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Union Calendar No. 144 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2995 

[Report No. 114–194] 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 9, 2015 

Mr. CRENSHAW, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, 

and for other purposes. 


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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 fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

9 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 

13 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 

14 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

15 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase 

16 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased 

17 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance 

18 of official business; executive direction program activities; 

19 international affairs and economic policy activities; domes20 tic finance and tax policy activities; and Treasury-wide 

21 management policies and programs activities, 

22 $200,000,000: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 

23 under this heading— 

24 (1) not to exceed $250,000 is for official recep25 tion and representation expenses; 


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1 (2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 

2 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 

3 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 

4 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 

5 Secretary’s certificate; and 

6 (3) not to exceed $21,000,000 shall remain 

7 available until September 30, 2017, for— 

8 (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 

9 Audit and Internal Control Program; 

10 (B) information technology modernization 

11 requirements; 

12 (C) the Office of Critical Infrastructure 

13 Protection and Compliance Policy; and 

14 (D) department-wide systems and capital 

15 investments programs; Provided, That the un16 obligated balances of prior year appropriations 

17 made available for department-wide systems 

18 and capital investments programs under the 

19 heading ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Depart20 ment-wide Systems and Capital Investments 

21 Programs’’ shall be transferred to, and merged 

22 with, the amounts made available under this 

23 subparagraph. 


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1 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 

4 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys5 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter6 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 

7 proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other 

8 national security threats, $116,000,000: Provided, That of 

9 the amount appropriated under this heading: (1) not to 

10 exceed $27,100,000 is available for administrative ex11 penses; and (2) $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2017. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the duties of the 

16 Office of Inspector General, $35,416,000, including hire 

17 of passenger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed 

18 $100,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of 

19 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 

20 the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 

21 which up to $2,800,000 shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2017; and of which not to exceed $1,000 shall 

23 be available for official reception and representation ex24 penses. 


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1 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the duties of the 

5 Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, in6 cluding purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 

7 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

8 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Inspector 

9 General for Tax Administration; $167,275,000, of which 

10 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2017; of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available 

12 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 

13 allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspec14 tor General for Tax Administration; and of which not to 

15 exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and 

16 representation expenses. 

17 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED

18 ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 

21 Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 

22 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public 

23 Law 110–343), $40,671,000. 


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1 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En4 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve5 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 

6 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 

7 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in8 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula9 tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 

10 $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

11 and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 

12 with or without reimbursement, $112,979,000, of which 

13 not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available until 

14 September 30, 2018. 

15 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

16 (RESCISSION)

17 Of the unobligated balances available under this 

18 heading, $721,000,000 are rescinded. 

19 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 

22 of the Fiscal Service, $360,000,000; of which not to ex23 ceed $4,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2018, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 


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1 and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception 

2 and representation expenses. 

3 In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil 

4 Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 

5 and personnel expenses for financial management of the 

6 Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101– 

7 380. 

8 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

11 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 

12 passenger motor vehicles, $105,000,000; of which not to 

13 exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex14 penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 

15 development programs for laboratory services; and provi16 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 

17 with or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the 

18 amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall 

19 be for the costs of accelerating the processing of formula 

20 and label applications. 

21 UNITED STATES MINT

22 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

23 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

24 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

25 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 


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1 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis2 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper3 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 

4 the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in5 curred during fiscal year 2016 under such section 5136 

6 for circulating coinage and protective service capital in7 vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 

8 $20,000,000. 

9 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

10 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 

12 Regulatory Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 

13 I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 

14 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 

15 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 

16 to the rate for EX–3, $233,523,000. Of the amount ap17 propriated under this heading— 

18 (1) not less than $176,423,000 is available 

19 until September 30, 2017, for financial assistance 

20 and technical assistance under subparagraphs (A) 

21 and (B) of section 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public 

22 Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), 

23 of which up to $3,102,500 may be used for the cost 

24 of direct loans: Provided, That the cost of direct and 

25 guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying 


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1 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

2 Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 

3 That these funds are available to subsidize gross ob4 ligations for the principal amount of direct loans not 

5 to exceed $25,000,000; 

6 (2) not less than $16,000,000 is available until 

7 September 30, 2017, for financial assistance, tech8 nical assistance, training and outreach programs de9 signed to benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, 

10 and Alaskan Native communities and provided pri11 marily through qualified community development 

12 lender organizations with experience and expertise in 

13 community development banking and lending in In14 dian country, Native American organizations, tribes 

15 and tribal organizations, and other suitable pro16 viders; 

17 (3) not less than $18,000,000 is available until 

18 September 30, 2017, for the Bank Enterprise Award 

19 program; 

20 (4) up to $23,100,000 for administrative ex21 penses, including administration of CDFI fund pro22 grams and the New Markets Tax Credit Program 

23 and up to $300,000 is for administrative expenses to 

24 carry out the direct loan program; and 


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1 (5) during fiscal year 2016, none of the funds 

2 available under this heading are available for the 

3 cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

4 Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 

5 bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 

6 Community Development and Regulatory Improve7 ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a). 

8 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

9 TAXPAYER SERVICES

10 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv11 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist12 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 

13 advocacy services, the operating expenses of the Taxpayer 

14 Advocate Service, and other services as authorized by 5 

15 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 

16 Commissioner, $2,156,554,000, of which not less than 

17 $5,600,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly 

18 Program, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be 

19 available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, and of 

20 which not less than $12,000,000, to remain available until 

21 September 30, 2017, shall be available for a Community 

22 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grants pro23 gram for tax return preparation assistance. 

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1 tive level of service rate, the number of days to resolve 

2 tax refund fraud by identity theft cases, and the percent3 age of correspondence that the IRS responds to within es4 tablished timeframes: Provided, That such funds shall 

5 supplement and not supplant any other amounts made 

6 available to the IRS for such purposes. 

7 ENFORCEMENT

8 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 

9 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 

10 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con11 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 

12 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi13 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi14 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 

15 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 

16 determined by the Commissioner, $4,325,000,000, of 

17 which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available 

18 until September 30, 2017, and of which not less than 

19 $57,493,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 

20 Enforcement program. 

21 OPERATIONS SUPPORT

22 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv23 ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro24 grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print25 ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 


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1 IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 

2 of income; telecommunications; information technology de3 velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se4 curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

5 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service 

6 Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 5 

7 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 

8 Commissioner; $3,300,000,000, of which not to exceed 

9 $50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2017; of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for official 

11 reception and representation expenses: Provided, That not 

12 later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the Inter13 nal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the Commit14 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate and the Comptroller General of the United 

16 States detailing the cost and schedule performance for its 

17 major information technology investments, including the 

18 purpose and life-cycle stages of the investments; the rea19 sons for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of such 

20 investments and strategies the Internal Revenue Service 

21 is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected develop22 mental milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred 

23 in the next quarter: Provided further, That the Internal 

24 Revenue Service shall include, in its budget justification 

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1 formance information for its major information technology 

2 systems. 

3 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

4 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv5 ice business systems modernization program, 

6 $250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2018, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech8 nology systems, including management and related con9 tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter10 nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as11 sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 

12 Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of 

13 each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit 

14 a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

15 House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp16 troller General of the United States detailing the cost and 

17 schedule performance for CADE 2 and Modernized e-File 

18 information technology investments, including the pur19 poses and life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons 

20 for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of such in21 vestments and the strategies the Internal Revenue Service 

22 is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected develop23 mental milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred 

24 in the next quarter. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

2 SERVICE

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria5 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

6 Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue 

7 Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the 

8 Committees on Appropriations. 

9 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main10 tain an employee training program, which shall include the 

11 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 

12 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im13 partial application of tax law. 

14 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti15 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe16 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro17 tect taxpayers against identity theft. 

18 SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 

19 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

20 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi21 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

22 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 

23 to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service 

24 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 


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1 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 

2 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 

3 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available to the 

4 Internal Revenue Service by this Act may be used to make 

5 a video unless the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board de6 termines in advance that making the video is appropriate, 

7 taking into account the cost, topic, tone, and purpose of 

8 the video. 

9 SEC. 106. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 

10 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 

11 to an employer making employment tax payments, and 

12 such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former 

13 and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal 

14 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 

15 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic16 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 

17 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available under 

18 this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to 

19 target citizens of the United States for exercising any 

20 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con21 stitution of the United States. 

22 SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 

24 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 

25 beliefs. 


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1 SEC. 109. None of funds made available by this Act 

2 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex3 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce4 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 

5 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 

6 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re7 sult of the recommendations in the report published on 

8 May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 

9 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 

10 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana11 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 

12 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 

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

14 individual to carry out any transfer of funds to the Inter15 nal Revenue Service under the Patient Protection and Af16 fordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) or the Health 

17 Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public 

18 Law 111–152). 

19 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to imple21 ment or enforce section 5000A of the Internal Revenue 

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

23 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

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

25 1502(b) of such Act. 


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1 SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 

3 expended— 

4 (1) to make a payment to any employee under 

5 a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 

6 (2) under any hiring or personnel selection 

7 process with respect to re-hiring a former employee, 

8 unless such program or process takes into account the 

9 conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 

10 former employee. 

11 SEC. 113. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 

13 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 

14 and disclosure of returns and return information). 

15 SEC. 114. Except to the extent provided in section 

16 6014, 6020, or 6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

17 1986, no funds in this or any other Act shall be available 

18 to the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to any person 

19 a proposed final return or statement for use by such per20 son to satisfy a filing or reporting requirement under such 

21 Code. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

2 TREASURY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 115. Appropriations to the Department of the 

5 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al6 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

7 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

8 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

9 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

10 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

11 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 

12 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

13 of health and medical services to employees and their de14 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author15 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

16 SEC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria17 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De18 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 

19 Inspector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the 

20 Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes En21 forcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, ‘‘Al22 cohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’, and ‘‘Com23 munity Development Financial Institutions Program 

24 Fund Account’’ may be transferred between such appro25 priations upon the advance approval of the Committees 


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1 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

2 Senate: Provided, That no transfer under this section may 

3 increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 

4 2 percent. 

5 SEC. 117. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria6 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

7 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen8 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad9 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

10 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 

11 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro12 priation by more than 2 percent. 

13 SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

14 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

15 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

16 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

17 SEC. 119. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans18 fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Sala19 ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec20 essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That 

21 such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and ex22 penses account from debt collections received in the Debt 

23 Collection Fund. 

24 SEC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 


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1 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu2 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 

3 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

4 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 

5 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

6 Affairs. 

7 SEC. 121. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

9 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav10 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

11 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func12 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

13 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

14 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com15 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 

16 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent17 atives and the Senate. 

18 SEC. 122. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

19 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De20 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re21 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 

22 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 

23 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 

24 2016 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 

25 Act for Fiscal Year 2016. 


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1 SEC. 123. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail2 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Fund 

3 for necessary official reception and representation ex4 penses. 

5 SEC. 124. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

6 a capital investment plan to the Committees on Appropria7 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives not 

8 later than 30 days following the submission of the annual 

9 budget submitted by the President: Provided, That such 

10 capital investment plan shall include capital investment 

11 spending from all accounts within the Department of the 

12 Treasury, including but not limited to the department13 wide systems and capital investment programs, Treasury 

14 Franchise Fund account, and the Treasury Forfeiture 

15 Fund account: Provided further, That such capital invest16 ment plan shall include expenditures occurring in previous 

17 fiscal years for each capital investment project that has 

18 not been fully completed. 

19 SEC. 125. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 

20 of each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the 

21 Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their 

22 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

24 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 


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1 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

2 Affairs. 

3 (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 

4 include— 

5 (1) the obligations made during the previous 

6 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 

7 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 

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

9 (3) the number of full-time equivalents within 

10 each office during the previous quarter; 

11 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva12 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis13 cal year; and 

14 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec15 tives, and performance measures of each office. 

16 (c) At the request of any such Committees specified 

17 in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the 

18 Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 

19 to testify on the contents of the reports required under 

20 subsection (a). 

21 SEC. 126. (a) Section 155 of Public Law 111–203 

22 is amended as follows: 

23 (1) In subsection (b)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

25 (i) by striking ‘‘immediately’’; and 


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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘as provided for in 

2 appropriation Acts’’ after ‘‘to the Office’’; 

3 (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

4 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

5 paragraph (2). 

6 (2) In subsection (d), by striking the heading 

7 and inserting ‘‘ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE.—’’. 

8 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 

9 take effect on October 1, 2016. 

10 SEC. 127. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 

11 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

12 an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 

13 of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 

14 amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran15 chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 

16 provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed 

17 description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 

18 each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip19 tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran20 chise Fund. 

21 SEC. 128. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta22 tion with the appropriate agencies, departments, bureaus, 

23 and commissions that have expertise in terrorism and 

24 complex financial instruments, shall provide a report to 

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1 resentatives and Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv2 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

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

4 not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

5 Act on economic warfare and financial terrorism. 

6 SEC. 129. During fiscal year 2016— 

7 (1) none of the funds made available in this or 

8 any other Act may be used by the Department of 

9 the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Serv10 ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev11 enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par12 ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 

13 used to determine whether an organization is oper14 ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare 

15 for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 

16 Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regu17 lations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 

18 29, 2013)); and 

19 (2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 

20 January 1, 2010, which are used to make such de21 terminations shall apply after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act for purposes of determining status 

23 under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza24 tions created on, before, or after such date. 


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1 SEC. 130. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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

4 travel-related or other transactions incident to non-aca5 demic educational exchanges described in section 

6 515.565(b)(2) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations. 

7 SEC. 131. (a) None of the funds made available by 

8 this Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, author9 ize, or otherwise allow the use, purchase, trafficking, or 

10 import of property confiscated by the Cuban Government. 

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

12 Government’’, ‘‘property’’, and ‘‘traffic’’ have the mean13 ings given such terms in paragraphs (4), (5), (12)(A), and 

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

15 Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996(22 

16 U.S.C. 6023). 

17 SEC. 132. (a) None of the funds made available by 

18 this Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, author19 ize, or otherwise allow any financial transaction with an 

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

21 Cuban military or intelligence service or with any officer 

22 of the Cuban military or intelligence service, or an imme23 diate family member thereof. 

24 (b) The limitation on the use of funds under this sec25 tion does not apply to financial transactions with respect 


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1 to exports of goods permitted under the Trade Sanctions 

2 Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

3 7201 et seq.) or to payments in furtherance of the lease 

4 agreement, or other financial transactions necessary for 

5 maintenance and improvements of the military base at 

6 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including any adjacent areas 

7 under the control or possession of the United States.. 

8 (c) In this section— 

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

10 Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the 

11 Ministry of the Interior, and their subsidiaries; and 

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

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

14 grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece or neph15 ew. 

16 SEC. 133. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex18 pended to provide for the enforcement of any rule, regula19 tion, policy, or guideline implemented pursuant to the De20 partment of the Treasury Guidance for United States Po21 sitions on MDBs Engaging with Developing Countries on 

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

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

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1 tion project the purpose of which is to increase exports 

2 of goods and services from the United States or prevent 

3 the loss of jobs from the United States. 

4 SEC. 134. During fiscal year 2016, the Office of Fi5 nancial Research shall provide for a public notice period 

6 of not less than 90 days before issuing any proposed re7 port, rule, or regulation. 

8 SEC. 135. None of the funds made available by this 

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

10 a determination that a church, an integrated auxiliary of 

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

12 exempt from taxation for participating in, or intervening 

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

14 to) any candidate for public office unless— 

15 (1) the Commissioner of Internal Revenue con16 sents to such determination; 

17 (2) not later than 30 days after such deter18 mination, the Commissioner notifies the Committee 

19 on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Committee on Finance of the Senate of such 

21 determination; and 

22 (3) such determination is effective with respect 

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

24 convention or association of churches not earlier 


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1 than 90 days after the date of the notification under 

2 paragraph (2). 

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

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 

5 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

6 TITLE II 

7 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 

8 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

9 THE WHITE HOUSE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses for the White House as au12 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 

13 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 

14 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 

15 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 

16 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not 

17 to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as 

18 provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 

19 official reception and representation expenses, to be avail20 able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi21 dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 

22 Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

23 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000. 


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1 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 

4 at the White House, $12,700,000, to be expended and ac5 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 

6 112–114. 

7 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

8 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi9 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec10 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 

11 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

12 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

13 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

14 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

15 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob16 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex17 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

18 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit19 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti20 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 

21 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

22 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

23 shall require the national committee of the political party 

24 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 

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1 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 

2 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

3 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

4 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

5 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

6 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in7 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 

8 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 

9 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 

10 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 

11 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 

12 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out13 standing debt on a United States Government claim under 

14 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount 

15 that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 

16 charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella17 neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi18 dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap19 propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 

20 the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 

21 the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res22 idence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 

23 amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 

24 consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 

25 amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 


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1 events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 

2 reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 

3 That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 

4 the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 

5 within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 

6 for the classification of any such expense as political or 

7 nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 

8 paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res9 idence from any other applicable requirement of sub10 chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 

11 Code. 

12 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

13 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

14 Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 

15 U.S.C. 105(d), $625,000, to remain available until ex16 pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 

17 health issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 

18 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 

21 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ22 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,184,000. 


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1 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND

2 SECURITY COUNCIL

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the National Security 

5 Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 

6 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,600,000. 

7 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra10 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

11 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

12 $96,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2017, of which not to exceed $7,994,000 shall remain 

14 available until expended for continued modernization of in15 formation resources within the Executive Office of the 

16 President. 

17 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

20 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

21 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out 

22 the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 

23 Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United 

24 States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of 

25 title 31, United States Code, $91,000,000, of which not 


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1 to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa2 tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro3 priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 

4 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri5 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 

6 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree7 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 

8 That none of the funds made available for the Office of 

9 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

10 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit11 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 

12 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap13 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 

14 That none of the funds provided in this or prior Acts shall 

15 be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office of Manage16 ment and Budget, for evaluating or determining if water 

17 resource project or study reports submitted by the Chief 

18 of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army 

19 are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and 

20 requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource 

21 planning process: Provided further, That the Office of 

22 Management and Budget shall have not more than 60 

23 days in which to perform budgetary policy reviews of water 

24 resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers has re25 ported: Provided further, That the Director of the Office 


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1 of Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate 

2 authorizing and appropriating committees when the 60- 

3 day review is initiated: Provided further, That if water re4 source reports have not been transmitted to the appro5 priate authorizing and appropriating committees within 

6 15 days after the end of the Office of Management and 

7 Budget review period based on the notification from the 

8 Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management 

9 and Budget concurrence with the report and act accord10 ingly: Provided further, That the Director of the Office of 

11 Management and Budget shall: (1) consult with each 

12 standing committee in the House of Representatives and 

13 the Senate with respect to the number of printed and elec14 tronic copies (including the appendix, historical tables, and 

15 analytical perspectives) of the President’s fiscal year 2017 

16 budget request that each such committee requires; and (2) 

17 provide, using the funds made available under this head18 ing, each such committee with the requisite number of 

19 copies by no later than the date that the President submits 

20 such budget to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 

21 31, United States Code. 

22 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

25 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 


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1 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza2 tion Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed 

3 $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

4 and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 

5 of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 

6 research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with7 out reimbursement, $20,047,000: Provided, That the Of8 fice is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize 

9 gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without 

10 fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facili11 tating the work of the Office. 

12 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

13 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

16 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

17 Areas Program, $250,000,000, to remain available until 

18 September 30, 2017, for drug control activities consistent 

19 with the approved strategy for each of the designated 

20 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of 

21 which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 

22 State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 

23 be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 

24 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans25 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 


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1 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 

2 Control Policy, of which up to $2,700,000 may be used 

3 for auditing services and associated activities: Provided 

4 further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of Public 

5 Law 106–58, any unexpended funds obligated prior to fis6 cal year 2014 may be used for any other approved activi7 ties of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming require8 ments: Provided further, That each HIDTA designated as 

9 of September 30, 2015, shall be funded at not less than 

10 the fiscal year 2015 base level, unless the Director submits 

11 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep12 resentatives and the Senate justification for changes to 

13 those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and pub14 lished Office of National Drug Control Policy performance 

15 measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That the Di16 rector shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

17 the initial allocation of fiscal year 2016 funding among 

18 HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

19 Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of 

20 discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta21 tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 

22 after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon 

23 a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred 

24 from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 

25 provided herein, and upon notification to the Committees 


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1 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

2 Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap3 propriation. 

4 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For other drug control activities authorized by the 

7 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 

8 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $109,310,000, to re9 main available until expended, which shall be available as 

10 follows: $95,000,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Pro11 gram, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available as di12 rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 

13 by Public Law 109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note); 

14 $2,000,000 for drug court training and technical assist15 ance; $9,000,000 for anti-doping activities; $2,060,000 for 

16 the United States membership dues to the World Anti17 Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 shall be made available 

18 as directed by section 1105 of Public Law 109–469: Pro19 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 

20 may be transferred to other Federal departments and 

21 agencies to carry out such activities. 

22 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte25 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 


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1 technology in the Federal Government, $20,000,000, to 

2 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc3 tor of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 

4 these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out 

5 projects to meet these purposes: Provided further, That 

6 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

7 shall submit quarterly reports not later than 45 days after 

8 the end of each quarter to the Committees on Appropria9 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate and 

10 the Government Accountability Office identifying the sav11 ings achieved by the Office of Management and Budget’s 

12 government-wide information technology reform efforts: 

13 Provided further, That such reports shall include savings 

14 identified by fiscal year, agency, and appropriation. 

15 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

18 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

19 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 

20 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex21 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex22 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

23 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,211,000. 


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1 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

5 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 

6 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi7 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

8 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 

9 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $299,000: Provided, That advances, re10 payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 

11 made to any department or agency for expenses of car12 rying out such activities. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

14 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO

15 THE PRESIDENT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 

18 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi19 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 

20 Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National 

21 Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of22 fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi23 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 

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1 ing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on 

2 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

3 Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap4 propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 

5 with and available for the same time and for the same 

6 purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro7 vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 

8 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro9 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 

10 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi11 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 

12 Vice President. 

13 SEC. 202. Within 90 days after the date of enactment 

14 of this section, the Director of the Office of Management 

15 and Budget shall submit a report to the Committees on 

16 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

17 Senate on the costs of implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall 

18 Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 

19 111–203). Such report shall include— 

20 (1) the estimated mandatory and discretionary 

21 obligations of funds through fiscal year 2018, by 

22 Federal agency and by fiscal year, including— 

23 (A) the estimated obligations by cost in24 puts such as rent, information technology, con25 tracts, and personnel; 


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1 (B) the methodology and data sources used 

2 to calculate such estimated obligations; and 

3 (C) the specific section of such Act that re4 quires the obligation of funds; and 

5 (2) the estimated receipts through fiscal year 

6 2018 from assessments, user fees, and other fees by 

7 the Federal agency making the collections, by fiscal 

8 year, including— 

9 (A) the methodology and data sources used 

10 to calculate such estimated collections; and 

11 (B) the specific section of such Act that 

12 authorizes the collection of funds. 

13 SEC. 203. (a) During fiscal year 2016, any Executive 

14 order or Presidential memorandum issued by the Presi15 dent shall be accompanied by a written statement from 

16 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on 

17 the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and reve18 nues, of such order or memorandum. 

19 (b) Any such statement shall include— 

20 (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im21 pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 

22 Government; 

23 (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 

24 obligations and outlays as the result of such order 

25 or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 


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1 year in the 5-fiscal year period beginning in fiscal 

2 year 2016; and 

3 (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov4 ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 

5 over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 

6 2016. 

7 (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo8 randum is issued during fiscal year 2016 due to a national 

9 emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 

10 Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 

11 (a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order 

12 or memorandum is issued. 

13 SEC. 204. None of funds made available in this Act 

14 may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of any officer 

15 or employee of the Executive Office of the President to 

16 prepare, sign, or approve statements abrogating legislation 

17 passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate 

18 and signed by the President. 

19 SEC. 205. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of any 

21 officer or employee of the Executive Office of the Presi22 dent to prepare or implement an Executive order or Presi23 dential memorandum that contravenes existing law. 

24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 

25 the President Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 


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1 TITLE III 

2 THE JUDICIARY 

3 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su6 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

7 building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor 

8 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not 

9 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 

10 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 

11 as the Chief Justice may approve, $75,500,000, of which 

12 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

13 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

14 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 

15 justice and associate justices of the court. 

16 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

17 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

18 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im19 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 

20 $9,953,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

2 CIRCUIT

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec5 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

6 $30,300,000. 

7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 

9 judge and judges of the court. 

10 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 

13 services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author14 ized by law, $18,000,000. 

15 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

16 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 

17 judge and judges of the court. 

18 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

19 JUDICIAL SERVICES

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 

22 of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other offi23 cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 

24 specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, 

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1 for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author2 ized by law, $4,998,000,000 (including the purchase of 

3 firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 

4 $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for 

5 space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings 

6 related to new space alteration and construction projects. 

7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 

9 and district judges (including judges of the territorial 

10 courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus11 tices and judges retired from office or from regular active 

12 service. 

13 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

14 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

15 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub16 lic Law 99–660), $6,000,000, to be appropriated from the 

17 Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

18 DEFENDER SERVICES

19 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

20 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor21 neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 

22 3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim23 bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 

24 expert, and other services for such representations as au25 thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 


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1 maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement 

2 of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 

3 criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa4 tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 

5 expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 

6 actions for the protection of their employment, as author7 ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim8 bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 

9 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil 

10 forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse11 ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 

12 under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and 

13 general administrative expenses, $1,057,616,000, to re14 main available until expended. 

15 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

16 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

17 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis18 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa19 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 

20 pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro21 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $48,400,000, 

22 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

23 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 

24 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 

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1 COURT SECURITY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 incident to the provision of protective guard services for 

5 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

6 Federal court operations, and the procurement, installa7 tion, and maintenance of security systems and equipment 

8 for United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

9 Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress 

10 control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security 

11 patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 

12 by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi13 ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve14 ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

15 $537,000,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

16 remain available until expended, to be expended directly 

17 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 

18 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 

19 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 

20 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 

21 Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen22 eral. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

2 COURTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 

5 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ6 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas7 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 

8 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else9 where, $85,000,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au10 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

11 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen14 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $27,250,000; 

15 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep16 tember 30, 2017, to provide education and training to 

17 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 

18 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa19 tion expenses. 

20 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

23 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 

24 Code, $17,200,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au25 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

4 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

5 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

6 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria7 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi8 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro9 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 

10 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De11 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 

12 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis13 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

14 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

15 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

16 funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 

17 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 

18 compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608. 

19 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts 

21 of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 

22 shall be available for official reception and representation 

23 expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 

24 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 

25 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 


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1 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 

2 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

3 SEC. 304. Section 3314(a) of title 40, United States 

4 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec5 utive’’ each place it appears. 

6 SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, 

7 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

8 United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 

9 courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 

10 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 

11 United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the 

12 security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De13 partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 

14 services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build15 ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di16 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 

17 Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 

18 rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 

19 SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve20 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 

21 note), is amended in the second sentence after paragraph 

22 (12) (relating to the District of Kansas), by striking ‘‘24 

23 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘25 years and 6 

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1 (b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 

2 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis3 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria4 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 

5 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence 

6 (relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking 

7 ‘‘22 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘23 years and 

8 6 months’’. 

9 (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart10 ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 

11 Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 

12 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘13 years’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘14 years’’; 

14 (2) in the second sentence (relating to the cen15 tral District of California), by striking ‘‘12 years 

16 and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘13 years and 6 

17 months’’; and 

18 (3) in the third sentence (relating to the west19 ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘11 

20 years’’ and inserting ‘‘12 years’’. 

21 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria22 tions Act, 2016’’. 


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1 TITLE IV 

2 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

3 FEDERAL FUNDS

4 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

5 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

6 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 

7 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 

8 Columbia resident tuition support, $20,000,000, to remain 

9 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in10 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be11 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 

12 amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

13 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu14 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 

15 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 

16 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 

17 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 

18 eligible students and such other factors as may be author19 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov20 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi21 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 

22 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 

23 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal24 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 

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1 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 

2 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

3 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup4 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 

5 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 

6 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

7 of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show8 ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur9 pose therefor. 

10 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

11 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

12 For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de13 termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ14 ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 

15 of surrounding jurisdictions, $12,500,000, to remain 

16 available until expended, for the costs of providing public 

17 safety at events related to the presence of the National 

18 Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re19 quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv20 ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction 

21 of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs 

22 of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 

23 terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 

24 surrounding jurisdictions. 


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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 COURTS

3 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum4 bia Courts, $259,100,000, to be allocated as follows: for 

5 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $14,000,000, 

6 of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 

7 representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the 

8 District of Columbia, $123,000,000, of which not to ex9 ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex10 penses; for the District of Columbia Court System, 

11 $73,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official 

12 reception and representation expenses; and $49,100,000, 

13 to remain available until September 30, 2017, for capital 

14 improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili15 ties: Provided, That funds made available for capital im16 provements shall be expended consistent with the District 

17 of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condi18 tion assessment: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

19 any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 

20 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage21 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

22 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 

23 of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 30 days 

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1 ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not 

2 more than $6,000,000 of the funds provided under this 

3 heading among the items and entities funded under this 

4 heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee on 

5 Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may, 

6 by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to 

7 the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of 

8 title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District 

9 of Columbia Courts. 

10 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN

11 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

12 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

13 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen14 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 

15 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro16 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

17 District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 

18 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 

19 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech20 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 

21 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

22 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 

23 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay24 ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 

25 Code (relating to services provided under the District of 


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1 Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du2 rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $49,890,000, to 

3 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

4 provided under this heading shall be administered by the 

5 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis6 trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

7 any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap8 portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 

9 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

10 as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen11 cies. 

12 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF13 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

14 OF COLUMBIA

15 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

16 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 

17 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au18 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self19 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $242,750,000, of 

20 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 

21 representation expenses related to Community Supervision 

22 and Pretrial Services Agency programs, of which not to 

23 exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to 

24 the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 

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1 of which $181,500,000 shall be for necessary expenses of 

2 Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to 

3 include expenses relating to the supervision of adults sub4 ject to protection orders or the provision of services for 

5 or related to such persons, of which up to $3,159,000 shall 

6 remain available until September 30, 2018, for the reloca7 tion of offender supervision field offices; and of which 

8 $61,250,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services 

9 Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi10 sion of law, all amounts under this heading shall be appor11 tioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget 

12 and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 

13 appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal 

14 agencies: Provided further, That amounts under this head15 ing may be used for programmatic incentives for offenders 

16 and defendants successfully meeting terms of supervision: 

17 Provided further, That the Director may accept, solicit, 

18 and use on the behalf of the Agency any monetary or non19 monetary gift to support offenders and defendants suc20 cessfully meeting terms of supervision: Provided further, 

21 That the Director shall keep accurate and detailed records 

22 of the acceptance and use of any gift under the previous 

23 proviso, and shall make such records available for audit 

24 and public inspection: Provided further, That the Court 

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1 thorized to accept and use reimbursement from the Dis2 trict of Columbia Government for space and services pro3 vided on a cost reimbursable basis. 

4 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

5 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

6 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

7 hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 

8 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 

9 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 

10 1997, $40,889,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

11 other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 

12 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage13 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

14 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 

15 of Federal agencies: Provided further, That, notwith16 standing section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, and 

17 in addition to the authority provided by the District of 

18 Columbia Code Section 2–1607(b), upon approval of the 

19 Board of Trustees, the District of Columbia Public De20 fender Service may accept and use voluntary and uncom21 pensated services for the purpose of aiding or facilitating 

22 the work of the District of Columbia Public Defender 

23 Service: Provided further, That, notwithstanding District 

24 of Columbia Code section 2–1603(d), for the purpose of 

25 any action brought against the Board of the Trustees of 


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1 the District of Columbia Public Defender Service at any 

2 time during fiscal year 2016 or any previous fiscal year, 

3 the trustees shall be deemed to be employees of the Public 

4 Defender Service. 

5 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

6 COORDINATING COUNCIL

7 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co8 ordinating Council, $1,900,000, to remain available until 

9 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 

10 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis11 trict of Columbia. 

12 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

13 For a Federal payment, to remain available until 

14 September 30, 2017, to the Commission on Judicial Dis15 abilities and Tenure, $295,000, and for the Judicial Nomi16 nation Commission, $270,000. 

17 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

18 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro19 gram in the District of Columbia, $45,000,000, to remain 

20 available until expended, for payments authorized under 

21 the Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act (division 

22 C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent 

23 that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and 

24 following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 

25 Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships 


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1 available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such 

2 Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu3 dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre4 vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro5 vided for opportunity scholarships $3,200,000 shall be for 

6 the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 

7 3007(d) and 3009 of the Act.. 

8 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

9 NATIONAL GUARD

10 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

11 National Guard, $435,000, to remain available until ex12 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis13 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 

14 Access Program. 

15 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF

16 HIV/AIDS

17 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

18 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in19 dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac20 quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co21 lumbia, $5,000,000. 

22 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

23 Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co24 lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 

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1 grams and activities set forth under the heading ‘‘District 

2 of Columbia Funds Summary of Expenses’’ and at the 

3 rate set forth under such heading, as included in the Fis4 cal Year 2016 Budget Request Act of 2015 submitted to 

5 the Congress by the District of Columbia as amended as 

6 of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That not7 withstanding any other provision of law, except as pro8 vided in section 450A of the District of Columbia Home 

9 Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 

10 816 and 817 of the Financial Services and General Gov11 ernment Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 

12 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provisions of this Act, 

13 the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 

14 expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2016 

15 under this heading shall not exceed the estimates included 

16 in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request Act of 2015 sub17 mitted to Congress by the District of Columbia as amend18 ed as of the date of enactment of this Act or the sum 

19 of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such 

20 fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount appro21 priated may be increased by proceeds of one-time trans22 actions, which are expended for emergency or unantici23 pated operating or capital needs: Provided further, That 

24 such increases shall be approved by enactment of local 

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1 contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: 

2 Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the 

3 District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary 

4 to assure that the District of Columbia meets these re5 quirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Fi6 nancial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 

7 available to the District during fiscal year 2016, except 

8 that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 

9 operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, 

10 or other obligations issued for capital projects. 

11 This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 

12 Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

13 TITLE V 

14 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con18 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 

19 et seq., $3,100,000, to remain available until September 

20 30, 2017, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re21 ception and representation expenses. 

22 BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 SEC. 501. Section 1017(a)(2)(C) of Public Law 111– 

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1 SEC. 502. Effective October 1, 2016, notwithstanding 

2 section 1017 of Public Law 111–203— 

3 (1) the Board of Governors of the Federal Re4 serve System shall not transfer amounts specified 

5 under such section to the Bureau of Consumer Fi6 nancial Protection; and 

7 (2) there are authorized to be appropriated to 

8 the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection such 

9 sums as may be necessary to carry out the authori10 ties of the Bureau under Federal consumer financial 

11 law. 

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

13 on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac14 cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 

15 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 

16 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent17 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv18 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

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

20 of such request. 

21 (b) (1) Any such notification shall include the amount 

22 of the funds requested, an explanation of how the funds 

23 will be obligated by object class and activity, and why the 

24 funds are necessary to protect consumers. 


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1 (2) Any notification required by this section shall be 

2 made available on the Bureau’s public Web site. 

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

4 of each quarter of each fiscal year, the Bureau of Con5 sumer Financial Protection shall submit a report on its 

6 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

8 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, 

9 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af10 fairs of the Senate. 

11 (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 

12 include— 

13 (1) the obligations made during the previous 

14 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 

15 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 

16 of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity 

17 (3) the number of full-time equivalents within 

18 each office during the previous quarter; 

19 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva20 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis21 cal year; and 

22 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec23 tives, and performance measures of each office. 

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1 shall make Bureau officials available to testify on the con2 tents of the reports required under subsection (a). 

3 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

6 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve7 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

8 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv9 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

10 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi11 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 

12 exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex13 penses, $122,000,000, of which not less than $1,000,000 

14 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, to reduce 

15 the costs of third party testing associated with certifi16 cation of children’s products under section 14 of the Con17 sumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063). 

18 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer21 ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $4,800,000. 

22 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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1 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

2 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 

3 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi4 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 

5 5 U.S.C. 3109, $314,844,000, to remain available until 

6 expended: Provided, That $314,844,000 of offsetting col7 lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 

8 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 

9 retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 

10 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

11 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 

12 collections are received during fiscal year 2016 so as to 

13 result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation estimated 

14 at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections re15 ceived in excess of $314,844,000 in fiscal year 2016 shall 

16 not be available for obligation: Provided further, That re17 maining offsetting collections from prior years collected in 

18 excess of the amount specified for collection in each such 

19 year and otherwise becoming available on October 1, 2015, 

20 shall not be available for obligation: Provided further, That 

21 notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from 

22 the use of a competitive bidding system that may be re23 tained and made available for obligation shall not exceed 

24 $117,000,000 for fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That 

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1 than $12,253,600 shall be for the salaries and expenses 

2 of the Office of Inspector General. 

3 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

4 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

6 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

7 General Act of 1978, $34,568,000, to be derived from the 

8 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the 

9 FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

10 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 

14 $76,119,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 

15 until September 30, 2017, for lease expiration and re16 placement lease expenses; and of which not to exceed 

17 $5,000 shall be available for reception and representation 

18 expenses. 

19 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

22 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga23 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

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1 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi2 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 

3 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 

4 Columbia and elsewhere, $26,550,000: Provided, That 

5 public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel 

6 may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub7 sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 

8 employed intermittently in the Government service, and 

9 compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 

10 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re11 ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 

12 labor-management relations conferences shall be credited 

13 to and merged with this account, to be available without 

14 further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 

15 conferences. 

16 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com19 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au20 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 

21 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

22 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa23 tion expenses, $302,500,000, to remain available until ex24 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 

25 available for use to contract with a person or persons for 


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1 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 

2 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

3 other provision of law, not to exceed $124,000,000 of off4 setting collections derived from fees collected for 

5 premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro6 dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 

7 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 

8 and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 

9 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi10 sion of law, not to exceed $14,000,000 in offsetting collec11 tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 

12 the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 

13 Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven14 tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 

15 account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 

16 in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here17 in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 

18 as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 

19 year 2016, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 appro20 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

21 $164,500,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 

22 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 

23 used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of 

24 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 


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1 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

2 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

3 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

4 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec7 tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec8 essary expenses of real property management and related 

9 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 

10 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 

11 buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 

12 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen13 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 

14 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al15 location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci16 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 

17 and alteration of federally owned buildings, including 

18 grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe19 guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 

20 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur21 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 

22 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con23 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre24 liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 

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1 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter2 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 

3 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag4 gregate amount of $8,435,055,000, of which— 

5 (1) $0 shall be for construction and acquisition 

6 (including funds for sites and expenses, and associ7 ated design and construction services); 

8 (2) $675,000,000 shall remain available until 

9 expended for repairs and alterations, including asso10 ciated design and construction services, of which— 

11 (A) $265,000,000 is for Major Repairs and 

12 Alterations; 

13 (B) $300,000,000 is for Basic Repairs and 

14 Alterations; and 

15 (C) $110,000,000 is for Special Emphasis 

16 Programs, of which— 

17 (i) $20,000,000 is for Fire and Life 

18 Safety; 

19 (ii) $20,000,000 is for Judiciary Cap20 ital Security; and 

21 (iii) $70,000,000 is for Consolidation 

22 Activities: Provided, That consolidation 

23 projects result in reduced annual rent paid 

24 by the tenant agency: Provided further, 

25 That no consolidation project exceed 


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1 $20,000,000 in costs: Provided further, 

2 That consolidation projects are approved 

3 by each of the committees specified in sec4 tion 3307(a) of title 40, United States 

5 Code: Provided further, That preference is 

6 given to consolidation projects that achieve 

7 a utilization rate of 130 usable square feet 

8 or less per person for office space: Pro9 vided further, That the obligation of funds 

10 under this paragraph for consolidation ac11 tivities may not be made until 10 days 

12 after a proposed spending plan and expla13 nation for each project to be undertaken, 

14 including estimated savings, has been sub15 mitted to the Committees on Appropria16 tions of the House of Representatives and 

17 the Senate: 

18 Provided, That funds made available in this or any 

19 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs 

20 and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited 

21 to the amount identified for each project, except each 

22 project in this or any previous Act may be increased by 

23 an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance ap24 proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations 

25 of a greater amount: Provided further, That additional 


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1 projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved 

2 may be funded under this category only if advance ap3 proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria4 tions: Provided further, That the amounts provided in this 

5 or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 

6 used to fund costs associated with implementing security 

7 improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum 

8 standards for security in accordance with current law and 

9 in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the 

10 appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Pro11 vided further, That the difference between the funds ap12 propriated and expended on any projects in this or any 

13 prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, 

14 may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or 

15 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: 

16 Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any 

17 prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used 

18 to pay claims against the Government arising from any 

19 projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or 

20 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; 

21 (3) $5,500,055,000 for rental of space to re22 main available until expended; and 

23 (4) $2,260,000,000 for building operations to 

24 remain available until expended, of which 

25 $1,130,661,000 is for building services, and 


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1 $1,129,339,000 is for salaries and expenses: Pro2 vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any 

3 appropriation made available under this paragraph 

4 for building operations may be transferred between 

5 and merged with such appropriations upon notifica6 tion to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Senate, but no 

8 such appropriation shall be increased by more than 

9 5 percent by any such transfers: Provided further, 

10 That section 508 of this title shall not apply with re11 spect to funds made available under this heading for 

12 building operations: Provided further, That the total 

13 amount of funds made available from this Fund to 

14 the General Services Administration shall not be 

15 available for expenses of any construction, repair, al16 teration and acquisition project for which a pro17 spectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not 

18 been approved, except that necessary funds may be 

19 expended for each project for required expenses for 

20 the development of a proposed prospectus: Provided 

21 further, That funds available in the Federal Build22 ings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs 

23 when advance approval is obtained from the Com24 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

25 amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special 


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1 services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) 

2 and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, 

3 lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private 

4 or other property not in Government ownership or 

5 control as may be appropriate to enable the United 

6 States Secret Service to perform its protective func7 tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 

8 from such revenues and collections: Provided further, 

9 That revenues and collections and any other sums 

10 accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2016, ex11 cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), 

12 in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 

13 authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed14 eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the 

15 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex16 cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 

17 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

18 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

19 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro20 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac21 tivities associated with the management of real and per22 sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 

23 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 

24 acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology 


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1 management, and related technology activities; and serv2 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,000,000. 

3 OPERATING EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro6 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

7 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis8 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man9 agement, and communications; the Civilian Board of Con10 tract Appeals; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

11 3109; $58,550,000, of which $25,979,000 is for Real and 

12 Personal Property Management and Disposal; 

13 $23,387,000 is for the Office of the Administrator, of 

14 which not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception and 

15 representation expenses; and $9,184,000 is for the Civil16 ian Board of Contract Appeals: Provided further, That not 

17 to exceed 5 percent of the appropriation made available 

18 under this heading for Office of the Administrator may 

19 be transferred to the appropriation for the Real and Per20 sonal Property Management and Disposal upon notifica21 tion to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

22 of Representatives and the Senate, but the appropriation 

23 for the Real and Personal Property Management and Dis24 posal may not be increased by more than 5 percent by 

25 any such transfer. 


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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

4 $65,000,000, of which $2,000,000 is available until ex5 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be 

6 available for payment for information and detection of 

7 fraud against the Government, including payment for re8 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

9 That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 

10 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

11 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en12 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 

13 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

14 PRESIDENTS

15 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

16 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 

17 $1,625,000. 

18 PRE-ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For activities authorized by the Presidential Transi21 tion Act of 1963 and other Acts with respect to eligible 

22 candidates (as defined in section 3(h)(4) of the 1963 Act), 

23 not to exceed $13,278,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That such amounts may be 

25 transferred to ‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal 


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1 Buildings Fund’’ to reimburse obligations incurred for the 

2 purposes provided herein in fiscal year 2015: Provided fur3 ther, That amounts made available under this heading 

4 shall be in addition to any other amounts available for 

5 such purposes. 

6 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Serv9 ices and Innovative Technologies, including services au10 thorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for 

11 necessary expenses in support of interagency projects that 

12 enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to 

13 conduct activities electronically, through the development 

14 and implementation of innovative uses of information 

15 technology; $54,000,000, of which $14,841,000 shall be 

16 available for electronic government projects, to be depos17 ited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided, 

18 That the previous amount may be transferred to Federal 

19 agencies to carry out the purpose of the Federal Citizen 

20 Services Fund: Provided further, That the appropriations, 

21 revenues, reimbursements, and collections deposited into 

22 the Fund shall be available until expended for necessary 

23 expenses of Federal Citizen Services and other activities 

24 that enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability 

25 to conduct activities electronically in the aggregate 


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1 amount not to exceed $90,000,000: Provided further, That 

2 appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections 

3 accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2016 in excess 

4 of such amount shall remain in the Fund and shall not 

5 be available for expenditure except as authorized in appro6 priations Acts: Provided further, That any appropriations 

7 provided to the Electronic Government Fund that remain 

8 unobligated may be transferred to the Federal Citizen 

9 Services Fund: Provided further, That the transfer au10 thorities provided herein shall be in addition to any other 

11 transfer authority provided in this Act. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 505. Funds available to the General Services 

16 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

17 motor vehicles. 

18 SEC. 506. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

19 made available for fiscal year 2016 for Federal Buildings 

20 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

21 only to the extent necessary to meet program require22 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap23 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 

24 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 


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1 SEC. 507. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 

2 funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 

3 a fiscal year 2017 request for United States Courthouse 

4 construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 

5 standards for construction as established and approved by 

6 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con7 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage8 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 

9 Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 

10 5-year construction plan; and (3) includes a standardized 

11 courtroom utilization study of each facility to be con12 structed, replaced, or expanded. 

13 SEC. 508. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

14 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 

15 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

16 other service usually provided through the Federal Build17 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

18 square foot assessment for space and services as deter19 mined by the General Services Administration in consider20 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

21 (Public Law 92–313). 

22 SEC. 509. From funds made available under the 

23 heading Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail24 ability of Revenue, claims against the Government of less 

25 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 


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1 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav2 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti3 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

4 of Representatives and the Senate. 

5 SEC. 510. In any case in which the Committee on 

6 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep7 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub8 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 

9 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con10 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin11 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 

12 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 

13 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 

14 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter15 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 

16 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro17 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 

18 statement to each of such committees and the Committees 

19 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 

21 the resolution. 

22 SEC. 511. With respect to each project funded under 

23 the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judici24 ary Capital Security Program’’, and with respect to E25 Government projects funded under the heading ‘‘Federal 


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1 Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator of General 

2 Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation for 

3 each project to be undertaken to the Committees on Ap4 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen5 ate not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act. 

7 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

11 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza12 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 

13 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

14 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author15 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 

16 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

17 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

18 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa19 tion expenses, $45,070,000, to remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2017, and in addition not to exceed 

21 $2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 

22 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap23 peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 

24 and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 

25 Systems Protection Board. 


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1 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin4 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis5 tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 

6 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re7 view and declassification of documents, the activities of 

8 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 

9 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 

10 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al11 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

12 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 

13 $369,000,000. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

16 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

17 General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 

18 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 

19 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 

20 vehicles, $4,180,000. 

21 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

22 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar23 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold24 ings, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided,That the remaining unobligated balances available 


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1 under this heading in Public Laws 111–8 and 111–117 

2 for necessary expenses related to the repair and renovation 

3 of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Mu4 seum in Hyde Park, New York shall be available to imple5 ment the National Archives and Records Administration 

6 Capital Improvement Plan. 

7 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

8 COMMISSION

9 GRANTS PROGRAM

10 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

11 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

12 U.S.C. 2504, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex13 pended. 

14 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

15 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

16 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

17 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 

18 and 9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September 

19 30, 2017, for technical assistance to low-income des20 ignated credit unions. 

21 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

24 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 

25 Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 


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1 and the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 

2 2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

3 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 

4 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex5 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex6 penses, $15,742,000. 

7 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

11 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re12 organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv13 ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 

14 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 

15 veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con16 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 

17 hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 

18 official reception and representation expenses; advances 

19 for reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the 

20 Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred 

21 under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, 

22 as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence 

23 allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities 

24 require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post 

25 of duty, $120,606,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain 


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1 available until expended for Federal investigations en2 hancements, and of which $616,000 may be for strength3 ening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition work4 force (as defined by the Office of Federal Procurement 

5 Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), includ6 ing the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such 

7 workforce and information technology in support of acqui8 sition workforce effectiveness or for management solutions 

9 to improve acquisition management; and in addition 

10 $124,550,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans11 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without 

12 regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 

13 printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro14 grams: Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation 

15 shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds 

16 as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 

17 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 

18 Code: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation 

19 shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal 

20 Examining Unit of OPM established pursuant to Execu21 tive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor 

22 unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s 

23 Commission on White House Fellows, established by Exec24 utive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during 

25 fiscal year 2016, accept donations of money, property, and 


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1 personal services: Provided further, That such donations, 

2 including those from prior years, may be used for the de3 velopment of publicity materials to provide information 

4 about the White House Fellows, except that no such dona5 tions shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of trav6 el expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Com7 mission. 

8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

12 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

13 General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 

14 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

15 $4,365,000, and in addition, not to exceed $22,479,000 

16 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro17 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage18 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans19 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

20 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 

21 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author22 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

23 and elsewhere. 


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1 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

4 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 

5 Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 

6 1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection 

7 Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12) as amended by Public 

8 Law 107–304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement 

9 Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–199), and the Uniformed 

10 Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 

11 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author12 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for 

13 witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co14 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi15 cles; $24,119,000. 

16 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 

20 Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 

21 Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 

22 435), $15,200,000, to be derived by transfer from the 

23 Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec24 tion 603(a) of such Act. 


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1 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib4 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 

5 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

6 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $19,500,000. 

7 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex10 change Commission, including services as authorized by 

11 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 

12 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 

13 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa14 tion expenses, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until 

15 expended; of which not less than $11,315,971 shall be for 

16 the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 

17 $75,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for 

18 the International Organization of Securities Commissions; 

19 of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for ex20 penses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Com21 mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory 

22 officials, members of their delegations and staffs to ex23 change views concerning securities matters, such expenses 

24 to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses 

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1 in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses such as 

2 meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) related lodg3 ing or subsistence; of which funding for information tech4 nology initiatives shall be increased over the fiscal year 

5 2015 level by not less than $50,000,000; and of which not 

6 less than $68,223,000 shall be for the Division of Eco7 nomic and Risk Analysis: Provided, That fees and charges 

8 authorized by section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act 

9 of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to this account 

10 as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not to ex11 ceed $1,500,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall be 

12 available until expended for necessary expenses of this ac13 count: Provided further, That the total amount appro14 priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 

15 year 2016 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re16 ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2016 ap17 propriation from the general fund estimated at not more 

18 than $0. 

19 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys22 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

23 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

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1 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

2 $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 

3 $22,500,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 

4 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 

5 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 

6 deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na7 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 

8 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con9 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 

10 Forces of the United States. 

11 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

14 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 

15 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 

16 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex17 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex18 penses, $257,000,000: Provided, That the Administrator 

19 is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publica20 tions developed by the Small Business Administration, and 

21 certain loan program activities, including fees authorized 

22 by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided fur23 ther, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues re24 ceived from all such activities shall be credited to this ac25 count, to remain available until expended, for carrying out 


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1 these purposes without further appropriations: Provided 

2 further, That the Small Business Administration may ac3 cept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and may 

4 co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with section 

5 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during fiscal 

6 year 2016: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall be 

7 available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting Sys8 tem, to be available until September 30, 2017. 

9 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

10 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en11 trepreneurial and small business development, 

12 $223,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2017: Provided, That $117,000,000 shall be available to 

14 fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2016 or fiscal 

15 year 2017 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi16 ness Act: Provided further, That $25,000,000 shall be for 

17 marketing, management, and technical assistance under 

18 section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

19 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 

20 the microloan program: Provided further, That 

21 $18,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 

22 carry out export programs that assist small business con23 cerns authorized under section 1207 of Public Law 111– 

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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

4 General Act of 1978, $19,900,000. 

5 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 

7 carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 

8 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi9 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to 

10 remain available until expended. 

11 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the cost of direct loans, $3,338,172, to remain 

14 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in15 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de16 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

17 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 

18 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 

19 2016 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 

20 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not 

21 exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis22 cal year 2016 commitments for general business loans au23 thorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 

24 shall not exceed $23,500,000,000 for a combination of 

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1 of credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further, 

2 That during fiscal year 2016 commitments to guarantee 

3 loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small 

4 Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 

5 $4,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 

6 2016, guarantees of trust certificates authorized by sec7 tion 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a 

8 principal amount of $12,000,000,000. 

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

10 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $152,725,828, 

11 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro12 priations for Salaries and Expenses. 

13 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

16 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 

17 Business Act, $186,858,000, to be available until ex18 pended, of which $1,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector 

19 General of the Small Business Administration for audits 

20 and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro21 grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 

22 appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 

23 which $176,858,000 is for direct administrative expenses 

24 of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 

25 program, which may be transferred and merged with the 


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1 appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of which 

2 $9,000,000 is for indirect administrative expenses for the 

3 direct loan program, which shall be may be transferred 

4 to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and 

5 Expenses. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS

7 ADMINISTRATION

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 512. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria10 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 

11 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans12 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro13 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

14 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

15 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

16 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail17 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

18 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

19 SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds made available under 

20 this Act may be used to collect a guarantee fee under sec21 tion 7(a)(18) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

22 636(a)(18)) with respect to a loan guaranteed under sec23 tion 7(a)(31) of such Act that is made to a small business 

24 concern (as defined under section 3 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

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1 by 1 or more individuals who is a veteran (as defined in 

2 section 101 of title 38, United States Code) or the spouse 

3 of a veteran. 

4 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit 

5 the authority of the Administrator of the Small Business 

6 Administration to waive such a guarantee fee or any other 

7 loan fee with respect to a loan to a small business concern 

8 described in subsection (a) or any other borrower. 

9 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

10 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

11 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

12 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub13 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 

14 States Code, $55,075,000: Provided, That mail for over15 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 

16 Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 

17 of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro18 vided further, That none of the funds made available to 

19 the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement 

20 any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or 

21 employee of any State or local child support enforcement 

22 agency, or any individual participating in a State or local 

23 program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa24 tion requested or provided concerning an address of a 

25 postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds 


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1 provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close 

2 small rural and other small post offices: Provided further, 

3 That the Postal Service shall maintain and comply with 

4 service standards for First Class Mail and periodicals ef5 fective on July 1, 2012. 

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

10 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

11 General Act of 1978, $243,883,000, to be derived by 

12 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 

13 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account14 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 

15 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

18 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

19 $51,000,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 

20 shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 

21 TITLE VI 

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

23 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

24 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

25 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 


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1 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

2 funded in this Act. 

3 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

4 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

5 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria6 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

7 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 

8 under this Act for any consulting service through procure9 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

10 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

11 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

12 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex13 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

14 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in16 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

17 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro18 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

19 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

21 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac22 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

23 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol24 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

25 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 


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1 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

2 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

3 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

4 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

5 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

6 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

7 person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap8 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

9 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

10 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre11 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund12 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex13 penditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any ac14 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

15 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

16 available for obligation or expenditure through a re17 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

18 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

19 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 

20 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con21 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac22 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 

23 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 

24 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac25 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 


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1 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi2 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 

3 creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un4 less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap5 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen6 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization 

7 or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 

8 agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent10 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later 

11 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

12 agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the 

13 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent14 atives and the Senate to establish the baseline for applica15 tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 

16 current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum 

17 the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation 

18 with a separate column to display the President’s budget 

19 request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 

20 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 

21 enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro22 priation both by object class and program, project, and 

23 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec24 tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 

25 special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 


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1 amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 

2 for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 

3 each day after the required date that the report has not 

4 been submitted to the Congress. 

5 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

6 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

7 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016 from 

8 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

9 for fiscal year 2016 in this Act, shall remain available 

10 through September 30, 2017, for each such account for 

11 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

12 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

13 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 

14 prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 

15 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re16 programming guidelines. 

17 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 

18 this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi19 dent to request— 

20 (1) any official background investigation report 

21 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves22 tigation; or 

23 (2) a determination with respect to the treat24 ment of an organization as described in section 

25 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 


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1 exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

2 Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 

3 Internal Revenue Service. 

4 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 

5 (1) in the case of an official background inves6 tigation report, if such individual has given express 

7 written consent for such request not more than 6 

8 months prior to the date of such request and during 

9 the same presidential administration; or 

10 (2) if such request is required due to extraor11 dinary circumstances involving national security. 

12 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul13 gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 

14 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed15 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 

16 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

17 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

18 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 

19 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of20 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 

21 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 

22 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 

23 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 

24 to court approval. 


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1 SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

2 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 

3 expenses in connection with any health plan under the 

4 Federal employees health benefits program which provides 

5 any benefits or coverage for abortions. 

6 SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 

7 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 

8 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 

9 result of an act of rape or incest. 

10 SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 

11 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur12 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

13 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu14 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 

15 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa16 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 

17 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 

18 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 

19 SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 

20 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu21 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac22 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 

23 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 

24 non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex25 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 


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1 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func2 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em3 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 

4 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 

5 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 

6 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 

7 person or entity is an organization described in section 

8 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex9 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 

10 SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 

11 funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 

12 Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 

13 by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 

14 funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 

15 advise on emerging regulatory issues. 

16 SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

17 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 

18 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 

19 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet20 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 

21 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of22 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 

23 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 

24 with the current lessor. 


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1 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 

2 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 

3 the President to require emergency leasing authority with 

4 respect to such agency. 

5 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 

6 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 

7 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen8 eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 

9 Service. 

10 SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the fol11 lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 

12 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 

13 102). 

14 (2) Payments to— 

15 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 

16 (28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 

17 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 

18 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 

19 (C) the United States Court of Federal 

20 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 

21 178(l)). 

22 (3) Payment of Government contributions— 

23 (A) with respect to the health benefits of 

24 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 

25 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 


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1 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 

2 Stat. 849); and 

3 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene4 fits for employees retiring after December 31, 

5 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 

6 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 

7 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 

8 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 

9 8348). 

10 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 

11 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

12 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 

13 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 

14 States Code. 

15 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex16 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 

17 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con18 tained in this Act. 

19 SEC. 620. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 

21 complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 

22 Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro23 posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu24 latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 


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1 Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 

2 No. 13563. 

3 SEC. 621. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses for the 

5 following positions: 

6 (1) Director, White House Office of Health Re7 form, or any substantially similar position. 

8 (2) Assistant to the President for Energy and 

9 Climate Change, or any substantially similar posi10 tion. 

11 (3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the 

12 Treasury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on 

13 the Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manu14 facturing Policy, or any substantially similar posi15 tion. 

16 (4) White House Director of Urban Affairs, or 

17 any substantially similar position. 

18 SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 

20 33 of title 44, United States Code. 

21 SEC. 623. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 

22 of enactment of this section, the agencies specified in sub23 section (b) shall each submit a report to the Committees 

24 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

25 Senate on— 


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1 (1) increasing public participation in the rule2 making process and reducing uncertainty; 

3 (2) improving coordination with other Federal 

4 agencies to eliminate redundant, inconsistent, and 

5 overlapping regulations; and 

6 (3) identifying existing regulations that have 

7 been reviewed and determined to be outmoded, inef8 fective, or excessively burdensome. 

9 (b) The agencies required to submit a report specified 

10 in subsection (a) are— 

11 (1) the Consumer Product Safety Commission; 

12 (2) the Federal Communications Commission; 

13 (3) the Federal Trade Commission; and 

14 (4) the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

15 SEC. 624. During fiscal year 2016, no funds shall be 

16 obligated from the Securities and Exchange Commission 

17 Reserve Fund established by section 991 of the Dodd18 Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 

19 (Public Law 111–203). 

20 SEC. 625. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis22 sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 

23 or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 

24 contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 

25 to trade associations. 


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1 SEC. 626. (a) Section 13(n)(5) of the Securities Ex2 change Act of 1934 25 (15 U.S.C. 78m(n)(5)) is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (G)— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

6 striking ‘‘all’’ and inserting ‘‘security-based 

7 swap’’; and 

8 (B) in subclause (v)— 

9 (i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘; 

10 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

11 (ii) in subclause (III), by striking the 

12 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

13 and 

14 (iii) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(IV) other foreign authorities.’’; 

17 and 

18 (2) by striking subparagraph (H) and inserting 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(H) CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.— 

21 Before the security-based swap data repository 

22 may share information with any entity de23 scribed in subparagraph (G), the security-based 

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1 tity shall abide by the confidentiality require2 ments described in section 24 relating to the in3 formation on security-based swap transactions 

4 that is provided.’’. 

5 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 

6 take effect as if enacted on July 21, 2010. 

7 SEC. 627. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 

9 disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv10 ice to the public or remote computing service of the con11 tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec12 tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 

13 in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 

14 in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 

15 Constitution of the United States. 

16 SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 

18 rule (as defined in section 551 of title 5, United States 

19 Code), or any amendment or repeal of an existing rule, 

20 that is adopted by vote of the Federal Communications 

21 Commission after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

22 unless the Commission publishes the text of such rule, 

23 amendment, or repeal on the Internet Web site of the 

24 Commission not later than 21 days before the date on 

25 which the vote occurs. 


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1 SEC. 629. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

4 terms are described in paragraph 164 of the Report and 

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

6 matter of protecting and promoting the open Internet, 

7 adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on 

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

9 providers of broadband Internet access service (as defined 

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

11 on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order) for such serv12 ice, regardless of whether such regulation takes the form 

13 of requirements for future conduct or enforcement regard14 ing past conduct. 

15 SEC. 630. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

17 Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and 

18 Order in the matter of protecting and promoting the open 

19 Internet, adopted by the Federal Communications Com20 mission on February 26, 2015 (FCC 15–24), until the 

21 first date on which there has been a final disposition (in22 cluding the exhaustion of or expiration of the time for any 

23 appeals) of all of the following civil actions: 

24 (1) Alamo Broadband Inc. v. Federal Commu25 nications Commission, et al., No. 15-60201, pending 


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1 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth 

2 Circuit as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

3 (2) United States Telecom Assoc. v. Federal 

4 Communications Commission, et al., No. 15-1063, 

5 pending in the United States Court of Appeals for 

6 the District of Columbia Circuit as of the date of the 

7 enactment of this Act. 

8 (3) CenturyLink v. Federal Communications 

9 Commission, No. 15-1099, pending in the United 

10 States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 

11 Circuit as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

12 SEC. 631. None of the funds made available by this 

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

14 Oversight Council to make a determination, pursuant to 

15 subsection (a) or (b) of section 113 of the Financial Sta16 bility Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5323), with respect to a 

17 nonbank financial company until— 

18 (1) the Financial Stability Oversight Council, in 

19 the notice described in subsection (e)(1) of such sec20 tion, identifies with specificity the risks to the finan21 cial stability of the United States presented by the 

22 nonbank financial company and explains in sufficient 

23 detail why regulatory action by the relevant primary 

24 financial regulatory agency would be insufficient to 

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1 (2) if the nonbank financial company presents 

2 a plan in a hearing conducted pursuant to sub3 section (e)(2) of such section to modify its business, 

4 structure, or operations in order to mitigate the 

5 risks identified in such a notice— 

6 (A) the Financial Stability Oversight 

7 Council makes a determination as to whether 

8 such plan, if implemented, adequately mitigates 

9 the identified risks; and 

10 (B) if the Financial Stability Oversight 

11 Council determines that such plan would ade12 quately mitigate the identified risk, the Coun13 cil— 

14 (i) approves such plan; and 

15 (ii) allows the nonbank financial com16 pany a reasonable period of time to imple17 ment such plan. 

18 SEC. 632. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act or transferred to the Bureau of Consumer Financial 

20 Protection pursuant to section 1017 of Public Law 111– 

21 203 may be used to restrict pre-dispute arbitration (as de22 scribed under section 1028 of Public Law 111–203) until 

23 the requirements regarding pre-dispute arbitration in the 

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1 REAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION’’ are ful2 filled. 

3 SEC. 633. The Further Notice of Proposed Rule4 making and Report and Order adopted by the Federal 

5 Communications Commission on March 31, 2014 (FCC 

6 14–28), and the amendments to the rules of the Commis7 sion adopted in such Further Notice of Proposed Rule8 making and Report and Order, shall not apply in fiscal 

9 year 2016 to a joint sales agreement (as defined in Note 

10 2(k) to section 73.3555 of title 47, Code of Federal Regu11 lations) that was in effect on March 31, 2014, and a rule 

12 of the Commission amended by such an amendment shall 

13 apply to such agreement in such fiscal year as such rule 

14 was in effect on the day before the effective date of such 

15 amendment. 

16 TITLE VII 

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

18 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

21 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

22 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2016 shall obligate 

23 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen24 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 

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1 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 

2 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 

3 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

4 802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 

5 agency, or instrumentality. 

6 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

7 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 

8 in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 

9 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve10 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve11 hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve12 hicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons 

13 for which the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That 

14 these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for 

15 police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 for spe16 cial heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the limits 

17 set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 

18 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 

19 demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 

20 Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra21 tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 

22 forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental 

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1 its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle 

2 that is a commercial item and which operates on alter3 native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in 

4 hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 

5 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart6 ments and independent establishments for the current fis7 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex8 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 

9 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 

10 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

11 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 

12 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con13 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

14 compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern15 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma16 jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 

17 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti18 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 

19 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit20 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 

21 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 

22 is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant23 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 

24 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 

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1 allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur2 poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 

3 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require4 ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 

5 being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 

6 of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub7 mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec8 essary: Provided further, That any payment made to any 

9 officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this sec10 tion shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Govern11 ment: Provided further, That this section shall not apply 

12 to any person who is an officer or employee of the Govern13 ment of the United States on the date of enactment of 

14 this Act, or to international broadcasters employed by the 

15 Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary em16 ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in 

17 the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of 

18 emergencies: Provided further, That this section does not 

19 apply to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not 

20 more than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the 

21 Department of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service 

22 pursuant to an agreement with another country. 

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1 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 

2 Services Administration for charges for space and services 

3 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build4 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 

5 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 

6 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 

7 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 

8 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 

9 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re10 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 

11 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 

12 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre13 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex14 pended for the following purposes: 

15 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

16 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

17 Order No. 13423 (January 24, 2007), including any 

18 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

19 the Executive order. 

20 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man21 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 

22 development and implementation of hazardous waste 

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1 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

2 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 

3 Federal agency. 

4 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 

5 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

6 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

7 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

8 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 

9 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

10 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

11 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

12 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

13 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

14 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex15 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 

16 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 

17 correspondingly reduced. 

18 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 

19 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 

20 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 

21 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 

22 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 

23 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 

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1 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 

2 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 

3 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 

4 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 

5 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 

6 United States. 

7 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 

8 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 

9 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 

10 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 

11 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 

12 or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 

13 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 

14 make improvements for any such office, unless advance 

15 notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 

16 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec18 tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of19 fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 

20 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 

21 directly controlled by the individual. 

22 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec23 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

24 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

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1 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 

2 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti3 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 

4 2012). 

5 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 

6 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 

7 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 

8 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 

9 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol10 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com11 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 

12 States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 

13 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 

14 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 

15 instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer16 tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage17 ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi18 vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 

19 the individual to the White House. 

20 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

21 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de22 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 

23 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 

24 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 


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1 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 

2 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

3 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 

4 Government, who— 

5 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat6 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em7 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

8 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

9 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 

10 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 

11 to the employment of such other officer or employee 

12 or pertaining to the department or agency of such 

13 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 

14 whether such communication or contact is at the ini15 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re16 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 

17 committee, or subcommittee; or 

18 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

19 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

20 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 

21 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis22 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti23 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em24 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 

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1 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 

2 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 

3 communication or contact of such other officer or 

4 employee with any Member, committee, or sub5 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 

6 (1). 

7 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 

8 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 

9 any employee training that— 

10 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl11 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

12 performance of official duties; 

13 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev14 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

15 some participants; 

16 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

17 of the content and methods to be used in the train18 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

19 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

20 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

21 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em22 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

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1 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par2 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

3 workplace. 

4 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

5 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

6 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

7 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

8 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu9 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu10 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 

11 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 

12 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 

13 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla14 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 

15 to the Congress itself. 

16 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

17 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed18 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 

19 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 

20 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 

21 competent jurisdiction. 

22 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 

23 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 

24 information such as mailing, telephone or electronic mail25 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 


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1 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit2 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

3 and the Senate. 

4 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 

5 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

6 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa7 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 

8 authorized by Congress. 

9 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 

10 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined 

11 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 

12 (2) includes a military department, as defined 

13 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, 

14 and the Postal Regulatory Commission. 

15 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu16 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

17 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 

18 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 

19 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

20 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 

21 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 

22 in the performance of official duties. 

23 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec24 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

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1 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 

2 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 

3 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 

4 costs. 

5 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec6 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart7 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 

8 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government9 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of10 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 

11 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 

12 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 

13 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis14 trator of General Services to support Government-wide 

15 and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 

16 procurement, and other management innovations, initia17 tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 

18 reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 

19 Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 

20 the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des21 ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man22 agement Council for overall management improvement ini23 tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 

24 management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 

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1 Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia2 tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure3 ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun4 cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur5 ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 

6 not exceed $17,000,000 for Government-wide innovations, 

7 initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That the funds 

8 transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General Services 

9 Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during fiscal 

10 year 2016 shall remain available for obligation through 

11 September 30, 2017: Provided further, That such trans12 fers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 days 

13 following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 

14 of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the 

15 Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

16 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 

18 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 

19 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 

20 the location. 

21 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec22 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

23 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

24 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 

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1 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 

2 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 

3 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 

4 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re5 port describing the budget of and resources connected with 

6 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com7 mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 

8 Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on 

9 Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after en10 actment of this Act. 

11 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 

12 grant application, form, notification, press release, or 

13 other publications involving the distribution of Federal 

14 funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 

15 200 of title 2 Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, That 

16 this section shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, 

17 and grants received by a State receiving Federal funds. 

18 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

19 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

20 the funds made available in this or any other Act may 

21 be used by any Federal agency— 

22 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

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1 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern2 ment Internet site of the agency; or 

3 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

4 party (including another government agency) to col5 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de6 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

7 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

8 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 

9 site. 

10 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 

11 subsection (a) shall not apply to— 

12 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

13 identify particular persons; 

14 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden15 tifiable information; 

16 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu17 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

18 applicable law; or 

19 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 

20 that is a system security action taken by the oper21 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 

22 to providing the Internet site services or to pro23 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 

24 Internet site. 

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1 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac2 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 

3 provided in law. 

4 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina5 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ6 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 

7 condition, management practices and policies and 

8 compliance with applicable standards as provided in 

9 law. 

10 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

11 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

12 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

13 except where the contract also includes a provision for con14 traceptive coverage. 

15 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

16 with— 

17 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

18 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

19 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

20 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 

21 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 

22 religious beliefs. 

23 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

24 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub25 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 


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1 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 

2 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 

3 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

4 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re5 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

6 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur7 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 

8 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 

9 anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu10 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 

11 oversight authorities. 

12 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de14 partments and agencies may be used by such departments 

15 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

16 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov17 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

18 ownership pilot program. 

19 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

21 under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 

22 to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 

23 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im24 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per25 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 


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1 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg2 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 

3 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 

4 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 

5 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 

7 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig8 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 

9 conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 

10 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

11 the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 

12 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author13 ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 

14 by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 

15 cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

16 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

17 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 

18 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 

19 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis20 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 

21 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre22 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 

23 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 

24 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 


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1 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

2 Act), and regulations implementing that section. 

3 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap4 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

5 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con6 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 

7 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 

8 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 

9 or any subsidiary of such an entity. 

10 (b) WAIVERS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 

12 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern13 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 

14 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re15 quired in the interest of national security. 

16 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 

17 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 

18 such issuance to Congress. 

19 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

20 Federal Government contract entered into before the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

22 pursuant to such contract. 

23 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2016, for each employee 

24 who— 


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1 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 

2 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 

3 (2) retires under any other provision of sub4 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 

5 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa6 rate, 

7 the separating agency shall remit to the Civil Service Re8 tirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to the Of9 fice of Personnel Management’s average unit cost of proc10 essing a retirement claim for the preceding fiscal year. 

11 Such amounts shall be available until expended to the Of12 fice of Personnel Management and shall be deemed to be 

13 an administrative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of 

14 title 5, United States Code. 

15 SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in 

16 this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re17 quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 

18 or otherwise performing or participating in acquisition at 

19 any stage of the acquisition process (as defined in section 

20 131 of title 41, United States Code) of property or services 

21 by the Federal Government to disclose any of the following 

22 information as a condition of submitting the offer or oth23 erwise performing in or participating in such acquisition: 

24 (1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 

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1 ment for an electioneering communication that is 

2 made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 

3 of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 

4 election for Federal office or to a political com5 mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 

6 election for Federal office. 

7 (2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 

8 payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 

9 entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 

10 or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 

11 reasonable expectation that the person will use the 

12 funds to make a payment described in paragraph 

13 (1). 

14 (b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 

15 ‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election16 eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 

17 ‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 

18 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 

19 et seq.). 

20 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 

21 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 

22 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal govern23 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a mem24 ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com25 missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 


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1 agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 

2 Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 

3 SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 

5 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 

6 2016, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 

7 prevailing rate employee described in section 

8 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 

9 (A) during the period from the date of ex10 piration of the limitation imposed by the com11 parable section for the previous fiscal years 

12 until the normal effective date of the applicable 

13 wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in 

14 fiscal year 2016, in an amount that exceeds the 

15 rate payable for the applicable grade and step 

16 of the applicable wage schedule in accordance 

17 with such section; and 

18 (B) during the period consisting of the re19 mainder of fiscal year 2016, in an amount that 

20 exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjust21 ment, the rate payable under subparagraph (A) 

22 by more than the sum of— 

23 (i) the percentage adjustment taking 

24 effect in fiscal year 2016 under section 

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1 rates of pay under the General Schedule; 

2 and 

3 (ii) the difference between the overall 

4 average percentage of the locality-based 

5 comparability payments taking effect in 

6 fiscal year 2016 under section 5304 of 

7 such title (whether by adjustment or other8 wise), and the overall average percentage 

9 of such payments which was effective in 

10 the previous fiscal year under such section. 

11 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

12 no prevailing rate employee described in subpara13 graph (B) or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, 

14 United States Code, and no employee covered by 

15 section 5348 of such title, may be paid during the 

16 periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect at a rate 

17 that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 

18 paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such 

19 employee. 

20 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the 

21 rates payable to an employee who is covered by this 

22 subsection and who is paid from a schedule not in 

23 existence on September 30, 2015, shall be deter24 mined under regulations prescribed by the Office of 

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1 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 rates of premium pay for employees subject to this 

3 subsection may not be changed from the rates in ef4 fect on September 30, 2015, except to the extent de5 termined by the Office of Personnel Management to 

6 be consistent with the purpose of this subsection. 

7 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to 

8 pay for service performed after September 30, 2015. 

9 (6) For the purpose of administering any provi10 sion of law (including any rule or regulation that 

11 provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or 

12 any other employee benefit) that requires any deduc13 tion or contribution, or that imposes any require14 ment or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary 

15 or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable 

16 after the application of this subsection shall be treat17 ed as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

18 (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be consid19 ered to permit or require the payment to any em20 ployee covered by this subsection at a rate in excess 

21 of the rate that would be payable were this sub22 section not in effect. 

23 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may 

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1 ceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment or 

2 retention of qualified employees. 

3 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 

4 in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 

5 take place in fiscal year 2016 under sections 5344 and 

6 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 

7 (1) not less than the percentage received by em8 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 

9 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 

10 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 

11 States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ12 ees at locations where there are no employees whose 

13 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 

14 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 

15 employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 

16 United States Code, shall be considered to be located 

17 in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 

18 States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 

19 States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 

20 (2) effective as of the first day of the first ap21 plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 

22 2015. 

23 SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a 

24 pay raise in calendar year 2016, notwithstanding the rate 


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1 adjustment made under section 104 of title 3, United 

2 States Code, or any other provision of law. 

3 (b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule po4 sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 

5 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive 

6 a pay rate increase in calendar year 2016, notwith7 standing schedule adjustments made under section 5318 

8 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of 

9 law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This 

10 subsection applies only to employees who are holding a po11 sition under a political appointment. 

12 (c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may 

13 not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2016, not14 withstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 

15 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, 

16 except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 

17 (d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 

18 5, United States Code, a pay rate increase may not be 

19 received in calendar year 2016 (except as provided in sub20 section (g), (h), or (i)) by— 

21 (1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu22 tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 

23 IV of the Executive Schedule; or 

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1 serving under a political appointment and paid a 

2 rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Execu3 tive Schedule. 

4 (e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including 

5 any locality-based payments under section 5304 of title 

6 5, United States Code, or similar authority) at or above 

7 level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a po8 litical appointment may not receive a pay rate increase 

9 in calendar year 2016, notwithstanding any other provi10 sion of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or 

11 (i). This subsection does not apply to employees in the 

12 General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay 

13 system, or to employees appointed under section 3161 of 

14 title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 

15 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 

16 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap17 plied to them. 

18 (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre19 vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint20 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 

21 under applicable law. 

22 (g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Serv23 ice who receives a Presidential appointment and who 

24 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 


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1 pay entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United 

2 States Code, is not subject to this section. 

3 (h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who re4 ceives a Presidential appointment to any position in the 

5 executive branch and who makes an election to retain Sen6 ior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) 

7 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) 

8 is not subject to this section. 

9 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 

10 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in11 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov12 ered position with higher-level duties and a pre-established 

13 higher level or range of pay, except that any such increase 

14 must be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limi15 tations in effect on December 31, 2013. 

16 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 

17 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 

18 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 

19 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 

20 pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013. 

21 (k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) 

22 through (e) is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins 

23 in calendar year 2016 but ends in calendar year 2017, 

24 the bar on the employee’s receipt of pay rate increases 

25 shall apply through the end of that pay period. 


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1 SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch de2 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 

3 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 

4 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 

5 for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 

6 costs and contracting procedures related to each con7 ference held by any such department, agency, board, com8 mission, or office during fiscal year 2016 for which the 

9 cost to the United States Government was more than 

10 $100,000. 

11 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con12 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica13 ble period— 

14 (1) a description of its purpose; 

15 (2) the number of participants attending; 

16 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

17 United States Government, including— 

18 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

19 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

20 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

21 travel to and from the conference; and 

22 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

23 to determine which costs relate to the con24 ference; and 


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1 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

2 used including— 

3 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

4 competitive basis; and 

5 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

6 conducted by the departmental component or 

7 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

8 conference. 

9 (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 

10 by any Executive branch department, agency, board, com11 mission, or office funded by this or any other appropria12 tions Act during fiscal year 2016 for which the cost to 

13 the United States Government was more than $20,000, 

14 the head of any such department, agency, board, commis15 sion, or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior 

16 ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, 

17 of the date, location, and number of employees attending 

18 such conference. 

19 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro20 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 

21 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con22 ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 

23 programmatically related to the purpose for which the 

24 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 

25 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 


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1 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 

2 the grant or contract. 

3 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any 

4 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con5 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 

6 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 

7 dated May 11, 2012. 

8 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 

9 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 

10 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac11 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 

12 a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 

13 enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 

14 is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi15 sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 

16 SEC. 741. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth17 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 

18 available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 

19 with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 

20 such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 

21 internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib22 iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contactors 

23 from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a 

24 designated investigative or law enforcement representative 


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1 of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive 

2 such information. 

3 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con4 travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 

5 Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart6 ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 

7 information. 

8 SEC. 742. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 

9 other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree10 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern11 ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree12 ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 

13 the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 

14 with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 

15 the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 

16 existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi17 fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 

18 reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any 

19 law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste 

20 of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and spe21 cific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other 

22 whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, 

23 obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by 

24 controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are 

25 incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.’’: 


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1 Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of 

2 this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that 

3 is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 

4 of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other 

5 than an employee or officer of the United States Govern6 ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular 

7 activity for which such document is to be used. Such form 

8 or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person 

9 will not disclose any classified information received in the 

10 course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do 

11 so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure 

12 forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo13 sures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an execu14 tive agency or the Department of Justice, that are essen15 tial to reporting a substantial violation of law. 

16 (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 

17 implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 

18 if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 

19 that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 

20 (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 

21 may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en22 tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 

23 substantially similar language to that required in sub24 section (a). 


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1 SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this 

2 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

3 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

4 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

5 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil6 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad7 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 

8 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 

9 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col10 lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 

11 aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 

12 has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 

13 and has made a determination that this further action is 

14 not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

15 SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 

16 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

17 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

18 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

19 to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 

20 violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 

21 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic22 tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 

23 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter24 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro25 tect the interests of the Government. 


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1 SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 

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

3 carry out, modify, revise, or enforce Executive Order 

4 13690 (entitled ‘‘Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Man5 agement Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting 

6 and Considering Stakeholder Input’’). 

7 SEC. 746. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

8 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 

9 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 

10 VIII. 

11 TITLE VIII 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 

13 COLUMBIA 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 

16 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 

17 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 

18 settlements or judgments that have been entered against 

19 the District of Columbia government. 

20 SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

21 Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 

22 implementation of any policy including boycott designed 

23 to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 

24 or any State legislature. 


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1 SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 

2 under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 

3 Federal and District government agencies, that remain 

4 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2016, 

5 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

6 United States derived by the collection of fees available 

7 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 

8 obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re9 programming of funds which— 

10 (1) creates new programs; 

11 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi12 bility center; 

13 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi14 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

15 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

16 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

17 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

18 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre19 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

20 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

21 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

22 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which23 ever is less; or 


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1 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

2 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi3 bility center; 

4 unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 

5 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

6 Senate. 

7 (b) The District of Columbia government is author8 ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 

9 requests of local funds under this title through November 

10 7, 2016. 

11 SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

12 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 

13 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 

14 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep15 resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 

16 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 

17 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 

18 SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec19 tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 

20 any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em21 ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 

22 unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 

23 performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 

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1 does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 

2 residence and workplace, except in the case of— 

3 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

4 Police Department who resides in the District of Co5 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 

6 Department; 

7 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi8 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

9 Emergency Medical Services Department who re10 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

11 hours a day; 

12 (3) at the discretion of the Director of the De13 partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 

14 the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 

15 who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 

16 call 24 hours a day; 

17 (4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex18 aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 

19 Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 

20 of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 

21 (5) at the discretion of the Director of the 

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1 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

2 hours a day; 

3 (6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

4 (7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

5 of Columbia. 

6 SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

7 in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor8 ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 

9 government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 

10 civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 

11 voting representation in Congress for the District of Co12 lumbia. 

13 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co14 lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 

15 on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi16 cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 

17 SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 

18 this Act may be used for any program of distributing ster19 ile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any 

20 illegal drug. 

21 SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 

22 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 

23 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 

24 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

25 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 


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1 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep2 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

3 SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

4 in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 

5 rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 

6 associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 

7 schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 

8 (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de9 rivative. 

10 (b) None of the funds contained in this Act may be 

11 used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or 

12 otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, 

13 use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the 

14 Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any 

15 tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational pur16 poses. 

17 SEC. 810. None of the funds appropriated under this 

18 Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the 

19 life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 

20 carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 

21 an act of rape or incest. 

22 SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 

24 Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 

25 appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 


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1 Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 

2 funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 

3 the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 

4 to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 

5 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 

6 District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2016 that 

7 is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 

8 that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 

9 other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 

10 actual expenditures. 

11 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 

12 which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co13 lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 

14 unanticipated changes in program requirements. 

15 SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi17 cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro18 priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 

19 for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 

20 operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 

21 Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 

22 The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for23 mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern24 ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 


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1 of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, Sec. 1– 

2 204.42). 

3 SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 

4 operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co5 lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 

6 once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con7 sistent with the provisions of this Act. 

8 (b) The District of Columbia government is author9 ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 

10 local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 

11 four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 

12 funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro13 grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 

14 with the provisions of this Act. 

15 (c) The District of Columbia government may not 

16 transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 

17 derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 

18 capital projects. 

19 SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 

20 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

21 the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 

22 other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 

23 SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

24 by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob25 ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 


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1 year 2016 from appropriations of Federal funds made 

2 available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2016 in 

3 this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 

4 2017, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 

5 Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

7 and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 

8 such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 

9 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out10 lined in section 803 of this Act. 

11 SEC. 816. (a) During fiscal year 2017, during a pe12 riod in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 

13 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 

14 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 

15 provided for any project or activity for which local funds 

16 are provided in the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request Act 

17 of 2016 as submitted to Congress (subject to any modi18 fications enacted by the District of Columbia as of the be19 ginning of the period during which this subsection is in 

20 effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 

21 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 

22 to be available— 

23 (1) during any period in which a District of Co24 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2017 is 

25 in effect; or 


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1 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 

2 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 

3 2017. 

4 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro5 vided under the authority and conditions as provided 

6 under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 

7 in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 

8 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 

9 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 

10 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2017 

11 for which this section applies to such project or activity. 

12 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 

13 during any period of fiscal year 2017 if any other provi14 sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria15 tions)— 

16 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail17 able, or grants authority for such project or activity 

18 to continue for such period; or 

19 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation 

20 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 

21 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac22 tivity to continue for such period. 

23 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 

24 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 

25 mandated by other law. 


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1 SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

2 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 

3 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 

4 of this title or of title IV. 

5 SEC. 818. None of the funds contained in this Act 

6 may be used to carry out the Reproductive Health Non7 Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Law 20– 

8 261) or to implement any rule or regulation promulgated 

9 to carry out such Act. 

10 TITLE IX 

11 ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 

12 SEC. 901. (1) No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

13 be available to pay for an abortion or the administrative 

14 expenses in connection with a multi-State qualified health 

15 plan offered under a contract under section 1334 of the 

16 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 18054) which provides any benefits or coverage for abor18 tions. 

19 (2) The provision of paragraph (1) shall not apply 

20 where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 

21 fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result 

22 of an act of rape or incest. 

23 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

24 SEC. 902. The amount by which the applicable alloca25 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 


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1 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec2 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex3 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 

5 General Government Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 144 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2995 

[Report No. 114–194] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for financial services and 

September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. general government for the fiscal year ending 

JULY 9, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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