient 

13 to recover the full costs of operating the program, and 

14 shall remain available until expended to carry out that 

15 Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the disclosure 

16 of information under the information reporting require17 ment program authorized by section 1921 of the Social 

18 Security Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs 

19 of operating the program and shall remain available until 

20 expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That 

21 funds transferred to this account to carry out section 846 

22 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act may 

23 be used to make prior year adjustments to awards made 

24 under such sections. 
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1 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

2 For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 

3 PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health, title 

4 V of the Social Security Act, and section 712 of the Amer5 ican Jobs Creation Act of 2004, $858,600,000: Provided, 

6 That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of 

7 the Social Security Act, not more than $78,641,000 shall 

8 be available for carrying out special projects of regional 

9 and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of 

10 such Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects 

11 described in paragraphs (A) through (F) of section 

12 501(a)(3) of such Act. 

13 RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM

14 For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 

15 respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 

16 $2,368,951,000, of which $2,039,242,000 shall remain 

17 available to the Secretary through September 30, 2016, 

18 for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and 

19 of which not less than $943,299,000 shall be for State 

20 AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of 

21 section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act: Provided, That in ad22 dition to amounts provided herein, $25,000,000 shall be 

23 available from amounts available under section 241 of the 

24 PHS Act to carry out parts A, B, C, and D of title XXVI 
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1 of the PHS Act to fund Special Projects of National Sig2 nificance under section 2691. 

3 HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

4 For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 

5 with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 

6 Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $103,515,000, of 

7 which $128,000 shall be available until expended for facili8 ties renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease 

9 Center: Provided, That the Secretary may collect a fee of 

10 0.1 percent of each purchase of 340B drugs from entities 

11 participating in the Drug Pricing Program pursuant to 

12 section 340B of the PHS Act to pay for the operating 

13 costs of such program: Provided further, That fees pursu14 ant to the 340B Drug Pricing Program shall be collected 

15 by the Secretary based on sales data that shall be sub16 mitted by drug manufacturers and shall be credited to this 

17 account, to remain available until expended. 

18 RURAL HEALTH

19 For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 

20 with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 

21 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, the Cardiac Arrest Sur22 vival Act of 2000, and sections 711 and 1820 of the Social 

23 Security Act, $141,798,000, of which $40,958,000 from 

24 general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the 

25 Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the 
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1 Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program: Pro2 vided, That of the funds made available under this heading 

3 for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, $14,942,000 

4 shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital Improve5 ment Grant Program for quality improvement and adop6 tion of health information technology and up to 

7 $1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the 

8 Social Security Act, with funds provided for grants under 

9 section 1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and imple10 mentation of telehealth services, including pilots and dem11 onstrations on the use of electronic health records to co12 ordinate rural veterans care between rural providers and 

13 the Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health 

14 record system: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

15 section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $10,016,000 shall be 

16 available for State Offices of Rural Health. 

17 FAMILY PLANNING

18 For carrying out the program under title X of the 

19 PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning 

20 projects, $327,402,000: Provided, That amounts provided 

21 to said projects under such title shall not be expended for 

22 abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirec23 tive, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any 

24 activity (including the publication or distribution of lit25 erature) that in any way tends to promote public support 
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1 or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for 

2 public office. 

3 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

4 For program support in the Health Resources and 

5 Services Administration, $161,794,000: Provided, That 

6 funds made available under this heading may be used to 

7 supplement program support funding provided under the 

8 headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’, 

9 ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS 

10 Program’’, ‘‘Health Care Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 

11 HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM

12 ACCOUNT

13 Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pur14 pose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the PHS 

15 Act. For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran16 teed loan program, including section 709 of the PHS Act, 

17 $2,807,000. 

18 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND

19 For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 

20 Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 

21 may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re22 lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 

23 after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 

24 XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 

25 Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 
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1 to exceed $6,464,000 shall be available from the Trust 

2 Fund to the Secretary. 

3 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

4 IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES

5 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 

6 section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immi7 gration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Ref8 ugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to immuniza9 tion and respiratory diseases, $575,095,000: Provided, 

10 That in addition to amounts provided herein, $12,864,000 

11 shall be available from amounts available under section 

12 241 of the PHS Act to carry out the National Immuniza13 tion Surveys. 

14 HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED

15 DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION

16 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, XXIII, and 

17 XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral 

18 hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis 

19 prevention, $1,097,823,000. 

20 EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

21 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 

22 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration 

23 and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Edu24 cation Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and 

25 zoonotic infectious diseases, $283,237,000, of which 
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1 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for costs 

2 related to persons quarantined or isolated pursuant to 

3 Federal quarantine orders. 

4 CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH

5 PROMOTION

6 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and 

7 XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre8 vention and health promotion, $774,831,000: Provided, 

9 That the proportional funding requirements under section 

10 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made 

11 available under this heading: Provided further, That funds 

12 appropriated under this account may be available for mak13 ing grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act for not 

14 less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations. 

15 BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 

16 DISABILITIES AND HEALTH

17 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 

18 PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis19 abilities, disabilities and health, $123,483,000. 

20 PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES

21 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

22 Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, 

23 informatics, and workforce development, $143,726,000: 

24 Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 

25 $247,769,000 shall be available from amounts available 
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1 under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out public 

2 health scientific services. 

3 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

4 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

5 Act with respect to environmental health, $113,827,000. 

6 INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

7 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

8 Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 

9 $162,456,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

10 this heading may be used to fund evaluation, research, and 

11 pilot programs for sexual violence prevention programs. 

12 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

13 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

14 Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, 501, and 

15 514 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 

16 13 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Re17 sponse Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupa18 tional Safety and Health Act, with respect to occupational 

19 safety and health, $181,551,000: Provided, That in addi20 tion to amounts provided herein, $110,724,000 shall be 

21 available from amounts available under section 241 of the 

22 PHS Act. 
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1 ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS

2 COMPENSATION PROGRAM

3 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 

4 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

5 Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 

7 the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 

8 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 

9 GLOBAL HEALTH

10 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

11 Act with respect to global health, $391,964,000, of which 

12 $116,883,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain 

13 available through September 30, 2015, and of which 

14 $10,000,000 shall remain available through September 

15 30, 2015, to support national public health institutes: Pro16 vided, That funds may be used for purchase and insurance 

17 of official motor vehicles in foreign countries. 

18 PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

19 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

20 Act with respect to public health preparedness and re21 sponse, and for expenses necessary to support activities 

22 related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radio23 logical, and chemical threats to civilian populations, 

24 $1,292,498,000, of which $495,602,000 shall remain 

25 available until expended for the Strategic National Stock-
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1 pile: Provided, That in the event the Director of the CDC 

2 activates the Emergency Operations Center, the Director 

3 of the CDC may detail CDC staff without reimbursement 

4 for up to 30 days to support the work of the CDC Emer5 gency Operations Center, so long as the Director provides 

6 a notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Senate within 15 days 

8 of the use of this authority and a full report within 30 

9 days after use of this authority which includes the number 

10 of staff and funding level broken down by the originating 

11 center and number of days detailed: Provided further, 

12 That in the previous proviso the annual reimbursement 

13 cannot exceed $3,000,000 across CDC. 

14 CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 

17 section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi18 ties and program support that supplement activities fund19 ed under the headings ‘‘Immunization and Respiratory 

20 Diseases’’, ‘‘HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Trans21 mitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis Prevention’’, ‘‘Emerg22 ing and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases’’, ‘‘Chronic Disease 

23 Prevention and Health Promotion’’, ‘‘Birth Defects, De24 velopmental Disabilities, Disabilities and Health’’, ‘‘Envi25 ronmental Health’’, ‘‘Injury Prevention and Control’’, 
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1 ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health’’, ‘‘Energy Employees 

2 Occupational Illness Compensation Program’’, ‘‘Global 

3 Health’’, ‘‘Public Health Preparedness and Response’’, 

4 and ‘‘Public Health Scientific Services’’, $616,563,000, of 

5 which $394,004,000 shall be available until September 30, 

6 2015, for business services and transfer to the Working 

7 Capital Fund, and of which $24,805,000 shall be available 

8 until September 30, 2018, for acquisition of real property, 

9 equipment, construction and renovation of facilities: Pro10 vided, That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) 

11 of section 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 

12 appropriated under this heading and in all other accounts 

13 of the CDC: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

14 under this heading and in all other accounts of CDC may 

15 be used to support the purchase, hire, maintenance, and 

16 operation of aircraft for use and support of the activities 

17 of CDC: Provided further, That employees of CDC or the 

18 Public Health Service, both civilian and commissioned of19 ficers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other organiza20 tions under authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or 

21 in overseas assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal 

22 employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be in23 cluded within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agen24 cy, Service, or HHS during the period of detail or assign25 ment: Provided further, That CDC may use up to $10,000 
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1 from amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act for official 

2 reception and representation expenses when specifically 

3 approved by the Director of CDC: Provided further, That 

4 in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized 

5 user fees, which shall be credited to the appropriation 

6 charged with the cost thereof: Provided further, That with 

7 respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees from 

8 the Vessel Sanitation Program shall be available through 

9 September 30, 2015: Provided further, That of the funds 

10 made available under this heading and in all other ac11 counts of CDC, up to $1,000 per eligible employee of CDC 

12 shall be made available until expended for Individual 

13 Learning Accounts: Provided further, That to facilitate the 

14 implementation of the permanent Working Capital Fund 

15 (‘‘WCF’’) authorized under this heading in division F of 

16 Public Law 112–74, on or after October 1, 2013, unobli17 gated balances of amounts appropriated for business serv18 ices for fiscal year 2013 shall be transferred to the WCF: 

19 Provided further, That on or after October 1, 2013, CDC 

20 shall transfer amounts available for business services to 

21 other CDC appropriations consistent with the benefit each 

22 appropriation received from the business services appro23 priation in fiscal year 2013: Provided further, That once 

24 the WCF is implemented in fiscal year 2014, assets pur25 chased in any prior fiscal year with funds appropriated 
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1 for or reimbursed to business services may be transferred 

2 to the WCF and customers billed for depreciation of those 

3 assets: Provided further, That CDC shall, consistent with 

4 the authorities provided in 42 U.S.C. 231, ensure that the 

5 WCF is used only for administrative support services and 

6 not for programmatic activities: Provided further, That 

7 CDC shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 

8 House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 

9 15 days prior to any transfers made with funds provided 

10 under this heading. 

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

12 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

14 Act with respect to cancer, $5,091,885,000, of which up 

15 to $8,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and im16 provements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick 

17 Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 

18 Frederick, Maryland. 

19 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

20 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

21 Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood dis22 eases, and blood and blood products, $3,077,916,000. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL

2 RESEARCH

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

4 Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 

5 $409,947,000. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND

7 KIDNEY DISEASES

8 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

9 Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis10 ease, $1,799,745,000. 

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

12 AND STROKE

13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

14 Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 

15 $1,631,703,000. 

16 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS

17 DISEASES

18 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

19 Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 

20 $4,548,383,000. 

21 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

22 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

23 Act with respect to general medical sciences, 

24 $2,435,570,000: Provided, That not less than 
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1 $275,957,000 is provided for the Institutional Develop2 ment Awards program. 

3 EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

4 CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

5 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

6 Act with respect to child health and human development, 

7 $1,330,459,000. 

8 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

9 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

10 Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 

11 $701,407,000. 

12 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

13 SCIENCES

14 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

15 Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 

16 $686,753,000. 

17 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

18 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

19 Act with respect to aging, $1,185,439,000. 

20 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND

21 MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

22 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

23 Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 

24 diseases, $537,398,000. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER

2 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

4 Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis5 orders, $420,125,000. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

8 Act with respect to nursing research, $145,272,000. 

9 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND

10 ALCOHOLISM

11 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

12 Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 

13 $460,765,000. 

14 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

15 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

16 Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,064,490,000. 

17 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

18 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

19 Act with respect to mental health, $1,456,041,000. 

20 NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

21 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

22 Act with respect to human genome research, 

23 $513,881,000. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND

2 BIOENGINEERING

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

4 Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 

5 research, $337,728,000. 

6 NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND

7 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

8 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

9 Act with respect to complementary and alternative medi10 cine, $128,183,000. 

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND

12 HEALTH DISPARITIES

13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

14 Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 

15 research, $281,416,000. 

16 JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

17 For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 

18 International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 

19 title IV of the PHS Act), $72,380,000. 

20 NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL

21 SCIENCES

22 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

23 Act with respect to translational sciences, $661,264,000: 

24 Provided, That up to $50,000,000 shall be available to im-
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1 plement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures 

2 Acceleration Network. 

3 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

4 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

5 Act with respect to health information communications, 

6 $379,712,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available until 

7 September 30, 2015, for improvement of information sys8 tems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2014, the National Li9 brary of Medicine may enter into personal services con10 tracts for the provision of services in facilities owned, oper11 ated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the National 

12 Institutes of Health (referred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’): 

13 Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 

14 herein, $8,200,000 shall be available from amounts avail15 able under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out the 

16 purposes of the National Information Center on Health 

17 Services Research and Health Care Technology estab18 lished under section 478A of the PHS Act and related 

19 health information services. 

20 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

21 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 

22 the Director, NIH, $1,463,606,000, of which up to 

23 $25,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 213 of this 

24 Act: Provided, That funding shall be available for the pur25 chase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for re-
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1 placement only: Provided further, That NIH is authorized 

2 to collect third-party payments for the cost of clinical serv3 ices that are incurred in NIH research facilities and that 

4 such payments shall be credited to the NIH Management 

5 Fund: Provided further, That all funds credited to the 

6 NIH Management Fund shall remain available for one fis7 cal year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited: 

8 Provided further, That up to $165,000,000 shall be avail9 able for continuation of the National Children’s Study 

10 (‘‘NCS’’), except that not later than July 15, 2014, the 

11 Director shall estimate the amount needed for the NCS 

12 during fiscal year 2014, and any funds in excess of the 

13 estimated need may be transferred by the NIH Director 

14 within the Office of the Director or to NIH Institutes or 

15 Centers for priority activities: Provided further, That 

16 $568,151,000 shall be available for the Common Fund es17 tablished under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: Pro18 vided further, That of the funds provided $10,000 shall 

19 be for official reception and representation expenses when 

20 specifically approved by the Director of the NIH: Provided 

21 further, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Of22 fice of the Director of the NIH may spend up to 

23 $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or renovation 

24 of facilities as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the 

25 PHS Act. 
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For the study of, construction or demolition of, ren3 ovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of 

4 or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 

5 $125,308,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2018. 

7 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 MENTAL HEALTH

10 For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 

11 Act with respect to mental health, and the Protection and 

12 Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, 

13 $1,038,243,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

14 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for car15 rying out section 520A shall be available for carrying out 

16 section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That in 

17 addition to amounts provided herein, $21,039,000 shall be 

18 available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out 

19 subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 

20 section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data 

21 collection and evaluation activities, and further that the 

22 total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities 

23 shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated 

24 for subpart I of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That 

25 section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to 
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1 funds appropriated under this Act for fiscal year 2014: 

2 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 

3 this heading, $46,000,000 shall be for the National Child 

4 Traumatic Stress Initiative as described in section 582 of 

5 the PHS Act: Provided further, That States shall expend 

6 at least 5 percent of the amount each receives for carrying 

7 out section 1911 of the PHS Act to support evidence8 based programs that address the needs of individuals with 

9 early serious mental illness, including psychotic disorders, 

10 regardless of the age of the individual at onset. 

11 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

12 For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 

13 Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and section 

14 1922(a) of the PHS Act with respect to substance abuse 

15 prevention, $2,047,107,000: Provided, That in addition to 

16 amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be 

17 available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) 

18 $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX 

19 of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assist20 ance, national data, data collection and evaluation activi21 ties, and further that the total available under this Act 

22 for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent 

23 of the amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of 

24 title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse 

25 treatment programs. 
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1 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION

2 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 

3 with respect to substance abuse prevention, $175,631,000. 

4 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

5 For program support and cross-cutting activities that 

6 supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 

7 Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 

8 Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 

9 of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi10 viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse 

11 and Mental Health Services Administration, 

12 $136,296,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts pro13 vided herein, $30,428,000 shall be available under section 

14 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds available to 

15 carry out national surveys on drug abuse and mental 

16 health, to collect and analyze program data, and to con17 duct public awareness and technical assistance activities: 

18 Provided further, That, in addition, fees may be collected 

19 for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations, and 

20 data analysis completed under title V of the PHS Act and 

21 provided to a public or private entity upon request, which 

22 shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain 

23 available until expended for such purposes: Provided fur24 ther, That funds made available under this heading may 

25 be used to supplement program support funding provided 
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1 under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse 

2 Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’. 

3 AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

4 HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

5 For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, 

6 part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 

7 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, 

8 and Modernization Act of 2003, $364,008,000 shall be 

9 available from amounts available under section 241 of the 

10 PHS Act, notwithstanding subsection 947(c) of such Act: 

11 Provided, That in addition, amounts received from Free12 dom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and inter13 agency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited 

14 to this appropriation and shall remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2015. 

16 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES

17 GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

18 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

19 XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $177,872,985,000, 

20 to remain available until expended. 

21 For making, after May 31, 2014, payments to States 

22 under title XIX or in the case of section 1928 on behalf 

23 of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for 

24 the last quarter of fiscal year 2014 for unanticipated costs 
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1 incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be 

2 necessary. 

3 For making payments to States or in the case of sec4 tion 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social 

5 Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, 

6 $103,472,323,000, to remain available until expended. 

7 Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 

8 quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 

9 in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 

10 such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent 

11 quarter. 

12 PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

13 For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance 

14 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In15 surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 

16 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 

17 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 

18 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for 

19 administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 

20 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $255,697,000,000. 

21 In addition, for making matching payments under 

22 section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D– 

23 16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated 

24 in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 
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1 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

2 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

3 XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 

4 XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 

5 Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil6 ities of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 

7 not to exceed $5,217,357,000, to be transferred from the 

8 Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 

9 Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as author10 ized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together 

11 with all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of 

12 the PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security 

13 Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 

14 302 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; and 

15 such sums as may be collected from authorized user fees 

16 and the sale of data, which shall be credited to this ac17 count and remain available until September 30, 2019: Pro18 vided, That all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 

19 9701 from organizations established under title XIII of 

20 the PHS Act shall be credited to and available for carrying 

21 out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided further, 

22 That the Secretary is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 

23 2014 from Medicare Advantage organizations pursuant to 

24 section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eli25 gible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under sec-
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1 tion 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) 

2 of that Act. 

3 HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT

4 In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro5 gram integrity and program management, $640,000,000, 

6 to remain available through September 30, 2015, to be 

7 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 

8 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 

9 Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 

10 Security Act, of which $429,846,000 shall be for the Cen11 ters for Medicare and Medicaid Services Program Integ12 rity Activities, including administrative costs, to conduct 

13 oversight activities for the Medicare program, including 

14 but not limited to Medicare Advantage and the Medicare 

15 Prescription Drug Program authorized in title XVIII of 

16 the Social Security Act, and for activities described in sec17 tion 1893 of such Act and for Medicaid and Children’s 

18 Health Insurance Program integrity activities, of which 

19 $107,541,000 shall be for the Department of Health and 

20 Human Services Office of Inspector General to carry out 

21 fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 

22 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which $102,613,000 shall 

23 be for the Department of Justice to carry out fraud and 

24 abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such 

25 Act: Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
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1 heading, $311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of 

2 section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 

4 $329,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified 

5 for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided 

6 further, That the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of 

7 the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2014 shall include 

8 measures of the operational efficiency and impact on 

9 fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and 

10 CHIP programs for the funds provided by this appropria11 tion. 

12 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

13 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT

14 ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

15 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided under 

16 titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security 

17 Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, $2,965,245,000, to re18 main available until expended; and for such purposes for 

19 the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, $1,250,000,000, to 

20 remain available until expended. 

21 For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 

22 payments to States or other non-Federal entities under 

23 titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security 

24 Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months 
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1 of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred 

2 for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

3 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

4 For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 

5 of section 2602 of the Low Income Home Energy Assist6 ance Act of 1981, $3,614,729,000: Provided, That all but 

7 $496,000,000 of this amount shall be allocated as though 

8 the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 

9 2014 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, 

10 That notwithstanding section 2609A(a), of the amounts 

11 appropriated under section 2602(b), not more than 

12 $2,988,000 of such amounts may be reserved by the Sec13 retary for technical assistance, training, and monitoring 

14 of program activities for compliance with internal controls, 

15 policies and procedures and may, in addition to the au16 thorities provided in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds 

17 through contracts with private entities that do not qualify 

18 as nonprofit organizations. 

19 REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

20 For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as21 sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi22 gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref23 ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying 

24 out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 

25 section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
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1 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking 

2 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), section 203 

3 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

4 of 2005, and the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, 

5 $1,121,432,000 of which $1,092,612,000 shall remain 

6 available through September 30, 2016 for carrying out 

7 such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235: Provided, That 

8 amounts available under this heading to carry out such 

9 section 203 and the TVPA shall also be available for re10 search and evaluation with respect to activities under 

11 those authorities. 

12 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND

13 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

14 For carrying out the Child Care and Development 

15 Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), 

16 $2,500,000,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant 

17 State general revenue funds for child care assistance for 

18 low-income families: Provided, That $19,357,000 shall be 

19 available for child care resource and referral and school20 aged child care activities, of which $996,000 shall be avail21 able to the Secretary for a competitive grant for the oper22 ation of a national toll free referral line and Web site to 

23 develop and disseminate child care consumer education in24 formation for parents and help parents access child care 

25 in their local community: Provided further, That, in addi-
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1 tion to the amounts required to be reserved by the States 

2 under section 658G of the CCDBG Act, $296,484,000 

3 shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized 

4 under section 658G, of which $108,732,000 shall be for 

5 activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler 

6 care: Provided further, That in addition to the amounts 

7 in the previous proviso, $110,000,000 shall be made avail8 able, using the allocation formula in section 658O of the 

9 CCDBG Act, for grants to each State, territory, and In10 dian tribe that submits a plan to be approved by the Sec11 retary demonstrating how it will use these funds to im12 prove the quality of child care, including the quality of 

13 the child care workforce and health and safety measures: 

14 Provided further, That $9,851,000 shall be for use by the 

15 Secretary for child care research, demonstration, and eval16 uation activities. 

17 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

18 For making grants to States pursuant to section 

19 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro20 vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 

21 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified 

22 under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 

23 programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 

24 percent. 
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1 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

2 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 

3 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, 

4 the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 

5 303 and 313 of the Family Violence Prevention and Serv6 ices Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title 

7 II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and 

8 Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), 

9 the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, part B– 

10 1 of title IV and sections 413, 1110, and 1115 of the So11 cial Security Act; for making payments under the Commu12 nity Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’), sections 

13 473B and 477(i) of the Social Security Act, and the As14 sets for Independence Act; for necessary administrative 

15 expenses to carry out such Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, 

16 XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act, the 

17 Act of July 5, 1960, the Low Income Home Energy As18 sistance Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and Na19 tionality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education 

20 Assistance Act of 1980; and for the administration of 

21 prior year obligations made by the Administration for 

22 Children and Families under the Developmental Disabil23 ities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act and the Help Amer24 ica Vote Act of 2002, $11,412,114,000, of which 

25 $39,268,000, to remain available through September 30, 
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1 2015, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive 

2 payments, as authorized by section 473A of the Social Se3 curity Act and may be made for adoptions completed be4 fore September 30, 2014: Provided, That $9,621,070,000 

5 shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act: 

6 Provided further, That of the amount in the previous pro7 viso, $8,165,694,000 shall be available for payments 

8 under section 640 of the Head Start Act and $25,000,000 

9 shall be available for allocation by the Secretary to supple10 ment activities described in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of 

11 section 641(c) of such Act under the Designation Renewal 

12 System, established under the authority of sections 

13 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12) and 645A(d) of such Act: Pro14 vided further, That amounts allocated to Head Start 

15 grantees at the discretion of the Secretary to supplement 

16 activities pursuant to the previous proviso shall not be in17 cluded in the calculation of the ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent 

18 fiscal years, as such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) 

19 of the Head Start Act: Provided further, That for purposes 

20 of allocating funds under section 640 of the Head Start 

21 Act, subsection (a)(2) of such section shall be applied by 

22 substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ for ‘‘the prior fiscal year’’ 

23 each place it appears in such subsection: Provided further, 

24 That notwithstanding section 640 of the Head Start Act, 

25 of the amount provided for making payments under the 
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1 Head Start Act, $1,430,376,000 shall be available to enti2 ties defined as eligible under section 645A(d) of such Act 

3 for expansion of Early Head Start programs as described 

4 in section 645A of such Act, for conversion of Head Start 

5 services to Early Head Start services as described in sec6 tion 645(a)(5)(A) of such Act, and for new discretionary 

7 grants for high quality infant and toddler care through 

8 Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, and, notwith9 standing section 645A(c)(2) of such Act, these funds are 

10 available to serve children under age 4: Provided further, 

11 That of the amount made available in the immediately pre12 ceding proviso, up to $15,000,000 shall be available for 

13 the Federal costs of administration and evaluation activi14 ties of the program described in such proviso: Provided 

15 further, That an Early Head Start agency awarded funds 

16 for an Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership after Oc17 tober 1, 2014, shall not be subject to the requirements 

18 of the system for designation renewal as defined by section 

19 641 of the Head Start Act, for this award only, prior to 

20 18 months after the date of such award: Provided further, 

21 That $711,857,000 shall be for making payments under 

22 the CSBG Act: Provided further, That $36,204,000 shall 

23 be for sections 680 and 678E(b)(2) of the CSBG Act, of 

24 which not less than $29,883,000 shall be for section 

25 680(a)(2) and not less than $5,971,000 shall be for sec-
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1 tion 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That to 

2 the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are dis3 tributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity 

4 as provided under the CSBG Act, and have not been ex5 pended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity 

6 for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by 

7 such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided 

8 further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures re9 garding the disposition of intangible assets and program 

10 income that permit such assets acquired with, and pro11 gram income derived from, grant funds authorized under 

12 section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property 

13 of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years 

14 after the end of the grant period for any activity consistent 

15 with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided fur16 ther, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity 

17 investments and other debt instruments, and program in18 come may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose 

19 consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: 

20 Provided further, That these procedures shall apply to 

21 such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: 

22 Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 

23 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing 

24 construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments 

25 in private business enterprises owned by community devel-
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1 opment corporations: Provided further, That to the extent 

2 funds provided in this Act for the Assets for Independence 

3 Act are distributed as grant funds to a qualified entity 

4 and have not been expended by such entity within three 

5 years after the date of award, such funds may be recap6 tured and reallocated among other qualified entities, to re7 main available to such other qualified entities for five 

8 years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 

9 414(e) of the Assets for Independence Act, the Secretary 

10 may award up to $1,000,000 to support evidence-based 

11 research to evaluate the demonstration project: Provided 

12 further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 

13 $5,762,000 shall be available from amounts available 

14 under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out the provi15 sions of section 1110 of the Social Security Act: Provided 

16 further, That amounts provided under this heading to 

17 carry out section 1110 of the Social Security Act, other 

18 than amounts made available for that purpose under the 

19 immediately preceding proviso, shall remain available until 

20 expended: Provided further, That section 303(a)(2)(A)(i) 

21 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act shall 

22 not apply to amounts provided herein: Provided further, 

23 That $1,988,000 shall be for a human services case man24 agement system for federally declared disasters, to include 

25 a comprehensive national case management contract and 
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1 Federal costs of administering the system: Provided fur2 ther, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the 

3 Public Assistance Reporting Information System, includ4 ing grants to States to support data collection for a study 

5 of the system’s effectiveness. 

6 PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

7 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sec8 tion 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and in 

9 addition, for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, 

10 section 437 of such Act, $63,065,000. 

11 PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY

12 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 

13 IV–E of the Social Security Act, $4,806,000,000. 

14 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 

15 IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of 

16 fiscal year 2015, $2,200,000,000. 

17 For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 

18 payments to States or other non-Federal entities under 

19 section 474 of title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for 

20 the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unantici21 pated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 

22 as may be necessary. 
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1 ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING

2 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro5 vided, the OAA, titles III and XXIX of the PHS Act, sec6 tion 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and 

7 Providers Act of 2008, section 6021(d) of the Deficit Re8 duction Act of 2005, title XX–B of the Social Security 

9 Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of 

10 Rights Act, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the 

11 Help America Vote Act of 2002, and for Department-wide 

12 coordination of policy and program activities that assist 

13 individuals with disabilities, $1,664,549,000, together 

14 with $52,115,000 to be transferred from the Federal Hos15 pital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple16 mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out sec17 tion 4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

18 1990: Provided, That amounts appropriated under this 

19 heading may be used for grants to States under section 

20 361 of the OAA only for disease prevention and health 

21 promotion programs and activities which have been dem22 onstrated through rigorous evaluation to be evidence23 based and effective: Provided further, That none of the 

24 funds provided shall be used to carry out sections 1701 

25 and 1703 of the PHS Act (with respect to chronic disease 
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1 self-management activity grants), except that such funds 

2 may be used for necessary expenses associated with ad3 ministering any such grants awarded prior to the date of 

4 the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwith5 standing any other provision of this Act, funds made avail6 able under this heading to carry out section 311 of the 

7 OAA may be transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture 

8 in accordance with such section. 

9 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

10 GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

12 general departmental management, including hire of pas13 senger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 

14 XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 

15 States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and re16 search studies under section 1110 of the Social Security 

17 Act, $447,208,000, together with $70,173,000 from the 

18 amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to 

19 carry out national health or human services research and 

20 evaluation activities: Provided, That of this amount, 

21 $53,891,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and 

22 treatment activities: Provided further, That of the funds 

23 made available under this heading, $104,790,000 shall be 

24 for making competitive contracts and grants to public and 

25 private entities to fund medically accurate and age appro-
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1 priate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for the 

2 Federal costs associated with administering and evalu3 ating such contracts and grants, of which not less than 

4 $75,000,000 shall be for replicating programs that have 

5 been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to re6 duce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying 

7 teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, of 

8 which not less than $25,000,000 shall be available for re9 search and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, re10 fine, and test additional models and innovative strategies 

11 for preventing teenage pregnancy, and of which any re12 maining amounts shall be available for training and tech13 nical assistance, evaluation, outreach, and additional pro14 gram support activities: Provided further, That of the 

15 amounts provided under this heading from amounts avail16 able under section 241 of the PHS Act, $8,455,000 shall 

17 be available to carry out evaluations (including longitu18 dinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention ap19 proaches: Provided further, That of the funds made avail20 able under this heading, $1,750,000 is for strengthening 

21 the Department’s acquisition workforce capacity and capa22 bilities: Provided further, That with respect to the previous 

23 proviso, such funds shall be available for training, recruit24 ment, retention and hiring members of the acquisition 

25 workforce as defined by 41 U.S.C. 1703, and for informa-
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1 tion technology in support of acquisition workforce effec2 tiveness or for management solutions to improve acquisi3 tion management. 

4 OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS

5 For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare 

6 Hearings and Appeals, $82,381,000, to be transferred in 

7 appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance 

8 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In9 surance Trust Fund. 

10 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH

11 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

12 For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 

13 Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 

14 grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de15 velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor16 mation technology, $20,290,000: Provided, That in addi17 tion to amounts provided herein, $51,307,000 shall be 

18 available from amounts available under section 241 of the 

19 PHS Act: Provided further, That health information tech20 nology user fees collected in fiscal year 2014, as provided 

21 in this Act, shall be credited to this account as offsetting 

22 collections, to remain available until expended. 

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

25 General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 
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1 investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec2 tor General Act of 1978, $59,879,000: Provided, That of 

3 such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro4 viding protective services to the Secretary and inves5 tigating non-payment of child support cases for which non6 payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228. 

7 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

8 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 

9 Rights, $42,205,000. 

10 RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR

11 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

12 For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 

13 Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 

14 law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

15 Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med16 ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 

17 Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 

18 required during the current fiscal year. 

19 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY

20 FUND

21 For expenses necessary to support activities related 

22 to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, 

23 chemical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, 

24 and for other public health emergencies, $873,391,000, of 

25 which $415,000,000 shall remain available through Sep-
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1 tember 30, 2015, for expenses necessary to support ad2 vanced research and development pursuant to section 

3 319L of the PHS Act, and other administrative expenses 

4 of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 

5 Authority, and of which up to $5,000,000 shall remain 

6 available through September 30, 2016, to support the de7 livery of medical countermeasures and shall be in addition 

8 to any other amounts available for such purpose: Provided, 

9 That funds provided under this heading for the purpose 

10 of acquisition of security countermeasures shall be in addi11 tion to any other funds available for such purpose: Pro12 vided further, That products purchased with funds pro13 vided under this heading may, at the discretion of the Sec14 retary, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile 

15 pursuant to section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided fur16 ther, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made available to 

17 support emergency operations shall remain available 

18 through September 30, 2016: Provided further, That of 

19 the amounts made available under this heading, 

20 $15,000,000 shall remain available through September 

21 30, 2015, for the purposes of establishing and funding, 

22 using for either such purpose contracts, grants, coopera23 tive agreements, or other transactions as described in sec24 tion 319L of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e), a stra25 tegic investment corporation, which shall not be deemed 
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1 to be a Federal agency for any purpose, to further the 

2 purposes of such section 319L to foster innovation in the 

3 development of medical countermeasures. 

4 For necessary expenses for procuring security coun5 termeasures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the 

6 PHS Act), $250,000,000, to remain available until ex7 pended. 

8 For expenses necessary to prepare for and respond 

9 to an influenza pandemic, $140,009,000; of which 

10 $108,000,000 shall be available until expended, for activi11 ties including the development and purchase of vaccine, 

12 antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and 

13 other surveillance tools: Provided further, That notwith14 standing section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may be 

15 used for the construction or renovation of privately owned 

16 facilities for the production of pandemic influenza vaccines 

17 and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such construc18 tion or renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies 

19 of such vaccines or biologics. 

20 In addition, for expenses necessary for replacement 

21 of building leases and associated renovation costs for Pub22 lic Health Service agencies and other components of HHS, 

23 including relocation and fit-out costs, $41,000,000, to re24 main available until expended. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 

3 available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 

4 and representation expenses when specifically approved by 

5 the Secretary. 

6 SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through 

7 assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 

8 Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 

9 work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 

10 by the Agency for International Development, the United 

11 Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 

12 World Health Organization. 

13 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this title 

14 shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 

15 a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 

16 of Executive Level II. 

17 SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

18 may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 

19 except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or 

20 for other taps and assessments made by any office located 

21 in HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a re22 port by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropria23 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate de24 tailing the planned uses of such funds. 
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1 SEC. 205. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 

2 PHS Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, 

3 but not more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appro4 priated for programs authorized under such Act shall be 

5 made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants 

6 or contracts) of the implementation and effectiveness of 

7 such programs. 

8 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 206. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre10 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro12 priated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act 

13 may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 

14 appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 

15 by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer author16 ity granted by this section shall not be used to create any 

17 new program or to fund any project or activity for which 

18 no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That 

19 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 

21 in advance of any transfer. 

22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 207. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 

24 Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 

25 to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 
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1 amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 

2 research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 

3 Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 

4 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 

5 least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

6 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 208. Of the amounts made available in this Act 

8 for NIH, the amount for research related to the human 

9 immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Di10 rector of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Re11 search, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS 

12 Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS 

13 Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec14 essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 

15 SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

16 may be made available to any entity under title X of the 

17 PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to 

18 the Secretary that it encourages family participation in 

19 the decision of minors to seek family planning services and 

20 that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist at21 tempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 

22 SEC. 210. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act 

24 shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification 
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1 or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual 

2 abuse, rape, or incest. 

3 SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 

5 used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 

6 Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth7 erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or8 ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 

9 it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 

10 referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

11 make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita12 tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially 

13 sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv14 ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth15 ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi16 care program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare 

17 Advantage organization described in this section shall be 

18 responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain infor19 mation about all Medicare covered services. 

20 SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out inter21 national health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other 

22 infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and 

23 other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2014: 

24 (1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiv25 alent to that available to the Secretary of State in 
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1 section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authori2 ties Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with 

3 the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission 

4 to ensure that the authority provided in this section 

5 is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 

6 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other appli7 cable statutes administered by the Department of 

8 State. 

9 (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 

10 funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 

11 of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac12 quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage13 ment of facilities outside of the United States for 

14 the use of HHS. The Department of State shall co15 operate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS 

16 has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply 

17 with applicable regulation governing location, set18 back, and other facilities requirements and serve the 

19 purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is 

20 authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of 

21 State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 

22 make available to public or nonprofit private institu23 tions or agencies in participating foreign countries, 

24 funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in 

25 those countries as necessary to conduct programs of 
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1 assistance for international health activities, includ2 ing activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec3 tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, 

4 and other health activities abroad. 

5 (3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 

6 personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 

7 serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to 

8 those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the For9 eign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 

10 through 4086 and subject to such regulations pre11 scribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further 

12 authorized to provide locality-based comparability 

13 payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount 

14 of the locality-based comparability payment (stated 

15 as a percentage) that would be payable to such per16 sonnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States 

17 Code if such personnel’s official duty station were in 

18 the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for per19 sonnel under this subsection shall be on the same 

20 basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 

21 63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of 

22 the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serv23 ing in the Foreign Service. 

24 SEC. 213. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 

25 other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 
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1 may use funds available under section 402(b)(7) or 

2 402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to enter into transactions 

3 (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) 

4 to carry out research identified pursuant to such section 

5 402(b)(7) (pertaining to the Common Fund) or research 

6 and activities described in such section 402(b)(12). 

7 (b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 

8 under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer 

9 review procedures (including consultation with appropriate 

10 scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro11 priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 

12 merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions 

13 in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review pro14 cedures that would otherwise be required under sections 

15 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, 

16 and 494 of the PHS Act. 

17 SEC. 214. Funds which are available for Individual 

18 Learning Accounts for employees of CDC and the Agency 

19 for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (‘‘ATSDR’’) 

20 may be transferred to appropriate accounts of CDC, to 

21 be available only for Individual Learning Accounts: Pro22 vided, That such funds may be used for any individual 

23 full-time equivalent employee while such employee is em24 ployed either by CDC or ATSDR. 
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1 SEC. 215. Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appro2 priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the 

3 National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, 

4 repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the 

5 proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized 

6 herein, at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project. 

7 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 216. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 

9 1 percent of the amount made available for National Re10 search Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available 

11 to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 

12 Administration to make NRSA awards for research in pri13 mary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities 

14 who have received grants or contracts under section 747 

15 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made avail16 able for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of 

17 the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make 

18 NRSA awards for health service research. 

19 SEC. 217. Funds provided to the National Institutes 

20 of Health in this and subsequent acts may be used to sup21 port the Sanctuary System for Surplus Chimpanzees au22 thorized by section 404K of the PHS Act, including for 

23 the construction, renovation, and funding of current or ad24 ditional facilities of the sanctuary system as authorized 
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1 by section 404K, notwithstanding the limitations in sub2 section (g) of such section. 

3 SEC. 218. None of the funds made available in this 

4 title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro5 mote gun control. 

6 SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall establish a publicly 

7 accessible Web site to provide information regarding the 

8 uses of funds made available under section 4002 of the 

9 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 

10 (‘‘ACA’’). 

11 (b) With respect to funds provided under section 

12 4002 of the ACA, the Secretary shall include on the Web 

13 site established under subsection (a) at a minimum the 

14 following information: 

15 (1) In the case of each transfer of funds under 

16 section 4002(c), a statement indicating the program 

17 or activity receiving funds, the operating division or 

18 office that will administer the funds, and the 

19 planned uses of the funds, to be posted not later 

20 than the day after the transfer is made. 

21 (2) Identification (along with a link to the full 

22 text) of each funding opportunity announcement, re23 quest for proposals, or other announcement or solici24 tation of proposals for grants, cooperative agree25 ments, or contracts intended to be awarded using 
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1 such funds, to be posted not later than the day after 

2 the announcement or solicitation is issued. 

3 (3) Identification of each grant, cooperative 

4 agreement, or contract with a value of $25,000 or 

5 more awarded using such funds, including the pur6 pose of the award and the identity of the recipient, 

7 to be posted not later than 5 days after the award 

8 is made. 

9 (4) A report detailing the uses of all funds 

10 transferred under section 4002(c) during the fiscal 

11 year, to be posted not later than 90 days after the 

12 end of the fiscal year. 

13 (c) With respect to awards made in fiscal years 2013 

14 and 2014, the Secretary shall also include on the Web site 

15 established under subsection (a), semi-annual reports from 

16 each entity awarded a grant, cooperative agreement, or 

17 contract from such funds with a value of $25,000 or more, 

18 summarizing the activities undertaken and identifying any 

19 sub-grants or sub-contracts awarded (including the pur20 pose of the award and the identity of the recipient), to 

21 be posted not later than 30 days after the end of each 

22 6-month period. 

23 (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall: 
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1 (1) present the information required in sub2 section (b)(1) on a single webpage or on a single 

3 database; 

4 (2) ensure that all information required in this 

5 section is directly accessible from the single webpage 

6 or database; and 

7 (3) ensure that all information required in this 

8 section is able to be organized by program or State. 

9 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 220. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 

11 Act, the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under 

12 section 4002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

13 Care Act of 2010 (‘‘ACA’’) to the accounts specified, in 

14 the amounts specified, and for the activities specified 

15 under the heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ 

16 in the Committee report of the Senate accompanying this 

17 Act. 

18 (b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 

19 Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 

20 (c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 

21 section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with22 out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 

23 SEC. 221. (a) The Secretary shall prescribe by regu24 lation, for application in the current fiscal year and in sub25 sequent fiscal years, a schedule of fees for certification of 
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1 health information technology as established by section 

2 300jj–11(c)(5) of title 42. The fees shall be paid by health 

3 information technology vendors based on the fee structure 

4 established by the Secretary and published in the Federal 

5 Register. The Secretary shall periodically update this 

6 schedule of fees through a notice in the Federal Register. 

7 This fee structure shall be designed to be sufficient to re8 cover costs associated with the administration of certifi9 cation programs authorized by section 300jj–11(c)(5) of 

10 title 42, including the costs for health information tech11 nology standards, testing and certification, and other re12 lated costs for improving the efficiency of certification pro13 grams. 

14 (b) COLLECTION PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall 

15 prescribe procedures to collect the fees. The Secretary 

16 may, for the purpose of collecting fees, use the services 

17 of a department, agency, or instrumentality authorized by 

18 the National Coordinator to perform the certification of 

19 health information technology in accordance with section 

20 300jj–11(c)(5) of title 42, and may reimburse such de21 partment, agency, or instrumentality a reasonable amount 

22 for its services. 

23 (c) COLLECTION, DEPOSIT, AND USE.— 

24 (1) Fees collected under this section shall be 

25 deposited in the HHS Office of the National Coordi-
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1 nator for Health Information Technology account as 

2 offsetting collections. 

3 (2) Such fees shall be collected and available 

4 only to the extent and in such amounts as provided 

5 in advance in appropriations acts. 

6 SEC. 222. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research 

7 and Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into 

8 a contract, for more than one but no more than 10 pro9 gram years, for purchase of research services or of security 

10 countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 

11 2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 

12 if— 

13 (1) funds are available and obligated— 

14 (A) for the full period of the contract or 

15 for the first fiscal year in which the contract is 

16 in effect; and 

17 (B) for the estimated costs associated with 

18 a necessary termination of the contract; and 

19 (2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 

20 contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 

21 Government by encouraging full and open competi22 tion or promoting economy in administration, per23 formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 

24 (b) A contract entered into under this section: 
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1 (1) shall include a termination clause as de2 scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 

3 United States Code; and 

4 (2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 

5 requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 

6 SEC. 223. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 

7 year 2015 budget justification and on Departmental Web 

8 sites information concerning the employment of full-time 

9 equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the pur10 poses of implementing, administering, enforcing, or other11 wise carrying out the provisions of the Patient Protection 

12 and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (‘‘ACA’’), and the 

13 amendments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year 

14 and the 4 prior fiscal years. 

15 (b) With respect to employees or contractors sup16 ported by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying 

17 out the ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), 

18 the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following 

19 information: 

20 (1) For each such fiscal year, the section of 

21 such Act under which such funds were appropriated, 

22 a statement indicating the program, project, or ac23 tivity receiving such funds, the Federal operating di24 vision or office that administers such program, and 
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1 the amount of funding received in discretionary or 

2 mandatory appropriations. 

3 (2) For each such fiscal year, the number of 

4 full-time equivalent employees or contracted employ5 ees assigned to each authorized and funded provision 

6 detailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 

7 (c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may 

8 exclude from the report employees or contractors who: 

9 (1) Are supported through appropriations en10 acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro11 grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 

12 (2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 

13 activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 

14 (3) or who work on contracts for which FTE 

15 reporting is not a requirement of their contract, 

16 such as fixed-price contracts. 

17 SEC. 224. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 

18 338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in 

19 such section may occur up to 60 days after the execution 

20 of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2014 under section 

21 338 of such Act. 

22 SEC. 225. (a) With respect to a contract, contract 

23 option, or modification executed in fiscal year 2014 be24 tween the National Institutes of Health or any of its com25 ponents and the contract operator of a Federally Funded 
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1 Research and Development Center for severable services, 

2 if the period of the contract, option, or modification begins 

3 in one fiscal year, ends in the next fiscal year, and does 

4 not exceed one year, and if the contract, option, or modi5 fication is funded incrementally in the manner specified 

6 in sections 32.703–1(b) and 32.704 of the Federal Acqui7 sition Regulation— 

8 (1) any increment of such contract, contract op9 tion, or modification may begin in one fiscal year 

10 and end in the next fiscal year; and 

11 (2) funds available for the first of such fiscal 

12 years may be obligated for the total amount of such 

13 increment. 

14 (b) The authority provided in this section shall apply 

15 only to funds appropriated in this Act. 

16 SEC. 226. It is the sense of the Senate that American 

17 Health Benefit Exchanges should verify annual household 

18 or individual income prior to making available premium 

19 tax credits under the Patient Protection and Affordable 

20 Care Act (Public Law 111–148), and the amendment 

21 made by that Act. 

22 SEC. 227. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 

23 fiscal year 2015 budget of the President submitted under 

24 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, informa25 tion that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers 
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1 for Medicare and Medicaid Services specifically for Health 

2 Insurance Marketplaces for each fiscal year since the en3 actment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

4 (Public Law 111–148) and the proposed uses for such 

5 funds for fiscal year 2015. Such information shall include, 

6 for each such fiscal year— 

7 (1) the section(s) of such Act under which such 

8 funds were appropriated or used; 

9 (2) the program, project, or activity for which 

10 such funds were used; 

11 (3) the amount of funds that were used for the 

12 Health Insurance Marketplaces within each such 

13 program, project, or activity; and 

14 (4) the milestones completed for data hub 

15 functionality and implementation readiness. 

16 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 

17 and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 

18 TITLE III 

19 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

20 EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

21 For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec22 ondary Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as 

23 ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 418A of the Higher Education Act 

24 of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), 

25 $15,875,231,000, of which $4,941,691,000 shall become 
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1 available on July 1, 2014, and shall remain available 

2 through September 30, 2015, and of which 

3 $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 

4 2014, and shall remain available through September 30, 

5 2015, for academic year 2014–2015: Provided, That 

6 $6,562,024,000 shall be for basic grants under section 

7 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to 

8 $4,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec9 retary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec10 retary’’) on October 1, 2013, to obtain annually updated 

11 local educational agency-level census poverty data from 

12 the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 

13 $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under 

14 section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 

15 $3,344,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 

16 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 

17 $3,344,050,000 shall be for education finance incentive 

18 grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided fur19 ther, That funds available under sections 1124, 1124A, 

20 1125 and 1125A of the ESEA may be used to provide 

21 homeless children and youths with services not ordinarily 

22 provided to other students under those sections, including 

23 supporting the liaison designated pursuant to section 

24 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist25 ance Act, and providing transportation pursuant to section 
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1 722(g)(1)(J)(iii) of such Act: Provided further, That 

2 $3,028,000 shall be to carry out sections 1501 and 1503 

3 of the ESEA: Provided further, That $567,485,000 shall 

4 be available until expended for school improvement grants 

5 under section 1003(g) of the ESEA, which shall be allo6 cated by the Secretary through the formula described in 

7 section 1003(g)(2) and shall be used consistent with the 

8 requirements of section 1003(g), except that State and 

9 local educational agencies may use such funds to serve any 

10 school eligible to receive assistance under part A of title 

11 I that has not made adequate yearly progress for at least 

12 2 years or is in the State’s lowest quintile of performance 

13 based on proficiency rates and, in the case of secondary 

14 schools, priority shall be given to those schools with grad15 uation rates below 60 percent: Provided further, That 

16 funds available for school improvement grants may be 

17 used by a local educational agency to implement a whole18 school reform strategy for a school using an evidence19 based strategy that ensures whole-school reform is under20 taken in partnership with a strategy developer offering a 

21 whole-school reform program that is based on at least a 

22 moderate level of evidence that the program will have a 

23 statistically significant effect on student outcomes, includ24 ing more than one well-designed or well-implemented ex25 perimental or quasi-experimental study: Provided further, 
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1 That funds available for school improvement grants may 

2 be used by a local educational agency to implement an al3 ternative State-determined school improvement strategy 

4 that has been established by a State educational agency 

5 with the approval of the Secretary: Provided further, That 

6 a local educational agency that is determined to be eligible 

7 for services under subpart 1 or 2 of part B of title VI 

8 of the ESEA may modify not more than one element of 

9 a school improvement grant model: Provided further, That 

10 notwithstanding section 1003(g)(5)(A), each State edu11 cational agency may establish a maximum subgrant size 

12 of not more than $2,000,000 for each participating school 

13 applicable to such funds: Provided further, That the Sec14 retary may reserve up to 5 percent of the funds available 

15 for section 1003(g) of the ESEA to carry out activities 

16 to build State and local educational agency capacity to im17 plement effectively the school improvement grants pro18 gram: Provided further, That $164,378,000 shall be avail19 able under section 1502 of the ESEA for a comprehensive 

20 literacy development and education program to advance 

21 literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading, and 

22 writing, for students from birth through grade 12, includ23 ing limited-English-proficient students and students with 

24 disabilities, of which one-half of 1 percent shall be reserved 

25 for the Secretary of the Interior for such a program at 
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1 schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, one2 half of 1 percent shall be reserved for grants to the out3 lying areas for such a program, up to 5 percent may be 

4 reserved for national activities, and the remainder shall 

5 be used to award competitive grants to State educational 

6 agencies for such a program, of which a State educational 

7 agency may reserve up to 5 percent for State leadership 

8 activities, including technical assistance and training, data 

9 collection, reporting, and administration, and shall 

10 subgrant not less than 95 percent to local educational 

11 agencies or, in the case of early literacy, to local edu12 cational agencies or other nonprofit providers of early 

13 childhood education that partner with a public or private 

14 nonprofit organization or agency with a demonstrated 

15 record of effectiveness in improving the early literacy de16 velopment of children from birth through kindergarten 

17 entry and in providing professional development in early 

18 literacy, giving priority to such agencies or other entities 

19 serving greater numbers or percentages of disadvantaged 

20 children: Provided further, That the State educational 

21 agency shall ensure that at least 15 percent of the sub22 granted funds are used to serve children from birth 

23 through age 5, 40 percent are used to serve students in 

24 kindergarten through grade 5, and 40 percent are used 

25 to serve students in middle and high school including an 
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1 equitable distribution of funds between middle and high 

2 schools: Provided further, That eligible entities receiving 

3 subgrants from State educational agencies shall use such 

4 funds for services and activities that have the characteris5 tics of effective literacy instruction through professional 

6 development, screening and assessment, targeted interven7 tions for students reading below grade level and other re8 search-based methods of improving classroom instruction 

9 and practice. 

10 SCHOOL READINESS

11 For carrying out activities authorized by part D of 

12 title V of the ESEA, $750,000,000 for a preschool devel13 opment grants program: Provided, That such funds shall 

14 be available for obligation through December 31, 2014: 

15 Provided further, That the Secretary shall make competi16 tive grants to States to carry out activities that support 

17 high-quality preschool programs for children from families 

18 at or below 200 percent of the Federal poverty line: Pro19 vided further, That the Secretary may permit or require 

20 States to subgrant a portion of grant funds to local edu21 cational agencies, or local educational agencies in partner22 ship with other early learning providers, for the implemen23 tation of high-quality preschool programs for children 

24 from families at or below 200 percent of the Federal pov25 erty line: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of such 
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1 funds for competitive grants shall be available for national 

2 activities. 

3 IMPACT AID

4 For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 

5 federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the 

6 ESEA, $1,290,945,000, of which $1,153,540,000 shall be 

7 for basic support payments under section 8003(b), 

8 $48,316,000 shall be for payments for children with dis9 abilities under section 8003(d), $17,441,000 shall be for 

10 construction under section 8007(a), $66,813,000 shall be 

11 for Federal property payments under section 8002, and 

12 $4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

13 for facilities maintenance under section 8008: Provided, 

14 That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 

15 for an eligible local educational agency under section 

16 8003(a) for school year 2013–2014, children enrolled in 

17 a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 

18 for payment under section 8003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but 

19 due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, 

20 or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such 

21 children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 

22 guardian while on active duty (so long as such children 

23 reside on Federal property as described in section 

24 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, 

25 shall be considered as eligible students under such section, 
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1 provided such students remain in average daily attendance 

2 at a school in the same local educational agency they at3 tended prior to their change in eligibility status: Provided 

4 further, That the Secretary shall deem each local edu5 cational agency that received a fiscal year 2009 basic sup6 port payment for heavily impacted local educational agen7 cies under section 8003(b)(2) of such Act as eligible to 

8 receive fiscal year 2014 basic support payments for heavily 

9 impacted local educational agencies under such section 

10 and make payments to such local educational agencies 

11 under such section for fiscal year 2014. 

12 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

13 For carrying out school improvement activities au14 thorized by parts A and B of title II, part B of title IV, 

15 subpart 6 of part D of title V, parts A and B of title 

16 VI, and parts B and C of title VII of the ESEA; the 

17 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of 

18 the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the 

19 Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; 

20 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $4,621,862,000, of 

21 which $2,782,412,000 shall become available on July 1, 

22 2014, and remain available through September 30, 2015, 

23 and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on 

24 October 1, 2014, and shall remain available through Sep25 tember 30, 2015, for academic year 2014–2015: Provided, 
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1 That funds made available to carry out part B of title 

2 VII of the ESEA may be used for construction, renova3 tion, and modernization of any elementary school, sec4 ondary school, or structure related to an elementary school 

5 or secondary school, run by the Department of Education 

6 of the State of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native 

7 Hawaiian student body: Provided further, That funds 

8 made available to carry out part C of title VII of the 

9 ESEA shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and also 

10 may be used for construction: Provided further, That 

11 $51,113,000 shall be available to carry out section 203 

12 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002: Pro13 vided further, That $17,583,000 shall be available to carry 

14 out the Supplemental Education Grants program for the 

15 Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the 

16 Marshall Islands: Provided further, That up to 5 percent 

17 of the amount referred to in the previous proviso may be 

18 reserved by the Federated States of Micronesia and the 

19 Republic of the Marshall Islands to administer the Supple20 mental Education Grants programs and to obtain tech21 nical assistance, oversight and consultancy services in the 

22 administration of these grants and to reimburse the 

23 United States Departments of Labor, Health and Human 

24 Services, and Education for such services: Provided fur25 ther, That State educational agencies may subgrant funds 
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1 available under part B of title IV of the ESEA for ex2 panded learning time programs that significantly increase 

3 the number of hours in a regular school schedule and com4 prehensively redesign the school schedule for all students 

5 in the school: Provided further, That such expanded learn6 ing time programs shall provide additional learning time 

7 in the core academic and other subjects, provide opportu8 nities for student participation in experiential, hands-on 

9 learning, and include enrichment and youth development 

10 activities: Provided further, That programs awarded sub11 grants under such part shall include strong partnerships 

12 between schools and community partners: Provided fur13 ther, That up to 5.5 percent of the funds for subpart 1 

14 of part A of title II of the ESEA shall be reserved by 

15 the Secretary for competitive awards for teacher or prin16 cipal recruitment and training or professional enhance17 ment activities to national not-for-profit organizations, of 

18 which up to 10 percent may be used for related research, 

19 development, evaluation, technical assistance, and out20 reach activities: Provided further, That $149,417,000 shall 

21 be to carry out part B of title II of the ESEA. 

22 INDIAN EDUCATION

23 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 

24 not otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the ESEA, 

25 $130,318,000. 
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1 INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT

2 For carrying out activities authorized by part G of 

3 title I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title 

4 II, parts B, C, and D of title V of the ESEA, and sections 

5 14006 and 14007 of division A of the American Recovery 

6 and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as amended, 

7 $1,331,598,000: Provided, That the Secretary may use up 

8 to $250,000,000, which shall remain available for obliga9 tion through December 31, 2014, for section 14006 of di10 vision A of Public Law 111–5, as amended, to make 

11 awards (including on the basis of previously submitted ap12 plications) to State educational agencies, local educational 

13 agencies, or consortia of either, in accordance with the ap14 plicable requirements of that section, as determined by the 

15 Secretary: Provided further, That funds for section 14006 

16 may be available for carrying out a Race to the Top: Col17 lege Affordability and Completion program (referred to in 

18 this Act as ‘‘CAC’’): Provided further, That the Secretary 

19 is authorized to make CAC grants to States for the pur20 pose of undertaking reforms and innovations to improve 

21 college affordability and quality, and increase institutional 

22 capacity to graduate more students, including low-income, 

23 minority, and non-traditional students and students with 

24 disabilities: Provided further, That before awarding or oth25 erwise making CAC funds available to States, the Sec-
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1 retary may require States to provide evidence of imple2 menting, or a commitment to implement, reforms in (1) 

3 increasing or sustaining fiscal support for public higher 

4 education while modernizing funding policies to constrain 

5 costs and improve student outcomes; (2) creating, or re6 moving barriers preventing the creation of, innovative and 

7 effective methods of student learning and degree path8 ways; (3) empowering consumer choice in postsecondary 

9 education through increased transparency on college costs, 

10 quality, affordability, and student outcomes; and (4) in11 creasing awareness about college and financial aid among 

12 secondary school students, providing accelerated learning 

13 opportunities, and providing for the seamless transition 

14 from secondary into postsecondary education and between 

15 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That in 

16 making a CAC grant to a State, the Secretary may with17 hold a portion of the funds to be awarded until such time 

18 as the Secretary has determined that the State has dem19 onstrated that it has made sufficient progress in the areas 

20 of reform described in the previous proviso: Provided fur21 ther, That the Secretary may reserve up to 2 percent of 

22 funds provided under section 14006 to obtain qualified 

23 readers and staff to review applications; to conduct over24 sight and monitoring; to provide technical assistance to 

25 potential and successful applicants; and to conduct evalua-
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1 tions of the projects funded in the first proviso: Provided 

2 further, That a State receiving a CAC grant under this 

3 section may make subgrants to public and non-profit orga4 nizations located within the State, subject to limitations 

5 to be established by the Secretary: Provided further, That 

6 the Secretary shall administer State grants for improving 

7 early childhood care and education under such section 

8 jointly with the Secretary of HHS on such terms as such 

9 Secretaries set forth in an interagency agreement: Pro10 vided further, That up to $170,000,000 shall be available 

11 until expended for section 14007 of division A of Public 

12 Law 111–5, and up to 5 percent of such funds may be 

13 used for technical assistance and the evaluation of activi14 ties carried out under such section: Provided further, That 

15 funds available for section 2151(b) of the ESEA may be 

16 used to train other school leaders and district-level per17 sonnel, in addition to the individuals described in sub18 section (b)(1) and may be used to make grants to State 

19 educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and 

20 nonprofit organizations, in partnership with local edu21 cational agencies, in addition to the entities described in 

22 subsection (b)(2): Provided further, That in making grants 

23 under such section, the Secretary may designate local edu24 cational agencies as ‘‘high-need local educational agen25 cies’’ under such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
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1 may establish so long as each such local educational agen2 cy meets the requirements of 2102(3)(A) of the ESEA: 

3 Provided further, That the education facilities clearing4 house established through a competitive award process in 

5 fiscal year 2013 is authorized to collect and disseminate 

6 information on effective educational practices and the lat7 est research regarding the planning, design, financing, 

8 construction, improvement, operation, and maintenance of 

9 safe, healthy, high-performance public facilities for early 

10 learning programs, kindergarten through grade 12, and 

11 higher education: Provided further, That $298,834,000 of 

12 the funds for subpart 1 of part D of title V of the ESEA 

13 shall be for competitive grants to local educational agen14 cies, including charter schools that are local educational 

15 agencies, or States, or partnerships of: (1) a local edu16 cational agency, a State, or both; and (2) at least one non17 profit organization to develop and implement performance18 based compensation systems for teachers, principals, and 

19 other personnel in high-need schools: Provided further, 

20 That such performance-based compensation systems must 

21 consider gains in student academic achievement as well 

22 as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times during 

23 each school year among other factors and provide edu24 cators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities 

25 and leadership roles: Provided further, That recipients of 
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1 such grants shall demonstrate that such performance2 based compensation systems are developed with the input 

3 of teachers and school leaders in the schools and local edu4 cational agencies to be served by the grant: Provided fur5 ther, That recipients of such grants may use such funds 

6 to develop or improve systems and tools (which may be 

7 developed and used for the entire local educational agency 

8 or only for schools served under the grant) that would en9 hance the quality and success of the compensation system, 

10 such as high-quality teacher evaluations and tools to meas11 ure growth in student achievement: Provided further, That 

12 applications for such grants shall include a plan to sustain 

13 financially the activities conducted and systems developed 

14 under the grant once the grant period has expired: Pro15 vided further, That up to 5 percent of such funds for com16 petitive grants shall be available for technical assistance, 

17 training, peer review of applications, program outreach, 

18 and evaluation activities: Provided further, That 

19 $55,000,000 of the funds for subpart 1 of part D of title 

20 V of the ESEA shall be available for programs to improve 

21 teacher effectiveness and student academic achievement 

22 and preparedness for careers in science, technology, engi23 neering, and mathematics through competitive grants to 

24 local educational agencies in partnership with institutions 

25 of higher education, nonprofit organizations, other public 
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1 agencies, museums, and businesses to identify, develop, 

2 validate, and expand the use for high-need students of evi3 dence-based STEM educational strategies and practices in 

4 pre-kindergarten through grade 12, including informal 

5 educational strategies and practices, of which up to 5 per6 cent may be reserved by the Secretary for national activi7 ties, including a STEM virtual learning network: Provided 

8 further, That of the funds available for part B of title V 

9 of the ESEA, the Secretary may use up to $11,000,000 

10 to carry out activities under section 5205(b) and shall use 

11 not less than $12,000,000 for subpart 2: Provided further, 

12 That of the funds available for subpart 1 of part B of 

13 title V of the ESEA, and notwithstanding section 5205(a), 

14 the Secretary shall reserve not less than $45,000,000 to 

15 make multiple awards to non-profit charter management 

16 organizations and other entities that are not for-profit en17 tities for the replication and expansion of successful char18 ter school models and shall reserve up to $11,000,000 to 

19 carry out the activities described in section 5205(a), in20 cluding improving quality and oversight of charter schools 

21 and providing technical assistance and grants to author22 ized public chartering agencies in order to increase the 

23 number of high-performing charter schools: Provided fur24 ther, That funds available for part B of title V of the 

25 ESEA may be used for grants that support preschool edu-
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1 cation in charter schools: Provided further, That each ap2 plication submitted pursuant to section 5203(a) shall de3 scribe a plan to monitor and hold accountable authorized 

4 public chartering agencies through such activities as pro5 viding technical assistance or establishing a professional 

6 development program, which may include evaluation, plan7 ning, training, and systems development for staff of au8 thorized public chartering agencies to improve the capacity 

9 of such agencies in the State to authorize, monitor, and 

10 hold accountable charter schools: Provided further, That 

11 each application submitted pursuant to section 5203(a) 

12 shall contain assurances that State law, regulations, or 

13 other policies require that: (1) each authorized charter 

14 school in the State operate under a legally binding charter 

15 or performance contract between itself and the school’s 

16 authorized public chartering agency that describes the 

17 rights and responsibilities of the school and the public 

18 chartering agency; conduct annual, timely, and inde19 pendent audits of the school’s financial statements that 

20 are filed with the school’s authorized public chartering 

21 agency; and demonstrate improved student academic 

22 achievement; and (2) authorized public chartering agen23 cies use increases in student academic achievement for all 

24 groups of students described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) 
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1 of the ESEA as the most important factor when deter2 mining to renew or revoke a school’s charter. 

3 SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

4 For carrying out activities authorized by part A of 

5 title IV and subparts 1, 2, and 10 of part D of title V 

6 of the ESEA, $330,481,000: Provided, That 

7 $143,000,000 shall be available for subpart 2 of part A 

8 of title IV, of which $75,000,000 may be used for multi9 tier systems of support and for mental health treatment 

10 and up to $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

11 shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to 

12 Violence (‘‘Project SERV’’) program to provide education13 related services to local educational agencies and institu14 tions of higher education in which the learning environ15 ment has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic cri16 sis: Provided further, That $56,754,000 shall be available 

17 for Promise Neighborhoods and shall be available through 

18 December 31, 2014. 

19 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

20 For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 

21 $730,680,000, which shall become available on July 1, 

22 2014, and shall remain available through September 30, 

23 2015, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be 

24 available on October 1, 2013, and shall remain available 

25 through September 30, 2015, to carry out activities under 
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1 section 3111(c)(1)(C): Provided, That the Secretary shall 

2 use estimates of the American Community Survey child 

3 counts for the most recent 3-year period available to cal4 culate allocations under such part. 

5 SPECIAL EDUCATION

6 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 

7 Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 

8 and Empowerment Act of 2004, $12,803,387,000, of 

9 which $3,274,919,000 shall become available on July 1, 

10 2014, and shall remain available through September 30, 

11 2015, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available 

12 on October 1, 2014, and shall remain available through 

13 September 30, 2015, for academic year 2014–2015: Pro14 vided, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA 

15 shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for 

16 that activity during fiscal year 2013, increased by the 

17 amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) 

18 of the IDEA, or the percent change in the funds appro19 priated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 

20 than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2013: 

21 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, without regard 

22 to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other 

23 States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), sub24 ject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State’s 

25 allocation under section 611(d), from funds appropriated 
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1 under this heading, is reduced under section 

2 612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on 

3 the basis of the States’ relative populations of children 

4 aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children 

5 with disabilities for whom the State ensures the avail6 ability of a free appropriate public education under this 

7 part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 

8 relative populations of those children who are living in pov9 erty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not dis10 tribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State 

11 whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated 

12 under this heading made funds available for such a dis13 tribution: Provided further, That the States shall allocate 

14 such funds distributed under the second proviso to local 

15 educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): 

16 Provided further, That the amount by which a State’s allo17 cation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under 

18 section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to 

19 States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or 

20 any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating 

21 the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or 

22 for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That the 

23 funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used 

24 to provide technical assistance to States to improve the 

25 capacity of the States to meet the data collection require-
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1 ments of sections 616 and 618 and to administer and 

2 carry out other services and activities to improve data col3 lection, coordination, quality, and use under parts B and 

4 C of the IDEA: Provided further, That the Secretary may, 

5 notwithstanding section 643(e)(1) of the IDEA, reserve 

6 up to $2,710,000 of the amount provided under section 

7 644 for incentive grants to States to carry out section 

8 635(c): Provided further, That funds made available for 

9 the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 

10 2004 may be used to support expenses associated with the 

11 Special Olympics National and World Games: Provided 

12 further, That the level of effort a local educational agency 

13 must meet under section 613(a)(2)(A)(iii) of the IDEA, 

14 in the year after it fails to maintain effort is the level of 

15 effort that would have been required in the absence of that 

16 failure and not the LEA’s reduced level of expenditures: 

17 Provided further, That the Secretary may use funds made 

18 available for the State Personnel Development Grants pro19 gram under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate pro20 gram performance. 

21 REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH

22 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro23 vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Tech24 nology Act of 1998, and the Helen Keller National Center 

25 Act, $3,698,174,000, of which $3,302,053,000 shall be for 
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1 grants for vocational rehabilitation services under title I 

2 of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided, That the Secretary 

3 may use amounts provided in this Act that remain avail4 able subsequent to the reallotment of funds to States pur5 suant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act for inno6 vative activities aimed at improving the outcomes of indi7 viduals with disabilities as defined in section 7(20)(B) of 

8 the Rehabilitation Act, including activities aimed at im9 proving the education and post-school outcomes of chil10 dren receiving Supplemental Security Income (‘‘SSI’’) and 

11 their families that may result in long-term improvement 

12 in the SSI child recipient’s economic status and self-suffi13 ciency: Provided further, That States may award sub14 grants for a portion of the funds to other public and pri15 vate, non-profit entities: Provided further, That any funds 

16 made available subsequent to reallotment for innovative 

17 activities aimed at improving the outcomes of individuals 

18 with disabilities shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2015: Provided further, That not to exceed $20,000,000 

20 of the amounts made available in the first proviso may 

21 be used for performance-based awards for Pay for Success 

22 projects: Provided further, That, with respect to the pre23 vious proviso, any funds obligated for such projects shall 

24 remain available for disbursement until expended, notwith25 standing 31 U.S.C. 1552(a): Provided further, That, with 
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1 respect to the third proviso, any deobligated funds from 

2 such projects shall immediately be available for programs 

3 authorized under the Rehabilitation Act. 

4 SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH

5 DISABILITIES

6 AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

7 For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, 

8 $24,456,000. 

9 NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

10 For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 

11 under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 

12 of 1986, $66,422,000: Provided, That from the total 

13 amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use 

14 funds for the endowment program as authorized under 

15 section 207 of such Act. 

16 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

17 For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 

18 the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 

19 support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 

20 the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $118,541,000: 

21 Provided, That from the total amount available, the Uni22 versity may at its discretion use funds for the endowment 

23 program as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 
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1 CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION

2 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro3 vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu4 cation Act of 2006 and the Adult Education and Family 

5 Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), $1,743,949,000, of which 

6 $952,949,000 shall become available on July 1, 2014, and 

7 shall remain available through September 30, 2015, and 

8 of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 

9 1, 2014, and shall remain available through September 30, 

10 2015: Provided, That of the amount available for section 

11 114 of the Perkins Act, $5,000,000 shall be used to help 

12 establish or expand dual enrollment career and technical 

13 education programs: Provided further, That such funds 

14 may be used to assist individuals in adult education pro15 grams to enroll in postsecondary career and technical edu16 cation courses for credit: Provided further, That such 

17 funds shall supplement and not supplant other Federal, 

18 State, or local public funds expended for adult education 

19 and literacy activities: Provided further, That of the 

20 amount provided for Adult Education State Grants, 

21 $74,559,000 shall be made available for integrated 

22 English literacy and civics education services to immi23 grants and other limited-English-proficient populations: 

24 Provided further, That of the amount reserved for inte25 grated English literacy and civics education, notwith-
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1 standing section 211 of the AEFLA, 65 percent shall be 

2 allocated to States based on a State’s absolute need as 

3 determined by calculating each State’s share of a 10-year 

4 average of the United States Citizenship and Immigration 

5 Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent 

6 residence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent 

7 allocated to States that experienced growth as measured 

8 by the average of the 3 most recent years for which United 

9 States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for im10 migrants admitted for legal permanent residence are avail11 able, except that no State shall be allocated an amount 

12 less than $60,000: Provided further, That of the amounts 

13 made available for AEFLA, $14,302,000 shall be for na14 tional leadership activities under section 243. 

15 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

16 For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, 

17 and part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,536,210,000, 

18 which shall remain available through September 30, 2015. 

19 The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 

20 be eligible during award year 2014–2015 shall be $4,860. 

21 STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION

22 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 

23 D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 

24 parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, 
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1 $1,044,301,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2015. 

3 HIGHER EDUCATION

4 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro5 vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, 

6 the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

7 1961, and section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

8 Technical Education Act of 2006, $1,912,615,000: Pro9 vided, That $20,606,000 shall be for data collection, eval10 uation, research, and demonstration activities relating to 

11 programs under the HEA, including activities that are de12 signed to test approaches for providing grant, loan, or 

13 work assistance under title IV of the HEA in ways that 

14 promote access to, and completion of, affordable and high15 quality postsecondary education programs: Provided fur16 ther, That the Secretary may use funds under the pre17 ceding proviso for the costs of postsecondary tuition, fees, 

18 textbooks, and related costs for students enrolled in post19 secondary courses who are participating in evaluation, re20 search, and demonstration activities funded under the pre21 ceding proviso: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

22 any other provision of law, funds made available in this 

23 Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) 

24 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

25 1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign 
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1 countries by individuals who are participating in advanced 

2 foreign language training and international studies in 

3 areas that are vital to United States national security and 

4 who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of 

5 these countries in the fields of government, the profes6 sions, or international development: Provided further, That 

7 of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 

8 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national 

9 outreach, and information dissemination activities: Pro10 vided further, That, of the amount available under subpart 

11 2 of part A of title VII of the HEA, the Secretary may 

12 use up to $1,485,000 to fund continuation awards for 

13 projects originally supported under subpart 1 of part A 

14 of title VII of the HEA: Provided further, That up to 1.5 

15 percent of the funds made available under chapter 2 of 

16 subpart 2 of part A of title IV may be used for evaluation. 

17 HOWARD UNIVERSITY

18 For partial support of Howard University, 

19 $234,064,000, of which not less than $3,593,000 shall be 

20 for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 

21 University Endowment Act and shall remain available 

22 until expended. 
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1 COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS

2 PROGRAM

3 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac4 tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 

5 121 of the HEA, $459,000. 

6 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

7 CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au9 thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 

10 shall remain available through September 30, 2015: Pro11 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

12 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con13 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

14 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 

15 any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

16 $320,350,000: Provided further, That these funds may be 

17 used to support loans to public and private Historically 

18 Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limi19 tations within section 344(a) of the HEA. 

20 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

21 the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi22 nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 

23 III of the HEA, $352,000. 
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1 INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

2 For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu3 cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess4 ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 

5 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 

6 and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu7 cation Act, $652,937,000, which shall remain available 

8 through September 30, 2015: Provided, That funds avail9 able to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical 

10 Assistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary 

11 and secondary data systems with early childhood, postsec12 ondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop 

13 such systems: Provided further, That up to $21,000,000 

14 of the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Edu15 cational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 

16 to public or private organizations or agencies to support 

17 activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use 

18 at the local, State, and national levels. 

19 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

20 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

21 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro22 vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in23 cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co24 lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 

25 $447,366,000, of which $2,000,000, to remain available 
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1 until expended, shall be for relocation of, and renovation 

2 of buildings occupied by, Department staff. 

3 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

4 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 

5 Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 

6 of Education Organization Act, $102,418,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 

9 General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 

10 of Education Organization Act, $59,700,000. 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS

12 SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 

13 used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 

14 the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in 

15 order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school 

16 system, or for the transportation of students or teachers 

17 (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) 

18 in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any 

19 school or school system. 

20 SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act 

21 shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the trans22 portation of any student to a school other than the school 

23 which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student 

24 requiring special education, to the school offering such 

25 special education, in order to comply with title VI of the 
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1 Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section 

2 an indirect requirement of transportation of students in3 cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan 

4 involving the reorganization of the grade structure of 

5 schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, 

6 or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing, or 

7 clustering. The prohibition described in this section does 

8 not include the establishment of magnet schools. 

9 SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 

10 used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol11 untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 

12 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre14 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

15 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro16 priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 

17 be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro18 priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 

19 such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority 

20 granted by this section shall not be used to create any 

21 new program or to fund any project or activity for which 

22 no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That 

23 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 

25 in advance of any transfer. 
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1 SEC. 305. The Outlying Areas may consolidate funds 

2 received under this Act, pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a, 

3 under part A of title V of the ESEA. 

4 SEC. 306. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact 

5 of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 

6 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall be applied by substituting 

7 ‘‘2014’’ for ‘‘2009’’. 

8 SEC. 307. (a) Section 206 of the Department of Edu9 cation Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3416) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking out the heading and inserting 

11 ‘‘Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education’’; 

12 (2) by striking out ‘‘Office of Vocational and 

13 Adult Education’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Career, 

14 Technical, and Adult Education’’; 

15 (3) by striking out ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Vo16 cational and Adult Education’’ and inserting ‘‘As17 sistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult 

18 Education’’; and 

19 (4) by striking out ‘‘vocational and adult edu20 cation’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘career, 

21 technical, and adult education’’. 

22 (b) Section 202 of the Department of Education Or23 ganization Act (20 U.S.C. 3412) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking out ‘‘As25 sistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Edu-
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1 cation’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Ca2 reer, Technical, and Adult Education’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (h), by striking out ‘‘Assistant 

4 Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education’’ each 

5 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary 

6 for Career, Technical, and Adult Education’’. 

7 (c) Section 1 of the Department of Education Organi8 zation Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 note) is amended by striking 

9 out the entry for section 206 and inserting ‘‘Sec. 206. Of10 fice of Career, Technical, and Adult Education.’’. 

11 (d) Section 114(b)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins Career 

12 and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 

13 2324(b)(1)) is amended by striking out ‘‘Office of Voca14 tional and Adult Education’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Ca15 reer, Technical, and Adult Education’’. 

16 SEC. 308. The Secretary may reserve funds under 

17 section 9601 of the ESEA (subject to the limitations in 

18 subsections (b) and (c) of that section) in order to carry 

19 out activities authorized under that section with respect 

20 to any ESEA program funded in this Act and without re21 spect to the source of funds for those activities: Provided, 

22 That any funds reserved under this section shall be avail23 able from July 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015: Pro24 vided further, That not later than 10 days prior to the 

25 initial obligation of funds reserved under this section, the 
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1 Secretary shall submit an evaluation plan to the Senate 

2 Committees on Appropriations and Health, Education, 

3 Labor, and Pensions and the House Committees on Ap4 propriations and Education and the Workforce which 

5 identifies the source and amount of funds reserved under 

6 this section, the impact on program grantees if funds are 

7 withheld, and the programs to be evaluated with such 

8 funds. 

9 SEC. 309. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act to carry out the HEA may be disbursed or delivered 

11 to an institution of higher education (or other postsec12 ondary educational institution) on behalf of a student, or 

13 to a student to be used to attend the institution, unless 

14 the institution certifies to the Secretary that it will not 

15 use revenues derived from educational assistance funds 

16 provided in any form under any Federal law for adver17 tising, marketing or student recruitment activities (other 

18 than activities required or specifically authorized by title 

19 IV of the HEA or otherwise specified by the Secretary). 

20 SEC. 310. (a) CONSOLIDATIONS.—For fiscal year 

21 2006 and each succeeding fiscal year, if a local educational 

22 agency described in subsection (b) is formed at any time 

23 after 1938 by the consolidation of 2 or more former school 

24 districts, the local educational agency may elect to have 

25 the Secretary determine its eligibility for any fiscal year 
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1 on the basis of 1 or more of those former districts, as 

2 designated by the local educational agency. 

3 (b) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—A 

4 local educational agency referred to in subsection (a) is— 

5 (1) any local educational agency that, for fiscal 

6 year 1994 or any preceding fiscal year, applied, and 

7 was determined to be eligible under, section 2(c) of 

8 the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, 

9 81st Congress) as that section was in effect for that 

10 fiscal year; or 

11 (2) a local educational agency formed by the 

12 consolidation of 2 or more districts, at least 1 of 

13 which was eligible for assistance under this section 

14 for the fiscal year preceding the year of the consoli15 dation, if— 

16 (A) for fiscal years 2006 through 2013 the 

17 local educational agency notified the Secretary 

18 not later than 30 days after the date of enact19 ment of this Act; and 

20 (B) for fiscal year 2014 the local edu21 cational agency includes the designation in its 

22 application under section 8005 or any timely 

23 amendment to such application. 

24 (c) AMOUNT.—A local educational agency eligible 

25 under subsection (b) shall receive a foundation payment 
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1 as provided for under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of sub2 section (h)(1), as in effect on the date of enactment of 

3 this Act, except that the foundation payment shall be cal4 culated based on the most recent payment received by the 

5 local educational agency based on its former common sta6 tus. 

7 SEC. 311. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act to carry out the HEA may be disbursed or delivered 

9 on behalf of a student or to a student to be used to attend 

10 a program, pursuant to section 481(b) of the HEA, that 

11 prepares students for gainful employment in recognized 

12 occupations requiring licensing or other established re13 quirements as a pre-condition for entry into such occupa14 tions, at an institution of higher education (or other post15 secondary education institution), unless such program 

16 meets, in the State where the Department has approved 

17 the location offering the program, all applicable State or 

18 professionally mandated licensing, certification, and pro19 grammatic or specialized accreditation requirements to 

20 fully qualify a student who successfully completes the pro21 gram to take licensing examinations or obtain credentials 

22 associated with the training provided in the program. 

23 SEC. 312. The Secretary of Education shall— 

24 (1) modify the Free Application for Federal 

25 Student Aid described in section 483 of the HEA so 
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1 that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid 

2 contains an individual box for the purpose of identi3 fying students who are foster youth or were in the 

4 foster care system; and 

5 (2) utilize such identification as a tool to notify 

6 students who are foster youth or were in the foster 

7 care system of their potential eligibility for Federal 

8 student aid, including postsecondary education pro9 grams through the John H. Chafee Foster Care 

10 Independence Program and any other Federal pro11 grams under which such students may be eligible to 

12 receive assistance. 

13 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu14 cation Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 

15 TITLE IV 

16 RELATED AGENCIES 

17 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

18 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur21 chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

22 established by Public Law 92–28, $5,396,000. 
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1 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na4 tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 

5 ‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

6 of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 

7 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred 

8 to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $756,641,000, notwith9 standing sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(6), 

10 501(a)(4)(C), and 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Pro11 vided, That of the amounts provided under this heading: 

12 (1) up to 1 percent of program grant funds may be used 

13 to defray the costs of conducting grant application re14 views, including the use of outside peer reviewers and elec15 tronic management of the grants cycle; (2) $46,724,000 

16 shall be available for expenses authorized under section 

17 501(a)(4)(E) of the 1990 Act; (3) $15,306,000 shall be 

18 available to provide assistance to State commissions on na19 tional and community service, under section 126(a) of the 

20 1990 Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 

21 1990 Act; (4) $30,000,000 shall be available to carry out 

22 subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and (5) $5,000,000 shall be 

23 available for expenses authorized under section 

24 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the 

25 provisions of section 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on 
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1 a competitive basis: Provided further, That not to exceed 

2 20 percent of funds made available under section 

3 501(a)(4)(E) of the 1990 Act may be used for Social Inno4 vation Funds Pilot Program-related performance-based 

5 awards for Pay for Success projects: Provided further, 

6 That, with respect to the previous proviso, any funds obli7 gated for such projects shall remain available for disburse8 ment until expended, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), 

9 and that any funds deobligated from such projects shall 

10 immediately be available for activities authorized under 

11 198K of such Act. 

12 PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For payment to the National Service Trust estab15 lished under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, 

16 $209,840,000, to remain available until expended: Pro17 vided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the 

18 amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated 

19 to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 

20 the National Service Trust upon determination that such 

21 transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 

22 service participants and after notice is transmitted to the 

23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent24 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts ap25 propriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust 
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1 may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act 

2 without regard to the requirement to apportion funds 

3 under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of administration as provided 

6 under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 

7 504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au8 thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 

9 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em10 ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 

11 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep12 tion and representation expenses, $88,209,000. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

15 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

16 $6,466,000. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 

19 to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 

20 through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 

21 year 2014, during any grant selection process, an officer 

22 or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov23 ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 

24 directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 
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1 or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re2 ceive such information. 

3 SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 

4 under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 

5 overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 

6 first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 

7 thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require8 ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 

9 Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 

10 match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup11 port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 

12 Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 

13 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 

14 SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 

15 196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro16 grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 

17 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 

18 shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro19 grams and operations. 

20 SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 

21 146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 

22 the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 

23 to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 

24 101 of the Act. 
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1 SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 

2 189D of the 1990 Act: 

3 (1) Entities described in paragraph (a) of such 

4 section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 

5 section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 

6 1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); and 

7 (2) Individuals described in such section shall 

8 be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 

9 NCPA; and 

10 (3) State Commissions on National and Com11 munity Service established pursuant to section 178 

12 of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 

13 history record information, consistent with Public 

14 Law 92–544. 

15 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

16 For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad17 casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications 

18 Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within 

19 limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2016, 

20 $445,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 

21 available to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for re22 ceptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for 

23 Government officials or employees: Provided further, That 

24 none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall 

25 be available or used to aid or support any program or ac-
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1 tivity from which any person is excluded, or is denied ben2 efits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, 

3 color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, 

4 That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 

5 Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification 

6 in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other 

7 personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and em8 ployees of CPB: Provided further, That none of the funds 

9 made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to support 

10 the Television Future Fund or any similar purpose. 

11 FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 

14 and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func15 tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 

16 1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex17 penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 

18 Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 

19 to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 

20 Reform Act, $47,000,000, including up to $400,000 to re21 main available through September 30, 2015 for activities 

22 authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 

23 1978: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

24 fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training 

25 activities and other conflict resolution services and tech-
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1 nical assistance, including those provided to foreign gov2 ernments and international organizations, and for arbitra3 tion services shall be credited to and merged with this ac4 count, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 

5 further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 

6 only for education, training, and professional development 

7 of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Direc8 tor of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf 

9 of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, 

10 or other property in the aid of any projects or functions 

11 within the Director’s jurisdiction. 

12 FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

13 COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 

16 and Health Review Commission, $17,000,000. 

17 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

18 OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS

19 AND ADMINISTRATION

20 For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 

21 Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer22 ican History and Culture Act, $231,490,000. 
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1 MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS

2 COMMISSION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 

5 the Social Security Act, $9,000,000. 

6 MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 

9 the Social Security Act, $11,954,000, to be transferred to 

10 this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 

11 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In12 surance Trust Fund. 

13 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses necessary for the National Council on 

16 Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 

17 Act of 1973, $3,345,000. 

18 NATIONAL HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE COMMISSION

19 For necessary expenses for the National Health Care 

20 Workforce Commission, as authorized by title V, subtitle 

21 B, section 5101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

22 Care Act, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela4 tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 

5 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 

6 $284,991,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria7 tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 

8 agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga9 tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 

10 units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 

11 section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 

12 by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de13 fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 

14 including in said definition employees engaged in the 

15 maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 

16 and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 

17 nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 

18 or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 

19 NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

22 of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap23 pointed by the President, $13,384,000. 
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1 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

2 COMMISSION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 

5 and Health Review Commission, $12,300,000. 

6 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

7 DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

8 For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac9 count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re10 tirement Act of 1974, $39,000,000, which shall include 

11 amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2014 pursuant 

12 to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi13 tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 

14 provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 

15 amount by which the product of recipients and the average 

16 benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 

17 of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 

18 provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 

19 equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 

20 year. 

21 FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT

22 ACCOUNTS

23 For payment to the accounts established in the 

24 Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 

25 Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 
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1 checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 

2 30, 2015, which shall be the maximum amount available 

3 for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 

4 76. 

5 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

6 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 

7 Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re8 tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 

9 Act, $110,927,000, to be derived in such amounts as de10 termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac11 counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem12 ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 

13 notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire14 ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 

15 only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 

16 the previous proviso shall not change the status under 

17 Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 

18 Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013. 

19 LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

21 General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 

22 authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 

23 than $8,638,000, to be derived from the railroad retire24 ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac25 count. 
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1 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

2 PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS

3 For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 

4 Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur5 ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m), 

6 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, 

7 $16,400,000. 

8 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

9 For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se10 curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 

11 of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 

12 Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu13 rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur14 suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 

15 $40,568,741,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 

17 in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 

18 during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro19 vided further, That not more than $54,000,000 shall be 

20 available for research and demonstrations under sections 

21 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act and re22 main available through September 30, 2015. 

23 For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 

24 benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
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1 cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 

2 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

3 For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 

4 Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 

5 2015, $19,700,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended. 

7 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas9 senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for offi10 cial reception and representation expenses, not more than 

11 $10,594,473,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec12 tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 

13 or all of the trust funds referred to in such section: Pro14 vided, That not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the So15 cial Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unob16 ligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph 

17 at the end of fiscal year 2014 not needed for fiscal year 

18 2014 shall remain available until expended to invest in the 

19 Social Security Administration information technology 

20 and telecommunications hardware and software infra21 structure, including related equipment and non-payroll ad22 ministrative expenses associated solely with this informa23 tion technology and telecommunications infrastructure: 

24 Provided further, That the Commissioner of Social Secu25 rity shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
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1 House of Representatives and the Senate prior to making 

2 unobligated balances available under the authority in the 

3 previous proviso: Provided further, That reimbursement to 

4 the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for 

5 official time for employees of the Social Security Adminis6 tration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or 

7 support services for labor organizations pursuant to poli8 cies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 

9 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of 

10 the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general 

11 fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after 

12 such expenditures are made. 

13 In addition, for the costs associated with continuing 

14 disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 

15 Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting 

16 redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social 

17 Security Act, $1,197,000,000 may be expended, as au18 thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 

19 from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: 

20 Provided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided 

21 to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the 

22 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

23 1985, as amended, and $924,000,000 is additional new 

24 budget authority specified for purposes of section 

25 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That the Com-
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1 missioner shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion 

2 of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expendi3 ture of these funds, similar to the reports that were re4 quired by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for 

5 fiscal years 1996 through 2002. 

6 In addition, $173,000,000 to be derived from admin7 istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay8 ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 

9 Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 

10 which shall remain available until expended. To the extent 

11 that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in 

12 fiscal year 2014 exceed $173,000,000, the amounts shall 

13 be available in fiscal year 2015 only to the extent provided 

14 in advance in appropriations Acts. 

15 In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 

16 collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 

17 Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex18 pended. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

22 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

23 General Act of 1978, $29,698,000, together with not to 

24 exceed $74,972,000, to be transferred and expended as 

25 authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 
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1 from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

2 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 

3 In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 

4 the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 

5 from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 

6 Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 

7 to be available for the time and purposes for which this 

8 account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans9 fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

11 Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

12 TITLE V 

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

14 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

16 Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 

17 unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 

18 corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 

19 Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 

20 purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 

21 were originally appropriated. 

22 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

23 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

24 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
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1 SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 

2 in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 

3 Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 

4 and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub5 licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis6 tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 

7 electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres8 entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 

9 legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis10 lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 

11 Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de12 signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu13 lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu14 tive branch of any State or local government, except in 

15 presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 

16 government itself. 

17 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 

18 Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 

19 111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 

20 any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 

21 recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 

22 enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, ad23 ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend24 ing before the Congress or any State government, State 

25 legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 
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1 than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela2 tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 

3 State, local or tribal government in policymaking and ad4 ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 

5 government. 

6 (c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 

7 include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 

8 pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 

9 any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric10 tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 

11 marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 

12 promotion of gun control. 

13 SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 

14 are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 

15 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala16 ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 

17 official reception and representation expenses; the Direc18 tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 

19 authorized to make available for official reception and rep20 resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 

21 available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 

22 Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na23 tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 

24 official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
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1 ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 

2 Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

3 SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 

4 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu5 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 

6 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 

7 funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 

8 State and local governments and recipients of Federal re9 search grants, shall clearly state— 

10 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro11 gram or project which will be financed with Federal 

12 money; 

13 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 

14 project or program; and 

15 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 

16 costs of the project or program that will be financed 

17 by non-governmental sources. 

18 SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

19 Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 

20 funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 

21 any abortion. 

22 (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 

23 none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 

24 appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben25 efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 
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1 (c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 

2 package of services covered by a managed care provider 

3 or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange4 ment. 

5 SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre6 ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 

7 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 

8 rape or incest; or 

9 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 

10 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 

11 including a life-endangering physical condition 

12 caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 

13 would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 

14 in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 

15 (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con16 strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 

17 entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 

18 (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 

19 matching funds). 

20 (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con21 strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro22 vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 

23 State or locality to contract separately with such a pro24 vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 
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1 State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 

2 funds). 

3 (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 

4 may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 

5 or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 

6 or government subjects any institutional or individual 

7 health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 

8 health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov9 erage of, or refer for abortions. 

10 (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 

11 includes an individual physician or other health care pro12 fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 

13 health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 

14 or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 

15 plan. 

16 SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 

17 this Act may be used for— 

18 (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 

19 for research purposes; or 

20 (2) research in which a human embryo or em21 bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub22 jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 

23 allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 

24 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 

25 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
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1 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 

2 embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 

3 as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 

4 the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 

5 parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 

6 more human gametes or human diploid cells. 

7 SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 

8 this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 

9 legalization of any drug or other substance included in 

10 schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab11 lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 

12 except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 

13 communications. 

14 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 

15 when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 

16 advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 

17 that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 

18 to determine therapeutic advantage. 

19 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand21 ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro22 viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 

23 health identifier for an individual (except in an individ24 ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 
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1 until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 

2 standard. 

3 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 

5 a contract with an entity if— 

6 (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 

7 the United States and is subject to the requirement 

8 in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 

9 annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 

10 employment of certain veterans; and 

11 (2) such entity has not submitted a report as 

12 required by that section for the most recent year for 

13 which such requirement was applicable to such enti14 ty. 

15 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in17 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

18 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro19 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

20 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 

22 may be made available to any library covered by para23 graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 

24 the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 
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1 has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 

2 such section. 

3 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

4 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

5 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli6 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2014, or provided from 

7 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

8 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

10 through a reprogramming of funds that— 

11 (1) creates new programs; 

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

13 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

14 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

15 denied or restricted; 

16 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

17 (5) reorganizes or renames offices; 

18 (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 

19 (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

20 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

21 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

22 Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in 

23 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 

24 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc25 curs earlier. 
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1 (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 

2 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen3 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

4 or expenditure in fiscal year 2014, or provided from any 

5 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

6 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 

7 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

8 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 

9 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

10 (1) augments existing programs, projects (in11 cluding construction projects), or activities; 

12 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist13 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per14 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

15 (3) results from any general savings from a re16 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

17 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap18 proved by Congress; 

19 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

20 Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in 

21 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 

22 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc23 curs earlier. 

24 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 

25 this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap-
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1 pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis2 close the political affiliation or voting history of the can3 didate or the position that the candidate holds with re4 spect to political issues not directly related to and nec5 essary for the work of the committee involved. 

6 (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

7 be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 

8 false or misleading. 

9 SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 

10 each department and related agency funded through this 

11 Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro12 gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 

13 for fiscal year 2014 that are different than those specified 

14 in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the Com15 mittee report accompanying this Act, or the fiscal year 

16 2014 budget request. 

17 SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

18 Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 

19 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

20 of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 

21 and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree22 ments exceeding $500,000 in value and awarded by the 

23 Department on a non-competitive basis during each quar24 ter of fiscal year 2014, but not to include grants awarded 

25 on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall 
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1 include the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount 

2 of funding, the governmental purpose, including a jus3 tification for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. 

4 Such report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 

5 30 days after the end of the quarter for which the report 

6 is submitted. 

7 SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

9 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

10 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro11 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

12 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

13 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

14 filed all Federal tax returns required during the 3 years 

15 preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a 

16 criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 

17 and has not, more than 90 days prior to certification, been 

18 notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which 

19 the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is 

20 the subject of an installment agreement or offer in com21 promise that has been approved by the Internal Revenue 

22 Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the sub23 ject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial pro24 ceeding. 
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1 (RESCISSION)

2 SEC. 519. Of the funds made available for perform3 ance bonus payments under section 2105(a)(3)(E) of the 

4 Social Security Act, $5,000,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

5 SEC. 520. None of the funds contained in this Act 

6 may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the 

7 purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens 

8 in any location that has been determined by the local pub9 lic health or local law enforcement authorities to be inap10 propriate for such distribution. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 521. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Health Education 

13 Assistance Loan (‘‘HEAL’’) program under title VII, part 

14 A, subpart I of the PHS Act, and the authority to admin15 ister such program, including servicing, collecting, and en16 forcing any loans that were made under such program 

17 that remain outstanding, shall be permanently transferred 

18 from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the 

19 Secretary of Education no later than the end of the first 

20 fiscal quarter that begins after the date of enactment of 

21 this act. 

22 (b) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS, ASSETS, AND LIABIL23 ITIES.—The functions, assets, and liabilities of the Sec24 retary of Health and Human Services relating to such pro25 gram shall be transferred to the Secretary of Education. 
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1 (c) INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION OF

2 TRANSFER.—The Secretary of Health and Human Serv3 ices and the Secretary of Education shall carry out the 

4 transfer of the HEAL program described in subsection 

5 (a), including the transfer of the functions, assets, and 

6 liabilities specified in subsection (b), in the manner that 

7 they determine is most appropriate. 

8 (d) USE OF AUTHORITIES UNDER HEA OF 1965.— 

9 In servicing, collecting, and enforcing the loans described 

10 in subsection (a), the Secretary of Education shall have 

11 available any and all authorities available to such Sec12 retary in servicing, collecting, or enforcing a loan made, 

13 insured, or guaranteed under part B of title IV of the 

14 HEA of 1965. 

15 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Effective as of the 

16 date on which the transfer of the HEAL program under 

17 subsection (a) takes effect, section 719 of the PHS Act 

18 is amended by adding at the end the following new para19 graph: 

20 ‘‘(6) The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary 

21 of Education.’’. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 522. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, 

24 (1) ‘‘Performance Partnership Pilot’’ (or 

25 ‘‘Pilot’’) is a project that seeks to identify, through 
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1 a demonstration, cost-effective strategies for pro2 viding services at the State, regional, or local level 

3 that— 

4 (A) involve two or more Federal programs 

5 (administered by one or more Federal agen6 cies)— 

7 (i) which have related policy goals, 

8 and 

9 (ii) at least one of which is adminis10 tered (in whole or in part) by a State, 

11 local, or tribal government; and 

12 (B) achieve better results for regions, com13 munities, or specific at-risk populations through 

14 making better use of the budgetary resources 

15 that are available for supporting such pro16 grams. 

17 (2) ‘‘To improve outcomes for disconnected 

18 youth’’ means to increase the rate at which individ19 uals between the ages of 14 and 24 (who are low20 income and either homeless, in foster care, involved 

21 in the juvenile justice system, unemployed, or not 

22 enrolled in or at risk of dropping out of an edu23 cational institution) achieve success in meeting edu24 cational, employment, or other key goals. 
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1 (3) The ‘‘lead Federal administering agency’’ is 

2 the Federal agency, to be designated by the Director 

3 of the Office of Management and Budget (from 

4 among the participating Federal agencies that have 

5 statutory responsibility for the Federal discretionary 

6 funds that will be used in a Performance Partner7 ship Pilot), that will enter into and administer the 

8 particular Performance Partnership Agreement on 

9 behalf of that agency and the other participating 

10 Federal agencies. 

11 (b) USE OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDS IN FISCAL YEAR

12 2014.—Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary 

13 funds that are made available in this Act to carry out up 

14 to 13 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots shall: 

15 (1) be designed to improve outcomes for discon16 nected youth, and 

17 (2) involve Federal programs targeted on dis18 connected youth, or designed to prevent youth from 

19 disconnecting from school or work, that provide edu20 cation, training, employment, and other related so21 cial services. 

22 (c) PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.— 

23 Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary funds, as 

24 authorized in subsection (b), to participate in a Perform-
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1 ance Partnership Pilot only in accordance with the terms 

2 of a Performance Partnership Agreement that— 

3 (1) is entered into between— 

4 (A) the head of the lead Federal admin5 istering agency, on behalf of all of the partici6 pating Federal agencies (subject to the head of 

7 the lead Federal administering agency having 

8 received from the heads of each of the other 

9 participating agencies their written concurrence 

10 for entering into the Agreement), and 

11 (B) the respective representatives of all of 

12 the State, local, or tribal governments that are 

13 participating in the Agreement; and 

14 (2) specifies, at a minimum, the following infor15 mation: 

16 (A) the length of the Agreement (which 

17 shall not extend beyond September 30, 2018); 

18 (B) the Federal programs and federally 

19 funded services that are involved in the Pilot; 

20 (C) the Federal discretionary funds that 

21 are being used in the Pilot (by the respective 

22 Federal account identifier, and the total 

23 amount from such account that is being used in 

24 the Pilot), and the period (or periods) of avail-
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1 ability for obligation (by the Federal Govern2 ment) of such funds; 

3 (D) the non-Federal funds that are in4 volved in the Pilot, by source (which may in5 clude private funds as well as governmental 

6 funds) and by amount; 

7 (E) the State, local, or tribal programs 

8 that are involved in the Pilot; 

9 (F) the populations to be served by the 

10 Pilot; 

11 (G) the cost-effective Federal oversight 

12 procedures that will be used for the purpose of 

13 maintaining the necessary level of account14 ability for the use of the Federal discretionary 

15 funds; 

16 (H) the cost-effective State, local, or tribal 

17 oversight procedures that will be used for the 

18 purpose of maintaining the necessary level of 

19 accountability for the use of the Federal discre20 tionary funds; 

21 (I) the outcome (or outcomes) that the 

22 Pilot is designed to achieve; 

23 (J) the appropriate, reliable, and objective 

24 outcome-measurement methodology that the 

25 Federal Government and the participating 
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1 State, local, or tribal governments will use, in 

2 carrying out the Pilot, to determine whether the 

3 Pilot is achieving, and has achieved, the speci4 fied outcomes that the Pilot is designed to 

5 achieve; 

6 (K) the statutory, regulatory, or adminis7 trative requirements related to Federal manda8 tory programs that are barriers to achieving im9 proved outcomes of the Pilot; and 

10 (L) in cases where, during the course of 

11 the Pilot, it is determined that the Pilot is not 

12 achieving the specified outcomes that it is de13 signed to achieve, 

14 (i) the consequences that will result 

15 from such deficiencies with respect to the 

16 Federal discretionary funds that are being 

17 used in the Pilot, and 

18 (ii) the corrective actions that will be 

19 taken in order to increase the likelihood 

20 that the Pilot, upon completion, will have 

21 achieved such specified outcomes. 

22 (d) AGENCY HEAD DETERMINATIONS.—A Federal 

23 agency may participate in a Performance Partnership 

24 Pilot (including by providing Federal discretionary funds 

25 that have been appropriated to such agency) only upon 
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1 the written determination by the head of such agency that 

2 the agency’s participation in such Pilot— 

3 (1) will not result in denying or restricting the 

4 eligibility of any individual for any of the services 

5 that (in whole or in part) are funded by the agency’s 

6 programs and Federal discretionary funds that are 

7 involved in the Pilot, and 

8 (2) based on the best available information, will 

9 not otherwise adversely affect vulnerable populations 

10 that are the recipients of such services. 

11 In making this determination, the head of the agency may 

12 take into consideration the other Federal discretionary 

13 funds that will be used in the Pilot as well as any non14 Federal funds (including from private sources as well as 

15 governmental sources) that will be used in the Pilot. 

16 (e) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—For the purpose of car17 rying out the Pilot in accordance with the Performance 

18 Partnership Agreement, and subject to the written ap19 proval of the Director of the Office of Management and 

20 Budget, the head of each participating Federal agency 

21 may transfer Federal discretionary funds that are being 

22 used in the Pilot to an account of the lead Federal admin23 istering agency that includes Federal discretionary funds 

24 that are being used in the Pilot. Subject to the waiver 

25 authority under subsection (f), such transferred funds 
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1 shall remain available for the same purposes for which 

2 such funds were originally appropriated: Provided, That 

3 such transferred funds shall remain available for obliga4 tion by the Federal Government until the expiration of the 

5 period of availability for those Federal discretionary funds 

6 (which are being used in the Pilot) that have the longest 

7 period of availability, except that any such transferred 

8 funds shall not remain available beyond September 30, 

9 2018. 

10 (f) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—In connection with a Fed11 eral agency’s participation in a Performance Partnership 

12 Pilot, and subject to the other provisions of this section 

13 (including subsection (e)), the head of the Federal agency 

14 to which the Federal discretionary funds were appro15 priated may waive (in whole or in part) the application, 

16 solely to such discretionary funds that are being used in 

17 the Pilot, of any statutory, regulatory, or administrative 

18 requirement that such agency head— 

19 (1) is otherwise authorized to waive (in accord20 ance with the terms and conditions of such other au21 thority), and 

22 (2) is not otherwise authorized to waive, pro23 vided that in such case the agency head shall— 

24 (A) not waive any requirement related to 

25 nondiscrimination, wage and labor standards, 
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1 or allocation of funds to State and substate lev2 els; 

3 (B) issue a written determination, prior to 

4 granting the waiver, with respect to such discre5 tionary funds that the granting of such waiver 

6 for purposes of the Pilot— 

7 (i) is consistent with both— 

8 (I) the statutory purposes of the 

9 Federal program for which such dis10 cretionary funds were appropriated, 

11 and 

12 (II) the other provisions of this 

13 section, including the written deter14 mination by the agency head issued 

15 under subsection (d); 

16 (ii) is necessary to achieve the out17 comes of the Pilot as specified in the Per18 formance Partnership Agreement, and is 

19 no broader in scope than is necessary to 

20 achieve such outcomes; and 

21 (iii) will result in either— 

22 (I) realizing efficiencies by sim23 plifying reporting burdens or reducing 

24 administrative barriers with respect to 

25 such discretionary funds, or 
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1 (II) increasing the ability of indi2 viduals to obtain access to services 

3 that are provided by such discre4 tionary funds; and 

5 (C) provide at least 60 days advance writ6 ten notice to the Committees on Appropriations 

7 and other committees of jurisdiction in the 

8 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

9 SEC. 523. (a) The head of any Executive branch de10 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 

11 this Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector Gen12 eral or senior ethics official for any entity without an In13 spector General, regarding the costs and contracting pro14 cedures related to each conference held by any such de15 partment, agency, board, commission, or office during fis16 cal year 2014 for which the cost to the United States Gov17 ernment was more than $100,000. 

18 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con19 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica20 ble period— 

21 (1) a description of its purpose; 

22 (2) the number of participants attending; 

23 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

24 United States Government, including— 

25 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
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1 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

2 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

3 travel to and from the conference; and 

4 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

5 to determine which costs relate to the con6 ference; and 

7 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

8 used including— 

9 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

10 competitive basis; and 

11 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

12 conducted by the departmental component or 

13 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

14 conference. 

15 (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 

16 by any Executive branch department, agency, board, com17 mission, or office funded by this Act during fiscal year 

18 2014 for which the cost to the United States Government 

19 was more than $20,000, the head of any such department, 

20 agency, board, commission, or office shall notify the In21 spector General or senior ethics official for any entity 

22 without an Inspector General, of the date, location, and 

23 number of employees attending such conference. 

24 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro25 priated by this Act to an Executive branch agency may 
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1 not be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a 

2 conference described in subsection (c) that is not directly 

3 and programmatically related to the purpose for which the 

4 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 

5 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 

6 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 

7 the grant or contract. 

8 (e) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

9 be used for travel and conference activities that are not 

10 in compliance with Office of Management and Budget 

11 Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012. 

12 SEC. 524. Each Federal agency, or in the case of an 

13 agency with multiple bureaus, each bureau (or operating 

14 division) funded under this Act that has research and de15 velopment expenditures in excess of $100,000,000 per 

16 year shall develop a Federal research public access policy 

17 that provides for— 

18 (1) the submission to the agency, agency bu19 reau, or designated entity acting on behalf of the 

20 agency, a machine-readable version of the author’s 

21 final peer-reviewed manuscripts that have been ac22 cepted for publication in peer-reviewed journals de23 scribing research supported, in whole or in part, 

24 from funding by the Federal Government; 
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1 (2) free online public access to such final peer2 reviewed manuscripts or published versions not later 

3 than 12 months after the official date of publication; 

4 and 

5 (3) compliance with all relevant copyright laws. 

6 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 

7 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 

8 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 
Calendar No. 128 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1284 

[Report No. 113–71] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

poses. ending September 30, 2014, and for other purcation, and related agencies for the fiscal year Labor, Health and Human Services, and EduJULY 11, 2013 

Read twice and placed on the calendar